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The Disgraced Daughter: a captivating saga of love, betrayal and secrets (Castle Bay Trilogy)
by Lynne FrancisA gripping and heart-warming new saga of love, betrayal and secrets from Lynne Francis, author of A Maid's Ruin, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie GoodwinKent, 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking, cleaning, and caring for her five younger siblings after her elder sister Nell's marriage. She longs to escape, but it seems like an impossible dream.That is, until she meets the enigmatic Mrs. Simmonds, who promises Lizzie a future far beyond the confines of her small town. The allure of a new life in Canterbury draws Lizzie into a world she never imagined, but it soon becomes clear that nothing is as it seems . . . Torn between family loyalty and the tantalising unknown, Lizzie is drawn into a situation she would never have thought possible. How far will she go for freedom?Praise for Lynne Francis'Impressively researched . . . I loved this five-star book' Kay Brellend'An engaging, thoroughly researched tale of youthful naivety and courage in the face of adversity, full of rich detail and imagination. Highly recommended!' RoNA award-winning, bestselling novelist Tania Crosse'A compelling and captivating historical saga rich in atmosphere, emotion and heart' Goodreads Reviewer
Flirting Lessons: The captivating and sizzling new queer romance from the Reese's Book Club Pick!
by Jasmine Guillory'It's no wonder Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon are fans of Jasmine Guillory - she writes the sexiest and smartest romances. This tale . . . ticks all the romcom boxes' Red MagazineHave you discovered New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick Jasmine Guillory yet? 'The queen of contemporary romance' OprahMag.com________________________Avery Jensen is almost thirty, newly single and ready for a change. She wants to get a hobby, date around (especially women) and flirt with everyone she sees. One problem: she has next to no experience when it comes to dating, and even less confidence. Enter Taylor Cameron, champion heartbreaker. She just broke up with her most recent girlfriend and her best friend bet that she can't go two months without sleeping with someone. So, she offers to give Avery flirting lessons. It should keep her nice and busy, keep her away from dating and take her mind off how inadequate she feels compared to her (much more settled and grown-up) friends. With Taylor's help, Avery finally has the life she always wanted. But now she wants Taylor too. And, as their mutual attraction becomes impossible to ignore, both women must decide if acting on these feelings could ruin the best thing they've ever had, or if it could make it even better. ________________________PERFECT FOR FANS OF EMILY HENRY, CHRISTINA LAUREN AND TESSA BAILEY!'A charming, warm, sexy gem' ROXANE GAY'The undisputed queen of the modern-day romance' Vogue'Juicy yet meaningful, like every Guillory classic' Elle'Steamy and swoonworthy' PopSugar'When Jasmine Guillory comes out with a book, buy it' Refinery29If you love this, be sure to check out all of Jasmine's smart and sexy rom-coms:The Wedding DateThe ProposalThe Wedding PartyRoyal HolidayParty of TwoWhile We Were DatingDrunk on Love
Tonight, I Bleed (The Witches of Halstett #2)
by Katharine J. AdamsIn this dark and decadent sequel to Tonight, I Burn, a thorn witch finds herself face to face with death as she stands at the centre of a magical rebellion and back to back with two witches as she falls deeper into a dangerous romance. Perfect for fans of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf, Jennifer Armentrout's From Blood and Ash, and Rachel Gillig's One Dark Window.Penny Albright has burned at the stake under the Warden and his Gilded Army night after night. He means to destroy magic and seal the veil between Life and Death forever and he has every tool he needs to do it. The Warden has stolen everything that Penny cares about- her friends, family, lovers, and now, even her freewill will be sacrificed if she fails to defeat the Warden and his evil lust for immortality once and for all.A resistance movement has been brewing in the shadows of Life and when Penny takes her place at the helm, she will be thrust into the realm of Death once again, this time with Malin, the devastatingly handsome lord of Death, by her side.Penny will not rest until the Warden is stripped from his throne. But soon she will come to learn- the price of saving Life means shedding a fair amount of blood.
Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market: Correcting the Systemic Failures of Shareholder Capitalism
by Andrew J. HoffmanThe intellectual foundation for the next generation of business leaders Today's business schools were designed for a world that no longer exists. Capitalism raised the standard of living for billions of people over the past 150 years, but is now causing systemic challenges it is unable to address, including climate change and inequality. And yet, business schools continue to teach ideas that are making things worse: elevating the primacy of shareholder profits above the interests of employees, the environment, and society; viewing government as an intrusion on the free market rather than an arbiter of its proper functioning; and promoting unlimited economic growth despite the devastating environmental and social consequences. Business schools cannot simply drop an elective into their curriculum to address these challenges. We must rethink the faulty foundations. Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market explains the intellectual foundation MBA students, faculty, and administrators need to reform capitalism and restore its noble purpose for the 21st century. Many business students are in fact seeking this kind of education and frustrated that they are not getting it from their professors. This book will fill in gaps in their education, equipping them with the models and mindset to rethink shareholder capitalism and serve society's needs. Business faculty and administrators will find a practical program for amending curriculum and pedagogy, changing student and faculty rewards, and bringing a new spirit and sensibility to the business school.
Uncertain Empire: Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture)
by Elizabeth E. ImberFollowing the British conquest of Ottoman Palestine, Jews across the British Empire—from Jerusalem to Johannesburg, London to Calcutta—found themselves at the heart of global Jewish political discourse. As these intellectuals, politicians, activists, and communal elites navigated shifting political landscapes, some envisioned Palestine as a British dominion, leveraging imperial power for Jewish state-building, while others fostered ties with anticolonial movements, contemplating independent national aspirations. Uncertain Empire considers this intricate interplay between British imperialism, Zionism, and anticolonial movements from the 1917 British conquest of Palestine to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. Elizabeth Imber highlights diverse and sometimes conflicting visions of Jewish political futures, offering detailed case studies of key figures including Chaim Arlosoroff, Moshe Shertok, Helen Bentwich, Rachel Ezra, and Hermann Kallenbach. She explores a "politics of uncertainty" in which Jews engaged with both imperial stability and the rise of anticolonial mobilization, when many were likewise forced to reconsider Palestine as a viable refuge and political solution. Ultimately, this book provides a nuanced understanding of how the British Empire's fate became central to Zionist and broader Jewish political thought, revealing the complex intersections of empire, state power, and Jewish politics during a time marked by profound urgency and exigency.
Living On: Psychiatry and the Future of Disaster in Turkey
by Christopher T. DoleLiving On centers around the unprecedented mobilization of mental health professionals in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck western Turkey in 1999—a disaster that left more than 20,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of residents displaced. Working amid unimaginable destruction and suffering, volunteer psychiatrists and psychologists would quickly improvise a makeshift response, offering thousands of survivors access to psychiatric care for the first time. Never before had there been such a collective expression of concern for people's psychological well-being. Christopher Dole explores how this psychiatric response fashioned individual and collective lives far into the disaster's future. Based on research spanning two decades, from the earthquake to its twentieth anniversary, he considers how this convergence of geological activity and psychiatric expertise introduced novel psychiatric and psychological discourses into everyday lives of survivors, as it also animated new visions of self, society, and technopolitical promise. Living On not only offers insight into Turkey's transformations over the opening decades of the twenty-first century, but it also sheds light on a more general arrangement of disaster, governance, and medical expertise—one that increasingly characterizes our era of planetary ecological crisis.
To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
by Viet Thanh NguyenFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer (now an HBO series) comes a moving and unflinchingly personal meditation on the literary forms of otherness and a bold call for expansive political solidarity.Born in war-ravaged Vietnam, Viet Nguyen arrived in the United States as a child refugee in 1975. The Nguyen family would soon move to San Jose, California, where the author grew up, attending UC Berkeley in the aftermath of the shocking murder of Vincent Chin, which shaped the political sensibilities of a new generation of Asian Americans.The essays here, delivered originally as the prestigious Norton Lectures, proffer a new answer to a classic literary question: What does the outsider mean to literary writing? Over the course of six captivating and moving chapters, Nguyen explores the idea of being an outsider through lenses that are, by turns, literary, historical, political, and familial.Each piece moves between writers who influenced Nguyen’s craft and weaves in the haunting story of his late mother’s mental illness. Nguyen unfolds the novels and nonfiction of Herman Melville, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph Ellison, William Carlos Williams, and Maxine Hong Kingston, until aesthetic theories give way to pressing concerns raised by war and politics. What is a writer’s responsibility in a time of violence? Should we celebrate fiction that gives voice to the voiceless—or do we confront the forces that render millions voiceless in the first place? What are the burdens and pleasures of the “minor” writer in any society? Unsatisfied with the modest inclusion accorded to “model minorities” such as Asian Americans, Nguyen sets the agenda for a more radical and disquieting solidarity with those whose lives have been devastated by imperialism and forever wars.
