Books published by publisher Greenleaf Press

A biography of Albrecht Dürer, one of the most influential artists of the Renaissance and Reformation. In addition to creating hundreds of engravings, woodcuts, drawings, and paintings, he wrote books on geometry, fortification, and human proportions. He explored the meaning of beauty in his art textbook, which was called Food for Young Artists. The Christian worldview which he brought to the field of art is still relevant today. Dürer was counted among the leading intellectuals of the sixteenth century. He witnessed the coming Reformation and made the acquaintance of men such as Erasmus, Martin Luther, Melanchthon, and the Emperor Maximilian. Though he created works of art for wealthy patrons, he made his woodcuts affordable for ordinary people. In this way, Dürer brought the Bible to a wide audience through his brilliant illustrations of the book of Revelation and other themes. This biography includes over twenty illustrations by Albrecht Dürer, who wrote: "Painting is a useful art when it is of a godly sort and employed for holy edification." The life and art of Dürer is food not only for young artists, but for all who seek beauty and truth.This book is written on a 5th-6th grade reading level, but younger children will enjoy having it read aloud to them.

2018 Axiom Business Book Award Winner, Silver Medal Amazon Best Seller in Sales & Selling ManagementAmazon Best Seller in ManagementAmazon Best Seller in Business Leadership TrainingAmazon Best Seller in Business TeamsStraightforward advice for taking your sales team to the next level!If your sales team isn't producing the results expected, the pressure is on you to fix the situation fast. One option is to replace salespeople. A better option is for you to optimize your performance as a sales leader. In The Sales Manager's Guide to Greatness, sales management consultant Kevin F. Davis offers 10 proven and distinctly practical strategies, skills, and tools for overcoming the most challenging obstacles sales managers face and moving your team ahead of the pack. This book will help you:•Learn the 6 sales rep instincts that can cripple your management effectiveness, and replace these instincts with a more powerful leadership mindset - true sales leadership begins with improving the leader within•Stop getting bogged down by distractions, become more proactive, and find more time to coach, lead, and inspire your salespeople•Master the 7 keys to hiring great salespeople•Create a more customer-driven sales team by blending the buyer's journey into your sales process•Speed up the improvement of your team by mastering the 7 keys to achieving better coaching outcomes•Excel at the most challenging coaching conversation you face - how to solve a sales performance problem that is caused by a rep's lousy attitude•Attain higher win-rates by intervening as a coach at the most critical stages of a buying cycle, quickly identify opportunities at risk, and coach more deals to the close•Discover why so many salespeople fail at sales forecasting and how to impress your company's upper management by submitting more accurate forecasts•And much more…You can apply the strategies outlined in this book immediately to take control of your time and priorities as a sales manager, become more strategic, deliver high-performance coaching that grows revenues, and ultimately drive your team to greatness.

In Flipping ADHD on Its Head, Dr. Jim Poole introduces and explores a holistic, integrated, and empowering approach to identifying and promoting the strengths of ADHD children. Rather than framing ADHD as a disability, Dr. Jim challenges the current stigma and encourages readers to see it as a gift, even if it comes with a set of real challenges. Rather than “fixing” ADHD, Dr. Jim will lead readers on a highly practical journey to leverage the unique strengths of ADHD through effective parenting strategies, study skills, nutrition, exercise, sleep, medication, and more. With a foreword by Edward Hallowell, MD, Flipping ADHD on Its Head is a comprehensive approach that is positive, uplifting, and empowering.

