Cultural Relationship

Hayden Herrera’s parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children. When Herrera was only three years old, her parents separated, and she and her sister moved from Cape Cod to New York City to live with their mother and their new hard-drinking stepfather. They saw their father only during the summers on the Cape, when they and the other neighborhood children would be left to their own devices by parents who were busy painting, writing, or composing music.

In The Five Step Exit, clinical sociologist Amber Ault, Ph.D., MSW offers clear, practical, and straight-forward strategies for exiting toxic relationships and moving into robust recovery, ease, and happiness. Written in a warm style, The Five Step Exit offers partners in toxic relationships a unique and practical resource: a rational, compassionate five-stage process for planning and executing an exit, responding skillfully to the dramatic challenges you may face when you do, and recovering your happiness, health, and joy as you put a difficult relationship behind you.

Do you know exactly what it means to be an 'auntie'? Who qualifies to be one? Is there an age range, a set of behaviour, a certain look? Choping seats at the hawker centre? Auntie. Scanning the Health Promotion Board Healthier Choice QR code for points to exchange for vouchers? Auntie. Skipping your warm-up in the gym and striding purposefully to the bench because it is the last free one? Auntie. Passive-aggressively complaining about aunties? Auntie.

After her best friend killed himself, Stacy Wright set clear goals for herself and was determined to reach them. She finally left home to live on her own with a plan in mind, but she never imagined that Riko Hughes would be a part of it. She tries not to like Riko because she thinks he hates her and blames her for his brother's death. But how can she deny her feelings when all she desires is for those around her, especially her father, to love and value her? Will Riko be the one to support her as her family falls apart around her and give her what she most desperately wants—love?

How do you cope when, overnight, you discover you never really knew the person you loved the most? This is the crisis facing Sheela Marker, a Sikh woman confronted with a shocking revelation about her Parsi husband Cyrus. Her response is to hide what happened, but the secret weighs so heavily on her that a year later she attempts to kill herself by jumping off a cliff in Mahabaleshwar, a hill station near Bombay. Her attempt is scuppered by Clarissa and Max Alexander, an English couple who have been touring India. Sheela’s burgeoning friendship with the couple allows her finally to reveal...

♥ The Bakery Romance Series ♥ Sam has hurt her once. Does he deserve a second chance? Patty-Lynn is stunned when she runs into her wealthy ex-boyfriend, Sam. She’s still haunted by their painful breakup seven years ago. Recently widowed, Sam now wants to rekindle their relationship. Seeing Patty-Lynn, happy in her bakery, gives him hope. Can her prize-winning pie recipe sweeten his new business venture and heal their broken hearts? Grab your copy NOW! Books in The Bakery Romance Series Loving Luke - 0 Raspberry Kisses - 1 Shades of Chocolate -2 Sweet Dreams - 3 Sugar and Spice - 4 ...

A remarkable teenager who went from public assistance to a million dollar net worth shares his story and offers nine key principles to success. Farrah Gray is no ordinary teenager. He wears a suit and tie; he has an office on Wall Street and another one in Los Angeles...and he sold his first business at the age of 14 for more than a million dollars.

Risking it all. Miriam is forty and frustrated. In an attempt to enhance her living-just-to-breathe life she joins some neighbours protesting a highway bypass that will destroy Eagleridge Bluffs. Not only are the Bluffs her special sanctuary, but they’re also the beautiful home of rare and endangered plants and animals.The protest gains the support of environmental organizations including the attention of a group of eco-radicals lead by an enigmatic young man named Zaahir. Miriam is mesmerized by this charismatic leader and sees him as someone that can save her as well as the Bluffs. But ...

In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family whose members blamed their woes on ghosts and demons when in fact they should have been on antipsychotic meds.

Newly released from the iron grip of the Soviet Empire, Russia, reborn in poverty, seeks to reinvent itself as a capitalist haven to attract American investment. “Moscow Book of Promises” is a satirical, bittersweet account of the misadventures of a Jewish American businessman chasing the shadows of commercial success in the Moscow of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) during the late 1980s, in the dying days of the Soviet empire. Armed to the teeth with American PC technology and a bizarre grasp of modern capitalism, Joshua sets sail from Silicon Valley for Moscow and ...

