Mark McDonald, the author, grew up from early childhood hearing the telling and retelling of the factual events he now relates to his readers in his novel The Song of the Mockingbird. He has heard many of these stories while staying in the house built by his great-grandfather where the people who make his story come to life actually lived.

Come; explore the worlds of Jeb Carter and Elizabeth Archer, whose love seems destined to bring to fruition of all their dreams and desires. Endure with Jeb and Elizabeth, the heartbreak of seemingly hopeless love. Experience the heartaches of disease, dependency, and death, shared by Jeb and the Archer family. Thrill to the exhilaration of teetering on the brink of the impending tragedy they face, and of a stalwart resolve to overcome any obstacle. What will the outcome be? Must their love be destroyed, their hopes forever vanquished?

It's no secret that most of us get flabbier the older we get, and it's no surprise that the biggest spike in weight happens in the early stages of parenthood. Mark Macdonald knows the struggle himself, having gained thirty-five pounds after the birth of his son. It happened to him even as a nutritionist and former fitness model, so he knew he wasn't alone in the struggle. Along with his wife, Abbi, Mark has created this proven eight-week program specifically geared toward parents to help them shed the weight, discover new amounts of energy, and most importantly, create new sustainable habits to keep it from coming back.

"Body Confidence" is a revolutionary nutrition and fitness program that doesn't require you to develop superhuman willpower, shun entire food groups, or devote your every waking moment to the treadmill. "Body Confidence" is a revolutionary approach based on three key nutrition factors that stabilize your blood surgar and keep your body in balance: Eating at consistent meal intervals; Absolute certainty in essential nutrient ratio of protein, fat, and carbohydrates; Identifying and consuming the right amount of calories per meal. With "Body Confidence" readers will learn to master determining their current metabolism and reprogramming it, focusing on body fat percentage rather than weight, setting measurable goals, following a customized exercise plan, and harnessing the powers of sleep, supplements, water and stress management, in perfect sync to optimize your body's performance. Packed with recipes, success stories, nutrition guides and exercise journals. "Body Confidence" is practical, doable, and packed with highly effective lifestyle changes that will finally make the traditional diet obsolete.

A dead man is discovered in his apartment, surrounded by notes, books, and other assorted fragments of his life. A distant acquaintance is called in to clean up the mess, clear out the space, and try to make sense of the suicide, which leads to his own world being turned upside down. As he sifts through the evidence of his friend's life and death, the things he once thought of as certain cannot now be taken for granted, subsumed by the anonymous urban chaos of Vancouver's West End, a world populated by voyeurs, exhibitionists, and lonely outcasts looking for a way out, and a way in.

Elegantly written and full of sharp bursts of wit, Flat explores how we relate -- and don't relate -- to one another, amid an unforgiving concrete landscape that holds more secrets than it can bear

The Mexican revolution of 1910-1920 gave rise to an artistic explosion that was felt most profoundly in printmaking. The left-wing government viewed art as an important vehicle for education and the promotion of revolutionary values. It established a program to cover the walls of public buildings with murals and set up numerous workshops to produce prints for wide distribution. By the 1930s, Mexico was attracting socially committed artists from all over the American continent and beyond, ready to do battle for a new aesthetic as well as a new political order. Diego Rivera, a key figure in the art of revolution, became one of the most celebrated artists in the world.

Starting with works by Jose Guadalupe Posada, who was adopted by the revolutionaries as the archetypal printmaker for the people, Revolution on Paper features prints by thirty-five artists, including the "Three Greats" of Mexican art of the period--Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. The selection includes not only single-sheet artists' prints, but also posters addressing social and political issues, and illustrated books on many different subjects. Images of the revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata, scenes of poverty, hunger, and oppression, and posters protesting against fascism and the war in Europe contrast with representations of Mexican history and idealized rural life that express what was regarded as typically "Mexican." Introductory essays by Dawn Ades and Alison McClean set Mexican printmaking in its artistic and political context. Concise biographies of the artists, a chronology, and a glossary of printmaking terms complete the book.

