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This valuable prescriptive guide, organized by timeline, addresses such questions as: How can we tell when the normal becomes abnormal? When should we worry? How do we know what's coming next? Dr. Witkin provides both strategies and support for the unique, acute anxiety and chronic emotional and physical fall-out that results from trauma, whether caused by the events of 9/11 or the loss of a loved one. She emphasizes that the process is the same for...

A woman reflects on her working-class roots, her unsuitable exes, and her accidental road to happiness in a memoir of "many delights" (Atlanta Journal Constitution). A misfit in Spooner, Wisconsin, with its farms, bars, and strip joints, Debra Monroe leaves to earn a degree, then another, and another, and builds a career-if only because her plans to be a midwestern housewife continually get scuttled. Fearless but naive, she vaults over class barriers...

The timeless romance, soaring passion-and gorgeous men-of Scotland come to modern-day America. And, the rules of love will never be the same... Isabel Buchanan is fiery, funny, and never at a loss for words. But, she is struck speechless when her mother returns from a trip to Scotland with a six-foot-tall, very handsome souvenir. Izzy's mother is so infatuated by the fellow that Izzy has to plan their annual Highland Games all by herself. Well, not...

Der neue Thriller von Bestseller-Autorin Karin Slaughter. Ein neuer Fall für Will Trent und Sara Linton Zwei gewaltige Explosionen reißen Gerichtsmedizinerin Sara Linton und ihren Partner, Special Agent Will Trent, aus der sommerlichen Idylle. Sie sind geübt darin, in Notsituationen zu helfen. Doch als sie an diesem Tag den Sirenen folgen, führt ihr Instinkt sie mitten hinein in das dunkle Herz einer mächtigen Neonazi-Gruppierung. Zu spät erkennt...

Georgia Rae Winston believes she's found her happily-ever-after. But life is about to prove her very wrong. Georgia is back with Detective Cal Perkins, and they're looking toward a blissful future. But her ex-boyfriend's family isn't thrilled with that idea. And neither are Cal's multiple admirers. When a package containing a beef heart shows up at Georgia's door with a note that reads, "A dead heart for Georgia Rae the Heartbreaker", they sense...

With its thirty-three essays, This Impermanent Earth charts the course of the American literary response to the twentieth century's accumulation of environmental deprivations. Arranged chronologically from 1974 to the present, the works have been called from The Georgia Review, long considered an important venue for nonfiction among literary magazines published in the United States. The essays range in subject matter from twentieth-century examples...

"Going to the Beach" invites children to embark on a whimsical adventure alongside the story's endearing characters, Georgia and Cash. Packed with vibrant illustrations and a captivating storyline, this book encourages young readers to embrace their sense of wonder and curiosity. Whether they've experienced a beach vacation before or are dreaming of their first seaside getaway, children will be transported to a world filled with sunshine, sandy shores,...

Prodigals, a memoir inessays, explores the life of Sarah Beth Childers'swildly creative brother, who committed suicide at twenty-two, and her life with him and after him, through the lens of the Biblical parable of the Prodigal Son. This book examines the ways Childers's brother's story was both universal and uniquely Appalachian. While the archetype of the prodigal son carries all its assumed baggage, the Appalachian setting of Prodigals brings...