A small collection of poetry that will take you on a journey through the pain, and acceptance of falling in love with someone far away.

The Women, Gender and Development Reader is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impacts of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration, persistent structural discrimination, the global recession, and climate change. Approached from a multidisciplinary perspective, the theoretical debates are vividly illustrated by an array o...

Jake Worthington is the kind of guy who would rather spend his nights at home with his wife and kids. Unfortunately, there's been a security breach at Factory 309 on the planet Barros which he must investigate. In the coming week, he will learn more than he ever wanted to know about the trouble with drones.

The book contains a structured collection of complete solutions to all relevant plane contact problems. Classic profiles – such as the cylinder, the wedge, or the rectangular flat punch – are considered under centric and eccentric loading, but also a variety of other technically relevant shapes, such as the flat punch with rounded edges, the wedge with rounded tip, or wavy surfaces. With regard to the load configuration, adhesive and non-adhesive normal contacts, tangential contacts, and r...

Jake Worthington is the busy president of the largest manufacturer of smart weapons in the solar system. Frankly, he would rather be at home with his wife and kids, enjoying a more leisurely life. When someone decides to kidnap him and take him to another planet, he's put in the line of fire until he can figure out why some members of his company are suddenly losing their minds.The books in this series:FACTORY 309: THE TROUBLE WITH DRONES,THE TROUBLE WITH MINDS

Blog 1: A blog about my cancer journey the second time around. It speaks of feelings, fears, great and not-so-great days, too-many tests, good and bad results, frustrations, truths, embarrassing moments, happiness, sadness, anger and depression. Come take this hard, funny and sucessful journey with me! Blog 2: A blog about my dating life. It first began in my 50s, but ended up including my early dating life. It is full of funny stories, love, romance, hurt, anger, deceit and a wonderful se...

The Repair Manual for Uncle Sam and America is written to cut through the infinite mass of psycho-babble that has been thrown at the American people for decades. Thousands of books and articles have been written to analyze our problems, yet with all that verbiage we have not fixed anything. Today we are broke and in debt, we have wasted our wealth on needless wars, our drug problems have not abated, our prisons are overcrowded, illegals mooch off our system, our health care system is broke...

More than 7 billion people inhabit the earth and all of them are subject to aging. This book is aimed at persons interested in a molecular explanation of how our cells age. Human Longevity: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Bioenergetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution is built on the proposition that we age as our mitochondria age. It suggests a revised vers

From Donald Trump in the U.S. to Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, and Narendra Modi in India, right-wing populist leaders have taken power in many parts of the world. While each country’s populist movement is distinct, they are united by several key features, including the presence of a boastful strongman leader and the scapegoating of vulnerable populations, especially immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ people, and women.The Perils of Populism shows how ...

How can you turn your dreams into reality? How do you respond when bad things happen in your life? What are key elements to keeping a family together? What does it mean to act wisely? How do you influence your "battlespace"?"Now You Know" is chock-full of advice on these and many other topics pertinent to our daily lives.Author Fred "Val" Valentine Jr. is not a professional writer, but is a typical father who, while deployed in the military, took time to capture some though...

Aspen Silverglade used to be a force for good, but now she's just a sword for hire. On the run from the people she once trusted most, she needs to keep her head down and keep moving.But old habits are hard to quit. One night in a tavern, Aspen tries to save a woman from some unwanted attention. The woman, Charm Linville, is in the middle of a subtle and delicate act of thievery, and she does not appreciate Aspen blundering in.The disastrous and public rescue-gone-wrong make...

After tragedy struck the kingdom of Tavia, leaving four of her brothers dead, Quinn is sent to Pulia to marry a prince. People believe it was to keep her safe, but she knows the truth.Quinn is hesitant to get to know Prince Kaito. She never wanted to be married; love was not a part of her plan. But since she wants to be queen, he may be her only chance.As suspicious deaths arise in Pulia, Quinn worries her plans will be spoiled. Her and Kaito form an unlikely team to uncove...