When he decided to stowaway, Orphan Crandell Vroolak didn't intend to be the first teenager at the Moon's research colony, but now he's on a reluctant, life-changing adventure. Hired by Dr. Billy Jepler, NASA FarSpace Associate Administrator for Logistics—and con artist—who's brought goats, chickens, and plants to replace the unpalatable soy-and-seaweed-based Moon fare, Crandell must adjust to life on the moon.Struggling into spacesuits, taking a dangerous trek to the Moon mines, ch...

Severely abused as a child, Dr. Grant Chapman is a multi-phobic computer genius who believes in NASA's mission to far space, but is too afraid to make the trip. His best friend—NASA rogue, con artist, and trouble-shooter, Billy Jepler—drugs Grant and launches him into space.When Grant emerges from stasis, he finds the other nauts dead, a section of the ship battered shut, and the ecological balance of the Galileo threatened. His only companions are two miniature poodles and SINDAS, ...

Severely abused as a child, Dr. Grant Chapman is a multi-phobic computer genius who believes in NASA's mission to far space, but is too afraid to make the trip. His best friend - NASA rogue, con artist, and trouble-shooter, Billy Jepler - drugs Grant and launches him into space.When Grant emerges from stasis, he finds the other nauts dead, a section of the ship battered shut, and the ecological balance of the Galileo threatened. His only companions are two miniature poodles and SIN...

Reverence is defined as a sense of awe or profound respect for the person. It has become increasing rare in modern culture, not only in health care, but in education and in corporations, where people are too often treated in a dehumanizing way. This groundbreaking book is the most comprehensive volume to-date that explores in depth the concept of reverence and strengths-based approaches in the psychotherapy healing process as manifested in a wide variety of treatment modalities such as chi...

A blizzard has shut down the city. The couple from upstairs and their oversexed neighbor join Kristen and Bill to huddle by the fireplace, take their clothes off, and drink. Before long the couples switch partners, and the hotwives each tell a story about being with other men. When morning comes, after a wild night nobody will forget, at least one swap has become permanent!~~~~~ PG Excerpt ~~~~~“We’re not playing strip poker,” Kristen said, stirring the liquor pot.“...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Health literacy addresses a range of social dimensions of health, including knowledge, navigation and communication, as well as individual and organizational skills for accessing, understanding, evaluating and using information. Particularly over the past decade, health literacy has globally become a major public health concern as an asset for promoting health, wellbeing and sustainable development.This comprehensive handbook provides a...

A fresh, provocative history that renews our understanding of France in the world through short, incisive essays ranging from prehistoric frescoes to Coco Chanel to the terrorist attacks of 2015.Bringing together an impressive group of established and up-and-coming historians, this bestselling history conceives of France not as a fixed, rooted entity, but instead as a place and an idea in flux, moving beyond all borders and frontiers, shaped by exchanges and mixtures. Presented in ...