The emergence of new empirical evidence and ethical debate about families created by assisted reproduction has called into question the current regulatory frameworks that govern reproductive donation in many countries. In this multidisciplinary book, social scientists, ethicists and lawyers offer fresh perspectives on the current challenges facing the regulation of reproductive donation and suggest possible ways forward. They address questions such as: what might people want to know about ...

It's time to revisit 1945 and the final days World War II in a way that no one else ever has. Grab your thinking cap and join author Steve Ubaney in volume II of his Who Murdered? book series, where he probes every part of FDR's mysterious death. We have been told all the lies for decades, now it's time to answer some very pointed questions. Why did Eleanor Roosevelt suddenly, 12 years after FDR’s death, hire a private investigator to probe his doctor’s treatment methods? Why were all of F...

How a murder sparked a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India and the harm it caused to both nations' reputations abroadA Sikh temple in a Vancouver neighborhood was the scene of the murder of 45-year-old Canadian government employee Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18, 2023, by two masked assailants.The death of a Canadian citizen, according to Trudeau, was "an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty" if a foreign authority was involved.As the conflict between C...

Expanded story of the poem, The Groovy Pig, by Stephen Richards, Wee Wisdom, Unity School of Christianity, Unity Village, MO: June 1971.

Finding the time to read and pray as part of our spiritual disciplines is sometimes difficult enough, let alone what to read where and why. One Thing provides a daily devotional intended to be read in less than two minutes but filled with a day's worth (or more) of inspirational topics, stories, scripture verses, and events from both the Old and New Testaments. Among the unique themes, there are familiar characters scattered throughout the book, but there's also a considerable amount of ti...

Filling the roles of U.S. Navy Veteran, Police Officer, Retired County Sheriff, Behavioral Health Liaison, and Municipal Mayor were easy for a young man motivated by success and accomplishment. With each new battle faced, opponent overcome, and adventure partaken in, learning resulted. Stepping into the role of parent proved not only more challenging but significantly more rewarding. Through each changed diaper, midnight feeding, scraped knee, and painted nail, Richard found that his purpo...

Taking readers into the darkness of solitary confinement, this searing collection of convict experiences, academic research, and policy recommendations shines a light on the proliferation of supermax (super-maximum-security) prisons and the detrimental effects of long-term high-security confinement on prisoners and their families.Stephen C. Richards, an ex-convict who served time in nine federal prisons before earning his PhD in criminology, argues the supermax prison era began in ...

Can the common criminal get a fresh start?An essential resource for former convicts and their families post-incarceration. The United States has the largest criminal justice system in the world, with currently over 7 million adults and juveniles in jail, prison, or community custody. Because they spend enough time in prison to disrupt their connections to their families and their communities, they are not prepared for the difficult and often life-threatening process of ree...

This children ebook explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings.Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-section slice or exploded view reveals what's going on inside. See the people swarming inside the Empire State Building, the workers busy backstage at the opera house, and where the crew s...

New York Times bestselling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack from a submarine ha...

You’ll burn through this audiobook and crave more as Elvis’ mysterious death has finally been decoded using new evidence. When Elvis died in 1977 his father, doctor, chief of security, his cousins, and his girlfriend all knew Elvis was a victim of foul play. They knew there were dark forces at work behind the scenes, that’s why Elvis’ father hired two private investigators to find his murderers, but he died soon after Elvis. For decades the case went cold until this book was published. Thi...

Stephen Crane was an American novelist, poet and journalist. Crane is noted for his early employment of naturalism, a literary style in which characters face realistically portrayed and often bleak circumstances, but Crane added impressionistic imagery and biblical symbolism to the austere realism. Here are two of his most famous stories, The Open Boat and An Episode of War.