In this touching memoir, we follow a journey from the joyful naiveté of childhood through the turbulence of adolescence, against a backdrop of familial strife and complexity. With evocative storytelling, we meet a colorful tapestry of characters that shape a life fraught with challenges. Through first loves, adolescent rebellion, and profound transitions, the protagonist's quest for identity is a tale of resilience in the face of adversity, betrayal, and loss. This narrative is a powerful ...

Unwed teenage pregnancy is a national problem - and a puzzle for clinicians and social psychologists. For how are we to understand a pattern of behavior that is strongly motivated and yet likely to end in unfortunate outcomes? Moreover, why does the pattern of unwed teenage pregnancy repeat in successivegenerations in some families, despite education and previous experience, whereas in other families the pattern is broken?Reporting on intensive social and psychological research in ...

"Dean focuses on humor, but there are quite a few moments of poignancy and tenderness. The zany escapades are occasionally over the top, but they never fail to deliver belly laughs." Publishers Weekly"For the Love of Katie is an enchanting read, I highly recommend!" Big Al's Books and PalsNewlywed Katie Maxwell is ready to settle down and leave her amateur detective days behind. But when the veil of secrecy surrounding her husband’s latest project takes them to Eur...

Between Orders and Heresy foregrounds the dynamic, creative, and diverse late medieval religious landscapes that flourished within the spaces of social and ecclesiastical structures.This collection reconsiders the arguments put forward in Herbert Grundmann’s monumental book, Religious Movements in the Middle Ages, and challenges his traditional interpretive binary, recognized as the shared origins of many medieval religious movements. The contributors explore the ...

A break-in at the Two Harbors Public Library leads to the discovery of a tape recording of a song made famous by a local rock band, but with different lyrics.The Whistling Pines residents recall events from the time, reigniting questions about the song and a long-forgotten band member’s death. Revelations about unknown cousins in a family tree, an outbreak of “apiary flu”,a library séance ,and a visiting baby’s disappearance from the senior residence all intersect with a 1970s fatal car ac...

On April 15, 1960, a plane crashed in the untamed African jungle. The Survivor - a young girl!Raised by fierce cats, Luana grows up to be as savage as her jungle habitat. And now she watches the winding overgrown paths for hapless humans on safari...

The first decade of the 21st century brought major challenges to higher education, all of which have implications for and impact the future of faculty professional development. This volume provides the field with an important snapshot of faculty development structures, priorities and practices in a period of change, and uses the collective wisdom of those engaged with teaching, learning, and faculty development centers and programs to identify important new directions for practice. Buildin...

An unidentified body. A vulnerable client.And a bodyguard pushed to extremes.Protecting people is Mack Atwood’s job. But when a mysterious murder leaves Aiden Riggs in danger, the determined bodyguard will go off book to keep the quick-witted computer genius safe. Neither is prepared for the heated chemistry flaring between them—even as a killer closes in. Until Mack realizes Aiden’s case is directly connected to shared events from both

From the bestselling author of The Spectrum, comes Dr. Dean Ornish's Reframe Frustration.

From the bestselling author of The Spectrum, comes Dr. Dean Ornish's Let It All Go.

Embark on a journey of discovery and enlightenment with "Cosmic Law and the Breatharian." This groundbreaking book delves deep into the realms of health, spirituality, and the interconnectedness of the universe, offering profound insights and practical wisdom for achieving optimal well-being. In "Cosmic Law and the Breatharian," you'll explore a diverse array of topics, ranging from Breatharians, fasting, and food choices to the profound principles of Orthopathy. Discover the secrets of di...

It is not difficult to argue that the social sciences are in a period of transition. Our day-to-day lives have been marked by uncertainty as our social lives have vacillated wildly between highs and lows, tensions between fellow citizens have heightened along ideological fault lines, and educators have been placed squarely at the center of public discourses about what—and how—we should be teaching. By any measure, we are living in a time where every moment seems to be rife with high stakes...