Vera: 664 books

Haiti is a small country, with many people. It is a beautiful country, with scenic mountains, trees that grow year-round, and bougainvillea blooming with pink and white flowers. It is a poor country, with needy and destitute people who do not always know where their next meal is coming fromor...

Una ragazza che non riesce a essere davvero felice per i successi della sorella; un figlio che d’improvviso fa i conti con la vecchiaia della madre; un nonno che vuole proteggere la nipotina da tutto e tutti, nei turbolenti anni Settanta argentini; un padre che fatica a comunicare con la figlia...

Com o objetivo comum de resgatar o legado educacional deixado pelo século XIX, este livro reúne as contribuições de quatro pesquisadores da história da educação brasileira. O primeiro capítulo, de Dermeval Saviani, é um instigante estudo que joga com as categorias de "breve século"...

Rodin's sculpture "The Thinker" dominates our collective imagination as the purest representation of human inquiry--the lone, stoic thinker. But while the Western belief in individualism romanticizes this perception of the solitary creative process, the reality is that scientific and artistic forms...

I’ve seen cancer affect my family. I’ve seen cancer affect my friends’ families. In fact, I’ve seen cancer affect several thousand students holding candles at a Relay for Life. I have created this book to help stop this cycle of tragedy. After working for the Breast Health and Healing Foundation,...

"Don't blame the victim" is a cornerstone maxim of Anglo-American jurisprudence, but should the law generally ignore a victim's behavior in determining a defendant's liability? Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs criticizes the current criminal law approach and outlines a more fair, coherent,...

Community-based research (CBR) is the most commonly used method for serving community needs and effecting change through authentic, ethical, and meaningful social research. In this brief introduction to CBR, the real-world approach of noted experts Vera Caine and Judy Mill helps novice researchers...

All Is Well With My Soul Daily Devotions by Vera Simpson Gaines is a collection of encouraging scriptures and stories of faity.Gaines has survived many trials and tribulations over the years depending on her Lord Jesus Christ to give her strength to come out the other side wiser and stronger.The devotions...

The Holy Bible is not the easiest book to understand. Bible schools teach it, preachers preach it, priests share it, but for everyone the message of love is the greatest message within it's pages. If a person read the Bible every day all through their whole lives and missed this message then...

My heart is not just a physical organ in my body, but it is also the inner being of me. It is my thoughts and desires and emotions. And yet, the Word of God says that I don’t know my own heart because it is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it?The title of this study...

Motivation is defined as the driving force by which we do a thing. It is that internal force that produces you to act. And it would be wise to remember that motivation always has a goal in mind. The reality is that everything that we do is not motivated by our love for God. God is love, and He loves...

If you add a little alien magic, this is the story of what can happen when bullying gets out of control.Meet Kit Marsh, age 10, and his complicated life.Kit is fat as sausages, with electric hair and a habit of talking before thinking - and a massive problem called Big Trev.His friends at school...

Everyone stops and stares at a horse with a beautiful or unusual color. So striking are the variations of bay, gray, chestnut, black, solid, and spotted that many people breed for specific combinations. This has led to a marked increase in international interest in the study of horse color genetics—as...

Check It Off! Pave Your Way through College to Career is an excellent resource for high-school students entering college and a great read for parents too! Vera Teller, a college lecturer of first-year seminars, shows readers what they need to do in college to prepare themselves to seek employment...