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The secrets to persuading anyone, at work and in life, from a top communication strategist. In the post-fact, deeply divided world we live in, true persuasion is rare. Engaging with people holding differing opinions is rarer still. But for progress to take place, persuasion must happen. Whether it's convincing an employer you are right for the job, a customer that your product is the best, or your closed-minded uncle that good people can disagree, it takes the art--and science--of persuasion to move forward. So, how do you change someone's mind--or at least advance the conversation--when everyone is entrenched in their own points of view? Communication expert Lee Hartley Carter has spent nea...
Based on Mrs. Lee's personal notebook and presented by her great-granddaughter, this charming book is a treasury of recipes, remedies, and household history. Both the original and modern versions of 70 recipes are included.
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Everyone knows that we live in a “skin-is-in” society, heavily driven by media and immodesty. So how does a young Christian woman reconcile a fashionable wardrobe with maintaining her integrity? Written by international professional model Rachel Lee Carter, Fashioned by Faith offers a cutting-edge approach to the concept of beauty with a Biblical foundation that will attract moms and daughters alike. Readers will love hearing about Carter’s exciting story as she leads them on an engaging study that touches on a huge felt need for young women: real beauty has nothing to do with looks. Offering three valuable perspectives—teen boys, a professional model, and God’s Word—Carter expla...
Goslin's debut fantasy novel is a raging hit! If you like books like The Chronicles of Narnia, Fablehaven, The Lightning Thief and the 13th Reality, you will absolutely love the Shadow Realm! In the vast grayness of the Shadow Realm, a single pirate ship flies through the lead sky. The notorious Captain, Long Ben, and his unlikely ally, Amelia Earhart, soar above the chaotic landscape fighting a dragon in the airborne craft. In a desperate battle, they knock the beast from the skies with their aft cannons and make for the Hungarian coast to escape the fearsome creature. Meanwhile, in Cedar City Utah, the 15 year old orphan , Lee Carter, and his siblings, Annie and Josh, face other foes. They are all red-headed orphans that tire of the constant teasing and bullying they receive at various schools and foster placements. Lee loses his temper while trying to defend his sister and runs through the streets of Cedar City trying to escape conflict within him. However, he could have never imagined how far away he would ultimately escape to.
'The New Brazilian Mediascape' explores the ways in which the movement away from historically popular telenovelas toward new television and internet series is creating dramatic shifts in how Brazil imagines itself as a nation, especially within the context of an increasingly connected global mediascape.
Demographic Forecasting introduces new statistical tools that can greatly improve forecasts of population death rates. Mortality forecasting is used in a wide variety of academic fields, and for policymaking in global health, social security and retirement planning, and other areas. Federico Girosi and Gary King provide an innovative framework for forecasting age-sex-country-cause-specific variables that makes it possible to incorporate more information than standard approaches. These new methods more generally make it possible to include different explanatory variables in a time-series regression for each cross section while still borrowing strength from one regression to improve the estima...
There are an infinite number of realities within the multiverse. With the risk dimensional instability as an ever-present threat, these parallel worlds all need to be managed; enter Indigo Prime, troubleshooting reality agents.
Nothing about Leroy Evans' family is typical and neither is his friendship with Woody, an elderly barber shop custodian who lives on the other side of the river. During the toughest part of his growing-up years, Leroy comes to rely on Woody. They develop a camaraderie that softens the burdens they both carry.