Two years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. Aftershocks collects poems, essays and photos from survivors of Hurricane Maria detailing their determination to persevere.The concept of "aftershocks" is used in the context of earthquakes to describe the jolts felt after the initial quake, but no disaster is a singular event. Aftershocks of Disaster examines the lasting effects of hurricane Maria, not ...

The music stopped years ago. Now, a witch and her cat have thirty days to bring it back.Marisol and her cynical cat, Tibby, are pulled to a foggy port city with a cryptic mission: "ENSURE THEY PLAY AGAIN." A legendary fifty-animal ensemble has been silent for decades, their harmony shattered by ego and tragedy.To succeed, Marisol must track down six stubborn founders—half living, half dead—including an owl who traded her saxophone for a ledger, a moose afraid of his destruc...

Have you spent your life being the 'good kid,' the responsible friend, the easy partner, only to find yourself burned out, resentful, and disconnected from who you really are? Welcome to your villain era. This isn't about becoming a bad person; it's about becoming a real one. This book is your guide to dismantling the people-pleasing habits that have kept you small and reclaiming the power you've given away. It's time to stop performing and start living.

Welcome to The Garden!This is a place for flowers and light, bud and bloom. Just beware of what's beneath the dirt, or scurrying in the dark. Here, 15 writers unpick the tapestry of life, death and regrowth in fantastical tales. This is a place where fruit may carry the rot of broken bonds, where flowers carry the burden of life and loss, hands reach out from the roots and teeth gnash their own way out… And ancient visitors might borrow the familiar shape of wolf & rabbit,...

The conversion of Spanish Roma to Pentecostal Evangelical Protestantism is one of the most unknown yet important modern religious movements. Its current spectacular transnational growth is due, among others factors, to the fact that it is directed, organized, and composed of Gypsies. This book provides one of the first serious analyses of an important historical, theological, and ethnographic account of the Pentecostal Revival movement that has been sweeping through the Southern European R...

Institutionalized through religious, moral and political discourses, the family has become an icon of Irish culture. Historically, the influence of the Church and the State fostered the ideal of a nuclear family based on principles of Catholic morality, patriarchal authority, heterosexuality and hierarchy, which acted as the cornerstone of Irish society. However, in recent decades the introduction of liberal policies, the progressive recognition of women’s rights, the secularization of soc...

 Today I am here, sharing my work experience and from where I can tell you in great detail how to operate a restaurant with the highest standards. Additionally, I can help you achieve excellence in areas of operations and how to protect the interests of franchise brands, both from a corporation's point of view and also from the franchisee's side. This has allowed me to accumulate knowledge and develop great experience in this business sector. I have trained many managers and directors so ...

The moon drops Marisol into a forest where everything talks back. The mushrooms are judgmental. The squirrels are placing bets on her failure. And a boulder she accidentally grabs apologizes for being in the way.Her assignment: save the oldest tree in the forest from falling. Simple — except the tree has been dying for centuries, her magic is running at sixty percent, and the only person who claims to know how to fix it is a sweet old grandmother in a cottage with a red door who ke...

A 2015 Stonewall Honor BookA groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens.Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference. Each honest discussion and disclosure,...

A collection of short stories moving through time and place, exploring the spaces where we haunt each other and ourselves through our choices, our institutions, and our dreams.Adam Soto, author of the debut novel This Weightless World, which Robin Sloan called “the social novel for the 21st century,” returns with Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep.In the title story, a one-armed Harlem Hellfighter goes in search of his specially altered military uniform while Influenza...

The voluntary sector plays a crucial role in shaping place, and is in turn shaped by that context, yet this ‘place leadership’ role has been underexplored in research. This interdisciplinary book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine this intriguing phenomenon in different political and cultural contexts.Using case studies from the UK, the US, China and Europe, the book provides fresh insights into the dynamic relationship between place, leadership and volun...

Sermons 27 through 38 cover the Gospel of St Luke 6:20 - 7:28. - Summary by the Reader