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End of Life Stories: Tips and Tools for the Soul's Journey Home is an extraordinary book designed to ease people's suffering in the face of death. Here, anxious loved ones of individuals who are at the end of their lives will find comfort, wisdom and...

Are you tired of feeling lost and uncertain about your purpose in life? Do you yearn to live a life filled with meaning and fulfillment? "Gifted and Empowered" is the life-changing guide that will take you on an incredible journey of self-discovery and...

A Boy in a Storm: A compelling tale of adventure, friendship and a young man's struggle with his pastAn abusive father hiding behind an affluent Edinburgh address.A mother haunted and manipulated by secrets from her past.A young man brought up never to...

Unlock Your Full Potential and Thrive in Today's World!Are you ready to take control of your future and navigate the complexities of modern life? "Mastering Life Skills for Today's Teens" is your essential guide to developing...

In this book, I present additional tales of true crime and bizarre applications of justice (or injustice, as the case may be). They include: The real story behind "Arsenic and Old Lace" and why the reality isn't as lighthearted as Hollywood made it...

Insights and enquiries by Professional Dialogue Practitioners at the Sixth Annual International Conference of the Academy of Professional DialogueEdited by Peter GarrettForeword by Harold ClarkeThis is the sixth book of a series under the title The World...

Teenage dreams, ambitions and rebellion. Coming-of-age irony at its finest. Modernist Dreams Brutalist Nightmares is a searingly honest and brutally funny account of LG Thomson's experience of being part of the first generation to grow up in Scotland's...

Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse ~ MDSA The ultimate betrayal of a child's trust. The taboo subject led by society's denial that abuse of this nature even occurs. Wilma survived 16 years of her mother Hellen's brutal, emotional, physical, and sexual...

¿Te cuesta definir y cumplir tus objetivos?¿Sabías que el 80% de los propósitos que fijamos para el Año Nuevo se han terminado en febrero?El problema es el siguiente: A la mayoría de las personas nunca se les enseñó a definir y perseguir objetivos...

In this fast-paced memoir, Elise Krentzel shares how she took charge of the tumultuous 1970s by making a name for herself as a rock journalist. As a kid, her parents encouraged her to sing, play music, and write, but she wasn't allowed to be "herself."...

"I was a skinny Black kid from the projects, but I was determined to transition from a poor, nappy-headed boy into a princess even prettier than my mother." The Boy of Hearts is a deeply touching autobiography detailing the experience of a young child...

Journey along with Florida as she experiences adventure, joy, and a little fear.  On this journey, Florida discovers no matter what happens or where she may be, her Father is always near.  All she has to do is listen for his voice!

Literary Works by 10 Dominican Women is an ode and an incentive to learn more about these amazing creative mujeres. This book brings together ten transcendental Dominican women writers who have lived or live outside of the Dominican Republic. They are:...

Sometimes we think we know everything, but what we know is not real. Rather, it is a mirage of what we should believe reality to be. Since you control your imagination, imagine for me right now a world in which your dreams are not in fact your own. In...

This is a collection of essays, musings, ideas, and general thoughts on confidence games and confidence men. Scams and the people who perpetrate them, swindlers, and confidence men can be studied, even casually, to gain a better understanding of what...

This is a daily planner, undated planner with 365 pages so you can log in your daily schedule plans, page a day with a guided checklist and sections for schedule, appointments, meal tracker, exercise tracker and so much more.This Undated Daily Planner is...

2024 Reprint of the 1927 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Sex and the Garden of Eden by Maynard Shipley, published in 1927, is a critical examination of the biblical narrative of Adam...

Tort Law & How It's Tied to Our Culture is a socio-legal history of the norms, customs, and eventual private laws for wrongs, or Tort. Oliver Wendel Holmes described law as "a grand anthropological document." This can be said with even greater force...

What's a girl to do if she's dumped by her husband in her 60's?How about writing a book documenting her journey and collecting role-models of inspirational women from their 60's through their 90's?The humorous yet educational memoir of a therapist's...

Winner of the Pen/Corvino Award for NonfictionRunner Up D. Earles Medal for First-Time MemoiristsOn an ordinary January afternoon, a disturbing revelation about his wife hurls one man into a maelstrom of public humiliation and heartbreak, and eventually...

"Jerri [Sparks] is a magnificent advocate for those caught in these [abusive] relationships and offers tools and organizations for those that know it's time to get out." -I Heart ReadingOne woman's true story of surviving madmen at work and at home.On...

