This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. The author shows that although the conceptual difference between 'elegance' and the minimalist search for 'perfection' may appear to be subtle, its consequences are in fact wide ranging and radical. These considerations lead to a markedly different and novel theory of syntax where most of the major features of minimalism, such as derivation, economy, merge, move, phrases an...

What if you learned that to lead well, you’d need to live like a drug addict?During treatment for drug addiction, Michael Brody-Waite learned three principles that became the difference between life and death:Practice rigorous authenticitySurrender the outcomeDo uncomfortable workLeaving rehab, Michael entered the workplace where he was shocked to see most business leaders doing what he had been taught would kill him...

Roads have been around for centuries, allowing mankind a convenient path to arrive at their destination—be it a lengthy vacation getaway with family or merely to their own inviting home after an exhausting day at work. These roadway treks can bring with them a lifetime of memories.But not all memories are good. And some things are best left forgotten.Join our storytellers as they share the morbid, woeful, and disturbing outcomes of an otherwise normal commute, as we watch e...

What if you learned that to lead well, you’d need to live like a drug addict?During treatment for drug addiction, Michael Brody-Waite learned three principles that became the difference between life and death:Practice rigorous authenticitySurrender the outcomeDo uncomfortable workLeaving rehab, Michael entered the workplace where he was shocked to see most business leaders doing what he had been taught would kill him...

Across the world public archaeology, the way in which it is understood as well as the way it is practised or delivered, has many facets. In some countries it is not only unknown, but is actively discouraged; in many other places it has been embraced fully and is considered normal practice, whether this appears in the form of so-called "community archaeology", active school and college programmes, (re)thinking the strategies of museums, or as simply encouraging on-site visits and demonstrat...

An exciting new series from the author of the Amazon #1 Bestselling horror novel, Rough Draft.A small town. Three unexplained disappearances. One sinister evil.Less than twenty-four hours after the horrific events that forced him to flee his hometown, Lance Brody steps off a bus into a whole different nightmare. The small town of Westhaven seems ordinary on the surface, but Lance can feel the evil lurking in the air ... and it knows Lance has arrived.

An Amazon Kindle #1 Ghost & Haunted House Bestseller!A family mysteriously murdered. A haunted farmhouse. A town rich with secrets.Still on the move, Lance Brody finds himself in the tiny town of Ripton’s Grove, living in a neglected farmhouse in which, six years earlier, Mark Benchley murdered his wife and teenaged daughter before turning a shotgun on himself. But while the town has accepted the Benchley family’s fate, it doesn’t take long for Lance to rea...

The concept of “fandom” has been revolutionized over the past 20 years because of various technological, cultural, and communicative advancements. Evolution of the Modern Sports Fan: Communicative Approaches explores the elements of the sports fan that have markedly changed since the turn of the century. Inherent within these investigations is the role of communication in a multitude of forms (mediated, relational, etc.) as the prototypical sports fan has most heavily shifted within this d...

The prequel novella to the bestselling Lance Brody Series from Michael Robertson Jr, author of the Amazon #1 Bestselling Horror novel, Rough Draft.Lance Brody was conceived in a graveyard, and the dead have never left his side.With visits from lingering spirits, telepathic whispers, and an uncanny ability to solve the unexplainable, Lance has spent the first twenty-two years of his life in his small hometown, wishing only to be normal. His mother is his mos...

The follow-up novel to the Kindle #1 Ghost & Haunted House Bestseller, Dark Son!A forgotten beach town. A shocking number of suicides. And a mysterious group of beautiful young women with the darkest of secrets.Lance Brody has arrived at Sugar Beach, and within minutes he realizes there’s something terribly wrong. Strangers are saying the oddest things to him, and a sense of sadness seems to linger in the air. He learns of the town’s horrible nickname—Suici...

Who can steal the voices of the dead?For Lance and Leah it was supposed to be a quiet Christmas vacation. But when the spirits start visiting, silenced in death and unable to speak, Lance quickly realizes he’s up against a type of evil he’s never encountered before.To make matters worse, Lance isn’t feeling quite like himself. He’s exhausted, sleeping through most of the day, his own abilities weakened and only usable in short, draining bursts. Leah is worr...

They say it’s a myth. A campfire story to frighten children. One full of horrific deaths and a mysterious evil.But it’s not a myth.On what is supposed to be a night of joyous reunion for Lance Brody, instead he witnesses a terrible crime. A human life taken. The murderer does not flee the scene. Does not attempt to fight back. Instead he only offers Lance these words: “The devil in the woods made me do it.”Knowing that the Universe ...