Nothing scares Tessa King more than the thought she will never have children. It doesn't matter how good her life is, and it is, it never feels good enough. She has four godchildren and dozens of friends, yet love eludes her. She knows how good a mother she could be, if only she had the chance. And then one terrible day she does, and Tessa learns firsthand that life on the other side of that white picket fence is more complicated than she ever could have imagined. Heartwarming, funny, and genuine, The Godmother speaks to anyone who has wondered about ...

A collection of stories about the outsiders – the criminals, the soldiers, the addicts, the mathematicians, the gamblers and the cage fighters, the refugees and the rebels. From the battlefield to alternate realities to the mean streets of the dark city, we walk in the shoes of those who struggle to survive in a neon-saturated, tech-noir future. Twelve hard-edged stories from the dark, often violent, sometimes strange heart of cyberpunk, this collection – as with all the best science fiction – is an exploration of who were are now. In ...

Born in 1944, I've always been aware of Spiritual Energies. I grew up in a family where Spiritual Phenomena was the norm. Most days I have some reminder I'm on a Spiritual Path. The book records the more exiting, disquieting, and rewarding bits. *** I discovered natural medicine in 1983. Conventional medicine failed to cure a tropical illness I developed in Africa. I made a spectacular recovery thanks to Reflexology. I studied at the London branch of the 'International Institute of Reflexology'. Fortunately my Tutor was Tony Porter. www.artreflex. ...

In 1598, the Spanish conquistador, Don Juan de Oñate, founded the first capital of New Mexico in an old Indian settlement on the west bank of the Rio Grande river. This colony and others prospered until, years later the Indians revolted, destroying this village which was then lost for centuries. But, in 1959, Florence Hawley Ellis, a famous pioneer anthropologist, was asked by San Juan Indian Pueblo to excavate a ruin on their reservation, an unheard of request as Pueblos usually denied permission for excavations on their lands. A badly corroded Spanish ...

Useful resource for college courses in the social sciences. A resource tool for social group discussions about institutional racism. A good resource book for individuals who desire to be a part of the solution to social ills.

El presente libro está destinado a los alumnos hispanohablantes que estudian la lengua rusa y que ya poseen algunos conocimientos de la gramática rusa. El principal objetivo es dar o ampliar unos conocimientos en el uso y funciones de los pronombres y adverbios indefinidos y negativos. El libro está pensado para trabajar bajo la dirección de un profesor, pero por ello no excluye la posibilidad de autoaprendizaje, ya que contiene respuestas a los ejercicios.

Inspiring and unforgettable, Letting Go into Perfect Love is a riveting account of a journey through the terror of domestic violence to a faith that transforms all. As a college administrator, Gwendolyn M. Plano lived her professional life in a highly visible and accountable space--but as a wife and mother, behind closed doors, she and her family experienced unpredictable threat. Every nine seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or beaten--but to Gwen, this was her secret; it was her shame.  Alternately heart-wrenching and joyful, ...

In the flames of war, there are two factions that have desecrated the once beautiful world called Earth. In these flames, stirred by high-powered and high-skilled humans and an alien war race that has conquered entire filaments of the universe, stands the Thunderbolts. The Thunderbolts are the elite fighting force for the Onyx, and they are on the losing side. Against the legion, the Thunderbolts are either dead, captured, or spread across the lifeless winds. The Thunderbolts were once seen as the only ones who can stop the legion and save the Earth, but ...

He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he dared to fall in love. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: standing out from the mindless human herd. Ayn Rand’s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great “We”—a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence—anticipates her later masterpieces ...

One of America's most respected Buddhist teachers distills a lifetime of practice and teaching in this groundbreaking exploration of the new Buddhist tradition taking root on American soil.