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Seven years ago, William McCall lost the love of his life, Linda. Still grieving her death, he drowns his sorrows on Valentine's Day at a local bar in Manhattan, when a new woman enters his life. Keisha Gray is a Michigan schoolteacher visiting the Big Apple, and when she first meets William, they bond over their shared love for Michael Jackson. Soon they connect over much more and set out on a journey to heal their broken pasts. The couple travels through New York, South Carolina and Michigan to sort through their pasts and renew their faith in God, life and love.
This is the tale of a majestic, colorful bird with beauty that graced Birdland. He had one bad habit that did not “fly” with his many friends. Sometimes just the right friend is all it takes to set one straight. He just needed some help with his manners to be accepted in his world of sweet twitters and tweets. Can you relate to other habits that may not be polite in your world? We all learn these lessons along the way, whether young or old, with a little help from our family and friends. These are the lessons that make us grow and be admired amongst each other.
The authors of this book demonstrate with case examples how to apply career development theories to career counselling practice. Each chapter applies a different theory to case examples and - to provide continuity - to a fictitious `client' constructed from many past clients of the authors.
This text is the first to provide a contextual understanding of the clinical issues that affect men and masculinity across a wide range of cultural and national settings. It demonstrates that gender can no longer be viewed as an isolated characteristic; in an era of increased globalization, mental health professionals need to take ethnic and cultural issues into account to provide adequate care for male patients. Numerous international perspectives are offered by the contributing authors, authorities from countries such as Australia, Argentina, Denmark, Canada, India, Ireland, and South Africa, on theoretical and clinical innovations for working with men. Their chapters also offer insight in...
To what extent is conceptualisation based on linguistic representation? And to what extent is it variable across cultures, communities or even individuals? Of crucial importance in the attempt to develop a comprehensive theory of human cognition, these remain amongst the most difficult of questions in the cognitive sciences. This volume brings together ten new contributions from leading scholars working in a wide cross-section of disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, psychology and philosophy.
Being different can be lonely. But compromising her values just to fit in was not a path the gentle beagle was willing to take. Fall in love with the gentle beagle as she finds her true calling through bravery and a kind heart. Her courageous journey begins as a hunting dog deep in the woods of Virginia. Through scary events and daunting challenges, her uncertain fate leads directly to her life's purpose. The memorable characters in this heartwarming tale teach us lessons about compassion for animals and strength of character. Even though her life takes some unexpected turns, the gentle beagle stays true to herself and becomes the best kind of hero, a hero of the heart.
New Directions in Second Language Pragmatics brings together varying perspectives in second language (L2) pragmatics to show both historical developments in the field, while also looking towards the future, including theoretical, empirical, and implementation perspectives. This volume is divided in four sections: teaching and learning speech acts, assessing pragmatic competence, analyzing discourses in digital contexts, and current issues in L2 pragmatics. The chapters focus on various aspects related to the learning, teaching, and assessing of L2 pragmatics and cover a range of learning environments. The authors address current topics in L2 pragmatics such as: speech acts from a discursive ...
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