Building Social

Building Equitable Early Learning Programs: A Social-Justice Approach gives educators the facts, examples, strategies, and approaches needed to create and sustain programs and practices that can best serve our communities.

Loneliness Dissolved by Alec Alpert is a thought-provoking book exploring loneliness's complex nature from a metaphysical perspective. The author draws from firsthand experiences and insights from Eastern and Western traditions to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the root causes of loneliness and practical insights on how to transform their relationship with it. One of the key takeaways from the book is that loneliness is a universal experience that is not necessarily dependent on being alone. The author discusses that emotional independence and freedom can be achieved ...

Getting to Reparations makes a logical and necessary case for reparations for Black Americans. It lays out a path as to how we might achieve this, built on the frameworks used throughout U.S. history by the government to pay restitution. It is now time to do the same for America's Black population.

Once pitted as adversarial counterparts as the opinion editors of Detroit's right- and left-leaning newspapers, veteran journalists Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson join forces in this groundbreaking work to champion a novel approach to political discourse. Finley, a resolute conservative, and Henderson, a committed progressive, defy expectations by demonstrating that civil conversation is not only possible but also richly rewarding, even across colossal ideological divides.

Social Media Marketing 2021: YouTube Advertising is the inclusive, comprehensive, and all essential guide that every content creator needs to become an influencer of millions while simultaneously advertising and building a massive brand while you’re at it. The secrets, techniques, and strategies to grow your channel in this book are everything that you will need to jumpstart your social media power this year.

Three books in one boxset.

Virtual You is a panoramic account of efforts by scientists around the world to build digital twins of human beings, from cells and tissues to organs and whole bodies. These virtual copies will usher in a new era of personalized medicine, one in which your digital twin can help predict your risk of disease, participate in virtual drug trials, shed light on the diet and lifestyle changes that are best for you, and help identify therapies to enhance your well-being and extend your lifespan—but thorny challenges also remain.

Emerging generations in the West are more diverse than ever—ethnically, socioeconomically, educationally, and politically. And as church attendance among younger generations declines rapidly, research shows that one of their primary sticking points is the lack of diversity in most churches. In Church for Everyone, pastors Dan Kreiss and Efrem Smith address this phenomenon head-on. In this research-based and theologically informed book, they explore the younger generations' expectations and disappointments with church and hold out a vision for true diversity taken from the pages of Scripture.

Over the last 60 years, women's lives have transformed from generation to generation. Without a template to follow, women make important decisions blindly, groping for a way forward, winging it, and hoping it all works out. Whether you're deciding if you should pass up a promotion in favor of more flex time, planning when to get pregnant, or wondering what the ramifications are of being the only person in your house who ever unloads the dishwasher, The Ambition Decisions is a guide to the changes that may seem arbitrary but are life defining, by women who've been there.

In Bunker, acclaimed urban explorer and cultural geographer Bradley Garrett explores the global and rapidly growing movement of 'prepping' for social and environmental collapse, or 'Doomsday'. From the 'dread merchants' hustling safe spaces in the American mid-West to eco-fortresses in Thailand, from geoscrapers to armoured mobile bunkers, Bunker is a brilliant, original and never less than deeply disturbing story from the frontlines of the way we live now: an illuminating reflection on our age of disquiet and dread that brings it into new, sharp focus.

When you possess a confident outlook, you perform at your highest level. When you believe in yourself, the people you rely on, and something ultimately greater than yourself, you will be able to do what you once thought was impossible. Confidence is a function of lifestyle, driven by a guiding set of principles. Listen to this audiobook and discover what Tim learned from his grandmother Billye - concepts handed down from the masters of motivation.

Become a Master Conversationalist in Just 30 Days: Say Goodbye to Awkward Silence and Hello to Genuine Connection! Whether you're a seasoned social butterfly or a shy introvert, How to Talk to Anyone about Anything is your roadmap to success.

Are you sick and tired of feeling like you have to say yes to everyone's requests? Do you finally want to be able to directly ask for what you want and feel good about it? Have you tried endless other solutions to increase your assertiveness but nothing seems to work for more than a few weeks? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, gaining respect, setting boundaries, and asking for what you want doesn’t have to be difficult. Even if you’ve tried affirmations and subscribed to the power of positive thinking.

The revolutionary Ohio Valley is often depicted as a chaotic Hobbesian dystopia, in which Indians and colonists slaughtered each other at every turn. In Unsettling the West, Rob Harper overturns this familiar story. Rather than flailing in a morass, the peoples of the revolutionary Ohio Valley actively and persistently sought to establish a new political order that would affirm their land claims, protect them against attack, and promote trade.

The Couple’s Communication Code is your step-by-step guide to transforming how you engage with your partner and fostering lasting love through communication, emotional intelligence, and trust-building.

Engage and Inspire: Mastering Content Creation for Social Media Success By J. R. Glenn Are you ready to transform your social media presence and captivate your audience like never before? Engage and Inspire: Mastering Content Creation for Social Media Success is your ultimate guide to creating impactful, engaging content that drives results. This comprehensive book provides actionable strategies and insights to help you navigate the ever-changing world of social media. Whether you're a small business owner, marketer, or content creator, you'll find everything you need to build a strong ...

Over 30 years, Burning Man has gone from two families on a San Francisco beach to a global movement in which hundreds of thousands of people around the world create events on every continent. It has been the subject of fawning media profiles, an exhibit in the Smithsonian, and is beloved by tech billionaires and boho counterculturalists alike. But why does it matter? What does it actually have to offer us? The answer, Caveat Magister writes, is simple: Burning Man's philosophy can help us build better communities.

Philosophers, evolutionary scientists and indeed former President Obama agree that an increase in empathy could advance us beyond the hatred, violence and polarisation in which the world seems caught. Others disagree, arguing it is easiest to empathise with people who look, talk or think like us. As a result, empathy can inspire nepotism, racism and worse. Having studied the neuroscience and psychology of empathy for over a decade, Jamil Zaki thinks both sides of this debate have a point.

Win the self confidence game, become free to focus, and improve your social and people skills.

Ma has made a dozen delicious cookies. It should be plenty for her two children. But then the doorbell rings - and rings and rings. Each ring of the doorbell brings more friends to share the delicious cookies Ma has made.