Author: Diana Mendley Rauner
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231118554
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Rauner demonstrates a direct connection between caring in face-to-face interactions and caring organizations and a caring society, arguing that such a connection is central to our teaching of and expectations for youth. She also posits caring as a way to conceptualize social justice and recognize the connection between public and private morality. Each chapter opens with an overview of a youth-serving organization and includes at least one case study.
They Still Pick Me Up when I Fall
Author: Diana Mendley Rauner
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231118554
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Rauner demonstrates a direct connection between caring in face-to-face interactions and caring organizations and a caring society, arguing that such a connection is central to our teaching of and expectations for youth. She also posits caring as a way to conceptualize social justice and recognize the connection between public and private morality. Each chapter opens with an overview of a youth-serving organization and includes at least one case study.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231118554
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Rauner demonstrates a direct connection between caring in face-to-face interactions and caring organizations and a caring society, arguing that such a connection is central to our teaching of and expectations for youth. She also posits caring as a way to conceptualize social justice and recognize the connection between public and private morality. Each chapter opens with an overview of a youth-serving organization and includes at least one case study.
Pick Me Up
Author: Adam J. Kurtz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143109081
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A quirky, creative companion that offers a pick-me-up on every page On the heels of his internationally successful first book, 1 Page at a Time, graphic designer and illustrator Adam J. Kurtz delivers another intimate and engaging journal for anyone who loves to explore ideas, record thoughts and feelings, and capture those fleeting but amazing moments of everyday life. Unlike a linear journal, this book can be opened up to any page, encouraging and engaging readers time and time again through continued use. Rather than simply complete tasks and turn pages, users are encouraged to leave their mark, and if they land on the same page days or weeks later, they can review, reflect, and revise their previous response. Feeling lonely? Pensive? Peeved? Questioning? This deceptively simple book offers perspective, hope, and a twist of existential metaphor – and is perfect to pick up again and again.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143109081
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A quirky, creative companion that offers a pick-me-up on every page On the heels of his internationally successful first book, 1 Page at a Time, graphic designer and illustrator Adam J. Kurtz delivers another intimate and engaging journal for anyone who loves to explore ideas, record thoughts and feelings, and capture those fleeting but amazing moments of everyday life. Unlike a linear journal, this book can be opened up to any page, encouraging and engaging readers time and time again through continued use. Rather than simply complete tasks and turn pages, users are encouraged to leave their mark, and if they land on the same page days or weeks later, they can review, reflect, and revise their previous response. Feeling lonely? Pensive? Peeved? Questioning? This deceptively simple book offers perspective, hope, and a twist of existential metaphor – and is perfect to pick up again and again.
Mommy, Pick Me Up
Author: Soledad Bravi
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466895713
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Mommy, Pick Me Up is about a little boy who calls for help from his mom whenever he needs anything—help finding his pajamas, assistance on the potty, or just a snuggle. Then he finally calls for his dad. Whatever could he want? This is sure to inspire giggles from both parents and kids, as they recognize parts of their own daily routines on these pages.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466895713
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Mommy, Pick Me Up is about a little boy who calls for help from his mom whenever he needs anything—help finding his pajamas, assistance on the potty, or just a snuggle. Then he finally calls for his dad. Whatever could he want? This is sure to inspire giggles from both parents and kids, as they recognize parts of their own daily routines on these pages.
Pick Me Up!
Author: Rob Liano
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781499321548
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
With over 1400 entries, you will find common themes, but you won't find common quotations. As an avid reader and a lover of quotations, I had to turn it up a notch, so I invested my time and effort in selecting the most thought provoking quotations I could find. I'm confident that you'll discover many inspiring passages that you haven't heard before. I have selected the most beautiful quotations from all walks of life to inspire you throughout the day. They are meant to get you thinking, to help you change your life, and to change negative thoughts into positive ones. Or you can simply enjoy these words of wisdom. Conceptually, this book is food for thought, an entire year's worth of quotations broken down into four daily digestible bites.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781499321548
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
With over 1400 entries, you will find common themes, but you won't find common quotations. As an avid reader and a lover of quotations, I had to turn it up a notch, so I invested my time and effort in selecting the most thought provoking quotations I could find. I'm confident that you'll discover many inspiring passages that you haven't heard before. I have selected the most beautiful quotations from all walks of life to inspire you throughout the day. They are meant to get you thinking, to help you change your life, and to change negative thoughts into positive ones. Or you can simply enjoy these words of wisdom. Conceptually, this book is food for thought, an entire year's worth of quotations broken down into four daily digestible bites.
