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The baby boomer generation is under siege. Their aging parents need care. Their adult children are moving back home. And they are going back to work because retirement savings are running out. This book helps boomers negotiate the difficult changes, and see how God figures into these changes and how their faith can help them through.

The better your relationships---with friends, family, the opposite sex, and God---the better your life. This six-session video-based study (DVD sold separately) with workbook by acclaimed relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, will help group participants learn to make bad relationships better and good relationships great. It all begins with a single sentence that can revolutionize every relationship. After sharing this one critical point, Les and Leslie encourage participants to take a look back at their own family, which they call a 'university of relationships'. Next, they provide the tools for bridging the gender gap and cultivating 'friends of the heart' as well as how to improve what they call the Love IQ. Ultimately, participants will discover how to peel away unhealthy religious cliches and get real about relating to God. Designed for use with Real Relationships innovative Small Group Insights Profile, an online tool guaranteed to improve the quality of your small group interactions, this video-based study is a must-have for anyone who desires deeper and more satisfying relationships. For more information, visit www.RealRelationships.com. Real Relationships session titles include: 1. Your Compulsion for Completion 2. Keeping Family Ties from Pulling Strings 3. Bridging the Gender Gap 4. Friends to Die For 5. Improving Your Love IQ 6. Relating to God without Feeling Phony

A delightful book to encourage your daughter and show her she is always in your heart. If you're looking for a meaningful way to encourage and inspire that special daughter in your life, look no more! Eat Your Peas Daughters is a 3-minute read with a forever message. Small doses of simple truths and insights are hand-illustrated to express your unending love and desire for the very best for her life. It's a wonderful keepsake and reminder that she'll forever and always be your girl.

Complete with Eric Carle's animal illustrations, this growth chart is a beautiful way to chronicle a child's growth. Measuring up to 6 feet (so children can compare their height to siblings and parents) and with stickers for marking those memorable milestones, this chart serves as a lovely keepsake of a child's early development.

Want to put together a terrific adoption profile?

Based on extensive interviews with social workers, adoption attorneys, agency personnel, counselors, and birthparents, REACHING OUT will help you know your audience, clarify your goals, and have confidence in what you present.

It's a tool kit for self-expression that anyone can use.

REACHING OUT takes the fear out of the process of writing about yourself. Chock full of valuable tips and strategies, it will help you speak your heart... authentically, clearly, and with impact

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

• What birthparents look for in a good letter
• Common mistakes and how to avoid them
• Tons of examples, samples, and styles to spark your imagination
• Step-by-step writing and revision techniques to help anyone write well
• Secrets of selecting photographs that work
• Hints for good graphic design
• Tips for writing with your partner

With a foreword by nationally known adoption counselor Carole LieberWilkins, M.A., REACHING OUT also teaches you the keys to creating and sustaining a positive mental outlook throughout the adoption process.

Edition: 2nd, Perfect Paperback, Michaelmas Press

We may be overvaccinating our children today. Once considered a godsend, vaccines are now felt by some to be associated with dramatic increases in autism, asthma, diabetes, learning disabilities and ADHD. Now, revised and updated to include all of the latest studies, legislation and overall information concerning the risks and safety of children's vaccinations, this bestselling book offers vital, down-to-earth advice on this important topic. It will tell you which vaccines may be risky and what to consider to help safley vaccinate your children. Written by an expert on pediatric vaccinations, this book arms you with: * Updated advice on when and how to give children vaccinations * New vital information on vaccines for hepatitis A, pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, influenza, rotavirus, human papilloma virus and those administered for travel abroad * Research and safety track records for various shots * Precautions parents can take when their children get vaccinated, including the use of natural supplements and vitamins * "Parents' Bill of Rights," which spells ways parents can best advocate for their children when it comes to vaccinations

An updated and revised edition-from "a leader in the new wave of true healers".

From fast-acting natural cures for arthritis, viruses, and hardened arteries, to fatigue, burns and injuries and more, this revised edition of one of the most trusted books on natural remedies includes more than 50 new entries as well as updates throughout.

Reduce, Reuse, Refashion!

Handbags are the ultimate accessory. Fortunately, you don't need a cookie-cutter designer bag to make a fashion statement. In today's greener, more fiscally responsible world, it makes a lot more sense-and is a lot more fun-to make your own. Whether your closet is already an amalgam of hand-made clothing and remastered mash-ups or you're diving into DIY for the very first time, bags are one of the easiest accessories to make over and require little more than a needle, thread, and everyday items you can find in the closet, garage, attic, or flea market.
 
That's why the authors of 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim & Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special show you how to make boutique-ready bags on the cheap. The Blakeney sisters twist and weave, turn inside-out, and reappropriate just about anything and everything to fashion radical accessories with mad style and a message.
 
In Refashioned Bags, you'll learn how to create carryalls, clutches, laptop bags, totes, and more. And all of them will get a unique look, whether from the use of an old wool sweater, an ex-boyfriend's neckties, extra shower curtains, dad's hand-me-down suit jacket, a quilt, an umbrella, or even a bath mat. Some of the inventive and one-of-a-kind bags you'll learn to make include:
 
• Boho Hobo Bag
• Sweater Computer Cozy
• Dapper Diaper Bag
• Dolce Doily Purse
• Le Zip Sac
• Tux Redux Bag And more!
 
Helpful diagrams accompany the step-by-step instructions, along with bonus crafting ideas, fun facts, and tips and tricks from top bag designers in the DIY field who work with, at times, unusual materials. By following just a few easy steps that require little more than cutting, folding, gluing, and basic stitching, you'll be able to add refashioned bag designer to your repertoire.
 

If you or a family member has diabetes, food preparation may seem like a chore or a deprivation. What can you cook that tastes good and fits the diabetes guidelines? The authors of Diabetes Cookbook for Dummies, diabetes expert Alan Rubin (who also wrote Diabetes for Dummies) and registered dietician Fran Stach, have come up with dishes that will please not just the person with diabetes but the whole family. The diabetes diet is healthy for all of us, and if we can make it taste good, we all benefit.

That's where this book shines. The 112 recipes are as creative and tasty as they are healthy, yet most take a half hour or less of preparation (plus cooking time). Recipes include Soy Waffles, Crispy Corn French Toast, Portobello Paté, Carrot Soup with Leek and Blood Orange, Mango Tortilla Salad, Oriental Beef and Noodle Salad, and Spaghetti Squash with Fresh Basil, plus a variety of fish, meat, and poultry entrées. Some of the recipes were created by chef Denise Sharf; others were contributed by gourmet restaurants. All recipes include nutritional information: calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, fiber, sodium, and exchanges.

Diabetes Cookbook for Dummies is more than a compilation of recipes. The book also gives guidelines for "what, when, and how much" to eat, including tips for visualizing portions (an ounce of meat is the size of a matchbox; an ounce of cheese is the size of a domino; a medium potato is the size of a computer mouse). You'll get shopping and cooking tips and illustrated food-preparation steps to help novice cooks.

Like the whole For Dummies line, the style is simple, friendly, clever, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, such as, "Don't go to a paint store and expect to get thinner there." -- Joan Price