"Verbal first aid" to calm, relieve pain, promote healing, and save lives, "The Worst Is Over" is designed to provide the right words to say to allow the healing to begin. Substantiated by medical science, this book is already being used by emergency care professionals across the country.
After the death of her beloved grandfather, sixteen-year-old Caroline resists change, spending her time with an elderly grandmother or alone, until a flamboyant new girl at school draws her reluctantly...
Mrs. Hoffman was waiting for her. “Mrs. Huntington just came down these stairs and she did not look happy,” the housekeeper said, her eyes practically vibrating in her unmoving face. “What has been going on?” Variola came into view over ...
(16) Thomas Jefferson to Paul Allen These three excerpts are taken from a biographical essay of Meriwether Lewis which Thomas Jefferson was asked to provide for the publication of the Lewis and Clark Journals in 1814. Paul Allen was the ...
Jim Nichols , a computer software salesman from Greenville , S.C. , buried his younger brother Chris in Ramsey Creek after the 28 - year - old died of cancer in May . “ Chris was what you might call a hippie , and he was very conscious ...
Selected Readings in Child Development: Chapter 19. Death, dying and bereavement
Presents materials that reveal the essence of Tolstoy's beliefs on immortality, death, God, and the meaning of life.
This tautly suspenseful tale full of betrayal and unexpected plot twists is a worthy diversion.
Our narrator tells the sad tale of her marriage, marred by a husband who breaks her heart spending their money in disreputable establishments, while she, Barbara, slowly withers away.
“ Chocolate chip . My favorite kind . " Marsha poured the iced tea . " I've been meaning to ask you . Is Gabe short for Gabriel ? ” " No , it's even worse . I was named Galbraith Allen . Galbraith was my mother's maiden name . ” 67.
This is the story of Laura, Amanda and a she-otter, executed in Saki's characteristic witty and caustic style.