The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption, 2nd Edition
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption, 2nd Edition

Author: Christine Adamec

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-01-04

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1101218169

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“A beacon through the often tangled and varied paths to parenting through adoption.”— William Pierce, President, National Council for Adoption Hailed as “an extremely valuable resource” by Jann Heffner, executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, this new edition covers the adoption process, updated information on cyber adoption, changes in adoption laws, and the financial considerations of adoption. • Updated appendixes with new listings for adoption agencies, publications, adoptive parents’ groups, and adoption attorneys • Comprehensive information on adopting abroad, Internet-assisted adoptions, and the legal aspects of adoption, including pre-birth consent laws

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Robert's Rules, 2nd Edition
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Robert's Rules, 2nd Edition

Author: Nancy Sylvester

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-07-06

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1101456302

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The whens, hows and whys of keeping order. Robert's Rules have long been the ultimate guide for running meetings and outlining procedures. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Robert's Rules, Second Edition, teaches readers everything from the ladder of motions to how to use Robert's Rules for any size or type of meeting or political caucus. ?This book includes sample minutes, a sample agenda, and scripts for every type of meeting situation ?Includes a complete reproduction of Sylvester's "Basics of Parliamentary Procedure," a handy guide based on Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, as an appendix ?Gives readers a practical one-stop shop in the category - they can buy one book and get a copy of the rules and a book on how to use them

Race in Transnational and Transracial Adoption
Race in Transnational and Transracial Adoption

Author: Vilna Bashi Treitler

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-07-22

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 1137275235

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When parents form families by reaching across social barriers to adopt children, where and how does race enter the adoption process? How do agencies, parents, and the adopted children themselves deal with issues of difference in adoption? This volume engages writers from both sides of the Atlantic to take a close look at these issues.

The Encyclopedia of Adoption
The Encyclopedia of Adoption

Author: Christine A. Adamec

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0816075042

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Includes information on the Adoption and Safe Families Act, a federal law created to encourage the adoption of foster children. This encyclopedia also includes information on other adoption issues such as laws concerning adoptions by gays and lesbians, tax issues, school and adopted children, birthfather rights, transracial adoptions, and more.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fibromyalgia, 2nd Edition
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fibromyalgia, 2nd Edition

Author: Laurence A. Bradley Ph. D.

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-01-06

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1101024577

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Nearly eight million Americans suffer from it Cutting through the history and medical jargon found in more exhaustive and incomprehensible reference books, this guide focuses on the most important things readers need to know in order to effectively understand and manage fibromyalgia, especially important now, with 22 new fibromyalgia-fighting drugs on the market. This new edition teaches readers how to: • Communicate better with doctors and healthcare providers • Evaluate pain medications and non-medical therapies • Develop exercise and diet regimens • Identify and treat symptoms

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting and Owning a Dog
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting and Owning a Dog

Author: Sheila Webster Boneham

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-08-01

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780028642840

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Un pirata informático irrumpe clandestinamente en el ordenador personal del Papa mientras, en Sevilla, una iglesia barroca se ve obligada a defenderse matando a quienes están dispuestos a demolerla. El Vaticano envía un agente, sacerdote, especializado en asuntos sucios: el astuto y apuesto padre Lorenzo Quart, quien en el curso de sus investigaciones verá quebrantarse sus convicciones y hasta peligrar sus votos de castidad ante una bella aristócrata andaluza que fascina a la sociedad Sevillana. Cerca merodean tres pintorescos malvados aspiran a mantener viva la copla española. Un banquero celoso y su secretario ludópata. Una septuagenaria que bebe Coca-Cola. La tarjeta postal de una mujer muerta un siglo atrás. Y el misterioso legado del capitán Xaloc, último corsario español, desaparecido frente a las costas de Cuba en 1898...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jewish History and Culture
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jewish History and Culture

Author: Benjamin Blech

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9781592572403

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An updated and revised edition of one of The Complete Idiot's Guidespopular religion and history titles. Additional information about Jews in early American history through the 19th century. Expanded coverage of Jewish history and culture in the places you might least expect - Asia and South America. Jewish history and culture brought up to date to 2004.