This is the story--a grandmother's story--of the experiences and events that have shaped her life, including the sexual abuse of her four-year-old granddaughter in a daycare center. In these pages, the author will share her trials and tribulations and provide insight into overcoming life's adversities, as well as what to do when the unthinkable comes out of nowhere. It is a personal, powerful, and agonizing story including a devastating fire, a flood, serious car accident, two failed marri...

For readers who love obsession, danger, and love that feels like a bruise and a blessing.He's the twin who trusts too easily.He's the twin who trusts no one.She's the woman none of them should have saved.A simple act of rescue binds them to her, a beautiful, controlled heiress whose generosity feels equal parts refuge and danger. Her lakeside estate offers safety on the surface, but beneath the quiet rooms and perfect smiles lies a tension none of them can i...

A novel with a perfect blend of gray history, raw romances, crime and money, love paradoxes and a perfect touch of when love tastes bitter and sweet

How Broadway Works celebrates the unsung, out-of-sight people on Broadway who bring a production to the stage and shows young people interested in theater that there are myriad of vocations other than acting.What an audience sees is what is presented on stage: the actors, lights, orchestra, musicians, and sometimes stagehands. What they don’t see is backstage, where many theater professionals collaborate to bring the production to an audience. The most visible career in a production...

Accounts of female offenders’ journeys into the criminal justice system are often silenced or marginalized.Featuring a Foreword from Pat Carlen and inspired by her seminal book ‘Criminal Women’, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system. It presents studies focused on drug use and supply, sex work, sexual exploitation and experiences of imprisonment.Bringing...

The Short Guide to Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the current state of the criminal justice system in the United Kingdom. Avoiding an overtly legalistic or philosophical approach, it offers an accessible entry point for students and researchers across disciplines, including many student-friendly features such as case study boxes, tables showing key facts and figures and links to data sources and further reading. Also exploring the experience of crim...

Aging with Grace by the Power of the GospelWhatever season of life you're in, God has equipped you to flourish—to live in the transforming power and beauty of his grace. As we age, we can easily lose sight of this message as cultural ideals glorifying youth take center stage.In this book, Sharon W. Betters and Susan Hunt offer present-day and biblical examples of women who rediscovered gospel-rooted joy later in their lives. Equipped with a biblical view of...

An abyss of horror opens before you...Scare Street proudly presents Terror in the Shadows Volumes 1–18, gathered into one massive box set. Over 200 tales of supernatural horror lurk within these pages, each story more diabolical than the last. From cursed artifacts to vengeful spirits, malevolent creatures to sinister rituals—this anthology is a gateway to nightmares you've never dared to imagine.As you turn each page, the air grows cold...

What would you do if you had a potential 80% chance of getting breast cancer?Sharon Tregoning decided to take control with a radical fight-back plan, a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction using her own tummy tissue.This is her very candid story of that agonising decision, and her year-long road to recovery, in rebuilding her body, and reclaiming hope for a cancer-free future.

Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice.This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments in their clinical work: the clarinet, the piano accordion, the flute, the cello, the trumpet and flugelhorn, the bassoon, the violin, the viola, the harp, the guitar, lower brass instr...

Your worst nightmares lurk in the shadows…An antique dollhouse welcomes a troubled family to a celebration of death. A party girl's addiction gives birth to a monster within. Man's best friend must fend off a woman's greatest nightmare…Scare Street is proud to present eleven chilling tales of the supernatural, in one monstrous volume. Horror authors Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Sara Clancy, and many more unite to bring you a terrifying collection of...

After months of grieving, Lady Grace Ashworth is all too surprised when her – very-much-alive – husband arrives at her front door. It’s nothing less than a miracle. However, Grace soon realizes that this Michael isn’t the same man who left for the Crimean War and resolves to devote herself to his recovery and to love him no matter what.Convinced that his wife is wasting her time on a broken man, Michael attempts to shield Grace from a life of inconvenience by driving her away. Will...