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Chinese Pediatric Massage: A Practitioner's Guide
by Kyle Cline• A leading practitioner of Chinese medicine provides Western therapists with a comprehensive, illustrated handbook for the noninvasive treatment of childhood conditions. • Provides alternatives to Western medicine that are more tolerable to children and better for their long-term health. • With over 200 drawings and photographs to guide practitioners through the massage treatments in the text. • A valuable addition to the repertoire of any health practitioner. A noninvasive alternative to conventional Western medicine, Chinese pediatric massage provides practitioners with greater flexibility in choosing a successful course of treatment to improve the health and energy of children without overwhelming their systems. Chinese pediatric massage has fewer side effects than other forms of treatment, making it more tolerable for children, easier on their parents, and more effective in improving the patient's long-term health. This clearly illustrated guide is designed to give all health care providers--massage therapists, homeopathic and allopathic practitioners, and bodyworkers--who know the general concepts of traditional Chinese medicine the tools and knowledge they need to successfully use Chinese pediatric massage in treating their patients. Effective on children from birth through preadolescence, Chinese pediatric massage is a valuable therapeutic addition to the repertoire of any practitioner. It considers how a child's energetic framework differs from that of an adult, and accounts for these physiological and anatomical differences through assessment, point locations, and treatment.
Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1916-1953
by Susan L. GlosserAt the dawn of the twentieth century, China's sovereignty was fragile at best. In the face of international pressure and domestic upheaval, young urban radicals--desperate for reforms that would save their nation--clamored for change, championing Western-inspired family reform and promoting free marriage choice and economic and emotional independence. But what came to be known as the New Culture Movement had the unwitting effect of fostering totalitarianism. In this wide-reaching, engrossing book, Susan Glosser examines how the link between family order and national salvation affected state-building and explores its lasting consequences. Glosser effectively argues that the replacement of the authoritarian, patriarchal, extended family structure with an egalitarian, conjugal family was a way for the nation to preserve crucial elements of its traditional culture. Her comprehensive research shows that in the end, family reform paved the way for the Chinese Communist Party to establish a deeply intrusive state that undermined the legitimacy of individual rights.
Chipper
by James Lincoln CollierOrphaned and homeless, twelve-year-old Chipper Carey is a street-wise gang member in 1890s New York City, until a con man introduces him to a wealthy woman who is seeking her long-lost nephew and Chipper must decide where his loyalties lie.
Chirchir Is Singing
by Kelly Cunnane Jude DalyChirchir just wants to make herself useful like all her other family members. But she drops Mama's water bucket, spills Kogo's tea, and sends Baba's potatoes tumbling down the hill. Isn't there something that Chirchir does best? Set in the rolling hills of rural Kenya, this is a wise and lyrical story about belonging from Kelly Cunnane, the author of the Ezra Jack Keats Award winner For You Are a Kenyan Child, accompanied by Jude Daly's beautiful folk art-style illustrations.From the Hardcover edition.
Chispas
by Manuel RivasUna divertida e ingeniosa alegoría del mundo moderno escrita por Manuel Rivas, una de las grandes plumas de la literatura española. Chispas es músico. A él le gustaría ser un artista cósmico, pero la gente de su pueblo, Entrelampo, lo considera más bien un cómico. Un cómico no demasiado bueno, además. Hasta el día que la Fuente del Habla convierte sus canciones en mágicas y a Chispas en una estrella del rock. Solo que… no en nuestro mundo, sino en el lejano planeta Mutandi, gobernado por los Cracks, unos seres cuya realidad se rige por modas. Y ahora, la nueva moda es Chispas. ¡Un músico cósmico!