AMAZON BEST SELLER IN TEAMS AMAZON BEST SELLER IN LEADERSHIPAMAZON BEST SELLER IN MOTIVATIONALAMAZON BEST SELLER IN WORKPLACE CULTURE Truly engaging people is not about commanding them to do something; it is about getting them to command themselves to do it. West Point distinguished graduate Gary Morton knows how to deliver exceptional results while doing just that. As a platoon leader and tank commander in Army Task Force 4-68 and, later, as a young vice president at medical device manufacturer Stryker, Morton learned under two legendary leaders who, despite different styles, followed nearly the same steps to achieve results most considered unattainable. In only a year, Task Force 4-68's commander, Lt. Colonel Alfred L. Dibella, turned one of the Army's poorest performing units into the most lethal, combat-ready task force in the US Army. In simulated-combat missions at the grueling National Training Center, Dibella's task force defeated the constantly triumphant OPFOR in every battle. This feat has never been repeated. Generals and commanders at every level sought to understand how this unit did the impossible. When John W. Brown became CEO of Stryker, it was a boutique medical device firm with a few innovative products and $17 million in sales. Under Brown's extraordinary leadership it evolved into a $4 billion market leader feared by competitors and highly regarded by healthcare professionals. Stryker accomplished this remarkable run by securing 20-percent earnings growth every quarter, every year--for twenty-eight years. Again, this is a feat experts believed unachievable. By explaining the ingredients of these two leaders' secret sauce, Morton lays the foundation for current and future leaders to ensure their own teams excellence.

Like the first volume of English for the Thoughtful Child, this second volume concentrates on the development of composition skills. It contains picture lessons, oral and written narration exercises, memory work, and copy work. In addition to these lessons, which help build narrative and descriptive skills, this book includes nature lessons, which help build expository writing skills. Those families who keep nature notebooks may find these lessons work well with their own nature studies.Much of this book comes from Scott and Southworth's 1913 title,Lessons in English. The original preface describes it this way: "Too many teachers think of a textbook as a kind of machine gun, built to fire so many loads a minute with deadly precision. This is a vicious error. In this book, teachers will find a great variety of material which they can use in accordance with their best judgment. Exercises are given for copying, for dictation, for rewriting, for description, for letter writing, for recording the results of observation and experience, for the use of words and their synonyms, and for practice in the use of correct forms. Ample provision is made for the correlation of nature work with language, and the elements ofgrammar are inductively presented.""The end of all instruction in English is growth in power of expression and appreciation. Drill which contributes to this end is good. Drill which, falling short of this end, merely fills the child's mind with rules and symbols, is a grievous waste of time."These lessons exemplify the Charlotte Mason method of education. The book is a continuation of the gentle, thoughtful instruction in writing begun in English for the Thoughtful Child, Vol. 1.

From the author: I had a long list of things I wanted to find in a first grammar and composition text. I wanted material that would concentrate on the writing process without burdening the young child. I wanted a text that would draw the child into writing. I wanted a text that would lay a foundation for good composition skills, skills that could be applied in all learning situations. With eleven children to care for, I wanted something simple and fun to work with, both for me and my children.When I found this book, I knew I had found the book I wanted to use.Originally published in 1900, it uses wonderful pictures to stimulate the child’s imagination and lead him or her into writing. The grammarintroduced includes those things necessary to the writing task. There are memorization assignments, oral compositions, written compositions,and practice exercises. I use this book for a second grade English text, but it is also very useful as a first course for older, reluctant writers. No teacher’s edition is necessary; everything you need is in the student text. I hope you enjoy it as we have.

This master class on leadership, written by one of America’s most prominent and successful executives, will help you develop the professional leadership qualities that deliver personal, interpersonal, and organizational success. In Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization, Ron Williams provides you with practical, tested leadership advice, whether you’re searching for a new career, looking for proven management solutions, or seeking to transform your organization. Developed from Williams’s own personal and professional journey, as well as the experiences of America’s leading CEOs, these strategies emerge boldly from engaging stories, outlined with practical steps for you to accomplish goals such as—•Launching your career quest•Avoiding professional pitfalls, wrong turns, and wasted effort•Overcoming interpersonal challenges and conflicts•Building and leading an effective, high-performance team•Prioritizing and solving problems from multiple perspectives•Developing your leadership style and mastering communication•Casting a vision and changing the culture of your organizationAfter finishing Learning to Lead, you will be well equipped to take the next step to success in your personal and professional leadership journey. Williams’s book has the potential to join other leadership development classics on your shelf—to be read repeatedly and consulted throughout the span of your career.

