New Releases by Alison Brown

A delightfully funny celebration of bees - and the importance of bee-ing your true self - from the Queen of Cute, Alison Brown. Billie is a bee with BIG ambition! When the Festival of Talents comes to town, Billie is determined to show off her skills. She''s intelligent! She''s cute! She''s agile! But Billie''s human friend has a bit of advice: don''t use your wings. Some people are funny about bees ... Can Billie share her talents without revealing her true identity? Shhh! Why we''re making a beeline for Billie ... An fun-filled introduction to the superstars of the insect world - including bonus bee facts A celebration of bee-ing your true self Perfect for young children who are nervous of bees or learning about their unique importance

In this first comprehensive study of the effect of Lucretius''s De rerum natura on Florentine thought in the Renaissance, Alison Brown demonstrates how Lucretius was used by Florentine thinkers—earlier and more widely than has been supposed—to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. To answer the question of why ordinary Florentines were drawn to this recently discovered text, despite its threat to orthodox Christian belief, Brown tracks interest in it through three humanists—the most famous of whom was Machiavelli—all working not as philologists but as practical administrators and teachers in the Florentine chancery and university. Interpreting their direct use of Lucretius within the context of mercantile Florence, Brown highlights three dangerous themes that had particular appeal: Lucretius''s attack on superstitious religion and an afterlife; his pre-Darwinian theory of evolution; and his atomism, with its theory of free will and the chance creation of the world. The humanists'' challenge to established beliefs encouraged the growth of a "Lucretian network" of younger, politically disaffected Florentines. Brown thus adds a missing dimension to our understanding of the "revolution" in sixteenth-century political thinking, as she enriches our definition of the Renaissance in a context of newly discovered worlds and new social networks.

Busy, overwhelmed and racing through life? If this is you, here''s what I know; it''s time to sit down before you fall down instead. Too many are living their life at an unsustainable pace and as she shares, Alison Brown used to be one of them. She was heading straight for derailment and not even a literal car crash into a rest stop sign was enough to make her slow down. It wasn''t until God interrupted her fast-paced life with words that changed everything. Her story is being shared in an effort to help us all discover where change is needed in our own lives and how to inch towards it. The world is restless and racing and if you can relate, it''s time to read this book and discover a rest that goes far beyond a good nights sleep - it''s one that restores your soul.

A pitch-perfect rhyming celebration of brothers and the love they share! Amazing brothers are EVERYWHERE! Brothers can be big, small, old or new - they might even have just joined your crew. Some are practical fixers and menders, some just want to sing as loud as they can! Though you might get into scraps, when you need some love and care, brothers can be the very best at making things better. Discover the ULTIMATE inclusive celebration of brothers, packed full of irresistible, aw-factor artwork and a heart-warming rhyming text. Perfect to share with YOUR unique and wonderful brother!

A pitch-perfect rhyming celebration of dads!

‘Moms don’t sleep. They just worry with their eyes closed.’ Are you losing sleep while your mind jumps to every worst-case scenario? Are you parenting from a place of fear? If you’re a helicopter mom who can’t seem to relax, Alison can relate and she wants to help you break the habit of worry and live with peace instead – the way God intended. Most of what people worry about will never actually happen. If you’re a chronic worrier, knowing this doesn’t put the fire out, nothing does until you’re willing to fan the flame of a whole new fire. In Don’t Let What If Ruin What Is, Alison shares her deeply personal battle with worry and what she has coined her ‘FIRE process’; Faith, Inner Work, Real Food and Exercise, to give you the tools needed to break the habit. Read on and have hope that you too can set worry down and live your life instead.

Eric Watt was a prolific amateur photographer. Active during the 1950s up until the end of the 20th century, he took many thousands of images during his 50-year span as a photographer. He was an active member of Queen''s Park Camera Club in the south side of Glasgow and he traversed Scotland, giving talks at other clubs about photographic techniques. Eric''s photographic legacy reveals how the cityscape has changed in the five decades in which he worked, capturing much of Glasgow''s social history, its citizens and streets. Featuring black and white and colour images, the book has commentary putting the social history of Glasgow into context, alongside captions for each image. This book is published to coincide with an exhibition of Eric Watt''s work at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum during 2020/21.

Uses Piero de'' Medici''s life as a prism to throw new light on the crisis in Renaissance Italy that revolutionised culture and political thinking.

