J R Gonzalez: 15 books

How far would you go for the one you love? Opened Windows is about betrayal, love, devotion, and sacrifice. Two people meet and fall in love. She betrays him in a way meant to make him go away forever, because his devotion to her scares her. After a lifetime of hurt, she cant take the chance. Then...

Simon is a normal child in most ways, but he has a connection with the dead that he can't escape. When he's brought home from the hospital, they get a visit from a bird lady with dire warnings about his future. “You won't live to be twenty one unless you follow my instructions!” is her unheeded...

During the Spanish Inquisition, two kids fall deeply in love and then are caught up in it. She is burned at the stake, and he is boiled in acid, but death isnt the end, merely a short stop of two hundred years. They then find themselves in Los Angeles, California, and they are facing the same enemy. This time, they might have a chance.

Two people meet by chance and fall in love, get married, and start flipping houses to make extra money, but inexplicably, they find themselves in a house with something sleeping underneath it, and when they are forced to fight for each other against unspeakable evil, they begin to wonder; did they find the house, or did the house find them?

Detective Kenneth Galang was a haunted man. He wanted to die when his family was ripped out of his heart. The killers came to his home looking for him but found his wife and daughter instead. He wanted to die, but if he did at his own hand, he would never see them again. That was the belief that was...

This is a tale about a boy that finds himself caught up in the legend of the wolf man. His father takes him back to the old country to find his roots and see where he came from, and he finds all of that and much more as he’s bitten. The nightmare becomes real when his friends start dying in unspeakable...

First person accounts by pioneers in the field, classic essays, and new scholarship document the collaborative and creative practices of early social media. Focusing on early social media in the arts and humanities and on the core role of creative computer scientists, artists, and scholars...

As recently as five years ago mass incarceration was widely considered to be a central, permanent feature of the political and social landscape. The number of people in U.S. prisons is still without historic parallel anywhere in the world or in U.S. history. But in the last few years, the population...

Latino/a students are in a unique position in today's society; teachers and administrators are in an influential position in educating them. Community, parents, and educators alike are poised to enable these students to gain the education they need for success. Chapters by recognized authors and successful...

Reviews advances in understanding how breeding and growth affects the development of quality attributes such as fat content and tenderness;  Summarises recent research on how management of cattle and carcass handling affects sensory properties;  Discusses current research on measuring and optimising quality traits such as color, flavor and tenderness

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...

As global societies grapple with an unprecedented refugee and migration crisis, child refugees and migrants—who constitute a particularly vulnerable immigrant category—have been surprisingly overlooked in immigration scholarship. This book addresses this lapse by presenting interdisciplinary perspectives...

Iatrogenesis is the occurrence of untoward effects resulting from actions of health care providers, including medical errors, medical malpractice, practicing beyond one’s expertise, adverse effects of medication, unnecessary treatment, inappropriate screenings, and surgical errors. This is a huge...

This book maps out a program that allows patients to benefit from the combination of conventional and orthomolecular therapy. Nutritional strategies can improve one's overall strength to maintain health and win the battle against cancer.