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A Jigsaw Life
A Jigsaw Life is a series of short stories that are set in the deep South surrounding a woman named Violet, a mother who suffers from bipolar episodes and severe depression. Lilly, the oldest daughter, will use her beauty and charm to maneuver through a small Georgia town but this ultimately sets her up for tragedy in the end. Meanwhile, the youngest girl in the family, named Jane, must work her way out of the heavy cobwebs of dysfunction. As a further matter, Violet and Jane are left struggling to overcome these hardships in order to prosper or grow. This is a collection of short southern stories that deal with flawed, and profound relationships, from the beginning with Jane, the child who must use her strength and creative energy to endure life with an unstable mother, and later she must learn to rise above her own father’s addiction. In other stories, as Jane grows into adulthood her romantic relationships are tested when boundaries are crossed and broken once more, wreaking havoc on the weak. Will she rise or will she fall? Can Jane pick up the jigsaw pieces of a shattered life and find her way back home again?
Bridges
In 1963, Neil Vincent, a middle-aged World War II veteran and "Christian atheist," is working at Westfield Court as a chauffeur. He spends most of his spare time reading. Mary Claire DeWinter is a young, blind, Catholic college student and reluctant heiress. To secure her inheritance, she has to marry within a year, and her aunt is pressuring her to marry a rich man who teased and bullied her when she was a child. Neil and Mary Claire shouldn't even be friends, but the gulf between them is bridged by a shared love of books. Can they cross the bridge to more?
Forced Entry?
Henrietta moves in with her mother, Leila, on the coast of California. Leila, an actress in semi-retirement, has a bad heart, and Henrietta hopes to inherit a fortune soon. To hurry that along, she enlists help from a young man she meets at a party, has him paint messages on the house and leave strange verses hinting at murder. She orchestrates several other events in an attempt to scare her mother literally to death. Leila calls the police for every strange occurrence, but also asks her neighbor, Max, to help solve the puzzling incidents. As the pursuit heats up, Max involves his girlfriend, her teenage daughter, his grandfather, the grandfather’s Irish friend, and even a nearby coven of self-proclaimed witches to catch the perpetrator of the scare tactics—Will Henrietta withstand the pressure?
Voyages in Childhood
This colorful and accessible introductory text for undergraduates covers connections between child development and biology, gender, culture, and ethnicity; examines current issues; and looks at the historical contributions of key thinkers. Learning features include review questions and quizes, plus
In the Shadow of Liberty
A probing work of narrative history that reveals the hidden story of immigrant detention in the United States, deepening urgent national conversations around migration. In 2018, many Americans watched in horror as children were torn from their parents at the US-Mexico border under Trump's "family separation" policy. But as historian Ana Raquel Minian reveals in In the Shadow of Liberty, this was only the latest chapter in a saga tracing back to the 1800s—one in which immigrants to the United States have been held without recourse to their constitutional rights. Braiding together the vivid stories of four migrants seeking to escape the turmoil of their homelands for the promise of America, ...
Els hereus
L'any 1994 l'últim règim del món explícitament segregacionista es va esfondrar. Dècades després, el país segueix dividit, incapaç de superar la disfunció social que ha heretat i que condemna els seus ciutadans a la desigualtat. Com podem deixar anar el nostre passat, com a individus i com a països? Com s'han de pagar els deutes històrics? I com una persona pot viure una vida conseqüent en una societat que ja no reconeix? A través de les vides de tres sud-africans corrents, la Dipuo, la seva filla Malaika i en Christo, Eve Fairbanks mostra el costat humà del conflicte. Els hereus és un estudi escrit amb una visió psicològica penetrant i una prosa encisadora. «Mentre llegeixis aquest llibre, t'aturaràs, tremolaràs, faràs que no i sospiraràs.» Justice Malala
The Party Family
Co-winner of the Canadian Political Science Association Prize in Comparative Politics of the Canadian Political Science Association The Party Family explores the formation and consolidation of the state in revolutionary China through the crucial role that social ties—specifically family ties—played in the state's capacity to respond to crisis before and after the foundation of the People's Republic of China. Central to these ties, Kimberley Ens Manning finds, were women as both the subjects and leaders of reform. Drawing on interviews with 163 participants in the provinces of Henan and Jiangsu, as well as government documents and elite memoirs, biographies, speeches, and reports, Manning...
When Tibetan Meditation Goes Global
This book provides an in-depth examination of the Yungdrung Bon religion in light of globalization. In its global dimension, Bon has been attracting a growing number of Westerners, particularly to its Dzogchen teachings and meditation practices. In this expansion, Bon operates in a dynamic context where forces that create changes in the tradition coexist, sometimes in tension and sometimes in tandem, with other forces that aim to preserve it. In tracing the process through which Bon has become a global religion, this monograph narrates the story of the principal figures who initially facilitated this transmission, following their journey from Tibet to India and Nepal. The narrative then move...
The Comprehensive Respiratory Therapist Exam Review
Find out how and what to review for the all-new 2015 National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) Exam with The Comprehensive Respiratory Therapist's Exam Review, 6th Edition. It covers every topic in the NBRC Detailed Content Outline, providing study hints, in-depth content review, and self-assessment questions with rationales so you retain more information. Sills' latest review also offers students and practicing respiratory therapists realistic experience with the new Therapist Multiple Choice Exam (TM-CE) through a 140-question TM-CE practice test on its accompanying Evolve website. Self-study questions at the end of each chapter include an answer key with rationales to help you analyze you...
