A childhood trauma leaves N. emotionally stalled but yearning for connection. When she meets a seductive but damaged young attorney, she falls hard, overlooking his technology vendetta, fear of intimacy, and dark past. But their affair ends abruptly, sending N. on a quest to reinvent herself. She ascends the ranks of Washington DC's influence sector, becoming a prominent lobbyist for the biomedicaltechnology industry; she parlays her "special skill set" into a post at the top of the Bureau...

Creative research methods for data generation have expanded over recent decades and researchers are eager to take a creative approach to data analysis.It is challenging to bring creativity into data analysis while retaining a systematic, rigorous, and ethical approach. Written by experts in the field, this handbook addresses these challenges. The chapters adapt analytical techniques in creative ways for novice and expert researchers. Existing and novel methods from analysis of quan...

Comparative Endocrinology, Volume II, Part One: Invertebrate Hormones: Tissue Hormones provides readers with some basic knowledge of animal morphology, physiology, and chemistry; a systematic and comprehensive account of endocrine principles from the comparative point of view. It can therefore be hoped to present a critical and up-to-date picture of the comparative aspects of endocrinology to the medical scientist and zoologist generally, and to furnish an adequately documented background ...

Survival is more than living. It is a desire, a will, something that burns so deep in one's soul…Raella is celebrating her fortieth birthday. Her husband, Brian, has decided to take her on a vacation to celebrate the memorable birthday, thus ruining all her birthday plans. She decides to take a solo excursion, only to find herself at the mercy of the Armas Locas, one of the most dangerous and influential Mexican cartels in the area. She becomes the prized possession of their leader...

In a small upstate New York town during the Great Depression, three children—Hibernia, Willie, and Otis—are about to meet. Hibernia dreams of becoming a famous singer and performing at Harlem’s swanky Savoy Ballroom. Willie is recovering from a tragedy that prevents him from becoming a junior boxing champ. Otis spends every night glued to the radio, listening to the voices that remind him of Daddy and Ma.Each of them is looking for hope, and they all find it in the thrilling boxing...

Survival is more than living. It is a desire, a will, something that burns so deep in one's soul…Raella is celebrating her fortieth birthday. Her husband, Brian, has decided to take her on a vacation to celebrate the memorable birthday, thus ruining all her birthday plans. She decides to take a solo excursion, only to find herself at the mercy of the Armas Locas, one of the most dangerous and influential Mexican cartels in the area. She becomes the prized possession of their leader...

Survival is more than living. It is a desire, a will, something that burns so deep in one's soul…Raella is celebrating her fortieth birthday. Her husband, Brian, has decided to take her on a vacation to celebrate the memorable birthday, thus ruining all her birthday plans. She decides to take a solo excursion, only to find herself at the mercy of the Armas Locas, one of the most dangerous and influential Mexican cartels in the area. She becomes the prized possession of their leader...

Survival is more than living. It is a desire, a will, something that burns so deep in one's soul…Raella is celebrating her fortieth birthday. Her husband, Brian, has decided to take her on a vacation to celebrate the memorable birthday, thus ruining all her birthday plans. She decides to take a solo excursion, only to find herself at the mercy of the Armas Locas, one of the most dangerous and influential Mexican cartels in the area. She becomes the prized possession of their leader...

Survival is more than living. It is a desire, a will, something that burns so deep in one's soul…Raella is celebrating her fortieth birthday. Her husband, Brian, has decided to take her on a vacation to celebrate the memorable birthday, thus ruining all her birthday plans. She decides to take a solo excursion, only to find herself at the mercy of the Armas Locas, one of the most dangerous and influential Mexican cartels in the area. She becomes the prized possession of their leader...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) disciplines face a gender gap that has been exacerbated during COVID-19.Drawing on research carried out by the Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) network, this essential book sets out the extent to which women working in STEM face inequality and discrimination. The authors use approaches more commonly associated with social sciences, such as creative and r...

The most trusted all-in-one overview of the biomedical and environmental aspects of toxicology--NOW more complete, up-to-date, and in full colorThe world's leading and most authoritative textbook on poisons has more to offer students,toxicologists, and pharmacologists than ever before. Now in full color, and thoroughly revised, the eighth edition of Casarett & Doull's TOXICOLOGY: The Basic Science of Poisons not only delivers a comprehensive review of the essential compo...