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By Joy Mcelroy. 2002
You're attractive, fun to be around, and accomplished. Life is great. But it would be perfect if you had a…
partner by your side: a man with brains, ambition, a successful career, and eyes for you only. Problem is, where do you find a brother like that? And how do you make him realize that you're the one he should spend his life with? Drawing on extensive interviews with black women married to top-notch doctors, lawyers, businessmen, athletes, educators, and politicians -- women who've been there and know -- Joy McElroy provides proven methods any woman can use to make a successful match. Always straightforward, always plainspoken, Joy gives you the information you need, including: Where to meet professional African American men How to date with a purpose How much to reveal about past love affairs You don't have to settle! Trophy Man is just the secret weapon you need to find a husband with a loving heart.By Earl Woods, Tiger Woods Foundation. 2000
"I challenge you to make a difference in the world, to reach higher and farther than you ever imagined. I…
challenge you to start something." -- Tiger Woods, from the foreword Are you ready for a challenge? Are you ready to make a real difference in your life, and the world around you? You can do it even if you're not Tiger Woods. You can be a winner at school, and with your friends, your family, your team. You can be the superstar of your own life. And you can start today. Tiger didn't start out as a champion. But his father Earl taught him unforgettable lessons about dreaming big, reaching goals, and believing with all his heart that anything is possible. He showed Tiger that anyone can make a difference in the world by reaching out and caring about others. And now Tiger's dad is sharing those lessons and ideas with you, so you can be a champion at whatever you do. Earl Woods and the Tiger Woods Foundation want you to Start Something. In this book you'll find dozens of ways you can start something new, and make the world a better place one step at a time. Some are about action, and some will just give you something to think about. Help a little kid clean up a park settle an argument write down one thing each day that you're proud of donate school supplies to a needy school ask your parents about their day include the kid who always gets left out refuse to give up and much more... Try a few or try them all. Just try. Dare to set an example that others can follow. Dare to be great. Dare to set goals that only you can achieve. Packed with Tiger-tested advice and creative ideas for helping others, this book offers powerful insight into how you can build the kind of confidence that makes Tiger great, create goals that can help you make your way in the world, and take practical steps when you find yourself feeling overwhelmed. As Earl writes, "You are a miracle, and you can make miracles happen. Celebrate yourself, for all the things that make you special and unique. Remember: Anyone can be part of the pack, but there is only one of you."By Genevieve Field. 2005
It's all about you. Your apartment. Your job. Your dates. Your sex life. Your time off. Your exercise. Your food.…
Your music. Your future. What are you waiting for? Who will you love? What is it, really, that you want? The life of a single woman in the twenty-first century is full of new connections, new sex, new love, and new loss. It's about letting the laundry pile up, sipping strong drinks with near strangers, and dishing to girlfriends on those foggy-headed, flushed morning-afters. But it isn't all heightened connections and steamy dates. The single girl is no stranger to the scramble for a Saturday night plan, the oh-so-promising guy who took her number at a party and then -- poof! -- disappeared, the ever narrowing circle of unattached girlfriends.... In Sex and Sensibility twenty-nine of today's most acclaimed -- and often bestselling -- female authors write about the push-pull between independence and vulnerability, fearlessness and self-doubt that defines single life. Jennifer Weiner, Pam Houston, Laurie Notaro, Amy Sohn, and Julianna Baggott are just a few of the real-life heroines whose stories about long-distance dating, twenty-something divorce, online crushes, and thrilling one-night stands make up this funny, frank, and unabashedly erotic celebration of singlehood and sisterhood -- a quintessential handbook for today's independent woman.By Victor Rivas Rivers. 2005
"This is a story about how I was saved by love at a time when most people considered me beyond…
rescue," begins Victor Rivas Rivers in this powerful chronicle of how he escaped the war zone of domestic violence -- too often regarded as a "private family matter" -- and went on to become a good man, a film star, and a prominent activist. The Cuban-born author begins by recalling when he was kidnapped, along with three of his siblings, by his own father, who abandoned Victor's pregnant mother and took the children on a cross-country hell-ride that nearly ended in a fatal collision. This journey of survival portrays with riveting detail how, instead of becoming a madman like his father, Victor was saved by a band of mortal angels. Miraculously, seven families stepped forward, along with teachers and coaches, to empower him on his road from gang member to class president, through harrowing and hilarious football adventures at Florida State and with the Miami Dolphins, to overcoming the Hollywood odds and becoming a champion for all those impacted by domestic violence. Though at times Victor's odyssey is heartbreaking and disturbing, A Private Family Matter is ultimately a triumphant testament to humanity, courage, and love. Profound and poignant, it is a compelling memoir with a cause. Victor Rivers's way of thanking all the angels and advocates who made a difference in his life is by trying to make a difference in all of ours.By Jack Clift, Stijn Hoorens, Stephanie Diepeveen, Laura Staetsky, Barbara Janta. 2011
