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Book Building Bridges of Understanding

Download or read book Building Bridges of Understanding written by Lucia De Garcia and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea for this book began to form in my mind when, in a rather rare moment of solitude, I stood on a high bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean contemplating a lovely Southern California sunset. As I gazed to the horizon at the vivid red and orange hues of the setting sun, a gentle sea breeze carried to my ears the faint whispers of my ancestors, imploring me from across the ages to pen the words that would chronicle their struggles. It seemed to me significant that their efforts, which most certainly influenced and shaped my life, would now provide me the inspiration to write this book. Thus, I made the decision to embark upon this story, which I hope will serve not only as an enduring testimonial to the trials and tribulations of my forebears, but also as a guide to inspire others to share their life experiences through the written word. In the northern part of the South American continent, in the Andean Mountains the longest mountain range in the world I was born the fifth of eleven siblings. My given name is Lucía Fabiola Giraldo Estrada Botero Vega Restrepo Londoño, a cultural tradition in Latin America to instill in us a sense of heritage, so we will never forget our roots going back at least three generations. This narrative contains both humorous and serious anecdotes. It includes ancient wisdom, poetry, and songs in Spanish and English that still resonate in my heart, chart the course of my life, and sustain me. The people I have met in my tireless and frequent journeys across hemispheres have transformed my life: world leaders in politics, religion, business, community building, and the arts. I especially want to share events that deeply moved me in sacred places and paid homage alongside believers, including Cistercian monks, Shamans, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, and Jews all of whom contributed to and nourished my spiritual being. As a woman, an immigrant, a minority by public definition, a Latina or Hispanic, I faced many challenges in finding the courage to venture into the international business arena, and travel across the world mostly alone to follow my vision. I finally overcame them. It is far better to explore problems rather than become paralyzed by them. Spanish is my mother language and I learned English later in life. While writing this book, the two languages collided at times, as I journeyed to the depths of my heart to dig into my feelings and describe my life experiences. Discovering a new world is an adventure worthy of the many challenges. The reasons are obvious: it requires money, time, and determination, the uncertainty of a new destination, different cultures and traditions, the strangers you will meet along the way and the unexpected outcomes are part of the unknown challenges you will encounter. I have been to remote and exotic places, from the north to the south of the American continent, from the Bearing to the Magellan Straits, and across the Americas. From the east to the west of five continents crossing the Gibraltar Strait between Africa and Europe and sailing the South Pacific Islands, the Mediterranean, Indian, China, and the Caribbean Seas. To south and east of the African continent on safaris or visiting secluded villages and mountains to work on behalf of child education programs with the purpose of teaching them to survive, to preserve the environment, and to protect endangered species. My legacy and life's mission is to contribute to humanity, to collaborate in building bridges of hope and understanding bridges between people who respect each other's differences and value each other's shared humanity. These are the bridges that people of all cultures must build, restore, and cross together to reach the land of unity and peace for all. My multifaceted life gave me the courage I needed to undertake this story-telling mission, and my spiritual walk gave me guidance, inspiration, and the strength

Book Bridges of Understanding

Download or read book Bridges of Understanding written by Øyvind Dahl and published by Akademika Pub. This book was released on 2006 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intercultural communication is a complex phenomenon and deserves cross-disciplinary studies in order to shed some light on the processes. In this book, researchers with different backgrounds and experiences try to answer the following questions: From a variety of approaches, what can we learn about constructing new bridges of understanding? How can the insight be utilised in everyday intercultural encounters? This book came about as the result of a meeting between a group of Nordic researchers at the annual conference of The Nordic Network for Intercultural communication (NIC) in Kristiansand in November 2004. The target audience of the book is first and foremost researchers and students within the field of Intercultural Communication.

Book Bridges Over Water

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ariel Dinar
  • Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
  • Release : 2013-02-21
  • ISBN : 9814436674
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book Bridges Over Water written by Ariel Dinar and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridges over Water places the study of transboundary water conflicts, negotiation, and cooperation in the context of various disciplines, such as international relations, international law, international negotiations, and economics. It demonstrates their application, using various quantitative approaches, such as river basin modeling, quantitative negotiation theory, and game theory. Case-studies of particular transboundary river basins, lakes, and aquifers are also considered. This second edition updates the literature on international water and in-depth analyses on political developments and cooperation between riparian states. With an appended chapter on principles and practices of negotiation, and a new case study on the La Plata Basin, this edition is a timely update to the field of transboundary water studies.

