How can we prevent intimate partner violence (IPV)? And how do we define and measure “success” in preventing it? This book brings together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of fields to examine innovative strategies and programs for preventing IPV. The authors discuss evaluations of current prevention efforts, paying particular attention to underserved groups, including racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants and refugees.Among the issues addressed are primary preven...

A steampunk retelling of Cinderella.Emmeline O’Shea has been an outspoken advocate for the shapeshifter community, which has come under unjust attack from a political body known as the PSRC (Predatory Shifter Regulations Committee), and her robust efforts have landed her a prestigious position as the spokesperson for the International Shifter Rights Organization. She has been selected to give the final address in Scotland before they vote on legislation that will grant protective r...

In Glass and Gavel, noted legal expert Nancy Maveety has written the first book devoted to alcohol in the nation’s highest court of law, the United States Supreme Court.Combining an examination of the justices’ participation in the social use of alcohol across the Court’s history with a survey of the Court’s decisions on alcohol regulation, Maveety illustrates the ways in which the Court has helped to construct the changing culture of alcohol. “Intoxicating liquor” is one of the fe...

A Rose in Stained Glass chronicles a journey “into deepening psychosis in a first-person account of delusions, close calls, and eventual self-knowledge.” ... Bostonia Harmless…. Barrie Jacobson has just been released after a week in the hospital—the mental ward, to be exact. They never did figure out what she had. She’s okay now, but a trip to Key West and its warm sea and blue sky would surely free her from the stress of that whole experience. She would get away, relax, and get her life b...

A steampunk retelling of Cinderella.Emmeline O’Shea has been an outspoken advocate for the shapeshifter community, which has come under unjust attack from a political body known as the PSRC (Predatory Shifter Regulations Committee), and her robust efforts have landed her a prestigious position as the spokesperson for the International Shifter Rights Organization. She has been selected to give the final address in Scotland before they vote on legislation that will grant protective r...

Nancy Parsons shares exciting insights based on her firm’s research that reveal the true reasons why the glass ceiling exists and it is not what most people think. That’s why, despite the best intentions and investments in women in leadership programs, today’s solutions are not working. It has been four decades since the Pregnancy Act went into effect in 1979 that prohibited women from being fired for getting pregnant. Yet, the sad truth is that although the barriers were supposed...

In "The Mountain Spring and Other Poems," Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass masterfully weaves together themes of nature, emotion, and existential reflection through a lyrical and evocative poetic style. The collection encapsulates the aesthetic of early 20th-century American poetry, drawing parallels with the transcendentalists while also resonating with the personal introspection characteristic of modernist poets. Each poem serves as a contemplative space where Glass explores the interplay be...

In 'The Mountain Spring and Other Poems,' Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass crafts a lyrical exploration of nature and human emotion through her evocative verse. The collection is imbued with rich imagery, inviting readers into landscapes that reflect both the beauty and tumult of the human experience. Her style intertwines free verse and traditional forms, creating a dialogue with the natural world that resonates deeply within the context of 20th-century American poetry, where the personal and...

As war rips through the heart of Holland, childhood friends Josie van Rees and Eliese Linden partner with a few daring citizens to rescue Eliese’s son and hundreds of other Jewish children who await deportation in a converted theater in Amsterdam. But amid their resistance work, Josie and Eliese’s dangerous secrets could derail their friendship and their entire mission. When the enemy finds these women, only one will escape. Seventy-five years later, Ava Drake begins to ...

Come along with Ava and her daddy as she spends the day aboard the family's boat while her daddy snorkels nearby. Help Ava try to guess what animal will surprise her as she gazes Through the Glass Bottom Boat . Don't worry about Daddy and Ava. They are both wearing sunscreen SPF 50.

This book "Inner Eye" is a collection of beautiful and deep-meaning poems from poets around the world. It is a mix of both short and long poems. All those people who love to dive into the world of poetic description with an imaginative approach will love this book for sure. Test your hidden imagination powers and procreate a hypothetical world of your poet's description.A deep-meaning, strongly imaginative, and a must once in a life reading book for poem lovers. Also, an essential ...

As Anne reminisces about the long life she has led with the man she loved. She is suddenly jolted back further into the past, a past that had held unexplored excitement and love for her, a past that was lost to her forever. But was it? With her son at her side, Anne ventures back sixty years ago on an adventure, and a mystery that could spell joy or heartbreak. In a foreign land with no friends or command of the language, Anne and her son John search for the mystery of the past that could ...