Drawing on an extensive survey of real people and over 40 years of research, this revealing volume proposes that a nonmonogamous lifestyle may be healthier for marriages than a monogamous one. Based on an exhaustive survey into the lives of real people, Swinging in America: Love, Sex, and Marriage in the 21st Century concludes that nonmonogamous relationships such as swinging and polyamory offer a new blueprint for combining sex and love-one that may prove more in line with the way people actually live their lives in our society. Swinging in America begins with what we know about swingers and the swinging lifestyle, based on personal narratives and over 40 years of sociological research comparing swinging and non-swinging couples on factors such as personal happiness, marital satisfaction, psychological stability, and personal values. The second half of the book explores the historical rise and contemporary decline of monocentrism-the sexually monogamous marriage as the organizing principle underlying our culture-and the implications of this decline for new nonmonogamous relationships and marriages. Includes data from a national survey, conducted by the authors, of 1100 swingers in the United States Offers first-person accounts from people in the swinging lifestyle Provides extensive bibliographies after each chapter documenting sources of information discussed in the text Lists a comprehensive index of terms and topics

Practicing faithful discipleship means focusing on the daily aspects of Christian education in the local church, within its structures, and through faithful ministry.

Through Bible-based truths and helpful insights, Discovering Discipleship identifies principles that provide the Christian educator with an overview of the significant aspects of faithful discipleship. Effectively organized into four areasdefinitions, dynamics, design, and practiceauthors Dean Blevins and Mark Maddix offer readers an approach to discipleship that seeks to honor God, understand our role in the contemporary world, and guide persons and communities according to Kingdom principles.

In this honest exploration, readers will find a new perspective on discipleship that will help them dig deeper and develop a long-lasting and effective practice of community formation and faithful discipleship.

Short, weekly fluency-building activities designed by phonics expert Wiley Blevins give teachers of grades 3-6 the tools they need to help struggling readers decode multisyllabic words and read grade-level texts with confidence. Each set of activities includes a skill-building mini-lesson targeting multisyllabic words, follow-up practice pages to help students apply what they've learned, a speed drill, and an activity that helps students master the top 322 syllables, ten at a time. For use with Grades 3-6.

This Book has Eight young Collage Students. Four Males, Four Females , "But" One The Males Has Two Personality's, The second one he Knew nothing of.. Or Did He? The Male was Mentally and Physically Abused, Mistreated Growing Up By His Step Father and Biological Mother.. He was a Big Tall Muscular Long Haired, Redneck Cowboy- Purdy- Boy Named Duke, But In The Nyght When Duke Sleeps and Dreams, The second Personality Or Is It.. comes out, and He Is Not A He, And He Is Not a She, "It" is an "It" Which "It" creates A Mask From Dukes Nyghtmares in Which.. Still Lives In Dukes Memories as a Child and a Teenager.. A Creature that Devoured Him in His Nyghtmare.. A Face Of Evil, The Secret of This Mask and "It" behind The Mask Is Named CHAOS! The New and Improved Killer Clown From HELL!" Now Vicky Must Stop this Ultimate Evil Before The Entire Campus Falls Prey, Because The question isn't only How Vicky can But also Whether or Not CHAOS! Is going to get them.. Its How and When..?"

Seventeen, beautiful, and smart, Jessica Stanchion was adored by everyone. So why did she end up dead on a beach in Newport? Her father wants answers, and hires Samuel Miller to find them. But when Sam starts digging too deeply into the family's sordid past, he is quickly kicked off the case. Of course, when you have friends like Graham Porter and Lil, it's not that easy to tell you what to do...

The Texas Republic tells of the people that settled early Texas. It tells the story of the Texans who struggled with an unfair Mexican tax burden. Just as the Americans fought England, the Texans fought Mexico.

In this book, leading researchers in morphology, syntax, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics address central questions about the form and acquisition of analogy in grammar. What kinds of patterns do speakers select as the basis for analogical extension? What types of items are particularly susceptible or resistant to analogical pressures? At what levels do analogical processes operate and how do processes interact? What formal mechanisms are appropriate for modelling analogy? The novel synthesis of typological, theoretical, computational, and developmental paradigms in this volume brings us closer to answering these questions than ever before.

This volume presents current research on the connections between the home and family environment on children's mathematics development. Focusing on infancy through first grade, it details the role of parents and other caregivers in promoting numeracy and the ways their active participation can prepare young children for learning about formal mathematics. Research data answer key questions regarding the development of numeracy alongside cognitive and linguistic skills, early acquisition of specific math skills, and numeracy of children with atypical language skills. The book also provides practical recommendations for parents and other caregivers as well as implications for future research studies and curriculum design. Included in the coverage: Ways to optimize home numeracy environments. Individual differences in numerical abilities. Cross-cultural comparisons and ways to scaffold young children's mathematical skills. Mathematics and language in the home environment. Center-based and family-based child care. Games and home numeracy practice. Early Childhood Mathematics Skill Development in the Home Environment is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and professionals in infancy and early childhood development, child and school psychology, early childhood education, social work, mathematics education, and educational psychology.

This issue of the Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, Guest Edited by Drs. Manish Aghi and Lewis Blevins, is devoted to Management of Pituitary Tumors.? Experts in the field have assembled to provide articles on Imaging of the pituitary and parasellar region; Management of Incidentally Found Nonfunctional Pituitary Tumors; Endoscopic Surgery for Pituitary Tumors; Prolactinomas - Medical versus Surgical Management; Neurosurgery for Cushing's Disease; Postoperative radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary tumors; Management options for persistent postoperative acromegaly; Medical management of persistent and recurrent Cushing's disease; Management of Large Aggressive Nonfunctional Pituitary Tumors - Experimental Medical Options when Surgery and Radiation Fail; Pituitary Carcinoma; Visual Outcomes after Surgery For Nonfunctional Adenomas Causing Visual Compromise; and Hypopituitarism and Central Diabetes Insipidus: Peri-Operative Diagnosis and Management.

Private detective Samuel Miller would like nothing more than to spend his vacation on the beaches of Rhode Island with a drink in his hand and a girl by his side. Even finding the host of a party dead in his home fails to impede Sam's quest for rest and relaxation. But when a second body is dumped on his doorstep, Sam cannot help but acknowledge that someone is trying to interfere with his leisure time. Evangelical showman Abraham Punditt seems to be connected to the disruption to Miller's vacation, but the only thing harder than taking the celebrity priest seriously is proving his involvement in any nefarious activity; especially when he's being lauded as the TV messiah guaranteed to answer the prayers of New England's upper crust aristocracy. Under the counsel of his partner Everett, Sam reluctantly marshals his forces, taking the battle to Punditt's glorified holier-than-thou convention for the damned in the capital city of Providence. Of course, the more the merrier, so why not bring the girls along too? Everett's wife Nicole views this as a wonderful educational opportunity, but Miller's girlfriend Lil threatens bodily harm to anyone who compromises her holiday plans. Along the way Sam encounters a renegade state trooper, a drunk of a lawyer with a fake British accent, and a washed up sex symbol who isn't that sexy to begin with. He is shot at, beat up, and comes to find himself ensnared in a web of blackmail, treachery, and deceit. All while giving himself a tour of the Ocean State. It's a hell of a vacation.