Have you ever felt as though you didn’t recognize yourself in the mirror and yet you’re frantically trying to keep that image together? Felt bound by the dreams you had for life that you now realize have forced other expectations on you? Or maybe you’ve laughed at one of those insanely ridiculous moments in the day when absolutely everything goes wrong and no matter what you do, the grand purpose seems elusive.Let’s be honest. We all have a standard in our head that we believe is t...

Pursuing Transformative Inclusion in Higher Education shares the story of the Becoming Community Initiative, a multi-year effort to pursue transformative inclusion on college campuses. The concept of transformative inclusion posits that true inclusion across higher education requires dismantling oppressive structures and an ongoing process of co-creating community. The contributors share the vision of transformative inclusion and Becoming Community, grounding theoretical frameworks, and ho...

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Policing, Communication, and Society brings together well-regarded academics and experienced practitioners to explore how communication intersects with policing in areas such as cop-culture, race and ethnicity, terrorism and hate crimes, social media, police reform, crowd violence, and many more. By combining research and theory in criminology, psychology, and communication, this handbook provides a foundation for identifying and understanding many of t...

How to Make Money in Stocks Getting StartedThrough both bull and bear markets, Investor’s Business Daily’s CAN SLIM® Investment System has consistently been the #1 growth strategy, according to the American Association of Individual Investors. How to Make Money in Stocks—Getting Started shows you how to put the CAN SLIM System to work for you.How to Make Money in Stocks Success StoriesThe most successful inv...

Proven Methods for Stock Market SUCCESS!"Amy's book is a treasure trove of success stories you should read carefully - each of these investors share what could help you find the top 2% of great stocks."-William J. O'Neil, Chairman & Founder of Investor's Business Daily and author of How to Make Money in Stocks"All you need are one or two great stock in a year and you can achieve some outstanding results."-David Ryan, three...

In a quiet farming family, a seemingly adorable little girl turns everyday life upside down. Sweet on the surface but bold at heart, she stirs chaos, outsmarts adults, and drives her entire household to the brink—yet somehow becomes the center of their world. With wit, charm, and unstoppable mischief, this “tiny trouble queen” proves that even the smallest can rule the biggest stage.

Dark Matter explores the thin line between lust and destruction, revealing a blasted spectrum where thirsty raindrops cause havoc between wet sheets, and from the windows view young girls are hanging by rope from the mango tree; from vast twisted tempests, where Miranda carries Caliban’s spawn, to the moist incubator of a breathless baby on the very edge of life, Amy Neilson Smith’sDark Matter work burrows into the bones of what is so viscerally here – and what is so nearly not.It’s the af...

Family genealogy research has grown exponentially over the past decade, making it an area worthy of scholarly inquest. Tracing Family Lines: The Impact of Genealogy Research on Family Communication, by Amy M. Smith, explores the connection between women and genealogy by examining the ways inherited familial narratives and data work to position women within American culture. Although studies of women’s lives are on the rise, the standpoint(s) of women has historically been marginalized, par...

Weeping Willows is the heart-wrenching story of a womans journey in life as she struggles to escape the horrific past that continues to haunt her present life. Ryan and Naomi Palmer have been happily married for five years and both maintain steady careers that provide financial stability for their fast-paced and comfortable lifestyles. One day an unexpected surprise surfaces that may alter the loving couples very predictable day to day lives forever. Naomi is dealing with the tormenting de...

As Brazilian democracy faces a crisis of legitimacy, political divisions grow among Catholic, evangelical, and non-religious citizens. What has caused religious polarization in Brazilian politics? Does religious politics shore up or undermine democracy? Religion and Brazilian Democracy: Mobilizing the People of God uses engaging anecdotes and draws on a wealth of data from surveys and survey experiments with clergy, citizens, and legislators, to explain the causes and consequences of Brazi...

What should a child do when their thoughts feel loud and confusing?When choices feel overwhelming, I'm Stuck! gives children a simple, empowering way forward.In this engaging and beautifully illustrated story, readers meet Cappy, a relatable young hero who faces a common childhood struggle. He cannot decide what to do. His thoughts spin, his feelings grow big, and everything feels stuck.Through gentle guidance and reflection, Cappy learns how to pause, list...

Out of His Mind interrogates how Victorians made sense of the madman as both a social reality and a cultural representation. Even at the height of enthusiasm for the curative powers of nineteenth-century psychiatry, to be certified as a lunatic meant a loss of one’s freedom and in many ways one’s identify. Because men had the most power and authority in Victorian Britain, this also meant they had the most to lose. The madman was often a marginal figure, confined in private homes, ...