"The queer community is lucky to have Sharon on our side, using her skills and passions to create a better world for all of us."-Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic A collection of lively autobiographical comics guiding the reader through an understanding of queerness and what it means to one woman of color. In this delightfully compelling full-color graphic memoir, the author shares her process of undoing the effects of a patriarchal, colonial society on her self-image, her sexuality, and her concept of freedom. Reflecting on the ways in which oppression was the cause for her late bloom into queerness, we are invited to discover people and things in the author's life that helped shape and inform her LGBTQ identity. And we come to an understanding of her holistic definition of queerness.

Val Con yos'Phelium is a fugitive, an heir of Clan Korval, and wanted by the covert Liaden agency known as the Department of the Interior, whose rulers have declared unofficial war against the entire clan! With only his love, Miri Robertson, by h

Provides psychiatrists, oncologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, and other health professionals with a thorough examination of the most current research on the role of melatonin in psychiatric and neoplastic disorders. This unique textbook and clinical reference is divided into four sections: Evolutionary Development and Neurobiology of the Pineal Gland& mdash;discusses the synthesis of melatonin and the anatomy of the pineal gland Melatonin in Psychiatric Disorders in Adults& mdash;pioneers in the field of pineology outline their findings on melatonin in the areas of adult depression, sleep disorders, chronobiological mood disorders, bipolar disorders, eating disorders, panic disorders, shift work maladaptation, and jet lag. Melatonin in Children and Adolescents& mdash;examines the pineal gland and melatonin in healthy children and adolescents and reviews recent studies on serum and urine melatonin in major depression Melatonin and Neoplastic Disorders& mdash;examines melatonin& rsquo;s potential as an antioxidant in cancer cells and its diagnostic and therapeutic value in oncology

The final chapter looks at the role that mindful meditation plays in increasing nocturnal serum melatonin and examines meditation& rsquo;s potential as an adjunct treatment for breast, prostate, and gastrointestinal tract cancers or as a preventive measure for high-risk individuals.

With the expert knowledge and current research presented in "Melatonin in Psychiatric and Neoplastic Disorders," clinicians can provide accurate information to their patients on melatonin's role in health and disease.

"Data Modeling" leads readers step by step through the process of developing an effective logical data model for their relational databases. No previous data modeling experience is even required. Author Sharon Allen infuses concise, straightforward wisdom to explain a usually complex, jargon-filled discipline.