Georgia Smythe and her mother live on the rough side of town. As a young girl, she loses her father in a tragic mining accident, but overcomes her loss to become a thoughtful and attractive young woman. She falls in love with Lawrence, the handsome son of the Whitman family for whom her mother works as a maid. The Whitmans, recovering from the death of Lawrence’s brother in a hit-and-run car accident, have other ideas about whom their remaining son should marry and are concerned about how such a liaison will affect their social position. How will the two families deal with Georgia and Lawrence’s relationship and the unintended divulging of a closely guarded secret?
What is it?" they asked. "Where do you get one?" another shouted. "Does it bite?" a classmate asked. Cassie laughed and Ms. Flynn made everyone sit down. Cassie announced, "Well this is a Cavity Witch, and no you can't just go buy one because she is the only one in the world. Of course she doesn't bite, but she will give you a nasty cavity if you don't brush your teeth. Join Cassie and the toothbrush pals as they meet the Cavity Witch for the first time. Follow along with Cassie as she discovers the truth about cavities and why all children should brush and floss their teeth.
The cofounders of Ground Up share “the formulas to their grinds, espresso stout to cinnamon snickerdoodle, plus ways to use them beyond toast” (Portland Monthly). Nut Butter is a guide for those looking to make their own nut butters, as well as to incorporate more nut butter into your life in a healthy way. After making countless nut butters over the years, from some major hits (Cinnamon Snickerdoodle was a happy accident) to some, well . . . odder, concoctions (don’t ever make balsamic nut butter!), Julie and Carolyn share their wisdom so that you can make the perfect nut butter at home, too. All recipes will be peanut-free, gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free . . . but they’re so delicious that you wouldn’t even know it! You’ll come away with the tools and know-how to make your own nut butters, as well as some helpful tips and recipes on how to use nut butters in your everyday cooking. But more than that, you’ll feel less intimidated to start preparing healthy and delicious food. Food that fuels your body and makes you feel great! “Profusely illustrated and comprised of fifty palate-pleasing, appetite-satisfying, kitchen cook-friendly recipes that celebrate and showcase nut butters.” —The Midwest Book Review
What if you could cook fantastic meals similar to the heartwarming comfort dishes your grandma used to make...and have them be good for you? In Paleo Comfort Foods, Charles and Julie Mayfield provide you with an arsenal of recipes that are healthy crowd-pleasers, sure to appeal to those following a Paleo, primal, gluten-free, or "real-food" way of life—as well as those who have not yet started down such a path. Implementing Paleo guidelines and principles in this book (no grains, no gluten, no legumes, no dairy), the Mayfields give you 100+ recipes and full color photos with entertaining stories throughout. The recipes in Paleo Comfort Foods can help individuals and families alike lose weight, eat healthy, and achieve optimum fitness, making this way of eating sustainable, tasty, and fun.
The Call to Ministry recounts the pastoral leadership of John J. Sullivan in the challenging decades before and after Vatican II. Many are convinced that such models of leadership are needed as the American church enters the 21st century.
International and Transnational Criminal Law, Fourth Edition, by David J. Luban, Julie R. O’Sullivan, David P. Stewart, and Neha Jain covers both international criminal law and the application of U.S. criminal law transnationally. This comprehensive and versatile book has chapters on each of the core crimes (aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes) as well as terrorism and torture. It has separate chapters on the international tribunals from Nuremberg on and the ICC. Other chapters treat modes of liability, defenses, crimes against women, and alternatives to criminal prosecution in post-conflict societies. It also covers U.S. criminal law in transnational contexts, including money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, trafficking, and terrorism. In addition, it includes chapters on extradition, evidence gathering abroad, comparative criminal procedure and comparative sentencing, and U.S. constitutional rights abroad. Introductory chapters on the nature of international criminal law, transnational jurisdiction, and the basics of public international law make the book accessible to students (as well as government lawyers and private practitioners) with no prior background in this increasingly important field. New to the Fourth Edition: Recent developments in the international tribunals, including the Special Court for the Central African Republic and Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace. Updates on post-Morrison jurisdictional developments, including new cases and exposition. Expanded treatment of aggression, including coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Comprehensive revision of the chapter on obtaining evidence abroad, with greater emphasis on difficulties facing defense counsel. Updates on ICC jurisprudence, including developments on command responsibility and criminal defenses. Updated genocide chapter, including a new section on cultural genocide and discussion of the Ukraine v. Russia ICJ litigation. Professors and students will benefit from: Versatility: The book can be used for courses on international criminal law and also for courses on U.S. criminal law applied across borders. Self-contained introductory chapters on basic public international law, transnational jurisdiction, and the nature of criminal law. A detailed treatment of “headline” issues including torture, terrorism, war crimes, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Readable background on historical context.