Sunk Cost: Who’s to Blame for the Nation’s Broken Student Loan System and How to Fix It
by Jillian BermanExposes the forgotten origins of the student loan system, how politicians have attempted to fix it, and the life-altering damage borrowers face. Student-loan horror stories are a dime a dozen. But students today are faced with a seemingly insurmountable paradox: Research consistently shows that the clearest viable option to financial stability is a college degree. But if and when Americans decide to pursue diplomas, student loan payments quickly follow, and even after securing full-time employment, many borrowers struggle to make ends meet for years. In Sunk Cost, journalist Jillian Berman explores how the nation’s student loan program went from a well-intentioned initiative aimed at helping low- and middle-income students afford college to one that traps borrowers in long-term debt. Berman interviewed dozens of borrowers and policymakers and dug into the archives to unearth the true causes of the student loan problem. A couple of generations ago, policy makers generously subsidized Americans’ college educations because they knew it would be advantageous for the entire country: a more educated population meant better quality of life for all. But today, higher education is viewed as an individual goal, so students and their families are expected to be on the hook for it themselves. Berman explains how this enormous shift happened, which industries benefit from it, and what it means for college-going Americans today. She shares real-life stories of college graduates who are being crushed under some of the harshest consequences of the student loan system. These borrowers pursued higher education in hopes of a better life and yet some have been trapped in debt for decades, making it difficult to put food on the table, much less imagine a life beyond debt. By connecting personal accounts to the policy history of student loans, Berman makes clear that if American society continues to push students toward higher education, but fails to truly subsidize it, the financial strain will become unbearable for all but the most privileged. The current system is broken, but Berman proposes that significant changes are possible, and will require political will from state lawmakers and Congress, along with a philosophical shift, to tackle one of the largest consumer finance challenges of our time.
La historia de la información (The History of Information): De las pinturas rupestres a la revolución digital: un recorrido ilustrado por los avances que han transformado el mundo
by Chris HaughtonEmprende junto a tus hijos un inolvidable recorrido por la historia global de la información y la comunicación.¿Qué es lo que hace que la tecnología no caiga en desuso y esté en constante desarrollo? La respuesta es: ¡la información! La manera en la que almacenamos y compartimos información ha cambiado mucho a lo largo de la historia y ha jugado un papel fundamental en la evolución de todos los aspectos de nuestra sociedad, como el social, el político o el económico.Pasa las páginas de esta enciclopedia para descubrir cómo el desarrollo de la comunicación y la recopilación de datos e información nos ha llevado al progreso tecnológico y a la vida tal y cómo la conocemos.En su interior, encontrarás: La historia de la información y la comunicación, desde el surgimiento de los primeros idiomas y las pinturas rupestres hasta las diferentes formas en las que nos comunicamos hoy en día. Contenido escrito por el autor e ilustrador mundialmente famoso y ganador de múltiples premios, Chris Haughton.Explicaciones y datos sobre los conceptos, sistemas y herramientas más actuales, como la inteligencia artificial, el Big Tech, el Big Data o el “hacerse viral” en redes sociales. Diseño moderno con ilustraciones llamativas y divertidas. Conoce cada detalle del origen del lenguaje oral y escrito, las formas en las que se ha transmitido y registrado la información a lo largo de los años, y cómo todo esto ha ayudado al ser humano a lo largo de la historia. Un libro imprescindible para aprender lo importantes que son y han sido la comunicación y la información en nuestras vidas.-------------------------------------------Take children on an illuminating journey through the evolution of knowledge and communication with the debut non-fiction book by best-selling author Chris Haughton.Discover how the ways we share and store information have shaped and changed the world in this utterly unique book for adults and children. What is it that makes technology improve rather than stay static or even fall into decline? The answer is information.Celebrate your child's curiosity in this book of information, offering: A beautiful look at the story of information; from the first languages and cave paintings through to how we communicate and record information today.Content written by world famous and multi-award winning author and illustrator, Chris Haughton.A global journey throughout history from the origination of language, how information has been passed on and recorded, how this has helped humans.This book tells the story of how we came to collect information, and what it means for us. The ability to record information in the form of writing and collecting data has caused an explosion of technological progress.
