This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous and his experiences are alternately harrowing and amusing. "The Time Traveler's Wife" depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's passionate love f... View More...
This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous and his experiences are alternately harrowing and amusing. "The Time Traveler's Wife" depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's passionate love f... View More...
Enhancing Communication in People with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Guide for Parents and Professionals This guide provides an introduction to the nature of communication difficulties in Autism and introduces the concept of visual supports. It provides examples of the way that a range of visuals can be used to support communication. A guide for parents and professionals. View More...
The manual outlines various factors relative to Autism that may contribute to sleep difficulties. Strategies are provided to help reduce bedtime and sleep problems. The strategies described encompass: environment; communication; behaviour; social routines; sensory issues and more. Some practical resources (schedule visuals, Social Stories) are included. A Manual for parents and carers who have a child with Autism experiencing sleep difficulties. View More...
Help me do Everyday Things This book provides a range of strategies to help the individual with Autism function more independently in family and community life. Strategies include: enhancing communication; using routines; adapting the environment; and providing motivation. Helpful strategies to help people with Autism to do those everyday things. View More...
Let's Eat! provides everything you need to know about children's mealtime difficulties and how they can be resolved. It provides a framework-based on a wide range of peer reviewed research-to help parents and teachers assess and identify the mealtime challenges for their children. With a good understanding of why the child has difficulty with mealtimes and with certain foods, it shows how by instilling fun into all aspects of food many problems associated with eating may be mitigated. We include fun recipes, fun song lyrics associated with food and templates of fun activities to reinforce the ... View More...
This collection of articles provides strategies to address 'everyday life' difficulties for individuals with Autism. Topics include: behavioural difficulties; social skills in Autism; dealing with obsessions; waiting; toileting; a restricted diet, and more. Practical Strategies for Supporting People with Autism Spectrum Disorders. View More...
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father - a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man - has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey - first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life... View More...
With the clarity of a physicist and the compassion of a gifted healer with more than twenty years of professional experience observing 5,000 clients and students, Barbara Ann Brennan presents the first in-depth study of the human energy field for people who seek happiness and health, and who wish to achieve their full potential. Our physical bodies exist within a larger 'body' , a human energy field or aura, which is the vehicle through which we create our experience or reality, including health and illness. It is through this energy field that we have the power to heal ourselves.This energy b... View More...
Elevate Your Writing From So-So To Spectacular! Great writing requires more than an original idea, compelling characters, or a scintillating plot. An author needs all of these to be successful, but writing--and writing well--also demands an entirely different skill set. Spellbinding Sentences arms you with the tools you need to master the power of the English language. In this book, you'll learn the different qualities of words and the many ways those words can be combined to create sentences that hook readers. You'll emulate sentences from your favorite writers, practice proven techniques, an... View More...
He was 42 and one of Australia's most successful criminal barristers. She was 14, a runaway with nowhere to go. She later learnt the barrister had paid her grandmother. She had been sold... So begins Barbara Biggs' inside account of the dark side of the permissive seventies. The episode is to haunt her for years. But it is only one part of an extraordinary family story told with black humour and unflinching honesty. At 13 she runs away from home for wayward girls. At 16 she admits herself to a psychiatric hospital. At 18 she escapes Cambodia as it falls to the Khmer Rouge. At 19 she is a pro... View More...
The gripping new suspense story by the bestselling author of LADY OF HAY and ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS, is set in richly mysterious Egypt, where past and present elide. Recently divorced, Anna Coburn decides to cheer herself up by retracing a journey her great grandmother made in the nineteenth century: a Nile cruise from Luxor to the Valley of the Kings. Anna carries with her on the voyage two mementoes of her great-grandmother Louisa: an ancient Egyptian scent bottle, and the diary of that original Nile cruise, which has lain unread for a hundred years. As she follows in Louisa's footsteps, An... View More...
Enter the world of Yoga. It holds one together; it empowers you; it could almost be described as a love story. Now think about when you are tucked up between the sheets, wouldn't it be great if you could bend your knees and bring your legs towards your shoulders without feeling pain in your hip and lower back! Gain that mind/body connection, the touch, the mood, the atmosphere, awakening the senses. Delve into the experiences that it can give. Explore these senses and you will be well on your way to a much healthier and happier lifestyle. Look after your body, no one else will! About the Au... View More...
Revised and updated edition of the classic astrology text on predicting and navigating life crises Provides charts for the transits of Saturn, Uranus, and Chiron--now updated through 2050--to predict your personal growth cycles and timing of kundalini rising Shares tools to cope with the intensity of spiritual emergency and direct the kundalini energy released during planetary passages Includes a new preface by the author reflecting on 20 years of success stories since the book's initial publication No astrological chart needed to use this book In this updated edition of Liquid Light of ... View More...
Completing our conscious evolution by releasing our collective fear of catastrophes . Explains how we are on the cusp of an era of incredible creative growth . Shows how we are about to overcome the collective fear caused by ancient catastrophes as we awaken to the memories of our lost prehistory . Examines legendary cataclysms and scientific evidence of a highly advanced global culture that disappeared 11,500 years ago In this completely revised and expanded edition of Catastrophobia, bestselling author Barbara Hand Clow explains how we are on the cusp of an age of incredible creative... View More...
A nationally known astrologer explores the connection between spiritual emergencies at age 30, 40, and 50 and key astrological passages of Saturn, Uranus, and Chiron. - Provides techniques for directing the kundalini energy released during planetary passages for optimal personal and psychic development. - Includes charts for birth years starting in 1930 so that readers can determine the timing of their planetary passages. - By Barbara Hand Clow, author of the bestselling "Pleiadian Agenda" (60,000 copies sold). Kundalini--the energy of eros that lies at the base of the spine--can be overwhelmi... View More...
Many researchers have investigated the science of time cycles by using the Mayan Calendar, which tracks the 5,125-year Long Count ending in the year 2012. History shows that civilisations suddenly appeared around 3115 B.C. in Egypt, India, and Sumer that used calendars based on systems similar to the Mayan Calendar, reflecting what was once a universal and sacred understanding of time. In "The Mayan Code", Barbara Hand Clow draws on the work of biologist Carl Johan Calleman and many other New Paradigm researchers to unearth the deeper meaning behind the calendar and its message for modern civi... View More...
No matter how small your lot is, you can keep chickens and enjoy fresh eggs every morning. Barbara Kilarski shares her passion for poultry as she fills this guide with tips and techniques for successfully raising chickens in small spaces. Spotlighting the self-sufficient pleasures of tending your own flock, Kilarski offers detailed information on everything from choosing breeds that thrive in tight quarters and building coops to providing medical care for sick animals. You'll have fun as you keep happy and productive chickens. View More...
Each Student Activity Book 5 contains: 38 double page units focussing on one sound per unit (some double page units focus on 2 sounds) word lists for every sound studied teacher notes and a comprehensive Lets get started unit extension word lists extension ideas footnote in each unit questions you may ask a suggested weekly program. Sound Waves Student Books provide stimulating activities for students to develop an awareness of spelling patterns, strategies for spelling and an understanding of a range of language concepts. Sound Waves is a systematic, whole school word study program designe... View More...
Each Student Activity Book 6 contains: 38 double page units focussing on one sound per unit (some double page units focus on 2 sounds) word lists for every sound studied teacher notes and a comprehensive Lets get started unit extension word lists extension ideas footnote in each unit questions you may ask a suggested weekly program. Sound Waves Student Books provide stimulating activities for students to develop an awareness of spelling patterns, strategies for spelling and an understanding of a range of language concepts. Sound Waves is a systematic, whole school word study program designe... View More...