Virus X: Understanding the Real Threat of New Pandemic Plagues: Understanding the Real Threat of the New Pandemic Plagues

Frank, Ryan

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Harpercollins

This book is for children's ministry volunteers, paid ministry staff, and those interested in children's ministry—not just college graduates. The author shares nine things he didn't learn in college, but learned from experience. Written with lots of humor and real-life stories, new and veteran children's ministers will find their leadership skills exploding to a new level. This book features:
• Real-life inspirational stories from dozens of churches
• Practical ideas children's ministers can immediately use
• Interviews with other children's ministers

9 Things They Didn't Teach Me in College About Children's Ministry

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Standard Pub.

Planning and prioritizing is a huge problem for all of us. Imagine a day without unnecessary meetings, distractions, Facebook notifications, texts, and checking emails every minute of the day. Sounds impossible, doesn't it? It doesn't have to be overwhelming. to get your important work done every day. Mark Twain said, "'Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day." In the morning, at the start of your day, complete the most unwanted task you can think. This is the frog. With honest, humorous insights on everything from getting out of your comfort zone to taking time to dream and create - this book of action-packed pointers will help you succeed where it matters the most! Why not eat the frog first and start making a bigger impact with your leadership and life?

Eat The Frog First

12 Stone Ventures

KidMEN

Develop rock-solid willpower with evidence-based techniques Willpower For Dummies shows you how to train, strengthen, and improve your willpower in seven easy steps! Written by a clinical psychologist and cognitive therapist, the book proves that willpower can be learned like any other skill, and provides tons of practical exercises and strategies you can start using today. You'll learn how willpower works inside the brain, and how choosing goals and identifying challenges can affect your success. The book stresses the importance of patience, rewards and being kind to yourself, and walks you through the techniques that will keep you on the right track, even on your worst days. The mind works in two different ways: the long view and the short view. Controlling which aspect wins out is the key to willpower. Willpower For Dummies breaks this complex science down into easily digestible bits, written in plain English with a dash of humour. You'll find scientifically robust guidance toward strengthening your willpower just like a muscle, and expert advice on training your brain to work with you instead of against you. <ul> <li>Discover the most important factors in building self-discipline</li> <li>Learn how to set goals and how to train your willpower</li> <li>Practice simple willpower-strengthening exercises</li> <li>Employ coping strategies for when you're about to break</li> </ul> Whether you're trying to lose weight, quit smoking or just work harder, rest assured that you can do it--regardless of past failures and false starts. Willpower is not a trait, but a skill. Everyone can learn it, and everyone can make it stronger. Willpower For Dummies walks you through the process, teaching you the skills you need for lasting success.

Willpower for Dummies

For Dummies

The Brain Food Diet: How to Stay Young in Mind

E. Scott Ryan

Profile Books

In this enchanting work of scientific exploration, acclaimed science author Frank Ryan explains how metamorphosis - the intricate trick of nature by which caterpillars transform into butterflies - reveals secrets that are shaking the scientific world. Ryan brings to life the work of pioneering naturalists who have traced metamorphosis in myriad species, from amphibians to marine creatures, even human puberty, to rewrite some of our longest-held beliefs about evolution. Lyrical and provocative, The Mystery of Metamorphosis offers a new understanding of some of the most ancient miracles of the nature.

Metamorphosis: Unmasking the Mystery of How Life Transforms

Oneworld Publications

In this enchanting work of scientific exploration, acclaimed science author Frank Ryan explains how metamorphosis - the intricate trick of nature by which caterpillars transform into butterflies - reveals secrets that are shaking the scientific world. Ryan brings to life the work of pioneering naturalists who have traced metamorphosis in myriad species, from amphibians to marine creatures, even human puberty, to rewrite some of our longest-held beliefs about evolution. Lyrical and provocative, The Mystery of Metamorphosis offers a new understanding of some of the most ancient miracles of the nature.

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Oneworld

A timely study recalls the effects of this devastating disease, which killed more than one billion people worldwide, examines the remarkable story of the dedicated doctors, chemists and bacteriologists who halted the course of this ferocious disease ... until the "old enemy" found a deadly ally in AIDS.

Tuberculosis: the Greatest Story Never Told: The Human Story of the Search for the Cure for Tuberculosis and the New Global Threat

History

Swift Publishers

Ryan Frank is convinced that your ministry will live or die based on your ability to recruit and keep amazing volunteers. As a pastor and ministry coach, he knows that volunteers are the lifeblood of any ministry. In this book, Ryan shares 10 Laws to help you crack the volunteer code and have a breakthrough like never before. <ul>
<li>Polish your people skills so that people want to serve with you.</li> <li>Move people from volunteers to invested leaders who don't want to quit.</li> <li>Get a vision for your ministry that will inspire people.</li> <li>Train your leaders well so they are ready to take on significant roles.</li> <li>Provide growth opportunities so that volunteers don't burn out.</li> <li>Give lots of encouragement because, after all, good volunteers are hard to come by.</li> </ul>

The Volunteer Code: How to Recruit and Care for Volunteers

Four Rivers Media

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