A revised and updated comprehensive examination of the supervolcanic eruption of Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia over 75,000 years ago, and how it changed human genetic history by causing a population bottleneck, written by best-selling author Marie D. Jones and her father, the late geophysicist Dr. John M. Savino, Ph.D. The book describes what a supervolcano is, how they form, where they are located across the globe, and which ones may be ready to erupt. Will Yellowstone be next? Features a fi...

What is the Black Fantastic? It's Sword and Soul, Steamfunk, Cyberfunk, Science Fiction, Real Urban Fantasy, Paranormal and so much more. It's creators from Africa and the African Diaspora expressing and exploring concepts without the boundaries and restrictions often found in the publishing industry. Blacktastic!, the official anthology of Blacktasticon 2018, offers a tantalizing glimpse into the imagination of its writers. It is our hope that you will be entertained and intrigued by thes...

Women invest differently than men. Collectively, their approach has proven profitable and reliable, and it outperforms the industry at large. The portfolio managers interviewed in this book exemplify the best traits that women investors tend to exhibit. Read Women of the Street to learn from them and start investing a little more like a girl.

From Dr. Peter H. R. Green, internationally renowned expert on celiac disease and director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, and medical author Rory Jones, an updated fourth edition of the definitive book on celiac disease, one of the most underdiagnosed autoimmune diseases in the U.S.Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic is an indispensable guidebook for anyone with celiac disease as well as for those with gluten intolerance or foo...

For readers of Atul Gawande and Siddhartha Mukherjee--a timely, vital exploration of the burnout, grief, depression, and trauma that America’s healthcare system engenders among doctors, nurses, and medical workers.Practicing medicine is traumatic: coping with the death of a patient, sharing a life-changing diagnosis, grieving futility in the face of a no-win situation. The emotional burden placed on doctors, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners is profound......

An ancient prophecy. A girl with a past she’d rather forget. A friend who isn’t dead after all.Eighteen-year-old Rynlee Nalis is a Purator in training, a demon hunter who relies on her magic to keep the world safe. She comes back from a mission to the academy where she trains and lives to find a friend she thought was dead. Only Jeynen has no memory of who she is, and won’t tell her where he’s been all this time.After an assassin tries to kill Jeynen, he le...

A series of short horror stories based on the human body. In this volume: 'Long Term Care', 'Carcinoma', 'Bone Soup', 'Dissecting Dave', 'Blood Pressure', 'Loose Tooth', 'Until Someone Loses An Eye', 'Unwell', 'Flu Bug', 'Deep In The Marrow', 'Shovelling Pride'

Arthur Endswell has fallen on hard times and to keep his social standing has become employed as a ressurrection man for Dr. Faust Grey, who uses the bodies he procures for dissection purposes. What starts off as a lucrative business soon veers into the realm of murder when Arthur’s beloved Amelia’s cousin, Constance Gowain, finds her way on Dr. Grey’s dissection slab, with evidence of poison in her veins.(Word count: 49,000, approx. 200 pages)

Eleven entrepreneurial women share their stories of balancing motherhood with starting their own businesses in this inspiring anthology.Motherhood is a full-time job—and so is starting a business from the ground up. Attempting to do both at once can seem daunting, but as these firsthand stories of success demonstrate, it really can be done. In their own words, eleven mom-entrepreneurs tell their stories of transforming their businesses from side-projects in craft-r...

The music industry is undergoing immense change. This book argues that the transformations occurring across the various music industries - recording, live performance, publishing - can be characterised as much by continuity as by change, raising complex questions about the value of music commodities.

Everyone has their own brand of crazy. Underemployed Dan tries to hold it all together during a zombie apocalypse with his best friend and pothead Evan, while lovestruck Matthew can't seem to figure out what Stephen wants. One thing they can all agree on--being trapped in a Westmarket store with hungry undead hordes outside and a sociopathic murderer inside is no way to spend their last days on Earth.(Word count: 71,000 words, approx. 232 pages)

Paul is just trying to make it to school, but time is an infection that can't be cured. An elevator, a collection of strangers and the snapping of blue crab claws. Nothing will save them from the violent, bleeding sands of time.This volume also contains several new short stories: A Monsanto cow breeds a new unwelcome sickness in 'Moo'. Discarded computers get their revenge in 'Breathing Life Into New Technology'. Loneliness brings on an unwelcome alliance in 'Something In The Water...