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Using the five elements of nature as our guide, we will explore the techniques of intuitive sound healing and how to apply these in a practical way. Our body has a natural capacity to regenerate itself. With the right nurturing environments, rest and nutrition, our body repairs itself. The healing comes from within. All medicine, including sound, simply facilitates this process.

How to Teach College is an invaluable resource for professors teaching in increasingly fraught American classrooms. With a special emphasis on teaching students from diverse backgrounds and potentially controversial subjects, this posthumously published book comes to us in Loewen’s vibrant, original, and inimitable voice.

Through historical newspaper accounts and the personal letters of soldiers, the events leading up to the battle and the battle itself are stunningly recreated. You will enter the mind of Robert E. Lee as he makes the fateful decision to cross the Potomac River and take the offensive. You will feel the frustration of Abraham Lincoln as he struggles to convince George McClellan to fight. And you will stand side-by-side with foot soldiers as the peaceful Maryland countryside explodes.

Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, Ackroyd not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare's life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid, interesting material about place, period and background. Walk with Ackroyd through sixteenth century London and Stratford as he uncovers the intimate circumstances of Shakespeare's life.

This is the long-awaited update on the best-selling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies presented in the first edition. It includes more than 61 chapters designed to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior faculty members. The topics cover both traditional tasks of teaching as well as broader concerns, such as diversity and inclusion in the classroom and technology in educational settings.

Free speech is indispensable on college campuses: allowing varied views and frank exchanges of opinion is a core component of the educational enterprise. But free speech does not mean a free-for-all. The First Amendment prohibits "abridging the freedom of speech," yet laws against perjury or bribery, for example, are still constitutional. In the same way, valuing freedom of speech does not stop a university from regulating speech when doing so is necessary for its educational mission. So where is the dividing line? How can we distinguish reasonable restrictions from impermissible infringement?

AudioLearn's Crash Courses presents COMAT Internal Medicine. Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Achievement Test in Internal Medicine. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you need to know to succeed on the COMAT Internal Medicine Test. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized sections. There are key takeaways following each section.

Rich Kid Poor Kid is geared toward providing practical solutions that applies to all walks of life. The book is a walk through manual on how to obtain financial freedom, while obtaining some of the fun things we all desire and most of all identifying your purpose in life. When will you start your journey?

Alistair Horne is a leading scholar of French history. Here he trains his sights on one of the most compelling figures of the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte. Far from a mere dictator, Napoleon was a military, political and social visionary whose legacy can still be felt in France and all over the world. Horne examines the one-time emperor at his most human, from his greatest triumphs to his disastrous failures.

Andrew Kinnear has dreamt of becoming a ship's engineer and traveling the world. But as his apprenticeship at Dalrossan Dockyard begins, he quickly realizes there is much more to his dream that he's bargained for. There are unwritten rules in his new workplace that he will break at his peril, a fearsome pecking order, and strange rites of initiation.

Drawing on ten years of survey data with over three thousand teenagers and over two hundred interviews, God, Grades, and Graduation offers a revealing and at times surprising account of how teenagers' religious upbringing influences their educational pathways from high school to college. Dr. Ilana M. Horwitz estimates that approximately one out of every four students in American schools are raised with religious restraint. These students orient their lives around God so deeply that it alters how they see themselves and how they behave, inside and outside of church.

The inspiring stories of six people who changed history. Contents: William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of England; Saladin, historic Muslim leader; Genghis Khan, famous leader of the Mongol empire; Catherine the Great, the woman who turned Russia into an empire; Abraham Lincoln, who stopped slavery in the USA; and Queen Victoria, the famous British Queen. This book is level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.

Lifelong learning has become a multibillion-dollar business, with more than 60 million adults currently engaged in webinars, webcasts, in-house training, continuing education classes, and more. But it is also an industry in flux, as newcomers topple old-guard organizations that can’t keep pace with the need for instant access to materials and flexible delivery methods, as well as demands for community and connection.

The quest for truth is an adventure into real life.In her book Finding God at Harvard, Kelly Monroe brought together the stories of thinking Christians whose search for truth led them to Veritas - in the person of Jesus Christ.

From her first strokes as a novice, Ginny Gilder found herself in a new world, training with Olympic rowers and participating in the famous Title IX naked protest, which helped define the movement for equality in college sports. Short, asthmatic, and stubborn, Gilder made the team against all odds and for the next 10 years devoted herself to answering a seemingly simple question: how badly do you want to go fast?

Embark on a journey of self-discovery and wellness to rekindle the flame of passion for educating that had once burned brightly within you. Let this be the beginning of a new era in education, where every teacher becomes a pioneer, every classroom a hub of innovation.

For The Real World of College, Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner analyzed in-depth interviews with more than 2,000 students, alumni, faculty, administrators, parents, trustees, and others, which were conducted at ten institutions. Their findings challenged characterizations in the media: students are not preoccupied by political correctness, free speech, or even the cost of college. They are most concerned about their GPA and their resumes; they see jobs and earning potential as more important than learning. Given this reality for students, has higher education lost its way?

Leadership, today more than ever, isn't just about guiding a team; it's about inspiring, understanding, and connecting with individuals from diverse backgrounds, each carrying unique aspirations and challenges. In an age where 70% of employees report feeling disengaged at work, the call for leaders who can ignite passion and drive in their teams has never been louder. That's where this book comes in your ally in navigating these complex terrains of modern leadership. It's a deep dive into the skills that set apart good leaders from great ones.

Embark on a transformative Ph.D. journey with this concise manual by an author who completed her own doctorate in an impressive three years. This isn’t your typical guide; it’s your personal GPS that starts with crafting your research idea and goes way beyond submitting the thesis. Uncover a super-organized, yearly plan for navigating the complexities of academic life, offering practical solutions at every hurdle in your research adventure. Bid farewell to paperwork nightmares and complete your journey with a meticulously organized, universally applicable roadmap.

Decades of research demonstrate how important the relationships with peers and professors are for students academically, personally, and professionally. Yet many students lack the strategies to develop educationally purposeful relationships in college. Connections Are Everything shows students the simple steps they can take to make their own college experience meaningful and transformational.