A biography of one of the most important scientists and mathematicians of the 1600's. Not only was he a brilliant scientist, but he was converted to Christianity as an adult and became a devoted apologist for the Christian faith. Of special interest to home schooling families, this book recounts the recognition by Pascal's father of his remarkable talents and the provisions he made for his son's education - one of the earliest and most successful examples of home schooling! For Christians, the account of Pascal's conversion is particularly moving as well as Pascal's immediate response to share the Gospel with his father, his sister and even with the nobleman who was his financial patron. This book is written on a 5th-6th grade reading level, but younger children will enjoy having it read out loud to them.

The inability to set good strategy can sink a company - and a leader's career. A recent ''Wall Street Journal'' study revealed that the number one most sought-after executive skill by organizations is strategic thinking, but few leaders have that skill set. In this book, Rich Horwath dissects the three most important elements of strategic thinking, breaks them down into simple and attainable skills, and shows readers how to apply them every day. He provides managers with a clear path to mastery of three disciplines: Acumen - generate critical insights through a step-by-step evaluation of the business and its environment; Allocation - focus limited resources of time, talent, and money; and, Action - implement a system to guarantee effective execution and communication of strategy throughout the organization. This book is based on research with senior executives from more than 150 companies and Horwath's own experience as a professional strategist. Armed with the knowledge from this book, every reader can become an expert strategist and an invaluable member of his or her organization.

This biography of Calvin is written especially for young people. Joyce focuses on Calvin's childhood and youth, tracing his days at the university and the circumstances of his conversion. She traces his early and precocious leadership of the Protestants in France, and his flight to Basel, Strassbourg, and Geneva when King Francis I began executing Protestants. The result is a warm and affectionate picture of the leader of the second generation of the Protestant Reformation. This is a book worth reading out loud to younger students; older students and adults will find it a valuable introduction and aid in understanding the author of "The Institutes of the Christian Religion."

Hop along on an exciting adventure with lovable and spunky Sunny the Bunny! Sunny the Bunny is finding it hard to say goodbye to home before she leaves for sleepaway camp--after all, Mom and Dad won't even be there. Trying new things can sometimes be scary, and Sunny is worried that she won't make any friends this summer and she'll be lonely so far away from her family. Boy is she wrong! When brave little Sunny the Bunny arrives at summer camp, all sorts of friendly animals jump onto the scene to be her new pals. Sunny's days are soon filled with zip-lining, sports, outdoor movies, ballet, yoga, rappelling, and even a talent show. As the last day of camp nears, Sunny the Bunny is super sad to leave all her friends, but is jumping up and down at the thought of coming back next year. Sunny missed her parents, but her grand adventure has taught her that even nervous little bunnies can conquer their fears. And of course, no matter where you go, you can always find some bunny that loves you. Join Sunny as she discovers that leaving the comforts of home and trying different things can be the most fun of all!

Livi and Grace are sisters who couldn't be more different. As they go through their days being their unique selves, they share the message that differences are to be celebrated and enjoyed, and that everyone is already perfect and lovable. Join their party--and enjoy yourself--whoever and however you are! Jennifer Lynch lives with the real Livi and Grace in Austin, Texas. A former teacher, Jennifer currently volunteers as an advocate for abused and at-risk children and is the creator of the “You Are Good” clothing and stationery line. Jennifer was inspired to write Livi & Grace by the many wonderful children she has worked with over the years. She hopes they will realize that they are perfect and lovable just as they are. Visit her online at www.Jenniferlynchbooks.com. Missi Jay is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work has been nationally recognized. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, she lives in Austin, Texas, with the creative inspiration of her life: her daughter, Ruby. You can find her online at www.gigglebox.net.