Poetry. These poems were influenced by the author's grandchildren, adolescence, mortality, marriage, sexuality, travel, and her keen observations of strangers. Present too are connections to nature and the natural world. "Like the sturdy root that lends the book its title," Mangan writes, "the poems in TAPROOT honor the anchoring and nurturing elements in a life." According to poet Elizabeth Spires, "Mangan masterfully writes about the 'big' and the 'small' moments that constitute a life with grace, force, courage, and humor. Whether her subject is a child's bad dream or a mother's death, an old love or an enduring marriage, Mangan acknowledges both the darkness and light, the joy and the sorrow inherent in human experience. In these poems, Mangan is grateful witness to her own life and the lives of those around her. This is a memorable, finely wrought collection where HOPE underscores all."

"This is an essential primer of Ericksonian hypnotherapy and strategic psychotherapy. [...] O'Hanlon provides threads that crystallize practical patterns useful to clinicians at all levels of expertise." -- Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., Director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation

The searing conclusion of the thrilling epic fantasy trilogy that saw a young girl trained by an arcane order of nuns grow into the fiercest of warriors... They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere, the emperor’s armies are in retreat. Nona Grey faces the final challenges that must be overcome if she is to become a full sister in the order of her choice. But it seems unlikely that she and her friends will have time to earn a nun’s habit before war is on their doorstep. Even a warrior like Nona cannot hope to turn the tide of war. The shiphearts offer strength that she might use to protect those she loves, but it’s a power that corrupts. A final battle is coming in which she will be torn between friends, unable to save them all. A battle in which her own demons will try to unmake her. A battle in which hearts will be broken, lovers lost, thrones burned.