The world is full of lies: "We know that we are children of God and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one" (1 John 5:19 NIV). We all try to look for the answer to the question of who we are in the knowledge of the world. We all try to gain our self-value and build our life based on our own understanding and with our own hands. What is the result? It's time to begin to break the lies and replace them with truth! This is the reason Discovering Your True Identity in Christ...

This is a story of a Mexican-American family who lived in the same fertile valley that was the setting for John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. Several decades after Steinbeck's 1939 novel, this family realized the American dream of creating a financially successful business, sending their children to private school, and owning their family home. They also experienced a father's alcoholism; a brother's Down syndrome; a twin brother's HIV infection, homosexuality, and death; a daughter's strug...

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world (John 16:33b, NIV) I could not understand the cruelty of this world, or why I even needed to endure it...until I came to know Christ and my understanding was changed. Before I knew Him I grew up in an abusive environment, believed in Buddhism, was an alcoholic, was a single parent, but worst of all, I thought I was nothing more than a piece of rubbish. I made countless wrong decisions, endured terrible relations...

Interviews with Mexican Women: We Don’t Talk About Feminism Here presents a series of conversations with Mexican women representing a wide geographical range within Mexico. The interviews broach current social issues and discuss their correlation to the Mexican feminist movement of the 1970s and 1980s. This unique project focuses on cultural, political, economic, and social topics as they pertain to Mexican women impacted (or not) by the women’s struggle in Mexico to achieve gende...

What is Plant Spirit Medicine?Learn how to immerse yourself in the essense of the spirit of plants. Using the foundation of the Living Grace (SM) Meditation, you will feel, sense, and know the qualities of the plants. By the simple nature of this practice, you will learn to intimately be with each plant and essential oil. Each plant will be able to support you in the way that is perfect for you.The essence of this practice has been passed down from generation to generation ...

Western business owners and managers are increasingly interested in doing business in Mexico. Yet few have thoroughly investigated the country's business climate and culture. This collection of new essays by contributors who work in and research the business culture of Mexico takes a combined academic and real-world look at the country's vibrant and dynamic commerce. Topics include business and the government, conceptions of time, Mexican entrepreneurialism and the place of women in busine...

This book addresses a broad range of topics, from newly proposed techniques in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning to various applications such as decision-making, pattern classification for data, image and signals, robotics, and control systems. Big data applications are discussed, while improved methods and wholly new methods for using deep learning technologies are also presented.The topics covered are comprehensive and reflect a wide range of technologies in the a...

Janice Perlman wrote the first in-depth account of life in the favelas, a book hailed as one of the most important works in global urban studies in the last 30 years. Now, in Favela, Perlman carries that story forward to the present. Re-interviewing many longtime favela residents whom she had first met in 1969--as well as their children and grandchildren--Perlman offers the only long-term perspective available on the favelados as they struggle for a better life. Perlman discovers ...

Drawing on the tools of game design to fix democracy.Anyone who has ever been to a public hearing or community meeting would agree that participatory democracy can be boring. Hours of repetitive presentations, alternatingly alarmist or complacent, for or against, accompanied by constant heckling, often with no clear outcome or decision. Is this the best democracy can offer? In Making Democracy Fun, Josh Lerner offers a novel solution for the sad state of o...

The book contributes to answering the questions raised by mayors, governors, and federal government officials in Brazil: "What can cities do to improve economic performance and create jobs?" The question is approached through a review of theories and policy options for city competitiveness, preliminary benchmarking of Brazilian cities.The book concludes that to become and stay competitive, cities need to strive to reduce the cost of doing business by improving services, infrastructure, and re...

Since the 1950s, subsidiaries of the most prestigious foreign multinationals have played a key role in Brazilian economic development, thus creating a very competitive domestic market. On top of this, government interventions in the last few decades have been inconsistent and contradictory, resulting in a series of economic crises. Only the most resilient Brazilian firms have been able to survive and prosper in this challenging environment. This book, first published in 2011, analyzes a va...

Education is a primary route to rewarding employment and economic security. It is particularly significant for the future prospects of children who are ethnic minorities, were born into disadvantaged economic circumstances, or are dealing with language barriers.For nearly a decade Julio Cammarota interviewed and observed Latino youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four who lived in a barrio in a city on the California coast. He conducted forty life interviews, selecting s...