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Count on Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships
By Adriana V. Lopez, Las Comadres Para Las Americas. 2011
Friendships can bring us peace, fill the emotional shortcomings in our romantic relationships, and help us remember what lies deep…
inside every one of us. For more than twenty-five years, the international organization Las Comadres Para Las Americas has been bringing together thousands of Latinas to count on, lean on, help, and advise one another. Comadre is a powerful term. It encompasses the most important relationships that exist between women: best friends, confidantes, coworkers, advisers, neighbors, godmothers to one's children, and even midwives. Edited by acclaimed author and editor Adriana V. López, this collection of stories features twelve prominent Latino authors who reveal how friendships have helped them to overcome difficult moments in their lives. Fabiola Santiago, Luis Alberto Urrea, Reyna Grande, and Teresa Rodríguez tell their stories of survival in the United States and in Latin America, where success would have been impossible without a friend's support. Esmeralda Santiago, Lorraine López, Carolina De Robertis, Daisy Martínez, and Dr. Ana Nogales explore what it means to have a comadre help you through years of struggle and selfdiscovery. And authors Sofia Quintero, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, and Michelle Herrera Mulligan look at the powerful impact of the humor and humanity that their comadres brought to each one's life, even in the darkest moments.Magellan's Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation
By Antonio Pigafetta. 1969
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
By J. W. Powell. 1961
The time is 1 p.m., May 24, 1869. The place: the Green River portage, in present-day Wyoming. The personnel are…
ten: Major John W. Powell, one-armed Civil War veteran, later head of the U. S. Geological Survey) and nine geologists, geographers, scouts, and adventurers. Their assignment: to fill in the last white space on the map, to explore the last great unmapped and unknown part of the continental United States. No man has ever descended the Colorado River — some 1,000 miles cut through impassable badlands. It is known that there are other rivers in the area, like the Dirty River and the Grand River, but their interrelationships are unknown. What lies along the course of the Colorado as it flows between cliffs 5,000 feet high on either side? Some say that there are waterfalls that dwarf Niagara; others that there are impassable rapids; others that the river flows underground; others say that it is a smooth placid stream, lined by horizon-reaching fields of wild wheat. No one knows, not even the Indians. Major Powell wrote the account of this remarkable expedition, and his narrative is one of the great classics of exploration, as thrilling as the feat itself. As we follow Powell's journal (expanded for publication), we find the ten men sailing through wild waters, momentarily expecting rapids around the next bend; and finding rapids, throwing out drag anchors, while one advanced boat tries to find through-flowing channels. We see mutiny, as three men refuse to face the perils any longer and desert — to be massacred by the hostile Indians. Famine — the beans are sprouting, the apples are fermenting, and the flour has gone moldy. Yet six men finally emerged, after 95 days of peril and a new continent of experience was recorded. This is the only uncut version of Powell's narrative that has been printed in the many years. It even includes the full text of the later 1870 expedition along the Uinta, where Powell rediscovered the Pueblo Indians. It also contains Powell's later reflections on the expedition, omitted in other editions.Comment faire plaisir à la personne qu'on aime
By Bernard Levine, Anne Brunet. 2016
L'amour grandit quand vous faites savoir à quelqu'un que vous l'aimez. Comment faire plaisir à la personne qu'on aime est…
rempli de surprises romantiques et passionnantes pour que l'être aimé se sente spécial. Donner rend heureux. Faites plaisir à la personne que vous aimez avec ces idées romantiques et voyez l'extase et la passion surgir dans votre vie amoureuse !For a time of growing concern about living well with serious illness and getting the best possible end-of-life care, Life…
After the Diagnosis delivers a compassionate and sensitive guide for patients, families, and caregivers.In Life After the Diagnosis, Dr. Steven Z. Pantilat, a renowned international expert in palliative care, shares innovative approaches for dealing with serious illness, outlines the steps that patients should take, and demystifies the medical system. He makes sense of what doctors say, what they actually mean, and how to get the best information to help make the best medical decisions. Dr. Pantilat covers everything from the first steps after the diagnosis and finding the right caregiving and support, to planning your future so your loved ones don't have to. He offers advice on how to tackle the most difficult treatment decisions and discussions and shows readers how to choose treatments that help more than they hurt, stay consistent with their values and personal goals, and live as well as possible for as long as possible.Overcoming Passive-Aggression, Revised Edition: How to Stop Hidden Anger from Spoiling Your Relationships, Career, and Happiness
