Marry Eudora had never thought she would return to the sleepy little town from where she originated. Life has brought many changes for her, and while she's getting the chance to fulfill her dreams and go to her dream school - Iwerks Academy - there are a lot of things she's left behind when she moved.Returning might just jolt her like nothing else does or did. After all Marry has a lot to explain to former friends, questions such as why she left, why she never called back...and why...

After 16 year old Mark Flint burns out some abandoned buildings, he is caught and quickly sentenced to an undefined period of time in the local hospital’s psych ward. Which he isn’t too thrilled about, he doesn’t think he belongs there.Throughout his journey, however, Mark may come to realize that every cloud has a silver lining, and not only does he have a chance to get better, and to realize how his feelings and actions affect others, but also, to find it in the first person he t...

Emily Nilsen is just your average High School girl - Bored by school at day, reading her teenage romance novels by night. Though she hopes to find that feeling that it's described in all those books - The feeling known simply as "Love", she really doesn't seem to be able to. She never dreamed she would find it in the portrait of a supposedly mythical Princess from the Past...Or that that Princess was really alive, and she would bump into her. Will love blossom from the most unlikely of fri...

For six years, Harmony Ink has been privileged to showcase the very best up-and-coming writers of LGBTQ+ fiction. We are once again awed and inspired by the talent, creativity, and heart displayed by these authors, all fourteen to twenty-one years old. Selected from dozens of entrants, these young people are the winners of the Harmony Ink Young Author Challenge, and they represent the entire spectrum as well as a variety of fictional genres. They are the future voices of our community, and...

Is there a history of neo-fascism in Brazil? The purpose of this Element is to analyze neo-fascism as a late phenomenon to understand its impacts and its connections with the so-called new rights, the radical right, as well as Bolsonarism. For this purpose, this Element is separated in three sections, addressing the formation of the first neo-fascist organizations after the Brazilian democratic transition; the development and articulation of a transnational network amidst a sharpening poli...

Como da relação das cousas dependa para com os homens toda a sua autoridade: vendo eu num caso tão admirável como no aparecimento del-rei Dom Sebastião: no da sua soltura e prisão de Veneza juntamente com a de Florença: no do seu tempo de encoberto: e ainda no do seu reinado e jornada de África: tão falsas relações, não digo já dos inimigos e malévolos escritores: mas também espalhadas pelos amigos e Portugueses; uns de pura inveja e grande maldade: os outros mal e levemente enformadas da ...

Evolution Education and the Rise of the Creationist Movement in Brazil examines how larger societal forces such as religion, media, and politics have shaped Brazil’s educational landscape and impacted the teaching and learning of evolution within an increasingly polarized discourse in recent years. To this end, Alandeom W. Oliveira and Kristin Cook have assembled a number of educational scholars and practitioners, many of whom are based in Brazil, to provide up-close and in-depth accounts ...

Both practical and theoretical in approach, this book is the perfect companion for student researchers and policy makers alike. It provides actionable advice for planning and implementing evaluations, while also instilling an ability to assess the evaluations of others and consider the ways in which evaluation evidence could influence policy and practice.Drawing upon a wide range of examples from policy areas like education, criminal justice, and health and social care, this book s...

Fascism in Brazil analyzes the long and varied history of the Brazilian extreme right.The book examines integralism, the main historical Brazilian fascist ideology represented by Brazilian integralist Action, the largest fascist movement outside Europe. It analyzes the Integralist tradition from its founding in 1932 to the present day. It examines how Brazilian integralist Action began with its leader Plínio Salgado's trip to Fascist Italy, and how the Popular Representati...

Reviewing macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation, from the phenomenology of magnetism and superconductivity to the presentation of alternative models for quantum dissipation, this book develops the basic material necessary to understand the quantum dynamics of macroscopic variables. Macroscopic quantum phenomena are presented through several examples in magnetism and superconductivity, developed from general phenomenological approaches to each area. Dissipation naturally pla...

Recent trends in health care across the United States and internationally have emphasized a novel approach that consists in comparing the effectiveness and efficacy of treatment interventions with a patient-centered emphasis (i.e., evidence-based health care), while ensuring cost constraints, maximizing benefits, and minimizing risks. In this book, experts in comparative effectiveness and efficacy research and analysis for practice (CEERAP) in health care in general address a range of topi...

Health care is witnessing an explosion of fundamental, clinical and translational research evidence. The emerging paradigm of evidence-based health care rests on the judicious integration of the patient needs/wants, the provider's expertise, and the best available research evidence in the treatment plan. The purpose of this book is to discuss the promise and the limitations of incorporating the best available evidence in clinical practice. It seeks to characterize and define how best avail...