Welcome to the world, where evil lurks in every corner as Maggie flees the big City of Las Vegas with her daughter Linda and her sister Molly, ending up in a small town named Victor with no money or gas. Stranded, sitting in the small caf, warming up from the bitter cold, Maggie and Molly try to figure out what to do next. A local overhears the converstation and offers a hand. As three years go by Maggie is still trapped in her haunted past trying to forget all the horror she went through ...

**A GLOBE & MAIL BESTSELLEROver 100 Proud-to-be-Prairie recipes showcasing the seasons, produce, flavours, and traditions of one of Canada’s most exciting culinary regions.**Dan Clapson and Twyla Campbell take us on a grand tour of the many faces and places that make up the Canadian Prairies. With over 100 delectable recipes, Prairie draws inspiration from the beauty of the changing seasons as well as the many different ingredients and cultures that make t...

This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break the traditional mold of teacher education.Section I presents unique preservice teacher preparation programs and initiatives. These chapters offer compelling ideas to readers who seek chang...

The new volume in the Urban Agenda series addresses the challenges shaping the development of human capital in metropolitan regions. The articles, products of the 2016 Urban Forum at the University of Illinois at Chicago, engage with the overarching idea that a dynamic metropolitan economy needs a diverse, trained, and available workforce that can adapt to the needs of commerce, industry, government, and the service sector. Authors explore provocative issues like the jobless recovery, migr...

Jessica is a young, no nonsense, career driven American psychotherapist that knows what she wants.Traveling to London on business, she meets Maximus Drake, the rude, egotistical, amazingly talented bad boy lead singer of the British metal band Blood and Guts.She is not impressed,and doesn't even know his music.After getting off on the wrong foot at the airport and on the plane, they find themselves having to stay in the same hotel room in London, even though they ap...

As a child in the 1990's, my medical condition made hospitals and surgeries a constant reality. I built a fortress of normalcy, using humor and denial to hide my fear and to live a double life: a cheerful kid on the outside, a terrified one on the inside.For decades, this facade was my survival, reinforced by alcohol when i got older that kept my panic attacks at bay. But when a profound family loss forces me to face my grief, my fortress crumbles. The panic, once a memory, returns...

After her dad gets sick, Ariana "Ari" Haynes returns to Mississippi to nurse him back to health, where she also reconnects with her best friend.Although her life is in shambles, she surprisingly finds love when she isn't looking. And definitely with the person she least expected. However, everything is not what it seems to be, and her secrets are unraveling little by little, hitting close to home and setting up personal and professional turmoil in her life. What wi...

Heart pounding.Nail biting.Gritty.Unique.Genesis Alexander is living high off of life, enjoying her career and her life with her wonderful husband Sean. However, that bubble quickly burst when a surprise greeting stares Genesis in her face. She reacts without thinking and has to decide whether she wants to start over and let guilt consume her.A cheating man can dish it out, but they definitely can't take it. Sean has no problem dippi...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of the world’s legendary artists and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets—from insight to action—for harnessing vitality, finding purpose as you age, and expanding one’s possibilities over the course of a lifetime in her newest New York Times bestseller Keep It Moving.At seventy-eight, Twyla Tharp is revered not only for the dances she makes—but for he...

2018 Nebraska Book Award2018 WILLA Literary AwardThis collection of poems by the former State Poet of Nebraska covers significant emotional territory while remaining firmly grounded in the landscape. From memories of the isolation and beauty of growing up on a farm, to a burgeoning awareness as a teenager of the economic and cultural forces waged against family farming, to coming to terms with the legacies of her parents after their passing, and, finally, arriving at an appr...

Surely, slavery doesn't exist in the United States today. Right?Wrong.Human trafficking exists everywhere. In small towns and big cities across the nation, victims are coerced or forced to live as slaves.Chances are good, in fact, that it is happening right now in your hometown.With estimated global profits of $150 billion, human trafficking is one of the largest criminal enterprises in the world. E...

FOUR STARS from Doody's Star Ratings™Leading educators provide thought-provoking board review focused on the new Noninterpretive Skills module on ABR examsThis robust study guide is ideal for American Board of Radiology (ABR) exam preparation, mirroring the syllabus in the new Noninterpretive Skills (NIS) module for the Core, Certifying, and Maintenance of Certification exams. Skilled radiologists with NIS expertise provide board-t...