DK SUPER Where Words Come From Morpheme-a-Day (DK Super)
by DKDelve into the fascinating world of morphemes, word formation, and discovery with this visual flip book designed for curious young readers.DK Super Where Words Come From Morpheme-a-Day is the fundamental guide for children aged 7-11 who want to learn about morphology and the origins of words. Every day, flip the page and discover a new, beautifully illustrated morpheme. Ideal for front-of-class interventions or small group instruction, this linguistics book breaks down key morphemes and provides activity ideas to build and develop students' knowledge.This morphology book for children offers:A guide to understanding word formation through prefixes, suffixes, and root words.A highly visual approach that makes association between words and where they originate easier to understand.Follows up on learning etymology, prefixes, suffixes, and Latin and Greek roots to enhance children’s decoding, spelling, and vocabulary. Discover over 100 morphemes in this book and improve morphological awareness, a powerful tool in supporting the five pillars of reading. This also includes boosting vocabulary, improving spelling skills and enhancing reading comprehension.Don’t just read words, understand them!More in the seriesIf you enjoyed DK Super Where Words Come From Morpheme-a-Day, then you’ll love the other titles in this linguistic series. Why not try DK Super Where Words Come From to learn more about the origins of words, or the supplementing activity book to put previously learned material into practice?
Kids Book About Therapy, A (A Kids Book)
by Sara BrennerTherapy is for everyone, and it's never too early (or too late) to start.Therapy isn't just for problems or when something goes wrong. It's for your everyday mental health and is something you can tap into for well-being now and for the rest of your life. This book shows kids mental health therapy can be fun and helps underline its necessity.
A Kids Book About Allyship (A Kids Book)
by Rebecca Gitlitz Sam RapoportEmpower the kid in your life to start on the journey toward allyship today!This is a kids’ book about allyship. Allies notice when things are unfair, speak out against injustice, and embrace the unique differences of every person.This book is a guide for kids (and grownups!) to understand the importance of allyship and empower kids to be allies today. Together, we can create a more beautifully diverse and fair world.A Kids Book About Allyship features: A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages.A friendly, approachable, empowering, and child-appropriate tone throughout.An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic.Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About titles are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart important, challenging, and empowering conversations for kids and their grown-ups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way, with a growing series of books, podcasts, and blogs made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.
A Kids Book About Cancer (A Kids Book)
by Sarah Porter Dr. Kelsie StormHelp kids learn what cancer is, how we treat people who have it, and how to cope if we have someone in our lives suffering from it.This is a kids’ book about cancer. As you may know already, cancer doesn't just affect those who have it; it affects their parents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and friends.This book was made to give kids aged 5-9 a basic understanding of what cancer really is, and aims to make it easier to talk about for kids and grownups who may have someone in their life with cancer.A Kids Book About Cancer features: A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages.A friendly, approachable, empowering, and child-appropriate tone throughout.An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic.Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About titles are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart important, challenging, and empowering conversations for kids and their grown-ups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way, with a growing series of books, podcasts, and blogs made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.
Kids Book About Being in Foster Care, A (A Kids Book)
by Heather Ann Brauer Seth BrauerBeing in foster care is a unique experience for each kid—let's approach the conversation with empathy and openness.What do you know about being in foster care? Whatever comes to mind, let's put that aside for now. This awesome author wrote this book about his experience in foster care—which is unique to him. We hope you'll share his openness, curiosity, and desire to learn more about the system and what it's like for the people in it. Let's dive in!
