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  • Women's Freedom Unfinished Love Stories by Barbara Becker Holstein

    Women's Freedom Unfinished Love Stories by Barbara Becker Holstein
    2025/07/03
    In Women's Freedom, Unfinished Love Stories, 2nd Edition, Positive Psychologist Barbara Becker Holstein explores the struggles and desires of young women in the 1960s: the complexities of sexuality, identity, and self-discovery. In this compelling book, Dr. Holstein introduces readers to three college students navigating the intricacies of their sexual energies and the paths to their futures. Their journeys are a mirror to the experiences of women throughout history, highlighting the universal longings and challenges that have shaped previous generations. Readers may find themselves reflecting on their own rights, needs, and the societal influences that have shaped their perceptions. Dr. Holstein's insightful exploration of sexuality and emotional growth will captivate you, challenge you, and ultimately empower you. Women's Freedom will awaken you to some of these important issues and remind you that fair treatment and understanding are the keys to a future filled with self-discovery, emotional growth and sense of gratitude for those who helped create the freedom women enjoy today.
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    18 分
  • Truth, Lies, & Alzhermer's - Its Secret Faces by Lisa Skinner

    Truth, Lies, & Alzhermer's - Its Secret Faces by Lisa Skinner
    2025/06/28
    “Truth, Lies & Alzheimer’s – Its Secret Faces” continues Skinner’s quest of working with dementia-related illnesses and teaching families and caregivers how to better understand the daunting challenges that accompany these brain diseases. As someone who has had eight family members diagnosed with dementia, and a successful 30 yr career, Lisa has found her calling in helping others through the struggles so they can have a better-quality relationship with their loved ones - through education and by learning new strategies and techniques that offer effective solutions and tools to help them effectively manage the symptoms of brain disease. Through a rich trove of stories culled from her years in the eldercare industry, author Lisa Skinner offers insights into the difficult questions families face, including: - How do I respond to a loved one's false belief? - Am I abandoning my parent if I place them in the care of professionals? - How do we make the best of our time left together?
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    16 分
  • Windswept: A Digger Doyle Mystery by Rosalie Rayburn

    Windswept: A Digger Doyle Mystery by Rosalie Rayburn
    2025/06/24
    When State Representative Carmen Lawlor is found dead beneath a wind turbine, journalist Elizabeth “Digger” Doyle is thrust into a storm of political intrigue, buried secrets, and personal risk. As Digger investigates the mysterious death—one that threatens her wife’s career and safety—she uncovers a web of corruption linking clean energy, old betrayals, and a decades-old disappearance. Set against the windswept landscapes of New Mexico, Windswept is a gripping LGBTQ+ political mystery that explores how far people will go to protect power, and what happens when the truth refuses to stay buried.
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    16 分
  • My Years as an Alheimer's Caregiver by Lyla Yastion

    My Years as an Alheimer's Caregiver by Lyla Yastion
    2025/06/20
    The book describes the progressive loss of a functionally normal brain through the dual, intertwined lens of science and spirituality. The aim is to provide scientific information and spiritual comfort to caregivers of those living with Alzheimer’s disease. This book is unique in its approach. It blends scientific with spiritual perspectives. A caregiver needs to know the facts of the progression of the disease as it affects the body, particularly the brain, but he or she also needs help in discovering ways in which the soul of the loved one can be nourished by spiritual practice and creative pursuits. The book is based on journal entries which I kept over a span of six years in which I cared for my husband, Edward, who was 84 when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. These entries are incorporated in the exposition of each chapter, providing first-hand, moment to moment experience of our journey through a disease which affects over 6 million Americans.
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    12 分
  • Look Up - Global Stories of Resilience by Heidi Siefkas

    Look Up - Global Stories of Resilience by Heidi Siefkas
    2025/06/03
    Look Up—Global Stories of Resilience shares powerful true stories of individuals who have faced life’s toughest challenges—loss, betrayal, disaster, and war—and emerged stronger by embracing the power of perspective. Through Heidi Siefkas’ inspiring mantra, Look Up, this book reveals how resilience, hope, and determination can turn adversity into opportunity.
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    15 分
  • A Dry Hate by Nancy Hicks Marshall

    A Dry Hate by Nancy Hicks Marshall
    2025/05/29
    Set in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2010, A DRY HATE encapsulates the many forces at play when a popular sheriff arrests and accuses anyone in his crosshairs--Mexicans and brown-skinned people, activists, journalists, judges, elected officials. The climate is growing ugly as the Legislature is about to pass SB 1070--the state law that targets 'illegal aliens' on Arizona soil. Professor Ivan Wilder tries to cannot avoid scrutiny, having both students without documents and the son of the Deputy County Attorney in his summer course on "Politics and Propaganda." The university classroom is a point of departure to remind the reader how local journalists were jailed, factories were raided, and even a County Supervisor was unjustly arrested because of the sheriff's misuse of power. Twists and turns in the plot keep the reader wanting to know more. Surprises keep us alert--what next? Finally, a small statue of a Pascua Yaqui healing ceremony antelope dancer provides a clue
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    15 分
  • The Five Star Bears by Ila France Porcher

    The Five Star Bears by Ila France Porcher
    2025/05/28
    In a remote Canadian valley, a wildlife artist and her husband face a terrifying ordeal when forest fires drive fifteen bears out of the mountains, seeking refuge near the artist's home. Their presence sparks suspicion in a nearby religious community that has long labelled the artist a ‘witch.’ Seizing on this as justification, the community unleashes a campaign of fear and violence, rallying around a hunting lobbyist who insists the bears must be killed. This story exposes how authoritarian mindsets and religious fundamentalism fuel aggression toward those seen as ‘different’—where anyone can be branded a ‘witch’ and made a target. Through desperate efforts to protect the bears, the book highlights the devastating consequences of misunderstanding both nature and those who defend it. Each bear, shown as an individual with a painted portrait, stands as a testament to the need for coexistence and an end to hunting as wildlife faces increasing peril.
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    16 分
  • The Evolution of Aaron by Andre McKelvin

    The Evolution of Aaron by Andre McKelvin
    2025/05/24
    The evolution of Aaron is the fictional story of Aaron Hill and African American man living in Columbia, South Carolina. The story follows Aaron's life from the time that he is an adolescent until adulthood. During this time, Aaron experiences many things such as conflicts with his parents, relationship issues, alcohol abuse, employment and financial issues as well as problems in his marriage. Aaron also struggles with his faith and his relationship with God as time goes on. However, Aaron comes to realize that these experiences have helped him to grow mentally, spiritually and emotionally and have allowed him to evolve into the man that he has become by the end of the story
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    13 分