Bee Corrigan has run the Alverton weigh station since she was nineteen, and she knows every crate that crosses it by weight and by smell.When the club president is killed, the new head is Eamon Slane: high school friend, Judas, the man whose testimony put her brother behind bars. He doesn't fire her. He does something worse — he reassigns her station, calls it an upgrade, and says it in front of the whole club.She smiles through the season. She writes down every route card,...

The spirit that founded the volume and guided its development is radically inter- and transdisciplinary. Dispatches have arrived from anthropology, communications, English, film studies (including theory, history, criticism), literary studies (including theory, history, criticism), media and screen studies, cognitive cultural studies, narratology, philosophy, poetics, politics, and political theory; and as a special aspect of the volume, theorist-filmmakers make their thoughts known as wel...

Alchemy is dangerous, especially when your afterlife is on the line.Echo discovers that Professor Dradon has gone missing in a land beyond the living. With rumors of a strange creature consuming the souls of the deceased, the cleric will risk everything to bring her former teacher back. With the help of her best friend, the roguish halfling Finn, Echo forms a party of adventurers to find her former teacher. Complications arise when the party mistakenly traps Hale, ...

The author has divided the book into three sections. Each section has a mechanical illustration that describes the context of a fundamental law or principle used by the founders when creating this republic and its levels of government. The first section describes the context of the fundamental principles found in "the Laws of Nature." The Laws of Nature restrict man's freewill and identify the areas of criminal law to be enforced by State governments in America. These principles of liberty...

Synopsis: Zanathar's War has left behind devastation that cannot be undone. Despite this, Zhan and Mikiel, two of the world's most renowned heroes, have worked tirelessly alongside their friends and allies in an effort to heal their damaged world. Enemies have become allies as Anastia turns toward a resolution that can bring an end to conflict and introduce peace to even those who thought it to be impossible.However, those with malice in their hearts can never be truly def...

Markus, a champion of the Guardian Knights and hero of Kadema, is a legend among the inhabitants of Anastia. He is a man of conviction, who above all things, believes in freedom and justice. He earned his renown during the Guardian War, a terrible conflict that brought about ruin and devastation to the world. Divided and at war, the two continents of Kadema and Nodis fought one bloody battle after another until a promising warrior emerged from the land of Khandra. His name was Tanor, and t...

Synopsis: "When all Shards of the Abyss unite, the Lord of Shadow will reveal his might." - Sagorn ProverbLong ago, the once mighty Civilization of Azod suffered unrepairable destruction because of the Cataclysm, an event brought upon the inhabitants of Anastia by Zanathar, a cruel, merciless being. Using his strength and cunning, the dark warrior was not only able to bring about an end to the proud civilization, but eventually its winged champions known as the Knights of ...

Adult Short Bowel Syndrome: Nutritional, Medical, and Surgical Management serves as a practical guide to the medical, surgical and nutritional care of complex patients with Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS), providing information on SBS with the most up-to-date, evidence-based data available. Additionally, the book presents global perspectives and highlights emerging areas of research that are influencing the care of patients with SBS. Intended for nutritionists, dieticians, physicians (specifica...

People with serious mental illness get sick and die 10--20 years earlier than their same age cohort. The social determinants are many: stigma associated with mental illness, poverty, ethnicity-based discrimination, higher rates of smoking and alcohol and drug use, and poor diet and exercise patterns, to name a few. Although multiple interventions have emerged as ways to combat these health challenges, additional research is necessary for the continued development and evaluation of strategi...

Meet Evelyn and Godfrey. Evelyn is breaking up with her boyfriend, who's passing out advertisements for his band on a snowy street corner in Baltimore. She's seen their dismal future together at Dr. Chin's office: she and her boyfriend, both many years older, singing “Happy Birthday” to a Chihuahua and arguing about cheese. She hopes for more. Meanwhile, Godfrey is proposing to his girlfriend, Madge, who's not quite willing to take that leap; she wants to see their future together first—ju...

Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Stroke is a comprehensive reference on nutrition for the multidisciplinary team caring for stroke patients. Targeting physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical dietitians, and advanced allied health and medical students, this volume provides an introduction on the different types of stroke, associated risk factors, and uniquely featured global perspectives on stroke. In addition to discussing stroke risk factors, the book expands upon treatment a...

Handbook of Prosocial Education is the definitive theoretical, practical, and policy guide to the prosocial side of education, the necessary second side of the educational coin. Academic teaching and learning are the first side of education; however, academic success depends upon the structures and support of prosocial educational efforts from promoting positive school climate to fostering student and teacher development to civic literacy and responsible and critical citizenship participat...