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In the small Ayrshire town of Stewarton, the school holidays are like a microwave. So much happens and it all happens so fast. Norma Gordon has got a problem. She's going to be in big trouble if her dad finds out. Norma needs to find Rab McGuire fast. Her big brother Barry's no use. He's in...

The Elephants Graveyard is like an epitaph without a tombstone.Officer Kevin Martin, SFPD The Elephants Graveyard is the citys skid rowthe Tenderloin District of San Francisco. Its a purgatory for the junkies and shadowy characters that frequent the dark alleys, bars, and fleabag hotels on the dark...

Karen is stuck in a vicious cycle of working herself into a stupor. For the past few years, she has simply been going through the motions of her daily life. Her recent divorce is the last thing she wants to think about, and becoming a workaholic is her only respite from the draining emotions coupled...

Karen is not the type to attend a wedding with a guy shes only slept with once but, in a rare display of empathy, she agrees to accompany her new landlord Allan to this sure-to-be-boring function. Fortunately, Karen knows how to have a good time, and shes pretty sure she and Allan can make their own...

The White Room is a breathtaking, dizzying magic carpet ride of triumph and tragedy. It is a tapestry woven out of rich, rare and engaging elements; from unique and illuminating perspectives on the world, and even the cosmos (including radical, ground breaking, new takes on astrophysics and the very...

With Queen Topazs life going into ruins it is only luck that she was able to have happiness with her for a short time, but when that was taken away from her, her kingdom fell. With the death of her parents Topaz knew she had to get some help, Having Molly back to take care of everything would have...

You would think Paradise, Montana, would be a quiet little town nestled along the Clark Fork River. When Henry and Coker find a young girl dead in the river, things are not paradise. The sheriff refuses to investigate the murder, forcing Henry to team up with the beautiful coroner Marie St. Croix to try and solve the case. The memories of the women from Henry's past still cut him deeply.

In the wilderness of the St. Joe River in North Idaho, hunting season has started, and someone is killing its hunters. Deputy Henry must work with a Montana officer to find the hunter, who has killed in Idaho and Montana. Henry's past sins come back to haunt him. His dreams of her continue, while someone is hunting him.

While mentoring a young man named Lorenzo, Doris is grief-stricken from an accident that changed the course of his future. Doris refuses to allow the hard work that she has done in turning his life around go to waste. With fierce determination, Doris assumes the responsibility for ensuring that Lorenzo’s...

Music isn't everything for Ragnar Pape, it's the only thing, until new bandmate Gabe catches his attention. Ragnar Pape has spent his entire life trying to follow in the footsteps of his famous dead father, determined to live up to his legacy and make a career as a musician on his own terms....

Howard, distraught after being torn apart from Alita, joins the outlaws. With only a club as a weapon, he becomes known as the Barbarian as he strives to fight the royals to make sure no one else in the kingdom has to go through the pain he has suffered.In the meantime, an unknown girl with amnesia in...

In spite of decades of diversity policy and practice, America is in many ways more divided than ever when it comes to issues of identity. Critics from the political left argue that we simply need more diversity to overcome the division, while critics from the political right argue that diversity has...

Wake and Cody finally have their happily ever after home, but life is a little more complicated than they had expected. Wake and Cody's new house is everything they had imagined, but money is tight. Then Cody's family's past intrudes on their lives, with additional expenses, and a house full of secrets.

Of the myriad of approaches to the treatment of autism spectrum disorders, Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) has the most research support. It is not perfect, and its imperfection is highlighted by the inadequate training of many, if not most of its practitioners. Autism is a burgeoning conditionin...