By Tim Murphy, Loriann Oberlin. 2016
Moon Havana (Travel Guide)
By Christopher P. Baker. 2015
Moon Travel Guides: Your World, Your WayEnchanting music, incredible cuisine, and stunning colonial architecture: Havana's beauty and charm captivate everyone…
who visits. Dive in with Moon Havana.Easy-to-use itineraries, from a revolutionary history tour to a week covering cars, cigars, and cabarets, tailored for adventurers, party animals, artists, beach bums, history buffs, and moreActivities and unique ideas for every traveler: Stroll through Habana Vieja and admire the old-world architecture and plazas lit by gas lanterns. Savor delectable criollo cuisine, indulge in the world's finest cigars, or sip mojitos and cuba libres made from the best Cuban rum. Visit the Museo de la Revolución for a taste of history, or discover the ins and outs of Cuba's nightlife, from salsa dancing to LGBT hotspots. And, don't miss Havana's incredible performance scene: Pick from Rat-Pack-style lounges, Afro-Cuban beats, classical music, Cuban ballet and moreHonest advice from award-winning travel writer Christopher P. Baker on the country he has studied for decadesFull-color photos and detailed maps and directions for exploring on your ownBackground information on the landscape, history, government, and culture, including a Spanish phrasebookA comprehensive guide to travel laws, visas and officialdom, and health and safety tipsEssential insight for travelers on transportation and accommodations, packaged in a book light enough to fit in your carry-onWith Moon Havana's practical tips, myriad activities, and local insight, you can plan your trip your way.Island-hopping around the Caribbean? Try Moon Aruba or Moon Jamaica.Poems, Parables and Drawings
By Kahlil Gibran, Alice Raphael. 2008
The perfect companion to Kahlil Gibran's classic, The Prophet, this elegant volume presents an original selection of works by the…
popular writer and artist. It consists of the complete texts and drawings of The Madman and The Forerunner, plus 20 additional illustrations--many long out of print--and a perceptive essay by art historian Alice Raphael. The Madman features a series of concise stories and verses offering uplifting views of human nature. Gibran warmly encourages his readers to abandon the superficial and embrace the true self, an outlook that recurs in The Forerunner and its 24 morality tales. Each of the poems, parables, and illustrations reflects Gibran's fervent belief in the transformative powers of love. This splendid keepsake edition of the renowned author's influential works is an ideal gift for any occasion.How to Create Chemistry with Anyone: 75 Ways to Spark It Fast -- and Make It Last
By Leil Lowndes. 2013
Why do you feel an instant attraction to one person and not another? And how can you help ensure that…
a connection lasts? With her ability to deliver cutting edge information in a lighthearted style, communications expert Leil Lowndes has made a career of teaching the secrets of successful interaction. In this book, based on the latest findings in cognitive science, she shows readers how to spark that elusive feeling of chemistry with almost anyoneand sustain it when the relationship moves to the next level, from marriage to parenthood and beyond. Although chemistry affects nearly every relationship, few people understand itwhat initiates it, what destroys it, and what makes it last forever. While genetic makeup and past experiences all play a role, there are many things you can do to influence it. Ultrapractical, How to Create Chemistry with Anyone turns the complex neurological science of attachment into 75 easy communication strategies and unusual techniques that show readers what to doand what not to doto find and keep love.Emotionally Healthy Twins: A New Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children
By Joan A. Friedman. 2008
Most parents try to treat their twins as individuals, but most unwittingly undermine their best intentions because they lack a…
practical set of guidelines for raising emotionally healthy multiples. Drawing on her unique experience as a twin, the mother of twins, and as a psychotherapist, Dr. Joan A. Friedman outlines the seven key concepts for helping twins develop into self-realized, unique individuals and offers parents specific strategies for each stage in their children’s growth. From how to set up the nursery to handling playdates and extracurricular activities, from deciding on same or separate classroom education to encouraging grandparents and other family members to think beyond the pair to see individuals, Emotionally Healthy Twins will become the standard reference for parenting twins.Raising Confident Boys: 100 Tips for Parents and Teachers
By Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer. 2000
Boys need to be noticed, admired, understood, and accepted to feel good about themselves. Boys who lack appropriate emotional support…
from the adults close to them are at risk of believing they don't fit in and are likely to act accordingly, engaging in risky behaviors-including at worst using drugs and acting out violently. Raising Confident Boys teaches readers what makes boys prone to low self-esteem and provides practical, effective tips for managing these situations as they arise.Tabloid Love: Looking for Mr. Right in All the Wrong Places
By Bridget Harrison. 2006
Dubbed one of the summer’s hottest beach reads by People, Glamour, Cosmo, and the Weekend Today” show, Tabloid Love introduces…
Bridget Harrison, an almost thirty-year-old Brit and rookie reporter for the New York Post. While her London friends begin to marry, Bridget chases her dream of becoming a hard-news journalist. But just as she perfects the art of interviewing strangers about ghoulish crimes, she discovers that finding a mate seems impossible in the ultimate singles city. Then Bridget lands her very own Post dating column, and half a million New Yorkers read about her weekly romantic disasters. Whether covering celebrity parties in the Hamptons or struggling to hide her inter-office crush, Bridget retains such humor and humility you’ll not only root for her, you’ll wish she were your best friend. ” (Harper’s Bazaar)Caminando el Amazonas
By Ed Stafford. 2011
La apasionante narración del histórico recorrido de un hombre a lo largo de todo el Amazonas--y a través del medio…
ambiente de mayor diversidad biológica del planeta.En abril del 2008, Ed Stafford inició su trayecto para convertirse en el primer hombre en caminar por todo lo largo del Amazonas. Comenzó en la costa pacífica del Perú, y cruzó la cordillera de los Andes para encontrar la fuente oficial del río. Su viaje lo condujo a través de partes de Colombia y por medio del Brasil, mientras burlaba animales peligrosos e indígenas de machete en ristre, al tiempo que sufría lesiones, se enfrentaba al clima y confrontaba sus propios temores y dudas.Pero Stafford no se dio por vencido. En su agotador viaje de 860 días y más de 4,000 millas, Stafford fue testigo directo de la devastación de la deforestación selvática, de la presión con que viven las tribus a causa de la pérdida de su medio ambiente natural, así como de la naturaleza en su manifestación más genuina y cruda. Caminando el Amazonas, asombroso de principio a fin, es tan apasionante como los libros de Bill Bryson, Jon Krakauer y David Grann. Caminando el Amazonas es la historia inolvidable de una aventura sin precedente.Ten Leadership Lessons You Must Teach Your Teenager
By Tim Hawkes. 2016
With lessons on leadership from Dr Tim Hawkes, one of Australia's leading educators and the author of the bestselling Ten…
Conversations You Must Have With Your Son, your child can learn how to bring leadership into their everyday life - and you can learn how to help them achieve this.Over many years, renowned educator Dr Hawkes has taught thousands of students on the subject of leadership. He has learnt what's effective - and what's not - when talking to young people about leadership. Now Dr Hawkes brings that wisdom to the parents of teenage boys and girls, and to teenagers themselves. This book includes chapters on: - Making the right choices- Following the right examples- Finding a calling- Working with a team- Formulating strategies- Learning discipline. Dr Hawkes uses examples from ancient and modern history to illustrate his points about leadership and offers readers practical steps so that they can learn these leadership lessons. This book gives parents the information they need to instil leadership in their children, so they can learn how to take responsibility for themselves - whether to lead others or become the leader of their own lives. It is an essential book for any parent wanting to help their child navigate the many challenges that confront teenagers in the twenty-first century.Talking with God: What To Say When You Don't Know How To Pray
By Adam Weber. 2017
Life is crazy. Prayer is simple. Prayer seems like it should be so simple. Yet when it comes to actually…
praying, it often feels awkward and complicated. I mean, what should you actually pray about? What do you say? Is there anything you should or shouldn’t say? Do you have to speak out loud? Where do you even start? To make matters worse, we’ve heard about prayer for so long that we feel awkward asking about it. It’s like having to ask a person’s name after knowing them for years. We’re embarrassed to ask because we really should know their name by now. Then comes the reality and craziness of life. Between work, parenting, walking the dog, a full inbox, keeping up on social media—who has time to pray? The truth is, prayer is simple. It’s like talking; talking with a good friend. Here’s the best part: No matter where we are in life, God can’t wait to talk with us. What does it look like to pray in the midst of your life? What do you say when you don’t know how to pray? I’m asking the same questions. Let’s talk.Being 14
