J Simon: 241 books

In a culture that includes sex in everything from advertising to climbing the corporate ladder, it's easy to feel fuzzy about the true purpose and place of sexuality. In this book philosopher and ethicist Caroline J. Simon identifies six "lenses" through which people understand sex and sexuality:...

Eyla is sick of privilege and wealth. Real life is out there: Matching wits with desert nomads, exploding the sky with fire powder, telling tales enough to shame Reality with its inadequacies. Now the soldiers of Majra have come, outlawing the delicate beauty of tales and lies, exaggerations and insults....

Aris is a reluctant lawbringer, helping his people even when he'd rather be sitting around the fire spinning tales. Eyla wants to be a dread criminal mastermind, but settles for defending exuberant widows, demented storytellers and proud desert Sheyks.The soldiers of Majra have found this land...

Aris has managed to live a quiet life, even in a stark desert land of glorious tales and beautiful lies, crazed artists and mad hermits. So what if he has a knack for tales? A mere messenger can't change the world. Mighty great works he'll leave to mighty great men. Now the soldiers of Majra have...

“You’ve been exiled from six kingdoms, cautioned for gambling, arrested for stealing, and censured for ‘conduct deleterious to the practice of virtue’. You are beyond hope and beyond help.” “I debate that,” I argued. “You haven’t seen how virtuous I can be when people threaten to...

How can a minor goddess like Sammy compete with cell phones, computers, or cartoon mascots that actively implore people to have candy for breakfast? The days of burnt offerings are long past, and chanting her own name at barbecues just isn't the same.At least she can make a few bucks returning...

For creative writer, artist, and librarian Elizabeth Rinehart, the world of make-believe has always been a source of magic, wonder, and comfort. Beth's imaginary world is a pleasant, waking dream. Little does she know her dream has taken on a life of its own in an alternate universe.When...

True-crime writer Paige Malone is used to murder, mystery, and suspense…writing about them, that is. When she finds herself in the middle of a real-life ghost story, however, the normally quick-witted femme de lettres learns that being a character in a mystery isn’t quite what she expected.Haunted...

Being a god isn't easy. Oh sure, you can crash the super-exclusive club at that hot new pyramid, but one little drought and your worshippers are suddenly burying you neck-deep in scorpions.Samantha never expected to wake from her long sleep. When she came to, mortals were riding around...

What Will You Find in This Book Are you one of those people who like to live healthy? Do you just love cooking for yourself and your family? Is finding time to cook in your busy life hard for you? Are you looking for a solution to this issue? Then you have found just the right book! This...

Thirty years after it was first published, the issues raised in The Jury and the Defense of Insanity remain pertinent. Rita James Simon examines how motivated and competent juries are, how well jurors understand and follow judges' instructions, their understand-ing of expert testimony, and the extent...

Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Through the in-depth interviews they conduct with each participant, the authors explore complex questions of cultural identity formation. The participants of...

The obstacles to assimilation and treatment of immigrant women are major issues confronting the leading immigrant-receiving nations today-the United States, Canada, and Australia. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might be addressed,...

This innovative new textbook seeks to provide undergraduate students of international relations with valuable and relevant historical context, bridging the gap and offering a genuinely interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter integrates both historical analysis and literature and applies this to an...