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Time travel is real through the pages of these true stories by Mary Combs Allen. In the heart of Kentucky, the chapters are filled with adventures with this rambunctious girl. Her photographic memory brings to life an era of survival after The Great Depression. Born in 1930 she tells of her childhood exploding with emotions, struggles, tragedies, all in vivid details, and colorful humor. What a challenging child she must have been to raise. She tested those around her including parent, family and neighbors. Apparently a fearless child except for the day she thought Jesus was returning. From losing her underwear at school to salvation day she fills our souls, hearts and minds with a wonderful simple Life Worth Living.

"The Invitation" is taken from Luke 18 verses 15 through 27 and Mark 10 verses 13 through 27. It explains the interaction between the rich, young ruler and Jesus as well as what that exchange means for every individual today. Aimed at children of 6-8 years, the beautiful illustrations will appeal to even younger children.

Intimate partner violence is now recognised as a serious human rights abuse and increasingly as an important public health problem with severe consequences for women’s physical, mental and sexual health. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of intimate partner violence is an essential aspect of good-quality social work practice. This is an accessible introduction to the complexities of social work practice with abused women, as well as men. Designed for those new to practice in this area, it outlines and explores some of the key issues from an international perspective, such as the role and responsibilities of a social worker, prevalence rates and research around causes and consequences. It includes chapters on working with women with additional vulnerabilities, working with perpetrators, impacts on physical and mental health, child protection issues, assessment and intervention strategies, and long-term approaches. Social Work and Intimate Partner Violence is an up-to-date book bringing together all the most important information in the area for social workers, and is essential reading for all students and newly qualified professionals.

Photographs by the Lander Photo Group. Just as photography is perhaps the most diverse of all art forms, our photographs are equally diverse. We use color and black-and-white film or digital formats, and experiment with a variety of alternative techniques. The photographs we produce are documentary, landscapes, portraits, architectural or abstract forms, or combinations of them all. This book represents our first formal attempt to present ourselves to you. Those who have chosen to submit photos for this book are Mary Allen, Brad Christiensen, Tony Henry, Ken Kidder, Juan Laden, Chris Robisch, David Schuster, and Sara Wiles. We hope you enjoy our effort.

A riveting memoir that explores the uncharted territory between passion and addiction, grief and madness, this world and the next. "A love story, a memoir, a haunting tale of grief and healing" —Chicago Tribune When Mary Allen falls in love with Jim Beaman, she doesn't know he has a drug problem, but she does sense demons and angels around him, like "a disturbance in the air, a sound just beyond the register of human hearing." And when Jim—discouraged and depressed, struggling with his addiction—kills himself a year into their relationship, Allen is unable to let him go. In her desperate attempts to recover from the loss, she uses a Ouija board and automatic writing to pull back from reality into the dark recesses of her mind, where she believes she can find him. The result is a mesmerizing trip across the boundaries between this world and the afterlife, a journey that leads her to the brink of insanity and ultimately back to herself.