This new edition of a bestselling, evidence-based textbook provides a comprehensive overview of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Keeping service users and their recovery at the centre of care, the holistic approach will help nurses to gain the tools and understanding required to work in this complex area.Extensively updated for this new edition, the text looks at:Aspects of mental health nursing: covering topics such as ethics, developing therapeutic r...

After the untimely death of her mother and with only the clothes on her back, shoes much too worn, and a limited supply of food, Tulip sets off on foot, leaving behind the shack she had come to call home. Frightened and hungry, she stumbles upon Betts Farm, which ultimately brings her more harm than help. After what feels like a lifetime, Tulip escapes her captors and eventually falls into the arms of the young and handsome, Malcolm Thornton. Overwhelmed by their insatiable and passionate ...

The contributors in this study examine the historical Harlem community during its renaissance period as well as its present-day community. A cursory investigation of the existent that focus on the Harlem community during its renaissance of the early twentieth century reveals that the compilations are primarily ones that present the subjects’ life stories through the lens of praise songs. This book, however, presents the Harlem community through a lens that reveals more grounded and researc...

Bound together by a common history, Tulip and Solo separately navigate life ignoring, unsuccessfully, the binding ties that remain strong. As Tulip finds her faith, Solo battles dangers both seen and unimagined.Through distance, heartbreak, and unspeakable trauma, both women manage to find comfort in the ever-present Field of Flowers, but is that familiar place enough to lead them home?Solo is the sequel to Tulip, Mary Chambers' critically-acclaimed debut ...

A refreshing memoir that challenges readers to make the most of life’s opportunities.After moving to Canada from Jamaica in 1976, a colleague at Scotiabank told Mary Anne Chambers not to be surprised if she didn’t get very far. The overlapping characteristics of her identity — Caribbean immigrant, Black businesswoman, Catholic, wife, and mother—were expected to hinder her both personally and professionally. Yet, against all odds, she went on to attain senior roles ...

The preteen years can be complicated. How does God fit into these years? During this stage, preteens grapple with Biblical truths and how they apply to everyday circumstances. These years are filled with learning opportunities as preteens navigate this season of growth and adventure.This devotional, Preteen Zone, is a collection of stories about Aaron, Avery, Trevor, and Kaylin, a diverse group of four middle school friends who are learning how to follow Jesus and obey His...

Join three friends on an exciting adventure as they set out to help one of them, Tucker, find his new forever home.Tucker, a fluffy and curious pup, falls off a truck on his way to the pet store and meets Cluck, a duck, and Buck, a skunk, who decides to help him on his quest. They face challenges and make new friends through the journey, but they never lose hope.Will they be able to find Tucker's new family?Read Tuck, Cluck, and Buck - The Q...

Awkwardland. It's where I live. And I'm the president, mayor, and sole citizen.Reese Jackson is living her safest life. This polymath is tired of trying to fit in with a small town that never knows what to do with her. Her absentee family may have forced her into dorm life for her own good, but she goes from her classes to her room and back—no parties, no dates, and no drawing attention.Until one noisy night, when Reese gets kicked out of her dorm.F...

This volume is designed to illuminate the educational experiences of Black women, from the time they earn their high school diplomas through graduate study, with a particular focus on their doctoral studies, by exploring the commonalities and the uniqueness of their individual paths and challenges. The chapters of this volume newly identify key factors and experiences that shape Black women’s engagement or disengagement with higher education.The original research presented here – using an ...

Significant Food is a collaborative work of textual analysis and criticism that chews on the role and prominence of food in American literature. The volume offers close readings of many well-known, and some less well-known, examples of American writing, as studied through the food culture sensibilities of a well-stocked cupboard of contributors who offer their analyses for public consumption.Editors Jeff Birkenstein and Robert C. Hauhart find that literary criticism has fo...

Step deeper into the shadows with a haunting collection of classic supernatural fiction. The Book of Shadows Vol. 2 brings together eerie and atmospheric stories by Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Robert W. Chambers, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Arthur Machen, Mary Webb, John Buchan, William Fryer Harvey, and Sir Hugh Walpole. This diverse anthology explores the unsettling territory between the familiar and the unknown. Its stories feature ghosts, haunted locations, mysterious occurrences, supernatu...

A captivating continuation of classic ghostly fiction filled with mystery and suspense. This volume presents another collection of unforgettable supernatural tales, featuring haunted places, mysterious apparitions, and eerie encounters that blur the line between reality and the unknown. Written by Various Authors, this anthology offers timeless thrills for lovers of supernatural literature.