A debut middle grade novel about throwing things out -- and letting people in. Family Game Night tackles a tough issue with a light, accessible touch and writing that sparkles with heart.Annabelle has a secret . . . a secret so big she won't allow friends within five miles of her home. Her mom collects things. Their house is overflowing with stuff. It gives Annabelle's sister nightmares, her brother spends as much time as he can at friends' houses, and her dad buries himse...

Nursing Education in Thanatology is an excellent source book for planning thanatology courses or for integrating concepts of thanatology into a nursing curriculum. As the formal teaching of thanatology in schools for health care professionals is generally overlooked and ill-defined, many students and professionals will learn to deal with dying and grieving upon their first encounter with death. This practical book will aid educators in planned inclusion of thanatology in curriculum to insu...

Follow this unique programme to discover the joy of living with less items and discover how liberating and fulfilling life becomes when you learn to live with less.The premise of this book is simple: if you don't love it, lose it! Many people think that the more they own, the more contented and happy they will be – their lives become defined by their possessions. In fact, the opposite is often true: the more we have, the less happy and contented we are in mind, bod...

In today's fast-paced world you will often hear friends, family and work colleagues - or even your own body - saying they feel 'tired all the time'. But what if there were natural and simple ways to help you feel revitalized in seconds?From pre-breakfast yoga to an afternoon tea tonic, author Mary Lambert offers 70 remedies and techniques you can use to rechannel your best self.Whether you feel emotionally, mentally or physically drained, Natural Highs

Crystal Energy reveals the special properties of over 100 crystals commonly available today, and shows how you can work with them for healing, personal empowerment, protection and abundance. Since ancient times, people have believed in the ability of crystals to heal, protect and energize mind and body, awakening our innate spiritual wisdom. The book presents 150 practical tips on using crystals in every part of your life. Chapters include Crystals in the Home, which is about using crystal...

From the outside, Mary Lambert appeared to have the life she had always dreamed of-a husband, children, and a family built on hope and love. But behind closed doors, a far different reality was unfolding. In Second Chance in Life, Mary shares her deeply personal journey through betrayal, fear, heartbreak, and emotional survival. As her marriage unravels under the weight of infidelity, manipulation, and intimidation, she is forced to confront painful truths about the life she thought she kn...

Most people lose the will to live the moment their hair starts to turn white. Well! This is a natural response to aging. However, I just couldn’t allow that catastrophe to fall upon me. Why would I? After all, life is a gift, and a gift must be cherished. So what if people abandoned me? So what if my health got to me? So what if there was no hope in sight? I wasn’t going to succumb to any of those things. I was destined to write my own story, and so I did. I write it every single day when ...

Retired police officer Chase Harlow from North Carolina receives a call from his old friend and fellow policeman, Andy Toler. Andys granddaughter, Emily, went with some friends to a small island for one last summer fling before the start of schoolbut she never came back.Chase agrees to check into things and heads to the island. As soon as he arrives, he learns about the murder of a young girl. Its not Emily; as it turns out, Emily has returned home safe and sound. Even so, Chase ca...

"My story is not about my past, but about your future," says Marie Roberts Monville.In the startling tragedy of the Amish schoolhouse shooting at Nickel Mines, one story has never been told; Marie Roberts Monville, the wife of the man who created such horror, tells her story for the very first time. It is a story of sorrow and destruction, but also one of majestic deliverance, unending compassion, breathtaking forgiveness, and grace-filled redemption.Within a solitary momen...

Holly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing.At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings. Adopted by the pastor and raised in a loving Christian home, Holly nevertheless struggled with the ache of not knowing what had happened to her biological parents. She still felt their absence even as she married and started a family of her own.When two detecti...

"My story is not about my past, but about your future."In the startling tragedy of the Amish schoolhouse shooting at Nickel Mines, one story has never been told. Marie Roberts Monville, the wife of the man who created such horror, tells her story for the very first time. It is a story of sorrow, of madness and destruction, but also one of deliverance, compassion, forgiveness and beauty.Marie Monville knew that day that life, as she knew it, was over. What she never anticipa...

Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Elsie, the class tattletale, liar, and thief, claims the new girl at school, Annie, as her best friend. But Annie soon makes other friends as well and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie, who later succumbs to the epidemic and dies. Elsie is not absent from school long though. She soon returns there as a ghost, ready to reclaim Annie's friendship and to punish all the girls who bullied her.