Faces Within The Mirror

Author : Marion Crook
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781551523231

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Being a teenager in today's complex world is a difficult enough task, but adopted teens have a unique struggle: to discover their identity and a sense of belonging and place in the world, which often means coming to terms with their past. The Face in the Mirror, based on numerous interviews with adopted teens, adoptive parents, and birth parents, brings attention to the growing and often controversial phenomenon of teenagers wanting to know where they came from. The book, written for both teenagers and adults, is a frank discussion of the issues surrounding adoption, and in particular what adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents should know when adopted teens want to discover their past. The book also addresses the impact of cross-cultural or cross-racial adoption, as well as the legal parameters of adoption in the US and Canada, including the complex emotions involved. As written by Marion Crook, an adoptive parent herself and the author of previous books about teens, The Face in the Mirror articulates the complexity of adoption issues with candor and compassion.

Author : Princess Ashraf Pahlavi
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0132991314

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Faces in a Mirror by Princess Ashraf Pahlavi Pdf

Author : Henry Schwartz,Amy Schwartz
Publisher : Cartwheel Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0590463012

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Make a Face by Henry Schwartz,Amy Schwartz Pdf

Acclaimed author/illustrator Amy Schwartz provides 11 great faces for children to try--happy, sad, giggly, angry, excited and more. Big, bold pictures of children on the left-hand page encourage even the youngest readers to imitate faces in the Mylar mirror that folds over every right-hand page. A great tool for talking about feelings with preschoolers.

Author : Wayne Andre,David W. Balsiger
Publisher : Bridge-Logos
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0882706780

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Face in the Mirror by Wayne Andre,David W. Balsiger Pdf

The dramatic story of family, marital and intimacy brokeness turned into miraculous wholeness.

Author : Barbara Hudson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0988233703

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Faces Within the Mirror by Barbara Hudson Pdf

Are you courageous enough to face your mirror? A mirror can be a deceptive object, projecting imagery that could easily be mistaken as an illusion. When it’s faced, from a distance, our beauty is inevitable. Close up, we see imperfections that require foundation, concealer, eyeliner, and lipstick—anything that can make up or make over who we are naturally. With each season of our life, we grow and mature unless we’ve experienced circumstances that have left us paralyzed—afraid to face our fears and mistakes, and afraid to deal with the reality of life. Faces Within the Mirror is a memoir that chronicles the tumultuous seasons of one woman’s journey—molestation, men, money, promiscuity, physical and emotional abuse, and adultery. All these realities were faced in her search for just the opposite, love. Fighting beyond the fear of being judged for her torrid past, Barbara Hudson chose to document the intimate details of the shame and guilt that kept her bound emotionally and physically for years. Innocence, Broken, Discovery, and Awakening, each are milestones she reached as she transitioned through pain. Through the words written on these pages, she has exchanged detrimental experiences that contributed to her long-term demise for an opportunity to inspire others to live beyond their circumstances. Barbara desires to challenge anyone reading this book to relinquish the victim mentality, face the mirror, and begin living a fulfilling peaceful life. Don’t expect the typical male-bashing-woe-is-me-I’m-a-victim-feel-sorry-for-me-but-everything-is-all-good-now-because-I-found-the-Lord-testimony. It is a real life, in-your-face depiction of an ongoing struggle to face the mirror and live!

Author : Katherine Tate
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691186351

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Black Faces in the Mirror by Katherine Tate Pdf

Here, Katherine Tate examines the significance of race in the U.S. system of representative democracy for African Americans. Presenting important new findings, she offers the first empirical study to take up the question of representation from both sides of the constituent-representative relationship. The first half of the book examines whether black members of the U.S. House legislate and represent their constituents differently than white members do. Representation is broadly conceptualized to include not only legislators' roll call voting behavior and bill sponsorship, but also the symbolic acts in which they engage. The second half looks at the issue of representation from the perspective of ordinary African Americans based on a landmark national survey. Tate's findings are mixed. But, in the main, legislators' race does shape how they represent their constituents and how constituents evaluate them. African Americans view black representatives more positively than they do white representatives, even those who belong to their own political party. Black legislators, however, are just as likely as white representatives to sponsor and gain passage of bills in the House. Tate also concludes that black House members are more liberal as a group than are their black constituents, but that there is considerable divergence in the quality and type of representation they provide. The findings reported here will generate controversy in the fields of politics, law, and race, particularly as debate commences over renewing the Voting Rights Act, which is set to expire in 2007.