Book Bridges  Ministering to Those Who Question

Download or read book Bridges Ministering to Those Who Question written by David B. Ostler and published by Greg Kofford Books. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Edition, with a new chapter on ministering to and within mixed-faith marriages and families. With the advancement of the internet, changing worldviews, and the rising generation of millennials, Latter-day Saints today face unique challenges to faith on an unprecedented scale. Unlike most books written to help those struggling with their testimonies, Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question is geared at helping local leaders and family members better understand the sources of these challenges and how to minister to those affected by them. This ministering is done through building bridges of love, empathy, and trust regardless of whether or not someone retains their belief or continues to participate. Author David B. Ostler, a former mission president, utilizes surveys with local leaders and disaffected members, research from social science and religious studies, and teachings from Church leaders to show how Latter-day Saints can work to better support those who have questions and create church environments where all can feel welcome.

Book Bridges to Recovery

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jo-ann Krestan
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2000-03-15
  • ISBN : 0684846497
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Bridges to Recovery written by Jo-ann Krestan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will be an asset to teachers and students in clinical social work, psychology and substance abuse counseling programs."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Ally Parenting

Download or read book Ally Parenting written by Cynthia J. Klein and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ally parenting is the tool you need to master parenting skills and gain wisdom and confidence to guide your family away from conflict toward a harmonious, respectful, and cooperative home.

Book Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration

Download or read book Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration written by Ellen Yack and published by Future Horizons. This book was released on 2002 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A useful practical guide for professionals, parents, teachers and other caregivers. It presents detailed assessment tools as well as consistent strategies for managing challenging behavior. Successful sensory integration techniques include ... advice for a wide range of specific problems ... for adapting home, school, and childcare environments ... [and] creative suggestions for activities, equipment, and resources.

Book Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children

Download or read book Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children written by Kim Golding and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children is full of creative ideas for how you can use stories therapeutically with children in counselling, life story work or direct work. Psychologist Kim S. Golding shows how you can use stories to build connections with children aged 4–16 and support their recovery from trauma and stress. She illustrates the techniques with 21 stories adapted from her own clinical work with children and families, and explains how you can expand or adapt them to make them more relevant for a particular child. Advice and stories are arranged into sections dealing with common psychological issues, including looking back and moving on, lack of trust and need for attention. Golding also gives invaluable tips for planning stories and life story work, and for storymaking with children. She also describes how stories can be used therapeutically with parents of traumatized children and as a tool for self-reflection by counsellors. Imaginative and practical, this book will be enormously useful for counsellors, psychologists, therapists and social workers working with traumatized children, and will also be helpful for parents and carers involved in therapeutic parenting.

Book How to Read Bridges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edward Denison
  • Publisher : Herbert Press
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9781408171769
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book How to Read Bridges written by Edward Denison and published by Herbert Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Read Bridges is a practical introduction to looking at the structure and purpose of bridges. It is a guide to reading the structural clues embedded in every bridge that allows their variety and ingenuity to be better appreciated. Small enough to carry in your pocket and serious enough to provide real answers, this comprehensive guide: - analyses and explores all types of bridges from around the world from the first millennium to the present day. - explores fundamental concepts of bridge design, key materials and engineering techniques. - provides an accessible visual guide with intelligent text, using detailed illustrations and cross-sections of technical features.

Book Bridges of Love and Understanding

Download or read book Bridges of Love and Understanding written by Rebekah Davis and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-11-07 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billions of people in the world have not yet heard the good news about Jesus Christ. How can we reach them? Follow the adventures of the author as she journeys into the lives of Muslims, seeking and discovering how to effectively deliver the saving message of Jesus Christ to those who need to hear it. Delve into the culture and faith of Muslims, and emerge with a perspective that will reshape the way you reveal the Savior to the world. Bridges of Love and Understanding is an inspiring witness of the unstoppable power of Jesus Christ and his deep love that reaches to the ends of the earth. -Learn the easiest way to share the gospel with anyone-Gain insight and understanding about Muslims-Be thrilled by true stories of Jesus's love that knows no bounds"As a sojourner living in an Islamic culture, Davis often begins conversations with physicians, students, and taxi drivers, by asking: 'What do you love about God?'-a question that many Muslims answer with an enthusiasm and passion that might surprise us. In recounting such fascinating encounters and the relationships that often follow, Davis invites Christian readers to ask: what shall we make of those who are in the 'wrong religion' but have 'the right kind of faith?' "Bold, engaging, discerning, scripturally informed, and eminently practical, her book is candid, disarming, and a delight to read-and reread. Davis offers us a refreshing alternative to agenda-laden apologetics. She offers us, instead, a guide and testimony revealing how to walk in step with the Spirit Who moves upon all flesh to draw all persons to Christ and to one another." -Skip Horton-Parker, PhD; London School of Theology; St Leo University

Book Bridges to Understanding

Download or read book Bridges to Understanding written by Linda Pavonetti and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth volume sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People, following Children's Books from Other Countries (1998), The World Through Children's Books (2002), and Crossing Boundaries (2006). This latest volume, edited by Linda M. Pavonetti, includes books published between 2005 and 2009. This annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, with descriptions of nearly 700 books representing more than 70 countries, is a valuableresource for librarians, teachers, and anyone else seeking to promote international understanding through children's literature. Like its predecessors, it will be an important tool for providing stories that will help children understand our differences while simultaneously demonstrating our common humanity.

