Special Agent Tom Rogers is called back to active duty and sent to Eastern Turkey to investigate suspicious Iranian activity. Rogers and a new friend, Captain Remzi Ozechin from Turkish Army Intelligence, trace a clue to an Iranian safe house in Erzurum, Turkey, where following a chase and gun battle, Iranian agents are arrested. One wounded Iranian is found to have tiny glass vials surgically implanted in his body. Broken vials lead to a rapidly spreading epidemic of biowar engineered zom...

From award-winning author Michael Adams, Could It Happen Here? draws on groundbreaking new social research to show whether Canadian society is at risk of the populist forces afflicting other parts of the world.Americans elected Donald Trump. Britons opted to leave the European Union. Far-right, populist politicians channeling anger at out-of-touch “elites” are gaining ground across Europe. In vote after shocking vote, citizens of Western democracies have pushed their anger...

Around the world, sectarian tensions divide societies, sometimes erupting into violent confrontation. Some pundits argue that similar convulsions will shake Canada’s multicultural foundations. But Michael Adams argues that Canadians don’t see this as inevitable. Far from being disabused of their naïveté by the world’s conflicts and bloodshed, Adams believes Canadians suspect that the world might just be disabused of its “realism” by the success of the Canadian multicultural experiment. By ...

Canadian baby boomers now range in age from their mid-40s to mid-60s. This confident and rebellious generation has broken new ground at every stage of life; late middle-age and retirement will be no different.Most boomers are healthier than their grandparents could have hoped to be at the same age. Some have made the pursuit of physical, mental, and spiritual health an all-consuming occupation. They're having a great time and intend to experience the next 30 years not as a decline ...

Dreaming of traveling the world without draining your bank account? The World on Your Terms: How to Travel the Globe Without Breaking the Bank is the ultimate guide to exploring new places affordably, packed with strategies and insider tips that make budget-friendly travel accessible to everyone. From finding the best travel deals and budget accommodations to eating like a local and discovering free or low-cost activities, this guide shows you how to see the world without financial stress....

THE EXCEPTIONAL SOCIETYIn his insightful, award-winning work Fire and Ice, Environics president Michael Adams explored the growing divergence between American and Canadian values. Using the same mixture of polling and analysis in American Backlash, Adams fixes his penetrating gaze on contemporary America—the exceptional society.Exploding the accepted wisdom of an America divided bitterly into camps of red and blue, Adams's data show that t...

Problems in Lexicography is an essential, classic work of practical lexicography (the practice of writing dictionaries) and meta-lexicography. Originally published over sixty years ago, it was based on the proceedings of the Indiana University Conference on Lexicography, held November 11–12, 1960. It set a standard that still holds today, three generations later.This critical and historical edition, brilliantly researched and presented by Michael Adams, explores the enduri...

"Michael Adams's book is great fun! No one intends to make a truly bad movie, but when they do, Michael Adams will be there to watch it...and make it entertaining!" —John Landis, director of Trading Places and The Blues BrothersIn Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies, film critic Michael Adams embarks on a year-long odyssey to discover the worst movie ever made, which Mystery Science Theater 3000 star, writer, and director Kevin Murphy calls "disturbingly comprehensive, joyous...

The sequel to Keep Calm and Kill Zombies is now available. Air Force Office of Special Investigations Major Tom Rogers and his ragtag, multi-national team have just escaped zombie-infested and civil war torn Turkey. His companions, three surviving members of a British SAS group, two Australian grad students, and Turkish Army Intelligence Captain Remzi Ozechin, are hoping for several weeks of rest and recuperation aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. They have s...

To young Staff Sergeant Susan Bennett it was just another mission, yet when her actions were transmitted to the world via a helmet camera she becomes an instant hero - especially to a young Ciara O'Brien.Lieutenant Paul O'Brien was only thinking about getting home to his daughter and family when a common enemy decided an embassy in Cameroon was a good place to exact revenge. With the aid of Bennett they were able to extract themselves from an otherwise deadly situation. While their...

In 1959, Australians thrilled to every move made by a new criminal underdog, a Ned Kelly for the rock'n'roll era.Kevin John Simmonds was a charismatic crook whose brazen crime spree had scored him a lengthy prison sentence. But as he was led from court, he boasted, 'They'll never hold me.'Two months later, Simmo made good on his promise, staging a daring escape from Long Bay Gaol. When his bid for freedom took a deadly turn, legendary Detective Ray 'the Gunner' Kelly took cha...

Yogurt the bunny is a sweet little creature ready to take on his day-but before it begins, he'll bend his body every which way! Dive into a new picture book for young yogis.For kids who love to move, groove, and get their day started in an active way, they have to have a copy of Yogurt on their bedroom shelves.Yogurt the bunny can't wait to start his morning, and all the goodness that will be in store for the day ahead. Before he even leaves his ro...