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Cattoi and McDaniel present a selection of articles on the role of
the body and the spiritual senses--our transfigured channels of
sensory perceptions--in the context of spiritual practice. The
volume investigates this theme across a variety of different
religious traditions, starting from early and medieval
Christianity, addressing a number of Eastern traditions, such as
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism, and finally touching on some modern
forms of spirituality and psychotherapy.
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Cute Toot
Breanna J McDaniel; Illustrated by Olivia De Castro
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R498
R380
Discovery Miles 3 800
Save R118 (24%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A young girl undertakes an impossible trip to the moon, makes
friends with the stars, and brings back something priceless in this
gentle and lyrically told picture book about family, history, and
memory. Grana used to tell the best stories, and Mabel used to long
to soar through the heavens. Nowadays, Grana mostly lies in bed and
Mabel stays close to home. But one day, Grana asks, "If we can
touch the moon, then what is impossible?" So Mabel decides to do
just that, embarking on a journey through the stars where The Seven
Sistahs, The Big Dipper, and other constellations help her on her
quest and teach her about African mythology and African American
history. With the support of her new companions, Mabel reaches for
her biggest dream yet: to make her sick grandma well again.
This volume recommends some 500 positive, heart-warming stories for
young readers--stories of the human spirit and what it can
accomplish; stories of loving families surviving crises in positive
ways; historical tales full of quick-witted people (especially
girls); fairy tales with strong women; true stories of survival;
and more. These gentle and uplifting reads span every genre--from
science fiction and fantasy to mysteries, realistic fiction,
biographies, and nonfiction. There are Accelerated Reader titles,
Reading Counts titles, and Junior Library Guild selections.
Primarily intended for grades 5 to 9, this is a list of reading
suggestions for the young adult who wants a great read but does not
want to be offended. Grades 5-9.
From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this picture
book biography about beloved librarian and storyteller Augusta
Braxton Baker, the first Black coordinator of children’s services
at all branches of the New York Public Library. Before Augusta
Braxton Baker became a storyteller, she was an excellent story
listener. Her grandmother brought stories like Br’er Rabbit and
Arthur and Excalibur to life, teaching young Augusta that when
there’s a will, there’s always a way. When she grew up, Mrs.
Baker began telling her own fantastical stories to children at the
135th Street branch of the New York Public Library in Harlem. But
she noticed that there were hardly any books at the library
featuring Black people in respectful, uplifting ways. Thus began
her journey of championing books, writers, librarians, and teachers
centering Black stories, educating and inspiring future acclaimed
authors like Audre Lorde and James Baldwin along the way. As Mrs.
Baker herself put it: “Children of all ages want to hear stories.
Select well, prepare well and then go forth and just tell.”
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Hands Up! (Hardcover)
Breanna J McDaniel; Illustrated by Shane W. Evans
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R520
Discovery Miles 5 200
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun,
reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her
hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up
high like a plane's wings and whizzes down a hill so fast on her
bike with her hands way up. As she grows, she lives through
everyday moments of joy, love, and sadness. And when she gets a
little older, she joins together with her family and her community
in a protest march, where they lift their hands up together in
resistance and strength.
Energy managers need to learn new and diverse ways to approach
energy management in their company's assets as technology continues
to evolve. Built into one cohesive and fundamental resource,
Introduction to Energy Essentials: Insight into Nuclear, Renewable,
and Non-Renewable Energies delivers an informative tool to
understand the main steps for introducing and maintaining an energy
management system (EnMS). Starting with a high-level introduction,
the reference then takes a structured approach and dives into
different sources of energy along with their contribution to energy
efficiency, focusing on nuclear power, renewable and non-renewable
energies. Multiple options are further discussed including economic
considerations and cost comparisons per energy source, energy
storage technology, and how to introduce an energy management
system into your company. More advanced topics include nuclear
reactor power plant systems and their thermal hydraulic analysis as
well as cyber resiliency for future electric power and well plant
control systems. Authored by experts, Introduction to Energy
Essentials: Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable
Energies gives today's energy managers and engineers a solid
starting point to meeting the energy demands of today and in the
future.
Cattoi and McDaniel present a selection of articles on the role of
the body and the spiritual senses - our transfigured channels of
sensory perceptions - in the context of spiritual practice. The
volume investigates this theme across a variety of different
religious traditions within Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and
Daoism.
The moon's rings illuminate the desert path before you. Up ahead a
ridge rises, obscuring the horizon. You cannot go back. There is
nothing to go back to. A hundred worlds lie behind you and a
thousand more lie ahead. You smell smoke in the air and hear a hint
of music somewhere far away. One foot after another, you head
toward the horizon, beckoned by the mystery of what lies beyond.
The fifteen stories in this collection portray remarkable worlds
for you to visit. These are worlds unlike our own - worlds where a
pastor attends the 68th Periodic Interspecies Theologians'
Conference; worlds where a boy goes on a spiritual journey in the
mists of prehistory; worlds where humans are enslaved and one freed
woman will do whatever it takes to save her species; worlds where
humans, zombies, and vampires rub elbows in the office. We invite
you on your own journey in the pages of Sojourn: An Anthology of
Speculative Fiction, penned by the talented storytellers of the
Fear the Boot podcast community. Some of these worlds will feel
familiar, some will feel alien, and a few may entice you to sojourn
just a bit longer. Within these pages, you will find stories by new
and established writers alike. Authors include: Laura K. Anderson
Thomas Childress Wayne Cole Hans Cummings Shannon Dickson Matt
Forbeck Robert Freund Chris Hussey James Lowder Johann Luebbering
Peter Martin Ryan J. McDaniel Tom McNeil Dan Repperger Elizabeth
Roper
Cost growth in major DoD acquisition programs has been commonplace
for the last 35 years, and shows no signs of improvement despite
the adoption of new business practices legislation. In the current
environment where taxpayer dollars are heavily competed for, and
the expenditure of those dollars is highly scrutinized, it has
become a high priority in Department of Defense leadership to build
accurate cost estimates that reduce overruns and restore
credibility to the defense acquisition process. Previous research
has validated the use of two-pronged logistic and multiple
regression approach that offers better predictive ability than the
traditional multiple regression approach alone. This research
further validates the use of this two-pronged approach by applying
it to the engineering and schedule cost growth categories. We
update and augment previously collected programmatic data from the
Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) between 1990 and 2001 for
programs covering all defense departments, with the latest SAR
database (1990-2002). We start the analysis by building logistic
regression models to predict whether cost growth will occur. Then
we build multiple regression models to predict the extent to which
a program will experience cost growth. The response variables for
our models are the respective cost growth on procurement-funded
efforts in the engineering and schedule cost categories, during the
Engineering and Management Development phase of the acquisition
process.
We were successful because we were committed to becoming partners
with a lot of people. Our partnerships included the relationships
we built with customers as well as those with fellow workers,
suppliers and our stock holders. Whatever the form of communicaton
is, and we relied heavily on interpersonal contact, as long as a
business creates a social contract for its activities then it can
be vital and profitable. "We Were All Partners" describes a company
that focused on creating social contracts and how we did it through
team building, measuring and training. The result of our dedication
to the principles of partnership building were excellent
profitability and industry leading performance.
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