A poignant, revelatory memoir from acclaimed novelist and actor Denise Nicholas that offers an episodic exploration of her multifaceted life, delving intimately into themes of artistic self-invention, race, and grief.Long before writing her acclaimed novel Freshwater Road, or her career as a path-breaking TV and film star, Denise Nicholas was a middle-class Black girl growing up in 1950s Detroit, struggling to decipher her family’s profound secrets. She lo...

A poignant and revelatory memoir from acclaimed novelist and actor Denise Nicholas that offers an intimate exploration of her multifaceted life, delving deeply into themes of artistic self-invention, race, and grief.Growing up as a middle-class Black girl in 1950s Detroit, Denise Nicholas experienced the vibrant culture and harsh realities of a racially segregated city, which profoundly influenced her perspective on identity. In her early twenties, she dropped out o...

"Breathtaking . . . Perhaps the best work of fiction ever done about the civil rights movement" from the award-winning actress and activist ( Newsday).When University of Michigan sophomore Celeste Tyree travels to Mississippi to volunteer her efforts in the Freedom Summer of 1964, she's assigned to help register voters in the small town of Pineyville, a place best known for a notorious lynching that occurred only a few years earlier. As the long, hot summe...

What's a guy to do when he comes face-to-face with the girl he's been dreaming about for years?Rylee Post is a romance writer who wants to use a museum setting for her next novel. Noah Parker hosts a TV show about museums called Let's Explore!Rylee reaches out to Noah over a Zoom call to see if he'll help with answers to a few questions she has, to give some color to her upcoming book.When they connect, Noah cannot believe what he's seeing when Rylee Post appears on...

A moving Anthology containing a varied collection of personal, vibrant, introspective, and lyrical stories from a diverse and seasoned group of six dedicated writers. Their storytelling unfolds with grace, humor, and universal truths. These stories resonate with memories of struggles they've waged, of battles they've won and lost, and of their many experiences that illuminate their mature wisdom and their hard-won resilience. The compelling narratives in this book speak to all ages of read...

Covering the years of turmoil following the kidnapping and brutal rapes of seventeen-year-old Jane Evers, Teagan's Dad tells of how this event affects everyone around her for years after she escapes. As Jane's mother states, "Jane came home, but I never got my Janey back."When Jane marries, she and her husband, Colin Brody, leave Ireland with their daughter, Teagan, winding up in Southern California and living across the street from Darci Olsen. The girls grow up as best friends, a...

Three hundred and fifty years ago, Roger Williams launched one of the world’s first great experiments in religious toleration. Insisting that religion be separated from civil power, he founded Rhode Island, a colony that welcomed people of many faiths. Though stark forms of intolerance persisted, Williams’ commitments to faith and liberty of conscience came to define the nation and its conception of itself. Through crisp essays that show how Americans demolished old prejudices while invent...

In the late 2000s, the Walt Disney Company expanded, rebranded, and recast itself around “woke,” empowered entertainment. This new era revitalized its princess franchise, seeking to elevate its female characters into heroes who save the day. Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements analyzes the way that the Walt Disney Company has co-opted contemporary social discourse, incorporating how audiences interpret their world through new media and activism into th...

Décryptez L'Alchimiste de Paulo Coelho avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de L'Alchimiste, le conte philosophique devenu un succès mondial ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que Santiago, et l'Alchimiste• Une analyse des spé...

The field of research related to neurocritical care has grown significantly in recent years, and the clinical demands for current and dependable expertise has followed suit. It can be a challenge for the neurocritical practitioner to keep up with cutting-edge evidence-based research and best practices, especially regarding the role of pharmacotherapeutics.In the treatment of neurocritical disease states, pharmacotherapeutic strategies are increasingly relevant. Neuropharmacothe...

Das Ehepaar Lys und Patrick Francis wollten eine kostengünstige Reise machen, doch statt Entspannung warten auf sie eine ganze Menge skurriler Persönlichkeiten. Ob eine nervtötende Influencerin, unangenehme Dorfbewohner, ein wortkarger Busfahrer, ein schießwütiger Polizist oder ein unheimliches Schloss inklusive bedrohlicher Bewohner, unsere beiden haben einiges zu tun, um hoffentlich mit heiler Haut davonzukommen. Sie hätten nie gedacht, dass aus ihrem harmlosen Trip eine Horror-Tour wird...

Mental Health: A Person-centred Approach equips students with the tools they need to provide exceptional person-focused care when supporting improved mental health of diverse communities.The third edition has been updated and restructured to provide a more logical and comprehensive guide to mental health practice. It includes new chapters on trauma-informed care, different mental health conditions and diagnoses, suicide and self-harm and the mental health of people with intellectual or dev...