You Are 1-Click Away From Understanding How To Reverse And Prevent Pre-Diabetes From Developing Into Full Blown Type II Diabetes! Over 1 in every 3 (about 84 million) Americans suffers from pre-diabetes. And the sad part is, 90% of those that have it are not diagnosed! What this means is that 84 million Americans are at the verge of developing Type II diabetes, which, according to studies, pre-disposes them to the risk of deadly health complications like heart disease, kidney damage, eye damage, hearing impairment, stroke, nerve damage, sleep apnea and many others. With an average lifetime direct cost of treatment going upwards of $85,200 coupled with immeasurable indirect costs, it means that if you can do something to avoid becoming diabetic, then by all means, do it! I know you are wondering... Am I pre-diabetic and if so, how can I know? How close am I to becoming type II diabetic? Is it too late to do something about my condition? Does pre-diabetes have any signs and symptoms or do I have to go for diagnosis at a medical facility? How is the diagnosis done? What causes pre-diabetes? What can I do to stop pre-diabetes from developing into full-blown type II diabetes? Are there foods that I should be eating more often and others I should possibly stop taking? What lifestyle changes do I need to make to successfully get out of the danger of becoming diabetic? If you have these and other related questions, this book is for you so keep reading. The book covers the ins and outs of pre-diabetes to help you to understand how the condition develops, its risk factors, what you may have done to contribute to its development and the different approaches that will help you to reverse it successfully so that you avoid the risks and costs that come with diabetes. More precisely, the book will teach you: The basics about pre-diabetes, including what it is, why it is a big deal and its causes to understand the problem from its root The risk factors that increase your chances of being pre-diabetic What to do when you''ve been diagnosed with pre-diabetes The place of insulin in the development of pre-diabetes How and why you become insulin resistant How to know if you suffer from insulin resistance Steps to take to improve your insulin sensitivity The connection between insulin resistance, diabetes and stress How to prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes by observing 5 simple rules The foods you need to avoid if you are pre-diabetic How important changing your mindset is to reversing pre-diabetes, including the kind of mindset you need to fight pre-diabetes successfully Top recommended foods to eat when you are pre-diabetic Some recipes and meal plans that you can follow to lose weight, reverse pre-diabetes, stop it from becoming full blown type II diabetes and more How to set SMART goals that will lead you to fight pre-diabetes successfully How to shop smartly for healthy foods Powerful tips that will propel you to success in your fight against pre-diabetes And much more! Don''t wait any longer. Don''t wait until it is too late to do something about your health. With the help of this easy to follow and implement book, you can rest assured that your fight against pre-diabetes will be successful. Click Buy Now With 1-Click or Buy Now to get started!

In Making the Switch, mom of 3, Alison Brown gives you permission to take your needs, hopes and dreams down from the shelf they''ve been collecting dust on since you became ''mom'' and start putting them first - and not just permission, she''ll show you how to do it, guilt free.Making The Switch from burnt out, out of shape, short tempered, and last on your own priority list to the energetic, fit, healthy mom you deserve to be is just pages away. This book is for the moms out there who have lost themselves and wonder where they went, where their pre-baby body went, where their time went, and where their own happiness went. The coming pages are for the moms out there who are tired and not the kind of tired a good night''s sleep can fix, the kind of tired that goes deep down into your soul and makes every day fell like an uphill battle. It''s for the moms who are stressed, sad, lonely, frustrated, depressed, out of shape and trying so hard to still pour even though their cup is empty. It''s for the moms who move the world for their children but have guilt lifting a finger or taking a moment for themselves.If this is you, being a mom doesn''t have to be this way, not even for one more day. It''s time to enjoy life with kids rather than just try to survive it. It''s time to get your body in shape once and for all and have a healthy relationship with fitness, food and above all, yourself.Alison shares her deeply personal struggles and how she managed to overcome them in an effort to help you do the same. Making the Switch will help you look and feel your very best, get your body back without dieting and live your best life with kids. Being the greatest version of yourself starts with putting yourself first and this book will help you do just that.

"Space Flight" was written by Alison Brown in her senior year of high school. Every day of winter term, she gave her English teacher, Mr. Goodrich, a poem, and this is a collection of those poems.

