Collection: Self-Development

Caregiving involves helping our loved ones live and die with dignity. This book gives hope and encouragement to families and caregivers of those with a degenerative condition like Parkinson's Disease. In it you will find answers to your current questions and those you haven't even thought of, as you move from despair to hope. And all of this comes from someone who has experienced the entire gambit of the disease, from the diagnosis through the darkest of days. There is hope on this caregiving journey.

Director of the University of Tennessee Gardens, Susan Hamilton teams up with veteran garden writer Laura Peters to present the best varieties of plants for gardens in the Volunteer State. Perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, vines, climbers, roses, bulbs and herbs are featured.

A mosaic of memories, events, and reflections about Dede Montgomery and her remarkable mother, with insights into the generations and circumstances they were born into that informed the women they became.

Dede Montgomery returns to her own roots in From First Breath to Last, and skillfully weaves her life with her mother's in a touching tribute to family and what matters most in their lives. She meshes passages from her mother's memoir, journals, published book, and dissertation with her own memories and how her mother's journey influenced her own in a celebration of womanhood.

Patty Montgomery was born between the World Wars and was reborn in the 1960s and 1970s during the time women pushed through the barriers to independence and equality. She followed what she believed was the expected path for other women like her who were privileged by whiteness, education, and middle-class income. Until she couldn't, and broke loose with support from some and criticism by others, while raising her only daughter to be self-confident and self-assured.

From First Breath to Last is a treat to readers of all ages looking to embrace the wisdom from two women told through entertaining stories, fairy tales, and the advice from lives well-lived.

Kick "Quilt as Desired" to the curb with this practical guide to machine quilting using your walking foot by bestselling author and international instructor Jacquie Gering.

In Jacquie Gering's follow-up to her bestselling Walk, she offers new patterns to take your walking foot quilting to the next level. Based on survey responses from her students, she includes examples of the same quilt top quilted in different designs to help you select the quilting patterns that are just right for your latest finished project.

Packed with more point-to-point designs, sashiko-inspired machine quilting, and innovative repeated concentric simple shapes, Walk 2.0 will appeal to any quilter who wants the control of a walking foot but the look of beautiful custom quilting.

Includes color photographs and illustrations

Chess is 99% tactics. This celebrated observation is not only true for beginners, but also for club players (Elo 1500 - 2000). If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training your combination skills. There are two types of books on tactics: those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain lots of exercises. FIDE Master Frank Erwich has done both: he explains all key tactical ideas AND provides an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme. Erwich has created a complete tactics book for ambitious club and tournament players. He teaches you how to reach the next level of identifying weak spots in the position of your opponent, recognizing patterns of combinations, visualizing tricks and calculating effectively. Erwich has also included a new and important element: tests that will improve your defensive skills. 1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players is not a collection of freewheeling puzzles. It serves as a course text book, because only the most didactically productive exercises are featured. Every chapter starts with easy examples, but no worries: the level of difficulty will steadily increase.

"This book is life-changing" - has been the response of those women worldwide. "Healing the Feminine Energy" is a spiritual guide, written with love and empathy for those who want to nurture their feminine energy. It's the perfect catalyst for those looking to ignite or go deeper into, their healing journey.

By learning how to embrace the deepest parts of yourself, you gain an increase in confidence, self-love and a clear understanding of the beauty of feminine energy.

We currently live in a society that discourages the expression of divine feminine energy, keeping millions of women from embracing their natural state.

Their natural connection to womanhood is shamed, trapping them in a state of unhappiness, lack of fulfilment and continuously attracting the wrong type of men.

This practical guide contains ancient wisdom, yet with a great understanding of the modern society that we live in.

And as you learn the powerful information that has been kept secret from you, experience a deep connection to your authentic self.

This is for the person who is excited about growing into an empowered, healthy woman. It is also for men who want to better appreciate the power of feminine energy (that is within them too and in their partners).

This guide will teach you:

• The traits of healthy femininity
• Practical exercises to get you in touch with feminine energy
• Understand the blocks and wounds that suppress feminine energy
• How to release the negative effects of trauma, heartbreak and abuse
• How to embrace a state of peace
• The empowered state that attracts healthy men
• The importance of self-care
• How femininity influences the people in your life and its ability to manipulate the environment
• Why you should be proud to be a woman

Learn to reconnect to the power that lies within and receive the practical exercises that will help you to protect and nurture this great energy.

