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A renowned healer and shaman’s life-changing journey of discovery, healing, and wisdom“Malidoma has kept faith with the ancestors and with his own heart. His journey is a shimmering ‘missing piece’ in the story of the earth.” —Alice WalkerWhen he was a young boy growing up in Burkina Faso, Malidoma Somé was taken from his village and brought to a Jesuit mission school, where he spent years being harshly indoctrinated in European ways of thought and worship. In this vivid an...

The biography begins with an overview of Greenaway's early life, highlighting her upbringing in a family that nurtured her artistic talents. Layard and Spielmann delve into her education and the influences that shaped her work, particularly her affinity for nature and childhood themes, which are evident in her charming illustrations. The authors discuss Greenaway's signature style, characterized by delicate lines, soft colors, and an enchanting portrayal of children in pastoral settings.Th...

The Architecture of Human Flourishing begins with a confession: the two great ideologies of the modern world are both wrong.Capitalism got something right. Individual initiative, free markets, and the price mechanism have generated more material wealth than any other system in history. But capitalism mistook a powerful engine for a complete philosophy of life — producing inequality justified as merit, atomization celebrated as freedom, and the quiet erosion of everything t...

"This is a teacher who can help us put together so many things that our modern Western world has broken." -Alice Walker, author of The Color PurpleA renowned, respected teacher and mentor to thousands, Sobonfu Somi is one of the first and foremost voices of African spirituality to come to the West.Somi was born in Dano, Burkina Faso, a remote West African village with a population of about two hundred people. Dano has preserved the old ways of Afri...

The Philippines is not a broken society. It is a working one... Working precisely as it was designed to, by colonial architects who understood that the most durable form of control is not force but architecture. When you restructure a people's values, their institutions, and their self-understanding, you don't need guards. The installed population maintains the installation itself.Drawing on analytic philosophy, decolonial theory, and indigenous Filipino thought — ...

The Corrupt Filipino's Playbook is not a call for reform. It is not a sermon on values. It is a manual that strips away illusions and shows how power is actually gained, traded, and protected in the Philippines.Inside are thirteen rules that reveal the machinery beneath the speeches and promises. Each one is a weapon: deny everything, weaponize shame, make leverage fungible, contain risk by compartmentalization, and more. These rules explain why institutions rot, why leaders endure...

This practitioner-friendly resource will help parents and educators with different values and viewpoints to better communicate, understand, and collaborate for the benefit of all children (K12).Drawing from personal stories and current research, this book suggests ways in which families and schools can work together to optimize the academic, social, and emotional development of all students, with a focus on diverse students and families.Uti...

This book examines how corporate ethics, social responsibility, and prevention strategies against financial crime may remedy shortcomings of corporate governance. Corporate governance structures and mechanisms may contribute to enhancing the value of integrity in organizational life. Nonetheless, executives and directors who emphasize a structural and procedural way of thinking often miss the point. Corporate governance structures and mechanisms can favor practices of integrity and righteo...

It's time to make a difference in senior care. Nelly Some's new and refreshing approach will teach you how you can invest in helping seniors thrive!Senior care in America is changing. When easing into their twilight years, more and more people are looking for alternatives to the traditional care offered by nursing homes and assisted living facilities, where overworked nurses and staff can't offer personal care and attention to each of their deserving patie...

This volume constitutes the proceedings of 1st International Conference on Africa Data, Artificial Intelligence and Innovations, AFRI2 2025, in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, during February 27–28, 2025.The 14 full papers were presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They focus on Artificial intelligence Application: Large language models (LLMs) ; Data Protection, Cybersecurity and system; Data analytic and Decision Making.

Baron von Reiback owns a castle hotel in the Black Forest area of Germany. He attends a meeting off the coast of Georgia and falls in love with the ocean, something he's never seen. He learns of a castle for sale on a private island off Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. He comes up with a plan to finance the purchase by selling promissory notes to guests who have stayed at his castle and he sells water from a spring on Goldrock Island that he claims is the Fountain of Youth. He...