This volume focuses on the emergent field of neuroethics comparing and contrasting how two democracies, Canada and the United States, have begun adapting public policy design to better fit human minds. The book focuses on issues relevant to all members of the general population and discusses a series of policy issues arranged roughly in the order in which they become relevant in a typical person’s lifetime. After the introductory chapter each chapter considers an area of public policy part...

This book focuses on neuroethics in higher education in the United States. After introducing readers to the philosophical and policy foundations of the neuroethics of higher education, this book explores essential conundrums in the neuroethical practice of higher education in modern democracies. Focusing on neuroethics from the perspective of universally designed learning and policy design sets this project apart from other work in the field. Advances in neuroscience and changes in attitud...

As social perceptions of diversity become more nuanced, awareness of the prevalence of autism has grown. But how do we accommodate natural human neurodiversity within the juvenile justice system? And what are the consequences for young people?Law and Neurodiversity offers invaluable guidance on how autism research can inform and improve juvenile justice policies in Canada and the United States. Both countries rely on decentralized systems of governance to craft and implement law an...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.The era of greed and dominance must end. In the Ecological Era, according to Dana Lee Jackson, "we must learn from nature and from women in order to transform our destructive patterns . . . . The first step . . . is to cultivate and elevate in importance some of the qualities and values most generally associated with women that can hel...

Have you ever dared to be fully honest?With brutal candor, the author holds nothing back in her poetic exchanges with God. As she asks some of life's hardest questions and reveals her deepest pains, curiosities, and vulnerabilities, God responds as a dear friend and loving Father in words beaming with comfort, kindness, encouragement, and at times, gentle correction.The poems collected in Talks with the Comforter will reassure and encourage anyone willing to admit they have w...

More than 1 billion people worldwide have a disability, and they are all affected by politics. This two-volume work explores key topics at the heart of disability policy, such as voting, race, gender, age, health care, social security, transportation, abuse, and the environment.Disability policy is no longer an area that can be adequately addressed within major areas of public policy such as welfare, health, labor, and education. Disability has become widely acknow...

Guardian of the stars, slayer of the wicked, and commander of internal darkness . . .Adeena Devna finds herself the lone survivor of Astrari after a massacre was orchestrated by King Demir, fae ruler of Tartarus. Abducted by the Royal Guard, Adeena is brought to King Demir as a potential human bride. An attack within the castle leaves the king dead at the hands of Adeena. Her escape from the kingdom is unexpectedly aided by Dreyden, the formidable yet handsome High...

"A thoroughly enjoyable read that defies genre expectations." —Kirkus ReviewsCole Matthews definitely isn’t a stalker. Probably.Sure, he used company resources and crossed some lines to “have a conversation” with his sister’s abusive ex. But that was a one-time thing. Now, Cole has to attend a group therapy program with a long, clinical name…but the participants? They call it Stalkers Anonymous.Hailey Brigham is definitely dating the perfect man.

I wake up bound in a winter wonderland with no memory of how I got here.Thousands of Christmas lights illuminate the land around me—a sprawling tree farm transformed into a mystical land of candy. Behind me, footsteps crunch through freshly fallen snow. A voice cuts through the silent night, commanding me to run.So I do.Through rows of evergreens wrapped in twinkling lights and past peppermint archways that morph this place into a dark fairy tale. M...

Defender of the forgotten, keeper of divine ability, yielder to none . . .Adeena Devna finds herself crowned High Lady of the Sky after a whirlwind of a war leads to the end of the Starling prophecy. Her newly-found fae powers strengthen daily, becoming increasingly difficult to maintain control of as she simultaneously fights an internal battle of grief and loss.Disoriented fae travelers arrive by the hundreds in search of Adeena, puzzling both her and her...

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the most ruthless of them all?Queen Scarlett rules Underland through fear and deadly proclamations. Her infamous "off with their heads" maintains an iron grip on her magical kingdom. Across the border in Darkmore, Queen Ravenna wields blood magic in solitude, trusting only her prophetic mirror after her sister's betrayal nearly cost her life.When rumors of war threaten both kingdoms, these rival queens are forced in...

I whispered my darkest fantasy. He made it my reality.A moonlit pumpkin patch deep in the forest, where jack-o'-lanterns glow, and fog clouds my vision. It's exactly the kind of place I've always dreamed of being hunted, chased by a masked man until I have nothing left to give.Tonight, my fantasy is my reality.As I run barefoot through the maze of orange lanterns, my heart pounding with terror, I realize my pursuer isn't just playing a game—he's sta...