The Russian River tells a rich story of Sonoma County, both historically and ecologically. For as long as can be remembered, there has been an intimate relationship between the people of the Russian River and the fish, specifically the salmon and the steelhead. This tale of fishing begins with the Pomo people�s communal fishing forays, winds through Russian exploration and early American settlement, and lands in the present time. For millennia, fishing has been a cultural cornerstone on th...

Haunted? Hunted? When you need a safe place from disaster, heartbreak, or gods trying to break you and drain your blood… come to Sanctuary. It’s New York’s most exclusive club for magical beings and the backdrop of three sexy stories from three award winning authors.We Choose to Be by Megan HartLove is in the air…and the blood. When hemomancer Hadassah meets the woman of her dreams, she has no idea that Yael is actually a blood demon. Is it only the draw of...

New Directions in Rhetoric and Religion reflects the complex and fluid natures of religion, rhetoric, and public life in our globalized, digital, and politically polarized world by bringing together a diverse group of rhetorical scholars to provide a comprehensive and forward-looking collection on rhetoric and religion. This volume addresses these topics in three separate sections: 1. Rhetorics of religion at work in public activism, 2. Rhetorics of religion in contemporary public...

An inspiring picture book from the founder of The Kindness Rocks Project to celebrate the power of kind words and actionsOne message at just the right moment can change someone’s entire day, outlook, or even life!From Megan Murphy, the founder of The Kindness Rocks Project, comes a picture book about the power of kindness. Follow a diverse group of children, strangers to each other but each dealing with their own very bad day. When they each find a painted ...

A kindness and gratitude journal that teaches you to be kinder to yourself and others and helps you create inspiring messages for all.It all started with a single stone on a beach in Cape Cod and now spans the globe. The Kindness Rocks Project, founded by Megan Murphy, author of A Pebble for Your Thoughts, is based on the profound truth that one kind message at the right moment can change someone’s day, their outlook, and their whole life. This rock painti...

The Inner Garden guidebook and card deck will take you on a 12-month journey that will enable you to align your own rhythm to that of Mother Earth’s seasons; enable you to determine your own unique physical, emotional, and spiritual constitution; and support you in developing and practicing heart-centered living. Each chapter offers tangible guidance to make the intangibleness of your life more accessible, providing journal pages with reflective questions and meditations at the end of each...

Ethics and Professional Issues in Couple and Family Therapy, Second Edition builds upon the strong foundations of the first edition. This new edition addresses the 2015 AAMFT Code of Ethics as well as other professional organizations’ codes of ethics, and includes three new chapters: one on in-home family therapy, a common method of providing therapy to clients, particularly those involved with child protective services; one chapter on HIPAA and HITECH Regulations that practicing ...

This comprehensive second edition inspires therapists to utilize clinical work to pragmatically address intersectional oppressions, lessen the burden of minority stress, and implement effective LGBTQ affirmative therapy.A unique and important contribution to LGBTQ literature, this handbook includes both new and updated chapters reflecting cutting-edge intersectional themes like race, ethnicity, polyamory, and monosexual normativity. A host of expert contributors outline the best pr...

A mistress, a werewolf, a screenwriter and a shapeshifter walk into your heart in these two sexy paranormal stories of love and redemption.Shifting FlamesShunned screenwriter Eve Perez has something to prove. Shut out of the industry after a scandal, she’s ready to do whatever it takes to climb back to the top, even if it means working with notoriously difficult author Celeste Quon.Reclusive best-selling author Celeste Quon is adored by a generation...

A mysterious art academy in the woods, a deck of ancient tarot cards, a centuries-old secretOn a hot August morning in 1972, the body of Abel Montague, a student at St. Luke’s Institute of the Arts, is found hanging from a tree in the forest. An ancient Hanged Man tarot card is found in the back pocket of his pants and his body has been positioned into the exact pose illustrated on the card.When Detective Lola Germany arrives at St. Luke’s—a former monaster...

As researchers continue to adapt, conduct and design their research in the presence of COVID-19, new opportunities to connect research creativity and ethics have opened up. Researchers around the world have responded in diverse, thoughtful and creative ways –adapting data collection methods, fostering researcher and community resilience, and exploring creative research methods.This book, part of a series of three Rapid Responses, explores dimensions of creativity and ethics, highli...

Walk along with Maya and Grandma as they discuss what makes this world so special!Maya and Grandma's trip to the grocery store is anything but mundane as they explore the importance of diversity.This story of grandmother and granddaughter is inspired by the authors' real life relationship and the fun times they've had together. Readers will also have a fun time turning the pages of this delightful celebration of what makes each of us unique.