Written With Honesty That Stings Seventeen-year-old Jessica leaves her troubled home life looking for security and camaraderie. She joins the United States Marine Corps, an elite military organization known to take care of their own. Determined to win acceptance with her new Marine Corps family, Jessica becomes a star performer who surmounts rigorous physical and tactical training. However, the chivalry of her male peers turns to ugly rivalry when Jessica unexpectedly outperforms them and excels through the ranks. Jessicas indoctrinated Marine mentality of do or die keeps her hardened. She is determined to make the Marines a career despite harassment, assault and dirty politics. However, Jessica finds herself at a crossroads when she becomes reacquainted with her high school friend Jade and realizes that being an outstanding Marine ultimately means betraying herself.

Written With Honesty That Stings Seventeen-year-old Jessica leaves her troubled home life looking for security and camaraderie. She joins the United States Marine Corps, an elite military organization known to take care of their own. Determined to win acceptance with her new Marine Corps family, Jessica becomes a star performer who surmounts rigorous physical and tactical training. However, the chivalry of her male peers turns to ugly rivalry when Jessica unexpectedly outperforms them and excels through the ranks. Jessicas indoctrinated Marine mentality of do or die keeps her hardened. She is determined to make the Marines a career despite harassment, assault and dirty politics. However, Jessica finds herself at a crossroads when she becomes reacquainted with her high school friend Jade and realizes that being an outstanding Marine ultimately means betraying herself.

I must tell myself its over! Change is in the atmosphere because I refuse, any longer, to allow pass hurts to sabotage my goals, my dreams, my purpose, and my ultimate destiny. Unforgiveness will no longer hinder my progress! Its time to renew my mind and recognize and refute the enemy and his lies he has been feeding me and allow Gods word to propel me into my purpose. Rehearsing past hurts is no longer the order of the day. I MUST MOVE ON!!! I will be what God has called me to be. Yes, I was Bruised but not Broken.

These stories of illnesses, often painful in the retelling, reveal much about the nature of the suffering experienced by patients and by the physicians who care for them.

Two aliens have wandered Earth for centuries. The Changeling has survived by adapting the forms of many different organisms. The Chameleon destroys anything or anyone that threatens it. Now, a sunken relic that holds the key to their origins calls to them to take them home—but the Chameleon has decided there's only room for one.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a single volume that tells you how to, say, learn the basics of calligraphy, develop an aerobic exercise routine, and increase your computer memory? How to Do Just about Anything gives you all these plus more than 1,200 clearly laid- out directions for everything from home repair and appliance maintenance to answers to etiquette questions. This browser's feast is more than a match for the Internet, with every page serving up something to capture your interest. (Look up Pilot lights and you'll probably find yourself reading about how easy is it to make Pimientos.) A sampling of the things you'll learn to do, organized here by type: Home, garden, and auto Make a simple cushion cover; build and maintain a pond; cut gasoline costs Food and drink Match pasta shapes to sauces; make your own butter; cure a hangover Health and fitness Measure your blood pressure; give CPR; learn Pilates Clothing and grooming Store clothes properly; tie a bow tie; banish dandruff Behavior and etiquette Impress a date; deflect bullying; escape a bore Family matters Draw up a family tree; organize a successful reunion; housetrain a pet Sports and games Make sense of rugby; win at Scrabble; work a cryptic crossword Arts and crafts Draw a face; learn embroidery basics; make silk flowers Nature Identify animal footprints; choose the right campsite; survive an avalanche Electronics and the Web Unfreeze an iPad; start a blog; sell goods on eBayEasy-to-understand instructions (often step-by-step) can turn even the most all-thumbs adult or youngster into an enthusiastic do-it- yourselfer. All told, How to Do Just About Anything is a practical-and highly enjoyable-book for the whole family.

This study analyses the exceptional narratives of five South Asian women writers who uncover hidden manifestations of male violence against women. Their vehement struggle for the attention on gender-based violence is transferred into literary representations that give the impression of an avalanche of feelings impatiently waiting to be transformed into words after a long-endured silence. In analysing the possibilities and consequences of disrupting the silence on male violence, this study discusses the costs and the chances of success of such a non-conformist endeavour.