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Reiki Fire: New Information about the Origins of the Reiki Power: A Complete Manual
by Frank Arjava PetterThe author, a Reiki master practicing in Japan, traces the origins in a new light following the path of Usuisan back in time through meetings with his descendants and climbing the holy mountain of his enlightenment.
Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State
by Aime Alley CardThe Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women&’s track team, which found Olympic glory at the 1960 games in Rome. The author tells a story of desire, success and failure—of beating the odds—against the backdrop of a changing America, but tells it in an intimate way. Readers will come to know the individuals&’ unique struggles and triumphs, while also understanding how these dreams emerged and solidified just as the country was struggling to leave the Jim Crow era behind. Coach Edward Temple pushed each team member to the limit and saw the possibilities in them that they often did not see themselves. The elite group of talent included Wilma Rudolph, Barbara Jones, Lucinda Williams, Martha Hudson, Willye B. White and Shirley Crowder: women who once were and should still be known world-wide. Ultimately the team&’s drive was for more than medals: Coach Temple and the Tigerbelles wanted to change the world&’s perception of what a group of young Black women in the Jim Crow south were capable of. Tigerbelles is a multi-layered inspirational tale of triumph over adversity. Based on memoirs and interviews with surviving team members, including Coach Temple, this is the story of an impossible dream come true.
The Lively Lady
by Kenneth Lewis RobertsThis third installment in the Chronicles of Arundel is set during the War of 1812, The Lively Lady follows the fortunes of Richard Nason, an American sailing master and privateer who is captured and imprisoned by the British.
Messenger on the Battlefield (Lone Star Heroines)
by Melinda RiceIsabelina Montoya is happy in 1835 when her older sister, Feliciana, accepts the marriage proposal of a handsome Mexican soldier. At 11, Isabelina is old enough to help plan the wedding! But then Texas goes to war against Mexico, and Isabelinaís family is divided. Should they remain true to their Mexican heritage or fight for their new homeland?The Lone Star Heroines series brings to life real events in Texas history and shows young readers how girls living during those exciting times experienced and even contributed to those dramatic events. Each book in the series includes a chapter of background stories and pictures of the actual people who lived them.Look for other stories of The Lone Star Heroines Series, and the Lone Star Heroes series for boys, too.
Haunted Montana: A Ghost Hunter's Guide to Haunted Places You Can Visit - IF YOU DARE!
by Karen StevensHere&’s your ghostly guide to spooks, spirits, and specters of Montana. From haunted hotels to eerie inns, this book will take you to all the spookiest spots in the state. Want to meet a phantom? Experience a poltergeist? Commune with the dearly departed? Let Haunted Montana lead the way to places you can stay to experience the other side.
Hot Cocoa Cookbook
by Gooseberry PatchGet a taste of Gooseberry Patch in this collection of over 20 favorite cocoa recipes! Mmm...so chocolatey! Our Hot Cocoa cookbook will make you feel warm & cozy with sweet recipes like peppy peppermint hot chocolate, cozy homemade hot chocolate mix and puffy homemade marshmallows.
Honors Rendered (Honor Series)
by Robert N. MacomberJanuary 1889. German and American naval forces are engaged in an escalating confrontation in Samoa in the South Pacific. Warships are at battle stations. Naval reinforcements from both nations are on the way. The press in Berlin, Hamburg, Washington, and San Francisco is calling for national honor to be defended. At any minute, open warfare may erupt. All it will take is one spark.President Grover Cleveland orders Commander Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, to clandestinely accomplish one of two things: either somehow prevent all-out war between Germany and America, or win it decisively at the outset to prevent combat from spreading worldwide. Coming up with an admittedly makeshift plan along the way, Wake enlists the help of an unlikely trio he encounters in the Pacific: a Hawaiian artillery officer, a renegade Methodist minister, and a beautiful widow. Unfortunately for Wake—and unbeknownst to him—each of them has his or her own motives for heading to Samoa. If he fails, thousands across the world will die. It is a dilemma right out of today's headlines: When do you cross the line of civilized behavior to potentially save lives? How do you live with the consequences? Amidst this dilemma, Wake decides to employ a repulsive tactic that results in horror for a member of his team, something he will regret for the rest of his life. The intrigue is as deadly as the action in this novel, which culminates in one of the most significant events in Pacific—and American—naval history.
