When the police discover Laon naked and hungry in the street, they aren't quite sure what to make of the odd little child - how could they know that she is actually a nine-tailed fox...or at least she would be if she hadn't lost her tails in a bet with Queen Mago. Now Laon is on a crusade to recover[...]

How does one change the attitudes and practices of child protective services (CPS)-a statewide bureaucracy often overwhelmed and understaffed? First, take an outsider to the system, Insoo Kim Berg, who has a vision and a solution-focused model. Add an insider, Susan Kelly, who understands the system[...]

Successful coaching is about finding solutions and optimizing a client's life. Insoo Kim Berg, one of the founders of solution-focused psychotherapy, shows how to achieve these goals by applying this unique approach to coaching. All coaches, as well as therapists, will benefit from these techniques [...]

Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, which recount the chilling murder of her husband by his father, form one of the best known and most popular classics of Korean literature. From 1795 until 1805 Lady Hyegyong composed this masterpiece, depicting a court life Shakespearean in its pathos, drama, and grandeur. P[...]

A Companion to Metaphysics provides a survey of the whole of metaphysics and includes articles by many of the most distinguished scholars in the field.[...]

Boost your chances of getting pregnant and prepare for a successful birth and a healthy baby using natural therapies, diet and simple exercise regimes. This is the perfect approach for the modern parent-to-be: how making the right kinds of lifestyle and diet decisions can help optimize your chances [...]

Amillennialism, dispensational premillennialism, historic premillennialism, postmillennialism, preterism. These are difficult words to pronounce and even harder concepts to understand. A Case for Amillennialism presents an accessible look at the crucial theological question of the millennium in the [...]

"Using Priming Methods in Second Language Research" is an accessible introduction to the use of auditory, semantic, and syntactic priming methods for second language (L2) processing and acquisition research. It provides a guide for the use, design, and implementation of priming tasks and an overview[...]

The perfect text for anyone wanting to understand the largest of faiths on the world stage, this new introduction clearly locates Christianity in its global context.Structured by geographical region, covering Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa and Europe. This guide is designed to explore th[...]

An expert on North Korea sheds new light on the enigmatic tyrantFrom his goose-stepping military parades to his clownish macho swagger, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is an odd amalgam of political cartoon and global menace. In charge of a nuclear arsenal he's threatened to use against the U.S. and Japan[...]

"An absolute riot! You don't have to be a Shakespeare fan to fall in love with these books. It's the best new young adult series of the year!" --Jack and Jill magazine Banished by her school's popular crowd, former "it girl" Miranda Prospero has landed in a brave new world: holding dominion amongst [...]