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Too many people take their lives-or commit violence toward others-because they don't know how to cope with intense feelings. When people aren't encouraged to talk about what's going on inside, their emotions can become overwhelming. Some of them lash out at others, and some of them sink into despair, believing that suicide is the only option.

When someone is bullied, whether it's a kid in school or a white-collar worker in a major corporation, the first impulse is to keep the incident to themselves, and hope it doesn't happen again. But bullies are persistent, and as the problem...

This text provides technical data and guidance on defining a robust and appropriate design fire for use in the fire safety engineering design of a building. It explains:

• what a design fire is
• how it can be determined
• the limitations of current methodologies
• experimental data and calculation methods.

Current approaches to defining an appropriate design fire, ranging from the quantification of fuel load based on surveys of real buildings to experimental measurements, are described in detail.
Aimed at professionals involved in the...

Dysfunctional family dynamics can ruin a person's life, health, career, and self-esteem. Making positive life changes and rebuilding self-esteem can only be accomplished by clearly seeing the family's negative patterns, and learning how to move beyond them.

Stand Your Ground reveals how deeply dysfunctional family dynamics can affect us, offers advice on the best ways to deal with difficult relatives and family bullies, and teaches readers a simple four-step plan for recovering from the trauma of growing up in a dysfunctional family and rebuilding self-esteem.

Sixteen-year-old Eli Parker is in trouble with the law-again. Raised by a single mother and plagued by a tragic past, all hope seems to be lost. With his crimes getting progressively worse, it is now up to Judge Mosaron to turn Eli's life around. He sentences Eli to New Beginnings Camp for Troubled Youth for the remainder of the summer. Located just beyond Ikenick Creek-near the McKenzie River-this camp will change Eli in ways he never expects.

Through a series of team-building activities and near-death mishaps, Eli learns about trust, forgiveness, and God's grace. He also discovers...

A warm and intimate account of a complex, contradictory man seen through the eyes of a long-standing friend and confidante.

Recognized until his death in 1956 as the outstanding literary critic of his generation, H. L. Mencken also excelled as a journalist, editor, and author. Characterized as the enfant terrible of American letters, he was famous for his vitriolic attacks on the hypocrisy and bigotry he saw in much of American life. Yet Mencken was surrounded by a circle of devoted friends and was known to be a gentle, loving, and compassionate husband.

Because of her lifelong...