Multireligious Reflections on Friendship: Becoming Ourselves in Community presents a multi-religious discussion of spiritual and ethical formation through friendship. Contributors discuss the positive effects of friendship and some of the culturally diverse ways that friendships develop. Friends help us co-exist in diverse societies, live sustainably in our ecosystems, heal from trauma, develop inner virtues, engage wisely in social action, and connect with the divine. While friendship is ...

"I'll set my face against all female society, if that will reassure you. But," he added firmly, "Miss Fairlie is different. She'll give us no trouble; you can depend on that, Mrs. McCaig.'Mrs. McCaig looked at him with withering scorn. "I'm no' so sure. Have a care, Glenlochart."When Alison Fairlie, on holiday from her decorating job in London, lands at Glenlochart House, the family home of Neil McPherson, now being run as a quiet hotel primarily for gentl...

"Well, I see it like this," returned Priscilla with great animation. "He needs help in saving his harvest. Well, the answer is-make a jolly Harvest Camp. Let's all get together, go down and camp in the park or the stables or any old place. I'll do the arranging. A mixed party, of course-'Come lasses and lads,' style-'Olde Englysshe' atmosphere-ye olde hay-wain-sun-bonnets?"Who could foresee the aftershocks of cheerful young Lucinda ("Cinders") Bradsole's jaunt to London to...

Practical Forensic Pathology and Toxicology is a companion to the authors’ original book on the subject, Forensic Toxicology: Mechanisms and Pathology.This new volume addresses issues that forensic pathologists face when confronted by the suspected or demonstrated presence of drugs or toxins in their cases. Since such considerations include the need for a basic understanding of the direct physiological effects of potentially toxic agents, the authors highlight var...

Step into the magical world of Oz with Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum. First published in 1908, this timeless classic continues the adventures of Dorothy Gale as she encounters new friends and fantastical creatures while journeying through a mysterious land beneath the Earth's surface. With captivating storytelling, vivid imagination, and themes of courage, friendship, and adventure, this fourth installment in the Oz series is a must-read for fans of classic fantasy...

"I do not anticipate for one moment that Miss Plum has been murdered, though I should have some slight sympathy with her assassin if she had."Miss Penny is a middle-aged spinster living a cheerful, contented life, complete with perfect housekeeper, in an idyllic English village. Her romantic life consists of an annual Christmas card from her old flame George, and her social swirl involves Stanley, a prissy neighbour who keeps her in mind for a future wife, and Hubert, a ne...

Felicity plunged in with a torch and looked round. "Heavens! What a mess! How absolutely thrilling! We've actually been bombed, Mummy! Isn't it marvellous? Absolutely!"In the best tradition of village-goes-to-war novels like Angela Thirkell's Cheerfulness Breaks in or Ursula Orange's Tom Tiddler's Ground, Dorothy Lambert here shows us the quintessentially zany English village of Swansford dragged into the early days of World War II.Widowed Lavinia...

About the BookThis tribute honors President Barack H. Obama, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and one of the most influential figures in political history, for his historical service as the first African American President of the United States of America. From legislation in health care reform to powerful speeches and messages, President Obama inspired countless people around the world.Readers will learn a brief history of the six organizations in Southeast Michigan that spearhead...

Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses, this book goes beyond the simple analysis of naming a drug or toxin, taking a mechanistic approach to their effects on the body. It provides an understanding of the mechanisms of action of drugs and toxins as well as their physiologic and pathologic consequences on the affected organ system. Case histories, photographs of gross pathology, and photomicrographs further illustrate the processes and effects of toxic substances on the bo...

Hermia was discovering how inconveniently small the world was and wondered fretfully how it was that the very people she would have wished to avoid if she had remembered their existence should happen to inhabit the small and insignificant neighbourhood which she and Jeremy had selected for its remoteness from the world.Readers might also wonder at the odds of not one but two figures from romance writer Hermia Carlisle's slightly scandalous past in India turning up in the s...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

The most striking thing about Much Dithering was its peacefulness. The few people who saw it from charabancs on morning or evening or circular drives said: "Isn't it peaceful?" or "Isn't it quiet?". And some said they thought it was a lovely place to be buried in, but while they were alive they preferred a place with more life, if you knew what they meant.The unlikely heroine of this delightful comedy of manners is Jocelyn Renshawe, young widow of the local squire, "a spec...