Chloe Zhivago's Recipe for Marriage and Mischief: A Novel
by Olivia LichtensteinHere's the perfect recipe for mischief: Take one sexually neglected woman and one dashing, romantic foreigner (with a delectable accent). Add a craving for adventure plus a few drops of heady desire . . . then stand back, because in Olivia Lichtenstein's sparkling and sharply observed comedy of lust, longing, and marital unrest, this mix proves to be deliciously volatile. Chloe Zhivago has it all: a successful career, two teenage children who still speak to her, a faithful best buddy, a Famous Friend from hell (so decadently self-indulgent that one can't help but admire her and hate her at the same time), and Greg, her husband of seventeen years, a family-practice doctor who has the annoying habit of hiding the teakettle (to keep his memory sharp) and who occupies his time writing letters to the parking commission. And then it suddenly hits her. Is this all there is? When did wild weekends of passion become nights of chaste kisses and snoring to wake the dead? Will she ever savor sweet whispers of desire, or knowing glances filled with longing? What happens when the kids leave the nest but the husband stays behind? Enter Ivan. Married but questing and quixotic, he proffers notes of seduction written in Russian (necessitating awkward pleas for translation from a nearby shopkeeper) and lures Chloe to the precipice of one glorious, fortuitous fling. Does she dare? This wonderfully funny, sexy novel asks a vital question-how do you keep love alive in a marriage?-and answers it with poignancy and pure irresistible comedy.
Chloe and the Kaishao Boys
by Mae CoyiutoWhen Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese-Filipina girl in Manila whose father sets her up on a marathon of arranged dates in hopes of convincing her to stay close to home for college.&“A sweet and refreshing story about family, first love, and chasing your dreams. The way Coyiuto writes romance will completely sweep you away.&” —Dustin Thao, New York Times bestselling author of You&’ve Reached Sam.Chloe knows what it takes to be the perfect Liang daughter—stay in Manila, study business management, and join the family company. But when she unexpectedly gets off the wait list for USC, her dream of becoming an animator in the United States is suddenly within reach.Before she goes, her auntie insists on planning a traditional debut for Chloe&’s eighteenth birthday. And while a party with all her friends and family sounds like the perfect send-off, the huge production her auntie wants—complete with ball gowns and a choreographed dance number—makes Chloe want to pass out from stage fright.To make matters worse, her father, intent on finding Chloe the perfect escort for the party, keeps setting her up on one awkward kaishao—or arranged date—after another. Why does her dad suddenly care so much about her love life? And what happens when she actually starts to fall for one of the guys, only to have to leave at the end of the summer?At home in the Philippines, Chloe has her future all planned out for her. In America, nothing is certain. With a career in animation far from guaranteed, Chloe must decide if following her dreams is worth everything—and everyone—she&’ll be leaving behind.
Chloe in the Know (Kane Family Chronicle #3)
by Judith CaseleyAnother visit with the Kane family. In this third book of the series, the story stars Chloe, the eldest child. She learns that being senior is not always a position of advantage. But she is always there to help, whether it's knowing when to keep a secret or standing up for her brother, Harry, when he is unfairly accused of lying. This welcome continuation of the Kane family chronicle is as true-to-life, fun-filled, and funny as its predecessors. Chloe's close and caring family supports her when she begins to feel the strain of being the oldest child. Look in the Bookshare library for more books in the Kane Family Chronicles including: Harry and Arney, Dorothy's Darkest Days, Starring Dorothy Kane and Hurricane Harry.
Chloe, Instead
by Micah PlayerMolly always dreamed of having a sister who is just like her. But she got Chloe, instead. These two sisters are nothing alike: Molly loves to color with crayons. Chloe prefers the taste of wax. Molly loves to read. Chloe prefers to nibble a book's spine. Molly is frustrated! But then she realizes that maybe sisters aren't the ones next to you on the piano bench, they're the ones dancing to the music you play! This humorous, perceptive snapshot of sibling love is perfect for those who may need a bit of convincing what fun little siblings can be!
Chocky
by Margaret Atwood John WyndhamIn Chocky, pioneering science-fiction master John Wyndham confronts an enigma as strange as anything found in his classic works The Day of the Triffids or The Chrysalids--the mind of a child. It's not terribly unusual for a boy to have an imaginary friend, but Matthew's parents have to agree that his--nicknamed Chocky--is anything but ordinary. Why, Chocky demands to know, are there twenty-four hours in a day? Why are there two sexes? Why can't Matthew solve his math homework using a logical system like binary code? When the questions Chocky asks become too advanced and, frankly, too odd for teachers to answer, Matthew's parents start to wonder if Chocky might be something far stranger than a figment of their son's imagination. Chocky, the last novel Wyndham published during his life, is a playful investigation of what being human is all about, delving into such matters as child-rearing, marriage, learning, artistic inspiration--and ending with a surprising and impassioned plea for better human stewardship of the earth.
