Gathering together thoughts and visions of experienced practitioners, academics, educators and strategic leaders from around the world, this edited volume sheds light on the nature of chaplaincy and its role and significance within ever-changing contemporary healthcare systems.A wide range of issues central to spiritual care delivery are covered, including reflections on what it feels like to be cared for by a chaplain through illness; the nature of chaplaincy as a profession; and ...

Celebrated designer, writer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller's memoir of a life in advocacy and her journey to answer the question "Where are the Black designers?"Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is one of the design field's most respected figures. She is legendary for her decades of scholarship and activism and is known as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession. This long-awaited book documents the history of the question she has been asking f...

The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives edited by Salman Akhtar brings together the contributions of distinguished mental health professionals and scholars of humanities to offer a multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of slavery, the hardship of single parent families, the ruthlessness of anti-black racism, and the crushing burden of poverty and social disenfranchisement on the African American individual. The book also sheds light on the resilience...

Designer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is legendary for herdecades of scholarship and advocacy, and as a touchstone and conscience for thedesign profession. In HERE: Where the Black Designers Are, Holmes-Millerdocuments the history of—and answers to—the question she has been asking fordecades: “Where are the Black designers?”Holmes-Miller explores this essential question through the lens of her owndevelopment as a designer and lea...

There is a case of a failed suicide. This is brought to Sherlock Holmes' attention the next morning by a concerned granddaughter. The man was once a client of Holmes' years eariler in which the theft of a faboulous blue diamond was never solved. Many suspects are tossed before the sleuth- the haugty butler, mysterious gardener, two cloaked shadows following the detectives, the hot-headed grandson, or someone else lurking in the background? Soon, more bodies are found and all have connectio...

A sudden dead, ghosts, a mysterious fire in Warwick Castle and the 'find' of the Century are mixed into a Sherlock Holmes story. Facts and fiction mix with the clues given: Who was the real muderer, Why and How are at the core. Newspaper accounts, Historical items, reported sightings, plus theories surrounding the Stratford Bard and his famous plays and sonnets and whether or not he penned them at all. A troupe of actors wanting put on a play by the Bard are caught up in the world-wide con...

Bushyhead is a Global Book Awards bronze winner 2024 in the category Children's self-esteem and a Canada Book Awards winner.Bushyhead is the story of a young girl, Miranda May, who is teased at school because of her bushy hair. She wishes she had different hair. Her mother takes her to a children's hospital where the children in the ward have no hair. Her mother suggests that Miranda May cut and donate her hair to make wigs for kids who have no hair. They go to the hair salon and t...

The extraordinary spirit of Toni Cade Bambara lives on in Savoring the Salt, a vibrant and appreciative recollection of the work and legacy of the multi-talented African American writer, teacher, filmmaker, and activist. Among the contributors who remember Bambara, reflect on her work, and examine its meaning today are Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, Pearl Cleage, Ruby Dee, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Nikki Giovanni, Avery Gordon, Audre Lorde, and Sonia Sanchez.Admiring rea...

"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of eight stories in the volume, His Last Bow.