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Empty Cauldrons: Navigating Depression Through Magic and Ritual
by Terence P. WardA Pagan Guide to Coping with DepressionWhether is it impacting you or a loved one, depression can be difficult to discuss or even acknowledge. Empty Cauldrons explores the isolating influence it can have and why many people resist professional help. With contributions from Pagan clergy, depression sufferers, and therapists, author Terence P Ward creates a picture of depression that draws upon both science and religion. He also shares his own experiences with this common affliction and the spiritual methods he has used for relief.Discover how to draw off miasma, appeal to the gods of the wind, purify yourself with sound, and host a traditional Hellenic ancestor feast. Learn about conducting shadow work, tending a depression shrine, keeping a dream journal, and much more. Throughout the book, Ward compassionately presents dozens of simple strategies for developing a polytheistic relationship with depression, seeking comfort, and rekindling hope.Includes a foreword by M. Macha Nightmare, priestess, witch, and cofounder of the reclaiming collective
Guys Read: A Short Story
by Gennifer CholdenkoRiver and Niko find their dad is missing, and they have no choice but to track him down. But when they discover the clues lead to a shady reptile dealer, they start to think they might have gotten in over their heads. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can: A Total Self-Healing Approach for Mind, Body, & Spirit
by Amy B. ScherBe You, Be Happy, Be FreeUsing energy therapy and emotional healing techniques, How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can shows you how to achieve complete and permanent healing by loving, accepting, and being yourself no matter what. Energy therapist Amy Scher presents an easy-to-understand, three-part approach to removing blockages, changing your relationship with stress, and coming into alignment with who you truly are.After overcoming a life-threatening illness, Amy had an epiphany that healing is more than just physical. Her dramatic story serves as a powerful example of how beneficial it is to address our emotional energies, particularly when nothing else works. Discover areas of imbalance and easy ways to address them on your healing journey. Whether you are experiencing physical symptoms or are just feeling lost, sad, anxious, or emotionally unbalanced, this book can change your life.Praise:"Amy has seen the truth and can be a coach to all those who seek healing and authenticity."—Bernie Siegel, MD, bestselling author of Love, Medicine, & Miracles and The Art of Healing"[Amy Scher is] an inspiration, not just because she teaches us how to take healing into our own hands, but because she's living proof that it works."—Pam Grout, #1 New York Times bestselling author of E-Squared and E-Cubed"Amy Scher has penned a remarkable book about the pivotal role of the body, mind, and spirit in attaining true and complete healing. There is much wisdom in this book, written with exceptional clarity, love, and wisdom."—Sanjiv Chopra, MD MACP, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, motivational speaker, and bestselling author of Brotherhood with Deepak Chopra"Amy Scher takes you on a guided journey to resolve emotional, physical, and energetic blockages that get in the way of true healing. You will feel like you have a loving expert coach by your side along the way."—Heather Dane, co-author with Louise Hay of Loving Yourself to Great Health
Paganism: An Introduction to Earth- Centered Religions
by River Higginbotham Joyce HigginbothamA comprehensive guide to a growing religious movementIf you want to study Paganism in more detail, this book is the place to start. Based on a course in Paganism that the authors have taught for more than a decade, it is full of exercises, meditations, and discussion questions for group or individual study.This book presents the basic fundamentals of Paganism. It explores what Pagans are like; how the Pagan sacred year is arranged; what Pagans do in ritual; what magick is; and what Pagans believe about God, worship, human nature, and ethics.For those who are exploring their own spirituality, or who want a good book to give to non-Pagan family and friendsA hands-on learning tool with magickal workings, meditations, discussion questions, and journal exercisesOffers in-depth discussion of ethics and magick
The Art of Scrying & Dowsing: Foolproof Methods for ESP and Remote Viewing
by Jenny TysonRevolutionary Ways to Uncover Secret InformationDiscover a new, foolproof approach to scrying and dowsing that features easy-to-use and accurate techniques that only take fifteen minutes. Regardless of your skill level, this book lets you find the location of lost items, reveal the mysteries of the past, and gain knowledge about the future or other dimensions of reality.Jenny Tyson introduces you to a reengineered system of scrying that dramatically increases the accuracy of information you receive. She also guides you in using three distinct models of scrying: internal, external (using a crystal ball or other speculum), and casting items (such as bones, shells, or tarot cards). Learn how to combine dowsing tools with scrying to answer questions. Explore innovative strategies for eliminating your inherent biases, such as the quantum time loop and the grab bag technique. With case studies, advice for common problems, and more, this book helps you raise your divination practice to amazing heights.
