What is self-care? Self-care is everything you do deliberately for your physical, emotional and mental well being to help you deal with life when it gets tough. As simple as it sounds, many of us pay little attention to self-care. This is why 'deliberately' is one of the most important words in the definition. For most of us we are running so hard we don't realize the fatigue and irritability of an exhausted life. You need to be conscious of your well-being before you can achieve true self...

Sixteen. Alone. Injured. Frank desperately wanted to run his father’s winter camp by himself the year he was sixteen. He could prove to father he was man enough to do anything on the ranch. He was exactly where he wanted to be. Until a freak accident left him wondering if he could even survive. Based on true events, “Winter Camp: A Story of Survival” chronicles Frank’s unexpected adventure alone in the mountains with only his horse, his knowledge, and his will to survive.

Whether you're a leader, teacher, speaker, coach, or anyone else who needs to instruct and inspire, storytelling is a power tool for increasing understanding and moving people to action.But there's a difference between sharing an experience and telling a story.Master Storytelling takes you on a journey of discovering to identify your real-life experiences and convert them into impactful stories that teach principles, lead change, and inspire action.In Master Storyte...

Unlock the true potential of front-line leaders! This transformative guide is the essential companion for emerging leaders taking their first steps into people management, as well as for those supervising front-line leaders.In an era where traditional hierarchical structures are fast becoming obsolete, leadership that connects on a human level has never been more crucial. Yet the way we develop leaders sets up first-time people leaders to lead more like a position than a person. Le...

The difference between leaders people love and leaders people leave rarely has to do with how well the leader can do their job.Instead, it has everything to do with how they deal with people.Yet first-time leaders rarely get training focused on their people skills, so organizations end up with leaders who lead like a position rather than like a person.Unlock the potential of your leaders -- including yourself -- with "Lead Like A Person, Not Like A Position." This t...

The Complete Book of Woodworking is a comprehensive guide to help you become a master woodworker and have a house full of hand-made furnishings to show for the effort! Set up shop, understand the tools, learn the principles of basic design, and practice essential woodworking techniques as you complete 40 detailed plans for home accessories, furnishings, outdoor projects, workshop projects, and more! With over 1,200 full-color photographs, step-by-step instructions and illustration...

Do you shy away from taking part in panel discussions?Do they feel unstructured, unpredictable, and even intimidating?Saying no means missing one of the best opportunities to showcase your expertise, grow your credibility, and raise your professional profile.Being a panellist is much easier than you think. With the right approach, panels can be one of the most effective and efficient ways to increase your visibility.This concise, practical guide dem...

Christianity's demographics, vitality, and influence have tipped markedly toward the global South and East. Addressing this seismic shift, one of America's leading church historians shows how studying world Christianity changed and enriched his understanding of the nature of the faith as well as of its history.Mark Noll illustrates the riches awaiting anyone who gains even a preliminary understanding of the diverse histories that make up the Christian story. He shows how coming to ...

The identity of Robin Hood has been questioned many times since the Outlaw of Sherwood first sprang to fame in the twelfth century. No two authorities seem able to agree as to his origins, antecedents, or even whether or not he was a historical personage or a mythical figure. Historians, both amateur and professional, have for years been bringing out new books in which they claim to have found ‘the real Robin Hood’, but his identity remains clouded. More recent studies have sought to push ...

A new edition of the celebrated introduction to dramaturgy training and practiceSince its release in 2010, Ghost Light: An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy has become the international standard for dramaturgy training and practice. The first textbook introduced students to the “ghost light” model of dramaturgy—a creatively engaged, artistically vibrant approach that draws on extensive knowledge of theatre history, practice, and theory—and this second e...

Idina Moorfield and Hellion Squadron are going on their first mission.Months and months of training is finally paying off.No amount of training could have prepared them for this.A monster unlike anything they have seen before.Idina and her team are going to have to come up with new tactics to capture or kill this monster… if they can.The world is changing. Magic is changing. Can Idina, Richard and Hellion Squadron adapt to the changes and stay on top...

Supporting Children and Families gathers together the lessons learned from perhaps the largest scale social experiment ever undertaken in England - Sure Start, the programme designed to improve the emotional development, health and education of children.It boils down the huge amount of knowledge and experience generated by the Sure Start programmes and local evaluation studies, with chapters encompassing child development and healthcare, partnership working with existing local serv...