Partridge publishing apr 2005 (10 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The art of creating your pleasure garden.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Spring in the Park is one book in the SENIOR STORIES series of color photography books with simple text designed to stimulate conversation and interaction between seniors with Alzheimer's and their caregivers. The readers will take a visual trip through a park to see cherry trees, tulips, daffodils and other blossoms as well as a toy sailboat on a pond, a picnic scene, a man in a rowboat.and more. The text invites the senior readers to tell what they like about the park in spring-which flowers are their favorites, what they'd eat at a picnic, whether they'd like a boat ride.Seniors might tell their own springtime memories, or tell a new story about a photo, or just enjoy looking at the images! Jed Levine, Executive Vice President of the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer¿s Association, writes,'Spring in the Park is a book that can be shared by two people or enjoyed alone. For a person with dementia, these evocative pictures may momentarily jog a memory like the scent of lilacs or the taste of a ripe peach, reawakening a lost experience. These images of life's pleasures have the potential to stimulate conversation by rekindling warm feelings, which are captured in the pages of this special book.' The author hopes both seniors and caregivers enjoy sharing the springtime scenes.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Two youngsters are entrusted with thedaily care and safety of little 5-year-old Miranda when her parents leave for Asia on a four-week science expedition. When Mike and Cristy stop for a drink of water while playing hide-and-go-seek with Miranda, Miranda comes up missing. Miranda's parents work nonstop in Asia developing a vaccine against a deadly virus while two mysterious clowns rob a bank right in Miranda's neighborhood. Amidst all this uproar and chaos the story unfolds as Mike and Cristy search frantically for their missing friend.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A man's life changes. In the midst of his adult life, he is unexpectedly forced to contemplate his mortality. As he learns of his terminal illness, he gets an even more telling prognosis-one that no one else has ever gotten. Now, more than ever, he wants to make sure that his life will have counted for something. As the dying father realizes, even a single parent estranged from his two sons has a leadership role to play in leading his own life. Dad's Last Letter is an inspirational story about a fatherly love, principles of leadership and the Christian faith.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The story begins in 1855; after a sailing ship from Ireland docks at Ellis Island. A young lady, we will call her Rose, hopes to join her sister's family that now lives in a New York suburb. The struggle of the Irish people to find a better life had been going on for 10 years. The New Beginning tells the story of how one family handles the disaster of their crops and the disappointment that plagued the country. Decisions that were made didn't always turn out in their favor. Rose, her sister, and her brother suffered the loss of their parents within a few months of each other, and their loss fueled their desire to leave Ireland to find a better life. Upon Rose's arrival in America, she is surprised to find that the members of her family all have a mutual desire to become frontier people. They were willing to take the hardships that might come with homesteading and developing land that would support all of the family. They came to America seeking a brighter future, a better life, and most of all, a new beginning.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Why are some people more creative than others Since we all have the same basic equipment in our heads, perhaps we have not learned how to recognize and use it. High-yield Scepticism is the result of over 30 years of intensely personal research, presenting an open-minded exploration of rationality, intuition, and instinct as they aid or block intelligent problem solving. It also explains why 'True Believers' will not find the truth while 'Hostile Sceptics' block the mindset that decodes the double entendres that lie at the root of the debate between religion and science.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book delineates a management style which is bottom-up rather than top-down, that is, it is employee-centered and allows employees to influence management decisions. Shrouded in the' mist the reader will recognize both old established and newly innovative management styles and embedded in these the Japanese concept of 'Kaizen' will be clandestinely apparent. An employee-centered management system is a dynamic function capable or successfully competing in an environment of economic fluctuations and changing market trends. The interaction of employees and the creative forces they generate as they solve and re-synthesize labor and production problems is an aggressive strategy which is nurtured and sustained by its own internal energy. Employees are the most important asset of business and industry and their full and effective utilization is a major responsibility of business management. People perform to the standards of their leaders, and business enterprises are no exception. Managers who lead by example are the most effective leaders; it is character through which leadership is exercised and it is character that sets the example and is imitated in turn. It is the character of management that projects the corporate image and personifies the philosophy of the business.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Captivating and gripping, The Serpentine Path is written for people who share an interest in how individuals have evolved over the years and its words hint at what future expectancy holds in the balance. This adventure into script concerns the inhumane actions of mankind and the ever-present play on power over less capable persons is by virtue of its subject intricate-and no effort has been made to downplay its perplexity. It is about panic, paranoia, and people who believed in things and beings that did not exist and the authors are concerned that such eventuates will not go away since man against man in the name of a merciful God has been proven and is clearly a perpetual.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - REMOVING the covers from Satan and exposing how he has deceived mankind is never welcomed by any but the rare few individuals [a] truly living holy (i.e., genuine Christians) and [b] thoroughly read in GOD¿S Word. Satan seeks to operate in secret where he can wreck havoc mentally, physically, and spiritually. Addressing [i] the wickedness of fornication (sex outside of marriage), [ii] the 'I am a Christian' falsehood, [iii] the weak church member, [iv] the world¿s resistance to holiness, [v] the intentionally blind, etc. boldly forces people to see themselves for themselves. This is always difficult, and most will reject it with every fiber of their being. For the few who embrace GOD¿S Word as revealed herein, salvation and elevation await them.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Retired educator Peter Halkias, in his autobiography Faithful to My Roots, writes about his childhood years during the German Occupation (1941-44) and the subsequent civil war that ravaged his native country of Greece. As he recalls, digging deep into his past, he writes of the difficult relations with his father during his elementary school years and the support he received from his mother during his high school years at Sparta and later years. Without any reservation, he does not hesitate to analyze both his parents from a social, intellectual, economic, and moral point of view. He continues his biography by describing his service in the Greek armed forces and the dreams he made as a young man right after he fulfilled his military obligation. He continues by sharing his preparation for a career to follow the academic road in his life for a successful future. He explains that the two years he attended the academy of TripolisTripoli studying to become a teacher, he experienced challenges and unfairness in the grading of students not on their own merit but on their background and social status.The educator writes how he met his wife of forty years, a remarkable marriage nowadays, and how they endured the struggles in raising their three children.He devotes quite a few pages to how he immigrated to America and continued his studies at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut, despite all the obstacles he faced: a language barrier, gaining employment, etc. After overcoming all the difficulties and earning his teaching degrees with the assistance of some individuals who recognized his talents and worthiness, he was hired and taught in the schools of Bridgeport, Connecticut, for twenty-five years, from where he retired recently.In a special chapter, he writes of his personal, family, and other episodes he thought were important life events, and experiences that he could not omit.He concludes his biography by summarizing his philosophies as a n.…