An epic tale of survival, magic, and romance...Teenage Stella Grey has always felt an intense recurring sense of déjà vu...often plagued by strong dreams that feel more real than her waking moments. One ill-fated morning, her dream from the night before actually comes to life, as she awakens and finds her house ransacked and her mother unconscious near their broken-in front door. Her next moments are scary, shocking, and earth-shattering as she is kidnapped and del...

Teenage Stella Grey has always felt an intense recurring sense of déjà vu … often plagued by strong dreams that feel more real than her waking moments. One ill-fated morning, her dream from the night before actually comes to life as she awakens and finds her house ransacked and her mother unconscious near their broken-in front door. Her next moments are scary, shocking, and earth-shattering as she is kidnapped and delivered to a Gothic mansion, the Manor de Rêves.Over the next few ...

This book provides easily accessible technique specific information on interventional radiology (IR) procedures at a basic level for medical students and junior doctors. It covers subject topics in both vascular and non-vascular interventional radiology appropriate for a non-specialist audience. Case based contents help to introduce IR techniques and demonstrate the role of minimally invasive therapy in the overall clinical management. Pre and post-procedural patient assessments are also i...

THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT — Audiobook · Narrated by Ryan Chen. Listen time: 5 hours 48 minutes Prohibition history: Al Capone, speakeasies, the Anti-Saloon League, and the complete narrative of the Noble Experiment — how America went dry in 1920, what came instead, and why the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed in 1933. At midnight on January 17, 1920, the United States went dry. The Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union had spent decades organizing for exactly this mo...

Title: The Enchanted AprilAuthor: Elizabeth Von ArnimNarrator: Ryan EltonOriginal Publication: 1922Public Domain: YesIn the gray routines of London life, two quietly unhappy wives—Rose Arbuthnot and Lotty Wilkins—discover a small advertisement that promises something almost magical: a month in a medieval Italian castle overlooking the sea. Desperate for a breath of beauty and freedom, they decide to seize the chance. But the cost is daunting, so they...

Does interpersonal political communication improve the quality of individual decision making? While deliberative theorists offer reasons for hope, experimental researchers have demonstrated that biased messages can travel via interpersonal social networks. We argue that the value of interpersonal political communication depends on the motivations of the people involved, which can be shifted by different contexts. Using small-group experiments that randomly assign participants' motivations ...

Discover a Story Where Kindness, Courage, and Leadership Come to PlayHeroes on the Playground is a vibrant and uplifting children's picture book that follows a diverse group of kids as they navigate friendship, teamwork, and personal growth on the playground. With colorful illustrations and a heartwarming message, this story encourages young readers to lead with kindness, face challenges with bravery, and celebrate what makes everyone unique.Perfec...

In this original science fiction story, Captain D. Emerald, and her sister Assistant W. Ruby, are on a research mission in deep space, when they come across their old nemesis, the Croncrods.

This book is a guide to help Empaths and Highly Sensitive Persons to thrive in social life. It gives accurate information and effective advice on the following:• What high sensitivity is• The advantages and responsibilities of being highly sensitive• The traits of highly sensitive persons and empaths• The similarities and differences between HSPs and empaths• Handling toxic relationships• Understanding energy vampires• Detecting energ...

Empaths are beautiful human beings who have heightened senses. They are highly sensitive and attuned to other people’s emotions.Empaths also have the ability to read other people’s minds, which makes them excellent at spotting lies. They are also kind and they typically put other people’s needs before their own.Being an empath is a wonderful thing because it allows you to truly connect with the people around you. Your sensitivities also allow you to build deeper relationshi...

Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Health Care and Public Health offers an eclectic compilation of case studies telling the stories of women leaders in public health and health care, from Katsi Cook, Mohawk midwife, to Virginia Apgar, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Florence Schorske Wald, to Marilyn Tavenner, Suerie Moon, and more. The impact of their work is extraordinarily relevant to the current public discourse including subjects such as the global COVID-19 pandemic, disparities...

Decoding the discourse: Rhetorical foundations of authoritarian power.Fascism has resurfaced as one of the most pressing problems of our time. The rise of extremist parties and candidates in Europe, the United States, and around the globe has led even mainstream political commentators to begin using the term “fascism” to describe dangerous movements that have revived and repackaged many of the strategies long thought to have been relegated to the margins o...