Now it's easy to come home after a long day to the tantalizing aromas of healthful, home-cooked meals without spending a lot of time in the kitchen. Slow cooker enthusiasts will delight in this collection of vegan recipes that feature the exotic flavors of some favorite international cuisines. Dishes from Italy, Mexico, Ireland, and Asia such as Lasagna, Ginger-Miso Coconut Rice, Caraway Cabbage Rolls, and Fiesta Soup are offered alongside standard American favorites like butternut squash ...

In With An Open Heart, a book of thoughts and poems, I am hoping to transmit my thoughts, hopes, and feelings. Writing is something that keeps my mind occupied. A few years ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, something that was not easy for me to accept.

Christianity and Culture in the City: A Postcolonial Approach offers an introduction to the broad diversity of contemporary Christianities in a rich, complex, changing, and challenging city context. Cruz focuses upon a variety of changing communities with dynamic and striking cultural experiences, and the volume provides both scholarly and practical insights as to how Christianities in the city relate to and transform city institutions and communities that are undergoing dramatic ...

Celosia receives the news at age thirty-four that she has become afflicted by the Dark: a mysterious malady caused by a lack of love, in any of its forms, in its subject's life. It is a malady with a staggeringly high rate of mortality once it has festered enough; it is not long before her possible death consumes her thoughts.Meanwhile, a succession of life-altering events facilitates twenty-seven-year-old Muiren moving back into their parents' home for the first time since they re...

Compositora is set to become the bright, bustling, magical metropolis it once was; after years of difficulty, everyone who calls the city home can thrive once again. What was once a small frontier in the desert has, over a short period of time, been transformed into a proper town. Where there were once dirt roads and sparse buildings, there are now distinct residential neighborhoods, areas of industry, and a new university; all set alongside neatly paved streets and walkways. It is a time ...

In With an Open Heart, a book of thoughts and poems, I am hoping to transmit my thoughts, hopes, and feelings. Writing is something that keeps my mind occupied. A few years ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease, something that was not easy for me to accept. I started writing as therapy, as a way to help me cope and fight my condition.

A recurrence of strange dreams has been plaguing fourteen-year-old Jaiden's mind lately, and she wishes they wouldn't. She has enough problems as it is, whether that be the difficulties of being biracial, or attempting to put words to her gender. However, when she learns that her best friend Mishaela has had the exact same dream one day, the two begin to take action, led only by the influence of a strange woman. Together, they are led to a strange place that is definitely not their suburba...

When the five heroes return home after their triumphant defeat of The Dictator, an era of peace enters Compositora, the capital of the magic world. The residents of the town are finally able to live their lives freely; to wear the clothes they like, eat the foods they want, and have the space to enjoy their freedoms. As the color begins to return to the area, everyone believes the worst times are behind them.No one could have guessed how wrong they were.With no warning, the...

Dogs know when we are feeling down. They love it when we are happy and seeking friendship and fun, and they understand when we are feeling sad and desperate. This book presents a series of real-life tales of the positive effects dogs have had on people at the end of their lives, chronicling the visits by two therapy dogs, Woody and Katie, to patients in a south Florida hospice facility. Through twenty-one stories, infused with humor amidst the sadness, Michelle Rivera, an experienced anima...

This engaging new book uncovers the cultural context behind the peace symbol’s emergence, its growing significance in the 1960s, and its ongoing presence in today’s worldwide grassroots and nonviolent social action protests.Since its debut in 1958, the peace symbol has become a ubiquitous presence in broadcasted images of protest and resistance, yet most citizens are unaware of the symbol’s history or psychological evolution. It is a unique modern symbol in that it is at once an om...

Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" sheds new light on the past importance, ongoing significance, and future relevance of a comics series that millions adore: Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts. More specifically, it examines a fundamental feature of the series: its core cast of characters. In chapters devoted to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Franklin, Pigpen, Woodstock, and Linus, author Michelle Ann Abate explores the figure...

Step into a world where the familiar becomes strange, and legends take on new life. Enchanted Tales & Twisted Lore invites you to explore fairy tales, folklore, and fables as you've never seen them before. From the deadly woods of Baba Yaga to space-bound horror on a derelict ship. From a faerie knight hiding behind the innocent face of a toddler to a princess who fights for survival on Mars, these reimagined classics blur the lines between light and dark, hope and danger. With co...