ENTHUSIASM is a captivating and inspiring novel that will take readers to the authors own true story. The author narrates the journey of her life and shares how enthusiasm played a vital role in pursuing her dream in the writing worldwith English as her second languagein her new country. Here, she exemplifies her experiences, her family and relationship, her inspirations, and her passage towards her remarkable goals. This novel is a reflection of her own life, how she faced obstacles, how she handled life, how she inspired and touched other peoples lives through her works, and how she achieved the amazing successes of her life and endeavorsa perfect blend of lifes spices. Through Enthusiasm, readers will be affected by the authors wonderful story. Filled with hope and inspiration, strength and enthusiasm, this novel will draw out the best within its readers hearts and minds.

Among desert farmers of the prehistoric Southwest, irrigation played a crucial role in the development of social complexity. This innovative study examines the changing relationship between irrigation and community organization among the Hohokam and shows through ceramic data how that dynamic relationship influenced sociopolitical development. David Abbott contends that reconstructions of Hohokam social patterns based solely on settlement pattern data provide limited insight into prehistoric social relationships. By analyzing ceramic exchange patterns, he provides complementary information that challenges existing models of sociopolitical organization among the Hohokam of central Arizona. Through ceramic analyses from Classic period sites such as Pueblo Grande, Abbott shows that ceramic production sources and exchange networks can be determined from the composition, surface treatment attributes, and size and shape of clay containers. The distribution networks revealed by these analyses provide evidence for community boundaries and the web of social ties within them. Abbott's meticulous research documents formerly unrecognized horizontal cohesiveness in Hohokam organizational structure and suggests how irrigation was woven into the fabric of their social evolution. By demonstrating the contribution that ceramic research can make toward resolving issues about community organization, this work expands the breadth and depth of pottery studies in the American Southwest.

When Project Manager, fifty-nine year old Marie, realises that it's been way too long since having any kind of sexual relationship with any other than her magic wand, she knows action is needed. Using her professional training and project management skills she sets about a new project: Countdown to Love, using the forthcoming Valentine’s Day as her deadline. As an empathiser of being lonely, she also includes her gay neighbour Richard into her project to help give his boring and quiet life a boost. Little does she know that fifty-one year old Richard also has his own project on the boards and she blithely ignores his world while focusing on her mission to find them both dates/sex/love before the deadline. A mature woman's romance.

Incline Your Ear: Cultivating Spiritual Awakening in Congregations introduces faith communities and individuals to the centuries-old principles and practices of spiritual direction. Spiritual direction, as Chad R. Abbott and Teresa Blythe practice and teach it, emphasizes four aspects of the faith journey: becoming more aware of the presence of the Holy in our daily lives, reflecting on that awareness and deepening our relationship with God, discerning where God is leading, and sharing our spiritual gifts with the world. Abbott and Blythe also share simple ways to evaluate the outcomes of spiritual awakening: "fruits of the Spirit." As a middle judicatory minister and spiritual director who work with clergy, lay leaders, and congregations around issues of spiritual life and energy, the authors long for churches to become vital spiritual communities that meet the needs of people right where they are. They strive to nurture congregations where pastors don't have to do it all; where members are equipped to share their gifts with one another; where leaders rest easy, knowing the board has discerned the vision well; and where all discover the rich array of spiritual food Christianity serves. In these complex and confusing times, the authors extend to us an invitation and hope: "Incline your ear... that you may live." As communities of faith study and experience <i>Incline Your Ear</i> together, they will find new ways to be in love with God and listen to the Spirit.

The aim of this book is not to provide absolutes or sure solutions to abolishing war. Our aim is to begin a conversation in local churches. In order to start this conversation, we invited a panel of scholars, pastors, laypeople, and activists to write on war and the Church.

What happens when your past comes knocking on your door? Sometimes love is that magical feeling of butterflies fluttering in your stomach when you see that special someone, and sometimes it’s clenched jaws when you remember the pain that they tattooed onto your heart. Second chances don’t always come easily, but when they do, it can be a beautiful redemption. Buckle up and get ready for a wild ride with this collection of second chance love stories that will leave you breathless and begging for more. If you love happy ever afters, be sure to one-click this amazing collection TODAY! Including Stories from: Stephanie Morris - USA Today bestselling author Jeanne Bannon - USA Today best selling author Krista Ames - USA Today Bestselling Author JoMarie DeGioia Allyson R Abbott Roxy Wilson K.L. Shandwick Lisa Wood Katia Kozar Nikki Prince Tessa DeVante Vic Leigh Sylvie Grayson Abigail Sharpe

THE BOOK OF MODERN POEMS.... is a series of 57 modern-day rhyming poems covering a wide range of topics including personal experiences, life lessons, lost love, and redemption. There is something to be realized, found, or related to for everyone, no matter what age, sex, or background one happens to be. The way in which the poems are written are often similar to songwriting.