Author : Yael Mermelstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Contentment
ISBN : 1422612929

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Author : Carla Bluhm,Nathan Clendenin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780313356179

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Someone Else's Face in the Mirror by Carla Bluhm,Nathan Clendenin Pdf

In 2005, surgeons in France removed part of the face from a cadaver and grafted it onto the head of a 38-year-old woman grossly disfigured by a dog attack. Three years later, in December, 2008, surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic announced they had performed the first U.S. face transplant. Although modern culture is accustomed to pushing medicine and the human body beyond all limits, the world's first partial face transplant and the seven that have followed have caused a stir that still reverberates globally. This book begins with the story of Isabelle Dinoire, the recipient of the first face transplant, and chronicles her surgery and battles with tissue rejection. Its scope widens with a look at how surgical teams, including three U.S. transplant teams, are in a global race to perform the first full face transplant, and at how medical history has led up to this point—with prior successful transplants ranging from body parts as simple as cornea to those as neurologically complicated as the heart, a hand, and a penis. The most novel among these surgeries—the face transplant—conjures up particular and expansive psychological issues. Authors Bluhm and Clendenin show how transplant recipients struggle with functional issues including a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs, a danger highlighted by the recent death of the second face transplant patient, in China. But just as challenging in the case of face transplant is the psychological effect on—and potential threat to—identity. Who are you, if suddenly your face—or a significant portion of it—is not what you were born with? What is it like to look in the mirror, and see a face that is not the one you have always had? Dinoire lamented, "It will never be me." That statement is an absolute simplification of the identity issues a face transplant can create, explain the authors. Bluhm and Clendenin show how, across history and media, humankind—via medicine, literature, film, and other media—has dreamed of a day when face transplants would be possible. With so many disfigurements occurring among the military in Iraq, and experimental face transplants too expensive for implementation in the private sector, it is likely that the U.S. military will take the reins and further face transplant techniques as quickly as possible to serve injured personnel.

Author : Julian Keenan,Julian Paul Keenan,Gordon G. Gallup,Dean Falk
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0060012803

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The Face in the Mirror by Julian Keenan,Julian Paul Keenan,Gordon G. Gallup,Dean Falk Pdf

We've all witnessed this moment: a dog, a cat, or another animal reacting to its own reflection in the mirror, treating it as another animal to be played with or confronted. As human beings, we take self-recognition for granted, but this seemingly simple ability represents one of the most complex mysteries of neuroscience. The Face in the Mirror takes readers on a lively tour of the neurological, anthropological, and psychological roots of self-recognition -- from the intricate network in the brain that enables higher primates to recognize their image to complex, self-related emotions such as humor, embarrassment, and jealousy that play a crucial role in our evolution and survival. From animals who share our ability for self-recognition to case studies of patients who no longer recognize who they are, the authors examine some of the latest evidence on a subject that has puzzled philosophers and scientists for millennia -- how do we know who we are?

Author : Patrick M. Morley
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310331926

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The Man in the Mirror by Patrick M. Morley Pdf

Are you ready to trade the demands of the never-ending rat race for the timeless rewards of godly manhood? Join the millions of others who have turned to The Man in the Mirror as their go-to guide for over 30 years. In this updated and expanded edition of The Man in the Mirror, bestselling author Patrick Morley helps you overcome common roadblocks in the road to spiritual growth and chart a path toward becoming a better leader wherever you are--at home, in your workplace, and in your community. With its practical advice, thought-provoking questions, and biblical insights, The Man in the Mirror will challenge you to reflect on your life, identify your problem areas, and make the changes necessary to love God, yourself, and others better. Along the way, Morley addresses the questions he's asked the most often, including: How can I fix my broken relationships? How can I establish financial strength? How do I tackle pride, fear, and anger? How do I set priorities and decide what's important? Praise for The Man in the Mirror: "Every once in a while someone comes along and says what I've been trying to put into words for years. This is one of those books. It's Augustine for the twentieth century. Real. Honest. Hard-hitting. Taking on the dragons. Read this book at your own risk. It's a serendipity--one surprise after another." --Lyman Coleman, bestselling author "To 'walk your talk' as a successful businessman is a challenge very few meet. Pat Morley walks his talk. He is a successful businessman, and he brings his wisdom and experience to all of us in a very readable and understandable form in The Man in the Mirror. I encourage you to not only read this book but also practice its principles." --Ron Blue, managing partner, Ron Blue & Co.

