Fully Revised & Updated Edition of the New York Times Bestselling and Highly Praised Book on ISISWith newly added material and breaking news including:—Interview with a former ISIS spymaster—Why ISIS is targeting Europe and the US—What Russia wants in Syria—Revelations on the brutal ideology of ISISWith brutal attacks in last year across...

When Janet Dwyer is confirmed as the secretary of the treasury, she expects the steel trap of her integrity to be her greatest asset. Instead, it becomes a cage.Trapped between a populist president determined to bet the American future on a volatile cryptocurrency and an ethereal "Shadow Council" of global power brokers, Janet discovers that the nation's wealth has been weaponized. The president's vision of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve isn't just a policy—it's a vanity project with ...

Go Beyond the Hero's Journey––and Unlock the Real Secret of Writing Successful ScreenplaysHave you ever wondered what it takes to write a great movie script? Studied your favorite films to see what makes them so magical? Beyond the Hero: Relationship-Driven Screenwriting and the Secret to Hollywood’s Greatest Scriptsis a how-to screenwriting guide built on the foundational idea that great movies—across all genres and styles—are driven by a core relationshi...

The popularity of the TED talk has raised the bar for public speaking and presentations. Audiences expect to be educated, inspired and engaged whether they are sitting in a conference room or an auditorium. Yet too often presenters lack the skills to take command and deliver persuasive and entertaining pitches and presentations. The audience is the hero of the story and the presenter is their guide to take them on a journey. Like a one act play, a presentation is not a meeting, it’s a perf...

Electodiagnosis is a method in which diagnostic information is obtained by testing and recording the electrical activities of body parts. It has been used in PMR medicine increasingly in recent years as technology has advanced, and is currently the most common way to diagnose a patient for neuromuscular disorders.

Initially dismissed by US President Barack Obama, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has shocked the world by conquering massive territories in both countries and promising to create a vast new Muslim caliphate that observes the strict dictates of Sharia law. In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of internation...

In this engaging text, Michael Weiss offers an advanced view of the secondary mathematics curriculum through the prism of theory, analysis, and history, aiming to take an intellectually and mathematically mature perspective on the content normally taught in high school mathematics courses. Rather than a secondary mathematics textbook, Weiss presents here a textbook about the secondary mathematics curriculum, written for mathematics educators and mathematicians and presenting a lon...

Jenny is a real homebody. Always more content to stay at home with her cat, she finds herself at odds with one of her closest and oldest friends. Lucia has grown fed up with the nights of staying in and drinking with Jenny and is determined to drag Jenny out on the town, despite Jenny’s reservations. Jenny finds that her reluctance isn’t the only thing trying to keep her at home, however, because despite enjoying spending time with Lucia she always feels drawn back to her apartment, and he...

Confessions of a Professional Hospital Patient is a humorous first person account of how to survive a hospital stay and escape with your life, dignity and sense of humor.The book, written with the insight worthy of a physician but from a patients perspective, relates the TRUE goings on in hospitals and medical care today. Through Mr. Weiss sharing of his most intimate, embarrassing and funny experiences, the book takes you through chapter upon cha...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Transportation planners job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most important points. With this book, you'll be able to revise your application into a ...

One of the top marketing challenges that marketing managers and executives face today is to better understand social media and its promise as a marketing platform. The social media ecosystem, including traditional platforms such as Facebook and Twitter and upstarts such as Instagram and Snapchat, have evolved significantly over the past 10 years; so much so that keeping pace with the latest social media platforms can seem like herding cats. Inside, the authors provide a timeless perspectiv...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on E-Technologies, MCETECH 2017, held in Ottawa, ON, Canada, in May 2017.This year’s conference drew special attention to the ever-increasing role of the Internet of Things (IoT); and the contributions span a variety of application domains such as e-Commerce, e-Health, e-Learning, and e-Justice, comprising research from models and architectures, methodology proposals, prototype implementations, and em...