This isn't the first time I've been in a court room, and I know it won't be the last, but it is the hardest plea I've ever given. I was fighting for justice, justice for my son Jason. The piece of trash seated across from me killed him. Jason was a prominent basketball star just like his father and the love of my life. There was no way I was going to let this boy get off with something as easy as prison. My husband died when Jason was ten, Jason was all I had left and this getto, gutter project-trash took my boy from me. I know what you're thinking, if not jail then what? I want the judge to grant me custody of this trifling waste of skin. Jail is too good for him, I plan on making him suffer for what he did. He destroyed me when he murdered my son. Now I just have to make the judge believe I have only his best interest at heart. My hands were sweaty as I stood, looking overy at the scum I now know as Jeremy. It's hard to say what you will or won't do. I've heard people say. "Oh I'd never do that." Or "How could she have done such a thing?" Well I use to be one of those people, until my son was murdered. Now all I can say is "Never say never." There's something strange about this boy though, I can't put my finger on it, but something just isn't right. By the way, my name is Kathryn. Kathryn Cool Attorney of Law. Jeremy, welcome to hell.

Superhero Grief uses modern superhero narratives to teach the principles of grief theories and concepts and provide practical ideas for promoting healing. Chapters offer clinical strategies, approaches, and interventions, including strategies based in expressive arts and complementary therapies. Leading researchers, clinicians, and professionals address major topics in death, dying, and bereavement, using superhero narratives to explore loss in the context of bereavement and to promote a contextual view of issues and relationship types that can improve coping skills. This volume provides support and psychoeducation to students, clinicians, educators, researchers, and the bereaved while contributing significantly to the literature on the intersection of death, grief, and trauma.

Superhero Grief uses modern superhero narratives to teach the principles of grief theories and concepts and provide practical ideas for promoting healing. Chapters offer clinical strategies, approaches, and interventions, including strategies based in expressive arts and complementary therapies. Leading researchers, clinicians, and professionals address major topics in death, dying, and bereavement, using superhero narratives to explore loss in the context of bereavement and to promote a contextual view of issues and relationship types that can improve coping skills. This volume provides support and psychoeducation to students, clinicians, educators, researchers, and the bereaved while contributing significantly to the literature on the intersection of death, grief, and trauma.

Methods textbooks generally offer prescriptive advice on how to perform certain techniques, how to develop specific strategies, how to analyze your results. But, as all experienced ethnographers know, this fine-sounding advice rarely provides ample guidance in dealing with real people in real field settings. That is where this casebook differs. Selecting many key methods regularly used by anthropologists - participant observation, consensus analysis, simple surveys, scaling, freelisting and triads, networks, decision modeling- the editors commissioned scholars who have completed studies using these techniques to describe them in the context of real field work. Using cases from health, community politics, family relations, and child development (among others) in settings as diverse as an Arkansas college campus, a Mexican barrio, a Thai village, and a Scottish business, the student is given a clear understanding of the diversity of methods used by anthropologists and the complexities surrounding their use.

It's time to get paid what you're truly worth Although you may not realise it, the knowledge and knowhow you have acquired in your life to date is a truly marketable asset. You've made valuable distinctions because of your passions and have unique empathy and understanding because of your pains. Through this book you will come to understand how other people are ready and willing to pay you money to know what you already know and to do what you can already do. You don t need to be qualified, certified or have letters after your name. Your qualification to do this work is your life experiences, your passion for helping others and your determination to make a difference. Andy Harrington has worked with Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, Robert Kiyosaki, Brian Tracy, Bob Proctor and even Former President of the United States Bill Clinton, and through this book he will show you how to find and shape the message inside of you, and importantly, in such a way that you get paid for sharing your advice. You will also discover how to: * Position yourself as an expert so you are seen as an authority. * Prepare your advice so it's easy for others to follow. * Package your knowledge into programs, workshops, and books. * Promote yourself intelligently so you get paid what you are really worth. * Perform like a professional with confidence, congruency and charisma. In his debut book Andy shows you how to harness your experiences and turn them into advice for others whilst becoming a person of influence, impact and inspiration. You have incredible untapped potential residing within yourself in your own talents and abilities. This book shows you how to achieve all your goals by focusing on making a difference with what you already have. Brian Tracy, Brian Tracy International

