The Open Invitation

The Open Invitation explores the relationship between prefigurative politics and activist video. Schiwy analyzes activist videos from the 2006 uprising in Oaxaca, the Zapatista’s Other Campaign, as well as collaborative and community video from the Yucatán. Schiwy argues that transnational activist videos and community videos in indigenous languages reveal collaborations and that their political impact cannot be grasped through the concept of the public sphere. Instead, she places these videos in dialogue with recent efforts to understand the political with communality, a mode of governance articulated in indigenous struggles for autonomy, and with cinematic politics of affect.

The challenge of her career! When cowboy Dan Granger hires etiquette diva Lilia London for a crash course in manners she has no idea what she's getting into His twang and his rough manners are foreign to the well–bred Lilia. Nevertheless she's determined to polish him. Her task would be much easier if Dan wasn't so mouthwatering. And when he offers to teach her his own theory of sexual etiquette–Uncivilisation 101–how can she resist? But is a sensual trip into hedonism enough to counteract a lifetime of proper behaviour?

Diane Becker is flipping through her mail after a long day when she comes across an envelope with a familiar return address. Although she is almost seventy, Diane is suddenly transported back to a time when she was newly single and in the middle of something that felt so right, but was unfortunately very wrong. As she opens the envelope and views an invitation to return to Honey Water, Missouri, for an anniversary party, Diane becomes lost in her memories of James Hoover, the man she loved completely for over fifteen yearsall while knowing he belonged to someone else. Now with a chance to revisit her past and achieve closure, peace, and maybe a little payback, Diane decides to take other women who also loved Jamie on a journey back to Honey Water, where it all began. As the ladies wind their way back three decades to the origin of their passionate escapades with the same man, Diane and the others reveal surprising details about their lives, loves, and transformations. But as Diane arrives in Honey Water, she has no idea James has already arranged his final act of love for her. Open Invitation is the compelling story of forbidden love as a woman journeys back into her past, with the help of others, to right a wrong and finally heal her broken heart.

Almost nine months since the first recorded case, the novel betacoronovirus; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has now passed 18 million confirmed cases. The multi-disciplinary work of researchers worldwide has provided a far deeper understanding of COVID-19 pathogenesis, clinical treatment and outcomes, lethality, disease-spread dynamics, period of infectivity, containment interventions, as well as providing a wealth of relevant epidemiological data. With 27 vaccines currently undergoing human trials, and countries worldwide continuing to battle case numbers, or prepare for resurgences, the need for efficient, high-quality pipelines for peer-reviewed research remains as crucial as ever.

A woman spars with a sexy coworker and proves she’s not as prudish as she seems, in a novel by an author who “serves up a sizzling dish of spicy romance” (RT Book Reviews). With his lean, hard body and sexy slouch, Kyle Fox is as handsome as the movie stars he covers on his television show, Theater Talk. After first mistaking the uptight Miss Amanda Butterworth for the network censor, Kyle is less than happy to learn she is actually being foisted on him as a new co-host. But their surprising chemistry raises more than the ratings, and Amanda counters his dirty tricks with anonymous steamy letters of invitation. All bets are off when Kyle begins to suspect his seemingly prudish co-host is behind the sexy letters he can’t get out of his mind—which leads to a tantalizing game of seduction both on and off air . . .

Enter The Sex Club, elegant, classy, sexy, every woman’s fantasy, every man’s desire... Stacy Parrish surrounds herself with virile young men; she adores their stamina and enjoys tutoring them in the erotic arts. And they help her forget the next birthday. The last thing she wants is a monogamous relationship. But when Judson McCord, owner of The Club, issues a sexual challenge, Stacy can’t resist taking him up on it. In a battle of wills, the stakes are upped each time they’re together, the passion and pleasure between them increasing tenfold. With desire and a passion she can’t resist, Jud determines to show her how truly beautiful, amazing and ageless she is. But can he provide the ultimate pleasure that will make Stacy exclusively his? Or will her quest for ever greater sexual thrills cost Stacy the love of the man standing right in front of her? “Invitation to Passion” is a super sexy contemporary romance of approximately 28,000 words. The book contains the following bonus material: Excerpts from “Somebody’s Lover,” “Take Your Pleasure,” and “Twisted by Love.” REVIEWS FOR JASMINE HAYNES NOVELS 2006 Holt Medallion winner! “An erotic, emotional adventure of discovery you don’t want to miss.” Lora Leigh, New York Times bestselling author “Super sexy...” Bella Andre, author of The Sullivans series “Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jasmine Haynes for another sizzling, breath-stealing book. Go out and pick up your own Open Invitation, you won’t be disappointed!” 2006 Reviewers Choice Award, Single Title Reviews “Here is an erotic book that has super hot couples, rousing sex scenes and is extremely stimulating from the first page to the last! Of course, that means that I loved it!” 2006 Reviewers’ Top Pick! Romance Reader at Heart Reviews “Ms. Haynes has written a sex tome full of every girl’s fantasies all wrapped up in her very pretty prose. I absolutely loved the invitations.” Coffee Time Romance

