Most practitioners encounter bereaved clients before they receive any training in grief.Whether in a hospital ward, a community mental health team, a counseling practice, or a hospice, the expectation is often the same: you are qualified, so you can handle it. What that expectation misses is that grief-specific training is rarely built into qualifying curricula, and the models most practitioners carry, including the five stages of grief, are not well supported by t...

Your grief is real. It just does not follow the script anyone gave you.If you have autism and ADHD, you already know that your brain works differently. But when loss hits, whether it is the death of someone you love, the end of a relationship, a late diagnosis that rewrites your entire history, or burnout that strips away the abilities you relied on, you discover something else: the entire grief support system was built for a brain you do not have. The books tell y...

A heartfelt tribute to the mentors who shaped a life, Every Boy Needs an Old Man – or Two reflects on lifelong lessons learned through hunting, friendship, and wisdom passed down through generations. A gripping celebration of the past, this book honors those who influence us in ways both seen and unseen.

The popular college football analyst weighs in on the craziness of college football and the 2008 seasonIf television's college football analysts had a Hall of Fame, Craig James would definitely be in it. His opinion and insight on ABC and ESPN-not to mention occasional jabs of sharp humor and Texas charm-are as addictive as the games are.Game Day takes a complete inside look at the 2008 college football season-from James's behind-the-scenes Spring Tour when he met ...

Known as the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," the Indy 500 humbly began in 1911. Labeled as the first speedway, this two-and-a-half-mile oval is now home to many of today's top races, including the Brickyard 400, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the SportsCar Vintage Racing Association, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, and its most famous race, the Indianapolis 500. In The Indianapolis 500: Inside the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, speedway ...

From Cold War–era fears of biological warfare to zombie plagues as metaphors for contagion to portrayals of recent experiences with Covid-19, pandemics have featured prominently in American popular culture for decades.Discover more than 90 books, movies, television shows, video games, and other forms of media that focus on historical or fictional disease outbreaks and their devastating results. Readers will find fan-favorites such as The Stand, 28 Days...

The year is 1866: Federal authorities suspicious of Southern intentions control Civil War-ravaged Atlanta. Allan Ramsey, a former captain in Sherman's Army, has returned to the city, a place where his past and future might intersect. Writing for Atlanta's leading newspaper, The Intelligencer, Ramsey functions as an informal liaison between the city's leaders and the U.S. Army. A body turns up on the railroad tracks-an accident? Abigail Maynard arrives in Atlanta seeking her sister...

John Carlyle is back!In his 19th outing, this dogged investigator takes a thrilling PI role that sees him entangled in high-stakes jeopardy in Florida.Having left the Metropolitan police force - somewhat under a cloud - John Carlyle is forced to become a private investigator when the widow of his former best friend, art gallery owner and cocaine smuggler Dominic Silver, asks him to travel to Florida, the place of Dominic's murder.Sh...

If the ravens are lost, Britain will fall . . .Retired and restless, former Metropolitan Police cop John Carlyle is back in London and exercising his impressive talent for finding trouble. The mysterious death of his glamorous neighbour, Bella, leads Carlyle into a world of chancers, treasure hunters and criminals, via that most legendary of landmarks, the Tower of London. The ravens have vanished, bodies are turning up in the Thames, and the crown jewels are at st...

An invaluable resource for general readers investigating climate change, this book examines the impact of climate change on popular culture and analyzes how writers and directors treat the disasters caused by climate change in their novels and films.This work includes analyses of both fiction and popular nonfiction works devoted to climate change. In addition, the book examines a number of classic works from the perspective of the growing field of climate change li...

All things—good or bad—must come to an end …Inspector Carlyle gets the shock of his life when his mother announces she is divorcing his father after fifty years of marriage. But it’s nothing compared to the storm that erupts when he stumbles across the execution of a wealthy businessman in a luxury London hotel room.The victim is the latest casualty in a string of murders committed by a ruthless Israeli hit squad. Going up against the deadly crew could prove fatal, but with...

It's time for confession . . .Inspector Carlyle is burning the candle at both ends. While investigating a priest who has engaged in less-than-pious activities, Carlyle comes head-to-head with an old adversary—Christian Holyrod, the Mayor of London. The mayor is hosting an upcoming visit from the pope and is determined to keep any scandals involving the Catholic Church out of the public eye. But Carlyle, never one to let bad behavior go unpunished, faces off against church and state...