A Thompson: 109 books
Professional School Counseling
Best Practices for Working in the Schools, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Today’s children and adolescents are constantly facing new and unique challenges, and school counselors must respond to this by expanding their role and function within the schools. This revised and expanded edition of Thompson’s important text explores these issues, as well as the necessary steps...
An Eye for the Tropics
Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Images of Jamaica and the Bahamas as tropical paradises full of palm trees, white sandy beaches, and inviting warm water seem timeless. Surprisingly, the origins of those images can be traced back to the roots of the islands’ tourism industry in the 1880s. As Krista A. Thompson explains, in the...
Jewish on Their Own Terms
How Intermarried Couples are Changing American Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Over half of all American Jewish children are being raised by intermarried parents. This demographic group will have a tremendous impact on American Judaism as it is lived and practiced in the coming decades. To date, however, in both academic studies about Judaism and in the popular imagination,...
Grace for the Journey
Practices and Possibilities for In-between Times
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Every community of faith journeys through periods of transition. In Grace for the Journey: Practices and Possibilities for In-Between Times, authors Beverly and George Thompson invite congregations to open themselves to the grace-filled possibilities that accompany these in-between periods. Drawing...
Shine
The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
In Jamaican dancehalls competition for the video camera's light is stiff, so much so that dancers sometimes bleach their skin to enhance their visibility. In the Bahamas, tuxedoed students roll into prom in tricked-out sedans, staging grand red-carpet entrances that are designed to ensure they are...
Making North America
Trade, Security, and Integration
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Much has been written about the trilateral relationship between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and the free trade agreements that this relationship has spawned. In Making North America, James Thompson uses the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement of 1988 and the North American Free Trade Agreement...
by Victor A. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Modern Organization is a classic text of organization development that addresses the complications that occur in power structures within which workers with specialized skills are managed by superiors without those skills. Thompson is interested in exploring and righting the creative tensions between...
Happily
8 Commitments of Couples Who Laugh, Love & Last
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
In the beginning, marriage doesn't seem as though it should be all that difficult. But it doesn't take long for trouble to seep in and for bad habits to become entrenched. Before long, many married couples may be wondering when the "worse" part ends and the "better" part starts.
Pastor...
Hoping for More
Having Cancer, Talking Faith, and Accepting Grace
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
We tend to use words like miracle and mystery in the context of serendipity. In this frank and eloquent account of life transformed by cancer, Deanna Thompson explores these articles of faith as they are also wont to appear--on the hard edges of hope and the dark side of joy. --Krista Tippett, from...
by Shannon A. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
The Young Elites by Marie Lu meets Renegades by Marissa Meyer in this action-packed dystopian fantasy series that has readers calling it “addictive” like The Hunger Games and Divergent.
Her very existence is a crime… Seventeen-year-old Serena isn't human. She’s a bad blood, and in...
Transitional Ministry Today
Successful Strategies for Churches and Pastors
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Transitional ministry can be tremendously helpful for congregations in times of change, and yet, to be successful today transitional ministers and churches need to take into account the major changes in the religious landscape. From the decline of mainline churches to the rise of those who don’t...
by Dr. James A. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Do you have difficulties knowing where or how to begin a Bible Study or Sunday School Class you are supposed to teach? Do you have trouble knowing how to teach various portions of the Scripture? If so, this book is for you.
In this book Dr. Thompson, introduces you to the cognitive learning...
by Lisa A. Thompson, DMD
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2014
This issue of Dental Clinics, edited by Lisa A. Thompson and Leonard J. Brennan, focuses on Geriatric Dentistry. Articles include: Our Current Geriatric Population: Demographic and Oral Health Care Utilization; Physiology of Aging of Older Adults: Systemic and Oral Health Considerations; Treatment...
by J. A. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 1980
Thompson's study on the Book of Jeremiah is part of The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Like its companion series on the New Testament, this commentary devotes considerable care to achieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation.