A brief collection of poems by C. Michele that explore modern themes of growing up, grief, trauma, the healing process, and North-Eastern American girlhood in an approachable way!

Urban Books’ popular Around the Way Girls series is back, bringing readers more dramatic tales about the lives of some tough, resourceful women who can hold their own when things get rough on the streets.Growing up poor and biracial, Shannon never quite fit in. Not truly accepted by either side of her family, the confused teenager turns to the one thing that loves her back unconditionally—the streets. With a bottle of liquor at her side and a worthless mentality in tow, Shannon all...

A non-stop, fantasy adventure set in a unique and expansive magical world, perfect for fans of Samantha Shannon, Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jackson Bennett.Ailyanna was one good con away from her ticket East and escape from the looming war, and instead she's locked in the palace dungeon staring at a lifetime sentence. You scam one prince and suddenly you're the captain of the constable's personal obsession.While Captain Kresta would love for Ailyanna to...

Animal acupuncturist. Zoo designer. Wildlife rehabilitator.Working with animals can involve much more than helping at an animal shelter or grooming dogs. There are lots of different jobs out there for people who share a deep concern for the welfare of animals. Authors Michele C. Hollow and Dr. William P. Rives give you the inside scoop on all of them, including:Veterinarian and veterinary technicianZoo workerAnimal ...

Tracing the roots of earth science before the Civil War.Geological Sciences in the Antebellum South by James Corgan offers a rich and revealing examination of the origins and development of geological inquiry in the American South during the decades (1796-1850s) leading up to the Civil War. At a time when scientific disciplines in the United States were still taking shape, Southern scholars, educators, and naturalists played a critical—if often ov...

This fourth edition of Abdominal-Pelvic MRI provides the reader with a significant update on earlier works. Modern diagnostic MRI relies on the practitioner's ability to distinguish between diseases through pattern recognition and experience, and this landmark reference provides the most complete coverage of magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen and pelvis, with particular emphasis on illustrating benign, malignant and inflammatory lesionsAn established best-sell...

Urban Books' popular Around the Way Girls series is back, bringing readers more dramatic tales about the lives of some tough, resourceful women who can hold their own when things get rough on the streets.Growing up poor and biracial, Shannon never quite fit in. Not truly accepted by either side of her family, the confused teenager turns to the one thing that loves her back unconditionally—the streets. With a bottle of liquor at her side and a worthless mentality in tow, Shannon allo...

More and more women are having babies after the age of thirty-five and experiencing the joy of motherhood. But mothers-to-be in this age group sometimes face unique medical, emotional, and social challenges. Conception may be difficult and the risk of miscarriage during early pregnancy is higher, as is the potential for complications such as hypertension and diabetes. And having a child later in life can also be surprisingly disruptive to well-established domestic routines and carefully cu...

Practicing Servant-Leadership brings together a group of exceptional thinkers who offer a compendium of thought on the topic of bringing servant-leadership into the daily lives of leaders. Each contributor focuses on his or her area of expertise, exploring how servant-leadership works in the real world, using examples from a variety of organizations such as businesses, nonprofits, churches, schools, foundations, and leadership organizations. Highlights of the book's twelve essays ...

Organizations need to contend with issues related to disruptive psychopathological behavior that in years past may have been swept under the rug. Also, clinicians are more aware that their clients′ mental health concerns are influenced by the workplace and that treatment without regard to what happens at work is not apt to be successful.The Handbook of Mental Health in the Workplace explores how psychological disorders impact the ability to work and recommends trea...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, EKAW 2020, held in Bolzano, Italy, in September 2020. The 12 full papers presented together with 7 were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The special theme of EKAW 2020 is „Ethical and Trustworthy Knowledge Engineering". The papers cover all aspects of eliciting, acquiring, discovering, modeling, and managing knowledge and construction o...

- NEW! Revised content throughout the text reflects the latest information on the complex and fast-paced acute care setting. - NEW! Expanded chapters on outcome measures, mechanical circulatory support, and chest pain. - NEW! Redesigned airway clearance chapter. - NEW! Reformatted nervous system chapter to enhance clinical integration of content. - NEW! Enhanced access to information on lines and tubes.