Honey, What Do We Got?: A Week-by-Week Pregnancy Cookbook
by Tom Sullivan Rachael SullivanCelebrate your pregnancy with 100 gluten- and dairy-free recipes, stories, and advice from The New York Times bestselling authors of Meals She Eats, Rachael and Tom Sullivan.In 2022, after successfully conceiving their first child, Rachael and Tom Sullivan launched a series on TikTok that playfully tracked the size of their growing baby. In answer to Rachael&’s question, &“Honey, what do we got?&” Tom presented her with a dish featuring an ingredient comparable in size to their baby that week. When their baby was the size of an eggplant, Tom prepared Crispy Eggplant Tacos. A pineapple? Slow Cooker Pineapple Pulled Pork. What about a butternut squash? Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.Now you can celebrate your pregnancy and nourish your growing baby with over 100 gluten- and dairy-free recipes from the Sullivans, organized by trimester and focused each week on an ingredient that represents the size of your baby. As your baby grows from the size of the blueberry at Week 8 to the size of a watermelon at Week 40, you can mark each milestone with the perfect dish. You&’ll find breakfasts, snacks, main dishes, and, of course, sweet treats and mocktails, all designed to satisfy your cravings and deliver the nutrition you and your baby need.Rach and Tom offer advice and encouragement along the way, including:A week-by-week ingredient size chartTrimester-specific advice on milestones and symptomsTips on how to prepare for what&’s ahead during each trimesterRelatable stories and empathetic guidance for new parentsWhether you&’re newly expecting or just looking for gluten-free, nutrient-forward recipes, Honey, What Do We Got? offers a fun, fresh way to celebrate all of life&’s milestones.
Kids Book About Technology, A (A Kids Book)
by Amber CaseBuild a healthy relationship with the technology in your life!We're all cyborgs. It's true! We use technology every day in all aspects of our lives—but that's not a bad thing! The problem is when we let it take over our lives. This book will help kids and grownups alike reflect on their relationship with technology and learn to embrace the benefits of being unplugged.
Kids Book About Mental Health, A (A Kids Book)
by Katie LingrasIt's important that we all learn to care for and promote our mental health!What is mental health? Did you know it's something we all have? It's true! A person's mental health simply means how they understand their own thoughts, feelings, actions, and interactions with others. Sometimes our mental health is positive, and other times it's not. Learning we all have mental health reminds us that we aren't alone. We're so grateful you're here!
Kids Book About Pride, A (A Kids Book)
by Kendall ClawsonLearn about Pride, its history, and the importance of celebrating all year long.In June, we celebrate Pride, but what does that mean? Everyone wants to be accepted just as they are, and Pride is all about honoring and encouraging people to be their most authentic selves! To help kids understand the enduring bravery of LGBTQIA+ people, this book includes the story of a moment in history which sparked the fight for freedom and acceptance for this community and beyond—something worth celebrating every day.
Health Care Civil Rights: How Discrimination Law Fails Patients
by Anna KirklandA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Focusing on the provision of gender-affirming care, Health Care Civil Rights analyzes the difficulties and potential of discrimination law in healthcare settings. The application of civil rights law could be a powerful response to health inequalities in the US, but conservative challenges and the complex and fragmented nature of our health care system have limited the real-world success of this strategy. Revealing deep divides and competing interests that reverberate through patient experiences, insurance claims, and courtroom arguments, Anna Kirkland explains what health care civil rights are, how they work in theory and practice, and how to strengthen them.
Queering Families: Reproductive Justice in Precarious Times (Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century)
by Tamara Lea SpiraEnvisioning queer futures where we lovingly wager everything for the world’s children, the planet, and all living beings against all odds, and in increasingly precarious times. Queering Families traces the shifting dominant meanings of queer family from the late twentieth century to today. With this book, Tamara Lea Spira highlights the growing embrace of normative family structures by LGBTQ+ movements—calling into question how many queers, once deemed unfit to parent, have become contradictory agents within the US empire’s racial and colonial agendas. Simultaneously, Queering Families celebrates the rich history of queer reproductive justice, from the radical movements of the 1970s through the present, led by Black, decolonial, and queer of color feminist activists. Ultimately, Spira argues that queering reproductive justice impels us to build communities of care to cherish and uphold the lives of those who, defying normativity’s violent stranglehold, are deemed to be unworthy of life. She issues the call to lovingly wager a future for the world’s children, the planet, and all living beings against all odds, and in increasingly perilous times.
