This book presents advances in the field of neuronal mitochondria – functions, relation to therapeutics, and pharmacology. For scientists and researchers in both industry and academia, this book provides detailed discussion, examples, and approaches, to illustrate the potential of mitochondria as therapeutic targets for neuronal diseases. • Helps readers understand the regulation of mitochondrial cellular processes, such as substrate metabolism, energy production, and programmed versus sporadic cell death • Offers insights on the development of strategies for targeted therapeutic approaches and potential personalized treatments • Includes examples of mitochondrial drugs, development, and mitochondria-targeted approaches for more efficient treatment methods and further developments in the field • Covers the model systems and approaches needed for the development of new drugs for the central nervous system to provide potential modern therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders
Fans loved Enemy Fields. Now J. Marie Darden delivers the eagerly awaited sequel -- a coming-of-age novel about finding peace by finding yourself. Dignity Jackson is having an identity crisis. She is a child of interracial parents, and the ambiguity of her ancestry is confusing her more than ever. Since her mother has abandoned Dignity at age three, and since her father has died before she is born, Dignity has been raised by her strict Aunt Lette and Uncle Sam. And though she is raised with love, she still feels out of place. At age eighteen, Dignity accepts a scholarship to Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Yet she still doesn't seem to fit in. Dignity's neurotic quirks make it difficult for her to bond with Sal, her Italian boyfriend, and her friends, Stacy and Khalil. A pilgrimage through the South helps Dignity uncover many truths. It is there, on her road to self-discovery and acceptance, that Dignity realizes the past may be the key to her future. Author J. Marie Darden, herself an alumnus of Morgan State University, perfectly captures the fundamental essence of attending a historically black university. With dynamic characters and a passionate protagonist, Finding Dignity will lead readers not only on Dignity's journey, but on a journey of their own.
Laura and Ryan, a prominent engaged couple, are having the wedding of the year in 1920 in New Orleans. Suddenly, Laura receives a strange letter warning her that she is about to make the biggest mistake of her life by marrying Ryan. She decides to travel to Cajun country and learns she and Ryan are really sister and brother given away by their imprisoned mother. When Laura exposes the family secret, she finds out that both sets of their adoptive parents and even Mammy, her nanny, had been covering it up for years. From the mysterious Cajun man who steps back into Laura's life from her childhood, to Ryan's secret love affair while engaged to his sister, drama after drama change Laura and Ryan's lives forever. Will she chose Pierre, the mysteriously romantic Cajun or a life of loneliness and heartbreak over Ryan'¦
After a fall ends her career as a barrel racer on the rodeo circuit, Kate Benson has to search for a new dream to pursue. She finds it in Montana, in a small town named Jewell. Purchasing a small ranch, Kate plans to share her love of barrel racing with the next generation of young girls, teaching them the ropes while working to rebuild her own life. Unfortunately, the past has a way of getting in the way of the future, and even as she begins to find joy again, and love, everything is threatened by an unwelcome visitor from her past―one intent on ruining everything, and getting his revenge.
Paul took one more look at the door, shrugged, then closed it and walked away. Jessica let out a huge sigh of relief. She had never been so scared in her life. She knew if Paul had found her, it would be all over for her. Her legs felt weak. She slowly slid down the wall and sat on the floor. She was shaking so badly she had to take a couple of deep breaths before she could even move to push herself back to a standing position. She wasn’t sure she would even be able to walk withou
Against the backdrop of Kentucky in the 1970s—and against all odds—a black woman and a white man find a love that transcends race, class, and condemnation. J. Marie Darden's magnificent love story is set in 1971—a time of war not just in Vietnam or the streets of Washington, but also in Bourbon County, Kentucky. When the Mandarenes, a wealthy white family, move into the deserted mansion across the field behind her house, Sister takes a job with them. She soon finds herself in the middle of a drama that will change the racial balance of her town by falling in love with Evian, the youngest son in the Mandarene family. In haunting prose and beautiful images, Enemy Fields is a moving story full of insight into human hearts caught in the crossfire of one of the most volatile and violent periods of American history.
A unique and major contribution to the scholarly and policy debate on American foreign and economic policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. A volume that will be of interest to scholars and policy makers who struggle to understand the complex rivalry between these two nations and wish to analyze the Iranian/American relationship since 1979. Authors frame the conflicted relationship between Iran and the United States as a low intensity conflict, embodying elements of superpower gamesmanship, insurgent tactics and economic warfare. Revolutionary Iran and the United States is unique in its approach by exploring how diplomatic, military, and economic weapons are employed to bolster each nation's strategic and tactical advantage. This analysis encompasses the political, military, and economic facets of the rivalry.
