.A woman finds her new lease on life haunted by terrifying, vivid nightmares. These aren't ordinary dreams, but fragmented memories of a brutal murder that aren't her own, leading her to the chilling realization that her donor was the victim. As the nightmares intensify and bleed into her waking hours, she is thrust into a dangerous quest to uncover the truth behind her donor's death, fearing she might be next.

An extravagant dinner party at a countryside manor turns into a nightmare murder mystery when the guests discover that they're locked in and they must find the killer among them before they themselves become the next victims .

Does "Asian American" denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American?In Disoriented: Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation State, Robert Chang examines the current discourse on race and law and the implications of postmodern theory and affirmative action-al...

In Banned, readers are taken on a journey through the intense racial politics surrounding the banning of Mexican American Studies in Tucson, Arizona. This book details the state-sponsored racism that led to the elimination of this highly successful program, and the grassroots and legal resistance that followed. Through extensive research and firsthand narratives, readers will gain a deep understanding of the controversy surrounding this historic case. The legal challenge successfully overt...

Comprehensive and up to date, the third edition of Diagnostic Pathology: Kidney Diseases, written by Robert B. Colvin, MD and Anthony Chang, MD, expertly covers all aspects of common and rare renal diseases and their variants. This easy-to-use, point-of-care reference offers a state-of-the-art, concise presentation of major pathological, clinical, pathophysiological, and genetic information for more than 240 diagnoses, making it an ideal resource for pathologists and nephrologists to impro...

This 2nd Edition of my collection of poetry centers on my reflections on the concepts surrounding civility. Writing the poems has been restorative to me and to my understanding of this ancient concept of "civility."Beginning with the traditional notion of manners and politeness (George Washington, Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior, 1744), and continuing to the more subtle concepts of compassion, dignity, human value, human worth, forgiveness, and self-dignity, this colle...

China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New Regional Order, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, examines how China's remarkable economic growth and its proactive diplomatic efforts in recent years have not only shored up its importance in global issues, but also induced a transformation of the strategic dynamics in East Asia. The authors argue that major power relations in the region appear to be driven by some new momentum along with the changing international enviro...

David Roberts, the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Ada Twist, Scientistand Rosie Revere, Engineer, unites with award-winning author Ying Chang Compestine for a clever retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale.Ming Da is only nine years old when he becomes the emperor of China. His ministers take advantage of the boy emperor by stealing rice, gold, and precious stones. But Ming Da has a plan. He orders his tailors to make him “magical” new clothes that only...

Heart Failure in the Child and Young Adult: From Bench to Bedside combines multiple etiologies for pediatric heart failure, including congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, infectious diseases and metabolic abnormalities. This comprehensive resource combines research from multiple contributors with current guidelines to bridge the knowledge gap for the recognition and management of heart failure in children. Coverage begins with the basic science of heart failure, then progresses thro...

Author Ying Chang Compestine and illustrator David Roberts’s picture book The Chinese Emperor’s New Clothes reimagines Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale in a story set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.Ming Da is only nine years old when he becomes the emperor of China, and his three advisors take advantage of him by stealing his stores of rice, gold, and precious stones.But Ming Da has a plan. With the help of his tailors, he comes up wi...

Guided meditation for anxiety reliefWhen something is said or something happens, theres always a reaction; to solve or to panic and for panic, what comes first is anxiety.Are you in this category and youd like to know how to manage your anxiety levels without all the big words but with a simple guided process?Search no more!This book offers a wide range of values and notes on how to tackle anxiety:v Anxiety 101; through explaining th...

Contributions by Taunya Lovell Banks, Devon W. Carbado, Robert S. Chang, Cheryl Greenberg, Tanya Katerí Hernández, Amanda O. Jenssen, Scott Kurashige, Greg Robinson, Stephen Steinberg, Clarence Walker, and Eric K. YamamotoThe question of how relations between marginalized groups are impacted by their common and sometimes competing search for equal rights has become acutely important. Demographic projections make it easy now to imagine a future majority population of color in the Un...