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Teacher Therapy
by Karen KatafinaszA brief self-help book for teachers that uses psychological and spiritual principles. There are a few references to God.
Becoming A Friend And Lover: Building A Quality Relationship That Lasts A Lifetime
by Dick PurnellAre you single? Do you have close friends who are part of your life? Or have you wondered why your friends seem to find love while you stay home with your cat on Friday night? Is there a way to find someone special without an extreme makeover involving plastic surgery? The answer to this last question is yes, and this book will show you how to do it. You really can have the loving friendships and romantic relationship you've always dreamed of. Even better than that is discovering that God has created a blueprint for relationships that can work no matter who you are. You don't need plastic surgery, to become an iron man, or flash a platinum Visa card. Instead, learn to become a true friend and lover. Through stories, questions, Scripture, and the author's description of his dating life, you can learn how to create caring relationships and deepen those you already have.
Out Of My Mind: The Discovery of Saunders-Vixen
by Richard BachIn his new novel, Out of My Mind, Bach takes off on an adventure across the boundaries of ordinary time and into the vast realm of creativity and imagination. The journey begins as Bach puzzles over design modifications for his airplane, a Piper Cub. Perfect designs-simple and practical-seem to come to him from nowhere. But when a design appears one day, along with a fleeting glimpse of an intriguing woman, he sets out to discover the source of his visions. The search leads to a startling destination: a parallel universe, where a British airplane manufacturer, Saunders- Vixen Aircraft Company Ltd., solves problems. for perplexed aviators. There Bach meets Derek Hawthorne, his guide through. Saunders-Vixen and the new world just unfolding. And there he meets a young aircraft designer named Laura Bristol. Out of My Mind is an invitation to discover for ourselves a universe of astonishing possibilities.
Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School-- But Didn't
by Peter McwilliamsTips on how to live a happier life
Questions Young People Ask, Answers That Work: Volume 1
by Watch Tower Bible Tract Society of PennsylvaniaThis book explores many of the problems that face teenagers and their respective families today. It is documented with excerpts from psychologists and more importantly shows the practicality of following the instructions given by the Creator of mankind himself. It is not as restrictive as many would have us believe.
And Never Stop Dancing
by Gordon LivingstonThis book contains 30 observations from a Vietnam veteran, a Psychiatrist, a parent, and a man who remains optimistic even after the loss of two of his children. An interesting blend of no nonsense truths and an open minded approach to the human reality.
Living Well or Even Better on Less
by Ellen KunesFrom the Book jacket: This excellent new source book provides cost-cutting tips on everything from food to furniture to flights overseas. Living Well-or Even Better-on Less covers every area of consumer life, including: Food-shopping, preparation, restaurant ordering, and fast- food bargains Clothing-factory outlets, sales, and personal shoppers Personal finances-monitoring and reducing cash outflow; lowering credit-card finance charges Home furnishings Premium electronics-where to get them; how and when to negotiate prices Entertainment-discounts on movies, concerts, sporting events, personal fitness programs, and activities for children Travel-both basic transportation and vacation excursions Inexpensive indulgences to satisfy expensive impulses With its lists of addresses and phone numbers for more information and money-saving advice. Living Well-or Even Better- on Less is an invaluable consumer resource.
Help is Here for Facing Fear! (Elf-Help Books for Kids)
by Molly WigandThe world can be a scary place--especially when just about everybody is bigger than you and so many experiences are brand-new. Childhood fear is normal. But if it starts to interfere with everyday life, it becomes a problem for a child--and caring adults. This delightfully illustrated book gives simple, concrete advice for dealing with childhood fears and worries. Kids can learn to live full of confidence, free of fear. Help is here!
Waking the Tiger - Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences
by Peter A. Levine Ann FrederickA breakthrough book on the healing of trauma by the developer of Somatic Experiencing
Breast Cancer Basics And Beyond
by Delthia Ricksall aspects of breast cancer covered here, discovery, treatmentt, surgeries of all types, frank patients opinions of cancer treatment, and at the end of the book is a list of resources to help all cancer patients. A must read for all women, and families dealing with breast cancer.
