Communicating Intimate Health presents an edited collection of original, empirical research, personal essays, autoethnography, critical reviews, and theoretical work showcasing advances in intimate health research from the field of communication studies. Intimate health includes sexual and reproductive health, sexual activity, sexuality, gender, and reproductive justice. The contributors vulnerably engage subjects including: parent-child, partner, patient-provider, and larger societal disc...

Health Care Disparities and the LGBT Population addresses a people whose lack of health care access, including mistreatment and refusal of services, are often omitted from discussions about health care and insurance reform. Research suggests that LGBT people experience worse health outcomes than their heterosexual counterparts. Low rates of health insurance coverage, high rates of stress due to systematic harassment, stigma, discrimination, and lack of cultural competency in the health car...

The New York Times’“Your Quarantine Reader”Bustle’s “16 Novels About Viral Outbreaks To Make You Feel Less Alone”The Hollywood Reporter’s “8 Pandemic-Themed Books to Read Amid Coronavirus”Refinery29’s “Books That Hit A Little Too Close To Home During The Pandemic”SYFY.com’s “Eight SFF Novels You Shouldn’t Miss This March”St...

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Miles Koules and Oren Koules (Saw)Six teens, one dog, a ski trip gone wrongSam is dreading senior ski weekend and having to watch after her brother and his best friend, Gavin, to make sure they don’t do anything stupid. Again. Gavin may be gorgeous, but he and Sam have never gotten along. Now they’re crammed into an SUV with three other classmates and Gavin’s dog, heading on a road trip...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.In the latest volume of the long-established Social Policy Review series, leading experts critically assess key developments and debates in social and public policy over the past year.Offering a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary issues – including labour market transitions, migrant experiences, welfare governance and inequalities in care – this book brings together research that reflects the diversity and dyna...

**A KATIE COURIC BOOK CLUB PICK • USA TODAY BESTSELLER • New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense: the story of two women whose secrets and desires entrap them in a deadly love triangle.“McCreight’s new stunner Someone Else’s Husband takes readers from the peaks of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the streets of Soho and finally to the most mysterious place of all—the human heart. I was seduced by each c...

In this story, Katy Cupsworth, aka The Performance Warrior, takes us on a journey in which she longs to become a professional women's footballer. Katy possesses plenty of natural ability, including a ferocious left foot that can deliver a 'Screamer' of a shot. She undoubtedly has the potential to make it to the Women's Premier Football League (WPFL). Her aspirations stretch further as she wants to be a star player and even win the World Cup for England!Katy is also introduced to th...

An interdisciplinary reevaluation of William Bartram’s Travels, illuminating the natural, cultural, and intellectual landscapes of the eighteenth‑century Southeast through diverse scholarly lenses.William Bartram, author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulees, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws, was colonial America’s first n...

“Radiant...startling and delicate.” —The Boston GlobeOn the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, ...

Everyday Kindness is a charity anthology of short, fictional stories of kindness, edited by LJ Ross. These uplifting tales of hope and of small, everyday kindnesses are intended to support wider, positive mental health goals and foster wellbeing through the act of reading tales of goodwill inspired by others. Featuring authors across the spectrum of literature, some international bestsellers and award-winning writers amongst them, this is a unique collection of words.Proceeds from ...

Redeemed From the Ashes is the story of a misguided young woman named Evelyn Richardson whose maimed husband Carl goes missing as a result of the Halifax Explosion of 1917. Bedridden because of an injury, she is unable to immediately search him out. The chances of finding him grow thin as the days pass into cruel winter and the chaos of a shattered city remains.After several weeks of searching, Evelyn is encouraged by her disheartening mother to leave Carl for dead and to move on w...

In the vast expanse of human experience, there is one constant that binds us all: change. Change and loss are intrinsic parts of our lives, weaving through the very fabric of our existence, both personal and professional. It shapes our destiny, molds our character, and determines the course of our journey. Yet, despite its inevitability, embracing change remains one of the most daunting challenges we face. Uplifting gives readers tools and offers examples of how to rise above loss of all k...