New Releases by Shannon Smith

Baking is a cakewalk with these easy tips, tricks, and techniquesFor a beginner, baking might seem like magic: mix the right ingredients, add heat, and watch a transformation happen before your eyes. But you don''t have to be a sorcerer to bake a flavorful pie, decadent layer cake, or pillowy loaf of bread. Bread Baking Simplified walks you through all the essential techniques you''ll need to bake over 30 sweet and savory recipes―and get them right every time.This book is a comprehensive collection of bread recipes for every occasion, so both new bakers and experienced cooks can enjoy the simple pleasure of baking bread at home.In Bread Baking Simplified, you''ll find: -Tasty recipes―Learn to bake a wide range of recipes like Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies, Bacon and Swiss Quiche, Jalapeño Cheddar Biscuits, Red Velvet Layer Cake, and more.-Start from scratch―Learn the simple baking techniques you''ll need to make every recipe, like melting chocolate and cutting butter into flour.-Tips and tricks―Helpful tips guide you with easy preparation, ingredient substitutions, and troubleshooting when your bake is in danger.Easily bake everything from crisp oatmeal cookies to crusty French bread with Bread Baking Simplified ―no magic required.

Easy & Delicious Recipes to Heal the Immune System with Meal PlanAn anti-inflammatory diet doesn''t have to be anti-flavor―or complicated and expensive. The Essential Anti-Inflammatory Diet Cookbook for Beginners makes it quick and easy, with simple, savory recipes, planning guides, and essential medical information that helps you understand the relationship between inflammation and food.Arthritis, stroke, chronic respiratory disease, cancer, obesity, and diabetes all have roots in chronic inflammation. No book explores the connection in a more accessible and straight-forward fashion. Packed with the latest information that can have a real and immediate impact on your health, the brand-new edition includes: -Benefits of anti-inflammation recipes-Inflammatory foods to avoid-Meal plans to fit any lifestyle-35 tasty and nourishing recipes -Key anti-inflammation foods to incorporate in your dietThe Essential Anti-Inflammatory Diet Cookbook for Beginners explores the link between inflammation and diseases like stroke, chronic respiratory disease, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and diabetes. Filled with actionable and practical tips for avoiding inflammatory foods and activities.

40 Easy, tasty recipes to lower blood pressure and lose weight―including 6 weeks of meal prepOnе оf the ѕtерѕ уоur dосtоr may recommend to lоwеr уоur hіgh blооd pressure іѕ tо start using thе DASH diet. How do you improve on the doctor-approved, heart-healthy D.A.S.H. (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet? By adding in one huge additional benefit―meal prep. In today''s hectic world, getting to the grocery store, cooking, and connecting at the dinner table is close to impossible. The Ultimate DASH Diet Cookbook is here to help, with 6 weeks of delicious meal plans and a sustainable way of eating―and living.Rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat and nonfat dairy, lean meats, fish, beans, and nuts, DASH is grounded in healthy eating principles that lower blood pressure; reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer; and support reaching and maintaining a healthy weight.No diet has a medical pedigree like DASH, and this book is a simple, actionable plan that can fit seamlessly into everyone''s life and lifestyle. It includes: -Meal plans at different calorie ranges-40 DASH-friendly recipes and shopping lists-Tips for eating on-the-runNow, you can revolutionize your health and change your life-without medication.

The Ultimate Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook helps your little one begin an intuitive, healthy relationship with food. This guide to baby-led weaning shows you how to introduce solid foods, encouraging baby to eat the right whole foods for their age and stage―served with a side of fun. Baby-led weaning sets the stage for healthy eating habits in the years ahead by helping babies learn to feed themselves, to gauge appetite, and to love a variety of nutritious foods. Now, with The Ultimate Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook, cooking family meals that your little one can share will be a cinch. -70 yummy recipes―Dishes are grouped stage-by-stage for months 6-8, 9-12, and beyond―but this baby food cookbook can be shared by the whole family.-Healthy ideas for quick snacks, delicious desserts, and meals for the whole family-Tips on minimizing the mess, keeping food the right size for little hands, and more!The Ultimate Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook will give you the recipes and the confidence to create exciting, enjoyable mealtimes that encourage little ones to develop at their own pace.

The Complete Guide to Pet Health is a holistic approach to health includes nutrition, as it sets up the foundation for your pet''s health. Leon Johnson cuts through the hype in the pet-food world and explains how to choose the best commercial foods and supplements, and even includes both raw and cooked dog- and cat-food recipes for general diet as well as to treat specific needs. He also explains how we can use the right foods and supplements to "hack" the body''s processes, including the immune system.The book that is the definitive guide to a natural lifestyle for dogs and cats.