This is Charles Edward Scheideman's fourth book, all of which grew from his years in the RCMP and the experiences of a lifetime. 300 Wasted Years is about the natives of Canada, and to some extent, North America. Charles grew up on the Canadian prairie,...

A volume in Work‐Life BalanceIdentity matters. Who we are in terms of our intersecting identities such as gender, race, social class, (dis)ability, geography, and religion areintegral to who we are and how we navigate work and life. Unfortunately, many...

The Keng Khanh Concentration Camp of 1975 in Laos contains political and historical knowledge telling of a remarkable life journey.It is the author's true story of how he survived the perilous and eventful years during and after the Vietnam War. Themes...

Gender, Communication, and the Leadership Gap is the sixth volume in the Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice series. This cross-disciplinary series, from the International Leadership Association, enhances leadership knowledge and...

The degradation of our life-enhancing planet Earth has resulted in climate change, desertification, wild fires, livestock mortality, microbial ecosystem alteration, floods, extreme weather conditions, economic meltdown, poverty, resource conflicts,...

Nick Buckley explores the relationship between "givers" and "takers," and the damaging symbiotic relationship between them. He examines the motivation of disheveled individuals sitting on street corners holding out paper cups, as well as the...

Does Hydroxychloroquine work? Does Ivermectin work? It seems that from 2020 and now with the variants, we are suffering from a world-wide nightmare that only Joe Biden thinks has ended. So far, when it seems like it is over, the end point gets stretched...

The Handbook of Research on Child and Adolescent Psychology Practices and Interventions offers a crucial solution to the pressing need for comprehensive resources in the field of child and adolescent mental health. Edited by esteemed scholar Sanjeev...

Today's institutions of higher education must continuously adapt to meet the evolving needs and expectations of each new generation of students. A significant and growing presence within academia is the LGBTQIA community. LGBTQIA individuals are now four...

Much has already been published to better understand the problems associated with human trafficking such as why it occurs, where it occurs, and the horrendous tolls it takes on individuals and society. However, further study on the latest innovative...

Black women's marginalized experience has often superseded their impact at their respective workplaces. Usually, Black women's ways of knowing and leadership are composed of practices that do not fit perfectly in our heterogenous ideal of leadership. It...

Despite the declaration that we are living in a "post-racial America," multiple recent events in which Black lives were prematurely ended have sparked a racial reckoning within the United States. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, women played a great leading role in cementing communities, organizations, and family foundations. However, the pandemic also exposed various issues hindering women's roles such as equality in the workplace, pay gaps, and...

Developing nations have been experimenting with different models and theories in their quest for development for decades but are missing some critical elements when mirrored or judged via a Westernized lens. In order for these countries to successfully...

Storytelling is an ideal avenue for language learners to share their experiences and journeys and find a sense of identity. Everyone who has learned an additional language has a story to tell, but there is a unique type of autoethnographic and linguistic...

For many decades, the LGBTQ+ community has been plagued by strife and human rights violations. Members of the LGBTQ+ community were often denied a right to marriage, healthcare, and in some parts of the world, a right to life. While these struggles are...

The impact of women's empowerment on the Sustainable Development Goals is exponential, as their contributions are essential in all domains relevant to our society and economy. As a society, we are facing a moral imperative to redesign, reshape, and...

In the past century, South Asia underwent fundamental cultural, social, and political changes as many countries progressed from colonial dominations through nationalist movements to independence. These transformations have been intricately bound up with...

In today's modern world, it is crucial to ensure diversity and inclusion are present in all forms of education. This can be particularly difficult to achieve in virtual learning environments as educators and students adjust to this new way of teaching...

Marketers have attracted criticism from advocates of marketing ethics for not giving equal attention to all consumers. In other contexts, other nomenclatures such as "less privileged" or "low-income consumers" are being used to describe consumers...

In recent decades, historically white institutions have advanced their focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion practices within their organizations. Today, many organizations feature diversity practitioners within their workforce. Despite this, many...

The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted individuals, families, communities, states, and countries in ways that were never expected. A closer study of how the pandemic affected different areas of individuals' development and mental and...

The topic of urban life and the ambient in smart cities, learning cities, and future cities is a timely one, fitting as it does in the world today by responding in an interdisciplinary way across many areas of research and practice. It is essential for...