Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States: Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities compares the formation of the ethnic identities of two distinct cohorts of Korean Americans. Through personal essays, the book explores four influential factors of ethnic identity: retention of ethnic culture; participation in ethnic social networks; links to the mother country and its global power and influence; and experiences with racial prejudice and discrimination. The essay...

In a series of essays based on original ethnographic research, Pyong Gap Min and his contributors examine the unique identity issues for second generation ethnic Asians, from Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, and Vietnamese descent. They describe how societal expectations and structural barriers have a powerful influence on the formation of ethnic identities in a strongly racialized American society. Key factors discussed are the importance of culture and language retention, eth...

She ran from me...but she won't get far...Pretty, plain Annalise Eden.She's the one they secretly call 'the Ghost'.The daughter of a man who's made my family millions.Millions she stole thinking she's saving her father.But she's wrong.Wrong about it all...About him.About me.Especially about me.She's run to a place she thinks is safe.An island that's heavily gu...

Bless Break Share: Recipes for Faithful Living is a Lent and Easter devotional from the United Church of Canada that explores the deep connection between faith, food, and spiritual hunger. Rooted in progressive Christian theology, this devotional invites readers to reflect on hunger—not only for food, but for justice, belonging, meaning, and resurrection hope.Drawing on the image of Christ as the bread of life, Bless Break Share centers ev...

Montezuma County Sheriff's detective, Jude Devine doesn't face too many challenges based in remote Paradox Valley, where most of the crime involves hiker assaults, campsite thefts, and cattle rustling. However, when the body of local teenager shows up with a stake through her heart, Jude finds herself leading an investigation no one wants to touch. As Jude uncovers the truth about the murder and tries to save a young girl from being forced into a marriage, she must decide how much she is w...

There's a fine line between 'eccentric' and 'a danger to oneself and others'. That's certainly what DI Adams is thinking when a body turns up in Rose's freezer. Rose might not look like an octogenarian black widow, but it's the inspector's job to follow the evidence. Alice and the Toot Hansell Women's Institute couldn't disagree more. Certain that Rose is responsible for nothing worse than a little forgetfulness, they're not going to let her be sent to jail or an old folk's home. If certai...

Dr. Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim present a compilation of narratives on ethnic identity written by first-, 1.5-, and second-generation Asian American professionals. In an attempt to reconcile the dichotomies long associated with being both Asian and American, these narratives trace the formation of each author's ethnic identity and discuss its importance in shaping his or her professional career. The narratives touch upon common themes of prejudice and discrimination, loss and retention of e...

In this book, we share about the history of women of color in higher education, the pervasive marginalization of their presence and perspectives, and the need for liberatory relationships. We then highlight the duoethnographic research we conducted on three multigenerational relationships spanning 22 years of relationship of three women of color that resulted in the creation of the Transformational Mentorship of Women of Color in Higher Education model to give language to the unique and li...

Claimed.That’s what Liberty has been to me since she walked into my life. First by another man. Then by myself.I waited years to have her, spent my nights craving her, did my best to cage her, and none of it has worked out the way I planned.As far as I can see, there’s only one thing left to do…Let go and hope she claims me too.A note from Nicole:Claiming Liberty is the final book in the dark romance trilogy...

A general introduction to the social and legal issues involved in acts of violence against Native women, this book's contributors are lawyers, social workers, social scientists, writers, poets, and victims. In the U.S. Native women are more likely than women from any other group to suffer violence, from rape and battery to more subtle forms of abuse, and Sharing Our Stories of Survival explores the causes and consequences of such behavior. The stories and case-studies presented he...

What does it mean for nature to be sacred? Is anything supernatural or even unnatural? Nature’s Transcendence and Immanence: A Comparative Interdisciplinary Ecstatic Naturalism discusses nature’s divinizing process of unfolding and folding through East-West dialogues and interdisciplinary methodologies. Nature’s selving/god-ing processes are the sacred that is revealed as nature’s transcendent and immanent dimensions. Each chapter of Nature’s Transcendence and Immanence: A Comparative Inte...

Patienten mit körperlichen Beschwerden ohne Organbefund machen in der ärztlichen Praxis einen Großteil des Patientenaufkommens aus. Studien zeigen, dass viele Ärzte Patienten mit somatoformen Symptomen als schwer zu behandeln empfinden, bedeutet doch die Abwesenheit einer körperlichen Erkrankung nach wie vor, dass der Patient nichts hat. Für den Patienten hingegen sind seine Beschwerden sehr real; nur ein verschwindend geringer Anteil an Patienten simuliert die Symptome. Eine effiziente Be...