Expecting Miraclesis a moving, in-depth look at the options, decisions, and unexpected twists, turns, and disappointments that couples experience as they work with Dr. Christo Zouves, founder and medical director of the Zouves Fertility Center. As he shares his own story and those of the patients, egg donors, and surrogates with whom he has worked, Dr. Zouves provides a rare glimpse into the human side of reproductive medicine-and all that goes into helping infertile couples realize their dreams of parenthood.
Fourteen-year-old Jenny Gibbs is a strong and confident young lady who is blessed with a special gift that allows her to all but speak directly to animals. Jenny lives in turn-of-the-century Wyoming with her father on a small ranch. At this time the West is changing, and Jenny is forced to adapt to and understand new people and situations that, before now, she only heard about through newspapers and books. Even though the first impression is a bad one, Jenny befriends Tom O'Brien, who has just moved to her town from Chicago. She has to deal with a new, warm and unfamiliar feeling that makes her very uncomfortable. With the help of her friends, both the four-legged and the two-legged ones, she will have great adventures that will test the love and loyalty of all.
For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and encouragement. And for those who are pausing—looking positively but cautiously at what needs to change—at the prospects and challenges that may be encountered, Harward and the collection of authors offer an invaluable and innovative resource. Given the intensity of interest regarding the “problems in higher education,” Harward notes how the systemic sources of those problems are infrequently addressed and even rarer is the offering of solutions or suggestions for positive actions. Harward and his colleagues see the achievement of this book as doing both—understanding the problems and offering solutions. The book assembles the voices of leaders, scholars, practitioners, critics and others committed to higher education; collectively they combine theoretical considerations with analyses of fundamental issues related to learning and liberal education. The resulting arguments, theories, and evidence are sufficient to encourage significant—transformative—changes in higher education. Contributors offer examples of campus initiatives that document such changes, from directional nudges to major shifts of emphases and resources—from theoretical arguments to case studies and practices that suggest and guide constructive steps in efforts at change.
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB JULY PICK A deeply satisfying and enjoyable novel about family, secrets, ghosts and homecoming 'Entrancing ... filled with mystery' Reese Witherspoon, Reese's Book Club July Picks 'I could not put this book down' Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful 'Compulsively readable ... funny, heartbreaking' Oprah Daily On a secluded cliff overlooking the ocean sits a Victorian house that contains a century's worth of secrets. By the time Jane Flanagan discovers the house as a teenager, it has long been abandoned - yet there are still clothes in the closets, marbles rolling across the floors, and dishes in the cupboards. The place is an irresistible mystery to Jane, and becomes a hideaway for her, a place to escape her troubled, volatile mother. Twenty years later, now a Harvard archivist, she returns home to Maine following a terrible mistake that threatens both her career and her marriage. Jane is horrified to find the Victorian is now barely recognizable. The new owner, Genevieve, a summer person from Beacon Hill, has gutted it, transforming the house into a glossy white monstrosity straight out of a magazine. Convinced that the house is haunted, Genevieve hires Jane to research the history of the place and the women who lived there. The story Jane uncovers - of lovers lost at sea, romantic longing, shattering loss, artistic awakening, historical artefacts stolen and sold, and the long shadow of colonialism - is even older than Maine itself ...
The Last Farewell, a posthumous wartime memoir set against the rich, colorful landscape of historic Florence and Northern Italy, tenderly recalls one soldier's love story through the viewfinder of a still and motion picture camera during the Italian campaign of the Second World War. An unlikely luncheon date during a lull in the summer 1944 liberation of Florence leads Edmund Burke O'Connell, an Army motion picture photographer with the 196th Signal Photo Company to meet an attractive English speaking Florentine, Tina Calamai. Their friendship steadily blossoms into love as her family's 15th century Medici villa, the Villa Calamai, becomes his wartime base of operations. The end of the war in Europe soon draws near and Burke and his unit prepare for redeployment to the United States where they will film the remaining months of the Pacific War. Burke faces immediate separation from his beloved Tina, and is challenged to determine how he can return to the woman he now truly loves. O'Connell does return to Italy at war's end to resume his relationship with Tina, marry her, and remain at their Villa Calamai home until her death in 1972. His return to the U.S. in 1972 for the first time in 25 years to Santa Monica, California, soon leads to a whirlwind romance, a new second marriage, and introduces co-author Julie Whitman Jones, then 15, to her "Irish pop" who would leave her with a lifetime of cherished memories. The Last Farewell balances bittersweet recollections of close calls in combat, Divine intervention, and the grim realities of combat against the unique opportunities of American military photographers to capture and experience the rich cultural history of Italy during wartime.Note: The authors continue to look for surviving veterans of the 196th Signal Photo Company.
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