Over the last 30 years, advances in our technology and in our understanding of the scientific disciplines which those technologies enable have allowed humanity to glimpse the inner workings of some of our most astounding capacities, and have revealed, to even a casual glance, the staggering complexity of even our most casual functions. This progress means that the very nature of psychology is evolving, and with these discoveries have come both new questions and new opportunities to revisit...

Summertime, and the living's easy…At least that's what I'd hoped for when I decided to visit Hollywood's most sought-after director—A.K.A. my usually absentee father—for the summer. My vision of an idyllic break before starting grownup life after college comes to a halt when my dad puts me to work on his set.As an aspiring screenwriter, I'm eager for any experience. But my time is spent as the errand girl, fulfilling every whim of Hollywood's it actor: the ...

My relationship with Cole isn’t a simple one.It’s complicated, frustrating and, at times, downright ugly.You see, I fell for a man who couldn’t love me back.Hard as I tried to avoid the dimpled prince of Seattle, life threw us together.As much as I resisted temptation, he burrowed his way into my heart.Sinful as our attraction was, our destinies were entwined.But don’t worry. Ours is a love story after all. I had no idea how our fairytale wou...

Lyme Disease is a substantial problem. While the CDC reported 427,000 new cases in 2017 based on surveillance criteria, actual numbers based on clinical diagnosis put that number at over one million. It is now well accepted that 10 to 20 percent of these cases go on to become a chronic illness.Dr. Dan Kinderlehrer's integrative approach offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive plan available for treating and beating this disease. It will discuss brand new treatments such as dis...

He's a hot football star and a sexy-as-sin single dad. Zac Ledger is everything I never knew I wanted.A prince on a white horse swooping in to save the day... Isn't that every girl's dream? Maybe for some, but I've never expected to find my own happily ever after.I've made one bad dating choice after another, and it doesn't help that my only example of marriage is my dad leaving my mother before I was even born.I'll never be a believer in fairy tale...

In Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Solution to the Housing Crisis, renowned urbanists Charles (Chuck) Marohn and Daniel Herriges introduce a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. This is the key insight that's been missing from the Housing Crisis Conversation; and the insight that can help cities fight back against the crisis from the bottom-up.This book offers a serious, yet accessible, histo...

Resource Management for School Administrators is the only comprehensive book covering all school resources—fiscal, facilities, and human resources. Each chapter has objectives that are aligned with the new ELCC and ISLCC standards on accreditation. Many of the federal and various state policies and laws are included. Everything you need to know on managing school resources is covered: national and state perspectives, future challenges to funding public education, resource allocati...

You've been told all the things that thriving authors should do, but what about all the things that thriving authors shouldn't do?Are you an author trying to improve the quality of your author life? Are you struggling with fitting everything into your schedule and keeping control of all the loose threads that come with running your own author business? Are you ready to own your author career?Overflowing with tangible, real-world a...

Abigail, a children's book author haunted by past traumas, returns to her childhood home to care for her ailing father, who is suffering from Alzheimer's.Shortly after her arrival, she is thrust into a nightmarish reality as she uncovers chilling family secrets.Her journey becomes an intense battle for sanity, pulling her into a confrontation with her deepest fears and long-buried traumas. As she pieces together the past, she realizes her family's legacy is entwined with so...

An authoritative interdisciplinary account of the historic discovery of gravitational wavesIn 1915, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by the movement of large masses—as part of the theory of general relativity. A century later, researchers with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) confirmed Einstein's prediction, detecting gravitational waves generated by the collision ...

Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare’s strongest characters. The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays presented by Naxos AudioBooks in association with Cambridge University Press.

This book provides an easy-to-read, user-oriented introduction to mental models research and Mental Modeling TechnologyTM. Mental models are powerful influences human behavior. The book offers insight from the developers and most experienced application professionals of a widely proven methodology for understanding and influencing human judgment, decision making and behavior.The case studies show examples of the methodological concepts in their application context. It is one of the...