Claim Your Inner Grown-Up: 4 Essential Steps to Authentic Adulthood
by Ashley Davis PrendA much-needed antidote to the indulgent trends of recent years, Claim Your Inner Grown-up will help us become authentic adults without losing the innocence, freedom, and wonder that are also an integral part of our psychological makeup and help make us who we are. Many books have been written about our inner child. In Claim Your Inner Grown-up, psychotherapist Ashley Davis Prend stands this cultural phenomenon on its head by offering a revolutionary four-pillar program that dares us to become adults. Claim Your Inner Grown-up shows us how we can develop and improve our lives by becoming more mature, loving, responsible, and spiritual. By incorporating the four-step DARE thought system into our lives (Detach, Aware, Reorient, Enact), we can become happier and more productive in the long term. Prend's unique, liberating approach helps us to develop a solid sense of self without giving up the positive childlike qualities that also distinguish us as individuals. In this wise, compassionate handbook, you'll read about: Visualization techniques, journaling suggestions, and exercises to facilitate change What happens when inner children become problem children The road to authentic adulthood Reinterpreting a painful past How to integrate the inner child and inner grown-up to create our best selves
How To Manage Your Mother: Understanding The Most Difficult, Complicated, And Fascinating Relationship In Your Life
by Alyce Faye Cleese Brian BatesGuilt. Embarrassment. Friendship. Anger. Who can bring out all these feelings ... and often in the same day? Your mother. No matter how mature or successful we are in our adult lives, with one word our mothers can somehow send us scurrying back to childhood. Can mothers and adult children ever learn to set aside their earlier elationship and talk to each other as adults? In this warm, funny book, dozens of revealing stories from such well-known personalities as Colin Powell, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Farrow, and Lauren Hutton show that it is possible to improve your relationship with your mother-or at the very least begin to understand it. Alyce Faye Cleese and Brian Bates include a practical ten-step plan and questionnaire to help you get on track with your mother. You will learn to address specific issues and develop valuable insights that will help you start thinking about your mother in a profoundly new way.
The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work
by Arlie Russell HochschildThe national bestseller that put "work/family balance" in the headlines and on the White House agenda. Hailed as the decade's most influential study of our work/family crisis.
Making Peace With Your Parents: The Key to Enriching Your Life and All Your Relationships
by Harold H. BloomfieldWhatever your age, to become a fulfilled and creative person, you must resolve the issues in your life that derive from your relationship with your parents, whether they be dead or alive.
A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities
by Jane Maxwell Julia Watts Belser Darlena DavidA health-related manual for women with disabilities.
Energy Work: The Secret of Healing and Spiritual Development
by Robert V. BruceEnergy Work incorporates thought-form imaging, intention, elemental properties, self-healing practices, and essential grounding exercises to put readers in touch with their energy bodies. Presented in non-esoteric language and embellished with easy-to-follow illustrations, this is an invaluable guide for anyone seeking to take charge of their energy body, transcend spiritual plateaus, and escalate their evolution as a spiritual being.
Writing Articles That Sell
by Louise BoggessHave you ever thought you have what it takes to write articles for magazines? If so, this is the book for you. Each chapter of this book gives advice on different aspects of writing articles from coming up with good ideas to using characters and controversy. Each chapter gives helpful examples and writing exercises to help you sharpen your skills. Louise Boggess was a homemaker with two teenaged daughters when her husband died suddenly. Without marketable skills, she enrolled in college and began to learn to write to support her family. She shares what she's learned with clarity and warmth.
It's a Miracle 2: More Inspiring True Stories Based on the PAX TV Series, "It's A Miracle"
by Richard ThomasThis second book in the It's A Miracle series emphasizes miracles in the lives of ordinary people concerning their health, heroic acts of their pets, and reuniting of adopted people with their biological families.
Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness
by Russell TargFor those interested in psychic phenomena such as remote viewing, out-of-body experiences, precognition and healing at a distance this books is a must read. Targ explores its scientific as well as spiritual implications and offers techniques and exercises to nurture this universal but mostly untapped psychic skills.
The Power of Uniqueness
by Arthur F. Miller Jr.You may function adequately at a job, even forge an impressive career-but unless what you do is lit by an inner fire, you're just getting by. Because the truth is, you were created with an indelible, highly personal pattern of innate giftedness and motivation. Arthur Miller calls it your Motivated Abilities Pattern, or MAP, and it's nothing you learned. It's something you were born with, the thing that makes you tick and determines your successes and failures.
