Download or read book Love You S More written by Melinda Lee Rathjen and published by Worthy Kids/Ideals. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embrace the puns in this campy board book about two raccoons who insist they are the one who loves the other "s'more." Love, puns, and s'mores are three of life's greatest pleasures. In this little board book, two competitive raccoons declare themselves to love the other "s'more." The fireside banter crackles with puns, and the silly competition heats up until they finally realize that with all that love, everyone wins. Outdoorsy and camping-loving families will love this book, as will anyone looking for a new way to express "s'more" love to someone in their life.

Download or read book How to Be an Ally Actions You Can Take for a Stronger Happier Workplace written by Melinda Briana Epler and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the power of allyship, each of us can create an equitable, innovative workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and able to thrive How can you help someone else thrive? How can you interrupt the biases, microaggressions, and inequities that prevent people around you from excelling? How can you build an innovative workplace fueled by equity, diversity and belonging? Every business leader today should be asking themselves these questions. Systems and processes have been skewed too long in favor of some at the expense of others, and things are changing—fast. How to Be an Ally shows how to take personal responsibility for driving change that’s good for people—and for business. You’ll learn the ins and outs of allyship and build the knowledge and skills you need to: Listen and learn new perspectives Identify your own biases Avoid unintentionally harming people with microaggressions Express empathy with courage Advocate for people in small, everyday ways Rethink your work to be more inclusive, equitable, and accessible Build team norms that cultivate allyship Create equitable, inclusive systems and processes Uniquely insightful and extremely timely, How to Be an Ally humanizes diversity and inclusion and facilitates greater empathy and understanding between people of all identities. It teaches us that every individual can learn about the imbalance in opportunity and work to correct it. The key to true diversity, equity, and inclusion is allyship. This one-of-a-kind guide provides everything you need to use allyship to create a better workplace for ourselves and our colleagues.

Download or read book I Love Melinda written by I Love Melinda Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is ample room inside for writing notes and ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book. This paperback notebook is 6" x 9" (letter size) and has 150 pages of white, lined paper (date line to the left or right).

Download or read book The Moment of Lift written by Melinda Gates and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In her book, Melinda tells the stories of the inspiring people she’s met through her work all over the world, digs into the data, and powerfully illustrates issues that need our attention—from child marriage to gender inequity in the workplace.” — President Barack Obama “The Moment of Lift is an urgent call to courage. It changed how I think about myself, my family, my work, and what’s possible in the world. Melinda weaves together vulnerable, brave storytelling and compelling data to make this one of those rare books that you carry in your heart and mind long after the last page.” — Brené Brown, Ph.D., author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Dare to Lead “Melinda Gates has spent many years working with women around the world. This book is an urgent manifesto for an equal society where women are valued and recognized in all spheres of life. Most of all, it is a call for unity, inclusion and connection. We need this message more than ever.” — Malala Yousafzai "Melinda Gates's book is a lesson in listening. A powerful, poignant, and ultimately humble call to arms." — Tara Westover, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Educated A debut from Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment. “How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings – and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity.” For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down. In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares lessons she’s learned from the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world. As she writes in the introduction, “That is why I had to write this book—to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.” Melinda’s unforgettable narrative is backed by startling data as she presents the issues that most need our attention—from child marriage to lack of access to contraceptives to gender inequity in the workplace. And, for the first time, she writes about her personal life and the road to equality in her own marriage. Throughout, she shows how there has never been more opportunity to change the world—and ourselves. Writing with emotion, candor, and grace, she introduces us to remarkable women and shows the power of connecting with one another. When we lift others up, they lift us up, too.

Download or read book A Rose for Melinda written by Lurlene McDaniel and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in letters, journal entries, e-mails, doctors’ reports, and instant messages, the heartbreaking story of an aspiring ballet dancer battling leukemia. From: Melinda Skye To: Readers Subject: Jesse Hi! I can’t believe it. What a surprise from Jesse. When he got my e-mail about being accepted by the Washington School of Classical Dance’s summer program, he called to congratulate me! I loved hearing his voice. We’ve been friends forever–could it turn into something more? Melinda From: Jesse Rose To: Readers Subject: Melinda I couldn’t believe the news. Melinda is so young! How could she be sick? How did she get leukemia? She’s got to get better. She’s got to. Jesse