Recent statistics suggest that fertility in Europe shows signs of recovery after decades of year-on-year drops. This report updates a…
study on low fertility from 2004 and explores the extent, causes and consequences of the recent recovery.By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Leann Thieman. 2012
Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul will touch your heart with stories of finding and creating families. From tales about…
international orphaned babies and children who spent years in the foster-care system to those who were adopted at birth, this very special compilation conveys the true meaning of unconditional love. Read a moving letter from a birth mother to her son explaining how difficult it was to give him up when she didn't have the means to care for him, how she still thinks about him often, and how she will always love him. Read stories from now-grown children and even those from the Vietnam Operation Babylift in 1975. Through their stories, you will delight in meeting happy, well-adjusted, grateful members of families and society. Find hope in stories of infertile couples who are given the gift of parenthood, adopted children who thrive and find joy in life, and older couples given a second chance at family. Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul provides insight into what adoption is all about and what it's really like to be adopted. Share in our celebration of the lives of adopted children who found forever families and parents who found forever love.By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark. 2008
Applying to college has become something traumatic students and parents experience together. This book isn't about how to get into…
college -- it's about emotional support. Those who have been there pass on their words of support to those about to go through the whole ordeal. With stories of peer pressure, standardized tests, applications and interviews, disappointments and successes, parents and students alike will find this volume a great source of comfort.By Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen, Amy Newmark. 2008
Applying to college has become something traumatic students and parents experience together. This book isn't about how to get into…
college -- it's about emotional support. Those who have been there pass on their words of support to those about to go through the whole ordeal. With stories of peer pressure, standardized tests, applications and interviews, disappointments and successes, parents and students alike will find this volume a great source of comfort.By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, Dan Clark, James Malinchak. 2012
This latest helping of loving inspiration follows the millions of loyal readers of the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul…
series to the next stage of their lives, beyond adolescence and into young adulthood. Readers will love having this invaluable collection to guide, inspire, support, and encourage them throughout their college experience. If readers are devotees of the series, they will recognize this book as an instant source of strength and comfort; if this book is their introduction to the series, they will come to treasure it quickly. College is a time of excitement, exuberance, and triumph, as well as one of anxiety, doubt, and confusion. Readers will identify with the stories that express feelings they undoubtedly share as they stand at the brink of adulthood, sometimes ready to take the world by storm, other times wondering whether they will ever be ready. This book deals with the myriad issues of college life, from homesickness to partying to GPAs and everything in between. Whether freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors, this book is a must-read for all college students--as they'll be sure to agree. College graduates, too, will enjoy reminiscing about those unforgettable years as they read the stories in this collection. Chicken Soup for the College Soul is sure to be a hit with all readers.By Kelly E. Johnson. 2003
One of the greatest skills you can develop in your love, marital, or dating relationship is the ability to quickly…
and effectively solve disagreements and problems. This new book by Dr. Kelly Johnson, the author of A Relationship for a Lifetime, will help you learn real and practical solutions that you can apply to difficult issues that could otherwise lead to relationship ruin.By Gay Hendricks, Kathlyn Hendricks. 2007
This book shows you a new way to experience more love in your life. If you use the three simple…
