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Harry Harrington’s Bonsai Inspirations 1

Written over the course of 18 months, ‘Bonsai Inspirations 1’ the book is divided into 14 chapters, each chapter covering the progression and development of a bonsai over a period of many years, illustrating in great depth how impressive and majestic bonsai can be created from humble beginnings.
In-depth articles, diagrams and many hundreds of photographs have been inserted into each Chapter to help explain and illustrate the techniques involved in the development of each bonsai. Within the book, Harry Harrington reveals many aspects of his unique work, in particular his carving techniques, branch development and tree design as well as his techniques for ensuring the health and vigour of his bonsai. Species covered in detail within the book include Japanese Maple, Trident Maple, Beech, Privet, Oak, Hawthorn, Spruce, Blackthorn, Hornbeam and Elm.
‘Bonsai Inspirations 1’ has been written to provide interest and inspiration as well as information to bonsai enthusaists of all levels, whether they are novices looking to learn how to look after their first trees, experienced growers or bonsai professionals.

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NIV Busy Mom’s Bible: Daily Inspiration Even If You Only Have One Minute

GOT A MINUTE? ONLY A MINUTE? This Bible is designed just for you. Throughout this Bible, you will find 52 one-minute Thought Starters that let you dip into God’s Word for a minute of refreshment. To go deeper, each of these Thought Starters is followed by an option for a five-minute Reflect and Pray or a ten-minute Study to help you learn even more about what God’s Word has to say to you today. Devotional thoughts are written specifically for you, the busy mom, and cover topics such as raising kids, marriage, emotions, and your identity in Christ. Testimonials: ‘It felt like the easiest thing I did each day…’ Since I had my kids, I have struggled with finding and making time for Scripture. But this week, with the Busy Mom’s Bible, it was the first thing I did each day and it felt like the easiest thing I did each day. The format of the Bible and the content are wonderful and practical for my lifestyle. THANK YOU! –Joy, age 28

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8 Reasons Your Life Matters

If I were to disappear, would anybody notice? Each of us has asked that question in dark, honest moments. In his first nonfiction book, 8 Reasons Your Life Matters, bestselling author John Herrick combines personal struggles with biblical insight. Injecting eight chapters with humor, memoir moments, and a postmodern perspective on life, Herrick shares eight reasons your life matters: Your Life is More Permanent than Your Struggles God Sees You Differently than You See Yourself You Have a Destiny You are Remembered, not Forgotten You Were Someone’s First Pick Your Absence Would Leave a Permanent Hole People Need to See You Overcome You are Loved and Valued Eight solid reasons to give life one more chance. Eight reasons your life matters. Join John Herrick, author of the novels From The Dead and The Landing, and discover fresh purpose for your life.

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Origin of Inspiration: Seven Short Essays for Creative People

How do you find enduring inspiration to assist your dreams and goals? Instead of believing inspiration comes to the chosen few creative people, Origin of Inspiration taps into three decades of experience to prove that any creative mind can find enduring inspiration to guide his dreams until he achieves his goals. The book points out how creative minds attuned to a certain purpose and focused on certain goals never run out of inspiration.

How can anyone find the source of inspiration? And why do only a few creative people have enduring inspiration that leads to accomplishing their dreams? The answers to these questions provide the foundation of Origin of Inspiration. The book is for artists, musicians, filmmakers, actors, entrepreneurs, and creative people- anyone who would like to find enduring inspiration and continuous enthusiasm to support his or her creative journey.

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Sustainable Happiness: The Mind Science of Well-Being, Altruism, and Inspiration

Today’s greatest health challenges, the so-called diseases of civilization—depression, trauma, obesity, cancer—are now known in large part to reflect our inability to tame stress reflexes gone wild and to empower instead the peaceful, healing and sociable part of our nature that adapts us to civilized life. The same can be said of the economic challenges posed by the stress-reactive cycles of boom and bust, driven by addictive greed and compulsive panic. As current research opens up new horizons of stress-cessation, empathic intelligence, peak performance, and shared happiness, it has also encountered Asian methods of self-healing and interdependence more effective and teachable than any known in the West. Sustainable Happiness is the first book to make Asia’s most rigorous and complete system of contemplative living, hidden for centuries in Tibet, accessible to help us all on our shared journey towards sustainable well-being, altruism, inspiration and happiness.

