There are certain wounds you don't remember getting—but you live with their pain every day. You feel it in your chest when conflict arises. You feel it every time you promise yourself, "I'll never be like them," and then hear their voice slip out of your mouth in a moment of frustration. This is inherited trauma: pain you didn't create but somehow became responsible for healing. Breaking the Chains is your guided journey to becoming the healed ancestor your bloodline has been waiting for. ...

The mask isn't made of silk or paint. It is woven from being perfect, being cheerful, being selfless, and staying quiet. You put it on the moment you realize the world likes the edited version of us better. The authentic woman—the one who is tired, ambitious, angry, and sometimes selfish—is too much for everyday life. So, we create the Persona.The Mask is your shield, but it is also your biggest prison. It keeps the peace in your relationships, but it starts a brutal w...

When you choose a solitary life of running a ranch, can you ever let love back into your heart?Since Travis’ wife passed away, he’s been putting all his time in running a ranch in Wyoming with his brother Cole. Life, however, gets lonely when a man is left alone with his thoughts for too long.When the town Reverend suggests a mail-order bride service, Cole quickly signs Travis up. But his hopes are dashed when Travis doesn’t seem to want to have anything to...

Verden Dotnet made an easy living mixing drinks for the creator of all sentient tech in the galaxy—until he decided to kill the creator. Now this man is dead, really dead, no cloud back-ups, and V-Dot is on the run, carrying a galaxy-shattering secret in his pocket. When he misses the last ship back to Ganymede, he convinces an old, outdated but still sentient ship, TR-8901, to give him a lift.But TR suspects that something is up—it is hearing rumours about his creator’s death, and...

Brett and Harry are cowboys in the truest sense of the word. They are hard, tough, and serious men who take their jobs and steaks serious.This story started out as an idea I had for a commercial. I liked the idea enough to sit down and write a short story.

Hilda had left to start a new life. She had married a man who was handsome and exciting and he’d promised her the world. When that world came crashing down, she returned to her home town. Not to lick her wounds but to rebuild. Robert was there to welcome her back. Then he was gone. Cruelly taken. But he left something for her. Something that would change her life. A story about loss…lies…secrets. A story of prejudice and hate. A story of love, forgiveness and redemption. “We must be willin...

'Boserup's contribution to our thinking on women?s role in development cannot be underestimated. Her keen observations, her use of empirical data and her commitment to greater gender equality are still an inspiration to students, researchers and activists who are interested in a better and more equal world.' From the new Introduction by Nazneen Kanji, Su Fei Tan and Camilla Toulmin 'Women?s Role in Economic Development has become a key reference book for anyone - student, scholar, or pract...

Originally appearing in the Warsaw daily Der Moment (1926-7), this intimate self-portrait by pioneering Yiddish actress Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870–1925) appears here for the first time in English. As it moves through her life, we see this towering artist and her art form emerge, observing how Kaminska navigates the perilous move from shtetl to city, stages illegal performances in unlikely venues around the Russian Empire, and eventually earns the exultant acclaim of her public. Th...

Illustrator Katie Scott returns to the Welcome to the Museum series with exquisite, detailed images of some of the most fascinating living organisms on this planet - fungi.From the fungi we see on supermarket shelves to fungi like penicillium that have shaped human history, this is the definitive introduction to what fungi are and just how vital they are to the world's ecosystem.Created in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Stella Fiorinelli is the daughter of Italian immigrants living in New York City. She considers herself a progressive and enlightened woman, but her life is turned upside down when she stumbles upon a mysterious and disturbing photo in her father's armoire.He dies before he can explain it, and to find the answers she longs for, Stella goes down a dark rabbit hole of grief and ancestral discoveries. Her journey takes her back to WWII Italy and the early lives of her parents-Maria, a ...

The two-volume set LNCS 15385 + 15386 constitutes the proceedings of the workshops and associated events that were held in conjunction with the 30th European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing, Euro-Par 2024, which took place in Madrid, Spain, during August 26–30, 2024.Overall, the Euro-Par Workshops received a total of 84 submissions of which 60 were accepted for presentation. They stem from the following workshops:– The 1st European Workshop on Quantum Comp...

ESSENTIAL OIL CHEMISTRY - Chemical Families: Alcohols, Sesquiterpenes, Esters, EthersChemistry is the science of aromatherapy. This brief explanation of the organic building blocks of essential oils is meant to be a helpful reference guide for having a basic understanding about the chemical make up of essential oils.INCLUDES AROMA QUALITIES FOR EACH ESSENTIAL OIL.All of life is made of three elements Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. These three molecules are the compone...