Abortion affects millions of lives, and the conversations around it matter.This book cuts through the noise to explain what abortion really means for people who need it, and why access to safe care is so important. Drawing on real experiences from around the world, it looks at how attitudes to abortion have changed over time, how laws and technology shape people’s choices, and what happens when access to abortion rights is limited or denied. It also shows how campaigning and human ...

Becky Barnes has just endured a long and arduous journey from Nashville to her tiny North Carolina hometown. When she arrives at her sister’s doorstep and receives a lukewarm welcome, no one has any idea that Becky is in a desperate situation.Years earlier, Becky grabbed her chance to take her incredible voice and intense ambition to Nashville, deserting her new husband and infant son in the process. Within weeks, Becky had secured a hit on the charts and what she thought was the b...

Donna Porter is a married first grade teacher with a domineering husband, Stanley. Against her wishes, he forces her into the swinger lifestyle. Donna is miserable with this arrangement but feels powerless to say no to her husband’s desires. Following an abusive encounter, she has no choice but to flee.Away from her husband and in the process of getting a divorce, Donna begins a relationship with Quinn Cavanaugh, the father of one her students. Quinn is virile, charismatic, and ver...

How have women managed to break through the glass ceiling of the business world, and what management techniques do they employ once they ascend to the upper echelons of power? What difficult situations have these female business leaders faced, and what strategies have they used to resolve those challenges?Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Business answers these questions by highlighting the professional accomplishments of twelve remarkable women and examining how they respo...

The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime—from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition of this award-winning book maintains the accessible, reader-friendly narrative of the first edition with key updates and new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality in crime and punishment; more attention to LGBTQ issues; additional ...

In 1135, during the civil conflict between the usurper King Stephen and Empress Matilda (the daughter of Henry I), two cousins, Raymond and William (unavoidably, one of the many Williams in the story), are born and raised at Carew, in southwest Wales. Their growth through infancy to maturity becomes an important part of the theme of They Served the Devils Brood. It is a critical time in England and Wales as the barons are torn between loyalty to either faction, as well as having to deal wi...

I stand in the meadow, at the forest's edge. One step forward and I will straddle the boundary between fading light in the swaying grass and rich darkness in the woods. One more step and I will be immersed in the nighttime world of southern, hardwood forest. My home lay behind me, the wild magic ahead. I am the witch at the forest's edge. This book systematically explores the foundational aspects of modern traditional witchcraft. The book is structured into thirteen core chapters ...

The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story.

Decades before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pregnant people faced arrest and prosecution for supposed crimes against the fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses they gestated. T**he Pregnancy Police investigates the legal arguments undergirding these prosecutions and sheds much-needed light on the networks of health-care providers, social workers, and legal personnel participating in this ongoing surveillance and punishment of pregnant people.Drawing on detailed ...