The result of nearly twenty years of interdisciplinary research, this volume contributes to the archaeological and paleoenvironmental knowledge of an important but lightly investigated hyperarid coastline at the heart of the Sonoran Desert.Focused on the coast near Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico, Coastal Foragers of the Gran Desierto examines the diverse groups occupying the coast for salt, abundant food sources, and shells for ornament manufacturing. The archaeological pa...

What if you don't have to choose between a thriving firm or a great life— what if you can have both?With practical exercises, real-world examples, and a holistic, human-centered approach, The AND Approach serves as both a guidebook and a trusted companion for owners ready to grow their firms with intention, integrity, and balance. Drawing on more than twenty years of coaching lawyers, law firm leaders, and legal professionals across North America, Gary Mit...

Escape the “family trap,” help your loved one on the road to recovery, and take back your life.If you have a family member who suffers from mental illness, but refuses to seek treatment, you may feel like you’re caught in a trap. If you try making life easier for your loved one, you wind up perpetuating dependency and entitlement. If you push for treatment, you are met with resistance or outright animosity. And when you reach out to professionals for help, you are ...

An ancient legend. A snarky sword. And a reluctant hero who’s about to regret everything.Nate Arturi never wanted to save the world. He wanted to graduate, land a decent job, and maybe figure out why his neighbor's corgi keeps climbing onto roofs. But when a deranged alien beacon wakes up on Earth, Nate’s mundane life goes up in smoke—literally.Ambushed by an alien monster, saddled with a sarcastic sword, and scammed by a scruffy wizard claiming to be the M...

A galaxy on the brink.An enemy that can’t be stopped.And a trusted ally who might be the greatest threat of all.Five years into his career as an Excalibur Knight, Nate Arturi has saved planets, torched Synth swarms, and survived more near-death experiences than he cares to count. He's gotten pretty good at this. He thought he understood the stakes.He was wrong.Now, even with the Merlin returned to th...

The fate of a kingdom rests on two brothers who have never met.When fifteen-year-old Garren is torn from Earth and transported to the world of Pandoris, he discovers that everything he believed about his family is only part of the truth. A mysterious prophetess places him in the care of King Mitchell Varson and introduces him to Gabriel—the prince of Surlon...and Garren's brother.The two boys could not be more different.Gabriel is a political prodigy, raised to rule...

As early as 1615, Frenchmen settled along the St. Clair River in the area now known as Algonac and Clay Township to trade furs with Native Americans. Despite Louis XIV's determination to build a colonial empire in this region, the French "fleur-de-lis" was replaced by the British Union Jack in 1760 and then by the American "Stars and Stripes" in 1783, making it one of the few regions in Michigan to have flown the flags of three nations. Following the decline of the fur trade, three major i...

Grace Behind Bars shares the true and dramatic account of how Bo Mitchell, businessman and chaplain for the Denver Nuggets, inexplicably ended up in federal prison only to find God's true freedom behind bars. Ironically, it's in a six-by-nine-foot cell that God begins to free this driven Christian leader from his prison of performance and success. In the end, Bo realizes that God's love is a gift, not something he must earn.But there's more to the story: Just before Bo ent...

A BBC Radio 3 play by Gary Mitchell about music, friendship and politics. ‘Echoes of War’ moves between present day Belfast and the last 20 years, and explores the loose ends left by the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Originally broadcast as part of the ‘Drama on 3’ series on 18 January 2009. Hugh, a music teacher, has had an accident and is visited in hospital by his talented pupil Charlie and his wife Sharon. He looks back on how their relationships evolved over the years as working-class P...

On the surface, Michael and Cheryl have it all: a posh new home in suburban Belfast, good jobs, 2.4 pets.But things take a sinister turn when, living opposite a bonfire site, they unwittingly become the targets of a hate campaign involving missing animals, graffiti and explosions…Gary Mitchell's play Burnt Out is a blackly comic psychological thriller exposing the darker side of suburban life. It was first performed in 2023 at the Lyric Theatre Belfast, as part of ...

Advocating doll therapy as an intervention for people with dementia, this book combines theory and evidence to show its many benefits and present guidelines for best-practice.Despite being widely and internationally used, doll therapy is a controversial and often misunderstood intervention. This book debunks the myths surrounding doll therapy, highlighting its proven positive impact on the well-being of people with dementia. The book gives care professionals an indispensable overvi...

Love is impossible to understand in its entirety, especially when we are in love with someone else. Distant lover is a walk through three stages of love and how we find ourselves trapped in its grip, struggling to make sense of where to go and how to get there.