Henrietha – Book 1 is a poignant exploration of trauma, resilience, and the unexpected power of sisterhood that transcends racial and generational divides.It all begins in Toronto in the spring of 1993 in a coffee shop on the corner of Church and King Street. Joanna White, a 35-year-old journalist, is having a difficult time in her career as well as in her marriage after her husband unexpectedly leaves her for a younger woman. As Joanna st...

In this highly anticipated sequel, Henrietha – Book 2 continues the emotional and captivating journey of a Jamaican-born matriarch fighting to protect her family from the generational cycles of abuse and poverty.Through her ongoing, deeply intimate conversations with her close friend Joanna—a white journalist navigating her own complicated life and marriage—Henrietha unearths even more of her haunting past and turbulent present. The story dives deeper into Henrieth...

Materializing Ritual Practices explores the deep history of ritual practice in Mexico and Central America and the ways interdisciplinary research can be coordinated to illuminate how rituals create, destroy, and transform social relations.Ritual action produces sequences of creation, destruction, and transformation, which involve a variety of materials that are active and agential. The materialities of ritual may persist at temporal scales long beyond the lives of humans o...

A soon-to-be-divorced young woman, Laura Olsen, is invited by an old college friend to housesit her bed and breakfast in the small northern California town of Mendocino. Laura quickly finds herself in the middle of an investigation into a local woman's murder on a stretch of beach close to the village. The local sheriff warns her not to get involved, but Laura ignores his advice. She not only meddles in the investigation, but finds herself in great danger as a result.

Carla Stevens, a young woman who has recently moved to San Francisco, lives in an apartment building with an old-fashioned elevator. One night when she returns home from work, a young passenger asks Carla if she would allow her to send the elevator to her floor first as her boyfriend would become angry if she were late. Mildly irritated, Carla quickly forgets the incident until, Joey, a detective, calls on her because of the apparent suicide of a middle-aged woman in her building. The two ...

In The Voice Is All, Joyce Johnson—coauthor of the classic memoir Door Wide Open, about her relationship with Jack Kerouac—brilliantly peels away layers of the Kerouac legend to show how, caught between two cultures and two languages, he forged a voice to contain his dualities. Looking more deeply than previous biographers into how Kerouac's French Canadian background enriched his prose and gave him a unique outsider's vision of America, she tracks his development from bo...

The quick and easy way to learn the concepts and major theories of pediatric nursing – and how to apply them to real-world situationsIf you’re looking for a fun, fast review that boils pediatric nursing down to its most essential, must-know points your search ends here! Pediatric Nursing Demystified is a complete yet concise overview of all the important pediatric nursing concepts and the disorders that most often afflict infants to adolescents. You’ll als...

Corinne Nelson, a wealthy young woman from New York City, books a cruise to the Southern Caribbean to seek solace from what she believes will become a messy divorce following a short marriage. On the first night at sea, a young woman traveling with her elderly mother disappears. The woman's last name is the same as Corinne's maiden name which Corinne used to book her voyage. At first, she believes it to be a coincidence, but during the cruise, people at her dining table whom she has befrie...

Young financial consultant from San Francisco involves himself in the investigation of his friend's death at a cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains.A young financial consultant, Matt Handley, who lives and works in San Francisco, bumps into an old college friend at one of his favorite restaurants in the city. At lunch, Steve invites Matt to a weekend at his cabin in the Sierras, and when Matt arrives Steve promptly disappears. When Steve's body is found in the dam ...

The balanced way to learn about fluids and electrolytesNeed a solid foundation in fluids and electrolytes but finding this complex subject difficult to permeate? Here's the solution! Fluids and Electrolytes Demystified makes everything so easy to understand, you'll feel like you're learning through osmosis.Written by a nursing professor, this accessible guide explains, clearly and concisely, the key elements underlying fluid, electrolyte, and acid-...

Glen stood outside the house with the rest of the family. All except dad. He saw him get in the old pickup truck and leave. He could see the dark clouds coming up. He was starting to worry. Where did daddy go mama? Never mind where daddy went, said mama. Billy and Glen, I want you to go and gather up all the cleanest buckets you can find, rinse them out and fill them with drinking water. Carry them into the kitchen and line them against the wall out of the way. Newt, you go to the hen hous...

Atlas of Pulmonary Cytopathology: With Histopathologic Correlations offers concrete diagnostic guidance for anatomic pathologists to accurately identify pulmonary disease using exfoliative and fine needle aspiration techniques. It not only illustrates the classic cytomorphology of common lung lesions, but also presents and contrasts important problem areas that can lead to erroneous interpretation. Clearly and concisely written by leaders in the field, this volume is a practical d...