Lena Strand left Ekestad fifteen years ago and never looked back.Now a journalist in Stockholm, she returns to the small Swedish town she once called home to care for her dying father - planning to stay only long enough to settle affairs and leave again.But something about Ekestad isn't right.Nothing bad happens here.No accidents. No sudden illness. No violence. For decades, the town has existed in a quiet, statistical impossibility - its residents living lo...

Book one in the Silver Springs series. Pretty Little Scars is a forbidden, forced proximity romance.

The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul.Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions—and others who have lived wholly without religion—hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion’s strict and often inflexible path to spirituality. In A Religion...

I'm an omega who can hear the shadows sing.Patient #495. Nyx Blackwood. Scorpio . They call me dangerous. Unstable. The Fated M.U.S.E.Mentally insane, they wrote in my file.Unsatisfactory, they marked on my tests.Scentless, they whispered in fear.Excelled beyond control, they warned the others.For six years, Ravenscroft Asylum has been my prison, its white walls keeping the world safe from me. Or maybe keeping me saf...

The riveting history of tuberculosis, the world’s most lethal disease, the two men whose lives it tragically intertwined, and the birth of medical science.In 1875, tuberculosis was the deadliest disease in the world, accountable for a third of all deaths. A diagnosis of TB—often called consumption—was a death sentence. Then, in a triumph of medical science, a German doctor named Robert Koch deployed an unprecedented scientific rigor to discover the bacteria that ca...

The late Pope John Paul II frequently invoked Dignitatis Humanae as one of the foundational documents of contemporary Church social teaching. In this timely new edited collection, Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Liberty, Kenneth L. Grasso and Robert P. Hunt have assembled an impressive group of scholars to discuss the current meanings of one the Vatican's most important documents and its place in the Chu...

The president of New York University offers a love letter to America’s most beloved sport and a tribute to its underlying spirituality.For more than a decade, John Sexton has taught a wildly popular New York University course about two seemingly very different things: religion and baseball. Yet Sexton argues that one is actually a pathway to the other.Baseball as a Road to God is about touching that something that lies beyond logical understanding....

In the captivating pages of "A Bachelor to a Married Flirt," Ella Wheeler Wilcox weaves a tale of forbidden love and societal constraints. The story follows the forbidden romance between a bachelor and a married woman, as they navigate the complexities of their desires and the consequences of their actions. As their passion intensifies, they must confront the moral dilemmas and social expectations that threaten to tear them apart. With its exploration of love, betrayal, and the boundaries ...

I'm an omega born in the wrong skin.Patient #496. Jinx Blackwood. Gemini. They said I was missing. Swapped. Unfit to serve Fate's design.But Fate made a mistake. I was never meant for the world outside. I belong in the dark.Six years ago, I was stolen from Ravenscroft Asylum and dumped into a life meant for my twin sister. But now I've clawed my way back to where I truly belong — the haunted halls, the blood-soaked beds, and the underground...

Reimagining Rural: Urbanormative Portrayals of Rural Life examines the ways in which rural people and places are being portrayed by popular television, reality television, film, literature, and news media in the United States. It is also an examination of the social processes that reinforce urbanormative standards that normalize urban life and render rural life as something unusual, exotic, or deviant. This includes exploring the role of the media as agenda setting agent, informing people ...

Warriors of Freedom: 70 Memoirs of Union Soldiers is a remarkable anthology that delves into the harrowing experiences and profound reflections of Union soldiers during the American Civil War. This collection presents a wide range of literary styles, from detailed diary entries to eloquent memoirs, capturing the raw and unfiltered perspectives of those who fought on the front lines. Through these diverse narratives, the anthology explores themes of bravery, sacrifice, camaraderie, and the ...

Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizing world. This includes exploring the role of the environment, the economy, and related issues such as tourism. While traditionally relying on primary sector work in agriculture, mining, natural resources, and the like, rural areas are finding new ways to sustain themselves. This involves a new emphasis on environmental protection, a...