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Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention

Best Practices and Policy Implications

Edited by John P. Ackerman, Lisa M. Horowitz ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This open access book focuses on the public health crisis of youth suicide and provides a review of current research and prevention practices. It addresses important topics, including suicide epidemiology, suicide risk detection in school and medical settings, critical cultural considerations, and approaches to lethal means safety. This book offers cutting-edge research on emerging discoveries in ... Read more

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This open access book focuses on the public health crisis of youth suicide and provides a review of current research and prevention practices. It addresses important topics, including suicide epidemiology, suicide risk detection in school and medical settings, critical cultural considerations, and approaches to lethal means safety. This book offers cutting-edge research on emerging discoveries in
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The Cosmic Origin of the Rigveda

by John Ackerman ...

Based upon hymns in praise of Mars, Venus, and Mercury visible in the heavens close to Earth, the Rig Veda reveals ninety-nine 30-year cyclic encounters by which the Earth's lithosphere was terra-formed between 3687 and 687 BC. During this entire Vedic Period modern Flora fell to the Earth as Soma (manna) along with the soil and water in which it flourished.Ancient texts: reveal the force that ... Read more

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Based upon hymns in praise of Mars, Venus, and Mercury visible in the heavens close to Earth, the Rig Veda reveals ninety-nine 30-year cyclic encounters by which the Earth's lithosphere was terra-formed between 3687 and 687 BC. During this entire Vedic Period modern Flora fell to the Earth as Soma (manna) along with the soil and water in which it flourished.Ancient texts: reveal the force that
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Listening to God

Spiritual Formation in Congregations

by John Ackerman ...

Learning how to attend to what God is doing right now is the lifelong work of (and play) of the person of faith. Helping people to attend to God is the central work of the congregation. It all begins with learning to listen to God as a community and to notice what God is doing in our life together. John Ackerman offers two four-step models and several additional tools that help us attend to the ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Learning how to attend to what God is doing right now is the lifelong work of (and play) of the person of faith. Helping people to attend to God is the central work of the congregation. It all begins with learning to listen to God as a community and to notice what God is doing in our life together. John Ackerman offers two four-step models and several additional tools that help us attend to the
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Egyptian Astrophysics

by John Ackerman ...

All ancient myths comprise observations of Venus, Mars and Mercury, which approached or orbited close to the Earth between 3700 and 687 BC. Egyptian texts, correctly interpreted, contain the most detailed observations of these planets and make clear the significance of their cyclic 30-year interactions with the Earth. Every individual witnessed and experienced the resulting effects on the Earth, ... Read more

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All ancient myths comprise observations of Venus, Mars and Mercury, which approached or orbited close to the Earth between 3700 and 687 BC. Egyptian texts, correctly interpreted, contain the most detailed observations of these planets and make clear the significance of their cyclic 30-year interactions with the Earth. Every individual witnessed and experienced the resulting effects on the Earth,
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Spiritual Awakening

A Guide to Spiritual Life in Congregations

by John Ackerman ...

Ackerman, parish pastor, spiritual director, and consultant on spiritual formation, provides an excellent guide for clergy desiring a congregation-wide approach to developing spirituality rooted in the life of the congregation. A six-week program focuses on developing individuals' spirituality in small groups and includes leader training and course plans. Practical suggestions assist in developing ... Read more

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Ackerman, parish pastor, spiritual director, and consultant on spiritual formation, provides an excellent guide for clergy desiring a congregation-wide approach to developing spirituality rooted in the life of the congregation. A six-week program focuses on developing individuals' spirituality in small groups and includes leader training and course plans. Practical suggestions assist in developing
... Read more
What Really Matters

Faith, Hope, Love: 365 Daily Devotions from Our Daily Bread

by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Dave Branon, Bill Crowder, James Banks, Julie Ackerman Link, Xochitl Dixon, John Blase, Kirsten Holmberg, Tim Gustafson ...

What Really Matters invites you to discover what the Bible says about faith, hope, and love—and why these vital concepts are significant to your relationships with God and others. This 365-day devotional collection includes a combination of Scripture, engaging stories, and compelling quotes to encourage you in your daily walk with the Lord.You'll find life-changing truths in this treasury of ... Read more

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What Really Matters invites you to discover what the Bible says about faith, hope, and love—and why these vital concepts are significant to your relationships with God and others. This 365-day devotional collection includes a combination of Scripture, engaging stories, and compelling quotes to encourage you in your daily walk with the Lord.You'll find life-changing truths in this treasury of
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Mindful Parent, The

Personal Growth through Empowering Our Children

by John Ackerman ...

Narrated by TANVIR KARIM ...

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2 hours 55 min

The Mindful Parent changes all that. It’s a timely and liberating journey back to the heart of what really matters — a deep and lasting relationship with our children. Its unique approach leads us to that deep connection by weaving together the latest in neuroscience, personal story and deceptively simple strategies that are so kind and effective it’s hard not to use them. Each chapter re-examines ... Read more

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The Mindful Parent changes all that. It’s a timely and liberating journey back to the heart of what really matters — a deep and lasting relationship with our children. Its unique approach leads us to that deep connection by weaving together the latest in neuroscience, personal story and deceptively simple strategies that are so kind and effective it’s hard not to use them. Each chapter re-examines
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The Public Work of Rhetoric

Citizen-Scholars and Civic Engagement

Edited by John M. Ackerman, David J. Coogan ...

Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
Compelling case studies and criticism of rhetorical practices aimed at social changeThe Public Work of Rhetoric presents the art of rhetorical techné as a contemporary praxis for civic engagement and social change, which is necessarily inclusive of people inside and outside the academy. In this provocative call to action, editors John M. Ackerman and David J. Coogan, along with seventeen other ... Read more

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Compelling case studies and criticism of rhetorical practices aimed at social changeThe Public Work of Rhetoric presents the art of rhetorical techné as a contemporary praxis for civic engagement and social change, which is necessarily inclusive of people inside and outside the academy. In this provocative call to action, editors John M. Ackerman and David J. Coogan, along with seventeen other
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Field Rhetoric

Ethnography, Ecology, and Engagement in the Places of Persuasion

by Phaedra Carmen Pezzullo, Gerard A. Hauser, John M. Ackerman, Heather Brook Adams, Ralph Cintron, Rick Cruse, Lauren Cutlip, Jane Disney, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke0, Danielle Endres3, Emma Fox4, Jeffrey T. Grabill5, Carl G. Herndl6, Aaron Hess7, Sarah Beth Hopton8, Kendall Leon9, Laura Lindenfeld0, Erin Daina McClellan1, Bridie McGreavy2, Michael K. Middleton3, Chris Petersen4, Stacey Pigg5, Elena Yu Polush6, Samantha Senda-Cook7, Mack Shelley8 ...

Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
A survey of the innovative scholarship emerging at the intersections of rhetoric, and fieldworkA variety of research areas within rhetorical studies—including everyday and public rhetorics, space and place-based work, material and ecological approaches, environmental communication, technical communication, and critical and participatory action research, among others—have increasingly called for ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

A survey of the innovative scholarship emerging at the intersections of rhetoric, and fieldworkA variety of research areas within rhetorical studies—including everyday and public rhetorics, space and place-based work, material and ecological approaches, environmental communication, technical communication, and critical and participatory action research, among others—have increasingly called for
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Sanctuary

The Preservation Issue

by Peter Straub, Martine Bellen, Rick Moody, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Mary Caponegro, Brian Evenson, Peter Gizzi, Robert Kelly, Ann Lauterbach, Howard Norman, Karen Russell, Joanna Scott, David Shields, John Edgar Wideman, Diane Ackerman, Dinaw Mengestu ...

Series Book 70 - Conjunctions
Exploring the myriad ways in which we go about preserving what might otherwise be forfeited.Whether trained specialists or lay people who care about something, preservationists come from every stratum of life. The archivist, the linguist, the local town historian. The paleontologist, the heirloom seed-saver, the family photographer, the Monuments Men. Old two-by-two Noah and taxonomist Linnaeus. ... Read more

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Exploring the myriad ways in which we go about preserving what might otherwise be forfeited.Whether trained specialists or lay people who care about something, preservationists come from every stratum of life. The archivist, the linguist, the local town historian. The paleontologist, the heirloom seed-saver, the family photographer, the Monuments Men. Old two-by-two Noah and taxonomist Linnaeus.
... Read more
Rhetorical Climatology

By A Reading Group

by Chris Ingraham, John Ackerman, Jennifer Lin LeMesurier, Bridie McGreavy, Candice Rai, Nathan Stormer ...

What if rhetoric and climate are intimately connected? Taking climates to be rhetorical and rhetoric to be climatic, A Reading Group offers a generative framework for making sense of rhetorical studies as they grapple with the challenges posed by antiracist, decolonial, affective, ecological, and more-than-human scholarship to a tradition with a long history of being centered around individual, ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

What if rhetoric and climate are intimately connected? Taking climates to be rhetorical and rhetoric to be climatic, A Reading Group offers a generative framework for making sense of rhetorical studies as they grapple with the challenges posed by antiracist, decolonial, affective, ecological, and more-than-human scholarship to a tradition with a long history of being centered around individual,
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Ploughshares Winter 2023-2024

by Ladette Randolph, John Skoyles, Stephen Ackerman, Ariana Benson, Mary Lou Buschi, Colin Criss, Nicholas Friedman, Majda Gama, Reginald Gibbons, Sarah Green, Kirun Kapur, Abbie Kiefer, Hilary King, Christopher Kondrich, Mary Dean Lee, Robert Wood Lynn, Amanda Moore, Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer, Ananya Kanai Shah, Gordon Mitchell Smith, Lolita Stewart-White, Samn Stockwell, Ryan Vine, Jesse Wallis, Logan Klutse, J Lazar, Mengyin Lin, Mimi Dixon, Carol Keeley, Jesse Lee Kercheval, J.D. Mathes, Sarah Twombly, Kenneth Calhoun, Mary Granfield, Nahal Suzanne Jamir, Andrew Porter, Ian Stansel, Annie Weatherwax ...

The Winter 2023-24 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Winter 2023-24 Issue, edited ... Read more

$9.61 CAD

The Winter 2023-24 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Winter 2023-24 Issue, edited
... Read more

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