Best Selling Books by Lisa WILLIAMS

As I started writing this book, it was suppose to be about encouraging people that were down or had no hope. I continued to write and realized that I was telling my story of my life and my weaknesses. I started getting comfortable and said to myself. "If you are going to write books the people need to know who you are. So i continued and shared some of the deepest things that I felt people should know and the things that I have encountered. I have always had the notion that God was looking out for me even in the unwise decisions that I have made. whether I was drinking, or in an unsafe environment God knew me but, i didn''t really know him. I lived a life of drugs, alcohol, prejudice and attempted suicide but when I made the decision to come to God, my life changed for the better. I want you to know no matter how your life started out, it does not have to end there. My story is a book that will identify with some of your short comings, some of your experiences, some of your downfalls but will show how the love of God rescued me and my desire to have God rescue you. I learned that God needed me so I could not kill myself, I learned that God wanted me to love the way he loves and it didn''t matter what the color of your skin was, I learned losing one brother made me appreciate and love the other brother who is my friend today. I hope this book will encourage you and get you to embrace Gods love that he has for you.

Did you know that you were intentionally created to fulfill a unique and exciting calling and purpose, and reach a destiny designed just for you? It''s true! Though you may not see it now, a bright future is waiting for you, and you definitely play an important role in making it happen. If you''ve ever longed for a different life, or if you''ve ever wanted more, this book will motivate and inspire you to become your very best self! It delivers the tools you need to access a life that''s fulfilling, meaningful, enjoyable, and fully on point! You can read this book in one sitting, or choose just the pages that are right for you on any given day. Either way, if you''re ready to soar to new heights, the words and insights within these pages will surely carry you there. Get ready, it''s time to rise up and experience the person you were meant to be!

Twelve-year-old best friends Carly and Arlene write about twin princesses during the final, cataclysmic days of Atlantis in a story that parallels the growing tensions the two friends are experiencing in their lives.

The lines between our work and our personal lives have become increasingly blurred. Between working from home, demands that don''t fit neatly within an eight-hour workday, and growing factors affecting mental and emotional well-being, it''s difficult to compartmentalize your professional identity from your personal life. For leaders, that brings new challenges when it comes to supporting the success of your people. As individuals, it requires greater clarity around what success means to you and how to achieve it. The key to building a future of work where both employees and the bottom line thrives is equipping individuals at all levels to create it. In On Purpose: Strategies for Living and Leading, the 13 authors address challenges faced by leaders, individual contributors and even entrepreneurs that aren''t necessarily new, but whose impact are significantly changing how we live, work, and lead today. Topics including leading in times of crisis, creating a psychologically safe work environment, reclaiming your power when you feel professionally marginalized, overcoming fear, burnout, and habits that sabotage your productivity, and building authentic confidence. This book is the third installment in the On Purpose series published by Isha Cogborn and Epiphany Institute, focused on amplifying diverse voices in personal and professional development.

"The Gate to Success" invites readers to set out on a life-changing path towards realizing their greatest ambitions in the always changing field of professional and personal growth. This painstakingly constructed investigation is evidence of the persistence in striving for greatness and the variety of elements that make up the doorway to achievement. This book acts as a compass, guiding readers through the difficulties of their goals with a thoughtful combination of profound ideas, useful advice, and real-world experiences. In "The Gate to Success," readers will discover an engrossing story that defies traditional thinking and provides a sophisticated interpretation of success that goes beyond achievement alone. Through a wealth of studies and experiences, the author skillfully walks the audience through the complexities of goal-setting, resilience, and strategic decision-making. Like a road map, each chapter explains the essential ideas that open doors to previously unattainable success. Not only does this book offer a formulaic approach, but it also pushes readers to develop a growth-oriented mentality. The link between ambition and flexibility is examined, acknowledging that success is a process that is dynamic and continuous rather than a fixed end point. By navigating the intellectual landscape of "The Gate to Success," readers will learn how passion, tenacity, and strategic planning are interwoven and provide the foundation of long-lasting achievement. Instead than being a simple collection of inspirational quotes, "The Gate to Success" is a comprehensive manual that helps the reader understand the nuances of ambition, self-awareness, and personal effectiveness. This book is an invaluable tool for anybody looking to open the door to their greatest potential since it is based on actual data and enhanced by the experience of accomplished persons. All told, it''s a deep dive into the world of success, providing a road map for people who want to reach beyond average and reach the remarkable.

Explains how floods happen, why people continue to live in a flood plain, and what is being done to control future flood disasters.

The Monstrous Me series is a range split perspective books looking at situations from another point of view to help children develop a sense of balance, roundedness and wellbeing. Readers can turn the story on its head and look at the very same situations from different angles. In this book, ''My Daddy is a Monster'' an inquisitive little boy is convinced his dad is a monster. But, is he really? When we look through his daddy''s eyes, we see a very different story.

