Essential reference for accurate physical assessment, differentiating normal from abnormal findings by investigating the body of a patient for signs of disease and disorders. Collecting baseline data and condition changes is one of the most important roles of a care provider to ensure proper care and treatment at every stage of a patient’s care needs. Author Deborah A. Raines, PhD, RN, ANEF former professor of nursing, now a consultant, researcher, educational technologist and perinatal sp...

Anna’s life changes forever on one horrific night when she is assaulted and left for dead.Anna Marquette has everything to live for. Her daughters are in college and, with the support of Paul, her loving husband, she is pursuing her dream of a career in counseling. Then one night, while on a trip to Orlando, the unimaginable happens. She takes a shortcut to an evening out with Paul and is brutally assaulted.When Anna suspects the attack has left her pregnant, her faith is p...

Long ago, Natalie’s mother faced an agonizing choice between the two people she loved most, and the difficult resolution to her predicament affects Natalie throughout her young life—fueling a season of teenage rebellion that results in tragedy. As a young woman, Natalie attempts to put her troubles behind her, ultimately finding solace in the arms of a man with close ties to the tragedy. Yet neither time nor love can liberate her from the past.Determined to confront her terrible gu...

A Missing Princess.A City under Siege.A Compendium of the Blackest Sorcery.The Grand Mage of Caragol is the most dangerous man in the realm, so when Kerstin steals his spellbook right out of his tower she lights up a firestorm of trouble.His fury rages through the city of Klomm. Houses burn. Innocents lie slaughtered in the streets. Yet countless lives are a petty sum for such a great deal of power. With the...

Richard is an accountant who lives in Brighton. Rain is a mystery to solve. When they meet by the pier, they have no idea of how strongly their bond will affect each other.But is Richard ready to cope with Rain's secret?

Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education: Meeting the Needs of the Twenty-First-Century Student and Modern Workplace presents a thorough consideration of the role, use, and implications of transformative and active instructional strategies in higher education. It examines the changing landscape of higher education and serves as a foundational lens and framework for thinking through higher education from both an experiential and transformative instructional context. As instruc...

Now that the record company is going to give the Cheetah Girls a test single deal, Chanel and Galleria duke it out for control of the group. At last they compromise and write a new song together, "It's Raining Benjamins."

A compilation of essays focusing on the significance of material culture to Cather’s work and Cather scholarship.Willa Cather and Material Culture is a collection of 11 new essays that tap into a recent and resurgent interest among Cather scholars in addressing her work and her career through the lens of cultural studies. One of the volume's primary purposes is to demonstrate the extent to which Cather did participate in her culture and to correct the comm...

My first ballad was inspired by a young Misty Copeland, now a principal ballerina for American Ballet Theatre in New York. I wrote feature articles about her and watched her dance in The Nutcracker at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, California, when she was barely fifteen years old. Copeland has gone on to be a globally recognized name, but even at thirteen or fourteen, everyone knew this hard-working girlagainst immeasurable oddswas going to accomplish her goals. Baby Rain was a ni...

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--foo...

Come join Sweetie the Rabbit as she takes her friend H.T. the Turtle on a hippity hoppity adventure! Get ready to hold on as rocks flip and dirt flies when they search for gold treasure! Be on the lookout on each page for their little friend Lilly Ladybug as she joins in the fun. The friends will make you laugh along the way, but in the end, the two find true treasure that was with them the whole time!