Azaleah''s big sister, Nia, has been cast as Willa Wonka in the school musical, and the entire Lane family is looking forward to the show. Azaleah has even helped plan a surprise dinner party for Nia at Avec Amour, Mama''s restaurant. But then the real drama starts. At the first rehearsal, all sorts of things go wrong: missing batteries, sets falling over, props misplaced . . . It''s so many things, in fact, that Azaleah suspects "foul play." And when the special effects on Nia''s costume don''t work at dress rehearsal, Nia is a nervous wreck. To top it all off, the high school journalism class is covering the performance for the school blog, and the director doesn''t have time to replace Nia''s costume. Nia has to wear it without the special effects. Azaleah becomes determined to make sure the musical isn''t ruined for Nia. Azaleah has to get to the bottom of the mysterious rehearsal troubles, and finish party preparations, before the curtain goes up.

Emotional healing is becoming a more popular subject but there is rarely advice on how it occurs. Through a series of quesitons, this book takes the reader on a journey of understanding and awareness how it can occur. Shame is an underlying factor for countless people and is another subject thoroughly covered as well. The first seven chapters progress from the beginning stages and encourage self-reflection with a unique approach. Our beliefs about who we are can drastically alter life''s choices and paths. Shame is consistently the catalyst that influences actions ranging from self-destructive to self-aggrandizing. The questions make us look deep within ourselves and examine our intentions as to why we did things in the past and how we can change those thoughts and actions in the future. The questions in this book were all carefully scrutinized by co-author Dr. Shannon Smith to give credibility to the book''s value. Because change happens when we change the way we think about ourselves.

Includes discussion questions, writing prompts, and instructions on making a diorama.

In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness, and the racism of others in the group there may be a better life waiting for them at the end of the trail. Includes nonfiction material on the Oregon Trail, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.

Twelve-year-old Charlotte lives on a plantation in Richmond, Virginia, where the American Civil War is raging. All around her, citizens and the Confederate army are fighting to protect slavery -- the very thing Charlotte wishes would end. When she overhears the plantation owner conspiring against the Confederates, Charlotte knows she must join forces with her. Maybe together they can help the Union win the war and end slavery. Helping a spy is dangerous work, but Charlotte is willing to risk everything to fight for what is right -- justice for all people. Nonfiction material on the Civil War, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts are also provided.

In 1854 in Eastern Maryland twelve-year-old Ann is a slave, grateful that her family is still all together; but when their master, in need of money, decides to sell Ann and her younger brother, their parents decide to take the dangerous step of running away north to freedom--a journey filled with danger, especially since they are not sure how to find the first station on the Underground Railroad.

In 1912, thirteen-year-old Noelle and her parents are aboard the Titanic, when she is awoken to a sinking ship and must evacuate to a lifeboat with her mother, but first she has to find and help her new friend, Pauline, who is in steerage.

When Jazmine and Jason''s younger brother''s bike gets stolen, they team up to compete in a treasure hunt TV competition so they can use the prize money to replace it. But when they realize they have different strengths and different competing styles, the treasure hunt becomes more challenging than they ever imagined. Will they be able to work together long enough to take home the prize?

Heartstrings and Broken Things is a collection of poems, walking you through the author''s life...childhood, love, loss, hope, grief, parenthood and the moments in between.

Eighteen months felt like eighteen years to a recently paroled Ant Man. His whole world had changed. He had been duped into cooperating with the authorities, which made him a snitch. Pookie and Maurice were doing long sentences; D. Bad was back off in the wind since his now infamous shootout with Zek, that Tanya told the whole world about and resulted in the death of Killa, a/k/a Qwai Asadullah Shakur, b/k/n Jonas Stevens. Not to mention, Lyndra really was pregnant when he got out and Nyah was off in college at the University of Arizona, in Tempe Arizona. She wrote to him as promised and begged him to move to Arizona with her. She rented a two-bedroom apartment close to campus that she shared with two other co-eds. They all knew about Ant Man and couldn''t wait to meet him. What the hell am I going to do now, Ant Man thought to himself. He couldn''t'' go back to the projects right now. See, he was officially taking refuge at this auntie Roni''s house in Culver City, CA. Ant Man knew that showing his face in the Jordan Downs would be suicide at this point. You never went to war without any money, so he stood no chance at this point. He couldn''t see himself going out like that, so Ant Man decided to do the only thing that made sense at this point... go to Arizona.

The Struggle: 4 Girls & 1 Bathroom is the sequel to the book entitled The Struggle: Mom and the Summertime Blues. It is also about the lives of four sisters, Diamond, Shelia, Crystal, and Felicity. Previously, these sisters wrote about having to endure a long summer with their mom and her never-ending lists of chores and schoolwork. Now they are back to discuss their upcoming school year. But this time, no one is safe from their complaints!

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Join Jamie Sue on her adventure... what will she find hidden in the forest playing hide and seek? Maybe a new friend or two? She discovers there is much to be seen if she just believes and learns to believe in herself most of all. At the end of the book we have included a few blank pages for your children to create drawings of their own adventures and their own discoveries from believing :) About this special book:For many years Shannon dreamt of becoming a children''s book author. When her children were young, she would spend hours telling them many fantastical stories. As they got older, she began writing them down. About a year ago, Shannon sent her sister Charity this story of Jamie Sue and The Tall One. Charity knew exactly what to do... she would create the artwork for the book and surprise her sister on her birthday! Shannon''s dream has come true... she is now officially a children''s book author :) We hope you find this book as special as we do and we hope all your dreams come true!

