Raise your hand if you've heard these before:"If you don't love your stepchildren as your own, you shouldn't be a stepmother.""You signed up for this.""Never forget: You're not their real mother."Now raise your hand if you're sick and tired of being reminded, day in and day out, that you need to be the perfect mother while not really being a mother at all.This book is for you: my fellow stepmoms needing to hear from someone who understands. If you have...

The 2014 midterm congressional elections provided a view of the attitude of American voters in the sixth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. This book provides insight about the formative aspects of the 2014 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. The first section has four chapters that cover the substance of topics that impacted this campaign cycle: the popularity and productivity of the 113th Congress, voter suppression laws passed in many states, the role...

The first book written specifically on clinical applications of sleep and sleep disorder theory for occupational therapists, this book bridges the research to practice gap. Contributors share their expertise, exploring topics such as the relationship between mental health and sleep; how sleep is affected by age, or by specific conditions such as dementia or autism; and how occupational therapists can use their skills and training to improve sleep quality in patients who are suffering from ...