When Actions Speak Louder Than Words


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Build your understanding of behavior as communication, and learn to interpret the messages behind the actions. This book provides information and tools to support all children whose primary way to communicate is through challenging behaviors. Enlightening, sometimes humorous stories provide examples of how children use behavior to communicate. Engaging exercises and end-of-chapter questions can be used to improve current practice.




Actions Speak Louder Than Words


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Actions Speak Louder than Words is a systematic, qualitative study offering in-depth and detailed portraits of teachers engaged in social action projects as part of the regular classroom curriculum.




Actions and Words


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Vatican II stimulated the Christian community to move toward the rediscovery of the Mastery revealed by Jesus through the signifying power of symbolic action. "Actions and Words" provides a clear understanding of the liturgical action so that the spirit of the faithful may reach toward the salvation extended through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.




Words and Actions


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How to Do Things with Words


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This work sets out Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life. Starting from an exhaustive examination of his already well-known distinction between performative utterances and statements, Austin here finally abandons that distinction, replacing it with a more general theory of 'illocutionary forces' of utterances which has important bearings on a wide variety of philosophicalproblems.




Love, Life and Hope


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The writing of this book did not start out as a plan to write a book. Many little things and circumstances all contributed to one day starting to write down each day's thoughts of my heart on a piece of paper carried in my pocket, the collection of which has now become the book: Love, Life, and Hope.




I'm Not Crazy


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If you knew that your mind was a prison, what lengths would you go to in order to escape? Living underground in Times Square Subway Station, homeless schizophrenic Clifford Murphy struggles to come to terms with everyday life, constantly facing the brutalities of three voices only he can hear. That is, until he meets Julia, the newfound light of his life and escape from most of his demons. With Julia and best friend Randy by his side, Clifford's life seems to be on the mend until a shocking turn of events threatens to tear them apart. Will Clifford return to the life he thought he knew, or will he succumb to his inner demons?




Body, Mime and Soul


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Delve into the life of a man who did not speak for a career, but who found his voice in the middle of an empty stage, on the pages of notebooks, the lines of poetry and lyrics, paint on canvases, and voice-overs for radio. Read the humorous and poignant stories of mime and actor turned full time father.




John Brown


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Examines the life of abolitionist John Brown, the people and events surrounding the raid he led on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859, and its aftermath.




Faith Basics: Sacramentals and Signs. Objects, Actions, and Words as Avenues of Grace


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What exactly is sacramental? It is a sacred sign that possesses a likeness to the sacraments and whose effects are obtained by the prayer of the Church. Sacramentals can be objects, such as holy water, medals, rosaries, or ashes; or they can be actions (for example, a pilgrimage); or they can be words (such as a blessing). In countless ways, these sacred visual images and words provide us opportunities to cooperate with the working of God’s grace. Find out how in these pages. About the Series: The Faith Basics series is about living life well. The booklets cover those topics of the Faith that most directly relate to the practical Catholic. Written for the person spread a bit too thin, the booklets are easily readable, coving the fundamentals in few words, while both informing and inspiring busy people to understand and live the Faith. Their convenient size makes them readily portable by purse or pocket. They are economically priced—ideal for distribution in evangelization efforts, RCIA classes, study groups, and outreach programs.