tools described in the book, your relationships will undergo a spiritual transformation. Specifically, you will feel a deeper sense of your own spiritual center, while at the same time seeing the spiritual essence of your partner more clearly. What allows this transformation to take place? It’s the power of Presencing, a new set of relationship-enhancing techniques that enable you to slip free of the shackles of the past into a new space of creative freedom.Based on work with more than 3,500 couples and 20,000 single and divorced people, Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks discovered that relationships flourish when each person develops a body-sense of spirit. This means that each person must get deeper than the level of spiritual concepts to feel a living sense of spirit inside. Using the three specific tools described in the book: Presencing Wonder, Presencing Spirit, and Spirit-Centered Listening, couples feel more love and harmony flowing into their lives, and single people find it much easier to attract genuine love to them.By Gay Hendricks, Kathlyn Hendricks. 2007
This book shows you a new way to experience more love in your life. If you use the three simple…
tools described in the book, your relationships will undergo a spiritual transformation. Specifically, you will feel a deeper sense of your own spiritual center, while at the same time seeing the spiritual essence of your partner more clearly. What allows this transformation to take place? It’s the power of Presencing, a new set of relationship-enhancing techniques that enable you to slip free of the shackles of the past into a new space of creative freedom.Based on work with more than 3,500 couples and 20,000 single and divorced people, Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks discovered that relationships flourish when each person develops a body-sense of spirit. This means that each person must get deeper than the level of spiritual concepts to feel a living sense of spirit inside. Using the three specific tools described in the book: Presencing Wonder, Presencing Spirit, and Spirit-Centered Listening, couples feel more love and harmony flowing into their lives, and single people find it much easier to attract genuine love to them.By Cindy Pearlman, Jim Brickman. 2004
This inspirational and heartfelt work – the follow-up to Jim Brickman’s best-selling book Simple Things – is a poignant and…
sometimes humorous collection of real-life stories that explores all aspects of love. Many of the heartwarming stories have been culled over the last several years from interviews with Jim’s fans.In addition, Jim’s co-author, Cindy Pearlman, an entertainment columnist for the New York Times Wire Service and the Chicago Sun-Times, has asked major celebrities from the film and music world to tell their own love stories and explain how they’ve defied the odds to make love last.Celebrities who have shared their stories include Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, Barbara Streisand, Heather Locklear, Paul Newman, Angelina Jolie, and many others.As you read this book – and download and listen to the enclosed audio link featuring beautiful music by Jim Brickman – you’ll be inspired to create your own lasting love stories.By James J. Kelly, Patricia Brownell. 2013
This book promotes an understanding of ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, incorporating an international human rights perspective.…
The impact of ageism on the mistreatment of older adult workers has not to date been examined in depth through the lens of international human rights instruments, nor has discrimination against older adults in the workplace been framed as a form of elder abuse for research and policy making purposes. This book presents a multi-disciplinary exploration of these themes as they affect work and retirement of older adults. It reflects the view that older people who choose to work into old age should be able to do so in enabling work environments that promote dignity and are free of abuse. The contributing authors come from many disciplines, including law, psychology, social work, business, and international affairs. Many are members of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), a non-governmental organization with consultative status at the United Nations, and have devoted their professional careers to increase awareness and understanding of elder abuse in order to prevent it. The editors hope that broadening the framework within which elder abuse in the workplace is understood will stimulate further research, policy and program development to address this troubling social problem.By Sandra Leigh Vaughan. 2014
When Sandra Leigh was seven years old, she fell into the role of protector of her mother and three younger…
siblings. One winter night, she ushered her mother out of the house during one of her father's tirades, and then snuck her back into the dark home through a window.Sandra was used to events like these; what she wasn't used to were the mountains and nature surrounding her new home in West Virginia. Raised in the city, it took some time to get used to the long, hot summer days and nights, but she soon found that the forests, rivers, and mountains were more secure and comforting than the house that held her abusive and volatile father. Catching minnows in the gentle river, riding on rope swings, and exploring the outdoors distracted her from what was waiting at home.But then, her mother became pregnant again, and Sandra's concern for her family and their well-being grew when her mother returned home from the hospital without the baby.In Two Thousand Minnows, Sandra reflects on the events of her childhood and adolescence, including the time spent traveling across the country with her anxious, worn out family in a small, cramped car. As Sandra grows older, she realizes that what they're chasing when they move from town to town-the perfect, stable life-cannot exist, at least for her, until she has the answers to all the questions she never asked. As an adult, Sandra decides to stop running from the past and instead revisit it, refusing to give up until she unearths the truth-and finds the sister who never came home.By Jacqueline Angel, Fernando Torres, Kyriakos Markides. 2012
Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population creates a foundation for an interdisciplinary discussion of the trajectory of disability…
and long-term care for older people of Mexican-origin from a bi-national perspective. Although the literature on Latino elders in the United States is growing, few of these studies or publications offer the breadth and depth contained in this book.By G. G. Vega, Elphanielle Hervé. 2017
Malheureusement, l’histoire de l’humanité après le déluge (Genèse 6 y 7), nous a montré que les femmes ont beaucoup souffert,…
surtout de l’abus des hommes, un manque de respect et un manque de valorisation de l’identité de la femme. Elles ont souffert de ridicules limitation sociales, intellectuelles et du travail, un manque de considération de tout type, mépris, discrimination et marginalisation. À un moment, les hommes ont commis l’injustice de les appeler le sexe faible, en général, dans le sens du mépris, d’inutilité ou d’une gêne. Ce qui est ironique c’est que chaque homme, après Adam, existe grâce à une femme. Sans le ventre de la femme, ils ne pourraient pas être enfanté, sans la poitrine de la femme, ils ne vivraient pas plus d’une semaine, et sans la protection, l’aide, l’attention et l’éducation de leurs mères, ils ne deviendraient pas des hommes utiles, ils ne pourraient pas être forts, ni se sentir capable de prendre son indépendance. Ce livre a le but de mettre en avant ce que mérite les femmes. Nous, les hommes, ne sommes pas plus, nous avons seulement un autre rôle dans la vie.By Howard Bronson, Mike Riley. 2000
Has the most important personal relationship in your life just ended? This book can help overcome your loss; use it…
as a guide to growth. Don't let a break-up with a lover, or separation or divorce from a mate stop you. Don't let those relatives or "friends" who "don't want to take sides" stop you either. This book will show you how to find new peace and joy, and help you to stand on your own two feet again. Better yet, their methods can help you to beat depression and stress as you recover faster than you might otherwise have thought possible. The Good Bye Book is an alternative to psychotherapy, prescribing a wide array of tested and proven insights and exercises. It details a clear and easy-to-follow program of action and reflection to guide you through thirty days of active self-restoration. Of course, your feelings of grief, hurt or shame may come and go. But in less than a month, you can be ready to deal with life's new challenges with a positive sense of emotional balance you may never have had before. Here's a sample of the topics the book covers: - How and why to cry till dry- Why many fears just aren't real- Putting down old memories- Why it pays to forgive your ex- Good ways to beat loneliness- Make your emptiness feel full- Use your rage the right way- How to get the sleep you need- Deal with friends and relations- How to Really let a lover goBy Alejandra Llamas. 2015
The art of parenting places the responsibility of raising healthy, safe, creative kids with you, empathetic with their needs and…
those of others.If you are able to see the grandeur of their spirits, and become true companion, soul to soul, you will take the great first step towards building a sane relationship with them.Where do we end up when we scold? How many times have we sat with our kids to truly listen to them, to be curious about the life they are living, without imposing ourselves? How is our body language like and how do we appear in front of them? Alejandra Llamas asks these and many other questions, to reflect upon our stance as parents and to develop new tools to become parents who nurture.The purpose is: to become parents-guides and teachers of our children, but also to become their students, to be able to learn what we have come to teach. This book, in short, can be a great gift so youand your children can learn new ways to be.By Sigrid Rausing. 2017
A searingly powerful memoir about the impact of addiction on a family. In the summer of 2012 a woman named…
Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines. Now, writing with singular clarity and restraint, Hans’ sister, the editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing, tries to make sense of what happened. In Mayhem, she asks the difficult questions those close to the world of addiction must face. “Who can help the addict, consumed by a shaming hunger, a need beyond control? There is no medicine: the drugs are the medicine. And who can help their families, so implicated in the self-destruction of the addict? Who can help when the very notion of ‘help’ becomes synonymous with an exercise of power; a familial police state; an end to freedom, in the addict’s mind?” An eloquent and timely attempt to understand the conundrum of addiction—and a memoir as devastating as it is riveting.