As the parents confront their past actions, a crucial message emerges: "Just because you get away with something doesn't mean it won't affect someone else later." The story delves into themes of empathy, accountability, and the importance of treating others with respect. The children and their parents learn a valuable lesson about the ripple effect of their actions.

Street Corner Desire represents a point in the young life of writer Kevin Wright. He draws upon dreams, hopes, and a desire to find the freedom to speak. He picks up right from where he left off in his last piece `Truth, Love & Simplicity`. As he speaks of his desire for love, his undying will to dream, and his determination to never give up on what he was truly blessed to do; write. Drawing comparisons from Jim Carroll and Nikki Giovanni, he is on his quest to be considered amongst the gr...

Exploring the influence misinformation has on public perceptions of the risk and severity of crisis eventsTo what extent can social media networks reduce risks to the public during times of crisis?How do theoretical frameworks help researchers understand the spread of misinformation?Which research tools can identify and track misinformation about crisis events on social media?What approaches may persuade those res...

OH BROTHER . . .Adam Henshaw joined the army to bury his past and put his talent for violence to better use. He wanted a fresh start; he got a massacre. When monstrous warriors tear through a portal and drag the survivors into a realm of powerful magic and brutal politics, Adam is forced to adapt or die. To find a path home, he must master that magic and turn it against his captors.TRAIN. GROW. ASCEND.Through fast fists, raw determi...

The Archons built their empire on the bones of the conquered, and they're always looking for fresh meat.Adam Henshaw is exactly what they need. He's strong, capable, and driven by a voracious hunger to learn.The Irala Academy could've been his chance to master the magic that would get him home. Instead, he got a uniform, a title, and a front-row seat to the rotten heart of the Union. As corruption drags him deeper, Adam has no choice but to play the loyal s...

Toward a Theory of Administrative Tethering is the culmination of a seven-year commitment to investigate and explore the highly complex and chaotic nature of collaboration, specifically in child protective services (CPS). This journey began with an atypical relationship between a doctoral student practicing in CPS and an academic mentor. Examination of the CPS system in North Carolina necessitated more in-depth study to foster change relevant to improve service delivery for front-line staf...

For the pastor or serious layperson, the realm of biblical interpretation can be a confusing maze of personalities, communities, methods, and theories. This maze can often result in obscuring the main goal of interpreting Scripture: hearing and knowing God better.The Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, now available in two volumes, is a groundbreaking reference tool that introduces readers to key names, theories, and concepts in the field of biblical in...

Southern-Led Development Finance examines some of the innovative new south-south financial arrangements and institutions that have emerged in recent years, as countries from the Global South seek to transform their economies and to shield themselves from global economic turbulence.Even before the Covid-19 crisis, it was clear to many that the global economy needed a reset and a massive increase in public investment. In the last decade southern-owned development banks, infr...

In the first two seasons of the HBO series Westworld, human guests pay exorbitant fees to spend time among cybernetic Hosts—partially sentient AI robots—and live out often violent fantasies. In Theology and Westworld, scholars from a range of disciplines within religious studies examine the profound questions that arise when the narrative of Westworld interacts with the study of religion. From transhumanism and personhood to morality and divinity, this book contributes to, confounds, and c...

Heart Work is a poetic rollercoaster. This book explores the essence of unknown feelings and emotions. It creates an opportunity to receive closure in some ways while being lost in other ways and being okay with it. There is no universal way of how the heart works, yet it is the hope that the poems in this book can provide clarity. The journey to healing is not easy, but it is worth it. It is hard work and heart work!

Between 1945 and 1990 the Western Allies mounted some of the most audacious and successful intelligence collection operations of the Cold War. Conducted in great secrecy, aircrews flew specially modified transport and training aircraft along the Berlin Air Corridors and Control Zone to gather intelligence on Soviet and East German military targets in the German Democratic Republic and around Berlin. The Air Corridors comprised three regulated airways for civil and military...

Invites the reader on a pilgrimage to more than 70 of Western Europe's most celebrated Catholic shrines and sanctuaries.