In Joys Edge, Robin King shares personal reflections along with hands-on exercises to support readers in finding and walking an authentic path of personal and spiritual growth. Her writings emphasize the practical value of wisdom from Western medicine, martial arts, yoga, and Eastern philosophy. She provides a framework for developing mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion that emphasizes working with your edgesthe places on the margins of your comfort zone. Her framework supports a personal ...

Urban communities around the world face increased stress from natural disasters linked to climate change, and other urban pressures. They need to grow rapidly stronger in order to cope, adapt and flourish. Strong social networks and social cohesion can be more important for a community’s resilience than the actual physical structures of a city. But how can urban planning and design support these critical collective social strengths?This book offers blue sky thinking from the applie...

We know God loves us, right? Many of us know this from a "head" space, but don't always feel it with our hearts. Whether life has been hard on us or we have made it hard for ourselves, sometimes we wonder "God, where is the love? • Am I loveable? • Why am I overlooked? • Should I perform for love? • Am I worthy? • Am I forgiven?" and many of the questions we ask ourselves sometimes are answered in these pages. It is imperative that we understand God DOES indeed love us women, the ways in w...

It all started with an open suitcase . . .When Claire receives Pinky for her birthday, she and her new plush unicorn are inseparable. But Pinky has other plans. Soon, she is whisked away to exotic places by hitching a ride in Grandma D's suitcase. Enjoy their adventures with postcards from around the world.

For two single parents with bruised hearts, it’ll take more than a little courage to get back on the horse when it comes to love.Kimberly Welch lost her husband to a heart attack in the blink of an eye. But she’s losing her daughter slowly, in the day-to-day tension. In three difficult years, Kimberly has gone from Seattle socialite to Kings Meadow charity case, and her daughter is not responding well to the changes. She’s becoming a sullen, cantankerous teen....

Forgiveness is the only cure for heartbreak. But can Penny forgive the man she holds responsible for her brother’s death—and even find it in her heart to love him?When her mother died from pneumonia, Penny Cartwright was heartbroken. But now, after burying her younger brother just twelve years later, she is devastated. Anger, guilt, and sorrow cloud Penny’s mind, and the last thing she wants is to be reminded of her pain—but that’s exactly what happens when a stran...

In July 1290, Edward I issued writs to the Sheriffs of the English counties ordering them to enforce a decree to expel all Jews from England before All Saints' Day of that year. England became the first country to expel a Jewish minority from its borders. They were allowed to take their portable property but their houses were confiscated by the king. In a highly readable account, Robin Mundill considers the Jews of medieval England as victims of violence (notably the massacre of Shabbat ha...

The acclaimed author of Outlaw delivers a "rip-roaring tale of a young follower of Robin Hood and their mission to rescue King Richard" ( Kirkus Reviews).In 1192 A.D., with the Third Crusade over, Richard the Lionheart is headed back home to England, only to be betrayed, captured, and held for ransom. Now with the princes of Europe lining up against him, the fate of the greatest warrior in Christendom lies in the hands of a renegade earl and former...

Robin Lee Hatcher’s Kings Meadow Romance Series is now available as an e-collection!Love Without EndFor two single parents with bruised hearts, it’ll take more than a little courage to get back on the horse when it comes to love.Whenever You Come AroundWill writing a romance help this author find a real-life hero?Keeper of the StarsShe blames him fo...

A steamy, grumpy sunshine sports romance about a woman down on her luck, an all-star basketball player with a filthy mouth, and a connection neither of them can deny.After being dumped and losing my job the same week, the last thing my broken heart needs is a rebound.I’m escaping across the country to help my perfect sister plan her dream wedding, and to prove to both of us everything is under control.But a combination of tequila and turbulence on the fligh...

Step back to a time where New Zealand is vast, exotic and undiscovered. The romance of becoming a ruler, possibly even a king in this unclaimed land seems easily achievable. At least this is what Baron Charles de Thierry must have felt when he named himself Sovereign Chief of New Zealand. The story of this french adventurer is also the story of a young New Zealand and his adventures are retold as though the author herself witnessed it. Robin Hyde's clever merging of historic events and fic...

The twenty-first century has brought with it a shift from the notion of human security being located in secure national borders to the need to secure the safety, freedom, and dignity of all. Despite efforts to equalize women’s status in the world evidenced by changes in many international projects requiring a gender focus, women and men experience most of the world in very different ways according to gender. Further, the reality is that humans who do not all fall neatly into one of these c...