Chew on these one-of-a-kind conversation starters!Pass the salt? Eat your peas? You can do better than that! This book provides you with 365 ways to spark conversation and engage your youngsters while you gather around the table.Make dinnertime a lively experience the whole family looks forward to, as kids share their ideas, explore their creativity, and let you in on their wildest dreams with fun (and thought-provoking) questions like:If you could adopt a sing...

Who says love doesn’t come around again?Seven stories of single parents finding love for the second timeThe Ticket to her Heart by D. G. DriverDalton Jones is a traffic cop who feels guilty about giving a speeding ticket to a beautiful single mom. With his teenage daughter’s help, he finds a way to meet the woman again, and they fall for each other. Only, he’s neglected to tell her who he really is.The Perfect Beginning by Nancy PennickTracy DeMarco has...

Fully updated and revised based on the 2020 ASHA standards and recent AAA standards, the new edition of this bestseller is the core textbook for all students in clinical methods courses—and a reliable reference for practicing SLPs and audiologists. Covering a broad range of disorders and developmental levels, this text sets emerging professionals on the path toward mastering all the fundamentals of practice, from conducting effective assessment and intervention to ensuring that pr...

Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology.In this influential book, outstanding scholars in medical ethics bring these many methods together in one place to be systematically described, critiqued, and challenged. Newly revised and updated chapters in this second edition include philosophy, religion and ...

Texas multi-millionaire and media mogul, Steven Beard, was shot as he slept. He died of a serious blood infection, sepsis, months later. His team of doctors offered proof that Beard died of natural causes, unrelated to the gunshot wound. The medical examiner, Dr. Bayadro, a self-proclaimed expert, with a history of testimonial redactions, told a different version as to the cause of death. The psychotic lesbian family friend, Tracey Tarlton, confessed to the shooting; her motive was to fulf...

"Musical Ministry" is an anthology of short stories that will make you think, make you feel, and make you laugh.

"Burn Bright" is a tale of moonlight, murders, money and mystery. In this Tilted Series, Book 2, Meshac Brownlow believes she's found a safe haven in Nuanz, Tennessee. But she finds her best friends threatened by the danger that is growing unseen. She looks out at the moonlight on the courthouse square and muses: "Two things are constant in my life. The moon and meanness. Both have their time to shine or hide in the darkness and wait. I wrestle with meanness most every day. Like old dead G...

Her story "Traveling Musician" tells of her experiences as a musician that travels to nursing homes to sing to the old folks. Her story "Woman Preacher" talks of what the Lord calls woman to do and what women in the congregation today are actually like. Not all the stories in this volume are so serious though. Her story "Bird Talk" is about Brothers Paul and George. George has a pet bird and one day he forgets to cover the bird's cage before going to work, chaos ensues when the neighbors o...

When Meshac Brownlow murders her mother’s boyfriend and leaves home, she learns the price you pay when violence is answered with violence. Will she be found out? Will she be safe?She is glad she saved her sister, and Meshac is glad the evil is wrapped in a tarp and sunk in a swamp. But what does this mean for her soul?Walking long miles on backroads, she arrives in Nuanz, Tennessee. She makes friends with the mover and shaker, Edna Love, and an inquisitive ten-year-old Grac...

A comprehensive and practical guide for women of all ages to gain a clear view of the physical, mental, and emotional changes related to menopauseAlthough menopause is a natural and inevitable stage in every woman's life, its physical, mental, and emotional manifestations can vary greatly from one person to the next. Add the conflicting "expert" information about the benefits, risks, and side effects to which women are exposed on a daily basis, and it's easy to see...

When Caroline Mitchell returns to France after her husband's death, she never expects to find herself inside a web of kidnapping, art theft, and wartime secrets.

These notes were developed to assist in the review of the basic science of pathology for those students preparing to sit for various national proficiency examinations which include, as part of their content, material dealing with general and systemic pathology. As such, the notes are not intended to replace the many fine textbooks of pathology whose scope, detail, and mission are more suited to the in depth study of pathology. Rather, these notes are intended to serve as "memory joggers" t...