"Intense, compelling, and relentless . . . will keep you turning the pages until the very last one." -Mike McGrale, screenwriter, The Following, CSI: Miami"Strap in for Failure Point's chilling ride of mounting suspense that leaves you gasping at the ride's end." -Parris Afton Bonds, New York Times bestselling authorIs it possible to really know your spouse?Nick Faulkner is about to find o...

Mexican drug cartels can reach out and touch lives all over the world, including Mid-West America. Special Agent Billie Franks and Detective Nestor Casita are members of a federal drug task force who are assigned to help a family of Mexican immigrants find a relative who disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Their investigation takes them deep into the heart of Northern Mexico and the Sinaloa drug cartel, as it bends the lines between good guy and bad guy; and between hero an...

The lie detector (polygraph) has been scientifically proven to be faulty. It can not discern whether a human being is lying or being truthful, and yet it is used daily to enforce laws, prosecute citizens, dismiss people from jobs and keep others from acquiring the career they are fully qualified for. Two million people a year in the U.S. are forced to take a polygraph despite the fact that telling the truth does not help the person pass the "exam". In order to protect people from the horro...

A provocative new thriller that explores the limits -- and the extremes -- of patriotism. Tom Fargo thought he had it beat. The anxiety, the guilt, the uncertainty that had gripped him since 9/11, when his estranged father died in the attack on the Pentagon – they’d all vanished. A former antiwar protester, Tom has become the “new face of American patriotism” and has risen to the top job in the office of U.S. Senator and likely presidential nominee Penn Mallory. Then a Saudi plane falls ou...

This book will teach you how to use a blog to bring target website traffic to your site and how to naturally reach top rankings for your most important keyword phrases. Creating your own business blog is a powerful way to build your brand as the industry expert in your market. Blogs, if used correctly, are the most powerful SEO tool available. You will learn the technique of SEO blogging. Blogs are the natural way to add keyword rich content to your website on a regular basis. This is a gr...

The story of two pioneering Black NFL football players that changed the face of America’s game for generations to come.There is no position in pro sports more important than an NFL quarterback. But quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years, and when Doug Williams and Vince Evans arrived in the league in the late 1970s, they got death threats, faced racist questions, and knew that a single mistake could end their careers. The Great ...

Make your own wine, beer, ale, cider or cordials at home Information on ingredients, techniques and the all-essential brewing kit Over 90 recipes suitable for any ability Ever wondered how to make your own beer, cider or fruit wine? Home Brew provides the recipes, techniques and essential information to get you started as well as the low-down on the kit needed. Handy tips and guidance will ensure that before long you are enjoying your own brew. Brewing 'your own' is the perfect way to make...

Practical solutions and online training tools to counter the isolation felt by K-12 students in a resource-challenged education systemIn Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging, a team of distinguished educators from Teach Like a Champion and Uncommon Schools deliver practical guidance and concrete advice for teachers, administrators, and community members who seek to dramatically improve the lives of children and young peopl...

In Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging, a team of distinguished educators from Teach Like a Champion and Uncommon Schools deliver practical guidance and concrete advice for teachers, administrators, and community members who seek to dramatically improve the lives of children and young people by fostering a sense of belonging in schools. In the book, you'll find hands-on solutions to build or rebuild students' sense of shared work and community in...

From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together essays written by prominent social theorists who have been asked to reflect on the relationship between movements and processes of social, political and cultural change.Three broad types of movement-change nexus are distinguished and discussed: incorporation, transformation, and democratization. The cha...

Praised as an “unforgettable love story” by Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, this is the real-life, unlikely romance between a resistance fighter and prisoner of war set in World War II Europe.In this true love story that defies all odds, Josefine Lobnik, a Yugoslav partisan heroine, and Bruce Murray, a New Zealand soldier, discover love in the midst of a brutal war.In the heart of Nazi-occup...

'One of the greatest mountaineering survival stories never told.' – The Sunday TimesSome mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both.On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed ...