Before there was the family, there was just the business. From the minds of New York Times bestselling authors Carl Weber and Eric Pete comes the game-changing prequel to their blockbuster Family Business saga. Travel back to a small Southern town where, before there was Duncan Motors, there were the Duncan brothers: Louis, aka Sweet Lou, a lover of ladies and life . . . and a man you did not want to cross; Lawrence, aka Larry, a screw-up as attracted to trouble as it was to him; and Laver...

Build a broad fundamental knowledge of Canadian mental health concepts and disorders! Morrison-Valfre's Foundations of Mental Health Care in Canada uses an easy-to-read, multidisciplinary approach to describe current therapeutic interventions and treatments for mental health conditions. Ideal for nurses and other caregivers, this guide provides concise coverage of skills and principles, therapeutic skills, mental health problems throughout the lifecycle, and common psychological and psycho...

Rhains had a firm grip as the top draw for the renowned brothel owner, Swade. Where customers came from all over the lands to enjoy her company.Rhains had a life she enjoyed.Then, one night everything begins to come apart at the seams. A ruthless group of bandits, leave her for dead, after a brutal and horrifying night of excess. She is left with nothing more than a vicious scar and a ravenous appetite for revenge.Hunted down by a troubled bounty hunter with a lethal p...

Galaxy's Edge magazine is published every two months by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor. Each issue includes a mix of new and reprinted stories, a serialization of a novel, and book reviews.Edited by Mike ResnickStories by: Heidi Ruby Miller, Eric Flint, Laurie Tom, Barry Malzberg, Muxing Zhao, Jack Williamson, Brennan Harvey, C.L. Moore, Ron Collins, Michael FlynnNovel excerpt: The River of Dancing Gods by Jack L. ChalkerS...

Computed tomography of the heart and cardiovascular system continues to show an impressive and tremendously successful development. Technical improvements translate into new applications and enhanced diagnostic accuracy and the new diagnostic opportunities may potentially be beneficial for many individuals with known or suspected cardiovascular dis

Say It Hot Volume II: Industrial Strength is a collection of essays on American poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and issues of interest to artists and academics. A companion volume to Say It Hot, these essays are brutally honest and acutely intelligent.From the book: “Literary authors these days no longer make livings off their work. Their books are not to be found in bookstores, and the books are rarely printed by major New York publishing houses. No one reads ...

East Bay Grease, Eric Miles Williamson’s now classic first novel, has received worldwide acclaim as one of the great depictions of working-class America in the latter half of the 20th century. The story of T-Bird Murphy, born in the tumultuous 1960s and raised in the ghettoes of Oakland by his mother, who rides with the Hell’s Angels, his father, who is an ex-convict, and the father figures who range from musicians to construction workers, East Bay Grease is a novel of di...

Acclaimed novelist, editor, and critic Eric Miles Williamson, with the publication of his first book of nonfiction, establishes himself as one of the premier critics of his generation. There is no other book that resembles Oakland*, Jack London, and Me*.The parallels between the lives of Jack London and Eric Miles Williamson are startling: Both grew up in the same waterfront ghetto of Oakland, California; neither knew who his father was; both had insane mothers; both did m...

Take a journey from the infant stages of football in Minnesota up through the Vikings’ four Super Bowl appearances in Bill Williamson and Eric Thompson’s Tales from the Minnesota Vikings Sideline.For more than fifty years the Vikings have established themselves as one of the premier teams in the NFL. Perhaps the most successful team to never win a Super Bowl, the Vikings have nevertheless harbored a rich tradition of winning football.Now fans of this Midwest powerh...

What makes work truly work?When Work Works: Cutting-Edge Solutions for the Contemporary Workplace delves into this complex question. Through the lens of fifteen diverse thought leaders spanning various industries and roles, this insightful volume navigates the multifaceted terrain of high-performing organizations. It sheds light on the myriad factors shaping contemporary work environments, from culture and well-being to work/life balance, flexibility, dive...

Five stories from top writers of speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy and the downright strange, stories from the heart, stories to make you think and wonder.The stories in this volume are:"Filming the Making of the Film of the Making of Fitzcarraldo" by Garry Kilworth"Flying to Byzantium" by Lisa Tuttle"Arrhythmia" by Neil Williamson"Dr Vanchovy's Final Case" by Stephen Palmer"The Girl Who Died for Art and Lived" by Eri...

Recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants and with works exhibited at the prestigious Biennale de Paris, New York’s Whitney Museum, the de Menil Collection in Houston, and other venues, Bob “Daddy-O” Wade started “keeping it weird” in 1961 when he arrived in Austin with his ’51 custom Ford hot rod and his slicked-back hair. Primed to study art at the University of Texas, Wade’s coif and dragster earned him his trademark moniker, and the abstract, welded sculptures he fashio...