Chocolate For a Mother's Heart
by Kay AllenbaughMoms Love Chocolate, Too! Mothers do it all -- they teach, listen, guide, and protect. They shelter us from life's unexpected storms, nurture us into adulthood, and know just when to push us from the nest. Now the creator of the bestselling Chocolate series offers up a rich, soulful celebration of motherhood, one that any woman -- mother, daughter, sister, or best friend -- will love. Here are more true stories that capture the essence of what it means to be a woman and that honor the unforgettable experience of mothering, from the heartwarming and hilarious to the bittersweet: a mother sending her child off to school, or down the aisle...a mother who knows just what to say and when to say it -- or keep it to herself...a stand-in mom who passes for the "real thing" with flying colors...a mother whose intuition never fails....You're sure to recognize yourself -- or your own mom -- in the pages of Chocolate for a Mother's Heart.
Chocolate Wishes: Book 3 (The Lulu Baker Trilogy #3)
by Fiona DunbarAs Lulu scales new heights with her enchanted recipe book, she discovers that the evil Varaminta is looming again - and this time she has joined forces with an international arch villain! Lulu faces her greatest challenge yet...
Chocolate para el corazón de mamá
by Kay Allenbaugh¡A las mamás también les gusta el chocolate! Las madres hacen de todo -- enseÑan, escuchan, guÍan y protegen. Nos dan refugio durante las inesperadas tormentas de la vida, nos sustentan y cuidan para encami-narnos hacia nuestra vida adulta y conocen el momento preciso para hacernos abandonar el nido. Ahora, la creadora de la exitosa serie Chocolate ofrece para el deleite de toda mujer -- madre, hija, hermana o mejor amiga -- una espléndida y emotiva celebración de la maternidad. He aquÍ más historias de la vida real que capturan la esencia de lo que significa ser mujer y que honran la inolvidable experiencia de la maternidad, desde lo conmovedor y lo divertido hasta lo agridulce: una madre que envÍa a su hijo a la escuela y lo ve alejarse por el corredor hacia su aula; una madre que sabe exactamente qué decir o no decir y el momento para cada cosa; una mamá suplente que pasa por "la de verdad" con enorme éxito; una madre cuya intuición nunca falla. Seguramente te reconocerás a ti misma o reconocerás a tu propia madre en las páginas de Chocolate para el corazón de mamá.
Chocolate-Covered Ants
by Stephen ManesMax and his little brother Adam make a bet about eating chocolate-covered ants.
Choice Time: How To Deepen Learning Through Inquiry And Play
by Renee Dinnerstein Kathy CollinsHow do you define play and choice time in early childhood classrooms? According to Renee Dinnerstein,"During choice time, children choose to play in a variety of centers that have been carefully designed and equipped to scaffold children's natural instinct for play." <p><p> In Choice Time, Renee gives you everything you need to set up choice-time centers that promote inquiry-based, guided play in your classroom. Renee summarizes the research, describing the different kinds of play and why they are important. <p> Renee reveals what can happen when you embrace a culture of inquiry, providing opportunities for children to be explorative and creative in their thinking. She believes that, "A child's engagement is the most powerful asset we have for teaching and learning." Give your students choice time, and watch them engage in joyful, important, playful, age-appropriate work that will empower them to become lifelong learners.
Choice: A Novel
by Neel MukherjeeAn ingenious, devastating, explosive novel about the ramifications of choice from "one of the most original and talented authors working today" (NPR). "How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical economist husband; their twins; and even the authors he edits and publishes. One of those authors, a mysterious M. N. Opie, writes a story about a young academic involved in a car accident that causes her life to veer in an unexpected direction. Another author, an economist, describes how the gift of a cow to an impoverished family on the West Bengal–Bangladesh border sets them on a startling path to tragedy. Together, these connected narratives raise the question: How free are we really to make our own choices? In a scathing, compassionate quarrel with the world, Neel Mukherjee confronts our fundamental assumptions about economics, race, appropriation, and the tangled ethics of contemporary life.
