This book explores the fascinating evolution of close-season foreign tours conducted by Football League clubs between 1900 and 1939, a period when these tours became a cornerstone of the British footballing calendar transforming the nature and role of the close season.During the close season, clubs ventured beyond British fields to play abroad, serving as footballing missionaries spreading the game, tourists engaging with foreign football cultures, and participants in cross-cultura...

Have you ever felt left behind? Like you've made too many mistakes, waited too long, or missed your window? You haven't missed it. You're standing at it. You don't rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your standards. Step Zero is where your turning point begins. This book is not built on theory. It's built on experience—earned over decades of leading, learning, failing, adjusting, and executing. In environments where performance matters, accountability is visible, and ...

"Imagine you live in a city—not a sleepy city, but not a vibrant city either—a city of subdued excitement. What if one day something was different? Not-so-subdued? And suddenly, the fears, so easily brushed aside in the light of day, find you there in the sunshine and drag you into the night? What if even the moon no longer follows the rules? Well, wouldn't you like to know? What if?" —Rena PriestStories by all local Bellingham authors with a mix of science fiction, fantasy, horror...

Manny's dad is dying. Sunny's dad is... complicated. Elsie just wants to find true love, but what will it cost? Three worlds collide in Taos, New Mexico. Backpackers, hippies, and cowboys converge in the shadows of the Tiwa Nation's ancient pueblo. Their story unfolds beneath the data-driven eyes of an AI led church and the lingering question: what is worth worshipping?"Artificial Messiah" is a spiritual-psycho-philosophical punk rock novel, wrapping honey-soaked bandages around ou...

A seasonal psychological thriller set during a wrap party of a fictional detective TV series in London. Perfect for fans of Alex Pine and Chris Frost.This Christmas, someone won't make the final cutA blackmail plot at the end-of-season wrap party for middling detective series Bankwood turns fatal - because another member of the cast has a plan of their own.The setting: a spectacular underground Masonic Hall beneath the City of London, with ...

A visual showcase of hundreds of Transformers toys and action figures in and out of packaging, rarely seen variants, international releases, and licensed merchandise. For many years, the Transformers have been a staple of pop culture. As new and old collectors seek to enhance their knowledge of this toy line, this book provides a wide view of the Transformers action figures from their earliest incarnations, their journey through the 1980s, and culminating with the Beast Wars in the 1990s. ...

Ends exist so something new can startAdeline Coburn returned home to Kentucky, but it’s not the home or the coven she left behind. Her family is splintered, her coven’s numbers are dwindling, and she may be the only hope either has for the future. Months of desperately searching for answers yielded nothing, and she begins to believe she’ll be the last witch of her kind.When a brazen abduction strikes the supernatural community, Adeline’s fragile grasp on he...

‘Careers and Freedom offers us an original and exciting perspective on careers and career guidance, which should be integrated into the theoretical canon of the field.'Professor Tristram HooleyThis is a book about career theory; it addresses concepts to describe people’s careers. Significantly, it enhances career development practice to support individuals to make informed choices and further their lives. It is inspired by the Capability Approach, a moral framework...

From USA Today bestselling author Sally J. Smith comes a haunted Halloween homicide!One bogus ticket fiasco. One scammer taking a deep dive in the bobbing for apples tub. One very exasperated travel agent who knew she was getting too old for rock concerts.It's the spookiest time of year at Aloha Lagoon, and travel agent turned reluctant sleuth Gabby LeClair is up to her pixie cut in trouble!Global pop superstar Echo Celeste has des...

Shelterbelts are those long rows of trees one sees on North America’s prairies and plains. Farmstead shelterbelts are those that encompass farmers’ residences and workyards. This book focuses on Manitoba farmstead shelterbelts and the people who live with them. Today’s farmstead shelterbelts are the result of large-scale governmental policies and agencies as well as local vernacular expressions. Taken together, their presence, absence, and/or character indicate larger social, economic and ...

The wilder-than-fiction true story behind the sensational bank heist immortalized in the 1975 film Dog Day AfternoonOn the hottest day of 1972, John Wojtowicz and a teenage accomplice strode into a Brooklyn bank, guns drawn, and demanded the contents of the vault. The cops showed up before the two could escape. Over the next 14-hours, an unexpected drama played out in real time. Wojtowicz took the lead, making demands of the cops and unashamedly declaring ...

Mills & Boon Love Inspired Suspense — Courage. Danger. Faith.Defending The Innocent Target - Carol J. PostDanger in the shadows. A K-9 keeping guard.When Isaac Cooper and his K-9 partner investigate suspicious activity at the house next door, they discover Brandi Feldman, the frightened new owner who has been attacked. The home she inherited hides dark secrets, and there are traps around every corner. As threats ag...