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Since her husband’s death six months ago, Yesica Diaz-Taylor seems to be taking her grief in stride. Then an angry outburst at work shatters the illusion. Her mandated support group counseling doesn’t help much. Yesica has always kept her feelings close, so even when an unlikely friendship blossoms with the group’s facilitator, she still has reasons for holding back. She’s just not ready to share.

In these stories of struggle and hope, as one volunteer said, "you see the American story." For some families, minor mistakes create catastrophes—food stamps cut off, educational opportunities missed, benefits lost. Other families, with the help of volunteers and social supports, escape these traps and take steps toward reaching their dreams. Engaging and eye-opening, We Thought It Would Be Heaven brings listeners into the daily lives of Congolese refugees and offers guidance for how activists, workers, and policymakers can help refugee families thrive.

Just as parents can expect their children to encounter physical bumps, bruises, and injuries along the road to adulthood, emotional distress is also an unavoidable part of growing up. The sources of this distress range from toddlerhood to young adulthood, from the frustration of toilet training to the uncertainty of leaving home for the first time. This second edition of The Parents' Guide to Psychological First Aid brings together an array of experts to offer parental guidance in helping your child navigate and recover from the everyday stresses they will encounter growing up.

As a massive weather system barrels toward them, Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams and his wife, County Coroner Zoe Chambers-Adams, learn how unprepared they really are. A 911 call reports a dead young mother, her critically injured husband, and their missing seven-year-old daughter. Pete and Zoe realize that as the storm moved north, a killer came with it.

This book continues the ideas set forth in It’s Attachment, A New Way of Understanding Yourself and Your Relationships published by Guernica Editions. The last chapter in the book focused on how one’s adult attachment influences his/her parenting of children. This book will expand on the topic, exploring the four categories of adult attachment and how each category influences one’s parenting.

The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common? This book presents an in-depth and deeply engaged conversation among interfaith religious leaders and interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners in pursuit of an ethical consensus that could ground sustainable development efforts.

Fjärde delen i mysdeckarserien af Hjo där mystik, spänning och relationer varvas om vartannat. I Hjo hamn ligger sedan mer än hundra år tillbaka en ångbåt förtöjd. En vacker vårdag hittas en död man ombord – vem är han och vad ledde fram till hans död? En kyrkoherde finner sin bild vandaliserad och bredvid billen ligger en blodig man på marken. Är han död och varför ligger han där? En ung kvinna träffar en ung man. Hon trollbinds av hans röst och av de historier som han berättar om ångbåten Trafik och om de händelser som genom tiderna utspelat sig på sjön Vättern.

Becca's life is turned upside down when she finds Jenn dead in the bathtub. Soon she begins to unspool the secrets Jenn kept in life, including a troubled marriage to Rick and two dead wives in his past. The more Becca learns, the more determined she becomes to get justice for Jenn, even if the clues surrounding her death aren't quite adding up . . . Over a year before her death, Jenn begins to notice her husband acting strangely. Using her skills as a librarian, she digs into Rick's past—and falls down a rabbit hole far deeper and darker than she bargained for.

No one expects to meet their father at their mother’s funeral. But for Gabby Medina, that’s exactly what happens. Her dad abandoned her when she was a baby, and now he’s back. And he wants to give her a house. Gabby doesn’t want the house—or him. But she could use the money. So Gabby agrees to take it under two conditions: First, she can sell the house whenever she wants. Second, accepting it doesn’t mean she accepts him.

”Jeg gav min mand gode kort på hånden uden at vide, at jeg spillede med blind makker. Jeg endte med at sidde med sorteper – men hellere en sorteper i hånden end en konge med fire damer.” Annette Engell fortæller om sit brudte ægteskab med den tidligere konservative politiker Hans Engell og den bitre skilsmisse, der fulgte oven på de mange knuste drømme. Hun beretter om, hvordan han i årevis bedrog hende, om de tusind gange, hun overvejede at forlade ham, og om den dag, overvejelserne blev til virkelighed, og den hårde skilsmisse gik i gang.

En kærlighedshistorie, der spænder over 2000 år! Marcia er vestalinde i det antikke Rom. Efter at have brudt kyskhedsløftet bliver hun begravet levende, som traditionen foreskriver. Men gudinden Vesta skåner hende fra døden. 2000 år senere når hendes stemme fra det ældgamle kammer under Roms menneskefyldte gader danskeren Michael, som holder ferie i Rom med kone og børn. Langsomt nærmer Marcia og Michael sig hinanden for til sidst at tilbringe en nat sammen. "En utroligt tiltrækkende lille bog.