Author : Tara Well
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781684039692

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Mirror Meditation by Tara Well Pdf

Discover the power of mirror meditation to help you awaken self-compassion, increase self-awareness, and gain the confidence needed to thrive. Seeing ourselves clearly isn’t always easy—especially in the age of social media. Technology has eroded our capacity for authentic self-reflection. As a result, we feel more anxious and depressed, have shorter attention spans, and have become more estranged from ourselves and each other. We’ve also become more critical of our physical appearance, and this self-criticism can damage our confidence and stand in the way of our happiness. In order to heal, we must come face to face with our true selves—not the images of ourselves that we alter and post online. If you're ready for self-reflection that has nothing to do with selfies, this book will reveal the way. Based in cutting-edge neuroscience, Mirror Meditation offers mindful practices for increasing your self-awareness, managing stress and emotions, developing self-compassion, and increasing your confidence and personal presence. Using the three principles of mindfulness meditation—attention to the present moment, open awareness, and kind intention toward oneself—you’ll realize just how much your self-criticisms are affecting you. Then you’ll have a choice—and a practice—to treat yourself with more self-acceptance. Self-awareness can help you break free from both your inner critic and the external world that stokes the fears and anxieties that we are never good enough, never have enough, and are never safe enough. The simple self-mirroring technique in this unique guide isn’t grounded in technology—just a commitment to be present with yourself.

Author : Ruth Ozeki
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781632060525

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The Face by Ruth Ozeki Pdf

A revelatory short memoir from the author and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki about how her face has shaped and been shaped by her life

Author : Yaël Dayan
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497698628

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New Face in the Mirror by Yaël Dayan Pdf

Inspired by the author’s own experience, a novel of one female soldier’s fight to maintain her independence while serving in the Israeli army Ariel Ron is the spoiled yet fiercely proud daughter of a renowned Israeli colonel, entering the army for her two-year period of compulsory military service. Rebellious and self-centered, she is determined to keep her independence within this highly structured system. Ariel expects that being the colonel’s daughter will win her favors in the army—but she is sorely mistaken. As she comes to terms with this reality, she embarks on a journey that forces her to look inward and reflect on her own values and connection to her homeland. Based on Yaël Dayan’s own experience in the Israeli army and partly written when she was not yet twenty, this searing and honest first novel is a rare look at a young woman struggling to find her true self in a strange and uncomfortable environment.

Author : Rhys Bowen
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250033543

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The Face in the Mirror by Rhys Bowen Pdf

From the author of In Farleigh Field comes Rhys Bowen's short story "The Face in the Mirror"; it offers just the taste of mystery and mayhem fans will need to tide them over until the next Molly Murphy novel. Molly Murphy—Molly Sullivan, now that she and Daniel are finally married—is bored. Having given up her detective agency when she married, she now finds that her life is much less exciting, her days an endless stretch of housekeeping and chores. But when Molly secretly attends a suffragist meeting with her friends Sid and Gus and meets a shy, distracted woman who claims to live in a haunted house, everything is about to change.

Author : T D Lake
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798583926466

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The Face in the Mirror by T D Lake Pdf

The Face in the Mirror is based on a true story of one woman's dream finally coming true not only against all odds, but after believing that her dream had been lost forever. The story takes place in Chilton, a hamlet in the middle of the farming community of central Wisconsin in 1945-1951. It is about the heartbreaking and instantaneous destruction of one woman's dream-a life as part of a wonderfully romantic couple. Only with the strength and courage to survive enormous tragedy, does she recover that dream. This is a moving tale with an unexpected ending.