After her parents died, Julie Jacobs left her small hometown and the safety and security her sister provided to take a job as a nurse companion to an elderly woman at luxurious Bigelow Manor on the outskirts of Buffalo, New York. Julie soon found herself in a maze of mystery and intrigue. The young nurse couldn't help wondering why Brad, her patient's stern, terse son had insisted on seeing her photo before summoning her to Buffalo. It was as if he deliberately hired her because she resembled a mystery woman in the portrait that hung in his library a woman he hated. And then terrible accidents suddenly befell Julie. Was there any connection between them and brooding, attractive Brad Bigelow? Julie only found comfort with Mrs. Bigelow, her plump amiable patient and with Pekos, Mrs. Bigelow's tiny white Pekinese, as she tried to determine just who she could trust. Surrounded by several men, who professed an interest in her only made her more nervous and uncomfortable. Just who was trying to harm her?
Nancy Moran, a journalist and former hostess at the Pink Pussycat Club, becomes both a bride and a widow in the same week. On the last day of her honeymoon in Las Vegas, her husband Greg meets his friends for a drink. After hours of waiting for Greg to return, and going from angry to panicked, Nancy finally receives a call. Greg has been taken to the hospital for alcohol poisoning-and is pronounced dead on arrival. When she arrives at Morania, her husband's family home, Nancy is surrounded by hostility, suspicion, and a web of secrets. Many members of the family have never heard of her. Then she's introduced to Greg's supposed fianc?e. As one disturbing event follows another, Nancy doesn't know who to trust. Unraveling what is going on at Morania and deciphering her feelings for the family's lawyer keep Nancy's nerves on edge. Even the neighbors seem to be up to something. As she gets acquainted with Greg's family and friends, more questions spring up than she can answer. But Nancy only wants the answer to one question: why doesn't Greg's family know anything about his life-or about her?
When Kristen, a high school teacher from Florida receives an urgent request to visit her sick, frail, and very much estranged grandfather, she takes a leave of absence and with great trepidation, embarks on a journey to upstate New York. Once she arrives at Lakeview Manor in the bone-chilling dark of night, Kristen abruptly has the feeling that she is not welcome. As she attempts to get to know her grandfather, she struggles between her strong dislike of him and an overwhelming curiosity as to the real reason why she has been summoned. After being taken in under the wings of the housekeeper and her grandfather’s Amazon nurse, Kristen sees and hears things that can’t be real—worst of all, she fears she is falling in love with a figment of her imagination—a ghost who prowls the manor’s halls. Meanwhile, the down-to-earth and incredibly handsome physician who cares for her grandfather makes it known he would like to be her suitor, but her infatuation with the phantom keeps her disinterested. When her grandfather dies before she has a chance to follow through with his wishes, the two worlds she has been juggling soon collide, bringing her journey to a surprising conclusion.
Wanting to be like her teenaged idols on TV, Polly, still in middle school, embarks on a path that takes her and her potbellied pet pig to a place that isnt as much fun as she had anticipated. Her faithful little pet tries to go along with Pollys new ideas but finds it hard to fit into her lifestyle. As the two of them struggle to be more and more sophisticated, they find they are having less and less fun. Eventually, they reach a conclusion that works for them. Such a conclusion may well work for many young girls who cant wait to be a grown-up, but in the process, they miss out on some of the perks of being a kid.
When Kristen, a high school teacher from Florida receives an urgent request to visit her sick, frail, and very much estranged grandfather, she takes a leave of absence and with great trepidation, embarks on a journey to upstate New York. Once she arrives at Lakeview Manor in the bone-chilling dark of night, Kristen abruptly has the feeling that she is not welcome. As she attempts to get to know her grandfather, she struggles between her strong dislike of him and an overwhelming curiosity as to the real reason why she has been summoned. After being taken in under the wings of the housekeeper and her grandfather's Amazon nurse, Kristen sees and hears things that can't be real worst of all, she fears she is falling in love with a figment of her imagination a ghost who prowls the manor's halls. Meanwhile, the down-to-earth and incredibly handsome physician who cares for her grandfather makes it known he would like to be her suitor, but her infatuation with the phantom keeps her disinterested. When her grandfather dies before she has a chance to follow through with his wishes, the two worlds she has been juggling soon collide, bringing her journey to a surprising conclusion.
The advent of modern neurobiological methods over the last three decades has provided overwhelming evidence that it is the interaction of genetic factors and the experience of the individual that guides and supports brain development. Brains do not develop normally in the absence of critical genetic signaling, and they do not develop normally in the absence of essential environmental input. The key to understanding the origins and emergence of both the brain and behavior lies in understanding how inherited and environmental factors are engaged in the dynamic and interactive processes that define and direct development of the neurobehavioral system. Neural Plasticity and Cognitive Development focuses on children who suffered focal brain insult (typically stroke) in the pre- or perinatal period which provides a model for exploring the dynamic nature of early brain and cognitive development. In most, though not all, of the cases considered, the injuries affect substantial portions of one cerebral hemisphere, resulting in patterns of neural damage that would compromise cognitive ability in adults. However, longitudinal behavioral studies of this population of children have revealed only mild cognitive deficits, and preliminary data from functional brain imaging studies suggest that alternative patterns of functional organization emerge in the wake of early injury. Neural Plasticity and Cognitive Development posits that the capacity for adaptation is not the result of early insult. Rather, it reflects normal developmental processes which are both dynamic and adaptive operating against a backdrop of serious perturbation of the neural substrate.
This anthology is a two-volume work that focuses on our relationship with the Earth and our future, examining the crossover between psychology and environmental studies in the emerging fields of ecopsychology and environmental psychology. This set offers the first comprehensive and holistic understanding of how our human activities are very rapidly changing the earth's environment and harming its inhabitants. Since our present path of population growth and use of finite global resources is unsustainable, we must find new ways to protect our environment and our future. Offering unique perspectives and guidance toward holistic new solutions, this reader-friendly anthology serves a vast audience in the fields of psychology and environmental studies as well as scientists, humanitarians, educations, and policymakers. This work presents readers with the latest research on psychology and the environment, gives examples from around the world, applies to programs for youth and adults, and appeals to all stakeholders, including those in public health, policy, environmental studies, and more. The reader will gain the perspective and understanding of policies needed to effect environmental change and holistically manage the direction of that change.
For nearly fifty years, Professor Harry Glasbeek has been at the forefront of legal scholars and public intellectuals challenging assumptions and understandings about the injustices embedded in the economic, social, political and legal orders of Western capitalist democracies. His writings and teachings have influenced generations of law students, academics and activists. The Class Politics of Law brings together eleven incisive contributions from pre-eminent scholars across several disciplines activated by the same desire for democracy and justice that Glasbeek advances, showing how capitalism shapes the law and how the law protects capitalism. This collection foregrounds a class analysis of the law’s responses to corporate killing, workplace violence, surveillance, worker resistance and income inequality, among other issues.
Wanting to be like her teenaged idols on TV, Polly, still in middle school, embarks on a path that takes her and her potbellied pet pig to a place that isnt as much fun as she had anticipated. Her faithful little pet tries to go along with Pollys new ideas but finds it hard to fit into her lifestyle. As the two of them struggle to be more and more sophisticated, they find they are having less and less fun. Eventually, they reach a conclusion that works for them. Such a conclusion may well work for many young girls who cant wait to be a grown-up, but in the process, they miss out on some of the perks of being a kid.
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