L’époque n’est certes pas facile : les dirigeants sont corrompus sinon incompétents. Une classe nouvelle de spéculateurs enrichis par la mondialisation force à l’exclusion des démunis, sans-emploi et sans abri. Les prisons sont pleines et l’on réclame des mesures plus sévères. Les outils de savoir n’ont plus prise sur les découvertes et les nouveaux moyens de communication. La pensée magique fleurit en même temps que des forces religieuses tentent de remettre un ordre strict et dogmatique ...

You are already enough, and you are not too much.J. Nicole Morgan grew up fat and loving Jesus. But she was forever burdened by what she saw as her biggest spiritual flaw: her weight. In Fat and Faithful, she shares her journey from body shame to fat acceptance and shows us how to care for the image of God found in every body--including our own. When the world tells us that our bodies are too much, J. Nicole Morgan reminds us that all people--no matter the...

Indulge in this decadent collection of Teasers and Tastes from some of today’s hottest romance authors in a variety of romance genres.This catalog includes excerpts from more than 20 bestselling and award-winning romance authors. If you enjoy the excerpt, you know you’re going to love the book! Follow the links to snag a guaranteed good read and sign up for the author’s newsletter so you never miss future releases, contests or appearances.Please share with ...

Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors.Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or teeter on the brink—and seventy million are women and the children wh...

Within the sultry streets of New Orleans, a world of mystical magic lies hidden in plain sight. Detective Callum LeBlanc's life takes a turn into the extraordinary when he meets Aeris, a captivating Fae from the mystical realm of Laric. With her unique abilities and ethereal beauty, she's unlike anyone he's ever known. But when Callum sees through Aeris's Glamor, it's not just her secrets that are unveiled.In a world where Fae-Human unions are strictly forbidden, destiny comes into...

Challenging Images of Women and the Media: Reinventing Women’s Lives, edited by Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell, collects fifteen articles addressing the status of women through an examination of depictions of women in the media. This in-depth study shows how mixed messages from the media muddle attempts at breaking the “glass screen,” causing women to constantly question their role in global culture. With cake ads followed by diet commercials, the media’s depiction of women is both conf...

Two alluring, dominant alpha males want to claim me for themselves.But the real question is: am I ready to be shared?ErinHow on earth did I find myself in this situation?I was just attending my best friend's wedding, expecting the usual affair filled with flowers, speeches, and all that jazz.The whole event was dreadfully dull, and I was desperately seeking an escape.And that was when I m...

From USA Today bestselling author Kilby Blades, the next installment in the Gilded Love series...Jasmine isn't supposed to be in Pahrump. She’s not supposed to be posing as an exotic dancer. And she’s sure as hell not supposed to be solo on an undercover job. She’d have paid any price to avoid the emergency call to her ex-fiancé, Avi. But she’s in so far over her head, it’s come to that.The last place Avi saw Jasmine was at the altar six m...

Electric touchIsolated Threat by Nicole HelmEver since he escaped his father’s biker gang, sheriff’s deputy Brady Wyatt has never looked back. Then Cecilia Mills asks Brady to help her hide a child from the dangerous crew. But when threats impact the safety of the makeshift family, will they find a way to protect themselves…or will the Sons of the Badlands take the child back into its grip?Hard Core Law by Angi MorganThe twi...

La pandémie de COVID-19 a mis à rude épreuve les systèmes de santé de nombreux pays qui ont dû, dans un court laps de temps et dans un climat d’urgence, réorganiser leur offre de services pour répondre aux impératifs de la crise. Au Canada, c’est la province de Québec qui, au vu du nombre d’infections et de décès liés à la COVID-19, a été la plus durement touchée lors de la première vague (Dubois, Borgès da Silva et Prud’homme, 2022), avec un total de 59 845 cas confirmés entre mars et jui...

Conforme au programme du Diplôme de formation générale en sciences médicales (DFGSM 2-3), cet ouvrage apporte les connaissances fondamentales en génétique médicale. Tous les items relatifs à la discipline sont abordés en 32 chapitres. Après une introduction détaillée sur l'architecture, la structure et la fonction du génome humain, l'ouvrage s'articule autour de quatre grands axes : • génétique formelle ; • génétique chromosomique ; • génétique moléculaire ; • génétique et pratique médical...

What is Cyberfunk? It is a vision of the future with an Afrocentric flavor. It is the Singularity without the Eurocentric foundation. It's Bladerunner with sunlight, Neuromancer with melanin, cybernetics with rhythm.Nineteen amazing Black Speculative Fiction authors have come together to share their visions on the pages of this book. Prepare to be mesmerized by their stories.Featuring stories by Eugen Bacon, Zig Zag Clayborne, Gerald L. Coleman, Ashleigh D...