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Doreen Pendgracs has sat on various boards of directors for the past twenty-five years. During that time, she has gleaned valuable information that she shares in an easy-to-understand, conversational style for novices and seasoned members alike. Whether you’re asked to sit on a trade union board, a non-profit board for a community group or church, a business-focused board of an association or chamber of commerce, or the board of a charitable organization, Before You Say Yes … gives you the inside scoop on what questions to ask and what you need to do before you take the plunge. Ms.

Smoking doesn’t have to leave you at a dead end. This unique book provides insight, whether you are a current or past smoker, on how to reduce your risk for heart attack and stroke before it’s too late. Rather than asking you to quit smoking, Dr. Fenske instead asks you to make changes in your life while you quit, by focusing on how the cardiovascular system is susceptible to disease, and how its healthy function can be optimized independent of smoking. Humorous and informative, While You Quit asks you to take a series of small, intentional steps toward vascular health.

Embracing Death explores cultural and religious myths about the afterlife and offers alternative perceptions via meditation, visualization and after-death communication.

Written from the inside by a person who himself has ADD, with the wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of ADD as a genetically based illness, offering real hope and advice for children and adults who live with this disorder.

Drawing on psychology, family studies, sociology, communication studies, and neuroscience, Intimate Relationships is a comprehensive and current overview of relationship science written in an engaging and accessible style. The seventh edition of this best-selling text includes new, thought-provoking teaching tools and over 600 new references.

This book is a compilation of inspirational anecdotes, powerful insights, and practical strategies for people who are entrusted with the task of helping others find their way into employment. It has become widely-known as the "job developer's bible." Highly readable and entertaining, this book is a gold mine of invaluable ideas and strategies to catapult job developers from scarcity to abundance and from discouragement to empowerment and career satisfaction.

This text is designed for the Critical Thinking and Logic courses found in philosophy and general education departments at both universities and colleges.

The most unique feature of the text is its solid foundation in logic. The discussion of fallacies is integrated with logic in a way not seen in other texts. This treatment provides students with tools to evaluate their own and other peoples thinking logically as well as analyze and assess an argument.

Flaxington lays out her step-by-step approach to uncovering truths about oneself and others--knowledge that often prevents relationships from blossoming to their fullest.

Kieves demonstrates that the things people do to succeed are often the very things standing in the way of their success. Offering "Inspired Successisms" and tips for fostering an "Inspired Success Circle," Kieves motivates listeners to unleash their purpose--and thereby find true happiness.

Media commentator and best-selling author Marc Freedman delivers this compelling guide for baby boomers poised to enter the next phase of their lives. Freedman notes that most boomers cannot or will not retire in the traditional sense. Instead of a time of leisure, life's second half lets seasoned citizens pursue fulfilling second careers. Encore provides step-by-step guidance for understanding and enjoying these opportunities.