The musteloids are the most diverse super-family among carnivores, ranging from little known, exotic, and highly-endangered species to the popular and familiar, and include a large number of introduced invasives. They feature terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal, and aquatic members, ranging from tenacious predators to frugivorous omnivores, span weights from a 100g weasel to 30kg giant otters, and express a range of social behaviours from the highly gregarious to the fiercely solitary. Musteloids are the subjects of extensive cutting-edge research from phylogenetics to the evolution of sociality and through to the practical implications of disease epidemiology, introduced species management, and climate change. Their diversity and extensive biogeography inform a wide spectrum of ecological theory and conservation practice. The editors of this book have used their combined 90 years of experience working on the behaviour and ecology of wild musteloids to draw together a unique network of the world's most successful and knowledgeable experts. The book begins with nine review chapters covering hot topics in musteloid biology including evolution, disease, social communication, and management. These are followed by twenty extensive case studies providing a range of comprehensive geographic and taxonomic coverage. The final chapter synthesises what has been discussed in the book, and reflects on the different and diverse conservation needs of musteloids and the wealth of conservation lessons they offer. Biology and Conservation of Musteloids provides a conceptual framework for future research and applied conservation management that is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in musteloid and carnivore ecology and conservation biology. It will also be of relevance and use to conservationists and wildlife managers.

The musteloids are the most diverse super-family among carnivores, ranging from little known, exotic, and highly-endangered species to the popular and familiar, and include a large number of introduced invasives. They feature terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal, and aquatic members, ranging from tenacious predators to frugivorous omnivores, span weights from a 100g weasel to 30kg giant otters, and express a range of social behaviours from the highly gregarious to the fiercely solitary. Musteloids are the subjects of extensive cutting-edge research from phylogenetics to the evolution of sociality and through to the practical implications of disease epidemiology, introduced species management, and climate change. Their diversity and extensive biogeography inform a wide spectrum of ecological theory and conservation practice. The editors of this book have used their combined 90 years of experience working on the behaviour and ecology of wild musteloids to draw together a unique network of the world's most successful and knowledgeable experts. The book begins with nine review chapters covering hot topics in musteloid biology including evolution, disease, social communication, and management. These are followed by twenty extensive case studies providing a range of comprehensive geographic and taxonomic coverage. The final chapter synthesises what has been discussed in the book, and reflects on the different and diverse conservation needs of musteloids and the wealth of conservation lessons they offer. Biology and Conservation of Musteloids provides a conceptual framework for future research and applied conservation management that is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in musteloid and carnivore ecology and conservation biology. It will also be of relevance and use to conservationists and wildlife managers.

The continuation of the story of Lia'na, Toby, and their friends. With the primary nemesis dead and an ancient cult leaderless, a new but familiar evil comes forward to take control. This story takes a very dark path and leads the characters on a quest that puts the entire world at stake. Things will happen that cannot be undone and choices will need to be made that the group may not be able to live with, considering any of them survive at all. As in the previous story many locations and sites will be familiar, but in other ways, this world is very different from our own. Yet should Toby and Lia'na fail, even our world may not be spared.

James Harrington's Magnifica crosses fantasy with reality, bringing mythological creatures like elves, sorcerers, and dwarves into the modern day world. Many places may be recognizable, but their histories are very different. In this alternate world, humans have built the same great cities we know today, but they share the land with elves and dwarves. The story begins on a college campus in Massachusetts where an unremarkable young man is about to meet someone who will change his life forever. Things unravel fast, forcing our hero to make tough decisions that will affect the world and those he cares about most.

"Art and Social Theory" provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics.

provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological study of art;
examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics;
discusses the meaning of the arts in relation to changing cultural institutions and socio-economic structures;
explores questions of aesthetic value and cultural politics, taste and social class, money and patronage, ideology and utopia, myth and popular culture, and the meaning of modernism and postmodernism;
presents lucid accounts of leading social theorists of the arts from Weber, Simmel, Benjamin, Kracauer and the Frankfurt School to Foucault, Bourdieu, Habermas, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Luhmann and Jameson.

