The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt.This new edition explores emerging themes, as well as ongoing issues that continue to besiege survivors. The book has been updated and revised throughout-from data about recovery efforts and environmental cond...

Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike, Howard and Bianculli along with the other contributors explore these endings and what they mean to the audience, ...

Thoughtful Proclaimer takes you from passage choice to proclamation. This book walks with you through message preparation that transforms both your heart and the hearts of your congregation or class. Aimed at those who proclaim the Word of God in a variety of church and parachurch settings, the Thoughtful Proclaimer method uses a contemplative question-based technique to determine the Commanders intent, Gods purpose, for every passage of scripture. Gods intent for a passage becomes the poi...

"Sofa to Singapore" is a warm, empowering and practical guidebook for anyone who has ever dreamed of travelling but felt too shy, anxious, or overwhelmed to take the first step. Written with honesty, humour, and the gentle encouragement of a trusted friend, this book shows readers that confidence is not something you're born with - it's something you can build, one small step at a time.Drawing from the author's own personal journey from self-doubt to self-discovery, the bo...

On the surface, she appears to have it all.If only the facade matched reality…With one year left at the International School in London, Fleur Marceaux is struggling to graduate, her love life is a mess and she can’t stop thinking about Max, her ex-boyfriend’s best friend. But all that pales in comparison to the blackmailer determined to destroy her.After watching Fleur break his friend’s heart, Max Tucker knows to stay away from trouble, despite the ...

Short texts are everywhere and so are the readers who love them!Today's teachers are continually looking for resources to help support their literacy instruction in an engaging and effective way while also saving precious instructional hours and planning time. In Shining a Light on Short Texts, authors Julie Wright and Elizabeth Keim invite readers into the world of short texts and all they have to offer.Part background information and part direct implementation, t...

8 BRAND-NEW ROMANCE AUTHORS – Fantastic new talented writers discovered in the So You Think You Can Write? CompetitionIF ONLY… by Tanya WrightAfter one tequila too many Micah O’Shea is suddenly seeing the world – and her best friend, firefighter Josh Taylor – in a new light! Surely a bit of Dutch courage is all she needs to see if he tastes as good as he looks…?A DEAL BEFORE THE ALTAR by Rachael ThomasGeorgi...

Twenty tales of terror and suspense, brought to you by sinister storyteller Vincent PriceHorror legend Vincent Price presents an anthology of eerie, unsettling tales with a devilish twist - some purportedly based on his own adventures, others narrated by him in his own inimitable style.Listen to his horrifying accounts of an unnerving piscatorial experience Down Under, a violinist with very special hands, a Bonfire Night party when a bullying father disappe...

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The essays that comprise Elusive Archives raise a common question: how do we study material culture when the objects of study are transient, evanescent, dispersed or subjective? Such things resist the taxonomic protocols that institutions, such as museums and archives, rely on to channel their acquisitions into meaningful collections. What holds these disparate things together here are the questions authors ask of them. Each essay creates by means of its method a provisional colle...

"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places."- Ernest Hemingway
What does it mean to break, to fall, to fail, to suffer? When we emerge from life's trials, are we the same people we were before they began? In Strong at Broken Places, members from across the League of Utah Writers explore challenges and adversity, illuminating the hope, joy, and triumph of finding strength in the choices we make.Featuring fiction, poetry, a...