TRAIN YOUR MIND TOWARD LASTING CONNECTION AND JOY

Eager to share the life-enhancing benefits he found in Buddhism, skeptic Scott Snibbe presents this 8-step programme that allows anyone to build positive mental habits. Inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science, How to Train a Happy Mind is the first mainstream book to show how you can achieve happiness using analytical meditation. Working in much the same way as cognitive behavioural therapy, analytical meditation goes beyond the calm-inducing practice of mindfulness to actively train the brain through easy-to-follow narrative visualizations.

Breaking the path down into concise steps and written in a relatable tone with plenty of references to popular culture, this is the ideal book if you recognize your mind as both the source of your problems and the source of your solutions.

HEALING AFTER THE LOSS OF YOUR MOTHER is a heartfelt and practical guidebook for those mourning the loss of their mother & for supporters hoping to help a loved one through grief.

Like a compassionate friend, author Elaine Mallon captures the raw, unique pain of losing your mother with empathy, honesty, and eloquence. She tenderly walks the reader through each step of the grieving process, offering straightforward answers to many common questions and addressing fears faced by those in grieving, as well.

This is an essential step-by-step guidebook for anyone uncertain about what to do or where to turn after their mother's death.

For those hoping to support someone through grief, this book also offers insight on how to comfort them by explaining what a person in mourning is going through and how to be most helpful to them.

If you've lost your mother, please know this: If you're grieving, you're healing-and you are not alone.

This grief recovery manual provides helpful information on:

- What Can I Expect? The List
- How Do I Do This? The Process
- How Long Will This Pain Last?
- Getting A Support System
- Shifting Relationships
- Identity Crisis
- Grief Work vs. Allowing
- Coping Tools
- Grief vs. Depression
- When to Seek Help
- Triggers
- Surviving the Holidays
- The New Normal
- The Path Toward Healing
- What to Do/What Not to Do for Someone Grieving
- Grief Community Forum Q&As

*BONUS: PERSONAL JOURNALING SECTION
- Notes to Myself
- Favorite Stories & Memories
- Gratitude Journal

Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities! It's packed with engaging activities that will build learners' confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills. Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography.

With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time.

Recipient of the 2020 Parents' Picks Award for Best Educational Products for Preschool and Elementary Kids, Daily Summer Activities provides fun skill practice to help children discover a love of learning and reach their educational goals.

This Daily Summer Activities workbook also includes delightful artwork and reward stickers.

10 weeks of instruction cover the following skills:

Language arts practice:

• a fiction and a nonfiction story with comprehension questions each week
• sentences to correct for capitalization punctuation, and grammar
• 8 to 10 spelling words to learn each week
• manuscript handwriting practice
• creative writing activities

Mathematics practice:

• addition and subtraction facts
• word problems
• two- and three-digit addition and subtraction with and without borrowing and carrying
• multiplication facts to 25
• practice cards for addition and subtraction facts from 10 to 18

Language skills such as:

• alphabetical order
• contractions
• nouns and verbs
• synonyms and antonyms
• owel sounds
• parts of sentences

Beginning geography:

• map symbols
• reading simple maps

About Evan-Moor

A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

In the age of online dating, finding a real connection can seem more daunting than ever! So, why not stack the odds of finding the right person in your favor? This book offers simple, proven-effective principles drawn from neuroscience and attachment theory to help you find the perfect mate.

Everybody wants someone to love and spend time with, and searching for your ideal partner is a natural and healthy human tendency. Just about everyone dates at some point in their lives, yet few really understand what they're doing or how to get the best results. In Wired for Dating, psychologist and relationship expert Stan Tatkin--author of Wired for Love--offers powerful tips based in neuroscience and attachment theory to help you find a compatible mate and go on to create a fabulous relationship.

Using real-life scenarios, you'll learn key concepts about how people become attracted to potential partners, move toward or away from commitment, and the important role the brain and nervous system play in this process. Each chapter explores the scientific concepts of attachment theory, arousal regulation, and neuroscience. And with a little practice, you'll learn to apply these exercises and practical techniques to your dating life.

If you're ready to get serious (or not!) about dating, meet your match, and have more fun, this book will be your guide.

Eggs-tra special Hidden Pictures fun! A perfect addition to any Easter basket, this 96-page puzzle book features more than 600 hidden objects throughout color and black-and-white puzzles. Little bunnies ages 4 and up will love the 100+ stickers, plus craft ideas and more egg-citement.