Myths and Mysteries of Kansas: True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained (Myths and Mysteries Series)
by Diana Lambdin MeyerThis selection of twelve stories from Kansas's past explores some of the Sunflower State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.
Signatures of Life: Science Searches the Universe
by Edward AshpoleAn intriguing overview of the ways in which science could find evidencefor extraterrestrial life Are we alone in the universe, oris life a universal phenomenon?For fifty years,astronomers in SETI (Search for ExtraterrestrialIntelligence) have scanned the universe for intelligent signals, but with no success. In this intriguing book, Edward Ashpole explains the probable reasons for this and discusses other avenues of investigation more in line with the nature of science and technology. The author examines the problems inherent in scanning the universe for radio or optical signals from an alien intelligence. Theseinclude the difficulty of trying to communicate with another species possessing a completely unknown form of technology and the vast distances that alien communications would have to travel to reach us. This leads Ashpoleto other ways of finding evidence for extraterrestrial life, giventhat advanced civilizations would probably use artificial intelligenceforinterstellar travel. Our scientists now know how to detect the presence of life on a planet by observing its spectral lines, so more advanced alien researchers would have had ample time (about two billion years) to investigate these "signatures of life" coming from Earth. Hence, the author argues, alien space probes could exist within our own solar system; there might be evidence on the erosion-free Moon or on another moon or planet. In fact, a few scientists have scannedNASA's best photography,looking for evidence of such "alien archaeology." In a final chapter, the author urges an open-minded attitude on the part of scientists to allcredible sources ofinformation, along with the use of the scientific method to test various hypothesesand weed out the fantasy factor, which so often interferes with seriousattempts to find hard evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Informative and fascinating, Signatures of Life delves into a topic thatoften provokes wild speculation in a thought-provoking yet scientifically responsible way.
Chinese Legal Family
by Qinhua He Yonghong Qian Chunhai Zhang Guanghong WuThis book primarily focuses on the origin, essence, characteristics, and fundamental content of the Chinese Legal Family, the development of the laws as they were instituted in China and other countries in the Chinese Legal Family—such as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam—the impact and the historical status of the Chinese Legal Family. The present version is the English translation, completed under the Translation Project of Chinese Academic Works sponsored by the Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences (with some sections abbreviated). The book&’s target audience primarily falls into two categories: those interested in traditional Chinese legal culture and the legal cultures of East Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, and those who wish to conduct further in-depth research on the legal concepts, legal systems, legal institutions, legal procedures, legal education, and legal research of China and East Asian countries, as well as their characteristics and essence.
Sexualität in der Psychotherapie im Kindes- und Jugendalter (essentials)
by Philipp Stang Claudia OndrejtschakSexualität ist ein zentraler Bestandteil menschlicher Entwicklung – auch im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Dennoch wird sie in der psychotherapeutischen Arbeit mit jungen Menschen oft übersehen oder gar vermieden. Dieses Buch schließt eine wichtige Lücke: Es ergänzt bestehende Lehrwerke zur Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie um das bislang kaum beleuchtete Feld der Sexualtherapie. Anschaulich, praxisnah und wissenschaftlich fundiert zeigt der Band, wie psychosexuelle Entwicklung altersgerecht thematisiert und therapeutisch begleitet werden kann – ohne Pathologisierung, mit viel Feingefühl und klaren methodischen Leitlinien. Der Fokus liegt auf Kindern unter 14 Jahren sowie Jugendlichen bis 21 Jahren. Aspekte wie Gesprächsführung, Visualisierung, Medien- und Materialeinsatz stehen im Mittelpunkt und geben Therapeut:innen konkrete Werkzeuge an die Hand, um junge Patient:innen im kommunikativen Umgang mit Sexualität zu stärken. Ein unverzichtbares Fachbuch für alle, die Kinder und Jugendliche psychotherapeutisch begleiten – und Sexualität als wichtigen Teil der Entwicklung ernst nehmen.
Perspectives on Global Transformation: Proceedings of Research Conclave on Global Transformation 2024 (ReCon-GT24) (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #1368)
by G. K. Rajanikant Pascaline PréThis book presents selected proceedings of the Research Conclave on Global Transformation 2024 (ReCon-GT24). In an era of unprecedented challenges and opportunities, this Conclave is a nexus for the world&’s foremost minds to converge, collaborate, and ignite transformative change. This book presents cutting-edge research on pathways toward a better global future focusing on sustainability, inclusivity, and resilience. From cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs to innovative policy frameworks, the book explores the multifaceted dimensions of transformation and discovers actionable insights that can propel us toward a more harmonious world. This book is a valuable resource for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in innovative design and related fields.
