Prior to May 2015, the oil-rich jurisdiction of Alberta had, for over four decades, been a one-party state. During that time, the rule of the Progressive Conservatives essentially went unchallenged, with critiques of government policy falling on deaf ears and Alberta ranking behind other provinces in voter turnout. Given the province’s economic reliance on oil revenues, a symbiotic relationship also developed between government and the oil industry. Cross-national studies have detected a c...

Halloween horror, dark fiction and suspense short stories.Carve your pumpkins and turn on the porch light, Halloween frights begin with the sound of…Doorbells at Dusk.Doorbells at Dusk is a treasury of brand-new Halloween tales from both modern masters and rising stars of dark fiction, horror and suspense.Halloween has always gone hand-in-hand with horror. The holiday gives many children their firs...

Midnight strikes like an invocation, clock hands joining in prayer to the darkness. After the twelfth chime, there's no escaping the nightmare.Fear reigns supreme.In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many faces of modern horror- shocking and quiet, pulp and literary, cold-hearted and heart-felt, weird tales of spiraling madness alongside full-throttle thrillers. Open these pages and unleash all-new terr...

Underland Arcana reveals the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. This issue contains stories by A. P. Howell, Louis Evans, Christopher Hawkins, Jon Lasser, Josh Rountree, Nikoline Kaiser, Breanna Bright, and J. A. W. McCarthy. Stories about family, stories about theft, stories about ghosts, stories about the weight of history, stories about weight we bring to history, stories about being lost and being found, and stories about the gravity of grief. These are the storie...

A Warhammer Age of Sigmar OmnibusA collection of gripping tales telling the story of the Freeguild the massed warriors of the Mortal Realms who serve Sigmar with grit, perseverance, and unwavering devotion.READ IT BECAUSEThis omnibus edition contains tales of heroism and sacrifice focusing on the rank-and-file warriors of the Freeguild, as well as the Sigmarite faithful they are sworn to protect. Take a look at their great battles a...

The city of Arkham falls prey to ghoulish dread in this chilling anthology of action-packed adventure, from the bestselling world of Arkham HorrorSomething monstrous has come to Arkham, Massachusetts. There have always been shadows here, but now a new hunger has risen from the depths and threatens those who dwell here. But there are heroes too—people who stand up and fight to stem the tide, even when it costs them everything. Explore eight shocking new tales of occ...

As organizations shift to depend more on team-based structures, the pressure to develop high-performing teams is more critical than ever. In the modern work environment, teams are expected to embrace change, navigate complexity, and collaborate well under pressure ―all while delivering exceptional results and forming productive relationships.While it is crucial to have talented, bright people within a team, there is a dynamic that is even more essential to overall ...

The city of Arkham falls prey to ghoulish dread in this chilling anthology of action-packed adventure, from the bestselling world of Arkham Horror.Something monstrous has come to Arkham, Massachusetts. There have always been shadows here, but now a new hunger has risen from the depths and threatens those who dwell here. But there are heroes too - people who stand up and fight to stem the tide, even when it costs them everything. Explore eight shocking new ...

Josh Pons, a third-generation horseman and owner of Country Life Farm, depicts a century of life inside the horse business, written from inside the fences of Maryland’s oldest Thoroughbred farm.In 2016, in the basement of his farmhouse, Josh Pons discovered thousands of letters from his grandfather’s life in the Thoroughbred horse business. The son of a French cook who came to New York City in 1894, Adolphe Pons got his start working in the Fifth Avenue mansion of Gilded Age banker...