This delightful activity book features a wide variety of Easter puzzles, from Hidden Pictures scenes and spot-the-differences to springtime activities showing bunnies, chicks and flowers. Bonus pages at the end of the book have recipes, hands-on activities and crafts like a make-your-own bunny headband, as well as colorful Easter egg cut-outs.

This book will delight every child who loves celebrating Easter. Plus, puzzling offers a fun way for kids to build important school skills like concentration, attention to detail and determination. Stickers are an irresistible way to improve fine motor skills, too. Like all Highlights products, Hidden Pictures Easter Puzzles Deluxe is crafted by experts to bring kids meaningful benefits and maximum fun!

A complete beginner's guide to the exciting craft of rug tufting, this how-to resource will inspire you and show you everything you need to know about this creative and modern take on traditional rug making. Featuring extensive overviews on tools, materials, troubleshooting, how to build a tufting frame, and how to use a tufting gun, you'll then learn basic tufting techniques before you start making your own DIY rug! Perfect for beginners, three step-by-step tufting projects are provided that range in shape and style -- one of which includes author Kristen Girard's signature of making a unique mirror rug to accent any wall with texture and color! With tips and tricks scattered throughout, eye-catching photography, and vibrant tuft rug designs you'll love, this inspiring guide offers invaluable information, as well as instructional basics and designs for you to easily access this trending craft that's taking the creative maker world by storm! Also included are QR codes to access exclusive video tutorial content!

Make your career what you want it to be.

Women regularly face unfair challenges in the workplace--from being passed over for promotion to being ignored in conversation. Unconscious bias and negative assumptions are working against them. As a woman, how can you break through these barriers and get what you want from your career?

The HBR Guide for Women at Work will help you identify and overcome the factors that are holding you back. It provides practical tips and advice so you can face gender stereotypes head-on, make yourself visible when opportunities arise, and demonstrate your leadership skills.

You'll learn to:

• Speak up in meetings in a way that ensures your ideas will be heard
• Wield influence by building the right relationships
• Advocate for yourself--and for what you want
• Align yourself with mentors and sponsors to support your growth
• Show passion without being perceived as "too emotional"
• Create your unique vision as a leader

Variety Brain Game Puzzles include 1.) 26 Word Fill-in with 140 words per puzzle and starter word for each puzzle. 2.) 50 Word Search (17x17) grid with 38 words per puzzle and all are themed. 3.) 50 Code Word Puzzles with 3 starter letters in each puzzle. 4.) 150 Sudoku Puzzles with 4 levels (very easy to hard). 5.) 100 Cryptograms with at least one starter letter in each puzzle (Quotes). 6). 25 mazes from easy to difficult. All puzzles can be easy or difficult depending on your expertise. These puzzles are NOT large print. These puzzles are NOT spiral bound.

Keep track of your baby's essential Texas firsts in this unique baby book. Place birthday photos and record milestones on colorful pages with hand lettered text. Capture baby's experiences with food including who made their first queso, enchiladas, and pecan pie! Colorful pages provide guided journaling of baby's first football game, rodeo, and more. Illustrated end sheets give space to record blessings from the baby shower and well wishes from loved ones in this book that will become an heirloom for generations.

From traditional to modern, from magical to mundane, this card-reading handbook is a one stop shop for anyone interested in the ancient art of Tarot.

Tarot experts Leanna and Beleta Greenaway tackle romance, marriage, health, careers, safety, children, and much more, as well as situational knowledge for those interested in taking on Tarot as a profession.

In The Magic of Tarot, readers will discover: the history and origins of the Tarot, how Tarot is moving with the times, tips on unleashing the power of the cards, housing and cleansing your decks, various card layouts for different situations, as well as full descriptions and explanations of each of the 22 Major Arcana cards, and 56 Minor Arcana cards.

The Magic of Tarot also adds illustrations of each card (right way and reversed) from two powerful Tarot decks - the modern One World deck and the traditional Rider Waite deck. Thoughtfully guiding readers through each card, the Greenaways compare the modern and traditional decks, establishing Tarot's relevance to today's world while retaining the mystery of the traditional interpretations. With a section dedicated to magic, readers also learn how to enhance the magic of Tarot through the use of crystals, pendulums, affirmations, and spirit guide communication.

Perfect for beginners and experienced card readers alike, The Magic of Tarot will take your card-reading skills to the next level to create a magical life.