Snow babies appeal not only to Christmas enthusiasts, but to collectors of dolls, figurines, and miniatures. Principally manufactured in Germany in the early part of this century, these tiny grouted figures decorated cakes in England and mantel pieces in the United States. Today they are avidly sought by collectors, who still use them to create little winter scenes. This carefully researched and documented book explores the origins of snow babies. (Were they created to honor Marie Peary, the daughter of Admiral Peary and the first white baby born in Northern Greenland?) The collection of 700 color photographs, the largest ever published, displays exquisite all-white pieces and the smaller action snow babies. It also introduces the reader to the rare blue and pink snow pieces. Included are chapters on bisque Santas (over 150 of them), elves, dwarves, snowmen, buildings, animals, and other pieces that are collected and displayed with snow babies. A rarity scale and price guide are included.

Walks the play therapist in case documentation from the initial contact through termination. Provides structure and content for parent consultations. Assists the play therapist in identifying and documenting play themes.

Walks the play therapist in case documentation from the initial contact through termination. Provides structure and content for parent consultations. Assists the play therapist in identifying and documenting play themes.

Christmas costume jewelry produced in the last fifty years has never before been so carefully explored. Here are Christmas tree pins, wreaths, ornaments, Santas, snowmen, and other decorations set with rhinestones mounted as earrings and pins. Over 340 dazzling photographs display over 900 different jewelry pieces by noted manufacturers, some common and some so rare they are found in only a few collections. This is a book you will want to have when you daydream and take with you when you shop. With a revised Price Guide reflecting current values.

Baby Weight, an innovative prenatal and postpartum fitness plan, helps you control weight gain and maintain muscle tone during pregnancy and get your body back faster after baby comes. Baby Weight is unique to other books on the market today in that it was developed by a licensed Physical Therapist and certified Perinatal Fitness Educator, offering the insight of an experienced healthcare professional aware of the unique needs of the prenatal and postpartum mother. Learn all you need to know about the changes in your body and how to counteract adverse body changes and common aches and pains through specific exercises that isolate the exact muscles weakened during pregnancy and childbirth. Baby Weight features the CoreMama exercises, which teach you to work the muscles that need it most in a progressive and intense program that caters to all fitness levels. Since the exercises were developed by a Physical Therapist and Perinatal Fitness Educator specializing the treatment of women during and after pregnancy, you can rest assured that the intense exercises will safely challenge you within the limits of your abilities to push to the next level. You will sweat, you will tremble, and you will definitely feel like you've had a work out after doing these exercises After baby comes, the postnatal program will teach you to use your baby's weight to help you lose your baby weight by incorporating your baby into the exercises, making them more effective and more fun The handling techniques used to integrate baby into the exercises, developed by a neonatal and pediatric Physical Therapist, help stimulate your baby's motor development. Mom and baby grow strong together Of course, weight control doesn't depend on exercise alone. Learn to follow a balanced and healthy diet with Baby Weight's practical and easy-to-implement nutritional advice that teaches you to make conscious food choices. If you are looking for a guide to get and stay in shape during and after pregnancy, look no further

What is poetry, really?
Is it tossing random words around
Like confetti in your mind
And watching as they float lazily down
To land on a page arranged in a strange sentence such as
"Variety paints secretly senile flora"
Which will forever be a conundrum
To high school English students
Assigned to write interpretative essays
On such a profound statement?

Or is poetry all rigidity and structure
Where one must keep in step with iambic pentameter
In order to grind out Petrachan sonnets with lines like
"The world is changing even as we speak
And I believe the outlook is quite bleak"
Complete with requisite rhyme and perhaps a
Sprinkling of spontaneous yet sparkling alliteration?

-from "Made for Eternity"

There is a common misconception regarding those who attend church and have decided to dedicate their lives to God. Irrespective of our race, gender or nationality, we can be saved; we all have a choice. One of the most powerful things God has given to humankind is free will. He will not force you to serve Him; He takes no pleasure in that and neither would you. We all knew something was missing, we just did not know that it was God. It is mind-blowing when people look at us believing that we were always this way, and you think, If they ever knew! Well, this book is written for you to know. Some have been homeless, lost children, lost parents, drug abusers, drunkards, gang members, heavy smokers, self-harmers, gamblers - you name it, God saved them from it. We all have to begin somewhere, and this is how and where many stories began.