Choices
by Deborah Lynn JacobsSHIFTING BETWEEN MULTIPLE REALITIES. A teenage girl consumed by guilt over her brother's death tries to find a universe in which he is still alive. Sticky notes rim the mirror in rainbow colors REMEMBER, DON'T FORGET HIM, READ THE NOTEBOOK Remember what? Remember who? And what's this about a notebook? There's another note, bottom center of the mirror THE DREAMS ARE REAL. In an unconscious effort to find her dead brother, Kathleen slips between universes Choices begins in one dimension, then fractures into four distinct voices with every deision Kathleen/Kay/Kate/Kathy makes.
Choices
by Deborah Lynn JacobsSHIFTING BETWEEN MULTIPLE REALITIES A teenage girl consumed by guilt over her brother's death tries to find a universe in which he is still alive.Sticky notes rim the mirror in rainbow colors. REMEMBER. DON'T FORGET HIM. READ THE NOTEBOOK. Remember what? Remember who? And what's this about a notebook? There's another note, bottom center of the mirror. THE DREAMS ARE REAL.In an unconscious effort to find her dead brother, Kathleen slips between universes. Choices begins in one dimension, then fractures into four distinct voices with every deision Kathleen/Kay/Kate/Kathy makes.
Choices
by Dianne WolferTold in a nonjudgmental narrative that confronts issues head-on, this story follows 17-year-old Elisabeth who discovers she is pregnant and has a tough choice to make: keep the baby or make alternative arrangements. With parents pressuring her, a boyfriend she cannot trust, a best friend she keeps pushing away, and her own indecision, Elisabeth's dilemma grows more and more difficult. This realistic account of teenage pregnancy addresses the pros and cons of both possible outcomes through the alternating perspectives through Libby, who keeps the baby, and Beth, who does not.
Choices In Relationships: An Introduction To Marriage And The Family
by David Knox Caroline SchachtBuilt on the idea that the right choice is an informed choice, Knox and Schacht's CHOICES IN RELATIONSHIPS equips you with the knowledge and confidence you need to make wise decisions for a lifetime of positive relationships. By applying the text's concepts, and participating in exercises such as the text's self-assessments, you will learn how to approach every intimate relationship with the freedom and responsibility that comes from making educated choices. You will come away with the information that you need to explore the tradeoffs that choices involve, learn how to view situations in a positive light, and understand how not making a choice is really a choice after all.
Choices and Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
by Dick SchaeferChoices and Consequences describes the step-by-step process of intervention to stop a teenager's harmful involvement with chemicals.Alcohol and other drug use among teenagers is epidemic.Children as young as grade-school age are experimenting with mood-altering substances.One out of every four high school students drink to excess when they drink.Many teenagers are abusing alcohol and other drugs--and many will die prematurely if they don't get help.\ Choices & Consequences tells you precisely how you can help. Written for parents, teachers, family doctors, mental health professionals, school guidance counselors, social workers, juvenile justice workers, clergy, and anyone else who cares about teenagers, it describes a step-by-step process called intervention that you can use to stop a teenager's harmful involvement with chemicals. If you're worried about kids and alcohol or other drugs, you can do something. And you can start today with Choices and Consequences.
Choices in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Guide to Options for Health Professionals, Midwives, Holistic Practitioners, and Parents
by John WilksThis is a comprehensive and empowering guide to facilitating a positive pregnancy and birth experience, and ensuring lasting emotional and physical health for mother and baby. Countering increasingly medicalized attitudes towards pregnancy and birth among many healthcare providers, this research-based book discusses the benefits of a more natural approach. It reveals the often undisclosed effects on a child's long-term development of accepted medical practices, such as induction, C-section, surgical interventions and pain-relief medications. It offers advice on how these practices can be avoided, for example with techniques to encourage optimal fetal positioning, by optimising the birth environment, and through drug-free pain management methods. Ultimately, it enables practitioners to support parents in informed, confident decision-making by giving a balanced account of the complex array of options available throughout pregnancy and birth. With invaluable contributions from midwives, doulas, mothers, and doctors, and tried-and-tested advice on sleep, exercise, diet and therapies, this will a very useful reference for anyone working with women and babies. The information will also be relevant to prospective and new parents.
