With a focus on how to improve the effectiveness and cultural competence of clinical services and research, this authoritative volume synthesizes current knowledge on both the physical and psychological health of African Americans today. In chapters that follow a consistent format for easy reference, leading scholars from a broad range of disciplines review risk and protective factors for specific health conditions and identify what works, what doesn't work, and what might work (i.e., prac...

He was my savior. My monster. My obsession. My destruction.A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Ariadne and her Minotaur.Ariadne Vitalis is in trouble. She's betrayed her father—and his dangerous benefactor—and now she's left to rely on Olympus' questionable mercy. But in this city, mercy comes with a price. For Ariadne, that means a sham marriage to Dionysus. She has no choice but to agree, even if there's only one man she's ever...

She was Olympus's Queen. Its sacrifice. Its savior. Its destruction.Long ago, Circe was Hermes's entire heart. The two women lived on the outskirts of Olympian society, content with a quiet life away from the spotlight. Then Circe caught the eye of Zeus . . . and was forced into a marriage that would take her freedom, her future, and in the end, her life. In the wake of the tragedy, gossip swirled about the woman Zeus married and (allegedly) murdered . . . but in t...

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ecolinguistics is a comprehensive guide focusing upon the expanding field of ecolinguistics and its investigations of the role of language in the life-sustaining interactions of humans, other species, and the more-than-human world. The collection explores topics such as climate change discourse, representations of plants and animals, relationships with land, ecotourism, language education in the Anthropocene and much more, in addition to comprehensive ov...

The book contrasts and compares the theories of the accepted heliocentric model with the lingering old fable of a geocentric model. The author regresses to the beginning of the conundrum, which he depicts as the Tower of Babel. Present-day theories are challenged with empirical values put forward, supporting the authors explosive findings and galvanized by captured digital images through the eyepiece of an amateurs telescope.

One of the hardest things for people to unlearn in life is the habit of suppressing emotions, especially negative ones. Young toddlers are frequently instructed to "eat through" their emotions, "suck it up," or even worse, "don't weep." But did you know that the real path to happiness is being able to embrace all emotions? both positive and bad.You can continue to experience resentment, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment if you had a parent who was emotionally immature, unreliabl...

Tired of love's song and dance turning sour? Dorothy Parker's "Enough Rope" is a cocktail of wit and wisdom, shaken, not stirred, for the romantically waylaid. With a sharp tongue and a wry smile, Parker dissects heartbreak, betrayal, and the absurdities of relationships. Is life a comedy of errors, or a tragedy you can laugh at? Buckle up for a boozy, brilliant journey through love's battlefield, where the sharpest weapons are Parker's perfectly aimed words. Let "Enough Rope" be your guid...

**Now a motion picture starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, and David Dawson, an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love.“Stunning…fraught and honest.” —New York Times Book Review**It is in 1950's Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim, gently guiding her through the water in the shadow of the city's famous pier and Marion is smitten—determined her love alone will be enough for them both. A few years later near the Brighton Mu...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of One False Move by Robert Goddard, read by Fiona Hampton and Alistair Petrie.What value can be put on a human mind?How Joe Roberts does what he does is a mystery. He has a brain that seems able to outperform a computer. To a games company like Venstrom that promises big profits if his abilities can be properly exploited. So they send Nicole Nevinson to track him down and make him an offer too good to re...

As a disgraced member of a fallen house, Cassandra Gataki has seen firsthand what comes from trusting the venomous Thirteen. But when the maddeningly gorgeous and kind Apollo asks her to go undercover as his plus-one at a week-long party hosted by a dangerous new power player...Cassandra reluctantly agrees to have his back. But she has one condition: when it's all over and Apollo has the ammunition he needs to protect Olympus, she and her sister will be allowed to leave—for good. Apollo ma...

Eurydice Dimitriou has always been the innocent one, the sheltered one. No longer. She’s finally ready to step out of the long shadow cast by her mothers and sisters. After her ex broke her heart, she’s picking up the pieces in the lower city…with the help of Charon, a man she’s drawn to even as she’s not sure she has enough heart left to give. Charon Ariti has been Hades’s right-hand man for years. He’s given everything to the lower city, but now he’s ready to take something for himself. ...

I was his wife. His lover. His sworn enemy. The ice queen to Olympus's most hated king.*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Hera and Zeus.*The barrier that's protected Olympus for generations has fallen. The enemy's breached the gates and the Thirteen are scrambling to protect themselves, their loved ones, and the city they've sworn to protect. At least they would be if they weren't at each others' throats instead.Hera has no inte...