Energy Transformation in Lithuania: Analysis at the Municipal Level (SpringerBriefs in Economics)
by Mantas ŠvažasThis open access Brief investigates the issue of energy transformation in small countries without their own fossil resources. Using Lithuania as a case study, the Brief analyses energy transformation from both a municipal and regional perspective, outlining the reasons for pursuing energy transformation, the main constraints that exist, and proposing practical methodologies for assessing local energy potential. The chapters focus on real-world challenges, including political barriers and competence gaps, while also making concrete policy recommendations and offering models for energy transformation in regional areas. Filling a critical gap in the discourse on municipal energy transformation, this Brief will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and policymakers in the fields of energy policy, regional development, and sustainability as well as professionals in municipal governance, energy sector decision-makers, and private sector stakeholders interested in decentralized energy solutions.
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Intervention and Assessment Practices with Emergent Bilingual Students
by Desiree Vega Jaclyn N. WolfThis book addresses the general and special education needs of emergent bilingual students from intervention that supports their academic and social-emotional needs to assessment for special education services. It provides contextual information about emergent bilingual students&’ opportunities for academic success and language development. The book describes the application of a culturally and linguistically responsive multitiered system of supports (MTSS), including specialized considerations related to their literacy /language and math needs and the importance of culturally adapted behavioral, social-emotional, and academic interventions. In addition, the book offers guidance on the evaluation process for special education and related services, including considerations for differentiating language, culture, and disability across various eligibility categories, such as speech and language impairment, specific learning disability, intellectual disability, and autism. It also discusses opportunities for collaboration with families, speech-language pathologists, and interpreters during the assessment and intervention processes. Key areas of coverage include: · The educational experiences and needs of emergent bilingual students. · Implementing a multitiered system of supports (MTSS) with culturally adapted interventions. · <span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-fon
Blockchain Platforms: A Look at the Underbelly of Distributed Platforms (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Science)
by Stijn Van HijfteThis Second Edition introduces the technical features that make up blockchain technology today, including the numerous changes that have occurred since the publication of the prior edition. The author begins with an updated explanation of all technological concepts necessary to understand any discussions related to distributed ledgers and a short history of earlier implementations. The book covers the Ethereum network, cryptocurrencies running on top of the network, and smart contracts, and the various private and public platforms. The author also presents an up-to-date overview of the blockchain networks that readers can use to build solutions of their own and the tools that can help them in the process. This new edition expands upon the first edition by incorporating discussion of recent developments in the blockchain landscape, including major events and new algorithms.
Translational Research Methods for Pediatric Brain Tumors (Neuromethods #226)
by Michael GoldsteinThis volume focuses on translational models of pediatric brain cancers that are critical to understanding tumor formation, tumor progression, and response to treatment. These models are particularly important for drug screens and preclinical testing of novel treatment approaches involving chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy. The chapters in this book cover a variety of the latest technologies used to investigate the molecular backbone of pediatric brain tumors. These new diagnostic tools include tumor characterization from liquid biopsy; capturing the local heterogeneity of a single tumor through spatial genomics; and deciphering the unique epigenetic traits of pediatric brain tumors by profiling tumor methylome and post-translational histone modifications. Some chapters also describe the latest experimental tools designed to explore new therapeutic strategies and optimize current treatments. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your laboratory.Cutting-edge and thorough, Translational Research Methods for Pediatric Brain Tumors is a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers who want to learn more about experimental pediatric neuro-oncology and help guide the field toward a brighter future.
