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Leisha Joseph enjoyed a happy childhood as the treasured only daughter of an upper-middle-class family with three brothers and doting parents. When she was eight years old, all this changed abruptly with the death of her father. The strain on her mother manifested itself in wild behavior: After trying to burn the house down and chasing Leisha with a butcher knife, she was taken to the state mental hospital. Following the death of her beloved grandparents, Leisha was left to the care of her mother, who was frequently in and out of mental hospitals, and brought home a string of boyfriends, some...

Do you remember the boy called Soccer Roy?
Who loved the beautiful game?
Well one year on, he's a little bigger,
But his passion is still the same

Day and night he thinks of soccer,
And playing is his dream,
So after all that practicing,
He wanted to join a real team.

About this book. This is the sequel to the acclaimed children's book "Soccer Roy: First Touch."

Gary and Erin Curneen wrote both titles to forever honor their son Roy, who lived a brief life, and to give back to the hospital that gave them three weeks with...

Please let me introduce you, To a joyful baby boy, With big blue eyes and a welcoming smile, He goes by the name of Roy.

Roy had tried many toys, Ever since he learned to crawl, But his playtime changed forever, When he saw a soccer ball.

About this book. Gary and Erin Curneen wrote this children's book to forever honor their son Roy, who lived a brief life, and to give back to the hospital that gave them three weeks with their baby boy. Erin gave birth to Roy on December 3, 2014, and he was immediately taken into the care of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, due to a...

Ayden Livingstone is eleven years old. He likes playing soccer and hanging out at the library with his best friend, Sage. He dreams of one day meeting his father. But whenever Ayden has asked his mother about this mysterious man, she's always put him off. He's tried to press her, but she tells him, "What you don't know can't hurt you." When Ayden's mother suddenly goes missing, it's up to him to figure out what has happened to her. There's a dark secret she's been keeping from Ayden all his life--and he suspects a connection. Could it be that his mother is far more than she seems?

In this remarkable collaboration, one of the nation's leading civil rights lawyers joins forces with one of the world's foremost cultural psychologists to put American constitutional law into an American cultural context. By close readings of key Supreme Court opinions, they show how storytelling tactics and deeply rooted mythic structures shape the Court's decisions about race, family law, and the death penalty.

Minding the Law explores crucial psychological processes involved in the work of lawyers and judges: deciding whether particular cases fit within a legal rule...

A comprehensive guide to the world of mergers and acquisitions

Why do so many M&A transactions fail? And what drives the success of those deals that are consummated? Robert Bruner explains that M&A can be understood as a response by managers to forces of turbulence in their environment. Despite the material failure rates of mergers and acquisitions, those pulling the trigger on key strategic decisions can make them work if they spend great care and rigor in the development of their M&A deals. By addressing the key factors of M&A success and failure, Applied Mergers and...