This feisty and inspiring treatise blames the destructive cultural myth of female self-sacrifice for the desire for breast implants, the conservative insistence on family values, and the general cultural attitude that prevents women from supporting one another's accomplishments. Using everything from psychological analysis to clever fairy-tale parodies--called "fairer tales"--the author promotes an ideology for women that is neither bra-burning feminism nor passive conservatism, but rather a belief in self-development.

As an Air Force medic and Cultural Support Team member, Bree Marks saw the worst the War on Terror had to dish out. Now a physical therapist, she uses her experience to help other veterans heal from their physical wounds as she battles her own emotional damage. Jase, a former Army Ranger, retreated from life after his best friend's suicide. Blaming himself, he started an outdoor adventure company to help other veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - to honor of his best friend's memory and assuage his own guilt. Bree had better things to do than catch her cheating fiancé in bed with another woman. Jase is something better - for a night at least. When Bree flips the script and takes off the next morning, Jase is left floundering. For the first time in years, he felt a connection with another person. When he finds her again, he doesn't give her another chance to run.Two mistresses of Bree's ex-fiancé are murdered, another attacked; notes addressed to Bree, left by the killer. Jase's need to protect Bree clashes with her independent nature. As the bodies pile up, they must come to terms with their pasts and face their demons, before someone's obsession with Bree destroys any chance they have.

Stitched Up is the heartwarming and fashion-forward novel from author and journalist Joanne O'Connell, perfect for readers of Elle McNicoll and younger fans of Geek Girl. Cassie has a passion for fashion so when the opportunity to redesign her school uniform comes up Cassie is thrilled. The only problem? She’s stuck between eco-conscious Fern and label-loving Azra. As the competition heats up, Cassie joins The KnitWits – a local knitting group that immediately makes Cassie feel at home, especially once she sees that it’s secretly attended by the coolest girl at school. As Cassie’s skills grow, she has to learn to balance Azra’s obsession with trends with her own love of sustainable fashion. But will the pressure cause the ultimate bestie break-up?

Dr Shahed Yousaf spends his time running between emergencies - from overdoses to assaults, from cell fires to suicides - with one hand perpetually hovering over the panic button. Being a prison doctor is not for the faint-hearted. An outsider on the inside, in Stitched Up he introduces us to a cast of unforgettable characters, including killers, con men and auto-cannibals. To Dr Yousaf, they are patients first and prisoners second - because any one of us could end up on the wrong side of the law. Dedicated to caring for people on the margins of society, he tells us honestly and compassionately what it's like to be their doctor in a system that's chronically overcrowded, drastically under-resourced and all too easy to ignore. But while the system is failing, he and his colleagues are doing their very best to prop it up. In stories that are frequently harrowing, sometimes humorous and always hard-hitting, we discover how difficult it is to be locked up - but that there is still hope for all those who dare to care.

*Warning* This story contains graphic materials that some may not find suitable. Read at your own risk. This is book #3 of the Rumple series. Mr Rumple is back but this time things are not going well for him. He is stuck in a pendant prison and Allisha holds him hostage. His beloved Beauty seems to have forgotten him. Times have changed and people are no longer interested in making deals. It would appear the world has forgotten him. This is all leading to the final and ultimate showdown. Who will win?

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In the tradition of Henry Marsh’s Do No Harm, Reinhard Friedl's The Source of All Things is a heart surgeon’s personal investigation of the human heart, moving from his riveting clinical experiences to a more poetic understanding of its workings. The heart is our most important organ. Yet despite that it has not changed since the appearance of Homo sapiens 300,000 years ago, it is also our most mysterious. In most human cultures, it is seen as the source of love, sympathy, joy, courage, strength and wisdom. What if the heart could answer questions neurosciences can’t begin to? Having witnessed the extraordinary complexity and unpredictability of human hearts in the operating theatre—each one individual, like a fingerprint—heart surgeon Reinhard Friedl looked again at this “primitive pump” to reconcile it with his experiences from thousands of heart operations. In this book, he presents findings from various scientific disciplines, such as secret connections of the heart and brain and their influence on emotions and consciousness. He reveals the miracle that is the heart that we speak about so often yet is strangely foreign to many human beings. Full of compelling patient stories, The Source of All Things ends with a plea: that we recognize the heart’s wisdom and adopt a more heart-centered way of living, leading to greater health and more joy.