Counseling the Communicatively Disabled and Their Families: A Manual for Clinicians, Second Edition, written by George H. Shames, emphasizes the development of specific interviewing and counseling skills for speech-language pathologists and audiologists, which is a requirement of ASHA's clinical certification standards. The book offers a clear, basic definition of counseling, then builds a picture of the multidimensional role of counseling in speech-language pathology and audiology using anecdotal references to clinical cases. Among the changes in the Second Edition, Dr. Shames, a licensed speech-language pathologist as well as a licensed clinical psychologist, has expanded the theoretical overviews that ground the "learning by doing" skill development feature of this updated edition. Practicing clinicians and students in communication disorders programs, in addition to social workers and clinical psychologists, will find this book invaluable to their training as focused, helpful evaluators and counselors of the communicatively disabled. It will also apply to training in other contexts and circumstances wherein counseling is appropriate.

Enter The Sex Club, elegant, classy, sexy, every woman’s fantasy, every man’s desire... Virginia Hansen sees herself as a three-time loser in marriage, each time confusing the passion and lust of immediate attraction for lasting love, with disastrous results. For her fourth trip down the aisle, she demands stability and companionship, without passion or lust clouding her judgment. But Virginia will soon discover that trying to harness her deep-seated sexual needs is like trying to tell a raindrop not to fall. Buried inside, Virginia has overpowering desires and the need for a man’s seduction to turn her inside out. When she begins craving seduction from her new husband, her carefully constructed, stable world might very fall apart. Brett Branoff has finally found the right woman. Everything in his life is about his career, even down to his choice of wife, and Virginia has the same needs and goals as he does. He’s willing to bank his sexual desires and forgo the bedroom fireworks to accommodate the perfect, self-assured, even-tempered wife. But when Brett uncovers the hidden wanton beneath Virginia’s elegant business suits, everything he thought he wanted pales in comparison to his newfound desires. Brett soon discovers that perfunctory sex once a week isn’t enough to satisfy him, not when he knows that Virginia is capable of so much more. Now he plans on sending his wife an invitation to pleasure she simply can’t refuse. “Invitation to Pleasure” is a super sexy contemporary romance of approximately 32,000 words. The book contains the following bonus material: An introduction to the next book in the Open Invitation series, “Invitation to Passion.” Excerpts from “Wives and Neighbors, “She’s Gotta Be Mine”, Cottonmouth, Book 1, and “Double the Pleasure”, Prescott Twins, Book 1. REVIEWS FOR JASMINE HAYNES NOVELS 2006 Holt Medallion winner! “An erotic, emotional adventure of discovery you don’t want to miss.” Lora Leigh, New York Times bestselling author “Super sexy...” Bella Andre, author of The Sullivans series “Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jasmine Haynes for another sizzling, breath-stealing book. Go out and pick up your own Open Invitation, you won’t be disappointed!” 2006 Reviewers Choice Award, Single Title Reviews “Here is an erotic book that has super hot couples, rousing sex scenes and is extremely stimulating from the first page to the last! Of course, that means that I loved it!” 2006 Reviewers’ Top Pick! Romance Reader at Heart Reviews “Ms. Haynes has written a sex tome full of every girl’s fantasies all wrapped up in her very pretty prose. I absolutely loved the invitations.” Coffee Time Romance

You have been invited to access the passion that prompted the promises of a lifetime. Take an eye-opening visit behind the scenes to discover what makes this invitation so spectacular. Dig below the surface of religious traditions to mine the hidden treasure in the heart of God. - Begin to possess the keys to seeing all of your prayers answered. - Skyrocket to a new level of intimacy with God. - Experience deliverance from your fiercest strongholds. - Reverse backsliding to achieve the success you always dreamed of. - Release the power of God's love into your life and the lives of others. A Standing Invitation supplies clear answers to questions you haven't even known to ask-answers that are vital for your success and destiny. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: CATHY JACKSON is an exciting and popular international speaker whose focus has always been the power inherent in our relationship with God, the blood covenant being the most requested topic. Often speaking to leadership, she can speak into the hearts of all ages. She instills in others the desire for transformation and the pursuit of destiny, resulting in radically changed lives, very often accompanied by miracles. She is president and founder of Partners In Prayer, International in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.