This work is also a tribute to the tireless pursuit of truth and understanding. It is a testament to the power of critical thinking and the importance of seeking knowledge and sharing it honestly. Ultimately, this book is a call to civic engagement, and historical awareness. It is dedicated to those who seek to understand the complexities of American policy and contribute to a more informed America with the intention to inspire hope and activism.

The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, the depletion of oil, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational ...

A comprehensive, one-of-a-kind, evidence-based handbook to support postpartum healing and recoveryPregnancy may have left you feeling that there’s no way to fix common postpartum symptoms , such as pelvic floor issues, exhaustion, and burnout, and lactation woes. But that's simply not true. With this revolutionary resource in hand, you’ll learn what happens to the body during pregnancy and childbirth, common changes in function and feeling, and solutions for healin...

I made a huge mistake.No, not breaking into Panchard Enterprises, I did that on purpose. It was the getting caught part that changed everything. Instead of prison, Peter Panchard offers me a deal; steal something for him and he'll help me find my little sister.Now I'm at Neverly Prep wearing a uniform and trying to get close to Lucas Hook, the guy whose safe I need to crack. Did I mention the car and mansion and black card that goes along with this deal? Or the thr...

In this book, a solid and emerging group of international researchers contributes to the theory of metadiscourse and to our understanding of the role metadiscourse and related ‘meta’ phenomena may play in digital forms of communication. Providing examples of new research methods and approaches, the authors investigate progressively hybridized academic and non-academic genres that have migrated from analogue to digital format. The book offers valuable insights on how digital communication h...

Global healing requires a spiritual transformation of every aspect of life. Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun Magazine, author/educator Matthew Fox and Joanna Macy, eco-philosopher and scholar of Buddhism speak of the profound interconnectedness of all life and the experience of joy, courage and community we need to engage in the healing of the world.

Bioneers recognize that technical solutions to the ecological challenges we face must be accomplished by a change of heart.

Arnica's the best Nightmare Killer there is because she only cares about one thing: winning.Every Nightmare that comes along she dispatches with ease and leaves the humans with their golden souls to their merry do-gooding.Every smudge. Every shadow. Every terror.She's never had to go back and save the same soul twice. Life is just the way she likes it.Until Blaze comes along and screws up her routine. What's with this dude, anyway? Why are t...

**An Instant National Bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair"There couldn’t be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential . . . Macy follows closely in the footsteps of . . . Barbara Ehrenreich and Tracy Kidder, combining memoir with reportage, a raft of sobering statistics and, most uniquely in our era, a willingn...

Welcome to the world of Xandakar!This set contains FIVE full-length novels and a previously unpublished bonus novella, all set in a world full of sexy dragon shifters, snakes, wolves, owls, and an evil demon. The events weave through their mythical world as well as our own, and each story is filled with wonder, adventure, and of course, love.Book 1: Dragon Blue: A Lie That's TrueBook 2: Dragon Red: A Fire UnfedBook 3: Dragon Green: A Vision UnseenBook 4...

Can love overcome the spell of the siren's song?Vander Tanglevine is the young king of the Emerald Isle. But a meeting with the merfolk oracle will send him on a journey to earth to recover an ancient weapon he will need in the fight ahead. There he meets Dr. Brynn Mulbrook, an archaeology professor at a small West Texas college, ostracized by her colleagues for spending her career trying to prove the existence of an alternate world.As she helps him find wh...

The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits is a reimagining of Lewis Carroll's famous "nonsense" poem. By subverting the original characters and expanding the narrative through symbolic illustration, this work blends absurdist humor with unexpected emotional depth and playful introspection.The story follows the Bellman and his eclectic crew-a group brought together by only a common restlessness-as they embark on their hunt in a strange land, which appears to be just the place ...