On a chilly, gray autumn afternoon in 1984, a patrolman was dispatched to an inner-city tenement in Auburn, Maine to investigate the report of a possible fire. What he found inside the building's smoke-filled, second-story apartment was not a fire but something far more horrifying -- the charred body of a 4-year-old girl, Angela Palmer, who had been stuffed into the oven of a kitchen stove and cooked to death. The discovery traumatized the community and shocked the country. The ensuing murder prosecution of the youngster's mother, Cynthia Palmer, and her boyfriend, John Lane, cast a searching light into the shadows of a secret world in which children and women suffer violence and sexual predation at the hands of those who are supposed to love and protect them.

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The works of Washington Irving, one of the earliest of the great American writers, need little introduction. He was a man of varied interests and enormous talent able to write entertaining and enduring fiction including the iconic 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and the wonderful collection of travelogue and fantasy that is 'Tales from the Alhambra.' His ability as an historian cannot be underestimated and he was able to leave posterity a canon of outstanding books on subjects ranging from the early days of exploration in his homeland, to this book, 'The Conquest of Granada, ' about the history of Spain-a country in which he worked while living in the famous Alhambra of Granada. The period of Spanish history this book concentrates on is fascinating. The Islamic world, both in the form of the Ottoman Turks and the Moors of North Africa, made enormous inroads into 'Christian' Europe over hundreds of years. Before this Islamic tide finally abated it had to be turned back at Tours-almost at the gates of Paris-by Charles Martel in AD 732 and would besiege Vienna in 1529 and 1683. Large tracts of land fell under their control and nowhere was more successfully or enduringly settled than Spain in the form of the jewel that was Al-Andalus. A series of campaigns in the last years of the 14th century known as the 'Reconquista' saw the Catholic monarchs, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon finally bring about the fall of the Nasrid dynasty's hold on the emirate of Granada. Irving's work is an acknowledged classic and is essential reading for all those interested in the epic struggle between the sword and cross and the scimitar and crescent.
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Estimado lector el contenido que est por descubrir es una historia de b squeda, de evoluci n, de cambio, merodeada por circunstancias comunes de nuestro personaje principal, un amor envuelto de complicaciones, un sue o abatido por sus discrepancias emocionales, un retrato del hombre moderno, inmerso en un mundo ca tico. Es una reflexi n de nuestra postura como entes sociales, part cipes de una cadena de causas y efectos, part cipes de un entorno que nos delimita y nos nombra, part cipes de una ciudad llamada Collage y de ese folklor que vive en ella.

Domestic violence is not new to the human condition; it is as old as mankind itself. It showed its ugly head in the first family that God created. Adam and Eve's two sons brought it to form when Cain slew his brother Abel in a fit of jealous rage. But the answers to the problem are as old as mankind as well, and the author believes they are found not only in the pages of this book, but also in the pages of the book of books, the Holy Bible. It is her hope and desire that those who read it will find the help, wisdom, and ultimately the safety and survival it ascribes.

"Bitter Sweet Secret Assignment" is a book about a young, beautiful half blood Jewish journalist. She wanted to experience the revolution adventure in Suriname which ended in a different disaster. Her love for the business man Chris Nepal abrubtly ended in a horrible nightmare on their wedding night. The revolution regime was after her for a secret list of names of people who were against the revolution. Smuggling contraband goods together between South American countries had developed a great friendship between her brother and him. After her two brothers' mysterious deaths she had no choice but to escape to Europe. Years later she married Thomas Swan who was suffering from dementia and was confronted again with his memory of World War II. Later her friendship with the Italian missionary Tony Brocelli was a hidden secret, battling with faith and her everlasting love... Trying to cover up all hidden amazing secrets with normal christian diplomatic behavior only ended up with sadness, pain, depression and a broken heart. Suddenly the young successful Andrew Archer appeared again in her life. He has new ideas of business, medical research, and agriculture. He introduced Lena to one of his new methods of physiological training. This project was mainly to help educated and business people recover from an economic depression and a broken heart. Also the upcoming teenage rage caused them to suffer from anorexia and bulimia. The American psychiatrist Beth Carr and the Japanese Neurosurgeon Lee Chan discovered her weird behavior. And Andrew Archer exposed all the hidden dark secrets...his identification, complicated family, death, ancestry

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""Voicing Chicana Feminismsx" enriches mutliple areas of our academic world including but not limited to Chicana feminist theory, Mexican American studies, Women of Color scholarship, and sexuality research. The book is divided in three sections, each one offers rich, textured, and nuanced narratives exposing key aspects of these women's lives. "Voicing Chicana Feminism" is the book I fantasized about reading in my feminist theory class as a graduate student. This important academic contribution is beautifully written with elegant clarity and heartfelt passion. I look forward to using it with both my undergraduate and graduate students - Chicana, Xicana, Latina, Hispanic, Mexican American, Mexicana, Tejana, or whatever identity they may choose to embrace."--"Sexualities"

Chicana voices are missing from the psychology of women. Though "Chicana feminisms" have only recently been enumerated, a feminist perspective has long existed in Chicano communities without ever having been explicitly named. Grounded in specific aspects of Chicano culture such as the contested role of La Malinche and the complexities of Marianismo, the distinguishing feature of Chicana feminisms has been their embrace of diversity. Chicanas readily acribe to many feminisms and do not expect there to be only one.

