Education, patient care, and research combine into the expression of what is known as a university center: a place of learning, a place of development, a place of patient care and cure, a place of compassion, a place of progress. Many centers reflect to the highest degree all of these qualities. Those of us within this volume wish to give testimony to the urological center developed, designed, and cared for by Dr. William Wallace Scott. This man, in our opinion, reflects all of the precedi...

This book uses a fictional but realistic story of a coastal community relocating in the face of climate risk to illustrate how to make climate conversations happen, what those conversations can look like, and how to move from discussion to action. The book targets those who may feel that climate risks are nearly impossible to discuss, let alone achieve.By addressing risks as stories, communities can be better prepared to discuss and face climate change directly and comprehensively....

Peter Shaffer’s three most renowned plays, plus a radio monologue performed by Dame Judi DenchSir Peter Shaffer was one of the most distinguished and successful British playwrights of his generation. He won the Tony Award for both Amadeus and Equus, and the film adaptation of Amadeus garnered eight Oscars. In 1997, he was awarded an OBE, and he was knighted in the 2001 New Year honours list. This collection contains his best-known plays a...

SUGAR AND SPICE…and carbon-fiber bones.The woman known only as "14" has been genetically modified and trained from birth to be a ruthless killing machine — no mercy, no questions asked, and no survivors.In St. Louis, her latest killing spree has left dozens of innocent victims dead, and the questions are stacking up as fast as the bodies: what is her next target? Why is she doing this? And, most importantly, who is the mastermind behind the carnage?Stone and ...

For over five thousand years, there have always been three binding rules for all Masters of Sinanju:Payment is always in gold. No checks.There is only one Master and one pupil.No woman will ever be trained in Sinanju.Sunny Joe Roam will throw the last two rules out the window in order to fulfill his tribe's oldest commitment. He will train both Stone Smith and his half-sister Freya Williams bith children of The Des...

Are Freya and Stone, the deadly assassins-in-training, ready to call it quits? When they find their pasts, will Sinanju lose its future?When Stone discovers his long-lost mother, he's thrilled. But if he thinks that family life is going to be simple, he's wrong…dead wrong.Half a world away, his sister is exploring her heritage. But suspicion falls on Freya when the mighty warriors of her homeland are murdered. Someone is going to make her pay—in blood!

CLOWN LIVES MATTER.Yours does not.Kwame Afoyalan is no ordinary man. He is HOMO MAGIS: a new, superior species. Haters, be warned: if you don't believe that "Homo Magis Lives Matter," you're a racist, you're a fascist — and you're next in line for execution!After fleeing from the dictator of Bughanum, his African homeland, Professor Kwame came to Barklee College. The school's gullible, radical students quickly fell in love with his philosophy of "Weak Power," where d...

Bill 'Sunny Joe' Roam, a former Hollywood stuntman, leaves his home on the Sinanju reservation in Arizona to pay his last respects to an old colleague, bringing Stone and Freya, his grandson and granddaughter, along with him. But the respectful remembrance is quickly upset by Roam's former fellow stuntman-turned-action star, Stevie Sturgeon.Decades have passed since Sturgeon and Roam worked together, but forgiveness doesn't come easily to the washed-up movie star, who is still seet...

LIVE. LOVE. KILL.Forget nukes! North Korea is about to get rocked as Chiun, Master of Sinanju, takes Stone and Dale to Pyongyang for a history lesson that they — and North Korea — will never forget!With Stone away, it's up to Ben and Freya to investigate the mysterious Gordons Initiative, only to face off with a sexy, indestructible android hellbent on destroying NASA!* * * * *ABOUT THE SERIES:This action-packed new series is based on the wildly popular ...

The Desteen Nation will stop at nothing to reclaim their land.For eight generations, the Desteen have vowed revenge against the Sinanju.For eight generations, their hatred has simmered.For eight generations, they have trained…and now, the time has finally come to fight!With Sunny Joe stuck in federal court, will Stone, Freya, and their new friend Ruby Gonzalez be quick enough to stop an armored regiment from destroying the reservation? Or will War Feather fu...

Marcus Eames is the world's most dangerous spy. Cold, calculating, and utterly ruthless, he is feared by nations the world over. Everyone who has tried to catch him has died…painfully. But now that his small homeland of Nauru has revoked his citizenship, he is a spy without a country — and his skills are up for sale to the highest bidder.When a terrorist cell wants to destroy the power grid of the United States, Marcus is more than willing to help, and sets in motion a plan that pl...

In Search of Liberty explores how African Americans, since the founding of the United States, have understood their struggles for freedom as part of the larger Atlantic world. The essays in this volume capture the pursuits of equality and justice by African Americans across the Atlantic World through the end of the nineteenth century, as their fights for emancipation and enfranchisement in the United States continued. This book illuminates stories of individual Black people strivi...