Choices: A heart-warming and uplifting page turner set in the West Country you’ll never forget…
by Susan SallisA life-enhancing and emotionally powerful novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher.READERS ARE LOVING CHOICES!"My first Susan Sallis read.....but not my last. I didn't want this book to end." - 5 STARS"A brilliant, very thought provoking and unforgettable book." - 5 STARS"From first page to last holds your attention. Would recommend this as a real life story read, with characters you can connect with." - 5 STARS"This book was instantly readable for me. I found it sad and yet uplifting..." - 5 STARS****************************WHEN A LIFE IS DESTROYED BY TRAGEDY, CAN LOVE WIN THROUGH?On the very day Helen Wilson plans to choose her wedding dress, a devastating car accident takes the three people she loves most cruelly away from her and changes her life forever.Grieving and heartbroken, she moves to Flatners, a cottage overlooking the Bristol Channel, to start a new life and leave the pain of the past behind.Gradually settling into a new existence, she makes new friends and immerses herself in local life - and slowly becomes aware of the complex feelings she is developing for Harry Vallender, the previous owner of Flatners...
Choke Chain
by Jason Donald'An exceptional debut' IndependentAlex is twelve, and he lives with his younger brother and his parents in a dirt-poor white neighbourhood in 1980s South Africa. He and Kevin are trying to grow up, while their mother, Grace, is simply trying to keep them safe. Apart from the usual lessons of childhood, the boys are finding out about deceit, petty crime and casual violence, and the person that's teaching them is their father. A devious, self-centred, volatile man, Bruce Thorne sees the world as a battleground where the winner is the one who throws the first punch. Ruling the family through fear, it is only when he abandons them for a teenage lover that their problems really begin.Exposing the rotten, insidious patterns of fathering that most societies still ignore, Choke Chain shows two boys struggling to find steady ground in a disintegrating household. Watching quietly as their mother diminishes in the black light of her husband, they learn that not all adults are right and true - that some have evil bred, or beaten, into them. Opening with a thunderstorm and hail 'the size of apricots', this extraordinary first novel is a series of emotional storms and aftershocks, with any brightness on the horizon shadowed by gathering dark. Beautifully written and intensely moving, the novel builds to the drama of its conclusion: the turbulence turning to frenzy and clearing, finally, to some redemptive light.
Choked Off (The Falconer Files #2)
by Andrea FrazerThe villagers of Stoney Cross were bustling about like hyperactive ants. In gardens, houses, and the village hall, figures flitted to and fro, making last-minute preparations for their 'Great Event': the first Stoney Cross Arts Festival, which was due to commence on Saturday. The enlisting of a local radio presenter to advertise then review their efforts had added an extra frisson of excitement.But the delight soon turns to dismay when the broadcaster, Marcus Willoughby, actually moves into a house in Stoney Cross the day before the Festival. He turns out to be someone from various people's pasts; someone whom they had hoped never to see again, and who greets them with recognition and malice in his eyes. To those he had never met before, he simply proves to be a smarmy, spiteful bigot, who proceeds to take great delight in verbally shredding their artistic efforts.When he is found dead at his desk in his new home, no crocodile tears are shed. His demise is even presented on air, during his pre-recorded radio show Marcus having been 'choked off' for good while in full flow. His arrival in the village had obviously caused a few already guilty hearts to beat faster, and precipitates the hasty confessions of dark deeds thought long since buried. Into this welter of emotions is dispatched DI Harry Falconer, his erstwhile Acting Detective Sergeant, 'Davey' Carmichael riding shotgun, as they enter 'bandit' country once more.Choked Off is the second instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds, and a delightful slice of humour.