The eclectic Orange County band No Doubt was formed in 1986 by Eric Stefani and John Spence who soon recruited Eric’s younger sister Gwen as co-vocalist. With the addition of Tony Kanal on Bass, they launched a 20 year career that would fuse ska, grunge, alt. rock and shades of several other musical genres into a unique mix. The 1987 suicide of John Spence resulted in the battlefield promotion of Gwen to lead vocalist, a shift that would prove a launch pad for her future solo career and media celebrity status. Through it all No Doubt went from strength to strength and in 1995, following the departure of Eric Stefani, finally found mainstream success when their third album, Tragic Kingdom, enjoyed over 15 million sales worldwide. Since then this ska-loving band from Southern California has flourished. Despite a frequently changing line-up and the potential distraction of Sven’s parallel solo career, No Doubt have stayed true to their mission to be musical and visual innovators.

Poetry. LGBTQIA Studies. "Wray's poems are wry luxury items of intelligence, sheathed in the latent double of speech, where a word like family might mean, in the queer parlance, refuge, but also, refutation. This is an interrogative, primal, mythic collection, a poetry of privacy and disclosure, of contradiction, a disabused landscape under 'razor-wire stars.'"--Randall Mann "NO DOUBT I WILL RETURN A DIFFERENT MAN explores how complicated relationships between fathers and sons cast long shadows over the future self. In Wray's poems, eros shades at times uncomfortably into social violence and self-abnegation, making this book both love song and elegy to masculinity and its performances, to queerness, and to self-invention. Wray's sharp-eared lyrics move between the darkly campy and the sublime, proving that paternal elegies themselves are 'queer things' whose shifting modes allow him to investigate the limits of fatherhood itself."--Paisley Rekdal "Situated in the long posterity of one of the most infamously shattered queer lives, this tense excavation of Alan Turing, this careful and sumptuous overlay of men's secrecies and assignations seventy years apart, is fascinating. NO DOUBT I WILL RETURN A DIFFERENT MAN delves for origins, stirs encryption with erotics, and makes 'caught looking' palpable in its thrill and thrall."--Brian Blanchfield

Sam and Grace never dreamed that the happy news of their engagement would stir up such outright interference—from a pompous aunt, an overeager sister, and a mysterious stranger! On top of that, one of them has a secret that won’t stay buried, and it’s causing second thoughts in the other. With all of this opposition swirling around them, the two forge their own path of discovery while parents, the officiating minister, and a day visitor who’s in town for a football game each impart needed counsel. If you enjoyed Joan Ryan’s mountainous misadventures in Tennessee (A Stranger’s Promise), don’t miss this sequel, which introduces Joan’s kids and their friends back home in Georgia. And there’s a special perk here for Jane Austen fans...some in this new cast of characters can’t seem to stop quoting Pride and Prejudice!

Filled with stunning full-color photos, this eye-popping book takes you game by game through the Trojans incredible 2004 season. Relive USC's dominant season from the season opener against Virginia Tech, close calls against conference rivals Stanford, Cal, and UCLA, and a blowout victory against longtime rival Notre Dame. Game wraps, stats and of course, the 2005 Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma for the National Championship are all here. Also included are profiles of USC's biggest stars, like Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Matt Leinart, running back Reggie Bush, and coach Pete Carroll . Follow the Trojans from the hot summer practices through the hot Orange Bowl celebration with a keepsake that will allow you to relive this special season for years to come.

A practical and engaging primer for living up to your potential from a leader in the world of sports.

Women are more than their body and more than looking after their home and family. Women are a heart full of life, dreams, feelings and practice. They are true warriors because they face various hard situations in their lives, some even against their own worth, and despite all that, they are strong. Some warriors may not know they are strong, but they were born with that power in them. Women were not born to accept being treated abusively. This e-book is for you strong and valuable woman, know that you are not alone in this journey of life, because we have things in common. We are people fully capable of changing our lives and influencing others. The first step towards great achievements is to conquer yourself. In this e-book you will find texts about self-worth, self-esteem, self-awareness, abusive relationships, family relationships and health.