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Common Grace
The first major poetry collection from an award-winning student of Robert Pinsky, exploring the inherited trauma within his Japanese American family, his life as an artist, and his bond with his wife In 65 lyric poems organized into a triptych, Common Grace offers an important new lens into Asian American life, art, and love. Part 1, “Soul Sauce,” describes the poet’s life as a practicing visual artist, taking us from an early encounter with an inkwell at Roseland Elementary in 1969 to his professional outdoor easel perched on Long Island Sound. Part 2, ‘Ubasute,” is named after the mythical Japanese practice wherein “a grown son lifts / his aged mother on his back, / delivers he...
Love and Murder on the Hill
When a young woman’s body is found on the shore of the Niagara River, she has the identical purple marks on her wrists and ankles as two other bodies recently discovered in the same area. With summer just around the corner and tourist season soon at its peak, local police detectives Charles Richmond and Sarah Child know they have to find a ruthless killer before he strikes again. Unfortunately, clues are sparse. Charles decides to put his neck on the line and enlist the help of Grace Bardo, the local fortune teller hoping she can provide some insight into the case. But after another girl is kidnapped and killed a month later, the police are no further in their investigation. Meanwhile, Grace and Charles are embroiled in a passionate and unexpected romance, but everything is about to be turned upside down when Charles’s partner, Sarah, suddenly disappears. Grace knows she has to do something. Against her new boyfriend’s wishes, Grace summons the help of two friends and a few colorful locals as she embarks on a dangerous journey to find a serial killer desperate for the taste of blood.
The Snow Girl
The book that inspired the Netflix series. With over a million copies sold this is the perfect thriller that changes the rules of the genre. The most famous parade on the planet. A missing three-year-old girl. Where is Kiera Templeton? «Javier Castillo is undoubtedly the new phenomenon of European literature.» Joël Dicker New York, 1998, Thanksgiving parade. Kiera Templeton vanishes among the crowd. After a frantic search all over town, someone finds a few tufts of hair next to the little girl's clothing. In 2003, the day Kiera would have turned eight, her parents, Aaron and Grace Templeton, receive a strange package at home, a VHS tape showing one minute of Keira playing in an unfamiliar room. Bestseller author Javier Castillo of El día que se perdió la cordura, El día que se perdió el amor, Todo lo que sucedió con Miranda Huff, and The Soul Game, puts our sanity in check once again with The Snow Girl, a dark voyage to the depths of Miren Triggs, a journalism student who begins a parallel investigation and learns her life, as much as Keira's, is full of uncertainties.
The Warrior Class
This book is a fictional account of the coming of age of a young Southern American and his perception of life as he navigates his way through rural Northeast Georgia. This novel was written to encourage intellectual dialogue amongst Americans to increase unity and goodwill, equality, enlightenment, courage and action. African-American preachers should be the change agents to solve problems that negatively impact their community. Americans should perpetually fight for equality. Diversity, courage and innovation are the foundation of America's strength.
Roommates on a Mission
Grace and Jane are roommates who love feminizing men. Too bad the men never stick around. It's usually just a one-time fantasy for most guys. Jane is growing restless in her desire for love. Grace thinks they should keep trying. Then a man falls into their lives. He's sweet, handsome, and just might be who the ladies are searching for. Grace and Jane think it’s too good to be true, but they won’t pass up the chance to find out. Roommates on a Mission is a steamy feminization romance involving two women and the man they feminize.
Death at the Wheel
'The Mysterious is all Around Us' could be the catchphrase for Darcy Sweet's life with the way she always seems to end up in mysterious situations. And it was very mysterious indeed when a car accident that crashes its way into town results in a missing driver and a dead body. What happened? Where did the driver of the death car go? Could it have been a ghost driving? Anything was possible in the town of Misty Hollow. As Darcy gets deeper into the mystery she uncovers evidence that seems to point in an entirely unexpected direction. Once again the mysterious has landed her into danger. Can she work out what really happened before it's too late?
Identifying Emotional And Psychological Abuse: A Guide For Childcare Professionals
The principal objectives of this book are to enable childcare workers to understand and deal more effectively with cases of emotional and psychological abuse. The concepts of emotional development, emotional abuse, psychological development, and psychological abuse are fully explored and clearly defined, within the contexts of: Existing literature and research Childcare legislation and practice Child abuse enquiry reports, in particular that of Victoria Climbi The book identifies emotional and psychological development and abuse in specific age categories, 0-4, 5-12, and adolescence. Case studies and vignettes are used to highlight normal development and abusive situations. Comprehensive frameworks which are easily applicable to current practice, are provided, enabling workers to observe and accurately assess the quality of emotional and psychological life of children. Identifying Emotional and Psychological Abuse is key reading for health and social care professionals, as well as students with an interest in child protection.