J. Marie invites you into her journey dealing with her son's drug addiction and her inability to control the chaos. It starts with two priests and three therapists and ends in a Target parking lot, but the efforts in between are too often useless and frequently comical. As she learns the difference between parenting and codependency, which looks similar to the naked eye, she wonders if she will survive loving Dylan. Grieving the loss of her dreams for Dylan's future, she realizes that when she told her son, "You can be anything you want to be." She never considered the option of drug addict. She was thinking an astronaut, teacher, police officer, or father. As she struggles to stay connected to Dylan, she needs to redefine love and self-respect. For years, she declined to talk about the fact that her son is a drug addict because she worried that people would label her as a failed parent. More importantly, she worried that they were right. Things did not change until she stopped hiding in the shadows. Dylan was not her problem; he was her solution. She did not want her son to be an addict, but as long as he was, she would use the situation to resolve issues she has lived with her whole life. Her love for her son would be the catalyst to heal the wounds that held her hostage.
When she was ten, Harriet Lancer decided she wanted to find a guy just like the heroes in movies. No matter what happened, at the end of the day, her fantasy man would be there to hold her and love her unconditionally. He would also want to dance with her like Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing. Now twenty-eight, shes about to be married, but things arent shaping up quite the way shed hoped. She loves Damon, of course, but sometimes the differences between them seem hard to ignore. They had such different childhoods. Plus, his mother has a strong hold over him that Harriet doesnt like. She runs into Natethe boy next door. Growing up, they were best pals, and they do share a childhood history. Little does Harriet know, Nates been in love with her for years. While Harriet tries to plan the perfect wedding, shes left wondering whether she is marrying the right man. Damon is an excellent match who will be able to support her emotionally and financially, but Nate is the guy she knows, inside and out. She needs to come clean about her fearsto both of thembut honesty could either help or hinder her cause. She wonders: is her real life Patrick Swayze just waiting for her to step onto the dance floor?
Poems & Short Stories by J. Marie Jameson. Dark poetry with a few fictional stories thrown in. Full of beautiful, dark, and vivid imagery that pulls the reader into the author's creation. Contains color photos by JMB.
Since the World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11, 2001, there is a real sense of loss and sadness in our nation and rightly so. This book is written to be a source of comfort, inspiration, and encouragement. Part One gives clear information concerning the times in which we live from a Biblical perspective. Hopefully it will be very interesting and informative. Part Two gives words to encourage and inspire. It may also serve as an excellent devotional source. It will hopefully touch your heart as writing it has truly touched mine. God Bless each one who owns and reads a copy of this little book and Our Beloved Country, the United States of America.
Ashley gets a new puppy, Sophie, for her birthday.As puppies do, Sophie begins to get into trouble.Soon, Sophie learns that it is better to be goodand get hugs than to be bad.
Alicia is a normal seventeen-year-old but do not be fooled. Despite her young age, she has endured more than her fair share of trials and tribulations above and beyond the generic teenage problems young people are faced with these days. AWOL parents will force the best of us to do anything to support ourselves, tap into our survival instincts and make us grow up sooner than we should. There is no lack of independence where Alicia is concerned, living by herself in her uptown New York apartment and feeling content with her chaotic life until the unexpected occurs. Alicia is undoubtedly thrust into the world of the supernatural when her colleague is a night-walker and she is chosen by the King of the Earth, Guanynola to save his one and only love Matuatua, the Queen of the Sky before the world is plunged into darkness for all of eternity. When the supernatural world and the mortal world are against you, where can you turn? Can she save both the worlds or will she die trying?
Written specifically for information systems (IS) and computing students and providing everything they need to know about executing a research project, this best-selling textbook introduces key quantitative and qualitative research methods, makes sense of underlying philosophies, and helps readers navigate and assess existing academic papers. Packed with examples from the IS and computing disciplines, definitions, evaluation guides and further reading suggestions, this fully updated second edition of Research Information Systems and Computing supports students of all levels in bridging the gap between theory and practice.