The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340978504
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340978504
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Snakes in My Garden
Author: Dooney Jackson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503547523
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Dooney Jacksons life was a roller coaster of events. In addition to experiencing so much as a youth, she persevered and made it out of the rough streets of South Central California. Living life without knowing the root of her despair all ended with a single letter penned by her father in prison. The truth came out, and Shamoria was determined to become the opposite of what was to become of her life through tragedies. This is a remarkable biography that will put you in the characters shoes, feeling the struggle and pain and also the happiness through blessings.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503547523
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Dooney Jacksons life was a roller coaster of events. In addition to experiencing so much as a youth, she persevered and made it out of the rough streets of South Central California. Living life without knowing the root of her despair all ended with a single letter penned by her father in prison. The truth came out, and Shamoria was determined to become the opposite of what was to become of her life through tragedies. This is a remarkable biography that will put you in the characters shoes, feeling the struggle and pain and also the happiness through blessings.
Catch a Falling Star
Author: Beth K. Vogt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451660294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Successful career gal Kendall Haynes is tired of wishing on stars for a home and a family. Can God’s dreams for her be even better than her own? Is life about accomplishing plans . . . or wishes coming true . . . or something more? Dr. Kendall Haynes’s plans to have it all—a career, a husband, a family—are eluding her. Now that she’s thirty-six, she needs to stop wishing upon a star and face reality: Some dreams just never come true. Air Force pilot Griffin Walker prefers flying solo in the air and on the ground—until a dangerous choice ejects him from the cockpit. His life becomes even more complicated after the sudden death of his parents makes him the guardian of his sixteen-year-old brother. There’s no way his life will ever get back on course now. When their lives collide during a near tragedy, Kendall and Griffin must decide if they can embrace the unexpected changes God has waiting for them.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451660294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Successful career gal Kendall Haynes is tired of wishing on stars for a home and a family. Can God’s dreams for her be even better than her own? Is life about accomplishing plans . . . or wishes coming true . . . or something more? Dr. Kendall Haynes’s plans to have it all—a career, a husband, a family—are eluding her. Now that she’s thirty-six, she needs to stop wishing upon a star and face reality: Some dreams just never come true. Air Force pilot Griffin Walker prefers flying solo in the air and on the ground—until a dangerous choice ejects him from the cockpit. His life becomes even more complicated after the sudden death of his parents makes him the guardian of his sixteen-year-old brother. There’s no way his life will ever get back on course now. When their lives collide during a near tragedy, Kendall and Griffin must decide if they can embrace the unexpected changes God has waiting for them.
Falling Into Heaven
Author: Mickey Robinson
Publisher: BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC
ISBN: 1424549493
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Falling into Heaven is the true story of how a young skydivers life was changed when a fiery plane crash melted his face and mutilated his body. Miraculous healing and a spiritual adventure of a new life on earth followed this near death experience. Falling into Heaven is not just about a burned man getting better. It is about a dead man coming to life!
Publisher: BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC
ISBN: 1424549493
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Falling into Heaven is the true story of how a young skydivers life was changed when a fiery plane crash melted his face and mutilated his body. Miraculous healing and a spiritual adventure of a new life on earth followed this near death experience. Falling into Heaven is not just about a burned man getting better. It is about a dead man coming to life!
Court of Appeales: New York
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1472
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1472
Book Description
When Daddy's Truck Picks Me Up
Author: Jana Novotny Hunter
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807596019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Daddy drives a big red tanker truck, and he's away on the road a lot. But once in a while, he's near enough to pick up his little boy from preschool. And today is one of those very special days!
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807596019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Daddy drives a big red tanker truck, and he's away on the road a lot. But once in a while, he's near enough to pick up his little boy from preschool. And today is one of those very special days!