Books by Julie

"After decades of bouncing between hope and despair, Evangelical, Baptist-raised Julie Rodgers found herself making a powerful public statement that her former self would have never said: ""I support same-sex marriage in the church."" When Rodgers came out to her family as a junior in high school, she still believed that God would sanctify her and eventually make her straight. Wanting so intensely to be good, she spent her adolescent and early adult years with an ex-gay ministry, praying for liberation from her homosexuality. In Outlove Rodgers details her deeply personal journey from a life of self-denial in the name of faith to her role in leading the take-down of Exodus International, the largest ex-gay organization in the world, to her marriage to a woman at the Washington National Cathedral. Through one woman's intimate story, we see the larger story of why many have left conservative religious structures in order to claim their truest identity. Outlove is about love and losses, political and religious power-plays, and the cost to those who sought to stay in a faith community that wouldn't accept them. Shedding light on the debate between Evangelical Christians and the LGBTQ community--a battle that continues to rage on in the national news and in courtrooms across the country--this book ultimately casts a hopeful vision for how the church can heal."--Provided by publisher.

Kaira is a fun-loving, energetic and happy-going adolescent whose life turns traumatic after the gang rape. There are some things she just doesn't know and other things she just can't say, which is not a failure of memory but of language. Roohi is a journalist who is determined to put an end to the atrocities committed on women.Reyan is a famous author who is interviewed by Roohi. Impressed by her journalistic zeal, he uses her as the protagonist of his next novel.What is common between these two women? Did their paths meet before? The past is still written on the body carried every single day. It is a very heavy burden.Will they join together and bring justice to the many women whose voices have gone unheard because of social status and the partial judicial system?

For each of us there is an association between relationships and self-care. We are all wired to interact and connect with others, yet we are not formally educated about how to care for ourselves throughout that process. Dr. Nelson can help you:Be intentional about practicing self-care both in and out of relationshipsExplore your values to guide your relationship choicesChoose safe supportive relationships that feel good to youPreserve your energy and resources by avoiding damaging relationshipsUse effective communication skills to create the kind of interactions that you wantLearn to manage grief when relationships changeIn Self-Care in Relationships, Dr. Nelson guides you through the basic skills required to connect with others in healthy ways. This easy, sensible approach comes from a compassionate and personal place as Dr. Nelson shares the genuine experiences of real people.

The Year Book of Hand and Upper Limb Surgery brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in hand surgery, carefully selected from a variety of journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed!

In Revisiting the Silk Road, experienced author and traveler Julie Hill takes us on a spellbinding journey into the heart of a little known but volatile region, stretching from Western China to the shores of the oil-rich Caspian Sea and beyond to the Black Sea. Hers is not only a series of journeys overland or a march through ancient history, but an informed and contemporary view of life in both the liveliest cities and the farthest-flung outposts of what once was the world's stoutest and longest economic artery. Julie Hill's journey focuses on bazaars as a recurrent motif-bazaars being the economic, social, and cultural centers of the Silk Road-and radiates from these bazaars to the life around them. Because she speaks their language-literally and culturally-Julie is often welcomed by her hosts not as a customer or a trader but as a confessor and a friend, and she vindicates their trust by bringing their stories to life. In Iran, the author hears the predicament of women crying for freedom, frustrated by the deteriorating economy and the conservatives' stranglehold on power. While inescapably exotic in its subjects and imagery, the book is also a penetrating report on the effects of the recent geopolitical upheavals that have coursed through the region-seen not from the distance of spy satellites or high government places but on the ground, often literally on the street or in the homes of ordinary folk. The realities of today's Silk Road are far more complex than often understood, and this book provides an absorbing and authoritative guide to any reader in search of both a magical adventure and a hard-nosed investigation into one of the world's most important and dynamic regions.