New Releases by Jill Davis

Luvknotts! Although I did not get the chance to meet my great-grandmother, I know her. She has always been with me. I have always felt her love and presence around and enjoyed getting to know her through your shared experience! Thank you for sharing her life with us all! Through you, your book, the land you keep sacred, and the beautiful person you are, her legacy lives! I am forever grateful for her, for you, and to be part of a line of such strong women! Ellen Taylor Jackson, forever OUR Luvknotts-her love and legacy will forever embracingly entangle us all. -Christina Greggs ufeffThe Taylor House: Forever my Luvknotts is a tribute to my grandparents, especially my grandmother. The memoir tells the stories of the Silent Generation who are now, for the most part, extinct. It reveals grandmothers and grandfathers who lived in the not-too-distant past yet remain mostly unknown to recent generations even though baby boomers were directly impacted by their resilience and grace. Although Grandpa peeps around a few corners, the Luvknotts'' experience was led by the pioneer and proverbs woman called Grandma.

Over the past decade, there has been an increase in academic research on media and its influences on body satisfaction. To date, the majority of body image literature focuses on low body satisfaction. While low body satisfaction leads to negative outcomes, high body satisfaction leads to a host of positive outcomes. Further, in a non-academic domain, it would seem that even some media icons are starting to take part in the effort to try to promote positive appearance messages. Singers like Christina Aguilera, Colbie Caillat, and Alessia Cara have begun writing songs like Beautiful, Try, and Scars To Your Beautiful to combat the rampant standard of the thin ideal. The current study consists of an experiment to examine the effects of positive or negative appearance music lyrics and their influence on body related outcomes (body satisfaction measured implicitly through an IAT, self-reports of body satisfaction, and observed body surveillance) in emerging adult women while moderating by adherence to sociocultural attitudes of media ideals. Results revealed that participants who listened to the positive lyrics reported significantly better body satisfaction as compared to those who listened to the negative lyrics. However, those who listened to positive lyrics did not report significantly better body satisfaction compared to those in the neutral condition and those in the neutral condition did not differ significantly from those in the negative condition. Due to preconceived schema regarding how participants already felt about their appearance, perhaps they were primed to hear lyrics confirming their appearance fears (or soothing them), but failed to attend to lyrics "unappearance" related (the neutral lyrics). Therefore, when asked about their body satisfaction, their responses reflected what they attended to, namely, either the positive or negative lyrics, not the neutral lyrics.

Many of us have spent years or decades overweight and have lost hope. We''ve learned that diets not only don''t work, they set us up to fail. But what is the alternative? I didn''t know until I learned to use food as nutrition, not to stuff my emotions. I realized that food is not good or bad; it doesn''t have mortality and I am not good or bad based on the foods I eat. After losing 135 pounds and keeping it off for many years, I discovered how to offer unconditional love to my body and myself. I want that for you, dear reader. This book will help you move past yo-yo diets and learn to listen to your body, to eat when you are hungry, and stop when you are full. You will learn to trust your body and rely on your intuition to guide you. You will move from food obsession and learn to relax around eating and food as you rebuild your self-esteem. Most importantly, you will learn that it is you who matters, not the number on the scale. Move into your soul size, embrace the journey, and truly fall in love with your body and your life as you meld your body, mind, and soul, and become the Brave, Beautiful You that you are. "

Animal lovers, young scientists, and budding photographers will all adore this knockout nonfiction picture book. Did you know that orangutans are ticklish? Yes, they are—just like you and me. But be careful if you ever see a hippo yawning. It doesn’t mean he’s sleepy—it means he wants to fight. This book of gorgeous up-close animal photographs is chock-full of facts that will fascinate young animal lovers, and includes behind-the-scenes peeks at how the photographs were taken. (Because it can’t be easy to make a lion say cheese, can it?)

"Katie''s Classroom: A Day in the Life of a Furry Friend" captures the wonderful journey of the life of a high school therapy dog. This lovable tale includes sight words for the young learner, vibrant colors, and descriptive vocabulary. Join Katie throughout her adventures at school as she offers friendship, kindness, and love to the children that she meets.

Little Ladies, Little Gents Childrens Book Series is designed to promote early literacy in young children as well as provide traditional education for the modern day student.

It all started in the summer of 77'', I was enjoying my summer before my senior year in high school. I never in my wildest dreams thought this would be this kind of fun in the sun. Let me start you with who I am and why this summer was a lasting forbidden romance. My name is Terry and I''m 5''7, blond hair, blue eyed, very tan skin California chick who loves the sun and surf. I''m in average physical shape and have good tone due to all the surfing I do before and after school each day for a few years now. I don''t flaunt myself like others and I''m really down to earth as people keep telling me. A "loner" is what everyone at school says but I just like my time to on my own terms.

A young boy learns that, while his little brother''s constant mimicking may be annoying, it is also a sign of admiration.

After landing a job as a reporter at the "New York News," Ruby Capote joins three other women for evenings playing poker and finds herself falling for her intriguing and challenging boss, Michael.

A bubbly youngster describes her typical day from waking up to bed time. Fun-to-read rhyming couplets. 2-5 yrs.

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Includes essays on the "Axial age," science, Teilhard de Chardin, Stewart Edward White, mythology, and Hinduism in India.