När Gabriels hustru och dotter blir brutalt mördade, förlorar Gabriel fotfästet och söker hjälp på ett litet oansenlig privatsjukhus utanför staden. Det verkar till en början lovande men snart visar det sig att deras behandlingsmetoder är föråldrade och sedan ett sekel tillbaka, förbjudna.Att efter många år på en institution, återanpassa sig till ett ”vanligt” liv är svårt och det blir inte lättare när det börjar dyka upp minnesbilder som motsätter sig det man tog för sanning bara e...

Some summers change you quietly, before you ever have the words.Thirteen-year-old Jamie Grant is caught in between worlds. It is the summer before high school in Kansas City, Kansas, a season of heat, waiting, and becoming. To everyone else, Jamie is still a boy, following rules, keeping his head down, surviving the expectations placed on him. But inside, she knows her truth. Her real name, Jennifer, lives only in the pages of a new diary, written in careful strokes, hidden from a ...

History of this bestselling modern day Christmas classic…Perhaps best said by the former national director of Angel Tree: “The Special Guest is much more than just a well-written family story… it sprinkles the principles of forgiveness with the wonder that is Christmas”. A family dealing with a tragedy when an unexpected guest arrives for the holidays… A stranger who seems to have mysteriously stepped out of the past… A surprising chain of events that will teach the family about th...

The war is tearing our world apart. Instead of big armies with tanks in the field, the Vampire War is fought in the streets, neighbor against neighbor, family against family. Anyone can turn at any time. The blood hunger can suddenly appear in the middle of a kiss. The person who sleeps next to you every night could wake up in the dead of night … hungry. So hungry.V Wars: Night Terrors collects all-new stories from the reporters embedded with the beats (humans) and the blo...

In "Rossetti," H. C. Marillier delves into the intricate life and work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a defining figure of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This elegantly crafted biography weaves together art and poetry, showcasing not only Rossetti's artistic genius but also the complex interplay of his personal relationships and the broader cultural movements of the Victorian era. Marillier employs a rich, analytical prose style, drawing on extensive research and literary criticism to context...

Expression in Contested Public Spaces: Free Speech and Civic Engagement addresses how people express themselves and their differences, in ways that amplify the many voices central to the mission of democracy. This book investigates in what ways and in what discursive forms people interrupt the status quo or unjust practices to advance positive social change. The chapters feature research activity, engaged scholarship, and creative expression to boldly frame the issues of free spee...

Aus Furcht vor Russland, als Reaktion auf den Irrsinn eines "America first" oder aus Angst vor Gewalt und Terror kommen die Gespenster des Kalten Krieges zurück. Der neue Rüstungswettlauf ist keine Drohung mehr, sondern bereits harte Realität. Deutschland kann in der Entspannungspolitik zwischen Ost und West im Rahmen der Europäischen Union eine führende Rolle einnehmen. Dafür muss Frieden wieder zu einem zentralen Thema unserer Gesellschaft werden. Genau dafür setzen sich die Herausgeber ...

Die Berufe von Laien in der kirchlichen Pastoral stehen vor einer herausfordernden Zukunft. Einerseits mangelt es an Nachwuchs, andererseits werden Berufs- und Ausbildungskonzepte durch gesellschaftliche Verschiebungen grundsätzlich hinterfragt. Im analytischen Rahmen berufspädagogischer, kirchenhistorischer, soziologischer und praktisch-theologischer Erkenntnisse diskutieren die Beiträge dieses Bandes konzeptionelle Neuformatierungen. Daraus ergeben sich verschiedene Szenarien zur Zukunft...

O livro "Marketing Político no Brasil" é uma obra atemporal, de referência e essencial para todos os profissionais de marketing político. Elaborada também para candidatos(as), assessores(as), advogados(as) eleitoralistas, jornalistas que cobrem política, estudantes, para toda a Academia e demais interessados em boas práticas de comunicação para campanhas eleitorais e de governo.

This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on biodiversity management practices in agriculture.The first chapter reviews biodiversity management practices and benefits in Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems. After looking at the importance of soil microorganisms, the chapter looks at how CA systems contribute to soil biological activity, particularly the way cover crops and rotations, with a no-till regime, can enrich soil and the multitude or...

La lengua es un extenso y diverso territorio por donde atraviesa la cultura toda y en el que se manifiesta casi cualquier faceta de la vida cotidiana. La lengua es patrimonio intangible de los seres humanos y de ella los hablantes somos los únicos dueños y cuidadores y, por eso, con ella, y gracias a ella, los hablantes podemos jugar, crear, recrear e inventar palabras, jugar a escribirlas de muchos modos, mencionarlas o situarlas en nuevas y distintas dimensiones, para encontrarnos con el...

This book is a collection of twelve essays devoted to Michael Boylan's important work in moral philosophy,A Just Society. The collection is thematically organized to mirror Boylan's own volume, so the first half explores fundamental issues of justification in ethics while the second half focuses on issues involving ethical discourse, social justice, and the moral foundations of public policy. In their critical and engaging essays, the authors challenge many of the original and con...