Founded in 1968, the Metropolitan Museum Journal is a blind, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published annually that features original research on the history, interpretation, conservation, and scientific examination of works of art in the Museum's collection. Its scope encompasses the diversity of artistic practice from antiquity to the present day. The Journal encourages contributions offering critical and innovative approaches that will further our understanding of works of art.

Mark McDonald, the author, grew up from early childhood hearing the telling and retelling of the factual events he now relates to his readers in his novel The Song of the Mockingbird. He has heard many of these stories while staying in the house built by his great-grandfather where the people who make his story come to life actually lived.

Come; explore the worlds of Jeb Carter and Elizabeth Archer, whose love seems destined to bring to fruition of all their dreams and desires. Endure with Jeb and Elizabeth, the heartbreak of seemingly hopeless love. Experience the heartaches of disease, dependency, and death, shared by Jeb and the Archer family. Thrill to the exhilaration of teetering on the brink of the impending tragedy they face, and of a stalwart resolve to overcome any obstacle. What will the outcome be? Must their love be destroyed, their hopes forever vanquished?

Leadership development facilitators and executive coaches address leaders' developmental needs to better perform at the executive level. In developmental programs for example, facilitators teach with the expectation that leaders will adopt a transformational leadership (TL) mindset within the program to later enact TL behaviours within their home organizational environment. This is a short-term solution when addressing leadership needs. A deeper understanding of one's level of personal development is instead necessary to unlock potential TL abilities. In this book, four leaders are extensively studied to determine the relationship between their level of personal ego development and TL effectiveness. Even while the results yield significantly different "snapshots" of leadership behaviours, these leaders' profiles provide a platform from which to further explore the complexities of TL theory and help us to understand how one's TL effectiveness may or may not be related to one's ego development. This book is addressed to leadership consultants or coaches of both profit and non-profit organizations interested in leadership development topics. This book is also addressed to leadership researchers who are interested in exploring leadership from both subjective and objective paradigms.

The use of experiential activities and reflection as methods to enhance social and emotional learning is commonly accepted in higher education. It is believed that through experience-based courses students deepen and possibly alter presently held assumptions when classroom experiences allow students to practice skills and reflect on behaviors that simulate "real-world" situations. However, how is it that experience-based courses develop the emotional competencies necessary for students to effectively manage themselves and others in the workplace and in life? This study examines the impact of a sport event management course on students' emotional competency. Specifically, this study answers the question: Can a semester-long experience-based course increase students' emotional competency when students are not introduced to emotional intelligence theory. The book is addressed to faculty and academic administrators in higher education. Since a popular misconception associated with experiential learning is that the outcomes are subjective and difficult to measure, the results of this study will also be of interest to individuals involved with any form of experiential education.

The Metropolitan Museum Journal is issued annually and publishes original research on works of art in the Museum's collection. Highlights of volume 54 include conservators' discoveries of Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia's workshop techniques, a new reading of lavishly dressed women on tile panels from 17th-century Iran as courtesans, and John Singer Sargent's decisive role in choosing his socialite sitters' fashionable dress.

The first comprehensive account in English of Renaissance Spain's preeminent sculptor Alonso Berruguete (c. 1488-1561) revolutionized the arts of Renaissance Spain with a dramatic style of sculpture that reflected the decade or more he had spent in Italy while young. Trained as a painter, he traveled to Italy around 1506, where he interacted with Michelangelo and other leading artists. In 1518, he returned to Spain and was appointed court painter to the new king, Charles I. Eventually, he made his way to Valladolid, where he shifted his focus to sculpture, opening a large workshop that produced breathtaking multistory altarpieces (retablos) decorated with sculptures in painted wood. This handsomely illustrated catalogue is the first in English to treat Berruguete's art and career comprehensively. It follows his career from his beginnings in Castile to his final years in Toledo, where he produced his last great work, the marble tomb of Cardinal Juan de Tavera. Enriching the chronological narrative are discussions of important aspects of Berruguete's life and practice: his complicated relationship with social status and wealth; his activity as a draftsman and use of prints; how he worked with his many assistants to create his wood sculptures; and his legacy as an artist. Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington Exhibition Schedule: National Gallery of Art, Washington (October 13, 2019-February 17, 2020) Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas (March 29-July 26, 2020)