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The Blue, Blue Sky: Stories about the magic of inspiration and imagination, for children of all ages

The Blue, Blue Sky is a collection of stories written for children, but also carefully crafted by author Diana Donald – a psychotherapist, devoted mother, and grandmother – to speak to the five-year-old within all readers, young or old. Here is Diana’s powerful and emotional description of the book:

The theme in these simple stories is pure love … the kind that gives meaning to our lives on the inside … on the inside where the center of our world resides.

These stories have a compelling need to let children know they are filled with their own innate wisdom, tucked deep inside. They touch that still small voice, that we hear so often to remind us we are never alone. These stories also give us a glimpse into the depth of our imagination which takes us to wherever we want to be, Imagination sees needs being met so that no one or no place can ever be too far away. Imagination opens our hearts so that we can look with love.

Our still small voice … our angel within … comes in any form we’ll accept and speaks to us in many ways … colors, sounds and feelings. Any presence that gives us a feeling of love is our angel inside. It could be the wind rustling in the trees in the middle of the night, a bell pealing in the distance, the breeze through your hair or that flower that speaks only to you. If you look the right way you’ll see them everywhere, they don t always have wings. They give you the confidence to be as important as you truly are.

These little stories are asking you to understand that the sense of belonging has nothing to do with other people. It s all about how unique and singular we truly are and what we carry around within.

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Metal Clay Beads: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration (Lark Jewelry & Beading)

When you combine two bestselling topics like metal clay and beading, and then add one of the most talented and respected artists in the business, you’ve got a winning combination. In this unique, comprehensive reference, Barbara Becker Simon treats readers to 22 outstanding metal clay bead projects. An introductory section guides them through all the fundamentals, from forming and joining the clay to firing and finishing. Learn how to add gemstones, glass, and other objects; use molded and carved texture plates; etch photos into a surface; develop rich patinas; and more. From the Porcupine Pearl Bead to a Polygon Box Bead, the projects are both timely and sophisticated.

 

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The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture: The Word that Comes from God and Speaks of God for the Salvation of the World

In his 2009 post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini, Pope Benedict XVI pointed out that “theological reflection has always considered inspiration and truth as two key concepts for an ecclesial hermeneutic of the sacred Scriptures” and that there is today the need “for a fuller and more adequate study of these realities, in order to better respond to the need of interpreting the sacred texts in accordance with their nature.”
The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture: The Word That Comes from God and Speaks of God for the Salvation of the World is the contribution of the Pontifical Biblical Commission toward a more adequate understanding of the concepts of inspiration and truth that respects both the nature of the Bible and its significance for the life of the Church. Drawing on a close reading of the Scriptures themselves, the document focuses on three main aspects:
1.    The inspiration of Sacred Scripture and the exploration of its divine provenance2.    The truth of the Word of God, emphasizing the message about God and his project of salvation3.    Challenges that arise from the Bible itself, on account of certain aspects that seem inconsistent with its quality of being the Word of God
Reading this document, formally approved by Pope Francis, will strengthen the reader to receive the word of God—in the liturgical assembly and in every other place—in its theological, Christological, soteriological, and ecclesiological context in a way that corresponds ever more closely to this unique gift of God whereby God communicates his very self and invites us into communion with him.

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Decorate With Flowers: Creative Arrangements * Styling Inspiration * Container Projects * Design Tips

In this gorgeous and unique book, Decorate author Holly Becker teams up with stylist Leslie Shewring to offer practical know-how and colorful inspiration for decorating the home with florals. Beginning with the basics of flower arranging and progressing on to decorating ideas for a range of styles—such as vintage, eclectic, and modern— with creative DIY flower and container projects peppered throughout, this book offers a bunch of fresh ideas for flower enthusiasts and home decorators on any budget.