Injured while working with her young quarter horse, Jeannie is thrust precipitously into a fantastic world of spirit and light. No longer bound by the dictates of the physical world, she finds herself navigating a landscape both astoundingly beautiful - and fraught with excruciatingly painful challenges. Memories of her life taunt her as she maneuvers through an unfamiliar landscape. Lingering insecurities bedevil her. Precariously grasping at long-held religious convictions while examining h...

Literary Studies: A Practical Guide provides a comprehensive foundation for the study of English, American, and world literatures, giving students the critical skills they need to best develop and apply their knowledge. Designed for use in a range of literature courses, it begins by outlining the history of literary movements, enabling students to contextualize a given work within its cultural and historical moment. Specific focus is then given to the use of literary theory and th...

For over half a century, organizations and individuals promoting ex-gay, conversion and/ or reparative therapy have pushed the tenet that a person may be able to, and should, alter their sexual orientation. Their so-called treatments or therapies have taken various forms over the decades, ranging from medical (including psychiatric or psychological) rehabilitation approaches, to counselling, and religious healing.Gay Conversion Practices in Memoir, Film and Fic...

This highly readable edited collection focuses on the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx. Each contributor to this volume explores a different facet of Proulx's striking attention to geography, place, landscape, regional environments, and local economies in her writing. Covering all of her novels and short story collections, scholars from the United States, Canada, and abroad engage in critical analyses of Proulx's new regionalism, use of geographical settings, and themes o...

Self-injurious behavior occurs in almost half of those with autism and is one of the most devastating and challenging-to-treat behaviors. There are many different forms of self-injury, such as head banging, hand biting, hair pulling, excessive scratching, and much more. With contributions from the leading experts in research and treatment, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of self-injurious behavior (SIB) in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or related developmental disab...

My goal was to write a short, easy-to-read book with suggestions the reader could begin to use immediately. As a therapist I know that learning, strengthening and refining the skills of communication is an issue with almost everyone. Hopefully, these suggestions will give you a head start on that path.Communication is basically listening and responding. Sounds easy enough, doesn't it? Communication can become easy and healthy if you commit to learning the Plane Before Speaking sugg...

June Parks has a flat tire in a rainstorm. A passer by stops to help as she is putting on the last lug nut. The next time she is conscious she is on the floor of truck being taken somewhere by an unknown person. The book is of her survival, the help of a hound and his owner a recluse x-military who lives on top of a mountain in the Ozarks of Arkansas. Her daughter calls an infamous Apache tracker to find her mother. He, his crew and local law enforcement team up to lure her abductor using ...

A Master's Degree in Stupid, living off grid, mistakes and sage wisdom is a humorous true tale of the mistakes people make living off grid or attempting to. The stories in the book are mostly personal observations that the author has seen in the past ten years. It is filled with advice and tales of what not to do and some what to do instructions. No names are disclosed nor location so if you see yourself in these pages, it is probably because you made the same mistakes. It is intended as a...

Gerard Manley Hopkins and Tractarian Poetry for the first time locates Hopkins and his work within the vital aesthetic and religious cultures of his youth. It introduces some of the most powerful cultural influences on his poetry as well as some of the most influential poets, from the well-known fellow convert John Henry Newman to the almost forgotten historian and poet Richard Dixon. From within the context of Hopkins' developing catholic sensibilities it assesses the impact of and his re...

More than seventy amazing Irish pub recipes, from the classic favorites you love to the contemporary specialties sure to delight.Talk about the luck of the Irish! One of the most beloved of Irish institutions (there are more than one thousand in Dublin alone), the traditional pub has served generations as the venue for local gossip, sporting news, a ceilidh or two, literary soirees, real estate deals, political debates, revolutionary plots, and, lest we forget, for ...

From the author of The New Irish Table comes this celebration of the Emerald Isle's classic desserts, featuring eighty wonderful recipes.Everybody loves a fool—especially made fluffy with ripe strawberries or tangy apple.From lemony puddings and marmalade-slathered scones to fruit-filled tarts and berry-laden crumbles, these contemporary renditions of the traditional desserts of Ireland make perfect use of common staples such as oatmeal, fruit, dairy...

Tom Oliver, is ready for a change. After some research by his assistant Mike, he and his dog Chester get in his old truck, Lillie Belle, and head west. He arrives in the little town of Hope and finds not much happening. Tom meets some of the townspeople and decides to stay. Soon after his arrival changes seem to start taking place in Hope.As a teacher, lifelong learner, gardener, artist, and mother who raised six children, I always wanted to write. I never had time because 'Life' g...