Focusing on young women between the ages of 20 and 30, Chicanas Speak Feminisms explores the relationship between Chicana feminism and the lived experiences of Chicanas. What do they see as their day-to-day manifestation of feminist consciousness? What is the relationship between what Chicana feminists propose and their lived experiences as womenand as members of other significant social groups? Including rich ethnographic testimony based on questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and shadowing, Hurtado allows the women to speak in their own terms about how they see their femininity, sexuality, gender identity, ethnic/racial identity, and ties to other feminisms and political struggles.

If being smart isn't enough to guarantee success, then what is? Being pretty smart is the key - that is, having passion, commitment, resilience and a firm belief that you can achieve your dreams. So who has been smart and "pretty"? In the pages of Pretty Smart you will find the insights, wisdom and stories from twenty-two former Miss Americas, who are not just pretty but pretty smart, and how they pursued their passions all the way to professional and personal success. With their thoughtful intelligence and insightful eloquence these women shatter the myth that the Pageant is "just a beauty contest." Their stories, woven into a tapestry of inspiration and wisdom, prove that it takes vision, discipline, drive and, yes, brains to win the crown.

Intervention is an intriguing and at times troublesome phenomenon. This book is meant for those already intrigued and those one hopes will become intrigued. The purpose is to sketch out fundamental problems that must be addressed in pursuing effective intervention. While the authors approach these problems from the perspective of psychology and education, they do so with an eclectic outlook and an emphasis on broad applications.

Specifically, they identify and describe essential facets of intentional intervention, explore how these facets relate to each other, and try to produce an outline picture of the whole. The presentation is structured around the view that intervention theory and practice must address four inextricably interrelated and fundamental topics: (1) the classification problem (i.e., differentiating phenomena--conceptually and methodologically--into relevant subgroups for purposes of planning, implementing, and evaluating intervention), (2) the underlying rationale problem (i.e., assumptions shaping intervention aims and means), (3) the planning and implementation problem (i.e., processes for optimizing intervention), and (4) the evaluation problem (i.e., describing, judging, and advancing intervention knowledge and practice). Each of these is discussed in sufficient detail to facilitate development of an agenda for improving practice through theory building, program development, and research.

From the authors of the bestselling The Mindful Way through Depression-which explores how mindfulness can break the cycle of chronic unhappiness-this carefully constructed workbook shows the reader how to build a mindfulness practice in 8 weeks. Basic mindfulness principles and facts about depression and other common emotional problems are combined with specific mindfulness exercises to try on a daily and weekly basis, plus a wealth of interactive features that encourage and motivate. Readers will be drawn in immediately by self-assessments, reflection questions and exercises with spaces to jot down notes, worksheets for keeping track of progress, and quotations and questions from others going through the program. Each week's guided meditations are provided on the accompanying MP3 CD and can also be downloaded by purchasers.

A superbly thorough guide to psychology, William James' thesis successfully summarizes the tenets of the science in the early 20th century - this edition contains the vital notes and illustrations. Appearing in 1890, The Principles of Psychology was a landmark text which established psychology as a serious scientific discipline. William James' compiled a convincing, lengthy and broad thesis, devoting detail and vigorous analysis in every chapter. The text's comprehensiveness and superb presentation played a pivotal role in bringing the science of mental health closer toward the scholarly mainstream. The entire book is set out intuitively: there are two volumes, each of which has a certain number of chapters. While some chapters have sub-sections, James is careful not to make his textbook dry or convoluted in organisation.

Developmental psychologists have been interested in metacognitive phenomena since the early 1970s, while reading researchers have been interested in awareness, monitoring, and strategy use for text-processing as part of a shift in focus from text factors to reader factors in reading. A great many research studies have been conducted by psychologists and reading researchers under the rubric of metacognition. Unlike other chapters fom some edited books which present only syntheses of this burgeoning research literature, this volume not only presents the literature but provides analysis about its usefulness for researchers and practitioners. It also presents a discussion of important methodological dilemmas within these research literatures.