When Couples Pray Together: Creating Intimacy and Spiritual Wholeness
by Jan Stoop David StoopNot many married couples have discovered the secret of daily prayer together. In fact, informal statistics reveal that only about 4% of all Christian married couples do so. After years of marriage without the spiritual intimacy of praying together daily, Jan and David Stoop overcame their reluctance and took the plunge. Thirty years later, they can testify to the indisputable value of their simple prayer times together. They only regret that they didn't start sooner. In this practical, encouraging book, you will be inspired and challenged to try an experiment-one that might revolutionize your married life. Jan and David have written a book that is honest, practical, and realistic. Their thoughts on resistance and barriers to praying together, and their suggestions for how to pray together are the best I've ever seen. Any couple will be encouraged to try to pray together after reading this book.
101 Ways To Get And Keep His Attention
by Michelle Mckinney-HammondScripture offers women guidance for winning the heart of the man she loves. This book is based both on Scripture and interviews with men of all ages, races, and backgrounds. The author reveals 101 powerful tips for attracting the right man for you, a man of quality, integrity, and who appeals to your senses too.
The Air Traveler's Survival Guide: The Plane Truth from 35,000 Feet
by A. Frank StewardFrom the Book Jacket: Air travel may be crazy on the ground for passengers, but what's it really like at 35,000 feet for the cabin crew? How safe, for example, are you when you fly? Is airport security as good as they claim? Why are you more susceptible to the effects of alcoholic beverages at 35,000 feet? How common is the "Mile High Club"? Do the South Americans and Scandinavians behave differently in the air? A very Frank Steward answers these questions and countless more in The Air Traveler's Survival Guide, exposing all the warts and blemishes of air travel. You encounter a kaleidoscope of personalities and experiences, including an "enterprising stowaway rat, a woman who discarded all of her clothes, a passenger with a one-way ticket to death, a widow with her husband's ashes, a child who cuts the hair of a sleeping passenger, crew members' fertility problems, itchy and riotous layovers, and mass food poisoning 90 minutes from the nearest airport! Tucked among the 68 stories in The Air Traveler's Survival Guide is a trunkload of tips and advice on how to make the best of air travel, including: What to put in your carry-on bag How to upgrade your seat How to fly standby and save bundles of money How to decipher what crew members say How to minimize the effects of jet lag * How to select a hotel room in which you can sleep Appropriately dedicated to "the people who smile and thank you for your trash," this eye-opening book puts a whole new face on the travel industry. You will laugh and cry and at times grimace, but you'll also discover a rich tapestry of people who populate those crammed seats, crowded aisles, and tiny restrooms. While a lot may go wrong with air travel on the ground and in the air, when you travel with A. Frank Steward, you'll see through the eyes of the cabin crew what air travel is all about - transporting interesting, and often very demanding, strangers from one destination to another.
Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Bud GardnerThis is a collection of essays by familiar and unfamiliar writers of stage plays, screen plays, sport columns, short stories, comedy routines, newspaper and magazine articles, cartoons and novels, from romance to adventure, to detective. They open their hearts to would be writers covering the spectrum of the writing experience. from its lowest ebb to the apex of its successes. You will read about writers low on money and high on rejection slips. Some of the record breaking best selling writers of all time describe their bulging file folders of hundreds of rejection letters. As you read their essays you'll feel as if you met them, spent quality, one on one time with them. Discover how a mother writes romance with a houseful of bickering kids vying for attention, how a sports writer risks his life and breaks his limbs to participate in the sports he writes about first hand. Walk beside untried writer hopefuls who meet their author heroes like the genuinely warm and generous Alex Haley and the outspoken, brilliant Sinclair Lewis. You'll see that success is often built on failure as was the experience of the author of Sleepless in Seattle, whose first play was viciously attacked by critics and closed after one performance. Ray Bradbury writes a beautifully poetic ode to the joy of lifelong reading declaring that you must read what you like, not what you are told to or expected to read. He promises that what you read contributes to who you will become. Sue Grafton confides that she is living her father's dream as well as her own. He taught her the groundwork for becoming a successful author while denying himself that dream. Whether you sample the articles that call to you, or read this wonderful collection of heartfelt, first hand experiences with the writing process, you will learn, be amused and moved and deeply enjoy and appreciate every word, every page, every meeting with every author. Cartoons are included and described.