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When Patsy Mink won her seat the House of Representatives as a Democrat from Hawaii, she became the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman elected to Congress. A co-author of the Title XI amendment of the Higher Education Act, she was a champion of rights for women, children, immigrants, and minorities throughout her twenty-four years in Congress. She helped paved the way for many other women to succeed.

This raised bed gardening book is a necessity if you are ready to start growing nutritious food with your children. This book will guide you through every step of the process, beginning with an overview of raised bed gardening and then teaching you how to design your container garden. If you are looking for an all-encompassing guide written for beginners, this is the ultimate resource!

When 12-year-old Angela Kato arrives in LA, the last thing she wants to do is spend the entire summer with her grandparents. But in the Kato family, one is never permitted to complain. Grandma Michi and Aunt Janet put Angela to work in their flower shop, folding origami and creating 1,001 crane displays for newlyweds. At first, Angela learns the trade begrudgingly. But when her folding skills improve and her relationships with family and friends grow, Angela is able to cope with her troubles, especially her parents’ impending divorce.

Author Katie Maylea makes her debut in this raw, honest memoir about surviving life when living seems no longer an option. Katie revisits her past and looks beyond, to her future as a person living with mental illness, sharing with the listener a message of hope driven by sheer audacity. Through personal writings spanning years, In Bloom Not Broken invites us into the mind of a troubled young woman navigating through the hostile, barren landscape of depression entirely by feel, driven by her insatiable will to survive no matter the obstacles in her way.

Leilani Santiago is back in her birthplace, the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i, to help keep afloat the family business, a shave ice shack. When she goes to work one morning, she stumbles across a dead body, a young pro surfer who was being coached by her estranged father. As her father soon becomes the no. 1 murder suspect, Leilani must find the real killer and somehow safeguard her ill mother, little sisters, and grandmother while also preserving a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend in Seattle.

Are you more of an analytical thinker or more of an intuitive thinker? In this short, comprehensive book, we will talk about the differences, the extremes, the balance between the two, some thoughts related to it, and show you a small test as well, so you can see for yourself in which direction your life has been going.

A lot of business owners and managers get many things right, but there are also things they can do better. Take communication skills for example: Are you really effective enough at communicating? Are you good at delegating responsibilities? Aside from this, we’ll touch on the topic of project management. People who work in projects typically achieve more if they have been executed effectively. Real leaders get things done fast and proficiently. Are you that leader yet?

Running a business can be a joy and a pain. It all depends on how you handle it. Other factors that contribute to your success or failure may be the demand, the market, the numbers, accounting, and the nature of your brand or product. However, there are certain skills everyone should have. These are the basics for running a business. And you may think that everyone possesses these general abilities, but you might be surprised by how many people have no clue what they are doing, and they never stand a chance of making it work.

Today, we’ll tackle several skills and abilities you should master before you start or run a business. These are: Communication tools and skills that are typically used in the workplace. Too many problems exist in businesses because of miscommunication, delays, and faulty reasoning. Presentation skills. These will come in handy when selling, getting partners, negotiating, or marketing a product or service. We will go over some tips that can boost your presentation skills.

Running a business can be a joy and a pain. It all depends on how you handle it. Other factors that contribute to your success or failure may be the demand, the market, the numbers, accounting, and the nature of your brand or product. A lot of business owners and managers get many things right, but there are also things they can do better. Take communication skills, for example: Are you really effective enough at communicating. Are you good at delegating responsibilities?

This is a three-book bundle, which addresses various subtopics. Jealousy can be real, and it can be annoying. I think everyone has experienced feelings of jealousy in their lives. It’s normal, but if it isn’t dealt with, it can cause more problems to occur. That’s why, this guide focuses on the symptoms, the different categories, and various solutions to combat those feelings.

Most people have experienced simple manifestations of jealousy, but there are exceptional cases and disorders that must be mentioned. In this book, some of those brain functions that border on insanity will be discussed and explained. Aside from that, several chapters of the book refer to jealousy problems in marriage and other relationships. Apparently, this problem is more common than many presume it to be, so it is worth mentioning.

Most feelings of jealousy or envy are related to insecurities. They come deep from within a person’s fears, doubts, self-esteem, and other variables, sometimes grounded in childhood experiences. Some people, however, are in denial. They go through life and never admit that they might envy what another person has, or they don’t want to admit to feelings of inadequacy or fear that their partner might lose interest in them. In order to provide clarity when we can speak of real jealousy, this book lists seven signs or indications of jealousy.

Signs of Life is book three in The Riverwood Series; it's Asha Hamilton's story. She's on the U.S Olympic Three-Day-Eventing team and it's five days before the opening ceremonies at the summer games in Atlanta. That's the worst day of her life, as she learns how bitterly she's been betrayed by the two people she loved and trusted most. The American team fails to medal and Asha finds herself in Vermont, ostracized and alone, struggling to re-build her life.

2019 WWII recipe cook book, following in the footsteps of British civilians during a time of food rationing. Each recipe is easy to follow with step-by-step instructions.

Speed reading is characterized by a comparative study of the measures of speed and comprehension, recognizing that various forms of reading need different speeds and rates of comprehension. Improving information retention gives us many advantages. One is the ability to recall everyday lessons better. It is definitely important to improve reading skills in order to increase speed and better comprehension. Different approaches to your reading content are the easiest and most effective way to develop your reading skills.

Emma Reynolds needs a palate cleanser. Burdened by her mom’s dying wish to keep the family home, its foreclosure could wreck the recovering alcoholic’s hard-earned sobriety. And temptation doubles down when the only job paying well enough to save it is at a winery that comes complete with an intoxicating hunk of a boss. Shane Kavanaugh wants the reins of his father’s empire. And with his reputation on the rocks with the board, he makes plans to convert a local residence into a B&B customer magnet to finally prove his prowess.

¿Por dónde empezar a la hora de organizar una casa? ¿Ordenar antes que organizo? ¿Cómo limpiar de forma inteligente? ¿Es posible lavar para no planchar? ¿Cómo ahorrar con cabeza? Los hogares más organizados son más felices. Hay personas que me preguntan cómo conseguir que la casa funcione bien de una vez por todas. La respuesta es sencilla: ten objetivos claros y luego organiza y supervisa cada una de las tareas hasta lograr el nivel de bienestar que desees.

Aprenderemos para qué sirve un acelerador de partículas, qué es la partícula de Dios, cómo las cosas pueden estar en dos sitios a la vez...y trataremos de comprender los misterios de la existencia.

When Ronnie and her partners at Horse Country Real Estate attract investors to underwrite the creation of Riverwood, an equestrian community in rural Tennessee, that's when things start to heat up. Ronnie's associates are far more than colleagues; they’re her support system and her true friends. They always have her back but never more so than when Ronnie’s ex-husband, United States Senator Evan Parker, arrives in Tennessee and presents her with an unpalatable ultimatum.