The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging
by Autumn Edwards Shawn T. Wahl Scott A. Myers Chad C. EdwardsWhen should you send a text message, and when is it more appropriate to talk face-to-face? What is the best way to prepare for a job interview that will be conducted over video? How should you modify your speech if it will be recorded and posted online? The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging introduces students to the foundational concepts and essential skills of effective communication, with a strong emphasis on the impact of technology in our increasingly interconnected world. This new Fourth Edition helps students become involved in our diverse global community and learn how to apply key principles of effective communication—whether incorporating media, technology, or traditional face-to-face speech communication—to foster civic engagement for a better future. With comprehensive coverage of the essentials of interpersonal, small group, and public communication, this text is ideal for use in hybrid introduction to communication courses.
Principles of Comparative Politics
by William Roberts Clark Matt Golder Sona N. GolderPrinciples of Comparative Politics offers a view into the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. This groundbreaking text gives students meaningful insight into how cross-national comparison is actually conducted and why it matters. William R. Clark, Matt Golder, and Sona N. Golder walk us through the enduring questions that scholars grapple with, the issues about which consensus has started to emerge, and the tools comparativists use to analyze the complex and interesting problems at the heart of the field. The thoroughly revised Fourth Edition includes streamlined discussion and analysis of key topics and theories in the field. Included with this title: LMS Cartridge: Import this title′s instructor resources into your school′s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don′t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Select the Resources tab on this page to learn more.
Essentials of Research Methods for Educators
by Anastasia Kitsantas Timothy Cleary Maria K DiBenedetto Suzanne E. HillerEssentials of Research Methods for Educators provides future teachers, specialists, administrators and educational leaders with a textbook and a resource that goes beyond the classroom to use in your career. With a focus on the wide variety of data available to educators and the importance of data literacy for all those involved in education, this book presents research methods in a relatable educational context with a variety of concrete examples. The authors use their expertise in educational psychology to optimize learning. The structure of the book breaks down research into discrete steps with the "Let′s See It," "Let′s Do It," and "You Do It" steps for each chapter so students feel motivated to complete their research projects. By covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research, with additional chapters on action research and program evaluation, students get a complete picture of the current research methods landscape. This highly scaffolded book supports future educational leaders in incorporating research and methods into their work and life.
Essentials of Research Methods for Educators
by Anastasia Kitsantas Timothy Cleary Maria K DiBenedetto Suzanne E. HillerEssentials of Research Methods for Educators provides future teachers, specialists, administrators and educational leaders with a textbook and a resource that goes beyond the classroom to use in your career. With a focus on the wide variety of data available to educators and the importance of data literacy for all those involved in education, this book presents research methods in a relatable educational context with a variety of concrete examples. The authors use their expertise in educational psychology to optimize learning. The structure of the book breaks down research into discrete steps with the "Let′s See It," "Let′s Do It," and "You Do It" steps for each chapter so students feel motivated to complete their research projects. By covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research, with additional chapters on action research and program evaluation, students get a complete picture of the current research methods landscape. This highly scaffolded book supports future educational leaders in incorporating research and methods into their work and life.
The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging
by Autumn Edwards Shawn T. Wahl Scott A. Myers Chad C. EdwardsWhen should you send a text message, and when is it more appropriate to talk face-to-face? What is the best way to prepare for a job interview that will be conducted over video? How should you modify your speech if it will be recorded and posted online? The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging introduces students to the foundational concepts and essential skills of effective communication, with a strong emphasis on the impact of technology in our increasingly interconnected world. This new Fourth Edition helps students become involved in our diverse global community and learn how to apply key principles of effective communication—whether incorporating media, technology, or traditional face-to-face speech communication—to foster civic engagement for a better future. With comprehensive coverage of the essentials of interpersonal, small group, and public communication, this text is ideal for use in hybrid introduction to communication courses.
Pantomime (Micah Grey Trilogy)
by L.R. LamWhen Micah runs away from a debutante's life at home and joins the circus, he harbours two secrets. One: he was born between male and female. And two: he may have powers last seen in mysterious beings from an almost-forgotten age.As Micah discovers the joy of flight as an aerialist, courting his trapeze partner, Aenea, and confiding in the mysterious white clown, Drystan, he finally feels free. But the circus has a dark side, and Micah's past isn't done with him.Meanwhile, the strange 'ghost' of a woman with damselfly wings whispers to Micah that only he can help magic return to the realm, and he fears she may be right . . .Micah has much to learn, and he must do it quickly - before his past and future collide, with catastrophic consequences.
