Most Popular Books by Scott SMITH

In the spirit of coyote guidance through the borderland of liminal space, James Scott Smith is offering one exquisite cairn after another to the soul wandering but not lost. The Expanse of All Things is a testament of the journey from form to faith, and of the love for tradition as long as it serves the evolution of consciousness. This collection runs the seam between culture and nature with an aching hunger for experience transformed.

Join Langford the lobster as he gets drawn into a debate of epic proportions with an array of bright and colorful creatures as they spout off about what makes them and their species so special! But don''t be surprised if a little land "ant-ics" get the last laugh. Children and adults alike will enjoy this beautifully illustrated rhyming reader as it magically transports you deep below the sea for a zany glimpse of how a little bragging can turn into a "Whale of a Tale"!

"Dr. Smith''s book, Discovering Effective Reading Instruction, is a true discovery. He easily explains the reading process and offers solutions and resources that are ready to implement in any classroom. He breaks the reading process down into a step-by-step process that is easy to follow and understand. It takes differentiated reading instruction to the next level as it shows how to find what skills students are missing, how to fill the holes, and move them on to the next level. He takes the hard task of small group instruction and simplifies how to implement it and do it well. This should be in the hands of every classroom teacher as it takes away the teacher guessing and gives them the tools to help every student meet or exceed grade level reading goals." Dawn Kennison-Kerrigan, Instructional Coach"The ideas in Discovering Effective Reading Instruction are easy to apply. It is a great resource for veteran teachers and new teachers alike. I have seen firsthand how a scientific approach to reading builds a strong foundation for all readers but especially those with learning disabilities. Every elementary teacher needs this book!" - Ashley Nicodemus, Kindergarten Teacher and Language Specialist"Discovering Effective Reading Instruction covers so many important reading topics in a way that any teacher (novice or seasoned) should be aware of. Dr. Smith reminds us that reading is not a natural brain function, and simplifies many of the more complex reading skills. He emphasizes the importance of phonological/phonemic awareness as a foundation for later reading instruction, as well as touching on topics such as dyslexia and small-group instruction. The book reads with the tone of a mentor sharing information on the importance of reading instruction." Michelle Raible, Title I Teacher

Christians have played a vital role in the history of Pittsburgh as community leaders, activists, athletes and more. Their ministries have inspired many worshipers and improved the community. Leading Pirates, Steelers and Penguins who have powerfully promoted Christianity here include Andrew McCutchen, Clint Hurdle, Troy Polamalu, Mike Tomlin and Dan Bylsma. A diversity of parachurch organizations and congregations, from Baptist to Presbyterian and Catholic to nondenominational, have shaped and advanced the faith. Gary Scott Smith tells the exciting story of their quest, as Episcopal rector Samuel Shoemaker put it, "to make Pittsburgh as famous for God as for steel."

Do you have trouble keeping your feelings in check? Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which was first created by Dr. Smith Walker to treat borderline personality disorder, has since been shown to help people with many other mental health issues as well. It can also greatly improve your ability to deal with stress without losing control and acting in harmful ways. But in order to use these methods, you need to get better at four things: being able to handle stress, being aware, controlling your emotions, and getting along with others. This book is for you if your strong feelings are more like depression, anxiety, guilt, shame, fear, or sadness. You can use the life-changing tool to find a set of simple but powerful mindfulness practices that you can use every day to break the cycle of stress, anxiety, unhappiness, and tiredness. The kind of happiness and peace that you feel in your bones comes from being mindful. It changes everything you do and gives you the strength to deal with the worst things that life throws at you. Based on Mindfulness in two weeks (MI2W), the book revolves around a simple form of mindfulness meditation which takes just a few minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed. MI2W has been clinically proven to be at least as successful as drugs for sadness and is generally suggested by US doctors and the UK''s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in other words, it works. More importantly it also works for people who are not sad but who are fighting to keep up with the constant demands of the modern world. Embrace the Journey towards a more Present, Peaceful, and Purposeful Life "Practicing Mindfulness in Everyday Life" offers a changing experience, leading you step-by-step towards a life of greater present, peace, and purpose. Deep Insights: Learn the science behind mindfulness, including its benefits for mental health, stress relief, and general well-being. Discover how mindfulness can help you break free from the autopilot of daily routine and open to the beauty of the present moment. Practical awareness for Daily Life: Beyond academic information, "Mindfulness Unveiled" gives you with practical tools and techniques to practice awareness every day. From simple breathing exercises to more advanced practices, you''ll learn how to bring mindfulness into every part of your life, changing routine tasks into chances for presence and growth. Structured 14 - Day Practice Plan: Our carefully selected 14 - day plan serves as a personal guide, bringing you to core mindfulness practices in a structured yet open manner. This method ensures that you can add awareness into your busy plan, making deep changes without overwhelming your daily routine..