2018 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Glasgow''s famous son, architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A year-long celebration of Mackintosh''s contribution to the arts, and to the making of the world-famous Glasgow Style is taking place throughout the city, including a major exhibition, and tour. This book focuses on highlights from Glasgow Museums'' collections, and considers what was happening in the city that encouraged the creativity of Mackintosh and contemporaries such as Margaret and Frances Macdonald, Jessie M King, Talwin Morris, James Salmon amongst others to flourish. It looks at architecture in the city, ''The Four'', the influence of Japan, the early architecture, the city''s technical studios and artisans, crafts, furniture design, the spread of the Glasgow Style, the world-famous tearoom interiors, and Mackintosh''s later years in London and France. Beautifully illustrated throughout, including some works never before on public display.

"Mini Modules Enrichment Units" is a series focusing on Math and Language Arts enrichment units for use with individuals, small groups or whole class instruction. Each volume in the series focuses on a specific subject area and grade level, providing a stand-alone unit of work that will reinforce, challenge and extend students'' learning across a variety of content areas. "Beyond the Comfort Zone" is a unit designed for strong and enthusiastic math students in 2nd and 3rd Grade. Involving a range of problems and logic challenges, students are required to utilize a variety of problem solving strategies. As a further extension, they are then required to create a similar problem of their own. Solving problems requires a certain level of skill and understanding. Creating problems requires a greater depth of understanding and a level of skill slightly beyond the student''s comfort zone!

Reading The Bing Blogs will encourage you to spend the time to first recognize your dog''s particular problems, and then solve them one by one as best as you can. The time and effort may result in the best dog you''ve ever known.People might expect dog trainers to have the perfect dog. But by the time Bing was 5 months old I realized I had a challenge on my hands. At first The Bing Blogs were designed for my dog training website: writing about Bing''s antics, and our successes and failures, was my way of providing training advice to people who have dogs with issues. With all his issues, Bing was able to perform well in Agility, Rally, Obedience and Scent Work. He won many dozens of titles in spite of the difficulties of working in these event environments. Bing loved to perform for me. I don''t look back at his life and say, "Boy what a waste of time, I''m glad that''s over." I say, "What a wonderful dog and great friend he was."

A collection of four poems which explore childhood memories and grown up anxieties. The collection begins with ''Hopefully'' which takes a wry look at the way we treat each other and how difficult it is to see ourselves as others might. ''Identity Theft'' takes a light hearted look at an identity issue many of us face at work. ''Two'' explores the way children and adults relate to their pets and how our childhood memories stay with us into adulthood and help to shape the way we experience the world. ''Almost Everything'' examines loss and grief.

This parent workbook accompanies an interactive workshop series on "Bringing Up Toddlers". The first in the series, "Making Friends and Social Skills" addresses four key elements aimed to help parents understand the developmental stages through which toddlers move, together with realistic expectations, and strategies to coach and support their toddlers in their development of positive and appropriate friendships and social skills.

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One of the first words a child learns to recognise, and then to write, is his own name. He identifies not simply with its shape and sound, but often with its origin, especially if he shares it with someone he loves and respects. Bible names were often derivatives of Greek or Hebrew words of very significant meaning. Some were chosen by the baby''s parents as an expression of their hopes for its future, while others were given, or changed, by God himself in order to describe a new identity that he wished the person to embody. Bible Names, written for the primary age-group, presents simple biblical truths about God''s promises, repentance, faith, and obedience, using the lives and names of some well-known Bible characters, presented in chronological order. Some activities are provided to help children recap the main facts in each lesson. *Bible Names is a sequel to A Bible Alphabet, Bible Numbers and Bible Animals which are also published by the Trust.

Though Bartolomeo Scala has long intrigued historians, he is a figure whose importance has only recently been appreciated. In Alison Brown''s biography Scala emerges as a man of more ability and character than anyone has imagined him to be. We begin to understand why he was employed as chancellor for the almost unrivaled period of thirty-two years. Ms. Brown''s study is not only the first extensive treatment of Scala''s life but also a significant contribution to our knowledge of Italian Renaissance history and of the contrast between theory and practice in Medicean government. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

An amazing insight into end-times prophecy. Dr Brown writes from a messianic perspective revealing how the Feasts and current world events tie in with Biblical and even Islamic prophecies. A must read for all those interested in what is about to happen in these last days.

Illustrates school related objects with colorful photographs and simple text.

Bible Numbers introduces a dozen Bible stories for the numbers 1-12, using large, colourful illustrations, and provides a corresponding coloring page for each. At the end of the book the stories are rearranged into an order through which the gospel message is presented. Very young children may simply enjoy the number associations whilre the more advanced can be taught the spiritual application. A verse relevant to each Bible truth is also suggested which may prove useful as a memory verse.