By Madonna King. 2017
Helping fierce teenage girls become awesome women.Is your daughter 14? Are you struggling to know what's going on inside her…
head? Are you worried?This is the book that can help you understand how she's feeling, what she's thinking and what you need to do to help her navigate her tricky teens to become a fabulous woman.BEING 14 gives a voice to every teen girl in Australia. Madonna King has interviewed 200 14-year-old girls across the country, talked to successful school principals, psychologists, CEOs, police, guidance and neuroscientists to reveal the social, psychological and physical challenges every 14-year-old girl is facing today.-How much independence do they need?-What is the power of a friendship group?-How do you help build self-confidence?-Why the obsession with selfies, social media and FOMO? -How are parents unknowingly making life so much harder for them?Overwhelmingly, these young girls - on the brink of womanhood - struggle to tell their parents how they feel. That's why BEING 14 gives you the answers you are looking for. It's your daughter, talking to you. And her hope, beyond anything, is that you will listen.Creating Kids Who Can
By Jean Robb, Hilary Letts. 2002
A practical and realistic guide for parents and teachers that focuses on a holistic and nurturing approach to learning.Creating Kids…
Who Can is for parents and teachers of children from preschoolers to teenagers. Jean Robb has devised a learning process that works with all children ? from those with learning difficulties to gifted children. Now Jean and her colleague Hilary Letts have written a book that focuses on an approach to learning that unlocks a child?s ability and creates a child who can learn to read and write, do maths, solve problems. There?s no magic formula or special tricks. No secrets or shortcuts. Just an approach to teaching that breaks down the barriers, does away with labels and unlocks potential.JEAN ROBB and HILARY LETTS are teachers and therapists as well as the founders of Successful Learning, a British education centre dedicated to helping children to fulfil their potential. They are also the authors of CREATING KIDS WHO CAN CONCENTRATE.Creating Kids Who Can Concentrate: Proven Strategies for Beating A.D.D. Without Drugs
By Jean Robb, Hilary Letts. 1997
This book is about success and transformation. It shows how, with patience and energy, parents and teachers can turn a…
child who is noisy, clumsy and forgetful into a child who is calm, careful and attentive.Creating Kids Who Can Concentrate is a practical and realistic book that shows how parents and professionals can naturally and effectively develop a child's potential to become responsible and thoughtful in a remarkably short time. The authors provide expert guidance on:* proven techiques and strategies for overcoming barriers to learning* developing every child's innate skills* how a child is labelled as having A.D.D.* dealing with disruptive or bizarre behaviour, tantrums and children who won't listen JEAN ROBB and HILARY LETTS are teachers and therapists as well as the founders of Successful Learning, a British education centre dedicated to helping children to fulfil their potential. Their first book is CREATING KIDS WHO CAN.Ceremonies & Celebrations: Vows, Tributes and Readings
By Dally R Messenger. 1999
All of us have the right to choose and organise our own ceremonies according to our beliefs: this book tells…
us what we have to do and how to do it. Events covered within the book include: weddings (formal and informal), commitment to partnerships, renewal of vows, name giving/naming, graduation, significant birthdays, divorce, stepfamily acceptance, house dedication, 'sorry', funerals and memories. Combining details of organising a celebration or ceremony, a wealth of suggested readings and music, checklists and advice on how to write and structure your own ceremonies, CEREMONIES & CELEBRATIONS is an essential handbook.A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings
By Coleman Barks. 2006
Coleman Barks has played a central role in making the Sufi mystic Rumi the most popular poet in the world.…
A Year with Rumi brings together 365 of Barks's elegant and beautiful translations of Rumi's greatest poems, including fifteen never-before-published poems. Barks includes an Introduction that sets Rumi in his context and an Afterword musing on poetry of the mysterious and the sacred. Join Coleman Barks and Rumi for a year-long journey into the mystical and sacred within and without. Join them in recognizing and embracing the divine in the sublime, in the ordinary, and in us all.