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Updated for 2012: Forty years after throwing off the shackles of a patriarchy that required nothing less than marriage and babies from its female citizens, women continue to fall prey to the conventional wisdom that you "grow up, get married and have children." This is just the tip of the melting ice berg. While our planet struggles to maintain the over 6.5 billion humans already ravaging her splendor, women (and men) still encounter resistance by family and friends solely because they have decided not to breed another ravenous consumer. In "No Way Baby!" the decision not to have children is examined and defended so that the choice may be better understood. With ongoing narrative intertwined with insights from 40+ childfrees living on the front lines, Karen Foster makes the case that it is time to stop obligatory procreation and recognize that childfree adults make a valuable contribution to society that benefit everyone - even children.

The shocking true crime story of an Alaskan college student’s murder and her mother’s relentless crusade for the truth. When police told Karen Foster that her eighteen-year-old daughter, Bonnie Craig, had died in a hiking accident, she knew the pieces of the investigation just didn’t add up. Bonnie would have never ditched her classes at the University of Alaska to go hiking. And she didn’t drive—so how would she have reached McHugh Creek, miles outside of Anchorage, in the first place? Armed with little more than her own conviction, Karen set out to find the truth behind her daughter’s death. After a long series of false leads and dead ends, it seemed the case would forever go unsolved. Then, after twelve years of public campaigning, private despair, and increasingly tense dealings with the detectives working the case, Karen received an e-mail that would change everything: the system, at long last, had produced a match for the unknown DNA in the case—from a man in a jail all the way across the country. Here is the chilling tale of a mother’s unflagging fight to track down the monster who stole her daughter’s life—and the battle to ensure that he, and others like him, would no longer be able to evade justice. INCLUDES PHOTOS

From scoffer to believer in the blink of an eye. From one saying, "You've all been duped, there is no God," to down on my knees saying, "My Lord and my God." As a brand new Christian, the author took a class on Spiritual Gifts, and immediately knew she wanted all that God had to offer. So, she began praying daily for a gift. One night as she got into bed, a bright white light filled her room. And, out of that light boomed a voice that she knew instantly. It said, "Get up and write." So she got up, and sat at her desk with pen and paper ready. Then His words began, and she wrote as fast as she could, even using some words that she did not know. After hours of writing, it became clear that this was the gift she had been seeking. And with that revelation, the Light went out. These poems are God's gift to one who needed His touch. May they open your heart to the joy of His presence, and the assurance that if you seek God, and listen, you will hear His voice. Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 NKJ

A very imaginative boy named Wilber discovers Christmas magic in the forest behind his house that he calls Elwood Forest. There, Wilber meets Albee, a spider, and the two of them become friends and experience for themselves the Christmas magic in Elwood Forest. Just what happens that night the full moon falls on Christmas Eve?

PHILIP RUTLEDGE leads a simple, uncomplicated existence: He teaches English at a small-town university in Virginia, renovates his century-old house with help from his only friend, and tends to his epileptic Labrador retriever. The shooting death of his ten-year-old brother, TEDDY, a decade earlier, and his parents' insistence to move on as if Teddy had never existed, forced Philip to protect himself from grief in the only way he knew-by severing his physical and emotional ties with his family and most other people.When EMILY WARNER, the daughter of the shooter, tracks Philip down to help her uncover why her father-an otherwise peaceful man-committed this act of random violence, Philip is yanked back toward his past. As he and Emily unearth the events that led to the shooting, Philip discovers that nothing about the attack-or his family-is as it appears, and the devastating secrets that emerge threaten what little peace Phillip has found since the shooting.

Local merchants in a busy street market tell the story of THE WRIGHT BROTHERS' GLIDER. This book tells the factual biography of the Wright Brothers within a fictional storyline

The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star investigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections, The Actress first examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and the Hollywood actress. Combining theories of screen acting and of film stardom, The Actress presents a synthesis of methodologies and offers the student and scholar a new approach to these two subjects of study.

Turn your recreation in the snow into a spiritual high point! Activities that are exhilarating and fun are not usually thought of as spiritual. But to the contrary, such ventures may well point us to our most profound spiritual connections. For when we are able to come fully into the present moment, turn off the noise in our minds, feel our true essence as complete union of body-mind-spirit, we enter into a kind of other worldly state of ecstasy that we can experience only as a spiritual dimension.from Chapter 1 Debunking the myth that your body has nothing to do with your spiritual life, avid winter sports enthusiasts Dr. Marcia McFee and Rev. Karen Foster demonstrate how spirituality is fed by play and challenge and how your snow-filled adventures can serve as a set of metaphors for seeing lifes ups and downs as part of a sacred rhythm. Whether you have a need for speed or are drawn toward more lyrical motion, McFee and Foster offer poignant insights on how you can find your peak spiritual life in your favorite snow sport, no matter your skill level. Learn how to: Reduce stress and embrace your need for fun Achieve harmonious integration of mind, body, and spirit Trust your bodys inherent wisdom Appreciate the details in nature and everyday life Clear your head and persevere in difficult times Cultivate a sense of community

Offers a comprehensive, comparative, and integrative approach to the history of Western Asia and northeast Africa, Integrates the latest epigraphic research and archacological discoverics, Uses states and communities as the focal points of the narrative, Fully illustrated, with detailed cartography for each chapter, Written by an international team of leading scholars Book jacket.