Download or read book How to Raise Kids Who Aren t Assholes written by Melinda Wenner Moyer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident, independent, and resilient people...who just might save the world one day. As an award-winning science journalist, Melinda Wenner Moyer was regularly asked to investigate and address all kinds of parenting questions: how to potty train, when and whether to get vaccines, and how to help kids sleep through the night. But as Melinda's children grew, she found that one huge area was ignored in the realm of parenting advice: how do we make sure our kids don't grow up to be assholes? On social media, in the news, and from the highest levels of government, kids are increasingly getting the message that being selfish, obnoxious and cruel is okay. Hate crimes among children and teens are rising, while compassion among teens has been dropping. We know, of course, that young people have the capacity for great empathy, resilience, and action, and we all want to bring up kids who will help build a better tomorrow. But how do we actually do this? How do we raise children who are kind, considerate, and ethical inside and outside the home, who will grow into adults committed to making the world a better place? How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a deeply researched, evidence-based primer that provides a fresh, often surprising perspective on parenting issues, from toddlerhood through the teenage years. First, Melinda outlines the traits we want our children to possess—including honesty, generosity, and antiracism—and then she provides scientifically-based strategies that will help parents instill those characteristics in their kids. Learn how to raise the kind of kids you actually want to hang out with—and who just might save the world.

Download or read book Consequential Strangers The Power of People Who Don t Seem to Matter But Really Do written by Melinda Blau and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-07-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-Help.

Download or read book Smacked written by Melinda Ferguson and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smacked is the powerful, uncompromising story of one woman's downward spiral into addiction. Hooked on heroin and crack cocaine, Melinda Ferguson gave up everything she cared about - her children, her marriage, her career - in pursuit of the next fix, the next high. Bold, raw and unashamedly honest, Smacked is a tale of loss and rehabilitation that takes us to the darkest corners of an addict's psyche.

Download or read book Dandelion Wishes written by Melinda Curtis and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She'd Heard It Said Will Jackson was a control freak and a killjoy. He had been since they were kids. He'd made it his mission to come between Emma Willoughby and her best friend--his little sister--all their lives. But why? Until the day of the accident, Emma had always thought of herself as adventurous, not dangerous--And then her friend almost died. She desperately needed to apologize, to try to explain, if she could. Will had managed to keep the two apart while Tracy was in the hospital, but now that she was home in Harmony Valley, the winemaker wannabe had to understand that getting past this was the only way they could heal. And yet if Tracy was able to, Emma wasn't sure she could forgive herself. And Will had made it abundantly clear: he wouldn't sleep until he'd found retribution.

Download or read book Melinda s Choice written by M.M. Wakeford and published by M.M. Wakeford. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great alien romance… This book will have you feeling all the emotions as you journey with Melinda throughout the story.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lydia - Amazon Review Two very different men, and yet I want them both. I can't have my cake and eat it though. I have to make a choice. Melinda Garcia, recently appointed Earth Federation's ambassador to the planet Krovatia, is a career woman going places... and leaving behind a broken marriage to the man she still loves. For the last two decades, there has only been one woman in Wyatt's life. Yet his inability to get on a spaceship and leave Earth has cost him. Is there any way to win Melinda back? Kirimor, a powerful male with five lovely drashas—concubines that service his needs as the most senior priest of Krovatia—has fallen for the lovely Earth female, but will she accept him as he is? Two different men who love her. One difficult choice to make. Author's note: Melinda's Choice is a steamy science-fiction romance featuring a love triangle between a strong, determined woman, the man she loves and the sexy alien with a tail that sweeps her off her feet. “This has become one of my favorite all-time sci-fi novels. It has a hero and heroine who are older, so we get to see many fascinating dynamics in their relationship… Melinda's Choice has many reasons for me to love it.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ DJ - Amazon review

Download or read book A Brush With Fame written by Melinda Hazen and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if by chance you met a famous person? And he wanted you...I showed up to the movie set bright and early Monday for a one-day sub position on a blockbuster sequel. It was crucial to prove myself as a makeup artist to break into the Hollywood scene.While waiting on the obnoxious actor assigned to me to finish a phone call, it suddenly happened. I saw him standing in the doorway-Evan Hutchinson. Never mind I'd already fallen into his lap when someone knocked into me earlier. We'd gotten past that little embarrassment. But why did the movie's famous British heartthrob request me for touch-ups? Either way, I did them, of course. Who wouldn't jump at the chance to touch his face-but with a makeup brush? What I didn't expect was for him to talk to me-to borderline flirt with me.Once I was home and talking on the phone with my long-distance boyfriend about nothing important, the call came. Evan Hutchinson requested me to finish the movie as his personal makeup artist. After nearly dropping the phone from shock, I'd accepted.It's now Wednesday night, and the other actors have left. For some reason, Evan asked me to stay. We were alone in his apartment, seated on his couch. Somehow, we ended up discussing what it's like to do a movie kiss with someone you aren't romantically involved with.Before finally leaving for home, I lowered my car window to say good night. Then the craziest thing happened-Evan offered to show me what a kiss is like. And he suggested I let him know if I'd ever like him to practice with me.Now I don't know what to do because I can't stop thinking about Evan Hutchinson kissing me...*** This is a contemporary romance/new adult stand-alone novel. No cliffhanger. It contains moderate steam and sensitive subject matter. Recommended for 18+.

