Would you like to know the day you die?Harmony Binger is the beautiful, mysterious CEO of a secretive research firm that has developed a ground-breaking algorithm. She offers five specially chosen college students a deal: a life-changing sum of money in exchange for knowing their death dates. Four say yes. Lucas Green believes it to be unnatural and refuses.When the predicted deaths unfold with terrifying accuracy, Lucas realizes the research study is far f...

This book draws on theory, research, and practice-oriented literature to offer an introduction to flipped learning and offer busy instructors advice on how to flip their academic English language courses. The chapters balance theoretical foundations, practical applications, and useful resources for developing materials. The first half of this book defines flipped learning and academic English, describes how it supports English language learning, and explains the role of technology, as well...

Finally!The world's first practical self-help guide on how to successfully navigate any interaction you may have with a police officer. Written by a 30-year veteran officer, it's chock-full of real-life examples of incorrect assumptions, people not knowing how to approach the police and others just doing incredibly stupid things to get themselves arrested.But this is no ordinary dumb criminal book. Sprinkled throughout the book are useful tips that point ou...

Germany is in chaos! The Weimar Republic instituted after the Great War has made things worse with several dangerous political parties vying for control of the ineffective government. And an opportunistic man with ties to Germany's glorious past has taken it upon himself to change Germany's future.In the thrilling sequel to Murder Made Casual, U.S. government agents Charlie Postlethwaite and Gretchen Retrum return and find themselves caught up in the chase...

An ancient talisman has been discovered. Well, sort of. Because other than its name, the Wolf's Cane, no one knows what it looks like, where it's located or what its powers are. One thing that is for certain is that both the living and the dead are worried the Wolf's Cane will fall into the wrong hands.Mabel Stewart and the Wolf's Cane is the second book in the Mabel Stewart series where she returns for another thrilling adventure when she makes her now an...

Um engenheiro tinha uma vida normal — até que um momento de fúria descontrolada revelou um poder ancestral capaz de destruir tudo ao seu redor.Aterrorizado pela manifestação do impossível, foge para a Floresta Genesis, onde descobre uma verdade que mudará tudo: é o oitavo e último descendente de Dra. Elara Voss, e cada geração da sua linhagem carrega o dom de afetar a própria realidade. Mas esse poder tem um preço. A cada nascimento Voss, a floresta morre. E é dever de cada herdeiro ressus...

Based on a sensational 1928 true crime mystery that gripped the nation, an unidentified, alluring woman has been found murdered, a victim of being casually connected to a powerful Wall St. tycoon with ties to the rising danger in Germany. As the two fun-loving agents assigned to the case discover, nothing is what it seems.Charlie Postlethwaite and Gretchen Retrum are co-workers and an occasional bickering couple at a clandestine federal agency charged with investig...

A popular businessman with a non-existent past. A secret society looking to change the American political landscape from within. A bitter assassin with a score to settle. These are just some of the things awaiting government agents Charlie and Gretchen Postlethwaite who return for another thrilling adventure in Murder Made Political, the third entry of the Murder Made series. A series in which a real-life unsolved murder mystery is woven into each of the historical fiction...

Parks are many things to different people. A playground, picnic spot, an area to relax. And sometimes they're a perfect place for a murder.16-year-old Gretchen Retrum is a New York City girl born and bred. Fiercely independent, she's not like most girls her age and likes to spend time alone. Central Park's newest attraction, the Shakespeare Garden, opened earlier in the spring of 1916 and she went there whenever she could when she needed to unwind.But another relaxing trip ...

Die 19. Ausgabe des Horrormagazins Zwielicht mit Kurzgeschichten, Übersetzungen und Artikeln

Het groot kerstverhalenboek is een bundeling van meer dan dertig Nederlandse schrijvers, dichters en cabaretiers. Een uniek kerstboek over de kerst stress, de kerstgedachte en de kerstviering. Gegoten in korte verhalen, columns, recepten en gedichten, waarin wordt gerild van de kou, getreurd om trieste kerstfeestjes en gelachen om de twee dagen waarin de wereld even stilstaat. Nog niet eerder verscheen zon inspirerend, spannend en humoristisch kerstboek in Nederland. Een passend cadeau voo...

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--foo...