The Circle of Life: Embracing Childhood Again


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The Circle of Life: Embracing Childhood Again is an uplifting book that explores a beautiful phase of life that begins after 55—a time to rediscover joy, innocence, and connection. This heartwarming journey encourages readers to embrace a “second childhood,” where bonds with the younger generation reignite the spirit of youth and fill each day with laughter, growth, and love. As life comes full circle, this book shows how, even after the journey through adulthood, the simple joys of play, exploration, and imagination remain essential. Each chapter takes readers into moments where older generations and children create unforgettable memories together, from building forts and tackling puzzles to dancing at family gatherings. The Circle of Life is filled with stories that reflect on the unique wisdom and pure joy that come with age and, most importantly, remind us that the innocence of childhood never truly leaves our hearts. Key Points: Rediscovering Joy: The book highlights how after 55, people find new happiness by embracing activities and values that connect them with their inner child. Building Bonds: It explores how special bonds with grandchildren and younger family members help rekindle a playful spirit and bring meaning to later years. Life’s Full Circle: Each story captures how life’s journey naturally brings people back to their roots, creating a satisfying, complete circle of experience. Inspiration and Wisdom: Through humorous and touching moments, readers are inspired to see aging as a time of joy, wisdom, and personal growth, where every moment counts. This book celebrates life’s enduring cycles. With The Circle of Life: Embracing Childhood Again, readers of all ages will be reminded that life’s happiest moments are spent together, finding magic in the simplest things.




Inside Out & Back Again


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Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.




Journey Home


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Home - one of the most emotive words in any language. But it can mean different things to different people and, based on extensive interviews, Jennifer Kavanagh explores our outer and inner identities and asks: ‘What does home mean to you?’ Home is not just four walls or the country in which we were born. It is not a locked door, an investment, a legal address, or a nation with rigid borders. Home is where the heart is: a yearning for a precious past, a dream of something that has never been, or a present reality. In relationship – with our families, in community, and with the whole of creation. In this compelling and immensely readable book, Kavanagh suggests that we will never be at home unless we are at home to ourselves. Home is where we all want to be. ,




Swimming To Yaphank And Back


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This memoir is an intimate personal portrait of a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and artist. It is also an engaging chronicle of ethnic, New York, and American history. Whether they're about poverty or wealth, sickness or health, or family troubles or romance, Anita's stories will resonate with many readers who grew up in immigrant families that both embraced mainstream American life, and differed from it. From beginning to end, the questions of identity and relationship that Anita grapples with highlight familiar push-pull tensions in the struggle for success, personal independence and self-fulfillment.







Growing Up Again


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Growing Up Again offers guidance on providing children with the structure and nurturing that are so critical to their healthy development -- and to our own. As time-tested as it is timely, the expert advice in Growing Up Again Second Edition has helped thousands of readers improve on their parenting practices. Now, substantially revised and expanded, Growing Up Again offers further guidance on providing children with the structure and nurturing that are so critical to their healthy development -- and to our own. Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson provide the information every adult caring for children should know -- about ages and stages of development, ways to nurture our children and ourselves, and tools for personal and family growth. This new edition also addresses the special demands of parenting adopted children and the problem of overindulgence; a recognition and exploration of prenatal life and our final days as unique life stages; new examples of nurturing, structuring, and discounting, as well as concise ways to identify them; help for handling parenting conflicts in blended families, and guidelines on supporting children's spiritual growth.About the Authors:Jean Illsley Clarke is a parent educator, teacher trainer, the author of Self-Esteem: A Family Affair, and co-author of the Help! for Parents series. She is a popular international lecturer and workshop presenter on the topics of self-esteem, parenting, family dynamics, and adult children of alcoholics. Clarke resides in Plymouth, Minnesota.Connie Dawson is a consultant and lecturer who works with adults who work with kids. A former teacher, she trains youth workers to identify and help young people who are at risk. Dawson lives in Evergreen, Colorado.







Seeing God Everywhere


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This anthology, combining articles by Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Native American scholar, looks at the environmental crisis through a spiritual lens.







Handbook of Multicultural Counseling


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Celebrating its 20th anniversary! The most internationally cited resource in the arena of multicultural counseling, the Handbook of Multicultural Counseling is a resource for researchers, educators, practitioners, and students alike. Continuing to emphasize social justice, research, and application, the Fourth Edition of this best-seller features nearly 80 new contributors of diverse backgrounds, orientations, and levels of experience who provide fresh perspectives to every chapter. Completely updated, this classic text includes new chapters on prevailing social issues and covers the latest advances in theory, ethics, measurement, clinical practice, assessment, and more. "This is the most comprehensive synthesis of cutting edge multicultural counseling research available. This is the gold standard and a must read for anyone working in a human services field." –Audrey M. Ervin, Delaware Valley College