I Can Depend on Me shares the struggle and pain of feeling excluded, feeling invisible and feeling powerless. It is a book which challenges us to question and to examine our educational system to ensure that we are not only shaping minds, but also nurturing young spirits. SharRon’s faith in God and her commitment to achieve despite insurmountable odds confi rms that we too can overcome struggles, obstacles and negativity. I Can Depend on Me takes us on a journey from trial to triumph and provides a blueprint for all us to start our own journeys of healing and empowerment.

On top of the world, a team of soldiers make two terrifying discoveries. One is a savage bloodthirsty beast. The other discovery, is that it's hunting them. YETI Go Ahead, Scream. A Novel by Jack Slade

All My Springs: Journey of a Lifetime In All My Springs: Journey of a Lifetime, author Carol L. Evans invites readers to share a life (her life)that like spring itselfis constantly being renewed and reborn. This lovely and lively collection of personal essays, short stories and poems will quickly compel readers to find a comfortable chair and quiet time to savor the newness of Evans writing. The writing is mature, but not stale. It is skilled, yet extremely poetic. Her short story, The Little House in the Cul de Sac, is a beautiful, yet disturbing tale of mental illness. In it, the narrator deftly unfolds a poignant modern-day tale of a deeply troubled mind wresting with reality and normalcy. By Jennifer D. King Author/Turning My Face To The Sun 1st Place Winner in 2006 Write On! Senior Creative Writing Contest An essay about Hurricane Katrina victims cast as slaves is masterful as Katrina: The Ghosts of 1865. Peggy Stinnett, former writer of the Oakland Tribune.

Stressing the positive, creative aspects of power and innocence, Rollo May offers a way of thinking about the problems of contemporary society. He discusses five levels of power's potential in each individual, what each is, how it works, and more.

Simply Jim is the story of the early years of Jim Simply growing up in rural Alabama. Jim is thought to be slow mentally because he is quiet, bordering on being shy. He is thought to be a problem because of his slowness by his first grade school teacher. He is a tag along to his older brothers and his dad. In groups where others are talking but no one could remember what was said five minutes later, Jim remembers what was said, who had said it, and the context of what was said. He is very smart but lacks the social manners to fit in. Jim is mentored in baseball by his elementary school principal. His natural ability, developed by throwing rocks on his farm and influenced by his mentor, helped him to become a phenomenal pitcher sought by college and pro teams. Jim is a hard luck type because most of the people with whom he has a close relationship dies, moves away, or suffers maladies causing him to suffer in silence and persevere through loss and disappointment. His mother died in his early years. His mentor died early, and his father died before he is able to fulfill his baseball goals. His brothers and childhood acquaintances moved away. His only positive influences are Joe, an older ninety-seven-year-old man; his uncle John; and his childhood sweetheart, Julie. Jim has so much tragedy in his life but is on the verge of fantastic things happening to him.

This empirically-based study of older adults ranging in age from 70-90 years examines the influence of family relations, religious beliefs, age-related health changes, culture, and more on personal meanings of death, fears of death, and views of the dying process. Gerontologists will gain a more realistic understanding of all of the factors influencing an older individual's view of death and the dying process. These views impact the development of both effective interventions to provide appropriate emotional support and coping strategies to help persons deal with fears of approaching death.

This book is all about sharing what I’ve heard from God about His character. It’s about introducing the significance and a means of knowing who God really is and doing away with all the assumptions, logic, opinions, and unrealistic expectations that we have about God. All these things do is create disappointment and frustration. Knowing the enemies lies from God’s Truth is housed at the point of knowing who you’re dealing with – knowing His character. God made you and I for a purpose that cannot be fulfilled without Him. We know we have a purpose and a reason for being here, but we cannot discover that apart from knowing and trusting the One we came from. None of us trust and rely on people that we don’t know. The best way for us to find out who He is and who we are is to go to the Source.

Why would Almighty God need somebody? What would the Lord require of you? What is it that God cannot do for Himself? What is it that God cannot achieve by Himself? God is looking for somebody who will stand between Him and man. God is looking for someone to answer the questions of the little ones! God is looking for someone to deliver the children who are far from safety! The Bible says God sought for a man…! Through this heart-warming book, your desire to be a willing vessel in God’s hand will be kindled! You will no longer be satisfied with being a simple member. You will become a helper! You will say like the famous song writer, “Lord, I know you need somebody! You can depend on me!”.

This book explains the effects of war and armed conflict on individual children and their family system, and how culturally responsive social work practice should take into account the diversity and heterogeneity of their needs and lived experiences. Unpacking social work practice with children and families affected by war and migration, the volume provides a valuable toolkit for practitioners, educators, researchers, and service-providers that work with war-affected populations around the globe. The contributions suggest that fostering a family approach, allotting careful attention to context and culture, and linking the arts and participation with social work practice, can all be vital to enhancing the research, education, and practice around working with children and families affected by armed conflict. Providing a critical reflection of social work education and practice, this book will be of interest to practitioners in the field of social work, as well as researchers studying the social effects of migration. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Family Social Work.