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A Parent's Guide to Raising Grieving Children
When children lose someone they love, life is never the same. In this sympathetic book, the authors advocate an open, honest approach, suggesting that our instinctive desire to "protect" children from the reality of death may be more harmful than helpful.
Radiant Cool
An innovative theory of consciousness, drawing on the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl and supported by brain-imaging, presented in the form of a hardboiled detective story. Professor Grue is dead (or is he?). When graduate student/sleuth Miranda Sharpe discovers him slumped over his keyboard, she does the sensible thing--she grabs her dissertation and runs. Little does she suspect that soon she will be probing the heart of two mysteries, trying to discover what happened to Max Grue, and trying to solve the profound neurophilosophical problem of consciousness. Radiant Cool may be the first novel of ideas that actually breaks new theoretical ground, as Dan Lloyd uses a neo-noir (neuro-noir?), ...
Marguerite Kelly's Family Almanac
For more than a dozen years, readers all over the country have checked in weekly with Marguerite Kelly's "The Family Almanac" syndicated column for help and advice in dealing with issues facing today's families. Now, fans of her column and her immensely popular book, The Mother's Almanac, will be thrilled with the arrival of this new title. Finally, families will have all the information they need in one volume: Sound ideas on everything from bringing home a new baby to choosing a preschool, coping with illness and divorce to nurturing self-confidence. Book jacket.
Rachel's Fold
Rachel's Fold follows the lives of four girls on the brink of adulthood.When Maddy, Gayle, Jillian, and Regan find themselves at Miss Webster's School for Young Women, they quickly see it is not for them. Attempting to find their place, the four sneak out of the school and board a ship for Spain. The plan is to be missionaries. Their dream is shattered when they arrive in war-torn Belgium during the Great War.Dropped in the middle of a ravaged country, they find themselves at the DeVoss field hospital. Dr. Levi DeVoss runs his hospital strictly by his rules. He needs nurses, not missionaries. The risk is too great to send them back. The only way to protect them is to keep them secluded at his compound—and away from the male species.Adjusting to the new way of life thrust upon them, the girls begin to learn the best-laid plans are God's plan. Working with their initial plan, they turn their sorrow into joy and their ashes to beauty. The four girls become women of strength. Will they all make it home? If they do, will their hearts be intact?
Sweet Sorrow
Few of us know how to navigate the territory of traumatic loss successfully. Sweet Sorrow shows how we can respond and grow stronger from loss and suffering. Written by a psychologist and certified bereavement trauma specialist in the decade following the loss of her husband, father, mother, and only sibling, this carefully considered work provides perspective on grief and healing over time. This longer-term approach allows readers to have a more complete and accurate picture of the oscillations of grief over time. The book describes not only the immediate agony of the author’s losses, but also the process of starting over and making a successful new life as a single person full of hope an...
One Wave at a Time
After his father dies, Kai experiences all kinds of emotions: sadness, anger, fear, guilt. Sometimes they crash and mix together. Other times, there are no emotions at all—just flatness. As Kai and his family adjust to life without Dad, the waves still roll in. But with the help of friends and one another, they learn to cope—and, eventually, heal. A lyrical story about grieving for anyone encountering loss.
Educating Children with Life-Limiting Conditions
Educating Children with Life-Limiting Conditions supports teachers who are working with children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in mainstream schools by providing them with the core knowledge and skills that underpin effective practice within a whole-school and cross-agency approach. Mainstream schools now include increasing numbers of children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and this accessible book is written by a team comprised of both education and health professionals, helping to bridge the gap between different services. Recognising the complexity of individual cases, the authors communicate key principles relating to the importance of communicatio...
Frank and Laura, what about Their Children?
Francis Asbury Norwood was born 5 September 1858. His parents were John Ruben Norwood and Margaret. He married Laura Elizabeth Reece 19 October 1883 in Cocke County, Tennessee. They had eleven children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Success By Ten
The father of pension fund management shares essential lessons to building a business As the world's leading pension fund consultant, George Russell's advice has been sought by many of America's largest corporations. A pioneer in this business since the late 1960s, Russell has seen a lot. Now, he shares his experiences in this field with you, and provides valuable insights into what it takes to succeed in business today. Broken down into ten chapters, Success by Ten describes significant moments in the origins and development of pension fund consulting and the institutional investment industry. This history is intertwined with Russell's own personal story and the innovations that his company...
