S Armstrong: 28 books

Mr. Armstrong, following an approved example, contributes five short stories to the amusement of the season. One is that of a man whose intense love for his daughter leads him to sacrifice everything to accumulating for her, and after living lavishly for a time returns to his accustomed employments at her marriage, and dies ...

The first session of psychotherapy is critical in determining the course of successful treatment because the possibility of engaging a patient is at its height during the initial contact. This book offers guidelines to enhance the clinician's ability to conduct an effective first session. The...

Christmas! What worldly care could ever lessen the joy of that eventful day? At your first waking in the morning, when you lie gazing in drowsy listlessness at the brass ornament on your bed-tester, when the ring of the milkman is like a dream, and the cries of the bread-man and newspaper-boy sound far...

Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Identifying Patterns and Trends examines current topics in victimology and explores the main issues surrounding them. Key topics include: intimate partner violence and dating violence, rape and sexual assault on the college campus, Internet victimization, elder...

If you love to read about real people and real situations, then you will enjoy Looking for Lucius. One of the strongest relationships within a family is between siblings. This is a story about a brother and a sister that will capture your imagination and leave you anxious for a sequel.

Ella Taylor is imprisoned for the murder of her husband leaving her two young daughters in the care of their paternal grandmother. Cassie, the eldest, rebels and ends up in a foster home but remains devoted to her mother. This devotion is the driving force behind the decisions Cassie makes while growing...

Charlotte Hamilton had always enjoyed being a wife and mother, with no real ambition to pursue a career until, one day, her life is turned upside down. When she is led to believe her husband, Adam, is cheating on her, she discovers things arent always as they seem and soon finds herself in a situation...

Avenging Portia tells the story of two sisters. Sam leads a traditional life with her husband and young daughter, while Portia marries into the affluent Barrington family, renowned in the business world internationally. She soon finds herself the victim of abuse at the hands of her husband, Philip....

Growing up in war-torn England, Livvy and her brother are separated from their parents and sent to live with strangers. At age nineteen, she immigrates to Canada, marries, and has a daughter, Natalie. After the failure of her marriage, she returns to England, but feeling a loss of independence, she...

Christmas classics short stories are a collection of renowned Christmas tales which are admired throughout the world. Start reading to unlock the Christmas magic.

Christmas! What worldly care could ever lessen the joy of that eventful day? At your first waking in the morning, when you lie gazing in drowsy listlessness at the brass ornament on your bed-tester, when the ring of the milkman is like a dream, and the cries of the bread-man and newspaper-boy sound far...

Stockade Books and The Institute of Public Affairs are proud to publish Climate Change: The Facts, featuring 22 essays on the science, politics and economics of the climate change debate. Climate Change: The Facts features the world’s leading experts and commentators on climate change. Highlights...

Between love and agony, there is a world of pleasure and pain, want and need. Authors S.L. Armstrong and K. Piet explore this world in many of its infinite variations with this collection of seventeen original short stories ranging from the contemporary to the paranormal to the fantastical. ...

2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international...