This book will take you down a path of exploring what is a significantly bad feature of the world we occupy: The negative messages we are surrounded by about aging. Messages that can seep in, take root and solidify. They tell us that there is nothing we can do, which then causes us to begin to either fear, or be resigned to, a bad old age. It is difficult to find anyone that is not being infected by these messages. While some people come to know better and rebuff them, many others do not.

Delve into the fascinating world of intertextuality and uncover the hidden connections between texts that shape our understanding of literature, culture, and identity. From the pre-linguistic realm of the semiotic chora to the structured world of the symbolic order, this book unravels the complex interplay between language, meaning, and subjectivity. Explore the dynamic nature of the speaking subject, shaped and reshaped by intertextual encounters, and challenge traditional notions of authorship, originality, and individual identity. Discover how intertextuality manifests in various ...

Ismail Badjie's collection of essays and short stories offers a deeply personal exploration of his life experience as a man straddling two worlds (Africa and the US). Ismail navigates the complexities of his dual identity with wit, candor, and a relentless pursuit of self-discovery. He encourages listeners to step outside their comfort zones, challenge deeply ingrained beliefs, and explore the uncharted territories of their own inner worlds.

In honest, confessional prose, Born on the Bayou - a roller-coaster rags-to-riches story - transports us to a pocket of the South where Lourd learns how to be a man from the two people he looks up to the most: his larger-than-life father, "Puffer", a prominent figure in the oil business; and his successful older brother, Bryan.

When Nina Sharma meets Quincy while hitching a ride to a friend’s Fourth of July barbecue, she spots a favorite book, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, in the back seat of his cramped car, and senses a sadness from him that’s all too familiar to her. She is immediately intrigued—who is this man? In The Way You Make Me Feel, Sharma chronicles her and Quincy’s love story, and in doing so, examines how their Black and Asian relationship becomes the lens through which she moves through and understands the world.

The son of a Salvadoran mother and Scotch Irish mechanic father, Marcos spent much of his life trying to break away from his Southern Appalachian past and the trauma experienced there and striving to get closer to his Salvadoran heritage. His journey includes steeping himself in the Spanish language and Latin American literature, especially the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez; a stint in Nicaragua with Witness for Peace, followed by missionary work in Guatemala; and social-justice work with Mexican migrant farmworkers in Alabama.

Conquer the CPCE: Study Guide for the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination offers a comprehensive exploration of essential topics in counseling. Covering critical areas such as human growth and development, social and cultural diversity, and counseling and helping relationships, this guide provides a deep dive into the foundational knowledge required for aspiring counselors. Each chapter is crafted to enhance understanding and provide clarity on complex concepts, making it an invaluable resource for students in counselor education programs. The guide delves into the intricacies ...

Like the educator who changed his life, Thornton became a classroom teacher. But budget cuts took his job, and he decided to rewrite his story using his artistic talent. Thornton’s artistry and work ethic got him attention at Coca-Cola, both good and bad. He had to figure out a way to navigate this new world, where higher-ups praised him but coworkers reminded him of his “blackness” by drawing a noose in his workstation. He persevered by learning to appreciate and embrace diversity, people resources, and conflicting opinions.

A gripping and emotional but seriously flawed life of one family's will to survive alone together, off-the-grid, while braving the wilderness with courage to survive and with a desire to defy the odds to remain alive - all based on a true story. Beautiful Prison is a story of family suffering from domestic abuse by a manipulative and abusive father who isolates his family into the wild untamed Idahoan Mountains.

This book allows listeners to dive into a captivating exploration of resilience and personal growth. Through compelling stories and personal insights, you’ll join the author’s parents on a journey through the trials of WWII, the Great Leap Forward, and China’s Reopening to the World. You’ll also join the author on her path from childhood in China to adulthood in the US. These intriguing stories span three generations, two countries, and more than eighty years.