Singing Body and Soul is for the young singer, to help you discover how your voice, body and mind work together.There are great books about the links between science and music - but most are written for adults with strong music backgrounds, and college degrees. Young singers need a streamlined version so your voice can express your inner life - right now!The voice has the most exciting sound when a singer is between 20 to 25 years old. Thats when desire starts to r...

Twenty-something years poured out, giving our all, loving and supporting our boys through every single stage, until one day, he moves on to find a younger woman. Moms and their sons... It can be a pretty tight bond, but the time will come when mom will have to step aside and let a different love flourish. Sons will leave their mothers and their fathers to cleave to their wives, but the question is: Will mom allow it to happen and will she survive and thrive after he's gone? Ladies, we can ...

The first words out of my doctor's mouth were simple, yet critical to my success. "Reduce stress", he said. I dismissed his statement just as many others do, but in the end, it was those simple words I should have heeded in the first place. Had I understood ALL the hidden sources of stress and how stress was wreaking havoc on my emotions and body, I would have dealt with it much differently and I would not have had to wait so long to become a mother. Don't make the same mistake I did. You ...

Fresh from Jamaica into the lap of the Motherland, Emily Thompson, Rose to her friends, would long time walk on water to make her dreams come true. One day her children will be able to join her and choose from a dazzling array of possibilities. Till then, it's hard work for the young woman in this rich man's country; not only must Rose scrape together the money for a new life, but she must also come to terms with this unknown phenomenon: di Hinglish dem…James Dunbar. Jack ...

"Most interesting." - Established Church in Glasgow, 1839"Extensive and scholarly research...a curious mass of learning." -An Essay Towards an Indian Bibliography, 1873Outcast from the inhabited earth, deprived of letters, and even of the means and materials necessary to civilized life, did the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel eventually migrate to an uninhabited America?Analyzing and quoting the histories and opinions of Lord Kingsbury, L...

Social work practitioners write for a variety of publications, and they are expected to show fluency in a number of related fields. Whether the target is a course instructor, scholarly journal, fellowship organization, or general news outlet, social workers must be clear, persuasive, and comprehensive in their writing, especially on provocative subjects. This first-of-its-kind guide features top scholars and educators providing a much-needed introduction to social work writing and scholars...

Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands is caught off guard one night in 1933 by a phone call from a distressed boy named Jackie Drummond, who just might be the illegitimate son Joe never knew he had. Jackie is in trouble at his Sussex boarding school, where a teacher has been murdered. When Joe gets himself assigned to the investigation, he learns the boarding school case is more complicated than it appears: A frightening number of boys, all from wealthy families, have gone missing over th...

New York Times bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming has written a riveting political dramaof the last ten years of Winston Churchill's public life.In Churchill Defiant, Leaming tells the tumultuous behind-the-scenes story of Churchill's refusal to retire after his 1945 electoral defeat, and the bare-knuckled political and personal battles that ensued. Her ground-breaking biography Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman, was the first to detail Churc...

Why has the integration of women into Congress been so slow? Is there a "political glass ceiling" for women? Although women use the same strategic calculations as men to decide when to run, the decision regarding where to run is something else. While redistricting has increasingly protected incumbents, it also has the unintended consequence of shaping the opportunities for female candidates. The political geography and socio-economic profile of districts that elect women differ substantial...

This book explores the role and impact of the settlement house movement in the global development of social welfare and the social work profession.It traces the transnational history of settlement houses and examines the interconnections between the settlement house movement, other social and professional movements and social research.Looking at how the settlement house movement developed across different national, cultural and social boundaries, this book show that by unde...

Simone de Beauvoir, still a teen, began a diary while a philosophy student at the Sorbonne. Written in 1926-27—before Beauvoir met Jean-Paul Sartre—the diaries reveal previously unknown details about her life and times and offer critical insights into her early intellectual interests, philosophy, and literary works.Presented for the first time in translation, this fully annotated first volume of the Diary includes essays from Barbara Klaw and Margaret A. Simons that addres...

Are you done “finding” your purpose and finally ready to “connect” with the one that was always within you?Are you done with feeling unfulfilled, frustrated, stuck or lost?Are you done feeling ‘Not Good Enough’ because apparently, you’re the only one clueless while everyone else knows their purpose?IF you’re truly done with ‘that old way’ and are now ready to:- create and live a life guided by meaning and purpose,- accept and embrace yourself and liv...