Ketamine: From Neurobiology to Emergency and Anesthesia Care, Volume I (Neuromethods #224)
by Sabine HimmelseherKetamine: From Neurobiology to Emergency and Anesthesia Care, Volume 1 discusses the latest advances in neuroscientific, translational, and clinical research, as well as practical applications of the essential drug racemic ketamine and its enantiomers esketamine and arketamine. Volume I covers ketamine&’s basic pharmacology and biology, as well as clinical developments in neurophysiology and neuroimaging with an emphasis on topics of consciousness and neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic specifics with ketamine and its various administration routes are presented. The book also deals with racemic and esketamine&’s significance in clinical care of (prehospital) emergencies and trauma. The importance of ketamine in various anesthesia scenarios is addressed, including maternal and pediatric anesthesia, multimodal regimen, opioid-free anesthesia, and approaches to increase the quality of perioperative recovery. Periprocedural sedation with ketamine is described and potential benefits of ketamine for patient safety in neurosurgical anesthesia and sedation discussed. This Neuromethods volume offers concise details and advice regarding ketamine therapy from top researchers and clinician scientists. These insights are key to success in research and, most importantly, to improving patient outcomes. Ketamine: From Neurobiology to Emergency and Anesthesia Care, Volume 1 is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource and essential reference for both researchers and clinicians. People all around the world are substantially interested in ketamine, and racemic and es- ketamine&’s applications in medicine are rapidly expanding.This book is complemented by Ketamine: Pain Management, Critical Care, Depression, and Resource-Poor Setting, Volume II.
Transgenic Plants: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology #2973)
by Nitish KumarThis detailed volume explores methods used in the development of transgenic plants. The book presents techniques for genetically altering plant tissues and cells as well as for obtaining entire transgenic plants from them. The creation of new vectors, the use of chloroplast engineering, and the most recent advances in this field, such as plant genome editing, are also covered. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step and readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips for troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Timely and practical, Transgenic Plants: Methods and Protocols serves as an ideal guide for the development of transgenic crop plants and their application for improving agriculture, environment, ecology, and health.
Back When We Were Grownups: A Novel (Windsor Selection Ser.)
by Anne TylerNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person." The woman is Rebecca Davitch, a fifty-three-year-old grandmother. "You&’ll want to turn back to the first chapter the moment you finish the last.&” —PEOPLEOn the surface, Beck, as she is known to the Davitch clan, is outgoing, joyous, a natural celebrator. Giving parties is, after all, her vocation—something she married into after Joe Davitch spotted her at an engagement party in his family&’s crumbling nineteenth-century Baltimore row house, where giving parties was his family business. What caught Joe's fancy was that she seemed to be having such a wonderful time. Soon this large-spirited divorcé with three little girls swept Beck into his orbit, and before she knew it she was embracing his extended family—plus a child of their own—and hosting endless parties in the ornate, high-ceilinged rooms of The Open Arms.Now, some thirty years later, after presiding over a disastrous family party, Rebecca is caught un-awares by the question of who she really is. Is she an impostor in her own life? Is it indeed her own life? How she answers—how she tries to recover her girlhood self, that dignified grownup she had once been—is the story told in this beguiling, funny, and deeply moving novel.
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. LiebermanIn this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. The Story of the Human Body brilliantly illuminates as never before the major transformations that contributed key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering, leading to our superlative endurance athleticism; the development of a very large brain; and the incipience of cultural proficiencies. Lieberman also elucidates how cultural evolution differs from biological evolution, and how our bodies were further transformed during the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. While these ongoing changes have brought about many benefits, they have also created conditions to which our bodies are not entirely adapted, Lieberman argues, resulting in the growing incidence of obesity and new but avoidable diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Lieberman proposes that many of these chronic illnesses persist and in some cases are intensifying because of &“dysevolution,&” a pernicious dynamic whereby only the symptoms rather than the causes of these maladies are treated. And finally—provocatively—he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment. (With charts and line drawings throughout.)
Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry
by Alex RitanyWhat does it mean when your best friend is dead and your instinct is relief? A stunningly immersive debut about toxic friendships, grief, romance, and new beginnings.Friendship, at least for me, has never been anything but complicated.Before:One year ago, best friends Nora and Julia were starting their senior year of high school, with plans to apply to the same university so they wouldn't be separated. When Dillan Fletcher comes back to town, life as Nora knows it begins to unravel. And then, the unthinkable happens.After:Months after surviving the accident that killed her best friend, Nora Radford is stagnating. Dillan has remained by her side, but he and other friends are starting university, while Nora is still trying to unravel the lies that Julia told, lies disguised as friendship.DEAD GIRLS DON&’T SAY SORRY is an absorbing page-tuner told in two timelines about how friendships evolve, how growing up can reveal the dark side of those you trust most. And it&’s about how even in the face of tragedy, we can find our way out of the dark and have the courage to step into something better.
