The inaugural collection in the new VERVE Voices series, Queerphoria is a joyful and defiant queer-authored anthology proudly supporting Switchboard, the national LGBTQIA+ support line**.**Four housemates welcome the reader into their home for a birthday party. An elderly widow visits her first queer bar, beneath the flat she shared with her husband. A couple invite a shipwrecked sailor into their isolated lighthouse on th...

Wolf Land traces the lives of the wolves that once called Britain and Ireland home. Beginning with the Ice Age, each chapter considers a key period in the history of wolves on these islands. Describing the landscapes they traversed, their relationship with the ever-growing human population, and the ways in which humans weaved wolves throughout every aspect of their cultural lives, from literature and art to religion and politics. Building on this history, Wolf Land concludes by re...

The Theology of Sonship examines how Christ reveals the Father and reestablishes human identity in a world profoundly affected by fatherlessness. Using Scripture, theology, pastoral insights, and original research, Derrick Marshall argues that fatherlessness is more than just a social problem; it is a spiritual and relational break that impacts identity, belonging, trust, and emotional development. The core message of this book is the belief that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came not only...

What is Violent Communication?If "violent" means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, finger pointing, discriminating, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, using political rhetoric, being defensive or judging who's "good/bad" or what's "right/wrong" with people— c...

Some dreams should be stronger than our fearsFiona Easton is a contradiction - a ski instructor who's scared of heights, and a passionate woman who's afraid of intimacy.But a lost child, an approaching blizzard and a legendary Scot force her to face her fears, and re-examine her dreams. Dreams which are hanging by a cobweb-thin thread...Please note:British English spelling and grammarFear of Falling

A royal castle. A murder. The only witness? A horse.Izzy Paterson prefers horses to humans—and spreadsheets to small talk. By day, she trains horses at a Highland estate. By night, she moonlights as an I.T. consultant with a cybercrime past she'd rather keep quiet.But when a body turns up at Balmoral, the Queen’s summer castle, Izzy and her new friend Craig end up in the wrong place at the wrong time—and suddenly find themselves suspects in a royal murder.

All Taylor Clark ever wanted was a normal life and a traditional family, but so far she’s had neither. Having recently discovered her boyfriend was secretly engaged, and is now married to another woman, she moves to Charity, Montana to make a fresh start. The last thing she wants is to get involved with someone new.As an ex-con, Joe Collins knows a little something about fresh starts. Despite his determination to keep his head down and his nose to the grindstone, Taylor intrigues h...

**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER.From the #1 bestselling Canadian author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist's harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women's prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later.**Toronto, 1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by the best female reporters in the country, whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other wo...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist’s harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women’s prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later.“Heather Marshall’s latest is dynamite . . . A tale both timely and explosive.”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Briar Club“Visceral and provocative, Liberty St...

Containing detailed solutions to each of the even-numbered problems from the second edition of Raymond Chang and Charles M. Lovett’s Physical Chemistry for the Biosciences, this manual gives students a strong pedagogical framework for self-study.Nothing can better help students understand difficult concepts than working through and solving problems. Featuring detailed solutions to each of the even-numbered problems from the second edition of Raymond Chang and Charl...

Who knew riding a unicorn would be so much fun?If Scottish teenager Corinne MacArthur had known what the Feyland computer game really was, she might have found a different way to escape her everyday life... But, with a majestic faerie King, a magical unicorn and a handsome bard, why wouldn't she want to play?However, it's a game that comes with dangerous adversaries—like the Wild Hunt, who pick up Corinne's trail, their ghastly hounds bayin...

This book presents a clear, concise, and engaging discussion of critical multicultural and environmental justice education (CMEJE), elucidating what it is; why it is urgent for teaching professionals who work in urban and rural high-need contexts; and how to implement it.Written for teachers and environmental educators working in a range of settings, this book unpacks CMEJE by describing its foundation in three movements (multiculturalism, environmentalism, and environmental justic...