When Percy LeBlanc, the lead singer and guitarist of up-and-coming New Orleans black metal band, Bethlehem, is brutally murdered after a disastrous performance on the last stretch of an even more disastrous tour, their unassuming wallflower of a bass player is arrested. Sammy Singerman is subsequently freed, with only circumstantial evidence to connect him to the crime, but he won' t let the unquiet dead rest. Taking on the role of both detective and avenging angel, Sammy goes hell-for-lea...

From Black-and-White Belief to a Faith Full of ColorGod is so much bigger than the box we often try to put him in.Spiritual platitudes, easy answers, and rigid expressions of belief often cannot bear the weight of life's real questions. For those whose faith has been shaped by black-and-white certainty or narrow church cultures, what can it look like to untangle your faith and experience Jesus more fully?In The Other Side of Certainty, Kris...

Online Course Design in Practice: Narrative Cases in Instructional Design offers a unique, first-person exploration of the instructional design profession in higher education. Drawing on over 15 years of experience, the author uses scenario-based storytelling to provide a realistic view of the challenges and opportunities instructional designers face. This textbook explores essential instructional design principles through real-world scenarios, demonstrating how theoretical framew...

An ancient, long-dead evil awakes and both of them won't survive it. Can you save her?When nightmares bleed into reality, survival depends on a devastating price.With recent vivid nightmares creeping through gaps in her reality, nineteen year old Jordan finds herself back in Montrose after a decade. Battling insomnia, university applications and, oh yeah, Ghouls, Bounty Hunters and legends past, Jordan must face some unforeseen and long dead beings that have made it their m...

Take design inspiration from 200 gardens of all different styles, climates, and sizes from around the worldGardens, Annotated is a stunning photographic compendium that puts a magnifying glass up to the design choices of the world’s best garden designers and landscape architects in a simplified, bite-sized way.With chapters on different principles of design, such as focal points, routes, and of course planting, there is a plethora of takeaways to a...

The book that finally solves Australia’s most infamous political crime.In 1891, the sacred symbol of the Victorian Parliament, its ceremonial mace, was stolen. A long, heavy club topped with a crown, it was popularly thought to be made of solid gold.The colony’s best detectives, a dour Scot named Tom Nixon and the famous Ned Kelly-hunter Mick Ward, were assigned to the case, but the mace was never recovered. No one was ever charged and a substantial reward ...

Having found a new sense of purpose, Sooho is determined to make his way back to his long-lost parents through any means necessary—including teaming up with another Monarch! Whatever his father’s thoughts may be, yesterday’s enemies prove to be today’s friend when a favor for Lacan’s Fang goes awry, leading to a sudden encounter against the minion of an Itarim! With his powers still incomplete, Sooho struggles against the powerful foe, but will the help of the battered young heir of the Fa...

This powerful anthology illuminates today's activist experience through the poetry and essays of our most vital and essential youth.Through compelling poetry, 18 young writers of color plant their resistance in the soil of our uncertain future. They tackle disparities across lines of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, ableism and fatphobia, immigration and the environment, and more. Their poems are accompanied by portraits of each poet (by cover artist Sobia...

From the race riots of 1919 to the Black Lives Matter movement, anxieties about Black uprising have influenced literary funding and prestige in the United States. Across many decades, grants and prizes have shaped the broader ecosystem of US literature, working in tandem to reroute Black militancy and define literary excellence as white. Even as the field diversified in the twenty-first century, prestige institutions raised barriers to entry and imposed new constraints on writers of color....

Every year. Every significant moment. Every groundbreaking collection. This is the sweeping story of the iconic House of Chanel, from its foundation to its future.When Coco Chanel founded her maison, she was starting a fashion revolution. From her innovative inventions in sportswear and jersey fashions for women, to the classics that made her name, such as the Chanel cardigan jacket, little black dress and exquisite perfumes, all the way through Karl Lager...

Discover more than 15 evidence-based treatments for trauma and PTSD, from medications to trauma-informed yoga.Globally, an estimated 70% of individuals will experience a potentially traumatic event during their lifetime and 6% will develop PTSD. Despite its widespread prevalence in our families, schools, workplaces, and military, people living with the effects of severe trauma often feel lost and alone in the challenges they face.The book begins by outlinin...

A hilarious parody of the Home Office's Life in the United Kingdom . . .In 2004, the Home Office first published Life in the United Kingdom - an official guide to our history, values, laws, traditions, government and daily life for those seeking British citizenship or indefinite leave to remain. But now, it's time for a little update . . .Life in the Great United Kingdom of Britain: A Guide for New and Old Residents attempts to ex...