Power and the Palace: The explosive and revelatory new royal book that is dominating the news headlines
by Valentine Low'Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems' - TelegraphCovering 200 years of royal history from Queen Victoria to King Charles, and looking forward to the future reign of King William, Power and the Palace is the gossip-laden and highly revelatory account of the relationship between the sovereign and the prime minister - the real story behind The Crown.Power and the Palace lifts the lid on the mysterious power nexus at the heart of the British state: the secretive and little understood relationship between the monarchy and the government. In vivid, page-turning prose, Valentine Low takes us behind the scenes of the weekly audience to uncover the ever-changing dynamic between sovereign and prime minister - from the romance and flattery that bound Victoria and Benjamin Disraeli, to the personal and political gulf that separated Elizabeth II from Margaret Thatcher.He reveals how the monarchy has gradually ceded political power over the past two hundred years while behind closed doors fighting to keep its finances secure - ensuring the long-term survival of the institution. But it has not all been smooth sailing, and the book includes moments of dramatic tension when the relationship threatened to unravel.Based on nearly 100 interviews with senior politicians, top civil servants, royal aides and constitutional experts, Power and the Palace rewrites our understanding of the political power of the monarchy.
Spooky Sausage Dog: Book 3 (Sausage Dog Series)
by Bella SwiftIn the third book in Bella Swift's adorable Sausage Dog series, Stanley is about to experience his first Halloween. Stanley the sausage dog is so excited when he finds out his family are planning a big Halloween party! But Cleo the cat is terrified of all things spooky and doesn't want to celebrate.Can Stanley help this scaredy-cat face her fears so that the party can go ahead?With sweet black and white illustrations throughout, this fun spooky story is a Halloween treat from the best-selling author of THE PUG WHO WANTED TO BE A UNICORN.
Think Like a Stoic: The Ancient Path to a Life Well Lived
by Ken MogiIn a world overflowing with abundance and information, the calm and clarity of stoicism has never been more necessary. In this new book, bestselling author Ken Mogi explores the ancient Greek philosophy as well as its resonance with other cultures around the world, not least his own Japanese perspective. The result is a new version of stoicism that is practical, global, future-proof and, above all, optimistic.With his expertise as a neuroscientist, Mogi uncovers the cognitive foundations of the resilience that is so central to stoicism. Rooted in science, he finds in stoicism robust coping strategies for the challenges of modern life, and ways to balance self-discipline with enjoying life's pleasures.But stoicism is also a mindset that uniquely equips us to handle the future, from global challenges such as the climate emergency to the rise and rise of AI. Thinking like a stoic, he argues, can offer us not just a path for personal growth and wisdom, but the key to the future of humanity.
Words for Life: To Boost Every Day of the Year
by Susie DentWhatever you need, Susie Dent has a word for it. Do you know the name for someone who loves reading in bed, or what a binfluencer does? How about the medieval invention of Lubberland as a place for lazy teenagers, or the story of Mayday as a request for help? Lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent does and here are her greatest discoveries.From wabbit to dust bunnies, and from the strange history of arse to the best ways to describe moonlight, Words for Life offers a full year's supply of verbal vitamins guaranteed to brighten and boost every day. Here you will learn of the Mother-in-Law's Dream as well as the Yuleshard, and discover expressions that can fix (or at least nail) the problems of modern life, whether dealing with unrequited love or unsatisfactory politicians, eating a whole packet of biscuits or forgetting someone's name.From starting January 1 with your best foot forward (qualtagh) to leaping happily into the unknown (with a drink in your hand) on 31 December, here is the perfect guide to ensure your best year yet - and 365 words you'll want to keep for life.
A Curse for the Homesick: The hugely romantic high-concept contemporary love story, perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid
by Laura Brooke Robson'If you were eighty, and you'd spent your whole life not letting yourself love him, and he was eighty, and he'd never been turned to stone - how much would you regret it?'The island of Stenland is cursed: women, chosen at random, awaken with three black slashes on their forehead. The first person they meet eyes with turns to stone. This is how Tess Eriksson's mother killed Soren Fell's parents. It was an accident, but that has never made it any easier to forgive. Since then, all Tess has wanted is to leave Stenland. All Soren has wanted is to stay. The only thing they want more . . . is each other. But how can you love one person more than everything else combined? And how do you take the risk on love, if it could mean destroying the person you hold most dear?
