Bringing Nature Home
Bringing Nature Home

Author: Douglas W. Tallamy

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1604691468

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“With the twinned calamities of climate change and mass extinction weighing heavier and heavier on my nature-besotted soul, here were concrete, affordable actions that I could take, that anyone could take, to help our wild neighbors thrive in the built human environment. And it all starts with nothing more than a seed. Bringing Nature Home is a miracle: a book that summons butterflies." —Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.

Dinner with Edward
Dinner with Edward

Author: Isabel Vincent

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1616206047

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Thinking she is merely checking in on a friend's nonagenarian dad, Isabel Vincent has no idea that the man in the kitchen cooking a sublime meal will end up changing her life. Dinner with Edward is a book about love, nourishment, and how dinner with a friend can, in the words of M. F. K. Fisher, “sustain us against the hungers of the world.”

The Sudden Loss Survival Guide
The Sudden Loss Survival Guide

Author: Chelsea Hanson

Publisher: Mango Media Inc.

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1642502294

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Restore Your Spirit after Sudden Loss Healing after loss. When a loved one passes unexpectedly, the person left behind can lose their bearings. After the sudden loss of her mother, Chelsea Hanson, a nationally-recognized grief educator and founder of With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes, didn’t know where to turn for help, what to do next, or how to put the pieces of her life back together. Hanson’s The Sudden Loss Survival Guide gathers everything that she learned during her own recovery process and provides an indispensable road map to aid those who’ve experienced a life-changing loss. A proactive, intentional approach. While you cannot control losing a loved one, you can consciously guide your own recovery. Through the application of simple, proactive practices, The Sudden Loss Survival Guide will empower you to overcome the darkness and anxiety of grief. Action-based tools. The Sudden Loss Survival Guide includes heart-lifting prompts and action steps that guide you towards reengaging in life and discovering deeper meaning. Through Hanson's grief healing practices, this book delivers the essential answers and tools needed to survive, cope, and heal from the devastating impact of sudden loss. The Sudden Loss Survival Guide is a distinctive grief recovery handbook. In this book, discover: • Seven practices for healing, including creative memorialization and maintaining an ongoing spiritual connection • Skimmable, stand-alone passages with immediate, usable information for the trauma you’re facing • A transformative method for living a meaningful, fulfilling life in remembrance of your loved one Readers of grief books like It’s OK That You’re Not OK, I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye, and Grief Day By Day will learn how to live again with the help of The Sudden Loss Survival Guide.

Aircraft Interior Comfort and Design
Aircraft Interior Comfort and Design

Author: Peter Vink

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1439863067

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What should every airline and manufacturer know about comfort?What can we learn from studies in the scientific literature?What do most passengers know about comfort and how can we translate that into interior design?Where can I find the latest knowledge and research useful for designing aircraft seats?Although the answers to these questions are ava

Comforting Christ
Comforting Christ

Author: Rev J. C. Washington

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2012-04

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1466914467

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This book deals with the Messiah, the comforting Christ. By the leading of the Holy Spirit, I wrote my understanding of the comforting Christ. The comfort he gave to his disciples after explaining about his pending crucifixion and explaining and teaching about the one who will come after him. This finished product will help you to understand more about the Messiah, what his work was all about while on earth and the challenge his disciples faced when he was no longer with them. It will show the way to Christ and will point to a new way of life for us today as it did for his disciples after his death. It tells what his suffering meant then to those who gathers at the foot of his cross and what it means now to us who look back and marvel at what took place back then.

Inspirations From Life
Inspirations From Life

Author: Reverend Roy Shepherd

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2019-01-23

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1525534122

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Father Roy came to the ordained priesthood in the Diocese of Huron after thirty years in the business world marketing insurance. He holds a Master of Theology degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a certificate from the Interim Ministry Network. The Rev. Roy Shepherd was brought up and educated in Montreal, Québec, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Sociology from McGill University. He was baptized and confirmed in the Anglican church, and held many volunteer lay positions in the parishes where he worshipped and in the Diocese of Toronto, including election to the Diocesan Synod for a number of years and chairmanship of its Board of Parish Services. As a lay delegate to the national body of the church for several triennial sessions, he served on the National Executive and Program Committees and on the Primate’s World Relief and Development Committee. He represented the Anglican Church on PLURA (the inter-denominational Social Justice Foundation.) Since his retirement as a full-time parish priest, he has used his years of lay and ordained experience to assist parishes in the process of change. This book is the distillation of a rich and varied life in God’s service.

The Needs of the Dying
The Needs of the Dying

Author: David Kessler

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2007-01-09

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0061137596

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In gentle, compassionate language, The Needs of the Dying helps us through the last chapter of our lives. Author David Kessler has identified key areas of concern: the need to be treated as a living human being, the need for hope, the need to express emotions, the need to participate in care, the need for honesty, the need for spirituality, and the need to be free of physical pain. Examining the physical and emotional experiences of life-challenging illnesses, Kessler provides a vocabulary for family members and for the dying that allows them to communicate with doctors, with hospital staff, and with one another, and—at a time when the right words are exceedingly difficult to find—he helps readers find a way to say good-bye. Using comforting and touching stories, he provides information to help us meet the needs of a loved one at this important time in our lives.

Almost 80
Almost 80

Author: Jean Martin

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2018-07-18

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 1643000780

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This book is intended to reach those who may never have heard about the plan of salvation. It is my goal to reach as many as possible through my writing. I hope they will inspire and encourage people of all ages. Do not let doubt hold you back, step out of your comfort zone, and be amazed at what God can do if you allow him. At eighty years old, I am looking forward to each new day and what God has planned for me.

Known by God
Known by God

Author: Brian S. Rosner

Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0310499836

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Who are you? What defines you? What makes you, you? In the past an individual's identity was more predictable than it is today. Life's big questions were basically settled before you were born: where you'd live, what you'd do, the type of person you'd marry, your basic beliefs, and so on. Today personal identity is a do-it-yourself project. Constructing a stable and satisfying sense of self is hard amidst relationship breakdowns, the pace of modern life, the rise of social media, multiple careers, social mobility, and so on. Ours is a day of identity angst. Known by God is built on the observation that humans are inherently social beings; we know who we are in relation to others and by being known by them. If one of the universal desires of the self is to be known by others, being known by God as his children meets our deepest and lifelong need for recognition and gives us a secure identity. Rosner argues that rather than knowing ourselves, being known by God is the key to personal identity. He explores three biblical angles on the question of personal identity: being made in the image of God, being known by God and being in Christ. The notion of sonship is at the center - God gives us our identity as a parent who knows his child. Being known by him as his child gives our fleeting lives significance, provokes in us needed humility, supplies cheering comfort when things go wrong, and offers clear moral direction for living.

Common Sense Faith
Common Sense Faith

Author: Patrick J. Brennan

Publisher: Orbis Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1608332128

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What is it about Jesus, the church, the sacraments, and prayer that inspires, motivates, and encourages us? Can we doubt and follow our conscience and still be faithful Catholics? Why is forgiveness essential to conversion? What does it mean to be holy? Fr. Patrick Brennan addresses these questions and helps us to see how our faith can breathe life into what matters most in our lives and the lives of those we love.