In this town, basketball is life. And death.The Rock Bay Rebels are ready to host, and poised to win, the B.C. provincial high-school basketball championship.Newly promoted to the starting lineup, Ty Roper has the chance to prove himself to his coach, make his town proud, and live up to the reputation of his father, recently-deceased local hero Hank Roper, who led the team to victory thirty years earlier.Shortly before the tournament is to begin, ho...

Do you have the power, or does the power have you?Faced with the threat of expulsion, Ashlee Nichols, former model student and founder of the high school's Stigma-Free Club, agrees to participate in a self-help seminar led by Nick von Ubel, hailed by experts as The Guru of Good.The workshop proves to be far more helpful than Ashlee expects, and she experiences a 'breakthrough.'But as she fully embraces all von Ubel has to offer, she's forced to conf...

Can money buy happiness? It certainly can, he found out. But it can also buy a shitload of trouble.When Constable Lew Peterson learns of the disappearance and subsequent death of Erin Meadows, his high school ex-girlfriend and ex-wife of disgraced big shot Chad Mason, he is convinced Chad is responsible.Lew has reason not to trust Chad Mason. He knows as well as anyone what Bad Chad is capable of.But did Chad do it?Teenager Livi Hunter doesn...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of Higgs boson physics. It offers the first in-depth review of the complete results in connection with the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider and based on the full dataset for the years 2011 to 2012. The fundamental concepts and principles of Higgs physics are introduced and the important searches prior to the advent of the Large Hadron Collider are briefly summarized.Lastly, the discovery and first ...

"So just know, Mikey. Even though I tend to believe you, I'll never make that mistake again."Shortly after Mikey Franco moves with his mother to Rock Bay for a fresh start, high-school superstar Madison Morris takes a shine to him and, to Mikey's surprise and delight, becomes his girlfriend.But when Maddie mysteriously disappears while walking home from school, his world is turned upside-down.The police, learning that he was the last person to have ...

Something has to be done about her**, the voices told him.**Having been wrongly dismissed from his long-time managerial position at Qualey Brothers Chocolates, John Shorter attempts to re-start his life by getting a part-time job at a video store, and quickly becomes consumed by the revenge movies he begins to watch on a regular basis.Several months later and half a day away, Charlie Rane arrives in Rock Bay claiming to be reporting on the town's h...

The truth can be tricky.Violet Murphy is dreading what will happen once high school ends and her friends leave town for better things. 'The kid who babysat Brady Thomas' is destined to remain in Rock Bay, working the gas stations or the fast-food joints.Then, on her way to meet idol Noah Weston of the local band The Creatures of Habit, a chance encounter leads her to become involved in the town's latest homicide investigation.Her best friend warns h...

How far would you go to take back what's yours?575 Hemlock Lane. A one-of-a-kind location. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A dream house.When the home's owner, Jack Peterson, puts it up for sale, he promises tenant Lara Sitwell that if the price is right, it's hers.That isn't what happens.And someone's going to pay the price.What follows is a trail of revenge, betrayal and murder, and three people whose lives are soon to be forever...

Don't ask the left hand what the right hand is doing.Jalen Scott is on cloud nine. He and his classmates have just successfully fundraised to build a shelter for the less fortunate with local non-profit organization Sunshine Corp and are planning an event to celebrate their achievement.When local philanthropist Paula Day is found dead at her home days later, the police arrest her husband, who was out of town with a shaky alibi.Connections the victim...

He was raised with everything. He was given away first.Asher Vanderbilt V has money that will outlive him and a name that opens rooms. He also has one wall in a rented apartment where the whole of his life is pinned in ordered columns — report cards, class lists, photographs in runs, tape in three generations — a childhood filed like a stranger's case, because it is the one part of the story he was inside of and still cannot read.He believes his mother gave him away. He has...

One gala. One encounter. One day that will change two lives forever.Lucki Prince Cunningbur never imagined his career would lead him to Jade Starr, Hollywood's brightest star. She seems to have it all: fame, beauty, and success. But behind the cameras is a woman marked by a dark past and a debt her family believed buried.When love grows amid fame and danger, the Caldera cartel returns to collect what it is owed.Blending romance, organized crime, poetry, faith, and f...

For over thirty years, the Oxford C. S. Lewis Society has met weekly in the medieval colleges of the University of Oxford. During that time, it has hosted as speakers nearly all those still living who were associated with the Inklings-the Oxford literary circle led by C. S. Lewis--as well as authors and thinkers of a prominence that nears Lewis's own. C. S. Lewis and His Circle offers the reader a chance to join this unique group. Roger White has worked with Society past president...