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"I wanted it all, and had no reason to expect that I couldn't have it: education, success, adventure, the capacity to make a difference. And I wanted a family... Eventually! I was a lucky girl; the first bits – a good education, a career in broadcast journalism – came easily enough and I assumed motherhood would just happen for me when I was ready. It simply didn't occur to me that it might not all fall into place." As a journalist and foreign correspondent, Jane Hansen interviewed coup leaders, irritated the Taliban and slept rough in war zones with the sound of artillery fire in the background. She lived and breathed this exciting life before she decided it was time to become a mother. And it was this struggle that would come to affect her most deeply... In this courageous, moving and powerful memoir, Jane writes about her journey to motherhood, and the heartbreaking plight of her son Jackson, born too early, too small, with unflinching honesty.
The author of Fashioned for Intimacy recounts her struggles and triumphs as she traces her personal path of pain and prominence with honesty and vulnerability, challenging women to approach openness with godly wisdom, and reminding them that openness is an attitude of the heart.
This book explores the origins and history of the modern American movement for homosexual rights, which originated in Los Angeles in the late 1940s and continues today. Part ethnography and part social history, it is a detailed account of the history of the movement as manifested through the emergence of four related organizations: Mattachine, ONE Incorporated, the Homosexual Information Center (HIC), and the Institute for the Study of Human Resources (ISHR), which began doing business as ONE Incorporated when the two organizations merged in 1995. Pre-Gay L.A. is a chronicle of how one clandestine special interest association emerged as a powerful political force that spawned several other o...
Introduce the effective power of the mini-lesson format into your classroom and discover the skills you need to teach your young writers. With fifty-nine mini-lessons organized by the function they serve in the kindergarten classroom, and calendars that outline skills expectations for your students' first year of writing instruction, this resource helps you customize the power of Writers' Workshop so you can meet the needs of your emergent writers.
The Art of Denmark e-book is a part of the art event Denmarks largest art work organized by www.MyArtSpace.dk. In the event 1000 unique art works are put together in one big collage. Meet the artists and enjoy a large part of the art in this e-book.
Just as comprehension strategies have helped millions of students learn to read like proficient readers, they can also help students think like effective test-takers. The authors show how students can use background knowledge, mental images, synthesizing, monitoring, inferring, questioning, and determining of importance to understand the genre of tests and to think through the problems they are given. Instead of engaging in artificial and disconnected activities to cram for upcoming tests, students learn skills and strategies that will serve them throughout their school careers and beyond. Presenting numerous classroom vignettes featuring students in grades 3-8, "Put Thinking to the Test" in...
This is a practical, encouraging, and motivational resource that will bring comfort and direction for the parent trying to walk the tightrope of maintaining their own personal spiritual quest and faithfully parenting their children.
"Vivid, lucid, and well-written. I came away with a better understanding of how the specific realities of being 'submissive wives' are negotiated, constructed, challenged, and transformed."—Lynn Davidman, author of Tradition in a Rootless World "Griffith's deft portrayal is a unique and important contribution to the study of Pentecostal spirituality and a compelling model for the retelling of women's religious experience in twentieth-century American culture."—Margaret Bendroth, author of Fundamentalism and Gender, 1875 to Present
The Word of God is a love letter from the heart of our heavenly Father. It is unequaled in its ability to comfort, to counsel, to challenge, to exhort, and to change lives. The New Spirit-Filled Life Bible for Women beautifully presents the rich and timeless truths of God's living Word with wisdom from more than 100 of the most respected women in the body of Christ. These beloved authors, speakers, and ministry leaders have come together to help you understand and apply the Scriptures to your life as you discover God's promises and fulfill His holy purpose for you by the power of the Holy Spirit.