The Traitors Circle: The Rebels Against the Nazis and the Spy Who Betrayed Them
by Jonathan FreedlandFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ESCAPE ARTIST'Magnificent . . . Important and impressive' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Astonishing . . . Freedland is a master'MICK HERRON'Remarkable . . . This is how the best history books will be written in the future'ANDREW ROBERTS'Excellent . . . Perfect reading for this moment'ANNE APPLEBAUM'Utterly gripping, brilliantly researched and written'ANTHONY HOROWITZ'Compelling'MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES'Thrilling, humane, and deeply moving . . . Not to be missed'DAVID McCLOSKEY'Totally gripping and timely'JONATHAN DIMBLEBYWhen the whole world is lying, someone must tell the truth.Berlin, 1943. A group of high-society anti-Nazi dissenters meet for a tea party one late summer afternoon. They do not know that, sitting around the table, is someone poised to betray them all to the Gestapo - revealing their secret to the Nazis' most ruthless detective.They form a circle of unlikely rebels, drawn from the German elite: two countesses, a diplomat, an intelligence officer, an ambassador's widow and a pioneering headmistress. Meeting in the shadows, rescuing Jews or plotting for a future Germany freed from the Führer's rule, what unites them is a shared loathing of the Nazis, a refusal to bow to Hitler and the courage to perform perilous acts of resistance. Or so they believe.How did a group of brave, principled rebels, who had successfully defied Adolf Hitler for more than a decade, come to fall into such a lethal trap? And who betrayed them?Undone from within and pursued to near-destruction by one of the Reich's cruellest men, they showed a heroism that raises a question with new urgency for our time: what kind of person does it take to risk everything and stand up to tyranny?
We the People: A History of the US Constitution
by Jill LeporeOn the 250th anniversary of America's founding - a landmark history of the US Constitution for a troubling new era. The US Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world - and one of the most difficult to amend. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been proposed since 1789, only twenty-seven have ever been ratified. Tellingly, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without amendment, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential power. Leading Harvard historian Jill Lepore captures the stories of generations of ordinary people who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College to guaranteeing environmental rights, hoping to mend their nation. Recounting the history of America through centuries of efforts to realize the promise of the Constitution, we witness how nearly all those bids have failed.We the People is the sweeping account of a struggle, arguing that the Constitution was never intended to be preserved, but was expected to be gradually altered. At a time when the risk of political violence is all too real, it hints at the prospects for a better, amended America.
The Bell Beaker Phenomenon in Europe: A Harmony of Difference (Elements in the Archaeology of Europe)
by Marc Vander LindenCovering vast swathes of Europe, the Bell Beaker Phenomenon has enjoyed a privileged status in the history of archaeology and is often referred to as a key period in the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age partly due to the emergence of social élites. After a brief presentation of the historiography of the Bell Beaker phenomenon, this Element offers a synthetic account of the available evidence structured on a regional basis. Following the renewed interest in human mobility generated by stable isotopes and ancient DNA studies, the central thesis developed here is that the Bell Beaker Phenomenon can adequately be described as a metapopulation, a concept borrowed from population ecology. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Algorithmic Rule By Law: How Algorithmic Regulation in the Public Sector Erodes the Rule of Law
by Nathalie A. SmuhaWith the promise of greater efficiency and effectiveness, public authorities have increasingly turned to algorithmic systems to regulate and govern society. In Algorithmic Rule By Law, Nathalie Smuha examines this reliance on algorithmic regulation and shows how it can erode the rule of law. Drawing on extensive research and examples, Smuha argues that outsourcing important administrative decisions to algorithmic systems undermines core principles of democracy. Smuha further demonstrates that this risk is far from hypothetical or one that can be relegated to authoritarian regimes, as many of her examples are drawn from public authorities in liberal democracies that are already making use of algorithmic regulation. Focusing on the European Union, Smuha argues that the EU's digital agenda is misaligned with its aim to protect the rule of law. Novel and timely, this book should be read by anyone interested in the intersection of law, technology, and government.
Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil: Directed Migrations and the Business of Nineteenth-Century Colonization (Cambridge Latin American Studies)
by José Juan Pérez MeléndezPeopling for Profit provides a comprehensive history of migration to nineteenth-century imperial Brazil. Rather than focus on Brazilian slavery or the mass immigration of the end of the century, José Juan Pérez Meléndez examines the orchestrated efforts of migrant recruitment, transport to, and settlement in post-independence Brazil. The book explores Brazil's connections to global colonization drives and migratory movements, unveiling how the Brazilian Empire's engagement with privately run colonization models from overseas crucially informed the domestic sphere. It further reveals that the rise of a for-profit colonization model indelibly shaped Brazilian peopling processes and governance by creating a feedback loop between migration management and government formation. Pérez Meléndez sheds new light on how directed migrations and the business of colonization shaped Brazilian demography as well as enduring social, racial, and class inequalities. This title is part of the Flip it Open programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
The Happiness Revolution in Europe (Elements in Economics of European Integration)
by Richard Ainley Easterlin Kelsey James O'ConnorThere is now a Happiness Revolution to go along with the earlier Industrial and Demographic Revolutions. The Happiness Revolution is captured using people's happiness scores, as reported in public surveys, whereas the earlier revolutions are reflected by economic production (such as GDP) and life expectancy. Increases in happiness are chiefly due to social-science welfare policies that alleviate people's foremost concerns – those centering on family life, health, and jobs. This Element traces the course of the Happiness Revolution throughout Europe since the 1980s when comprehensive and comparable data on people's happiness first become available. Which countries lead and which lag? How is happiness distributed – are the rich happier than the poor, men than women, old than young, native than foreign born, city than countryfolk? How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted happiness? These are among the questions addressed in this Element. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life
by Max LucadoNOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!When was the last time you awakened to a swirl of anxious, out-of-control thoughts?Perhaps you were overwhelmed with the weight of worry, the fear of failing, or the grip of guilt. The way we think directly impacts our joy and peace. In Tame Your Thoughts, Max Lucado provides three biblical and practical tools to renew your mind and transform your life.Our thoughts have consequences. Most people would agree that positive thoughts generate positive actions. Negative thoughts activate negative behavior. But do we understand that we can manage our lives by managing our thoughts? Not only does neuroscience back this concept, but the idea is also embedded throughout Scripture. "Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind" (Rom.12:2 esv). Tame your thoughts and transform your life!Stuck in your head? Hounded by regrets? Weighed down by worry? Change is possible! The thoughts that have characterized your past need not characterize the rest of your life. You will learn to:Take thoughts captiveTest each message against the truth of ScriptureInterrupt poisonous thought threadsThink and act like Jesus If God can resurrect the dead, can he not resurrect hope? Defy depression? Clarify confusion? Silence shame? Destroy doubt? Banish bitterness?Take God at his word. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Tim. 1:7 nkjv, emphasis added). With God as their helper, you will discover a new way of thinking and a better way of living. A new person will begin to emerge.We can tame each thought, friends.
Tamil class 8 - Tamil Nadu Board 2025: தமிழ் எட்டாம் வகுப்பு 2025
by State Council of Educational Research and Training Tamil Naduதமிழ்நாடு அரசின் 8ஆம் வகுப்புப் பாடநூல், மொழி, இயற்கை, கல்வி, கலை, பண்பாடு, தொழில், சமூகம், அறம் மற்றும் மனிதம் ஆகிய எட்டு வெவ்வேறு இயல்களை உள்ளடக்கியது. ஒவ்வொரு இயலிலும் கவிதை, உரைநடை, இலக்கணம், துணைப்பாடம் எனப் பல பிரிவுகள் உள்ளன. தமிழ் இலக்கியம், தமிழர் பண்பாடு, மருத்துவம், தொழில், வணிகம் போன்ற பல துறைகள் பற்றிய தகவல்கள் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளன. மேலும், திருக்குறள், மயங்கொலிகள், வேற்றுமை, புணர்ச்சி போன்ற இலக்கணப் பகுதிகள் மாணவர்களுக்கு விரிவாகக் கற்பிக்கப்படுகின்றன. இதன்மூலம் மாணவர்கள் தமிழ் மொழி மற்றும் பண்பாட்டை முழுமையாகப் புரிந்துகொள்ள முடியும்.
Advance Excel Student Workbook
by NIIT Yuva Jyoti Ltd.The Advanced Word Student Workbook is a comprehensive guide designed to help learners develop proficiency in advanced features of Microsoft Word. The workbook covers a range of topics, including formatting techniques, referencing, macros, data management, and document customization. With practical examples and step-by-step exercises, the book emphasizes hands-on learning to build strong technical skills. Developed by NIIT Foundation, it supports skill-building for students and professionals seeking to enhance their digital literacy. The workbook is part of NIIT’s initiative to make high-quality learning accessible and is distributed in accessible formats for learners with print disabilities.