Simply Shine


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In this collection of short stories, Tastefully Simple founder & CEO Jill Blashack Strahan shares her life lessons as she molded her beliefs and principles - the laws of abundancy, magic and realness.--From publisher website.




Shine


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Seventeen-year-old Rachel Kim confronts the dark underbelly of the K-pop world as she strives to become a K-pop star.




And We Are Changed


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It is troubling how often we cease to be amazed at the transforming power of God in people's lives. When we meet Jesus, we are supposed to be changed. Jesus' death not only saves us and secures heaven for us, it is the power by which we can live a victorious Christian life here on earth. In And We Are Changed, Priscilla Shirer challenges readers to walk in freedom, throwing off the chains that have kept them from fully following Christ. She helps readers discover how to let the Word of God set us free, transforming us for His glory.




Meditation


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Relieve stress and improve your understanding of yourself with the ultimate meditation guide for beginners While meditation is viewed in many ways, it's essentially the slowing down of your thoughts in order to achieve awareness. Most meditation practitioners use it as a means of focusing their thoughts and relaxing in their space and mind. Many use it as a daily form of prayer. Meditation can help focus your thinking, lower your stress levels, lower risks for medical issues (such as high blood pressure, glucose levels, and heart disease) and is considered to be preventative medicine. It promotes mind-body balance and fitness, mindfulness, and creativity. Idiot's Guides®: Meditation offers a concise, easy-to-grasp primer on the numerous types of meditation and how to practice them. This book includes: · The definition and fundamental basics of meditation. · Preparing to meditate: what, when, and where to meditate. · Tips for dealing with distractions while meditating. · Working meditation into your daily life. · Types of meditation: Zen, Vipassana (breathing), Tibetan Buddhist, mindfulness, Jewish meditation, Christian prayer, Sufi meditation, and Native American meditation. · The physical and mental benefits of each type of meditation. · Mind-body connection (dealing with emotional challenges and habitual patterns). · Meditation in adults and children. · Healing meditation (dealing with pain).




Awakenings


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Awakenings describes the unfolding poetic journey as the writer explores his connection with God/The Universe as a result of exposure to various meditative practices. In reality, it explores the authors journey as he learns to connect with self and listen to his inner voice. John endeavors to capture those thoughts that, oftentimes, pass through all of our minds and seek answers or, perhaps, recognition and acceptance.




Fear Not


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Have you ever been threatened or worried how to protect yourself or your family? What would you do if one day someone in your family accidently opened the door to the wrong person? Would you come out on top when your life or your familys lives hung in the balance? Would it help if at that moment you could call upon the training, wisdom and perhaps the courage of an elite Special Forces professional? FEAR NOT was initially intended for the average Mom and POP citizen to become a better protector. It is now also recommended for, and will not disappoint, even the most experienced and best trained. Anyone can be the victim of a mugging or home invasion. You could also simply be in the wrong place at the wrong time and find yourself in the middle of a riot, a natural disaster or even a war zone. Learn how to become that hard target against kidnap, robbery, rape or even murder. The author shows you step by step how to survive a threat while always promoting your survival and safety first. . FEAR NOT could powerfully shape a persons path and help to bring them back safe and alive. It has been called a safety manual, a reference guide and even a tactical planner. Everyone should have a copy and refer to it often. The choice is yours whether to live in fear or would you prefer to be prepared and FEAR NOT?




Shine!


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Everyone deserves to shine in this sparkling book about a girl who's trying to find her place in the universe--and middle school--from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library! Shine on! might be the catchphrase of twelve-year-old Piper's hero--astronaut, astronomer, and television host Nellie Dumont Frisse--but Piper knows the truth: some people are born to shine, and she's just not one of them. That fact has never been clearer than now, when her dad's new job has landed them both at Chumley Prep, a posh private school where everyone seems to be the best at something and where Piper definitely doesn't fit in. Bursting with humor, heart, science, possibilities, and big questions, Shine! is a story about finding your place in the universe--a story about figuring out who you are and who you want to be. BONUS! Science experiment included!




CodeNotes for Web-Based UI


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CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down to the core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to understand it quickly and implement it immediately. It is a unique resource for developers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals and pocket references. CodeNotes for Web-Based UI shows how to build sophisticated, high-performance UIs for web-based applications using technologies such as JavaScript, DHTML, and CSS as well as XML and XSLT. It also details how to leverage technology and solve common web-based presentation and manipulation problems. Web designers and programmers will both develop a better understanding of common web-based design challenges, and discover some common approaches to solving these problems. This edition of CodeNotes includes: -A global overview of a technology and explanation of what problems it can be used to solve -Real-world examples -"How and Why" and "Design Notes" sections that provide hints, tricks, workarounds, and tips on what should be taken advantage of or avoided -Instructions and classroom-style tutorials throughout from expert trainers and software developers Visit www.codenotes.com for updates, source code templates, access to message boards, and discussion of specific problems with CodeNotes authors and other developers. Every CodeNotes title is written and reviewed by a team of commercial software developers and technology experts. See "About the Authors" at the beginning of the book for more information.




The Creativity Book


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To be a creative person, you don't have to be a musician, an artist, or even a writer, because everyone has a creative niche. Author Nancy Rue's The Creativity Book helps girls discover their creative self, no matter what it is. Bright, modern, and fun, The Creativity Book is loaded with activities that tweens will love while inspiring them to explore their own creativity and dare to be different.




The Ethical Professor


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The purpose of The Ethical Professor is to provide a road map to some of the ethical dilemmas that doctoral students and newer faculty members are likely to face as they enter a career in academia (the Academy). Academic career paths appear to be quite standard, transparent, and achievable with dedicated and hard work. Argued in this book, however, is that the road map to a successful academic career is not so easy. There are ethical pitfalls along the way, starting with entry into academia as a new PhD student. These ethical dilemmas remain equally opaque as faculty progress in their careers. The ethical pitfalls that plague each of the steps along the academic career path are often not visible to doctoral students and young faculty members; nor are they well prepared to spot them. Ethical issues are seldom discussed and little training is provided on how to spot and handle these potential road blocks to a successful career in the academy. Based on extant research and collective years of academic experience, The Ethical Professor seeks to shorten the learning curve around common ethical pitfalls and issues by defining them, sharing research and experiences about them, and offering a discussion framework for continued learning and reflection. This innovative new volume will be key reading for doctoral students and junior faculty members in social science departments in colleges and universities, as well as managers undertaking an MBA. Due to the increasing complexity of managing academic institutions, more seasoned professors, administrators, and college deans and presidents, will also benefit from the research presented here.