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Who''s afraid of ghosts? Not Sarah Lee! And she proves it by showing that not everything that creeps out of the dark is as scary as it seems in this delightfully spooky tale.

If you are interested in a tennis career, or want to learn more about the tennis business, this comprehensive book will help you fulfill your dream. A tennis career has been the life''s passion of Scott Smith, a 2013 USPTA California District 5 pro of the year. He has coached hundreds of students who have won countless awards. As playing tennis improved their physical and mental abilities, the smiles and joy in the faces of his students has been Scott''s most cherished reward. In this helpful, inspirational, detailed book, Scott Smith shares with you the knowledge he has accumulated over 45 years of coaching tennis in Colorado and California. The many enjoyable anecdotes he relates is proof that tennis is much more than the simple act of hitting the ball over the net. Tennis is a game where ladies and gentlemen engage in the process of becoming better citizens, better human beings, no matter if winning or losing.

More than 250 species of freshwater fishes live in North Carolina waters, making identification a challenge. Thanks to this comprehensive guide, anyone will be able to accurately identify any fish found in North Carolina--and better appreciate the diversity and beauty of fishes within the state. Inside the book: * Detailed identification keys based on essential species markers * 546 full-color images for clear identification of species markers * 260 maps showing species distribution throughout the state * Information on the freshwater fish families and ichthyological history of North Carolina * An appendix that explains the meanings behind the scientific names This is the must-have portable reference for nature lovers and anglers in North Carolina and beyond.

Focusing on the current "best practice" of the C++ standard, this handy 6 page laminated reference guide is a must-have desktop tool designed to give you the need-to-know answers at your fingertips. Author Scott Smith with 30 plus years of experience using C++ and authoring thousands of pages of technical documentation while working with world-wide financial markets has meticulously constructed the reference he knows you need. C++ is a living language which is continuously evolving. The code in this guide was testing against GCC 8.2.1 and should work with any C++ compiler which fully implements the standard. 6 page laminated guide includes: Basic Concepts Source Code Comments The Preprocessor Line Continuation Keywords, Attributes Fundamental Types Enumerations Compound Types, Incomplete Types, Type Aliases Objects, CV Qualifiers, Storage Class Specifiers Object Lifetime, Object Initialization Literals Expressions, Operators, Statements Functions Lambda Expressions Classes Access Specifiers Special Member Functions Copy/Move Namespaces Name Resolution & Scopes, Name Hiding Polymorphism Function Overloading Type Conversion Operator Overloading

Business Communication Strategies teaches the vital everyday language typically used in all aspects of running a business, from being comfortable with small talk to effective teamwork on business plans and marketing strategies. Each of the 24 units deals with communication strategies (skills) that business people need in order to be successful communicators. These strategies include showing interest and appreciation, offering assistance, telephoning, making decisions, motivating others, running meetings, handling criticism, presenting ideas, writing resumes, interviewing, emailing, and many others. The downloadable audio program (see ProLinguaLearning.com for details) features native speakers expressing in dialogs the discourse of everyday business communication. The free downloadable Teacher''s Handbook and Answer Key includes tips for using the material, complete scripts of the dialogs, answers to sequencing and matching exercises, and a section of "vocabulary cards" (sheets of 12 business-related terms that can be cut up and made into cards for practicing over 200 business terms that are used throughout the text).

Shattered into Beautiful - Second Edition 2013 By Jeannie Scott Smith Do you want to be restored after abortion? To be truly healed? Do you want your mirror to reflect an inner beauty that has been missing? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, you have identified a need for Gods redemption in your life. The author shares her personal testimony, confirms the consequences of the pain abortion can cause women. Through her transparency, you will discover a friend who will connect with your heart and give insight into Scripture and resources to healing. God wants to work in and through your life. Be willing as He draws you near. Listen for His voice as He offers: Hope, Encouragement, Truth, Comfort, Deep Healing It is time for you to be free. Come receive your miracle!

