Download or read book Raising and Sometimes Losing My Butterflies written by Jillene Black and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A follow up to the story of the Black family who adopted fourteen children where you learn about the joys and heartaches that come along with raising a different kind of family. Jillene Black is the mother of fourteen adopted children. She lives in Arizona with her husband. She has devoted her life to raising what some consider Arizona's "throw away" kids. She is sharing their story in the hope that other foster care children will find their forever families.

Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Download or read book Butterfly Rising in My Soul written by D. Renée Hamilton and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to reach your highest potential? Fulfill your wildest dreams? Build a lasting legacy? Impact the world with your brand of genius? Butterfly Rising In My Soul: A Transformational Journey from Fear to Freedom will inspire and empower you to break free of the mindset that has prevented you from fully living your life's purpose. This book is for you if:  You have experienced abuse of any kind: sexual, physical, emotional, spiritual.  You have struggled with intimacy issues in relationships.  You have suppressed your sexuality: eroticism, sexiness, or sexual orientation.  You have battled with depression and anxiety.  You have lived with fear and self-doubt.  You want to break free of all these mental and emotional shackles that impede your personal and spiritual growth. Join this author in her journey from fear to freedom and break free of the mental shackles that whisper, "You're not good enough," "You don't have what it takes to make your life better," "What you do does not matter in this world." Shatter the emotional shackles of guilt and shame that hold you back from being the amazing person you are meant to be. Your brand of genius is needed in this world!

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Download or read book The Gaslight Effect written by Dr. Robin Stern and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking guide, the prominent therapist Dr. Robin Stern shows how the Gaslight Effect works, how you can decide which relationships can be saved and which you have to walk away from—and how to gasproof your life so you'll avoid gaslighting relationship. Your husband crosses the line in his flirtations with another woman at a dinner party. When you confront him, he asks you to stop being insecure and controlling. After a long argument, you apologize for giving him a hard time. Your mother belittles your clothes, your job, and your boyfriend. But instead of fighting back, you wonder if your mother is right and figure that a mature person should be able to take a little criticism. If you think things like this can’t happen to you, think again. Gaslighting is an insidious form of emotional abuse and manipulation that is difficult to recognize and even harder to break free from. Are you being gaslighted? Check for these telltale signs: 1) Does your opinion of yourself change according to approval or disapproval from your spouse? 2) When your boss praises you, do you feel as if you could conquer the world? 3) Do you dread having small things go wrong at home—buying the wrong brand of toothpaste, not having dinner ready on time, a mistaken appointment written on the calendar? 4) Do you have trouble making simple decisions and constantly second guess yourself? 5) Do you frequently make excuses for your partner's behavior to your family and friends? 6) Do you feel hopeless and joyless?

Download or read book Ghostbelly written by Elizabeth Heineman and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this courageous memoir, Elizabeth Heineman “illuminates the complex emotional landscape of stillbirth—putting into frank and poetic words the unspeakable experience of simultaneously grieving and mothering a baby who has died” (Deborah L. Davis). Ghostbelly is Elizabeth Heineman’s personal account of a home birth that goes tragically wrong—ending in a stillbirth—and the harrowing process of grief and questioning that follows. It’s also Heineman’s unexpected tale of the loss of a newborn: before burial, she brings the baby home for overnight stays. Does this sound unsettling? Of course. We’re not supposed to hold and caress dead bodies. But then again, babies aren’t supposed to die. Interwoven with her own accounts of mourning, Heineman examines the home-birth and maternal health-care industry, the isolation of midwives, and the scripting of her own grief. With no resolution to sadness, Heineman and her partner learn to live in a new world: a world in which they face each day with the understanding of the fragility of the present.

Download or read book Bring Home the Butterflies written by Tony Gomez and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Butterfly Lovers Primer written by Cynthia Harrington and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how we started and developed our butterfly garden. We started with flowers popular with the various butterflies in our area. The process was educational, entertaining, delightful and sometimes even heartbreaking. Everything from hand feeding butterflies to giving them medical attention. It's a story you are sure to enjoy and perhaps learn a few things about these wonderful creatures of nature, the butterflies.

Download or read book Slippy McGee Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man written by Marie Conway Oemler and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler

Download or read book Stop Missing Your Life written by Cory Muscara and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of us live on autopilot, often so guarded that we don't experience the richness that life has to offer–so how can we find real happiness amid the chaos, so we don't reach the end of our life and feel like we missed it? In Stop Missing Your Life, mindfulness teacher Cory Muscara takes us on a journey into the heart of what is required for real change, growth, and happiness. He exposes how the phrase "be present" has become little more than a platitude, imbued with the misguided message to be present just for the sake of being present, and reveals how to achieve true Presence: a quality of being that is unmistakably attractive about a person, and one that only comes when we've peeled back the layers of guarding that prevent us from being our full, honest, and integrated selves in the world. Muscara shows how we build internal walls, what he describes as a "Pain Box" inhibiting us from living a deeply connected and meaningful life. He offers a four-part FACE model (Focus, Allow, Curiosity, and Embodiment) that helps chip away at those walls and builds our capacity to experience the richness of our lives Stop Missing Your Life ultimately teaches how we can find peace in the chaos and become better people for our families, our communities, and our world.

Download or read book Journal of Entomology and Zoology written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book In Defense of Plants written by Matt Candeias and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.

Download or read book In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo." (Concepción de León, New York Times) Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is coming April 2, 2024. Pre-order now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent." —Popsugar.com "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." —People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." —Los Angeles Times "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times "Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed."—Cosmopolitan.com

Download or read book Butterflies of Hongkong written by John C. W. Kershaw and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Shadow of a Butterfly written by Linda Ettehag Kviby and published by Linda Ettehag Kviby. This book was released on 2024-08-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the picturesque small town on the Swedish West Coast, she leads an ostensibly perfect life as a landscape architect at the prestigious firm Alex&Alex. With a loving partner, David, and their cherished daughter, Ellen, her days seem harmonious and secure. But beneath the surface lies a reality fraught with control, deceit, and dark secrets. Upon discovering a mysterious note in David’s jacket, she embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth behind his facade. Yet, what secrets does she harbor in the shadows of her own suspicions? In this gripping psychological thriller, Linda Ettehag Kviby delves into themes of loss, betrayal, and the fear of being deceived. Readers are drawn into a world of complex relationships, intense emotions, and unexpected twists. "Shadow of a Butterfly" is an unforgettable journey through darkness and light, where every choice can lead to a new beginning or a devastating end.