domestic relations

"Police brutality and misconduct have been under the microscope for the last several years, Loretta Prater confronts the far-reaching consequences of police brutality through the personal case of her son"--OCLC.

George Duncan, an American man who owns a small print shop in London, is startled one evening when a great white crane lands in his backyard garden with an arrow through its wing. He removes it, and the crane flies off. George, a lonely man, is shaken by the event, until the next day when a startlingly gorgeous woman named Kumiko walks into his store wanting help with her artwork--and she is holding delicate feathers.

Having returned to Pennsylvania after his all-out war with the Evil Kin lord in Mexico, Jax Aubrey, his guardian Riley, and his liege lady, Evangeline, discover that Jax may have a long lost uncle named Finn Ambrose. However, Finn may have been using Jax to help the Dulacs kidnap Jax' best friend, Billy. Luring Jax to New York, Finn leads him on a chase through a series of magic mazes beneath Manhattan, which contain secrets about Jax, Riley, and Evangeline's pasts.

Exhibits a night of warfare between a professor and his wife, daughter of the college president, as witnessed by a young couple newly arrived on campus.

Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.

A five-volume set that discusses the different family issues that modern societies in Canada and the United States have to face; each entry includes information about why it is relevant to family life.

Discusses the law of marriage and family in textbook form. Each chapter is followed by a workbook section.

When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.

Legal recourse often seems like a last resort, especially when navigating the delicate business of family and domestic issues. However, by understanding the basics of family law, individuals may be able to prevent domestic issues from escalating, more easily manage those that do, and even find ways to facilitate major life milestones, such as marriage and childbirth. This essential volume simplifies the daunting language of family law so that even readers with no experience with the legal system can understand their options when making decisions about cohabitation, divorce, adoption, domestic abuse and violence, and a host of other situations.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Michael Beard coasts through his professional life as his fifth marriage disintegrates, but gets an unexpected chance at redemption when he is called on to save humanity from environmental disaster.