Oh, Play That Thing (The Last Roundup)
by Roddy DoyleIt's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe.Henry Smart, on the run from Dublin, lands on his feet. After the 1916 Rebellion, Henry Smart is running from the Republicans for whom he committed murder and mayhem. Lying to the immigration officer, avoiding Irish eyes that might recognise him, hiding the photograph of himself with his wife because it shows a gun across his lap, he throws his passport into the river and forges a new identity. He's a handsome man with a sandwich board, behind which he stashes hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. He catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district and soon there are eyes on his back and men in the shadows. It is time to leave, for another America...The Depression is sending folks to ride the rails in search of a new life and new hope, and all trains lead to Chicago. As Henry&’s past tries to catch up with him, he takes off on a journey to the great port, where music is everywhere. Chicago is wild and new, and newest of all is the music. Furious, wild, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. His music is everywhere, coming from every open door, every phonograph. But Armstrong is a prisoner of his colour; there are places a black man cannot go, things he cannot do. Armstrong needs a man, a white man, and the man he chooses is Henry Smart.
Genji & Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike
by Helen Craig McCulloughThe Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike are the two major works of classical Japanese prose. The complete versions of both works are too long to be taught in one term, and this abridgement answers the need for a one-volume edition of both works suitable for use in survey courses in classical Japanese literature or world literature in translation and by the general reader daunted by the complete works. The translator has selected representative portions of the two texts with a view to shaping the abridgments into coherent, aesthetically acceptable wholes. Often called the world's earliest novel, The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu, is a poetic evocation of aristocratic life in eleventh-century Japan, a period of brilliant cultural efflorescence. This new translation focuses on important events in the life of its main character, Genji. It traces the full length of Genji's relationship with Murasaki, the deepest and most enduring of his emotional attachments, and contains all or parts of 10 of the 41 chapters in which Genji figures, including the "Broom Tree" chapter, which provides a reprise of the themes of the book. In romanticized but essentially truthful fashion, The Tale of the Heike describes the late twelfth-century political intrigues and battlefield clashes that led to the eclipse of the Kyoto court and the establishment of a military government by the rival Minamotho (Genji) clan. Its underlying theme, the evanescence of worldly things, echoes some of the concerns of the Genji, but its language preserves many traces of oral composition, and its vigor and expansivelness contrast sharply with the pensive, elegant tone of the Genji. The selections of the Heike, about 40 percent of the owrk, are taken from the translator's complete edition, which received great acclaim: "this verison of the Heike is superb and indeed reveals to English-language readers for the first time the full scope, grandeur, and literary richness of the work."—Journal of Asian Studies For both the Genji and the Heike abridgments, the translator has provided introductions, headnote summaries, adn other supplementary maerials designed to help readers follow the sometimes confused story lines and keep the characters straight. The book also includes an appendix, a glossary, a bibliography, and two maps.
$3 Low-Calorie Meals: Delicious, Low-Cost Dishes That Won't Add to Your Waistline
by Ellen BrownIt doesn&’t take much of anything—time, money, or stress. And it doesn&’t leave your taste buds in the lurch. No wonder it&’s catching on. *A whole new take on $3 Meals—250+ cost-busting, waist-trimming, simple, healthy recipes for great meals and moreFood prices have done some impressive skyrocketing of late—and predictions are they will continue to do so for some time to come. While the fortunate few can breeze through the checkout lane without fretting over their bank balances, for the rest of us, sticker shock sets in when least expected—and frequently at that. But how to feed ourselves and our hungry families economically and healthfully at that? Following up on her $3 Meals: Feed Your Family Delicious, Healthy Meals for Less than the Cost of a Gallon of Milk (Lyons, April 2009), Ellen Brown here dishes up the answer in delicious terms with simple, easy-to-follow, family-pleasing recipes. $3 Low-Calorie Meals presents 250-plus recipes, with main courses priced so that the cost of a WHOLE meal—including side dishes and a dessert—costs less than $3 per person.. Not only are all the recipes waistline-friendly; all can be prepared in less time than it takes to have a pizza delivered. The book also includes a treasure trove of valuable tips on how to save money while shopping.
Best Easy Day Hikes: Grand Junction and Fruita (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)
by Bill HaggertyThis guidebook offers 26 easy hiking trails in the Grand Junction, Colo., and Fruita, Colo., areas. It offers GPS coordinates for the trailheads, detailed hike descriptions, and concise mile-by-mile directions, along with detailed maps.