Download or read book Melinda s obsessions written by Jeff Height and published by Self publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a poor orphan to a billionaire. At the story's beginning, Melinda is a poor student with extremely high ambitions. She appears obsessed with publicity, self-promotion, and a thirst for success to climb a social ladder. Later, Melinda reveals herself with a deeper and darker obsession driven by her vanity and lust. Only a few selected guys from her class know it and participate, bringing Melinda’s fantasies to real life. Melinda achieves what she wants. But that is just the beginning, and her next goal is wealth. She becomes a billionaire, working up to twenty hours a day without days off and vacations for several years. In the book's second part, Melinda joins a list of one hundred wealthiest people on the planet. Did it make her happy? In the third part, the reader learns that Melinda's wealth is not a goal but just a tool to meet her deep and dark obsession from the very beginning. The midnight party will reveal the darkest part of Melinda's mind. The novel is full of explicit scenes with group sex, ganbang orgies, sperm, and the impregnation process in all detail. Melinda's obsessions and her enormous wealth make her wildest fantasies come true.

Download or read book Melinda and Her Father Go Scuba Diving written by Porsche Ray and published by Fallen Leaves Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A family vacation or a treasure hunt? Melinda and her father travel to Nova Scotia hot on the trail of forgotten treasure. Teensie, her talking pet fish, is positive he knows where the treasure is located, but can Melinda and her father overcome a fear of water and sharks to retrieve it? Don't miss the adventure in Melinda and Her Father Go Scuba Diving! Melinda and Her Father Go Scuba Diving is book 1 of the Melinda series. Melinda books feature a large vocabulary, but shorter chapters to keep younger readers engaged. Melinda herself is a socially awkward 10-year-old girl, however, books are suitable for both a younger and older audience. The problems she encounters have nothing to do with her gender. Every Melinda book centers around a safe, wholesome adventure where Melinda must use tools and skills she has previously developed to fix the problem. NO catty girl drama NO boy-crazy idolizing NO children doing adult jobs Clean. Safe. Fun.

Download or read book Playwrights for Tomorrow written by Arthur H. Ballet and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Other Side Melinda s Story written by Starr Gardinier and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melinda's family is dead, killed for information that is hidden deep within her mind. Her father tries to warn her from the 'Other Side' that she is in danger from the killers who want what only she can give them. Committed to Skyview Haven, she must determine if the 'Other Side' truly exists or if it is a trick of her heart and mind. With time running out Melinda must determine who she can trust. Is it the ghosts of her family, a boy who may not be who he appears to be, or the doctor who is determined to cure her? Can she figure out the truth before it is too late?

Download or read book Music in Everyday Life written by Tia DeNora and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of music to influence mood, create scenes, routines and occasions is widely recognised and this is reflected in a strand of social theory from Plato to Adorno that portrays music as an influence on character, social structure and action. There have, however, been few attempts to specify this power empirically and to provide theoretically grounded accounts of music's structuring properties in everyday experience. Music in Everyday Life uses a series of ethnographic studies - an aerobics class, karaoke evenings, music therapy sessions and the use of background music in the retail sector - as well as in-depth interviews to show how music is a constitutive feature of human agency. Drawing together concepts from psychology, sociology and socio-linguistics it develops a theory of music's active role in the construction of personal and social life and highlights the aesthetic dimension of social order and organisation in late modern societies.

Download or read book Melinda s Wolves written by Becca Jameson and published by Becca Jameson Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As another trio of wolves mate among the chaos in Western Montana, the questions mount. What is Fate trying to prove with Her cryptic messages? Melinda Bartel has avoided men her entire life. As a medicine woman and a shifter, she has always been too sensitive to endure physical contact with random men. So it comes as a shock when not one but two enormous male shifters walk into her life intent on claiming her. Trace Masters, a local deputy, has known for a while he would undoubtedly share his mate with another man. After all, it has been proven time and again that the Masters men are fated to share their mates. His only hope has been that he be lucky enough to claim a woman with his longtime friend Keegan. Keegan Phillips, a building inspector, is equally pleased to find he will share Melinda with Trace. He quickly learns his feisty mate is not impressed with his current job assignment at the site of a controversial casino being built along the lake on Native American territory. Tensions rise as Melinda’s intuition suggests the building site is in grave danger. She fights an uphill battle to convince her men of her abilities while falling deeper every day under the intensity of their mating. The three of them find themselves fighting for their lives as danger consumes them. Can they endure the obstacles that Fate places in their paths and come out on the other side a solid trio? Only time will tell. And time is running out. This book is a re-release of a previously published book. No additions or changes have been made to the story.