Disaster Mental Health Community Planning is a step-by-step guide to developing mental health disaster plans, assisting communities to act on long-term resilience and recovery.As disasters continue to increase in severity and number, with 16% of survivors identified as potential PTSD victims if they don't promptly receive care, this book is a critical read. Chapters outline how to prepare, develop, and implement a trauma-informed collaborative process that prioritizes last...

Status, age and gender have long been accepted aspects of archaeological enquiry, yet it is only recently that archaeologists have started seriously to consider the role of sex and sexuality in their studies.Archaeologies of Sexuality is a timely and pioneering work. It presents a strong, diverse body of scholarship which draws on locations as varied as medieval England, the ancient Maya kingdoms, New Kingdom Egypt, prehistoric Europe, and convict-era Australia, demonstrati...

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica t...

What would the Hebrew prophets say if they were alive today? They lived during a monumental change in the world system from city-states like Samaria and Judea to the imperial systems of Assyria and Babylon. What might they write in verse to the people of today’s nations who encounter the global invasions of communications, refugees and migrants, world trade, and climate change? Will pride in the nations and the military avert the catastrophes to come?Even though they were acutely a...

Robert Schmidt's love for music created the lyrics for "Thank You, God." When his daughter was born, he would play music to her on a toy xylophone piano. He soon found that he was playing the same tune. As he continued to play to her at bedtime, the words to the tune became the song "Thank You, God." His idea was for the song to become a book, but in prayer, the idea came for the song to be a coloring book to teach children about Jesus. The coloring book has a QR code that, when opened, wi...

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This book is a lesson about how we should always strive to help others through life.

The untold story of the GI's who were used as pawns to draw the Germans away from the impending Normandy invasion. Written by the combat photographer who saw the action first hand and fought his way up the Italian landscape, into the cities and over the mountains with the Fifth Army. The photographs in this book, unless otherwise noted were taken by the author. Robert Schmidt died befor his book was completed but his son carried on the task of final editing because he knew how important it...

The Author started this project at age 96, learning how to use a computer and how to write at that late date. It began upon the urging of his daughters as a memoir of what life was like in the U.S. 100 years ago for the benefit of his great grand-children, but it quickly became apparent that the writing was a voyage of self-discovery and for the Author's own benefit primarily: thus it became a full fledged autobiography.It was written without research or reference to journals or di...

Amid the mid-twentieth-century post-war relief and rebuilding efforts, reconsideration of views on nonviolence and civic engagement was also underway for North American Mennonites. What peace theology was adequate to the task of recasting the church's role in the world as it was emerging, including its economic and political systems? Essays in this volume explore these questions through intentional dialog across diverse viewpoints, including some in tension with the Mennonite hierarchy and...

In the 1950s, a conversation among a handful of American graduate students considering the place of Mennonites in the modern world blossomed into a published forum, CONCERN: A Pamphlet Series for Questions of Christian Renewal. The CONCERN writings here consider the global, missional, experiential, contextualized realities of such a "place," past and present. The writings explore the role of culture and context in the church's mission, lived faith, and theological articulation through vari...

Pathology of Pet and Aviary BirdsA complete reference for veterinary pathologists, residents, and students interested in avian diseasesThe revised third edition of Pathology of Pet and Aviary Birds delivers a comprehensive reference to gross and microscopic lesions found in birds, as well as the implications of these diseases. This third edition includes improved coverage of normal anatomy and of advanced diagnostic techniques, inc...