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The Secrets of Happy Families
Eight Keys to Building a Lifetime of Connection and Contentment
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
Proven ways to create a more loving family
Research proves that happy families are good for health, longevity, peace of mind, productivity, and success. In The Secrets of Happy Families, Scott Haltzman offers an original approach to building family contentment that works for families of all...
Better Together
Making Church Mergers Work
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact? Church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin, with...
by Corey Seemiller, Meghan Grace
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Say Hello to Your Incoming Class—They're Not Millennials Anymore
Generation Z is rapidly replacing Millennials on college campuses. Those born from 1995 through 2010 have different motivations, learning styles, characteristics, skill sets, and social concerns than previous generations. Unlike...
by Robert C. Hauhart, Jon E. Grahe
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Enrich your students and the institution with a high-impact practice
Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses is a practical, research-backed guide to creating a course that is valuable for both the student and the school. The book covers the design, administration, and teaching...
Raising the Bar
Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar Inc.
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
In April of 2000, Gary Erickson turned down a $120 million offer to buy his thriving company. Today, instead of taking it easy for the rest of his life and enjoying a luxurious retirement, he's working harder than ever. Why would any sane person pass up the financial opportunity of a lifetime?
Raising...
Baby Boomers and Beyond
Tapping the Ministry Talents and Passions of Adults over 50
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
How ministry leaders can help older adults be a vital part of Christian community
With the explosion of the older adult population, this important book explores the opportunities and challenges that this presents for the Christian community. Amy Hanson challenges us to let go of many old stereotypes...
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day
180 Reproducible Prompts and Quick-Writes for the Secondary Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Classroom-tested methods for boosting secondary students' writing skills
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day offers teachers, homeschoolers, and parents 180 ready-to-use, reproducible activities that enhance writing skills in secondary students. Based on Ledbetter's extensive experience consulting...
Don't Forget to Write for the Elementary Grades
50 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons (Ages 5 to 12)
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Creative strategies for getting young students excited about writing
Don't Forget to Write for the Elementary Grades offers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. Created as a resource to reach all students (even those most resistant...
STEM to Story
Enthralling and Effective Lesson Plans for Grades 5-8
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Bring STEM to life for students with zombies, rockets, celebrities, and more
STEM to Story: Enthralling and Effective Lesson Plans for Grades 5-8 inspires learning through fun, engaging, and meaningful lesson plans that fuse hands-on discovery in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)...
Organized Out-of-School Activities: Setting for Peer Relationships
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 140
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Explore how the peer relationship and extracurricular organized activities—like sports, the arts, and community-based organizations—influence academic functioning, social development, and problem behavior. This volume shows how out-of-school activity offers an ideal context to study peer processes,...
Loving Someone Who Has Dementia
How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia
Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how...
Keeping House
The Litany of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
Keeping House is a wide-ranging and witty exploration of the spiritual gifts that are gained when we take the time to care for hearth and home. With a fresh perspective, mother, wife, and teacher Margaret Kim Peterson examines the activities and attitudes of keeping house and making a home. Debunking...
Into the Kill Zone
A Cop's Eye View of Deadly Force
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
What's it like to have the legal sanction to shoot and kill? This compelling and often startling book answers this, and many other questions about the oft-times violent world inhabited by our nation's police officers. Written by a cop-turned university professor who interviewed scores of officers...
Speed Math for Kids
The Fast, Fun Way To Do Basic Calculations
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
Learn how to easily do quick mental math calculations
Speed Math for Kids is your guide to becoming a math genius--even if you have struggled with math in the past. Believe it or not, you have the ability to perform lightning quick calculations that will astonish your friends, family, and teachers....