In the future, robots will be made to serve us. To better serve humanity they were made smarter, perhaps too smart. Follow the development of the HX01 robots through the eyes of one of the developers of it, Shannon, whom, while not a model of human behaviour, finds herself wrestling with the moral implications of her creation.

Encouraging stair use may increase physical activity among college students. The overall goals of this study were to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate a stair use initiative, which included a mural painting contest in a residential hall. The number of individuals exiting the stairs were counted and interview data were obtained regarding the visibility of the signs and murals and whether the signs or murals influenced stair use. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with the community assistants (CAs) and staff members involved with the project to obtain qualitative data on their perceptions and opinions of the mural painting event. It was hypothesized that the average number of individuals per half hour who used the stairs would significantly increase from baseline to post-test. To examine changes over time in individuals exiting the stairs, a quasi-experimental design was used with one baseline measurement and multiple posttests (n=5). Stair use was determined by counting individuals exiting the stairwells. Time differences in exiting stair use were examined with repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Descriptive statistics and t-tests were used to analyze interview data. Qualitative data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. There was a significant time effect on stair use (F=7.512, p =0.000) and a significant interaction between staircase and time (F=7.518, p=0.000). There was no significant interaction of gender over time (F=.037, p=0.997). A repeated measures ANOVA was conducted on each staircase individually and showed that significant time differences were only found in the Southwest staircase. Based on exit interviews (n=28), most students saw the directional signs (61%) and murals (89.3%). However, neither the signs (71.4%) nor the murals (82.1%) were perceived as influential on stair use. Data from the focus groups and interviews revealed that the mural painting contest did not occur as intended, because the contest piece did not take place. In conclusion, solely having residents of a residential hall paint murals in stairwells was insufficient for increasing stair use. A mural painting contest may be a viable approach if properly planned and implemented.

The Crisis grows worse.Though managing to avoid an inter-dimensional war, the incident at the Debrecen Airport has left Portal Command with a troubling question: If rogue portals could open from normal space into the world of dreams, what other horrors are waiting to be unleashed? The answer was not long in coming. For Sergeant Ivan Jast and Lieutenant Kayla Marro, the first few months of the Crisis were some of the best. Love always has a way of making the bleakest of days seem happy, but even the euphoria of love cannot hold off the darkness forever. When Éva Katona is sent to destroy a newly formed dimensional portal, events are set into motion that could mean the end of everything. This time it falls on Ivan to prevent catastrophe and save Kayla from a fate worse than death, but in order to do so he must trust a man claiming to be his future self and help kill one of his own - Éva.

A history of the organization of Double Springs Baptist Church located in Townville, S.C.

J.K. Rowling''s Harry Potter novels are a coming-of-age story of a young wizard who learns and determines who he is amidst challenging and perilous circumstances. In this dissertation I look at all the Harry Potter novels from a literary criticism perspective. I examine the thoughts and actions of Harry Potter through the lens of Erik Erikson''s psychosocial stages. This dissertation draws on the theories of Erik Erikson, renowned developmental psychologist, who proposed that a person works through eight psychosocial stages during the course of a life to develop virtues necessary for healthy and successful emotional development. Harry Potter spends his formative years with relatives who horribly mistreat him. He is unable to develop any Eriksonian virtues due to his environmental deprivation. Harry Potter''s life changes when he is accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; for the first time he has surrogate parents, mentors, and friends who all genuinely care about him. There, Harry Potter is able to retroactively work through the stages in which he has deficits and to progress through the stages of the teen years. I trace the progression of Harry Potter through Erikson''s psychosocial stages, noting specific instances from the novels that illustrate his maturation from emotional ineptitude to emotional surety.

Turn papers into luxurious invitations and greeting cards suitable for any occasion. If you enjoy working with paper, you''ll love all our innovative ideas for cards and one of a kind invitations. Just combine cardstock, vellum, and printed paper to create unique and personalized greetings for any occasion. Add embellishments to complete your projects. Author Shannon Smith provides ideas for invitations for baby showers, birthday celebrations, and weddings. 15 card and invitation creation styles are both illustrated step-by-step and thoroughly detailed. Clay molds, marbled paper, sleeve cards, and metal decorations as well as ribbon-lace, punches, accordions, spinners, pull-outs, and paper casting designs are part of the creative process. Shannon provides envelope templates and designs if you want to make your own, but she also advises using commercial envelopes for your treasured works. With her advice, you can start creating stunning notecards and invitations for every season and reason by yourself without too much stress or confusion. Don''t wait. Start creating your own special invitations and note cards.