Jessica Taylor: 25 books

An ice cream van rolls into a war zone. A goldfish pleads with its owner, who has seasonal affective disorder. An advertising agency of the future struggles to capture the zombie market. A woman screams silently at a pair of social workers who visit to talk about her anorexic daughter. Brought...

This book is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend...

Known for its dramatic beauty and valuable natural resources, Appalachia has undergone significant technological, economic, political, and environmental changes in recent decades. Home to distinctive traditions and a rich cultural heritage, the area is also plagued by poverty, insufficient healthcare...

Educating from the Heart: Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Transforming Education is based on the questions: 'What does it mean to educate from the heart? What does it mean to educate with spirit?' It offers both theoretical overviews and practical approaches for educators, academics, education...

This history of Isle Royale traces almost 5,000 years of human efforts to harvest its natural resources. From the Paleo-Indians who extracted native copper to the 19th-century miners, fishermen, farmers, and sportsmen, this isle apart has been visited, mined, and plundered for centuries. Under the protection...

With tourism accounting for approximately thirty percent of the Caribbean's GDP and twenty-four percent of employment, a link between the sex trade and the tourism industry has gained recent attention. Shifts in global production, an increase of disposable income for pleasure and recreation, and a...

Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures offers scholarly research related to work-life balance in today’s environment, with a particular focus on the fields of communication and gender studies. The chapters examine the choices, challenges,...

Breakup or Makeup? A Crazy Ink Anthology Love is complicated and happy endings are mostly for fairy tales. Sometimes, though, things work out the way they were intended. And for many, the definition of romance is the finish line. Read stories of relationships on the brink of change. Questions...

(Édition bilingue / edición bilingüe) Ce recueil de contes de nouveaux auteurs centraméricains constitue du début à la fin une agréable surprise. Nous y voyons surgir un regard littéraire qui ne se limite pas à explorer les réalités externes et les habituels contextes locaux, il...

Ich bin die Richtige, Dr. Berkley Ausgerechnet die bescheidene Schwester Katie bittet Dr. J. D. Berkley bei der Suche nach einer Ehefrau um Hilfe. Spürt er nicht, dass sie ihn liebt? Um ihn zu erobern, ändert Katie ihr Aussehen total. Erst jetzt sieht er, dass die verführerischste aller...

Freundschaft? Für immer! Sex? Phantastisch! Aber Liebe? Daran glaubt die Krankenschwester Emily nicht und heiratet Dr. Will Patton, von dem sie ein Baby erwartet, erst nach langem Zögern. Als sie sieht, wie sehr er mit der hübschen Jacqueline flirtet, will sie die Scheidung!