Some Like It Scot: A Novel
by Pepper BashamShe lives her life on the fly. His heart is double-knotted to home. Can two different souls create a life together?Popular travel writer and podcaster Katie Campbell roams the world collecting other people's stories. She's built a career as "Miss Adventure," known for saying yes to anything new--country, food, or experience--and predictably finding those adventures taking a downward turn into misadventures.Offered the chance to explore her ancestral roots through a three-week Edwardian experience, Katie finds herself immersed in the beauty and eccentricity of Scotland. In her period attire, with traditional foods and activities, the opportunities for misadventures are endless, especially with the presence of a maniacal macaw, a jealous co-worker, and an all-too-surly Scotsman.Reclusive and protective Graeme MacKerrow doesn't venture far from his island home. A stoic Scotsman, Graeme's comfort zone has always been family, and after his sister's death, he's even more determined to save the MacKerrow ancestral home and keep those he loves close. The sudden intrusion of a six-foot-one American lass, famous for her traveling misfortunes, was far from his plan.As this world of folklore, community, and woodworkers-in-kilts tempts Katie to discover her own story, could this one grand series of misadventures lead her directly to where she belongs? And would a settled-in-Scot ever risk loosening his grip on what's familiar to allow a wanderlust writer a home in his heart? How could their very different worlds share the same page of life's story when "home" is in two very different places? But maybe home--and the future--isn't quite what either one imagined it would be. Maybe home is less about a place . . . and more about a person.
Sincerely, Stoneheart: Unmask the Enemy’s Lies, Find the Truth That Sets You Free (Insights for a Woman's Heart in the Spirit of the C.S. Lewis Classic, The Screwtape Letters)
by Emily Wilson HussemUncover the lies of the Enemy so you can live a life of freedom, truth, and hope.In the spirit of C. S. Lewis's classic The Screwtape Letters, author and speaker Emily Wilson Hussem shines a light on the lies and tactics Satan uses to burden modern women with doubt, fear, insecurity, and discouragement—and empowers you with the truth that will set you free.Do you ever wonder why you constantly struggle with fear, insecurity, and an unrelenting sense of dissatisfaction? We're in the middle of an invisible spiritual battle against the enemy of our souls. Satan wants you to feel trapped and insecure rather than free and peaceful. He wants you to believe the lie that you are worthless, not God's beloved. He wants you to be distracted, exhausted, and confused to prevent you from living in the freedom you were created for.Sincerely, Stoneheart is a compelling, imaginative portrayal of a senior demon coaching a junior demon about how best to deceive, distract, and enslave women, Hussem not only unmasks the Enemy's lies but empowers women to overcome those lies. As you journey through the eye-opening correspondences of Sincerely, Stoneheart, you willIdentify the insidious web of lies and tactics that keep you from living into the freedom you were designed forDraw strength from the reality that you are not in this battle aloneBecome equipped to stand against the calculated, specific attacks on your heart that are especially prevalent todayLearn to step into the life of meaning, joy, and freedom that God intends for you The Enemy does not want you to be free. But no spiritual darkness, emotional weariness, or negative thought patterns can stand against the light of God's grace, truth, and hope. Sincerely, Stoneheart invites you to look with new eyes at your faith, your daily choices, and your self-image through the beautiful reality that your true identity—mind, heart, and soul—is beloved.
