Courageous and vulnerable, April has survived Philadelphia’s tough city streets. But when her sister disappears, April’s search will lead her to the Pennsylvania Amish countryside—where the peaceful setting belies a brand of danger all its own . . .With a childhood shattered by alcoholism and abandonment, April learned the hard way to trust only herself and her younger sister, Rose. But suddenly, Rose is gone without a word—and April’s purpose in life is to find he...

In this captivating follow-up to Searching for Rose, author Dana Becker tells the tale of a young woman who finds refuge from a dark past in Pennsylvania Amish country. But as she strives to create a new life, and possibly a new love, she finds her escape from danger has only just begun . . .In a bucolic cabin in Pennsylvania Amish country, Rose lives with her older sister, April, andbrother-in-law, Joseph. It’s a blessedly quiet life, far from the ...

Stress. Everyone is talking about it, suffering from it, trying desperately to manage it-now more than ever. From 1970 to 1980, 2,326 academic articles appeared with the word "stress" in the title. In the decade between 2000 and 2010 that number jumped to 21,750. Has life become ten times more stressful, or is it the stress concept itself that has grown exponentially over the past 40 years? In One Nation Under Stress, Dana Becker argues that our national infatuation with the thera...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between gender, the experience of psychological distress that we currently call borderline personality disorder, and the borderline diagnosis as a classification of psychiatric disorder. It offers a new emphasis on elements of female socialization as critical to the understanding of

The Myth of Empowerment surveys the ways in which women have been represented and influenced by the rapidly growing therapeutic culture-both popular and professional-from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The middle-class woman concerned about her health and her ability to care for others in an uncertain world is not as different from her late nineteenth-century white middle-class predecessors as we might imagine. In the nineteenth century she was told that her mo...

Courageous and vulnerable, April has survived Philadelphia's tough city streets. But when her sister disappears, April's search will lead her to the Pennsylvania Amish countryside—where the peaceful setting belies a brand of danger all its own . . .With a childhood shattered by alcoholism and abandonment, April learned the hard way to trust only herself and her younger sister, Rose. But suddenly, Rose is gone without a word—and April's purpose in life is to find he...

Dana Arnold, eine stille, kontaktarme Dreizehnjährige, die sich ausschließlich für ihre Schulbücher interessiert, gerät unerwartet in einen aufregenden Kriminalfall. Ihre stets hilfsbereite und außerordentlich großzügige, doch auch exzentrische Tante Maria wurde von einem Heiratsschwindler um eine beachtliche Summe betrogen. Dana, die ihrer Verwandten helfen will, bringt sich während ihrer Detektivarbeit mehrmals in gefährliche Situationen. Aufgrund ihrer schlagartig entfachten Lebenslust ...

Malheureusement, cet ouvrage ne vous dévoilera pas où vont les chaussettes qui disparaissent mystérieusement au lavage, faisant de leur compagne une célibataire éplorée. Ni même la grande question sur la vie, l’univers et le reste. Mais les quinze auteurs de ce recueil résoudront bien d’autres enquêtes, de la plus anodine à la plus incroyable. D’un bout à l’autre de la Terre et même au-delà, suivez nos enquêteurs, professionnels ou amateurs, et cherchez avec eux la dernière pièce du puzzle...

A Step-By-Step Guide for Coaching Classroom Teachers in Evidence-Based Interventions is a practical guide for school-based professionals. Combining evidence-based practices with the authors' real-life experiences working with classroom teachers, it represents a decade of research. The authors offer step-by-step approaches, based on hundreds of case examples, to overcoming some of the most difficult challenges faced by coaches and teachers in terms of implementation of evidence-bas...

Climate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased public health risks, and reduced agricultural production in the coming years, Hoosiers still have a substantial say in determining their future environment.Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond ...