"High stakes action, shadowy government agencies, and [a]neo Cold War backdrop. Stacey Howard excels at making the improbable believable. A non-stop thriller that presents one cliffhanging situation after another...that will keep readers guessing at every turn."SMALL FISH IN A BIG SEA gives a life of riches and island intrigue that makes a person want to visit the Third-World places and experience some of the more fun times in island life. A story of misunderstanding a...

A critical resource for anyone who wants to help women with the pressures, frustrations, and trauma they faceWomen today often have sources of tremendous pain in their lives such as infertility, divorce, domestic violence, eating disorders, and more. Yet, most leaders are not prepared to help women who have real pain from such traumatizing issues. If you want to be better equipped to help women in pain, this book was written for you.Designed to give leaders...

Prepare for a crash course in terror…Maternal love takes a sinister turn, when a young man discovers that his mother is not quite what she seems. An ancient legend looms over a local street, as the neighborhood children search for their missing friends. And a woman awakens to the ultimate nightmare, after her bad taste in men leads to a horrifying predicament…Scare Street is proud to present this monstrous new collection of macabre tales. Eighteen ...

This book examines the behavior of individuals at risk and insurance industry decision makers involved in selling, buying and regulation. It compares their actions to those predicted by benchmark models of choice derived from classical economic theory. Where actual choices stray from predictions, the behavior is considered to be anomalous. Howard C. Kunreuther, Mark Pauly and Stacey McMorrow attempt to understand why these anomalies occur, in many cases using insights from behavioral econo...

A critical resource for anyone who wants to help women with the pressures, frustrations, and trauma they faceWomen today often have sources of tremendous pain in their lives such as infertility, divorce, domestic violence, eating disorders, and more. Yet, most leaders are not prepared to help women who have real pain from such traumatizing issues. If you want to be better equipped to help women in pain, this book was written for you.Designed to give leaders...

OutKast, the Atlanta-based hip-hop duo formed in 1992, is one of the most influential musical groups within American popular culture of the past twenty-five years. Through Grammy-winning albums, music videos, feature films, theatrical performances, and fashion, André “André 3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton have articulated a vision of postmodern, post–civil rights southern identity that combines the roots of funk, psychedelia, haute couture, R&B, faith and spirituality, and Afrof...

In the heart of China, amidst the turmoil of the Boxer Rebellion, a young missionary couple, Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth, embark on a perilous journey to spread the gospel. As they navigate treacherous paths and face relentless persecution, they encounter a hidden treasure—a group of Chinese believers known as "diamonds" for their unwavering faith. Through Rosalind's captivating firsthand account, we witness the extraordinary courage and resilience of these Chinese Christians as they end...

Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights – a mixture of established and current writers – National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young performers between the ages of thirteen and nineteen everywhere an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study.Each play is specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department and reflects the past year's programming at the venue in the plays' ideas, themes and styles. The plays are performed by a...

Prepare for a crash course in terror…Scare Street is proud to present this monstrous new collection of macabre tales. Eighteen stories torn from the shadows, filled with bone-chilling fiends, skin-crawling monsters, and malevolent spirits.As you lose yourself in the dark depths of another diabolical tale, a school bell rings in the darkness… You look around, shocked to find yourself chained to a school desk. As the teacher’s eyes glow red, she ra...

Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike, Howard and Bianculli along with the other contributors explore these endings and what they mean to the audience, ...