This isn't the first time I've been in a court room, and I know it won't be the last, but it is the hardest plea I've ever given. I was fighting for justice, justice for my son Jason. The piece of trash seated across from me killed him. Jason was a prominent basketball star just like his father and the love of my life. There was no way I was going to let this boy get off with something as easy as prison. My husband died when Jason was ten, Jason was all I had left and this getto, gutter project-trash took my boy from me. I know what you're thinking, if not jail then what? I want the judge to grant me custody of this trifling waste of skin. Jail is too good for him, I plan on making him suffer for what he did. He destroyed me when he murdered my son. Now I just have to make the judge believe I have only his best interest at heart. My hands were sweaty as I stood, looking overy at the scum I now know as Jeremy. It's hard to say what you will or won't do. I've heard people say. "Oh I'd never do that." Or "How could she have done such a thing?" Well I use to be one of those people, until my son was murdered. Now all I can say is "Never say never." There's something strange about this boy though, I can't put my finger on it, but something just isn't right. By the way, my name is Kathryn. Kathryn Cool Attorney of Law. Jeremy, welcome to hell.

Vengeance is a horrible thing; it can turn you into something you never thought you could become. But sometimes you can't shake it, no matter how you try, no matter how you fight it. The craving wont leave until you can quench its thirst, satisfy the itch. Never underestimate the power of love, and the pain that accompanies guilt. It can eat at you like cancer. They say forget it, let it go. I had to try and do that after they murdered my daddy, but I couldn't. At age fourteen I claimed my first life. My name is Beth, Beth Wade. Remember it, because it will be the last thing you hear before you take your last breath.

In the first novel "If Only In My Dreams" Roxanne didn't think there wold be a life for her and Andrew after being raped, and impregnated with her mother's lovers' child. But in the sequel "If Only It Were A Dream" Andrew was more than willing to take on the responsibilities of being a husband to Roxanne, and a father to a child that he knew wasn't his own. The love Andrew had for Roxanne covered anything that may have tarnished her, or prevented him from ever loving her. The home she had known all her life, was now, nothing more than a constant reminder of her rape and the murder of her sister. Moving to L.A. and starting over would be the only way to wash away the tragedy that still plagued Roxanne. She finds out the hard way that you can never out run your past. After finding out that Mabel was not her biological mother, almost pushed Roxanne over the edge. The hell that was about to visit Roxanne and Andrew in L.A. would test their love and commitment to one another like nothing else. We will just refer to her as 'Scary Mary.'

"Art and Social Theory" provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics.

provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological study of art;
examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics;
discusses the meaning of the arts in relation to changing cultural institutions and socio-economic structures;
explores questions of aesthetic value and cultural politics, taste and social class, money and patronage, ideology and utopia, myth and popular culture, and the meaning of modernism and postmodernism;
presents lucid accounts of leading social theorists of the arts from Weber, Simmel, Benjamin, Kracauer and the Frankfurt School to Foucault, Bourdieu, Habermas, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Luhmann and Jameson.

Restoration ecology is a young field that integrates theory and knowledge from a range of disciplines, including the biological, physical, and social sciences as well as the humanities. This new textbook, written for upper-division undergraduates and first-year graduate students, offers a real-life introduction to the field and an interdisciplinary overview of the theory behind it.
Developed by ecologists and landscape architects, each of whom has been involved in restoration research and practice for many years, the focus of the book is on providing a framework that can be used to guide restoration decisions anywhere on the globe, both now and in the future. The text is organized around a restoration process that has been tested and revised by the authors in their restoration ecology courses taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over the past thirty years.
Each chapter includes a series of "Food for Thought" questions that both help students review concepts and put them to work in solving conservation problems. The framework is designed to work with the uniqueness, uncertainty, messiness, and constraints inherent in any real-world restoration project.
Success in ecological restoration requires not only technical proficiency but also skill in the social, cultural, and political arenas. "Introduction to Restoration Ecology" can help students develop the skills they need to succeed in all of these areas and is a much-needed new resource.