Mindfulness is an ancient practice in the East, a great need for health and happiness in the West, and an everyday practice in authentic Montessori schools, in the homes of Montessori savvy parents, and under the tutelage of exceptional teachers of all kinds. Based on the author's 50 years of Montessori work in 30 countries: teaching, consulting with schools and governments, speaking, and as an oral examiner for Montessori teacher training courses. The author tells her own story of 50+ years of meditation and.
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She might be smack in the middle of a messy divorce, but you have to make sacrifices to be the best. Vivian Carlisle helms the internationally revered fashion publication Du Jour. It's a tough job, but her ice queen boss won't settle for less than perfection. Jules Moretti is newly single, an aspiring writer, and the hyper-competent assistant to the most powerful woman in fashion. What happens when the world's fiercest fashion editor learns she's pregnant-and her distracting assistant is the only one she can turn to? This wildly popular age-gap lesbian romance mixes humor and chaos with self-discovery. It also paints a rich and moving portrait of a people, a time, and a nation in the face of powerful change. Johnson, Mahatma Gandhi, and Richard Nixon. offers King's seldom disclosed views on some of the world's greatest and most controversial figures: John F. Relevant and insightful, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Written in his own words, this history-making autobiography is Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who chafed under and eventually rebelled against segregation the dedicated young minister who continually questioned the depths of his faith and the limits of his wisdom the loving husband and father who sought to balance his family's needs with those of a growing, nationwide movement and the reflective, world-famous leader who was fired by a vision of equality for people everywhere. brings to life a remarkable man whose thoughts and actions speak to our most burning contemporary issues and still inspire the desires, hopes, and dreams of us all. With knowledge, spirit, good humor, and passion, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Additional problems include the erratic behavior of Cassie’s mother and the unsatisfying resolution of the major conflict of the missing father. Stereotypes, like the stern, but caring teacher and the overweight, but smart classmate populate Cassie’s world. Unfortunately, as the family starts to unravel, so does the story. Between attempting to meet the page-count requirement in her English class journal and negotiating the typical social problems of any junior-high student, Cassie takes it upon herself to hold the family together. But, like everything else she promises to do around the house, this too ends up falling on Cassie’s shoulders. After the nanny for five-year-old Jackson quits, older sister Miranda offers to take on the babysitting duties. Cassie’s mother sells their house and moves her three children into a condo, leaving behind a decidedly ordinary middle-class life. Cassie’s (12) life is turned upside down when her father moves out, leaving the family struggling to keep everything as normal as possible. Vancouver: UBC Press.Ģ016 David Mulroney. Lock, Stock, and Icebergs: A History of Canada’s Arctic Maritime Sovereignty. Allen Lane/Penguin Canada GroupĢ017 Adam Lajeunesse. University of Toronto Press.Ģ018 Tim Cook. In his tenure at the Manitoba Free Press, later renamed the Winnipeg Free Press, from 1901- 1944, Dafoe was known for his advocacy of western development, free trade, national independence, and the Commonwealth.Ģ020 Brendan Kelly, The Good Fight: Marcel Cadieux and Canadian DiplomacyĢ019 Taylor Hollander. The Prize memorializes John Wesley Dafoe, one of the most significant Canadian editors of the 20th century. Dafoe Book Prize is awarded to the best book on Canada, Canadians, and/or Canada’s place in the world published in the previous calendar year. My writing has been published in the US and UK by Granta and Catapult and has been anthologized in Canada in The Journey Prize anthology (Penguin/Random House), Best Canadian Stories (Biblioasis) and Best Canadian Poetry in English (Tightrope). My writing has received a CBC Literary Award for short fiction and the Dayne Ogilvie Award from the Writers Trust of Canada for LGBTQ2S+ emerging writers. I’ve published four books and one chapbook: the short story collection People Who Disappear (Freehand 2012), shortlisted for a Lambda Award for debut fiction, the prose poetry collection The things I heard about you (Nightwood 2014), the short story collection We All Need to Eat(Book*hug 2018), shortlisted for the BC Book Prize for fiction and Kobzar Prize, the poetry collection Vancouver for Beginners (Book*hug, 2019), winner of the Lohn Foundation’s Western Canada Jewish Book Prize and shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Prize, and the chapbook of microfictions 20 Objects for the New World (Nomados, 2011, out of print). |