Real Families aren't always the ones you know about...A Family Affair is where it all began...Heartache, Betrayal, Forgiveness, Redemption...all wrapped up in the people you will love to love, and those you will love to hate!When Christine Blacksworth’s larger-than-life father is killed on an icy road in Magdalena, New York, a hundred miles from the ‘getaway’ cabin he visited every month, she discovers a secret that threatens everything sh...

Love and Betrayal…Regency styleA young woman of noble blood, raised as a peasant girl…An orphaned stable boy, now grown and the surrogate son of a powerful earl—the same earl who just so happens to be the young woman’s father…Francie Jordan and Alexander Bishop have nothing in common—she runs barefoot and talks to animals. He won’t loosen his cravat unless the bedroom door is firmly closed. She believes in love, second chances, and happily ...

This small town, second-chance love story is full of secrets, betrayal and forgiveness.When the son of the man who lost everything falls in love with the daughter of the man who stole it all, there can only be heartache ahead.Readers who loved Mary Campisi’s bestselling Truth in Lies series, also known as the “A Family Affair” books, won’t want to miss Strangers Like Us, Book One in Mary’s new Reunion Gap series. It’s a tale of deception, secrets, ...

Perfectly imperfect characters and situations make Frame's debut novel sparkle...there's a very real sense of character growth, brought to life by an evolving narrative style that parallels Lucy's metamorphosis. The blend of humor and heart makes for a thoughtful, highly entertaining read. --Publishers WeeklyFrame's strong first-person narration makes this story a delight.--Library Journal, Lissa Staley, Topeka and Shawnee County P.L., KS

Rooted in Eurocentric and North American beliefs, conventional social work theory increasingly fails to address the interconnected, global nature of contemporary social problems. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from across environmental studies, gender studies, philosophy, anthropology and beyond, this edited collection forges a transdisciplinary, decolonial framework for reimagining social work education and practice. It draws on Indigenous knowledges, postcolonial perspectiv...

A Mad Heiress and a False SuitorThe younger son of an earl, Dominic Renbourne is offered an irresistible bribe by his arrogant, identical twin brother, Kyle, who is heir to the earldom. All he must so is take Kyle's place at Warfield Manor, where he is to politely court Lady Meriel Grahame, the orphaned and vastly wealthy heiress Kyle is pledged to marry. The deception need only take a few weeks and no one will be the wiser because the fey Lady Meriel lives in a wo...

A modern-day dark mafia romance take on Romeo and Juliet.When Fallyn O’Keefe breaks away from her overbearing brothers to open a bakery on her own, she thinks her biggest problem will be defending her storefront from the violence of the rival family.After all, how could it be worse than that?Fallyn soon learns how bad things can get when Vince, the older, terrifying head from the enemy family, shows up with flowers instead of a fight. If either of t...

Ten of Mary Shelley’s best short stories that push the boundaries of Gothic literatureMary Shelley is most known for Frankenstein, but in the years following the release of her magnum opus, which were beset by the loss of several children and her husband, she produced novels, poems, short stories, and other forms of writing to sustain herself and her only surviving child. Collected here from this tumultuous period of Shelley’s life are ten of her finest ta...

Born during the ferment of the French Revolution, Auguste Comte was one of the foremost thinkers of the nineteenth century, his ideas influencing social reformers, philosophers, politicians and scientists. Advocating for what he called ‘the science of society’, he contended that facts and reason alone should matter in public discourse. But while Comte strove to create social harmony, he suffered from repeated disasters in his personal and professional life that ultimately endangered his he...

Wouldn't it be great if we all had a user's manual for handling uncertainty? Well, now we do.Drawing from her expertise as a sought-after creative consultant when it comes to improving leadership and teams, TED speaker and global consultant Mary Lemmer reveals how the principles of improv can be a powerful tool for transforming how we approach life's challenges. If we learn to handle ambiguity, we can handle anything.Through four core principles, supported b...

Drawing on first-hand experience as a participant-observer in a skilled nursing facility Last Stop records the vicissitudes of care in an institutional setting for people with advanced dementia and Parkinson’s. The erosion of mind and memory is mirrored in the nursing home’s location, a small town in Upstate New York hollowed out by the loss of its economic base.Snapshots of interactions between residents and staff, residents and their partners, are at times comic or touching, but ...

Despite generations of deprivation inflicted by colonial systems, the Kookoma-grandmothers-of St. Theresa Point remain influential holders of knowledge whose teachings sustain their Nation's healing and resilience.In this book, Mary Anne Clarke presents the Anisininew Kookoma teachings as an opportunity to build peace by identifying and strengthening Anisininew parenting practices and governance. Clarke combines Kookoma wisdom and lived experiences in examinations o...