Partners of people in transition go through their own transitions and may or may not be conflicted as to whether they will remain in their relationship. This unique self-help workbook was created for and focuses on the partner's perspective and own journey. By providing the support and structure needed for partners to reflect, this resource helps navigate the unexpected transition that affects both of their lives.Providing an essential tool that is currently missing, this book give...

When a child goes through transition, the dynamics of the family unit can start to shift. It is not uncommon for one family member to feel one way about the transition, while another may feel quite differently.This innovative workbook discusses the unique needs of parents and families as they navigate their child's gender exploration. Providing a safe space for them to work through their own uncertainties and necessities, it gives specifically tailored guidance and support, with se...

Families left grieving; small businesses shuttered; communities in lockdown; precarious workers set adrift; health care workers stressed beyond endurance. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. But the cracks already ran deep.Featuring essays on poverty, health care, incarceration, basic income, policing, Indigenous communities, and more, this anthology delivers a stinging rebuke of the pre-pandemic status quo and a stark exposé of the buried weaknesses in our soci...

A specialist book for mental health professionals, sex therapists and educators to develop and improve their clinical work with trans clients with regards to their sexual relationships and sexuality. It provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the subject, and relates to both clinical practice and theory.Topics explored include the shifting of sexual orientation during or following gender transition; gender dysphoria and co-occurring autism spectrum disorder; negotiating issues...

"Winged Couriers: Avian Espionage and the Siege of Paris" delves into one of the most remarkable and desperate communication networks in military history. During the devastating Prussian siege of Paris, the city was entirely cut off from the outside world, prompting a sudden and urgent need for a new method of transferring information. This book uncovers the hidden mechanics of how the French postal service turned to homing pigeons and cutting-edge micro-photography to bypass enemy lines. ...

Her patients are waking up wrong. And the only man with answers just walked out of a fire that should have killed him.Dr. Sarah Montgomery has the best trauma instincts in Chicago — because they aren't instincts. She's spent her career hiding what she can feel moving beneath the skin of her dying patients. Then something starts wearing them like coats.Uriel has been running the city's supernatural emergencies since before it had a name. Former Archangel of ...

"The prison is failing. The seal will not hold."The warning hits all four cities in the same hour. A cherub wrecking havoc in Chicago. A sphinx speaking in riddles on a New Orleans dock. A song under Los Angeles that predates music. In Boston, a scar that never healed tears itself open again.Under Mount Shasta, something older than history is coming apart: a prison holding two hundred angels — and a grief four thousand years deep that has learned how to sin...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.For five centuries, Katerina has survived as a werewolf by following one rule: never get close to humans. But when she meets Rhys, a craftsman whose skilled hands create beautiful weapons and whose generous heart awakens something long dormant inside her, she risks everything for forbidden love.Viktor, the ruthless Alpha who rules the Atlanta pack with silver-tipped claws, has twisted grief into hatred since losing his mate to h...

Negotiation is a ubiquitous part of social life. Some even say that social order itself is a negotiated phenomenon. Yet the study of negotiation as an actual discourse activity, occurring between people who have substantial interests and tasks in the real social world, is in its infancy. This is the more surprising because plea bargaining, as a specific form of negotiation, has recently been the center of an enormous amount of research attention. Much of the concern has been directed to ba...

Leveraging Digital Transformation by M. Nadia Vincent is a practical guide for business executives, C-levels, digital transformation leaders, and IT managers alike as they implement digital transformation in their organizations or businesses.In this book, you will learn about:Creating your transformative vision for sustainable organizations and businessesFacilitating self-transformation for leaders so they inspire individual transformations and engagement in...

Reuben and Amy Corbin, brother and sister, are left destitute in 1886 when Quantrills Raiders burn their Missouri farm, kill their father, and ride off with all the livestock and supplies. Reuben swears that somehow, someday, he will find and kill the individual raider he saw gun-down his father. With no means of support, brother and sister decide to try for Oregon. They find work and earn enough money to join up with a wagon train. The wagon train becomes the platform for a continuous arr...

Leveraging Digital Transformation by M. Nadia Vincent is a practical guide for business executives, C-levels, digital transformation leaders, and IT managers alike as they implement digital transformation in their organizations or businesses.In this book, you will learn about:Creating your transformative vision for sustainable organizations and businessesFacilitating self-transformation for leaders so they inspire individual transformations and engagement in...