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Jax Sharkin, bi-racial and royal, negotiates the prejudice against his mixed heritage with sarcasm and arrogance. His smart mouth can't save him when his political enemies conspire to send him into slavery with the trolls, but that doesn't shut him up. In a world populated by druids, magicians, a lascivious fairy and a forgetful oracle, Jax's journey is sometimes dark and often lusty. Evil is subtle, good is conflicted, and every answer is a paradox.

Since the dawn of time humans have engaged in conflict and battle. Over the past decades we have witnessed the challenges faced by military members, veterans, and their families. Professional and community organizations are calling for education and training, programs, and effective interventions that focus on the needs of the military community. This book is a response to that call for action. Military life and its trials are fluid and ever changing, so producing a current and relevant manuscript of military social work issues can be challenging as well. The character of Military Social Work Practice: Starting the Conversation is different. It serves as a primer and a catalyst for thought and individual exploration into the military culture and the practice of mental health service delivery to military members, veterans, and their families. The presentation of material is conversational in nature and strives to point the reader toward topics for further research. This book provides the reader with a general introduction to military culture, the challenges of everyday life, consequences of deployment and battle for the service member and family, the most common battle injuries, and various support programs offered through the Department of Defense, the Veterans Administration, and community organizations. It is only through the collaborative efforts of professionals and military, government, and community organizations that we can grow our community capacity to adequately respond to the needs of military members, veterans, and their families and help them thrive and heal mind, body, and spirit. Although the primary audience is the social work student and professional, anyone helping the military community can benefit from these initial conversations.

A child of the 1970s, Terry Sidford didn't realize she was born into an unhappy marriage until the age of five, when drinking tore the family apart. In an attempt to escape her mother's issues with alcohol, Terry and her sister run away from home one night to join their alternative-lifestyle father, in the hope that they might find some adult stability. Thus begins Terry's unconventional "Wonder Years," in which she endures an absentee mom, teenage self-improvement bootcamp, and an educational system that misdiagnoses her sensitivity and intuitiveness as learning disabilities. Join speaker, author and popular life coach Terry Sidford on her journey, in which she shares the secrets of how to use your worst experiences to become the best version of yourself.

Tortured by the loss of his wife, Detective Don Layden isolates himself behind an emotional wall, until a case comes along that shakes him to his core. An axe-wielding murderer kills the wife of a Denver prosecuting attorney and Don has to find him.In spite of an unsupportive, narcissistic police captain who insists the investigation focus on the widowed attorney's cases, Don and his partner, Luke, are convinced the killer is a heinous lunatic preying upon innocent Denver women; one of whom is Kate Fitzgerald. Spirited and defiant, Kate has such compassion for the bereaved families that she is determined to discover who is at the root of this terror before the killer strikes again. But does Kate's fortitude put her at risk? Don suddenly realizes his concern for Kate's safety goes beyond public service…a thought that scares him as much as this case.As the clock ticks on, the killer gets bolder. Can Don, Luke, and Kate battle blood, blades and devil worshippers to solve this mystery before anyone else loses her life?

Christopher Bass is a sales expert with over twenty years of experience in every possible facet of sales. He speaks, writes, trains, and coaches companies and sales professionals on how to overcome the biggest challenges associated with generating qualified prospects and winning more sales.With field-tested, real-world experience, academics and intensive self-study under his belt, Christopher has the expertise to help your sales team WIN MORE sales today!In this book you'll learn: Why prospecting is still critically important despite the popularity of inbound marketing How to build the right foundation for prospecting success from day one The eight steps to becoming great at prospecting How to determine the best communication channels for generating prospects based upon your goals and objectives The four critical steps to generating an over-flowing pipeline of qualified prospects

Sherry Walker offers a wealth of information on multiple aspects of child development - physical, emotional, psychological, and linguistic. She provides a roadmap to get to the heart of the inevitable conflicts, empowering parents to communicate clearly and calmly during any situation.PARENTING: WHAT WORKS, WHAT WON'T, AND WHY includes many practical suggestions for setting boundaries, enforcing behavioral limits, and solving problems in productive ways. Age-appropriate activities and learning experiences are suggested for every stage, from birth to eighteen. An abundance of enlightening, real-life examples are presented, with enough humor and tenderness tucked in to lighten the load!This insightful book will empower parents as they navigate the unpredictable and often choppy waters of the childrearing years. Here is an opportunity to transform the shared voyage into a smoother passage that is rewarding and enjoyable for both parent and child!

It's the 2008 election season and the war between Pro-Life and Pro-Choice factions has become so intense, that one organization is scheming to cause unintended pregnancies in the families of Pro-Life politicians, while another encourages its followers to bomb clinics and cut off the hands of doctors who perform abortions.The conflict gets much more personal for the family of Congressman Mark Wagner. His fourteen-year-old daughter, Pamela, fending for herself while her parents were preoccupied, had insufficient knowledge to avoid pregnancy. Senator Roger Evans's seventeen-year-old daughter, Vivian, faithfully took her birth control pills, but as can happen, they failed.Both teenagers have fathers who are staunch Pro-Lifers. Both teens and their associates wind up in grave danger when conspirators expose their private dilemmas to the world.This political thriller explores the medical, religious, economic, and historical aspects of the abortion issue, as it draws the reader onto a frightening battleground where powerful forces resort to extraordinary weaponry to both preserve and eradicate the rights of humans to fully understand and manage their ability to procreate.

After a life of faithful grind, Saul feels compromised by the authoritarian figures in whom he has placed his unconditional trust. However, his belief in the system is undermined when the Pillars of Society have an adverse reaction to his affair with the mysterious Leah, a former co-worker at the behemoth government agency in which Saul works. What results is a deadly domino effect of outrageous acts of moral turpitude and betrayal that lead to a redemptive encounter with Nature. Saul must dig deep to find the courage and fortitude he never knew he had in order to overcome adversity and survive death. His journey is the story of an everyman in which love leads to disaster, paving the way to deep, authentic reflection. Only when Saul becomes hopelessly lost does he finally find his true self.