In this comprehensive manual, a radically new way to make the Spiritual Exercises is presented to retreat directors, spiritual guides, parish leaders, and other pastoral ministers. Michael Hansen, S.J., provides vast background and wise counsel in showing leaders how to direct The First Spiritual Exercises.

For almost five hundred years, the Spiritual Exercises have been available only to priests and religious who could spend thirty days in silence under the guidance of a spiritual director. Now they are available as four retreats on inner peace to people in every stage of spiritual growth.

Teacher Diversity and Student Success makes a powerful case for diversifying the teaching force as an important policy lever for closing achievement gaps and moving schools closer to equity goals. Written by three leading scholars, the book provides nuanced solutions on how to diversify the teaching force, increase student exposures to same-race teachers, and improve teacher training for a culturally diverse student body. They argue that teacher diversity should be seen as one element of teacher quality, and policies focused on improving teacher quality should take race explicitly into consideration. The authors also address the historic and contemporary factors that have kept people of color out of teaching and highlight emerging research showing the significant, long-lasting impact of same-race teacher exposures, particularly for Black and Latino students. This timely book is a call to action for building teacher diversity to ensure student success.

How to Make Your Images Look Gorgeous - The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing This book was written for the single purpose of making it easier for beginners to achieve amazing results with image editing enabling them to make their photos look professional and beautiful. This book is not about how to use your camera or how to shoot photos. It is about what you do with your photos after you have shot them. Have you ever wondered why the pictures in magazines and print media are so perfect? Do you feel puzzled looking at the pictures shot by professional photographers and wonder how come their shots are way better in quality than yours, even though you have a good DSLR camera? That is because they have been edited my master editors. Now you can become one too, and this book by Michael will help you do exactly that, become great at image editing and that too in just 9 days. You'll learn to dramatically improve your images and image edits that take you hours to create will be achieved in minutes. Improving pictures doesn't need to be a time consuming, difficult and expensive task. Some of the topics covered in the book: Cropping and Re-sizing Images How to adjust Color Saturation HDR Photos How to adjust White Balance How to adjust Photo Contrast How to adjust Photo Exposure How to adjust Photo Sharpness Photo Vignette How to Create DSLR Like Depth of Field How to remove Noise in Pictures ...and much more So do not waste any more time reading how this book will help you, instead just scroll up and hit the BUY button to get immediate access. Note: If you want to learn digital photography, you can pick up the first book in this series, also by Michael; Point and Shoot: Digital Photography Basics for Beginners and Amateurs

A picture is worth a thousand words and this is especially true with the latest technological advancements for digital photography. The author, a former amateur photographer himself, was bewildered by the different functions of his DSLR camera and how they affected the final outcome of his shots. After many months of research and with the help of friends, the author finally learned and mastered his DSLR. Michael says, "The sad thing is that people don't go necessarily "go with the flow" to say the least. With the tons of new features that keep getting added, aspiring photographers are overwhelmed on how to use them effectively. This translates into bland and unimaginative pictures that you wouldn't even save on your computer or memory disk." People nowadays don't have the time to learn everything from the ground up anymore in this busy world. So the author condensed everything he learned and put it altogether in just one book that will help you master your DSLR in just 21 days Point and Shoot: Digital Photography Basics for Beginners and Amateurs: Master your DSLR in 21 Days is an e-book that teaches you the fundamental concepts and techniques of digital photography and at the same time delves deeper into more of its complexities. This installment of the Point and Shoot e-book series focuses on the fundamentals of digital photography and includes topics from the basic concepts and terminologies of digital photography to the complexities of different styles and techniques or how to use light effectively. Thanks to Point and Shoot: Digital Photography Basics for Beginners and Amateurs: Master your DSLR in 21 Days, amateur photographers no more have to worry about researching and reading tons of books and manuals. Instead they are given the opportunity to learn all the basic concepts and techniques that any photographer should know in this very concise and to the point book. This e-book also covers important topics that every photographer should know and not just amateurs. Topics such as camera maintenance and the right tools and accessories you need to get the best results when taking a photograph. Here is what you will learn in the book: Introduction to the Different Qualities of Digital Photos Basic Terminologies in Digital Photography Types of Cameras Camera Accessories Camera Lenses Maintenance Digital Photography Techniques and Styles Capturing Your Subject Lighting Composition Photography