What secrets are hiding behind the imposing gates of Indigo House?Oregonian Julia Van Wyck lives in her famous father’s shadow and struggles with a stagnant career. When she loses her parents in a car crash, her father’s literary agent tells her that Charles Van Wyck may have left his last, greatest manuscript with an estranged family he never talked about in South Carolina. Realizing how little she knew about his life, Julia heads to Charleston, thinking the manuscript might help h...

Disillusioned with academic life, Addy Quick just wants to finish graduate school and get on with Doing Important Things. When she moves back home for the summer to finish her dissertation, she realizes that living with her anxious mother (and her constant refrain of “what will people think”) is not going to be easy. Surrounded by the daily dramas of her parents, her sister Lacey, and Lacey’s girlfriend Asia, it becomes increasingly difficult for Addy to focus.But it’s a l...

You know those days in a family--weddings, funerals, births--when everyone comes together and all that history and garbage fester and boil and sometimes explode? Well, this is one of those days. Maggie is in labor. When the first contractions ripple across her belly, she has no idea what to expect. She knows what she wants. She wants that perfect birth from the movies, with her family gathered around, welcoming her baby, helping her become the perfect mother. More than anything, though, sh...

The challenge of overcoming educational inequality in the United States can sometimes appear overwhelming, and great controversy exists as to whether or not elementary schools are up to the task, whether they can ameliorate existing social inequalities and initiate opportunities for economic and civic flourishing for all children. This book shows what can happen when you rethink schools from the ground up with precisely these goals in mind, approaching educational inequality and its entren...

That there is a divide between research and practice is a common lament across policy-oriented disciplines, and education is no exception. Rhetoric abounds about the role research plays (or does not play) in the improvement of schools and classrooms, and policy makers push solutions that are rooted in assumptions about the way that research should influence practice. Yet few people have studied the relationship between research and practice empirically. This book presents findings...

This book presents interdisciplinary perspectives on Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, situating the series within contemporary discourses of genre, form, historical place, ideology, and aesthetics. The essays in this collection argue that the series’ unique blend of horror, the Gothic, and melodrama offers a compelling approach to the coming-of-age narrative and makes CAoS a significant part of the teen television canon.

Have you tried everything that you know to do, but are still suffering with fear, anxiety, or depression and suicidal thoughts? Are you so afraid of dying that you're not really living?Amanda Rosen was held captive by fear for about forty years, with waves of anxiety and depression that would come and go, until God suddenly freed her. In Uprooting Fear, she shares her testimony of how fear, anxiety, and depression first entered her life, and the specific keys that led to h...

Feminist digital humanities offers opportunities for exploring, exposing, and revaluing marginalized forms of knowledge and enacting new processes for creating meaning. Lisa Marie Rhody and Susan Schreibman present essays that explore digital humanities practice as rich terrain for feminist creativity and critique.The editors divide the works into three categories. In the first section, contributors offer readings that demonstrate how feminist thought can be put into operation thro...

This volume examines Colombia’s political economy at the outset of the twenty-first century. A group of leading experts explores various issues, such as drug trafficking, organized crime, economic performance, the internal armed conflict, and human rights. The experts highlight the various challenges that Colombia faces today. This volume is a major contribution to the field and provides a current panorama of the Colombia conflict.

”Musikanterna kommer att spela på sina stråkinstrument och min älskade skall dansa till tonerna av harpa och violiner”, sade den unge studenten. ”Hon kommer att dansa så lätt att hennes fötter knappast rör vid golvet och kavaljererna i sina vackra kläder kommer att flockas kring henne. Men med mig kommer hon inte att dansa, för jag kan inte ge henne en röd ros.” Han kastade sig mot marken, begravde huvudet i sina händer och grät.I den vemodiga berättelsen Näktergalen o...

This comprehensive guide enables parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to play an active and effective role in their child's medical care from diagnosis to early adulthood. With a focus on working with health care providers to ensure the best treatment for your child's unique needs, it includes:- a description of the developmental and medical conditions faced by children with ASDs in lay terms- an explanation of common diagnostic tests- a presenta...

This book focuses beyond the bully-victim dyad to highlight how bullying commonly unfolds within a complex system that involves many individuals interacting with one another. As the vast majority of bullying episodes occur in front of a peer audience, this book examines the ways in which bystanders can act to either fuel or deter bullying. Each chapter highlights a particular participant role: bully, assistant, reinforcer, outsider, defender, and victim. Attention is also devoted to the im...