The Bedroom Assignment

Everyone thought she was a party girl Zoe Brown seemed the ultimate city girl. Her friends thought she was a "hot babe," keeping men—and jobs—on a short lease. Zoe didn't dare reveal that she wasn't a vamp—she was a virgin! But had she finally met Mr. Right? Zoe was stunned to find herself confessing her Big Secret to her new boss. Playboy millionaire Jay Christopher was a man used to seeing a problem, and fixing it! How on earth was he going to fix Zoe…?

Zoe’s new boss, Jay, was the definition of a haughty playboy. He banned office relationships simply to avoid trouble with female employees. She had never thought about him that way, so she never thought twice about his dismissive attitude toward her. He’d probably assumed she had no integrity, anyway, based on the rumors that abounded about her. There was no reason for Zoe to feel anything for Jay. Yet one day he discovers her secret, and she can’t help but fall for him…

The hero, Ike, goes through many criminals to make life better for all. This time around, he tackles organized thieves, smugglers, drug runners, bootleggers and even a nuclear bomb dealer amongst others. He came out tops fighting them with his gun and martial arts.

Homework is a central feature of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), given its educational emphasis. This new text is a comprehensive guide for administering assignments. The first part of the text offers essential introductory material, a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical support for the use of homework, models for practice, and systems for evaluating client compliance and therapist competence in administering assignments. Part two focuses on the role of homework in cognitive therapy, demonstrating successful methods of integration and discussing solutions to common barriers. Rather than offering one-size-fits-all, pre-designed tasks, this book illustrates application of a model with detailed case study and recommendations for adjusting administration methods for particular problems and specific client populations. Over the last nine chapters, homework administration is described within cognitive and behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression, chronic pain, delusions and hallucinations, obsessions and compulsions, marital and sexual problems, personality disorders, children and adolescents, group and family therapy, and older adults. Readers are provided with a full range of knowledge to successfully incorporate individualized homework assignments into their practice to maximize the proven long-term benefits of CBT.

Poverty is a pressing and persistent problem. While its extent varies across countries, its presence always represents the diminution of human capacity. Therefore, it seems natural to want to do something about it. Have countries made progress in mitigating poverty? How do we determine who is poor and who is not poor? What intuitions or theories guide the design of anti-poverty policy? Is overall labor market performance the key to keeping the poverty rate low? Or, does it matter how well-connected an individual is to those who know about the availability of jobs? Does being an immigrant increase the odds of being poor? Are there anti-poverty policies that work? For whom do they work? If I'm poor, will I have access to health care and housing? Am I more likely to be obese, polluted upon, incarcerated, un-banked, and without assets if I'm poor? Is poverty too hard a problem for economic analysis? These are some of the questions that a distinguished group of scholars have come together to confront in this Handbook. The Handbook is written in a highly-accessible style that encourages the reader to think critically about poverty. Theories are presented in a rigorous but not overly-technical way; concise and straightforward empirical analyses enlighten key policy issues. The volume has six parts: Poverty in the 21st Century; Labor Market Factors; Poverty Policy; Poverty Dynamics; Dimensions of Poverty; and Trends and Issues in Anti-Poverty Policy. A goal of the Handbook is to stimulate further research on poverty. To that end, several chapters challenge conventional thinking about poverty and in some cases present specific proposals for the reform of economic and social policy.

When they met, Raymond Jay Wright and Margie Moselle Brooks had at least one thing in common: humble beginnings. He was the son of an early twentieth-century Texas sharecropper. Her father owned a farm just outside of Midland. With the advent of World War II, they embarked on what would become a military career, he the brave but understated soldier and she the strong but demure Army wife. Together, they found the kind of success that many long for but few attain, one produced by the combined forces of faith, patriotism, and love for family. For Posteritys Sake is a simple, heartwarming, and inspirational story contextually rich in American history and reminiscent of A Land Remembered. For decades, society has unknowingly asked for this true account to be told. Upon these pages lies its answer.

Assignment: Romance Undercover newlyweds… LONG-LOST LOVE For private investigators Sam Cotter and Kelley Landis, going undercover at a honeymoon resort was bittersweet torture. Three years ago, they really had been engaged. But theirs had been the wedding that never happened. Now, posing as newlyweds was all too easy. But would their rediscovered passion be able to withstand the light of day? Only time would tell—and time was something that was quickly running out for Sam and Kelley…. Assignment: Romance. Watch out, women! Because when the Cotter brothers take on a case, it's hearts that are in danger….