Best Selling Books by Douglas Wood

Contentment and Suffering, a psychocultural ethnography of the Toraja wet-rice farmers of Indonesia, provides a rich portrait of Torajan life and contributes to debates on the relationship between culture and individual psychology. Hollan and Wellenkamp describe the central aspects of Torajan personal experience -emotion, identity, and sense of self- and a variety of fascinating cultural practices, including possession trance, kickfights, elaborate mortuary customs, dream interpretation, and buffalo sacrifice. Presenting exceptionally detailed ethnographic data through a person-centered perspective and extensive use of open-ended interviews, Contentment and Suffering engagingly expresses how the Toraja understand their lives.

Abstract: The California Diet plan moderately reduces calories and increases play/activity (a number of exercises are recommended). Intended for moderately overweight adults, the plan recommends a balanced diet which the author claims should lead to: eating more, not less; a gradual weight loss; and prevention of chronic disease. Five calorie levels (1200, 1600, 2000, 2400 and 2800) are offered, all in general conformity with the US Dietary Guidelines. This promotes California''s fruits and vegetables (apricots, avocados, broccoli, carrots); explains proper selection, storage and preparation of California produce; and explains 16 important aspects of California''s agricultural commodities. Sample menus and play plans are provided. Also included are an ideal weight table, maintenance caloric intake table, meal patterns, exchange lists, and recipes. (kbc).

For best-selling author Douglas Wood, trees have always been teachers and sources of inspiration. They have bared witness to so much and have weathered so many storms. In The Things Trees Know, through insightful text and lovely pen and ink illustrations, Doug presents a whispering grove full of wisdom. His brief meditations portray the parallels between trees'' lives and ours, as well as the knowledge we can gain from them. Walk this wooded trail and find a shaft of sunlight, a ray of hope, a living landmark, and perhaps the answer to a question or two. The Things Trees Know could change your outlook on life.

"How does your garden grow is Douglas Wood''s celebration of growing things, and a meditation on the beauty we can all create"--P. [4] of cover.

Perhaps you''d like to know a secret, one of the happiest ones of all. You will surely find it for yourself one day. You''ll discover it all on your own, maybe when you least expect it. If you''ve not yet discovered the secret of saying thanks, it''s waiting for you. The secret can be found in the sunrise that offers promises full for the day ahead, or in the gentle shade of a tree sheltering you from the hot rays of the sun, or on the rock that offers rest from a long walk. In the inspirational text that made him a bestselling, internationally acclaimed author, Douglas Wood offers a spiritual homage to nature and the world. Greg Shed''s stunning portraits of the natural world tenderly portray all of the many ways in which we can say thanks for the wonders we sometimes take granted in life.

"Through luminous text and illustrations, Douglas Wood explores the magic of birds, and their mysterious connection with the human spirit."--Dust jacket.

All of nature argues about the forms of God, so people are sent as a reminder of all that God is, although they do not seem to understand the message themselves.

The research question address in this capstone is: How prepared are Minnesota''s nonprofit science, nature and environmental learning centers to handle an executive transition? The methodology to answer the question was an online survey sent out to executive directors of such organizations. Literature supporting the need for a sound transition plan and integral components for a successful executive transition are presented along with the numerical data collected during the research study. Two conclusions can be found from this study: 1) Minnesota''s science, nature and environmental learning centers are well prepared for an executive transition in several necessary areas 2) Minnesota''s science, nature and environmental learning centers are ill prepared for an executive transition in several necessary areas also. Due to these findings it is not possible to say that overall, Minnesota''s nonprofit science, nature and environmental learning centers are either well prepared or unprepared to handle an executive transition.