The Civic Imagination provides a rich empirical description of civic life and a broader discussion of the future of democracy in contemporary America. Over the course of a year, five researchers observed and participated in 7 civic organisations in a mid-sized US city. They draw on this ethnographic evidence to map the 'civic imaginations' that motivate citizenship engagement in America today. The book unpacks how contemporary Americans think about and act toward positive social and politi...

AustinHe's a scarred military hero living alone on the mountain.LunaShe's the curvy burst of sunshine with an unsupportive family.When they meet, sparks fly.

A Curvy Girl/Age Gap RomanceHannah Welsh needs to quit her job. But with the holidays looming and a strong sense of loyalty, she's reluctant to leave the place she's called home for seven years. Until the day she's rescued by a giant mountain man while working...King Bishop has longed to make Hannah his for years. But with a considerable age difference between them, he's reluctant to ask for more from the curvy g...

Marine veteran, James McCoy's future is unclear. He's ready to settle down and start a family after years serving abroad. Returning home to Suitor's Crossing to work for his family's security company makes sense, but can he leave behind the shy, curvy girl he just met?Quiet Shiloh thought moving to be closer to her family would provide the support system her life's been missing. But she's wrong. Her family is full of drama and rat...

A small town's legend of love...Willow is a curvy girl who dreams of being swept off her feet—to feel the heart sparks the small town of Suitor's Crossing is known for—especially after working with lovestruck brides at her friend's boutique for years. There's only one problem... No one seems to want a short woman with curves to spare.A dating app's promise of forever...Rhys is a mountain man who l...

ColeHe's the "too nice" handy mountain man whom women overlook.ShannonShe's the curvy girl next door engaged to marry another man.But when the two meet on her wedding day, will heart sparks win in the end?

WinstonHe's an outgoing veterinarian with a rambunctious Siberian Husky and isn't looking for love... except he can't shake the quiet girl with curves from his mind.GuinShe's curvy and reserved, easily overwhelmed by chaos... like a certain husky named Gremlin and the handsome mountain man who owns him.When fate and an energetic dog bring these two together, will they learn that opposites attract? Or will their diffe...

This time they may just find love.Evelyn Bennett’s life was forever changed five years earlier. A broken engagement and a devastating injury were just the beginning of what was to come. With the death of her beloved grandfather, she is once again confronted by Sebastian O’Connor, a man she had vowed never to work for again.Sebastian O’Connor has found himself at a crossroads. He has inherited a fifth of a company from a man he had once worked for and respected. He had left ...

Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth IIWhat would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The answer is a perfect story.The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely ( JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading na...

A Bennett Family Short StoryA workaholic chemist. An obsessively organized public relations expert. An intense romance that neither expected.David Bennett cares about one thing: his work. So when marketing and public relations expert Juliet is brought in to turn the company’s image around, he’s willing to let her try. But when she takes over his lab and tries to turn him into the face of the family’s business, he is anything but thrilled.Juliet Torrance jumped at th...

This is a practical book exploring how to conduct animal assisted intervention (AAI) in ways that protect and prioritize animal and human welfare. This resource is for social scientists (e.g., psychology, social work, human development and family studies, etc.), as well as ethologists and animal behaviour and welfare students and practitioners. The book is a series of short chapters that depict a wide array of AAIs and their potential welfare concerns. The chapters include descriptions of ...

Do you want more meaningful conversations with your teen? Does the fear of them getting into trouble or being bullied keep you up at night? Are you asking yourself if you’ll ever get past monosyllabic responses to your questions about their day? You were a teenager once, but raising a teen today looks very different. You want the best communication to stay connected and to keep your child safe.In Courageous Conversations, Elizabeth Bennett provides the tools she’s learned and devel...