The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive late-night roadhouse filled with people from all walks of life who gathered to listen to the live music of high-energy performers. Housed in a Reconstruction-era railway station, the blues club embraced local Southern culture and brought a cosmopolitan vibe to the South Carolina backcountry.Over the years, Jacks...

The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm and Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive late-night roadhouse filled with people from all walks of life who gathered to listen to the live music of high-energy performers. Housed in a Reconstruction-era railway station, the blues club embraced local Southern culture and brought a cosmopolitan vibe to the South Carolina backcountry.Over the years, Jac...

The Ultimate Halloween Treat is a mesmerizing anthology that weaves together the fantastical, the eerie, and the mysterious from an impressive array of literary talents from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. This collection encapsulates the full spectrum of dark and imaginative storytelling—from the Gothic horror of pore-thrilling tales to the whimsical fantasies that traverse the boundaries of human experience. Readers will discover themes of supernatural intrigue, psychological depth...

The Family Emotional System: An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice presents an ongoing dialogue among scientists, family investigators, and clinicians related to a natural systems view of the family and human behavior that has been occurring over several decades. The concept of the family as an emotional system, as defined in Bowen theory, is presented as the principal integrative concept underlying this dialogue and an effort to move toward a science of human behavior. ...

Dive into the uncanny and intriguing world of the "HALLOWEEN COLLECTION TREAT," a comprehensive anthology that seamlessly weaves together chilling tales of mystery, supernatural encounters, and gothic horror. The collection spans a diverse array of literary styles, capturing the essence of Halloween through the words of both renowned and lesser-known authors from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Standout narratives subtly coalesce around themes of fear, imagination, and the eerie unknown...

Halloween Collection Treat curates a mesmerizing anthology of tales that traverse the realms of the eerie, the ghostly, and the fantastical. This collection weaves together a rich tapestry of themes, exploring the duality of fear and fascination intrinsic to Halloween lore. Delve into the atmospheric narratives that blend gothic horror, speculative fiction, and spine-chilling suspense, ensuring a diversity of storytelling styles that pay homage to the tradition of macabre literature. The c...

Do you believe real estate investing is only for people with large savings and perfect credit? No Money Down challenges that idea and shows how investors use creative strategies to enter the property market without relying on their own cash.In this complete guide, Daniel Harrison, real estate investor and educator, breaks down the principles behind acquiring property with little or none of your own capital. You'll learn how to build an investor mindset that turns limited resources ...

Every conversation has two layers: the words people say and the signals they send without realizing it. A crossed arm, a shifted glance, a pause before an answer, a subtle change in posture. These small cues shape first impressions, negotiations, friendships, and decisions every day. Most people never learn to notice them.The Subtle Art of Body Language is a practical, easy-to-follow guide to understanding nonverbal communication and using it with awareness and integrity. ...

This book is about how music "in a key" is composed. Further, it is about how such music was composed when it was no longer compulsory to do so, starting a few years before the First World War. In an eclectic journey through the history of compositional technique, Daniel Harrison contends that the tonal system did not simply die out with the dawn of twentieth century, but continued to supplement newer techniques as a compelling means of musical organization, even into current times. Well-k...

A chronicle of a unique waterscape and how its inhabitants navigated, claimed, and reshaped the region.Winner, Richard J. Wright Publication Award, presented by the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History!Few maritime landscapes in the Great Lakes remain so deeply and clearly inscribed by successive cultures as the St. Clair system—a river, delta, and lake found between Lake Huron and the Detroit River. The St. Clair River and its envi...

This book examines the important role of HR practitioners acting as toxin handlers within their organizations and the dangers they face when dealing with toxic workplace emotions caused by difficult organizational decisions, such as mergers and acquisitions, staff reductions, and restructurings. Exploring what they do, why they do it, and the personal and professional rewards created by the work, it also examines the dangers that await them in terms of risks to their personal well-being.

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Lisi Harrison and Daniel Kraus deliver a slightly scary, extremely addictive, contemporary middle-grade book series. This first installment of Graveyard Girls is part mystery book and part friendship story, centered around five young teen girls in for the fright of their lives.Meet Whisper, Frannie, Sophie, Gemma, and Zuzu, five friends who tell eerie tales by night and navigate middle...