Erik går till kyrkogården för att sätta nya blommor vid graven. Men på väg hem händer det som inte får hända. Erik hör först ett högt ljud, och ser sedan en bil och ett bylte som ligger framför. Och han vet vem bilföraren är. Femton år senare skakas Hjo när ett barnskelett dyker upp på en byggarbetsplats. Kan det vara nioårige Johan, pojken som aldrig kom fram till skolan den där dagen för länge sedan? Ryktet går och lokalpolisen inser snabbt att de måste kalla på förstärkning. Men Johans mamma är säker på att det inte är han.

Andra delen i mysdeckarserien "af Hjo" där mystik, spänning och relationer varvas om vartannat. Anlagda bränder är ett ovanligt inslag i vardagen i västgötska Hjo. Men nu har det plötsligt inträffat två stycken på kort tid. När polisen identifierar samma skoavtryck på båda platserna blir Helena Groop och hennes kollegor på stationen än mer misstänksamma. Har man fått en blivande pyroman på halsen? På Hjo-kurirens redaktion sitter journalisten Sara Blidh i liknande tankar.

I'm not your average girl. My best friend is my switchblade. My favorite hobby is using it on the cruel, the abusive, and anyone who gets on my bad side. I'm a convicted murderer with a chip on my shoulder and a dangerous lack of restraint. And then there's Zak. His rap sheet makes mine look tame. The bounty on his head is worth more money than I'll ever make, and the deadly fae that shadow his every step wield more power than I'll ever know. He's the Crystal Druid, and his first mistake was setting foot on my turf. His second was saving my life.

When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published, rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings had circulated for two centuries. Among all aspects of Jefferson's renowned life, it was perhaps the most hotly contested topic. Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings intensified this debate by identifying glaring inconsistencies in many noted scholars' evaluations of the existing evidence. In this study, Gordon-Reed assembles a fascinating and convincing argument that the evidence for the affair has been denied a fair hearing.

When I arrived at my uncle's house, I expected my relatives to be like me - outcast sorcerers who don't practice magic. I was right about the sorcery, but wrong about everything else. Rule two: Don't listen to the demon. My uncle chose a far deadlier power. He calls creatures of darkness into our world, binds them into service contracts, and sells them to the highest bidder. And I'm supposed to act like I don't know how illegal and dangerous it is. Rule three: Don't talk to the demon. All I had to do was keep my nose out of it.

Under den idylliske overflade i en lille havneby lurer vanviddet. Den lokale praest gennemlever sit livs vaerste mareridt, da hans datter forsvinder. Politiet kommer ingen vegne med opklaringen, og da endnu et barn bliver bortført, stiger frygten i byen. Alle holder vejret, og deres børn inde. Ingen kan føle sig trygge.

Mere end 53.000 kilometer alene på motorcykel lærte hende at acceptere sig selv og se det ukendte som uanede muligheder og ikke som fare. Hun havde levet sit liv på autopilot. Hun havde gjort alt det, som hun troede ville gøre hende lykkelig. Hun levede for at nå det næste mål og troede, at når først målene var nået, ville livet blive godt. Og målene, dem nåede hun. Hun fik en god uddannelse og et godt job på et advokatkontor med høj løn og mange muligheder. Hun blev godt gift og fik hus i Hellerup.

Bag murene i Vestre Faengsel burde der herske lov og orden. Men det gør der ikke. Langtfra. En fange findes død i sin celle. Han har haengt sig. En betjent stikkes ned på gangen. Uhyggen spreder sig. Både blandt ansatte og indsatte. Aegteparret og kollegerne Bjarne og Sanne har svaert ved at slippe problemerne, når de går fra arbejde. Som tiden går, rejser et spørgsmål sig: Hvem er egentlig kriminelle i Vestre Faengsel?

Dorthe Annette Hansens "Et bånd af blod" er en spændingsroman om gammel kærlighed og ny tragedie. Politimanden Mark er i Tivoli med sine delebørn, da hans fortid bogstaveligt talt falder ned i hovedet på ham i form af hans første kærlighed Mia. Hun falder ned fra Dæmonen, og inden hun dør, når hun at hviske til Mark: "Det var ikke mig." Mark begynder nu at grave i Mias liv og opdager den nedtur, hendes liv har taget, siden han så hende sidst for mange år siden.