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Rich in detail derived from the author's fieldwork and the anthropological literature, this work paints a picture of possession as one of the usually positive and most widespread of human religious experiences. It also details the ritual of exorcism, which is applied when things go wrong.

Antivaxxers are crazy. That is the perception we all gain from the media, the internet, celebrities, and beyond, writes Bernice Hausman in Anti/Vax, but we need to open our eyes and ears so that we can all have a better conversation about vaccine skepticism and its implications. Hausman argues that the heated debate about vaccinations and whether to get them or not is most often fueled by accusations and vilifications rather than careful attention to the real concerns of many Americans.

One in six women is the victim of sexual assault. Using her own hard-won wisdom, author Jen Cross shows how to heal through journaling and personal writing. Writing Ourselves Whole is a collection of essays and creative writing encouragements for sexual trauma survivors who want to risk writing a different story. Each short chapter offers encouragement, experience, and exercises.

In 1993, U.S. women earned the right to fly in combat, but the full story of how it happened is largely unknown. The Fly Girls Revolt chronicles the actions of a band of women who overcame decades of discrimination and prevailed against bureaucrats, chauvinists, anti-feminists, and even other military women. Drawing on extensive research, interviews with women who served in the 1970s and 1980s, and her personal experiences in the Air Force, Eileen Bjorkman weaves together a tale of the women who fought for the right to enter combat and be treated as equal partners in the U.S. military.

Finally, an all-inclusive audiobook on young adult fiction must-do, don’t do, and how-to. If you want to write a young adult novel, you need to listen to this book first. Coauthored by an award-winning YA author and an acquisitions editor, both experts on kids and what they like to read, this encyclopedia contains all you need to start or improve a career as a YA fiction author.   

Author Debra Fulton takes us on her journey of discovery with experiences from her past, unreal experiences in the present, and the advent of her daughter's psychic talent. Could expanding our beliefs of spirituality and possibility lead us to experience true love from the "other" side? Is there more than one realm of existence living cohesively? She found many answers, along with many more questions. She now believes we are never alone.  

The powerful Guardians of Eden forsake all to protect the Tree of Life from everyday mortals, but one of them has developed a new and invasive power which, even in a town of magical beings, makes her a freak. Miriam wants nothing more than to live in the "real" world where her powers will disintegrate, but all her dreams for escape are frustrated when a former Guardian returns to Edenia. When the secretive newcomer threatens the Garden of Eden from within, Miriam must transcend her resentment of her powers and become the Guardian she was always meant to be.

If you wish to avoid frequent accidents and ease the learning process, this audiobook is undoubtedly the one for you. With just a little bit of listening and simple exercises to improve your own confidence, you can greatly improve the experience of your child. This audiobook is a comprehensive guide to potty-training. This audiobook seeks to provide the listener with ample research-based information on means of carrying out potty training, what to expect from the potty-training process, and how to deal with probable challenges.

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher and writer best known for leading the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was also a heavy influence in romanticism or the Romantic era. Through his lectures, essays, and poems, Emerson championed individualism and following one's intuition, believing one will become a more moral and idealistic person in so doing. This collection is eight of Emerson's essays from The First Series published in 1841 and The Second Series published in 1844 including "Self-Reliance", "Circles", and more.

Sex. Horror. Discomfort. In five stories and one poem, you'll find questions and answers, and you might learn something about yourself along the way. Something uncomfortable. Something dark. Come on in and join us. Lean back, open up, and let us take a look at that tickle. We're sure it's nothing serious. Just...something in your mouth. 

Disillusioned by his wife’s betrayal, rodeo star Dillon McCoy comes home to the mountains of North Carolina. When he agrees to take over the family ranch, the Lazy M, he’s unaware danger waits. Diana Thompson is having doubts about her engagement to Trent Sawyer. She agrees to leave Chapel Hill and spend Thanksgiving with her friend Jenn at the Lazy M.

Cécile erregt gern Männer durch laszives Rauchen beim Sex. Sie weist ihre Blowjob-begeisterte, aber sonst recht unerfahrene Freundin in die verführerischen Künste von Reizwäsche in Verbindung mit Zigaretten ein. Gemeinsam leben sie ihre Leidenschaft in einem neu entdeckten Ambiente aus.

Abducted from her father’s mansion and detained with a slave collar, Talia Monroe won’t be held back for long. She has a long history of wheeling and dealing, and someone must be ready to bargain. But when a haughty drakon prince shows up and sweeps her into his fiery embrace, the rules of the game suddenly change, and she’ll have to come up with a new strategy. 

She won’t be any alien’s tame plaything...The Pax barely have time to slap a slave collar around newly minted doctor Leticia Oslo’s throat before Illswing Nevrin-Hielsrane takes her for himself. He’s brash, arrogant, and not even human, but their battles go from hateful to heated quickly enough to leave scorch marks and Leti can’t help but want more. A nameless dragon on a mission...He’s going to find water, claim the girl, and prove once and for all that he’s more than some nameless drakon screw-up.

Moddoc has the kind of drive that Essie admires, and the drakon could learn a thing or two from Essie’s determined attitude. The longer they spend with one another, the more they realize their bond goes deeper than the tangled game of power and lust they meant to play. With Moddoc’s dark secret hanging over his head, the Pax might not be their biggest worry. If they are going to survive the anger of their allies and the ferocity of their enemies they will need to rely on each other and work together to carve out the shape of their own future.

Natalie McMasters is 20, short and blonde (okay, it’s bleached), a way cute former stripper, and a pre-law student at State. Nattie also works as a private detective at her uncle’s 3M Detective Agency. She’s deeply in love with her girlfriend, Lupe, also a former stripper and undocumented immigrant, who’s now a pole-dancing instructor at a local gym. They’ve finally gotten Lupe’s eight-year-old son, Eduardo, into public school, and it looks like the American Dream may soon become a reality for their little family. That is until a steamy video of Nattie and Lupe appears.

Inescapable violence and misery are part of life on the lousy rock that Pax slavers dumped her on. Natalie’s only hope for survival is to prove she’s irreplaceable to her owners. But when the planet comes under attack and her captors are killed, Natalie begins to dream of things she thought were impossible. Freedom. And the drakon commander who makes her burn.

In Raising Racists: The Socialization of White Children in the Jim Crow South, author Kristina DuRocher reveals how white adults in the late 19th and early 20th centuries continually reinforced race and gender roles to maintain white supremacy. DuRocher examines the practices, mores, and traditions that trained white children to fear, dehumanize, and disdain their black neighbors.

Many of us wait for a clear signal that our lifestyles are causing us harm. Whether it’s a diagnosis that strikes out of the blue or a bad relationship that reaches a tipping point, the message is clear: It’s time to change our lives. We need to form new habits that promote our physical, mental, and spiritual wellness. But how do we make room for change when we barely have the time or energy to get through the day?

You can’t escape the corporation! In the year 2028, a massive online corporation called Everest.Com will control everything we buy, including books, food, medical care, police protection, religion, political affiliations...Everything! Tanya Teal, is fired from the last remaining NYC publishing house due to overwhelming competition from Everest.com. After rekindling her love affair with an old boyfriend, Tony Smart, they drink a few too many and decide to visit one of their old haunts, Gus's Hotdog Shack. They know it's illegal, but what can one hotdog hurt?