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In this close-to-wordless picture book, young readers will see a dog's day-to-day struggle with trying to find a partner to just throw the ball. Full color.

An engaging history of the life of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy--the Mercy congregation now numbers more than 10, 000 members globally. McAuIey's life reveals much about the church and society of her day as well as her own spiritual convictions and unwavering personal service to those in need.

Ship Sooner hears everyone and everything in her sleepy Massachusetts town, from the sounds of frost forming on glass to her mother's guarded whispers, to the thump thump shhh of her own beating heart. Misunderstood by her classmates and ignored by her older sister, Ship consoles herself by listening to the sounds of others' secrets. Ship's isolation intensifies when her only friend, Brian Dodd, disappears inexplicably the day after Christmas...

Mary C. Sullivan, R.S.M., is Professor Emerita of Language and Literature, and Dean Emerita of the College of Liberal Arts, at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of numerous works, including The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841 (CUA Press) and Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy.

Frankie is EXCITED! A new home? A new bed? A new ball? But wait. Nico is already here. Nico's home. Nico's bed. Nico's ball. Sharing is hard . . . Will Frankie find a place here too? The latest book from the Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator Mary Sullivan features not one but two adorable pups with big personalites as they struggle to get along and find their places in the pack. At turns humorous and heartfelt, it appears that man isn't ...

A dog with a ball is one of the most relentlessly hopeful creatures on Earth. After his best little-girl pal leaves for school, this dog hits up yoga mom, baby, and even the angry cat for a quick throw. No luck. Forced to go solo, the dog begins a hilarious one-sided game of fetch until naptime's wild, ball-centric dream sequence. The pictures speak a thousand words in this comic book-style ode to canine monomania. Ball? Ball.

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Catherine McAuley (1778-1841), the founder of the Sisters of Mercy in 1831, frequently gave oral instructions to the first Mercy community. These instructions were initially written down, insofar as that was humanly possible, by sisters who were actually present and listening as she spoke. Some of their manuscripts were later copied into the long manuscript compilation that is the centrepiece of this book.

As the old saying goes, "Give a dog a ball, and he'll beg to play for days. But give a dog a treat, and he'll never stop begging." In this companion to Mary Sullivan's Geisel Award-winning Ball, there's a new dog in town and he is focused on finding a treat, no matter the cost. But endless tricks and futile searching (you can't eat Grandma's dentures!) can be pretty exhausting. Just when he's about to give up hope . . . what's this? TREAT! ...

Excerpt from Owen Castle, Vol. 1 of 4: Or Which Is the Heroine? A Novel About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rar...

Catherine McAuley was born into a wealthy Dublin family in 1778. By the time she reached adulthood, she had witnessed the death of both parents and experienced considerable personal poverty. She then worked for twenty years as a companion for an elderly couple and, upon their deaths, received an unexpected inheritance. Driven by a deep faith and pragmatic sense of charity, she opened, in 1827, an institution for unemployed and impoverished wom...

Excerpt from Court Masques of James I: Their Influence on Shakespeare, and the Public Theatres His work was undertaken under the generous inspiration of Professor and Mrs. C. W. Wallace, Whose accomplishments in Shakespearean research seem, to their co-workers, little less than marvellous. Through them came the impetus to work over the store of already examined material in the British Museum, together with some of the millions of unsearched d...

Florence Nightingale is best known as a woman of action--a founder of modern nursing, a reformer in the field of public health, and a pioneer in the use of statistics. What is not generally appreciated is that Nightingale was deeply engaged in the religious and philosophical thought of her time and that the primary aim of her life was not to reform social institutions but to serve God. Although Nightingale gave primacy to her spiritual life, ...

Excerpt from Owen Castle, or Which Is the Heroine?, Vol. 3 of 4: A NovelIt appears that Sir Matthew has looked into the accounts of my dear lost aunt's steward, and by them confuted the agent of the hated Mrs. Wallace, as the debt of the two thousand pounds has been proved a false one, and the dreadful busi ness that involved me in entanglements the most destructive to my peace, is now clearly adjusted. How doi lament my weakness, that could n...

Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Johnny Winter for hours of exclusive, no-holds-barred interviews, covering the Guitar slinger's entire career.

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Providing direction for educators who seek to improve their teaching and maximise learning, Critical Reflection and Action for Teacher Researchers addresses the growing trend in educational contexts for teachers to engage in critical reflection and develop new forms of understanding of practice. By providing a structured practical framework this book guides the reader through the underpinning theory of action research and critical reflection, ...

Imagine renewal in fifteen minutes a day. This forty-day program includes simple, yet meaningful spiritual reflections and practices that will guide you on the path toward emotional, physical, and spiritual restoration. Simplicity reigns-just show up every day for forty days and trust the process. Living AWAKE is a gentle reminder that all in life is sacred. Busy, stressed-out people will welcome Living AWAKE's clear and straightforward approa...

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