New Releases by Karen Davis

Guiding girls toward a meaningful prayer life and a more intimate relationship with God. Prayer doesn''t always come easy for kids. This guided journal helps pre-teen girls learn how to talk and listen to God. Each reading offers a new topic with a Bible verse, illustration from Bible characters or Christians, a sample prayer, and guided questions to help girls form their own prayers. There is also a special "Prayer Path" section for them to record their prayers and see God''s loving answers. The cool design is appealing to pre-teen girls with a flex-cover and elastic band closure. Along with guided journaling pages, there are extra blank pages for die-hard journalists!

The third edition of this popular text has been completely revised to guide students from an academic setting to a professional role as a certified phlebotomist. Soft skills are emphasized with special attention focused on expectations for students not only in the classroom but as they transition to working with patients. An updated art program; including a full color insert presents photographs of equipment and step-by-step procedures. New material includes a chapter on urine collection; updates related to basic blood and non-blood specimen collection procedures; and specimen handling and processing. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Through a pragmatic mix of public and private financing, the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand health care coverage, establish health insurance exchanges with market rules that protect individuals and families, and begin to transform the health care system by encouraging greater value and efficiency through a series of payment and delivery system initiatives. In this report, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis outlines the key features of the new reform law, discusses who will be most helped and how, and describes the ways in which the health care system will begin to provide more patient-centered, accessible, and coordinated care to all Americans. Davis also discusses the challenges that will need to be overcome as the law''s provisions are implemented over the coming months and years.

Introduces the most fundamental concepts, equipment, and principles of compounding. Begins with an introduction to the most common drug delivery systems, essential compounding equipment, standard packaging forms, and demonstrates non-sterile compounding techniques in action.

"Brilliant, devastating in its analysis and hopeful in its premise." --Carol J. Adams, author, The Sexual Politics of Meat "Compelling and convincing.... Not to think about, protest against, and learn from these twin atrocities--one completed in the middle of the last century, the other continuing every day--is to condone and support the fascist mentality that produced them. I thank Ms. Davis for writing this bold, brave book." --Charles Patterson, author, Eternal Treblinka In a thoughtful and thought-provoking contribution to the study of animals and the Holocaust, Karen Davis makes the case that significant parallels can--and must--be drawn between the Holocaust and the institutionalized abuse of billions of animals in factory farms. Carefully setting forth the conditions that must be met when one instance of oppression is used metaphorically to illuminate another, Davis demonstrates the value of such comparisons in exploring the invisibility of the oppressed, historical and hidden suffering, the idea that some groups were "made" to serve others through suffering and sacrificial death, and other concepts that reveal powerful connections between animal and human experience--as well as human traditions and tendencies of which we all should be aware.

My First Prayer Journal fills a unique gap in the market as an interactive prayer journal for children ages 4 to 6. Hermie gently guides children through easy prompts and activities that encourage children to record their prayers with their own words and pictures. With easy-to-understand instructions, such as "circle the words" or "draw a picture," this prayer journal is a simple tool that can have amazing results. Much more than a journal, this book will help teach children how to pray and show them how God answers their prayers. When the journal is complete, store it away as a precious keepsake of the child''s growing relationship with God.

Hymettus is a century-old worker''s cottage belonging to the Taffe family, who make a conscious effort to preserve the garden, home and artifacts.

This scholarly and authoritative book examines the cultural and literal history, as well as the natural history and biological needs and concerns of turkeys. Davis explores how turkeys came to be seen as birds who were not only the epitome of failure or stupidity but also the suitable centerpiece of the celebration of freedom in America itself - Thanksgiving. She examines the many varieties of turkeys and uncovers the methods by which millions of turkeys are raised, fattened, and slaughteredon farms around America today. Davis takes us back to European folklore about turkeys, the myths, fairytales, and downright lies told about turkeys and their habits and habitats. She shows how turkeys in the wild have complex lives and family units, and how they were an integral part of Native American and continental cultures and landscape before the Europeans arrived. Finally, Davis draws conclusions about our paradoxical, complex, and bestial" relationship not just with turkeys, but with allbirds, and thus with all other animals. She examines how our treatment of animals shapes our other values about ourselves, our relationship with other human beings, and our attitude toward the land, nation, and the world. "