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Alchemy of Emotions: A Black Women's Workbook for Health, Healing, and Happiness is an empowering journey that delves deep into the intricate workings of the Soul, Spirit, and Body. This transformative workbook equips Black women with invaluable tools and insights, enabling them to harness the power of their emotions to enhance their overall well-being. Through the guidance offered within these pages, you'll embark on a path towards emotional ...

A definitive guide to the long tradition of lexicography, this handbook is a rigorous and systematic overview of the field and its recent developments. Featuring key topics, research areas, new directions and a manageable guide to beginning and developing research in the field, this one-volume reference provides both a survey of current research and more practical guidance for advanced study. Fully updated and revised to take account of recen...

In 1860 Prince Georges County Maryland there were an estimated 12, 000 Negro Slaves on Plantations throughout the County. Tobacco was the main crop. And the free labor of slaves allowed many White Landowners to become wealthy. Prince Georges County had the largest number of Slaves in the State of Maryland. After the Emancipation Proclamation, Black Families like mine faced segregation, voter suppression, abuse, and even killings. And the pract...

THE DREGS OF HIS STEADFAST OPTIMISM' The government of Boris Johnson represented a new low in British politics. Written during the final phase of an administration destined to fail, 'Boris Johnson Pfeffles and Piffles' describes what happened and when. Recalled are the false promises and self-serving arguments of a government that will be remembered by many for its corruption and incompetence. 'Boris Johnson Pfeffles And Piffles' is more tha...

BUT TEN YEARS AGO WAS THEN, AND BEFORE THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER PAST.''Long After This' remembers the music of Elvis Presley that author Howard Jackson sometimes loved and sometimes hated. In 'Long After This' the individual record albums are used to mark what was happening in the career of the singer but also events in the wider world and the life of the author. The memories of Jackson recall triumphs and tragedies and how a century and importa...

A definitive guide to the long tradition of lexicography, this handbook is a rigorous and systematic overview of the field and its recent developments. Featuring key topics, research areas, new directions and a manageable guide to beginning and developing research in the field, this one-volume reference provides both a survey of current research and more practical guidance for advanced study. Fully updated and revised to take account of recen...

In HORROR PICKERS Howard Jackson examined and dissected forty horror films. This time in MEAN AND DARK he also adds a few film noir favourites to the mix. All the selected movies have baffled people in trouble. But in examining the films Howard Jackson makes a bold attempt to explain what really haunts and perhaps inspires us. The combination of gloomy ideas, defiant opinion, perceptive analysis and sly humour makes MEAN AND DARK an addictive ...

Welcome to the latest horror ride from RED RATTLE BOOKS, publishers of horror feasts, 'Dracula's Midnight Snacks', 'Zombie Bites' and 'How To Defend Yourself Against Scorpions'. 'Nightmares Ahead' contains 31 horror stories intended to 'harrow the mind' and a final bonus story to help the reader recover.Be warned, the thought provoking signposts to sensation of these stories cannot be trusted.'Nightmares Ahead' will chill, shock, surprise and ...

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CROOKS FOR WHOM GOOD TIMES WOULD NEVER BE ENOUGH, AND LOSERS LIVING LIVES AS LONELY AS THE DOLLARS IN THEIR POCKETS''Offended Shadows' remembers 40 movies that do not deserve to be forgotten. In each chapter a minor character from a film noir movie describes another character, usually but not always the hero or villain'Offended Shadows' also adds imaginary scenarios and histories that complement and extend the Hollywood film noir imagination. ...

The TV show 'Breaking Bad' is not just habit forming but dangerous. Walter White was killed, and Jesse Pinkman has had to rebuild a new and perhaps innocent life in Alaska. But, without taking crystal meth or contravening the law, fans of the hit TV show now at least have an excuse or another reason to 'go break bad.' And those who are not fans? Well, you have to start somewhere, especially if you have a curious nature. 'Breaking Bad' was more...

THE HORROR GENRE, MORE THAN ANY OTHER IN POPULAR CINEMA, IS CONCEPTUAL.' Howard Jackson takes a break from writing his own acclaimed horror fiction to examine and discuss forty horror films - some famous, some overlooked and the merely popular. The films included in the collection range from 1945 to the present day and include selections from around the world. Although good humoured the criticisms pick at various gloomy themes such as death, t...

Killing women is mad, even if he is family.' Spencer Calbeck returns to Choke Bay, the Yorkshire coastal village where his father killed two women and committed suicide. He arrives for the engagement party of Lauren to Ron. Lauren is a nurse, and Ron works at the Coast Guard Station. Lauren is the girl that Spencer loves. Choke Bay is an almost deserted village, dominated by empty cottages rented by tourists in the summer. Unable to decide his...

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO IS IN POWER. WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING. NONE OF IT WORKS' It is May 2018 and below the equator the summer is over. Argentina is in the middle of another economic crisis and the Government is being given budgetary warnings by the International Monetary Fund. Inflation is high and the value of the Argentinean peso is falling. One Englishman returns to South America after an absence of ten years.NO TALL HEELS TO TANGO rememb...

This book examines the role of Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and follow-up clinics in addressing the complex developmental, behavioral, social, and medical needs of at-risk infants through early intervention and medical subspecialties. It describes the necessary functional components of follow-up clinics and challenges in establishing and running multidisciplinary clinics in an area of difficult heath care financing. Chapters provide e...

In 1896 at Canudos, in the North East of Brazil, the new Republican Government slaughters thirty thousand people and wipes out the millenarian movement led by the priest Antonio Conselheiro.In 2008 Alfred a retired civil servant, decides to visit the site of the battle. Put his foot down on what is no more than a lonely spot on threadbare land. Alfred has no affinity with Brazil and no fondness for travelling outside his own country.Innocent M...

NO MONEY HONEY' is an entertaining and a provocative look at some of the personalities of 2012. Written by a left-wing Elvis fan, it serves as a quirky reminder of what happened in a year that was difficult but never dull. 'NO MONEY HONEY' includes a wide range of topics and mixes political indignation, high seriousness and rock and roll. 'Jackson brings together the two sides of one fascinating coin as he explores politics through the voice o...

THE BEST WE CAN DO IS WONDER AND ENJOY BEING PUZZLED'Books on Jack the Ripper can be hard work. Authors have felt obliged to pack information around a chronological account of the murders. Participants in the events appear and reappear leaving a reader confused. Often an unconvincing suspect is identified. Light Work is different and serious, but sometimes sardonic. The story or legend of Jack the Ripper is separated into self-contained topics...

Nightmares And Lying Rogues, is the third and final movie book by Red Rattle Books author Howard Jackson. It complements the previously published collections, 'Horror Pickers' and 'Mean And Dark'. Howard Jackson again provides independent thought and analysis on a wide-ranging selection of films that includes both the famous and obscure.In 'Nightmares And Lying Rogues' half of the reviews address horror movies. The other half are movies from t...