Cocoa and carols set the mood of the season, but what lurks beneath the festivities?Christmastime ties a pretty bow on relationships as flimsy as wrapping paper while torn hearts call out for reconciliation.Milla Holt The Prodigal's FeastLorna Seilstad A Merrytime CruiseEleanor Bertin Meg and the E-MonsterSara Davison The Other WayBrenda S. Anderson The Home for Christmas ChallengeDeb E...

The myriad of ways that the individuals in this collection of stories discover how we learn what we learn, sometimes occurs during a random hour at a small diner. At other times it's reconnecting with a relative not seen in many years, or a small child's experience during World War II. It can be mourning the passing of a family member. It may be knowing when to decide that family should no longer be enabled with their lifestyles, or the choices and maturity with the swift coming of age. Al...

When the child learns of father's return home on Christmas Eve from overseas, the youngster wants to go with mother to the train station so they can be reunited. Although mother decides it is best for the child to stay home, the child magically embarks on a journey to the train station and home again, on the way, discovering new meanings for Christmas, family and the joy of giving to others.

Sun, beach, and palm trees as a setting sounds idyllic to many people and yet It has been said life is lived and that old age is not for the weak. When Arthur Donamann and Timothy Thornton meet in the park for their weekly visit, and play checkers, we are given a glimpse into the world of Past, Present, and Future. Their lives might parallel our own in many ways as they struggle to recall how life really unfolded: testing their ability to remain relevant to each other, to the present, and ...

This memorial volume is dedicated to physicist Gerald E Brown (1926-2013) or 'Gerry' as he was known to his many students, postdocs, colleagues and friends. As written by one of the contributors to this book, 'Gerry was an inspiring father figure for generations of theoretical nuclear physicists and a great human being'.This book covers a wide range of topics in nuclear physics, including nuclear structure, two- and three-body nuclear forces, strangeness nuclear physics, chiral symmetry, h...

Sixteen-year-old Jarek Dorrell did not believe in ghosts. Or killing people. But when a man of God, dead for more than a century, wrapped his hands around Jarek's throat, he knew he had changed his mind.Reeling from personal tragedy, Jarek arrives at a remote New England boarding school hoping to move forward. Instead, his nights are consumed by vivid dreams of a Shaker village in 1866, where he labors beside strangers, witnesses ecstatic rituals, and stumbles into secrets not mean...

Hours of great reading await, with adventure tales culled from the pulp magazines of the early 20th century by some of the most renowned pulp authors, including Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Harold Lamb, William Hope Hodgson, Dorothy Quick, E. Hoffmann Price, and many more! More than 500 pages of fiction! (Search for ?megapack? to find all the other great titles in this series.)Included in this volume:THE BLACK ADDER, by Dorothy QuickEVERY MAN A ...

A dynamic collaboration of nine experienced scholars, this timely work shares their rich blend of experiences and insights on emerging paradigms. This multifaceted work will assist students, scholars, and practitioners in attaining and maintaining excellence in an evolving world.

Practitioners, policymakers, and scholars across fields and disciplines seek to understand factors that shape public opinion and public service values, especially in today's polarized context. Yet we know little about how the two relate. Research on public service motivation (PSM), a drive to help others grounded in public institutions, has grown to examine career decisions and behaviors within and outside the workplace, but does the influence of PSM extend to individual values? Using data...

Camarillo State Hospital, affectionately known as "Cam," officially opened its doors in 1936, during a time when the California State Commission in Lunacy oversaw the treatment and care of those deemed mentally ill. A pioneering research institution in autism and schizophrenia, Cam achieved notoriety as one of two state institutions that accommodated children and as the first state hospital to receive certification for treatment of the developmentally disabled. Although it was an independe...

This collection brings together innovative historical work on race and national identity in Latin America and the Caribbean and places this scholarship in the context of interdisciplinary and transnational discussions regarding race and nation in the Americas. Moving beyond debates about whether ideologies of racial democracy have actually served to obscure discrimination, the book shows how notions of race and nationhood have varied over time across Latin America’s political landscapes.

When their own mistakes or the actions of others derail the hopes and plans of the men and women in these eight stories, is it too late to find redemption and a fresh start?The Key by Candace WestLost and Found by Milla HoltScarlet by Sara DavisonReinventing Josie by Angela D. MeyerTaste Budding by Deb ElkinkComing Home by Brenda S. AndersonSouvenir in My Pocket by Johnnie Alexa...