What If I'm Wrong?: Navigating the Waves of Fear and Failure
by Heather Thompson DayAre you tired of living life scared or following the status quo? Heather Thompson Day challenges readers to remember what it felt like to believe in themselves before the world told them who they should be and what they should do.What If I&’m Wrong? explores the chasm between our dreams we once had and the reality in which we are now living. Writing from personal experience, Heather Thompson Day dives deep into what makes us feel overwhelmed or defeated by the hopes we once had, the disappointments we should have overcome, the goals we expected to accomplish, and the person we wanted to be. Somehow and somewhere along the way, we stopped following our heart and started listening to the lies in our head: It&’s time you gave up on that childish dream. What makes you think you could accomplish that? Others see who you really are, so stop trying to be someone else. So we decided to play it safe and just accept our lot in life. And instead of feeling alive every day, we walk through our days numb and uninspired. But this book will help readers see how: Pursuing a painless passion means you have an insignificant dreamLiving a &“normal&” life is scarier than taking risks and embracing the unknownBeing vulnerable and admitting mistakes can lead to success quickerEmbracing failure might be the best thing that ever happens to youStaying motivated and confident when things go wrong gets easier with practiceThe person God made you to be is waiting to live life to the fullest Have you ever considered that the hardest things in life might be our greatest areas of passion, through which we find fulfillment in everything we do, from work to play to relationships to our faith? Fears and failures come upon us like relentless waves, pulling us to deeper water. Panicked, we believe we are going to drown. But what if we&’re wrong? Maybe God is teaching us how to swim stronger, to pursue greater adventures, to learn how to really live!
A Better Share: How Couples Can Tackle the Mental Load for More Fun, Less Resentment, and Great Sex
by Morgan CutlipTransform your marriage and enjoy your spouse again when you share the mental load and end the cycle of stress and resentment.Relationship expert Dr. Morgan Cutlip helps couples view the mental load--the endless and mostly invisible work of managing a household and family--as a shared enemy to conquer versus a problem they have with each other, offering practical solutions for navigating the most common pain points couples struggle with.Usually a few years after &“I do&”—once the reality of family life hits—many couples find themselves at each other's throats because they don't know how to navigate the mental and emotional work of managing a household together. They worry that they'll always be fighting about who should do the dishes or pick up the balloons for the party, but don't know how to begin talking about their frustrations without pointing fingers.In A Better Share, Dr. Morgan Cutlip offers you practical advice that goes beyond getting your spouse to pick up the slack and focuses on the unique perspectives and experiences of each partner, enabling both of you to feel seen and heard. She helps you leave behind resentment and anxiety and begin to:Understand why the mental load primarily falls on women and how it impacts sexual desireShare perspectives, expectations, ownership, and accountabilityUse actionable plans for divvying up tasks and teaching the next generation how to share the mental load Through research and stories based on real couples, A Better Share guides you out of the endless stress and resentment cycle and into a relationship where sharing is caring, having fun together is a priority, and great sex isn't a thing of the past.
Heaven Help Us: How Faith Communities Inspire Hope, Strengthen Neighborhoods, and Build the Future
by John KasichDiscover the antidote to cynicism and despair in this dynamic, revelatory, hope-inducing exploration of the extraordinary work and extraordinary people who are transforming communities around the country--motivated by faith.The mother of a man with autism manages a network of group homes through her local Greek Orthodox congregation. The director of an Islamic cultural center hosts a national interfaith conference to foster better relationships with the Jewish community. A student counselor starts a free immigration services program through her church. Sometimes we forget that good is not only happening in America, it is flourishing--in the fertile soil of our churches, synagogues, and mosques.Few people are better poised to speak to the value of religious institutions in civic life than former Ohio governor and presidential candidate John Kasich, who is both a public servant and a man of faith. In Heaven Help Us, Kasich reminds us through gripping stories that faith communities are vital to healthy communities and our nation. Heaven Help Us offers:Unforgettable stories of people making an extraordinary difference because of their faith communitiesInsights into what sets faith institutions that transform their neighborhoods apart from those that don'tPractical ideas for making positive changes in our own communitiesHope to dream about what is possible in our country instead of what is impossibleEncouragement that religion can bring us together rather than break us apart As Kasich shows us, faith institutions can magnify the power of an individual in ways that almost always exceed the expectations of the person who jump-started the initiative in the first place. More than a collection of "feel-good" stories, Heaven Help Us reminds us of the resourcefulness and ingenuity of our fellow congregants and religious leaders that make it possible to turn our good intentions into even better outcomes. Good is happening in our country. Join in.