Central to caring professions such as teaching is the need to notice and be sensitive to the experiences of pupils and teachers. Starting from this position, Researching Your Own Practice demonstrates that in order to develop your professional practice you must first develop your own sensitivities and awareness. One must be attuned to fresh possibilities when they are needed and be alert to such a need through awareness of what is happening at any given time.By giving a ful...

There's a way to know where to go when you look at your future. It's a secret all successful people use―asking the right questions. Best–selling author John Mason unveils a lifetime of wisdom in the seventy indispensable questions designed to find answers to building a better life! If you're just starting out on life's journey or have been there a while and want a new direction, get ready to discover:The right question to ask when you are stuckThe question you shoul...

The Haunting of Her TouchWhen grieving artist Elias Moore escapes to the forgotten coastal town of Gray Hollow, all he wants is silence a place to be alone with his memories. But the house he chooses is not empty. Within its creaking walls and dust-covered corners lies a presence that refuses to be forgotten.She is Anna a ghost, a muse, a memory with eyes that hold centuries of sorrow and hands that tremble with longing. What begins as fleeting visions and ...

“It’s never your typical day at the office when Michael Jackson attends a meeting in person, headphones on his ears and a Walkman in his hands. Little did I know then that he was listening to the first demos for what would become Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad…”Most lawyers aren’t like John Mason. Then again, most lawyers don’t do what he does. For decades, John Mason has been a confidante, meditator, gladiator and last line of defense fo...

God created you to be you, not someone else. So why do we so often settle for less? Why do we bow to the pressure to conform to others' expectations of us rather than boldly being the person we were meant to be? Why do we pretend to be satisfied with average, ordinary . . . common? What would it be like if we actually believed God desires to do something extraordinary with our lives?In this inspiring new book from the bestselling author of An Enemy Called Average,...

Human experience with nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) warfare has been limited, especially in comparison to conventional forms of warfare. Our experience with nuclear warfare is confined to a period of less than one week during the end of World War II, when the United States successfully used two nuclear weapons against targets in Japan. The course of biological warfare and modern use of biological weapons are difficult to track owing to the difficulty of differentiating deliberate...

The increasingly frenetic pace of modern life can take a heavy toll on our physical and mental well-being, and we all have the headaches, backaches, and insomnia to prove it. As a professional stress-reduction therapist, Dr. L. John Mason has made it his life's work to combat the debilitating effects of this all-consuming condition. In the original GUIDE TO STRESS REDUCTION, Dr. Mason presented a comprehensive program of exercises designed to alleviate stress, helping thousands of afflicte...

WHEN TROUBLES AND FAILURE COME, HOW WILL YOU HOLD UP?Make no mistake, in your life you will face disappointment, difficulty, failure, heartache and trouble— more than once. We all do. Why is it that the fires of life seem to refine some people and consume others? The answer has much to do with how well you have developed certain key traits vital to living a successful life. This book will help you do just that. Inside, you will discover how to identify, strengthen and activate 12 e...

The Kronos Factor. Cappella knew something didn't quite add up the second she opened Ion's invitation for a 'chat'. Despite all the warnings, she decided to accept. It was clear this meeting wasn't going to be easy, she had even prepared herself for a full-scale row. But from the moment she arrived, everything was turned on its head. What was Dee, of all people, doing there? And why was the room peeling down around her and the garden turning to trash? Cappella quickly found herself drawn ...

In the middle of the 19th century a new value began to appear in Western Europe - the belief that (in the words of Matthew Arnold) 'the exercise of a creative activity is the true function of man'. This book gives an account of the stages by which, and the reasons why, this development occurred at that time. In so doing it reveals a historical puzzle, for the main factors which can be seen to have given rise to the new value - mainly scientific, technological, economic and political - were...

Human nature has an inbuilt tendency towards addiction. All of us can struggle with this tendency, but for some it can lead to the destruction of their lives, through obsessive and compulsive behavior. We could say therefore that in some sense we are all in recovery.It is no surprise that addiction is so widespread. We live in a world where many of us self-medicate in response to hardships, turning to food, drugs, alcohol, sex, relationships, work, and so much more in an attempt to...

The increasing awareness of environmental issues as ultimately moral issues has led to the intersection of religion and environment. Sacramental Commons presents a unique way of looking at this topic by relating the Christian word "sacrament" (signs of divine presence) to the term "commons" (shared place and shared goods, among people and between people and the natural world), suggesting that local natural settings and local communities can be a source for respect and compassion. ...