Barnaby and His Brittle Bones Colouring Book tells the story of a boy who has brittle bones in his pockets. Barnaby is frustrated because everyone wants him to throw away his bones. And so he takes off, boards a small boat which sinks under the weight of the bones in his pockets. Barnaby''s last-minute decision saves his life. The aim of this book is to move away from emphasizing the obviously painful side of ''bones'' in order to find some way towards the light. One does not have a choice in keeping or doing away with difficult life challenges, but they can choose other positive aspects of life around them, such as love, kindness, and to fight to live, as Barnaby chooses to fight for his life and swim home. Barnaby, ultimately chooses family and love and not the brittle bones in his pockets.

How can two creatures that are so very different become friends? In fact, not only do Pinchy and Hanna become friends, but they survive and thrive because of each other. This tale of claws and teeth will warm your heart, and you''ll never see piranhas the same way again.

"He shot her! The lady in the woods!" Jasmine, a clairvoyant child, screams from a recurring vision she sees in her nightmares. Jasmine and her grandmother are apart of a heritage of African American women blessed by God with the ability to see into the future or past to fulfill their divine destiny no matter what dangers they may face. Jasmine''s grandmother can only guide her on this dangerous journey, but only Jasmine can complete it. Jasmine''s friend, Alexandria, mother has been missing for quite sometime. Alexandria''s father is a well known drug dealer that has terrorized his community into silence. Her father is involved in a money laundering scheme orchestrated with and protected by a few police officers. He''s been accused of child abuse in the past, but now he''s missing. Michelle is a single mother of two twin boys and one daughter. Devastated by her recent divorce after twelve years of marriage, Michelle works hard to rebuild her life. She is introduced to a handsome Creole man by her employer, but Michelle isn''t ready to risk her heart so soon after her divorce. Still, she can''t deny the charms of this Creole man. Tragedy and loss will bring them together in away neither could imagine.

With antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise, herbal remedies present a naturally effective alternative to standard antibiotics. The author explains the roots of antibiotic resistance, explores the value of herbal treatments, and noting the proper dosages, potential side effects, and contraindications.

Community colleges play a critical role within the realm of higher education in the United States, enrolling nearly half of all post-secondary students including a disproportionate number of low-income and minority students relative to four-year institutions. Yet, reductions in government appropriated funding provided to higher education institutions that were instituted as part of budget cuts enacted in response to the "Great Recession" of 2009 and largely remain in effect today have had a lopsided effect, taxing community colleges to a far-greater degree than four-year institutions. The impact of these budget cuts on community colleges have been two-fold as they have resulted in the elimination of programs offered by community colleges and a decrease in the quality of their offerings. Since the onset of the "Great Recession" of 2009, community colleges have begun focusing on alumni relations and fundraising practices to a previously unprecedented degree. During this time, certain colleges have outperformed their peers in terms of obtaining alumni donations and private gifts by large margins based on the annual Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey results. The purpose of this dissertation was to bridge an existing gap in research by providing insight into which alumni relations practices at community colleges generate the greatest value in terms of their impact on fundraising from the perspective of Alumni/Foundation Directors at community colleges that have had the most success recently in raising money relative to their peers. The analysis employed the social exchange theory as a theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between alumni donors and institutions. The most recent VSE survey results were analyzed to draw a purposive sample of institutions that have had the most recent success in obtaining alumni donations, and the Alumni/Foundation Directors of the institutions identified within the purposive sample received a survey instrument designed by the researcher, which was comprised of multiple-choice/fill-in, Likert-Scale, and fill-in questions. With respect to implications for practice, the findings offer administrators at community colleges insight into how to best allocate limited resources designated for alumni relations and fundraising to maximize the return-on-investment. Opportunities for future research are also provided that build on this research in order to further advance the understanding of alumni relations and fundraising practices at community colleges in the United States.

This is a directory that covers the 6000 awards and grants worldwide, for postgraduates, young professionals, mature students and advanced scholars. It also lists international competitions, retreats for writers and performance opportunities for many kinds of artists.

Customise your learning, extend your knowledge and prepare for the examinations with this complete package for course success. Carefully structured to link information directly to the CIM syllabus, each coursebook text is crammed with a range of cases, questions, activities, definitions and study tips to support and test your understanding of the theory.

Take steps to serve disadvantaged children, and other marginalized student groups with this practical, solution-oriented guide to equity-driven reform for school leaders. Includes case studies and reflective-discussion questions.

The long-standing and sole method for determination of grease consistency has been the worked (and unworked) cone-penetration values. The 60 double-stroke worked penetration value, by an ASTM method, has served as the National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) grade, for the purpose of specifying commercial classes of consistency. These consistency values have been effective for machine and lubrication system designers, as well as for grease manufacturers, for the purpose of matching up the right consistency of grease for a given equipment application. However, once the grease is in service, the cone-penetrometer test is no longer a viable method to evaluate changes in consistency caused by aging, mixing of greases, contamination by solids or liquids, oxidation of the grease, or other changes in the physical characteristics related to rheology and flow. In this regard, it has been difficult to establish and adopt in-service grease-analysis methods that adequately address adverse changes in consistency.