.... those people and places. None of them seemed real anymore. It's like that day his grandparents came in June, he packed up all he had. And, it all fit in a duffel bag.... Where are you supposed to go when you're a thirteen-year-old city kid, your mom has just been thrown in jail for a repeat DUI drug charge, and you've never even met the man who is your father? You certainly can't count on your mom's latest drug dealer boyfriend to offer any support - he's basically kicking you to the curb, making it abundantly clear he couldn't care less what happens to you. A story of faith for today, Find Your Way Home is a tale of friendship and family, portraying the life of Elliott, a troubled young teen whose world is darkened by the effects of his mother's drug and alcohol addiction and the physical abuse at the hands of her boyfriend. Even though, at first, he doesn't see it as such, his saving grace is found in his grandparents' insistence that he live with them while his mother serves her time in prison and state-mandated treatment program. It's in the quaint, lakeside town of Lake Belle, Minnesota, near his grandparents' farm, that Elliott crosses paths with the Eastman kids, Daniel and his sister Lauryn. Over the years, even though they come from radically different circumstances, the Eastman's accept Elliott as their "other brother," and a deep friendship develops between the three children, with an especially poignant bond between Elliott and Lauryn. Years pass, the children become adults, and life takes them in completely different directions. It's only when a series of life events suddenly forces Elliott to acknowledge his deep-seated feelings of shame and resentment over his mother's decade-long battle with addiction, and a soul-searching recognition of his true feelings considering marriage and his future, that he finally discovers what family, home, and love really means.
This is a fictional story. No relation to people living or dead. The location is fact, but the name changed. After the exodus of the Cherokees from the Cherokee Nation, there were many stories told and handed down about the hidden gold in widely separated places. People hunted for them and some caches were found. That’s fact. My grandfather found one place while hunting deer. He had it assayed and was told it was “rich.” But the land was not his. He filed for mineral rights, but was never able to develop it. Time passed . Grandfather passed away. Little nebulous fragments of memory and a brown tattered map with numbers on it are all that remain. “So the Lord scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of the whole earth.” -Genesis 11:8
The Eight Lands of Pharr are in trouble, and the only ones who can help are a young princess and the sister she believes lost. They hold two of the four Magical Stones, created long ago by an Ancient Mystic to channel the magic of his bloodline. But when an evil witch named Patadora Coggs seeks to control the Stones, the two girls must join forces to save their unsuspecting world. With them is a motley crew gathered as they travel to retrieve the remaining two Stones. Airk Ranon, cynical Weapons Master. The Baret Wray and First Commander Dungan Weir, who command King Randel's army. Elke, a centurion who has never been away from home. Skotak, an Emini Plainsman who provides steeds for the travelers. Dreux, a young prince seeking adventure, and his lover, Estelle. And Kitt, a young orphan held enslaved by pirates. Chased by Patadora's Maelnords and her own shapeshifting daughter, and by the infamous Weapons Master's outlaw reputation, the young friends travel land and sea in their quest to find the last two Stones. Once they have the Magical Stones of Pharr in their possession, they must travel to the witch's lair and end her evil reign of terror.
At the age of three, J. Marie questioned her dark brown complexion and compared it to other girls she admired. At that point, D. Marie began to teach her daughter to love and accept the way God created her and to love herself from the kinks in her curls to the beat in her step. Through her involvement in many educational programs, D. Marie has gained insight on the effects negative comments can have on young girls of color. Skin complexion, hair type, and body size can greatly impact a girl's self-esteem. The authors hope that this book will help young girls to become confident in their physical appearance and self-worth.
Come join Thomas the Watch-Cat and his best friend, Rabbit Welsh, on the first of their strange adventures! When the meanest human in their neighborhood finds her garden destroyed she blames the first animal she finds. Thomas isn't so sure though. If the wrong animal has been locked away it's his duty as Watch-Cat to see justice done! Can they find the real culprit in time? The Tales of a Watch-Cat is a series of children's books loosely based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. Book 1: The Case of the Armadillo pulls from the events of Poe's short story, The Cask of Amontillado, and helps introduce young readers to the building blocks of theme in literature.
HER This was never supposed to happen to me. I was smart. I was strong. I was a first degree black belt for fuck's sake, but none of that mattered. I was stolen from my life and thrown into the dark depths of human trafficking. But the worst is him. He wants me broken. But most of all, he just wants me and that's what has me terrified.I won't let him break me. Because in the end, what doesn't kill me will only make me stronger. HIM I'm not a very nice guy. I'm actually a terrible person, but I'm not going to pretend to care. I have a billion dollar empire to run that manifests carnage, blood, and money and I crave it all. Nothing ever got in my way, nothing stopped me. If I wanted something, I made it happen, that is until this damn girl crawled into my life. Strong, defiant, and a mixed martial artist, she was everything I never expected to want in a woman. Breaking her down became an obsession. I wanted more and I'll be damned if I didn't fucking get it.
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