Book Engineering Marvels  Bridges Around the World  Understanding Fractions

Download or read book Engineering Marvels Bridges Around the World Understanding Fractions written by Elise Wallace and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would we do without bridges? They allow us to cross over great heights and dangerous waters that would be inaccessible without bridges. But some bridges are more than a link between two places. From New York to Singapore, the stories of these bridges celebrate the engineers, architects, and the workers who built them. Learn about the world's famous bridges while learning fractions. This nonfiction book combines math and literacy skills and uses everyday examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, math charts and diagrams, sidebars, and practice problems make learning math easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning opportunities while challenging students' higher-order thinking skills.

Book Building Bridges Understanding Our Multigenerational Workforce

Download or read book Building Bridges Understanding Our Multigenerational Workforce written by Gary Pignatello and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Engineering Marvels  Bridges Around the World  Understanding Fractions

Download or read book Engineering Marvels Bridges Around the World Understanding Fractions written by Elise Wallace and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would we do without bridges? They allow us to cross over great heights and dangerous waters that would be inaccessible without bridges. But some bridges are more than a link between two places. From New York to Singapore, the stories of these bridges celebrate the engineers, architects, and the workers who built them. Learn about the world’s famous bridges while learning fractions. This nonfiction book combines math and literacy skills and uses everyday examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, math charts and diagrams, sidebars, and practice problems make learning math easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning opportunities while challenging students’ higher-order thinking skills.

Book Building Bridges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julie Lowe
  • Publisher : New Growth Press
  • Release : 2020-09-28
  • ISBN : 1645070522
  • Pages : 190 pages

Download or read book Building Bridges written by Julie Lowe and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowing how to approach children and teens in counseling can be a challenge. Learning to enter into their world and draw them out can sometimes feel impossible. But with Julie Lowe’s Building Bridges—a practical workbook of expressive activities to do with kids and teens in counseling—you will find the biblical tools you’re looking for. There are thoughtful, biblically wise, and creative ways we can engage young people. The responsibility lies on us as adults to work hard at drawing kids out. Thankfully, there are helpful, practical ways to speak the gospel into their lives, and by building bridges with young people, we can build bridges with them to the Lord. With over fifteen years of counseling experience and by working as a registered play therapist supervisor, Julie Lowe understands there is a need to speak truth and hope into the lives of children and teens in a hands-on, meaningful way. That’s why the activities in Building Bridges can be used over and over in multiple contexts. This workbook walks men and women through the rationale for expressive activities, provides examples, and then shows counselors how to do it themselves. By pointing to the Lord through expressive mediums, counselors and youth workers will be able to reach kids and teens in a unique, biblical way.

Book Engineering Marvels  Bridges Around the World  Understanding Fractions 6 Pack

Download or read book Engineering Marvels Bridges Around the World Understanding Fractions 6 Pack written by and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a tour of some of the greatest engineering marvels-bridges! From San Francisco to Sydney, these feats of engineering have a unique history waiting to be told. Learn about the engineers-and the engineering-behind the most famous and revered bridges in the world. By integrating math and literacy skills, this 6-Pack of math readers makes learning fractions fun and easy as students are engaged in reading about bridges. With detailed images, clear diagrams, easy-to-read text, and real-world examples of problem solving, this informational text will teach students to apply math to their everyday lives. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, index, and captions to build critical literacy skills and academic vocabulary. The challenging Problem Solving section and Let's Explore Math sidebars provide numerous opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills. The DOK-leveled Math Talk section includes questions that facilitate mathematical discourse. Aligned to Common Core State Standards, TESOL/WIDA, and other standards, this high-interest title will engage grade 5 students in learning. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Book Bridges Over Water

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ariel Dinar
  • Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
  • Release : 2007-10-22
  • ISBN : 9813106778
  • Pages : 468 pages

Download or read book Bridges Over Water written by Ariel Dinar and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latest Edition: Bridges Over Water: Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation and Cooperation (2nd Edition) Bridges over Water places the study of transboundary water conflicts, negotiation, and cooperation in the context of various disciplines (such as international relations, international law, international negotiations, and economics), analyzing them using various quantitative approaches, such as river basin modeling and game theory. Case studies of particular transboundary river basins, lakes and aquifers are also considered. This is the first textbook for a relatively recent yet rapidly expanding field of study. Errata(s) Errata