This combines a philosophy and instruction on goals, habits, planning with an undated 4-month calendar and journal. Calendars and planners have common elements such as the daily agenda and task lists. The Independent Planner has these as well; but how do I know that the items which populate my daily schedule are helping me to advance my goals. This is where we find the most unique feature in the Independent Planner - the daily Goal Tracker.

Did you know God loves to color too?...His crayon box is full of glorious colors that even helped make you! This book is very unique. It was made by the Smith Family, a multi-ethnic, homsechooling family to help kids learn the majesty of God''s colors and how He took loving care to color us each in our own special, beautiful shade of skin color. The book was Illustrated by the author''s entire family, from his four-year-old daughter to his twin eight-year-old boys and even his precious wife. Your kids will love this book! It''s all about God and His big crayon box that colored the world and everything we see. But it''s much more than that. It''s about a God who loved us and created us and colored us too for His special purpose. Children will love the idea that other kids helped illustrate the pictures for this book. Additionally, there is a page that can be personalized with your child''s photograph so they can visually see just how important they are to God!

What if you could completely stop paying federal income taxes? Not one cent, ever again? What if that was the same for every citizen of America, whether they earned thirty thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars or even ten million dollars? That would be a life changer. And what if, despite none of us paying any income taxes any more, the government could also completely eliminate our suffocating deficit, offer a basic income for everybody in America, and provide welfare, free health coverage, and free higher education? How might that change America''s outlook?It''s a real possibility. This book is a response to our urgent need to address taxation, debt and the US deficit, but from a radical new perspective. Much more ambitious and disruptive than closing loopholes in the income tax code-which was Obama''s suggestion-it puts forward a policy that involves eliminating income taxes altogether. It puts forward a policy that could save America.Paperback Color Edition

The Emerging Kingdom explores the relationship between money, the economy, and our personal wellbeing. It also explores the spiritual realm, free will, and how wildly off-track our opinions can be. It turns out we are running our technologically advanced economy on an outdated operating system. With the right upgrade, we have the potential to live in a new era of prosperity that few imagine possible today. This collectors'' edition contains over 70 full color sketches and diagrams.

This thesis examines the role of the media and popular culture in defining the shape and scope of what we think of today as "science." As a source of cognitive authority the scientific establishment is virtually beyond dispute. The intellectual clout of science seemingly elevates it to a position outside the influence of the general population. Yet in reality the emergence and evolution of the public sphere, including popular culture, has had a profound impact on the definition and application of science. What science is and how it relates to the life of the ordinary person are hardly static concepts; the public perception of science has been molding its boundaries since at least the 18th century. During the Enlightenment "natural philosophy" was broadly accessible and integrated nicely with other forms of knowledge. As the years passed into the 19th century, however, science became increasingly professionalized and distinct, until the "Two Cultures" had fully developed. The established scientific institution distanced itself from the nonscientific community, leaving the task of communicating scientific knowledge to various popularizers, who typically operated through the media and often used the mantle of science to further their own social or political agendas. Such isolation from orthodox science forced the public to create an alternate form of science for popular consumption, a form consisting mainly of decontextualized facts, often used in contrast to other forms of thought (i.e. religion, art, or pseudoscience). However, with the recent advent of "Web 2.0" and the increasing prominence of convergence culture, the role of the public sphere is undergoing a dramatic revolution. Concepts such as "collective intelligence" are changing consumers of information into simultaneous producers, establishing vast peer networks of collaboration and enabling the public to bypass traditional sources of authority. This new hypermobility of information and empowerment of the public sphere are just now beginning to break down science''s monolithic status. In many ways, it seems, we are entering a new Enlightenment.

ABSTRACT: Criminological and sociological theories suggest that peers play a significant role in reinforcing delinquent behavior. Numerous studies discuss the negative impact of peer influence variables. Unfortunately, little attention is provided to the protective factors of positive peers. One program that utilizes positive peer influence to redirect delinquent behavior so that participants will not reenter the juvenile justice system is the teen court model. To date, teen court research has not evaluated the impact of positive peer influence or determined whether positive peer influence even exists within these courts. This research not only addresses gaps in criminological, sociological, and teen court theory, it fills a research void concerning the operations of teen courts and their potential impacts. The results of this study also establish a foundation for examining how a neglected but potentially critical dimension of youth''s relationships, positive peers, may both reduce and deter delinquency.