Lori L : 70 books

Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth highlights the approaches, tools, and techniques that are most useful for evaluating educational and social service programs. This book walks the reader through a process of creating answerable evaluations questions, designing evaluation studies to answer...

“Treat yourself to the debut of mystery fiction's newest lesbian detective, Leona (Leo) Reese. Lake takes us on a twisted ride through sinister secrets and lies and gives us a story that promises to keep everyone up way past bedtime.” ~Ellen Hart, author of The Jane Lawless Mystery Series -------------------------- Leona...

"[A] consummate work of literary fiction...[the] novel entertains, enlightens, and affects the reader long after the last page is read. -- Midwest Book Review ***** Winner of the Ann Bannon Award and a "Goldie" from the Golden Crown Literary Society for Best Dramatic Novel. Mischka...

"Ricochet In Time is a compelling read from cover to cover as it showcases an impressive struggle to find a personal place in the world and an enduring justice for a friend." ~Midwest Book Review ***** Being hated is an ugly, but very real experience, even in the land of “Minnesota...

Mark Gerritsen was the type of man who defied expectations. Tall, dark and handsome-he was also one of the finest counterterrorism experts in the nation. The kind of guy whose presence made grown women feel foolish. Even a no-nonsense agent like Beth Benedict wished that she'd put on lipstick that...

"I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there." ~Audre Lorde, poet, feminist, and warrior activist for civil rights Through all but recent recorded history, queer people were omitted from historical records much as women and people of...

Have you been asked, "what nationality are you" or "what country are you from"?Have you been puzzled when forms tell you to "select only one ethnicity"?Have you been disturbed to hear that you’re the "face of a colorblind future"?If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, this book is for...

How Public Policy Impacts Racial Inequality, edited by Josh Grimm and Jaime Loke, brings together scholars of political science, sociology, and mass communication to provide an in-depth analysis of race in the United States through the lens of public policy. This vital collection outlines how issues...

This book explores the challenges of an academic teaching career. The authors discuss the issues that may arise in the tenure process, scholarship activities, publishing, and providing service to their academic communities as well as how to keep teaching lessons relevant and fresh.

ZEROING IN Months after his wife had been brutally murdered, FBI profiler Alec Blade was on the desperate hunt to bring her murderer to justice. But after setting up residence in a sleepy Florida town, Alec made a startling discovery: The killer had a new target. Now, promising artist...

Jacinda Harper just wants a vacation — a little time to spend with an old friend and her new baby. But a speeding car on a rain-slicked road crashes just ahead of her, and alters her life forever. The last wish from the dying woman in the wrecked car sends Jaci to a lonely mansion, where...

Zora Anderson is a 30-year-old African American middle class, college educated woman, trained as a chef, looking for a job. As fate would have it, Kate and Craig, a married couple, aspiring professionals with a young child are looking for a nanny. Zora seems perfect. She’s an enthusiastic...

The lone witness to her sister's brutal kidnapping,Jillian Sorenson was consumed with guilt-and in over herhead. Now it seemed the only way to be safely reunitedwith her sister was to join forces with ex-cop Rick Brady,the lead investigator on a similar cold case, with an oldscore to settle. But...

EXPECTING…ANSWERS And Lexie Dawson wasn’t talking. But somehow, some way, Jack Blade was going to get to the bottom of a confounding murder. The citizens of Cougar County deserved no less from their new police chief. And he’d get Lexie to talk, one way or another. Then the rumors...