Thirteen-year-old Cole Uribe can’t believe his luck when an invention contest wins him top security clearance. His mission: pose as the grandson of inventor Nicolás Araya and find Araya’s plans for a micro-black-hole-powered storage device—before Alzheimer’s erases Araya’s mind for good. Only…Cole’s not the only kid claiming to be Marcelo Araya. And one of them is telling the truth.Can a real grandson, a fake grandson, a nosy neighbor girl, and the greatest mind ever to lose brain ...

The Connors used to be lucky. People came from miles around to stay in their hotel and bask in the light of its luck-granting chandelier. But the family feuded over who would inherit the chandelier, and when Great-grandpa Edmonton died, it, too, was lost. Ever since that day, the Connors’ luck became a curse.For twelve-year-old Shiloh Connor’s family, this means having to move every year, and never getting to stay in a forever home. It means unexpected allergic reactions, like rash...

HOW TO FIRE AN ACTION HERO: A Secret Hearts in Hollywood Novella (Hearts In Hollywood, Volume 1)Parker Daniels has struggled for years to make it as a director in Hollywood. Not a female director. A director. She finally lands a job with a major studio, but when they insist she cast Ben Booth as her leading man, Parker's dream project is about to go up in flames—because the name "Ben Booth" is synonymous with explosions.Ben Booth is nothing but an action h...

The Behind Closed Doors lists eight (8) autobiographical impactful Short Stories summarized in the form of Poems. The Anthology includes excruciating innate circumstances such as my miracle birth, poverty, sexual assault, homelessness and cancer. The book boasts variations of Poems that are an Ode, Sonnet, Ballad, Haiku, Limerick, Villanelle, Acrostics, and a Free Verse. A bonus variation of a poem, an Elegy is highlighted as a Dedication to my deceased Dad, Dr. Lloyd Green, MDThe p...

A TRYST FOR THE TABLOIDS: A Staged Hearts in Hollywood Novella (Hearts In Hollywood, Volume 2)Lana Simon has a plan to become a household name. Acting talent? Check. Single-minded focus on her career? Check. All she needs now is a fake relationship to thrust her into the spotlight.Danny Knox, the established rockstar her publicist picks out, is perfect fake-boyfriend material—sexually magnetic, more famous than her, and in need of Lana's help. After leavin...

Bringing together 34 flash fiction stories from 14 authors, SPARK offers a host of stories to thrill, move, and challenge fans of short-short fiction. A woman physically at war with her mother's legacy inside her own body, a young girl given a vision of a utopic past at the end of the world, a man psychically bonded to the living weapon for which he is the failsafe, a harem of "female" androids newly capable of questioning their subservient status—these are a few of the characters you'll m...

"Whip-Poor-Wills and Fireflies" is actually a collection of poems that I have written over the years. If you go tothe book'swebsite, whippoorwillsbook.com, you will see a description of the book and the four sections it is divided into. If you are unable to use that as a basis for your description for some legal reason (you work for the publishing company that published the book, so I doubt it), or you wish me to reword it for your ereaders, just...

The second edition of this popular book brings students fully up to date with the latest methods and techniques in choice analysis. Comprehensive yet accessible, it offers a unique introduction to anyone interested in understanding how to model and forecast the range of choices made by individuals and groups. In addition to a complete rewrite of several chapters, new topics covered include ordered choice, scaled MNL, generalized mixed logit, latent class models, group decision making, heur...

Almost without exception, everything human beings undertake involves a choice. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the development and application of quantitative statistical methods to study choices made by individuals with the purpose of gaining a better understanding both of how choices are made and of forecasting future choice responses. In this primer the authors provide an unintimidating introduction to the main techniques of choice analysis and include detail on the...

During their education, medical students must learn and develop the fundamental history-taking and physical examination skills to prepare them for their medical careers. In an effort to standardize the clinical evaluations of these skills, North American medical schools use Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Medical students and residents perform clinical tasks with a simulated patient and the student is evaluated on the questions that are asked of the "patient and how the...

'Enjoyable, original and intriguing' B A Paris'Authentic, absorbing and unputdownable' Louise Jensen'Stunning' Jenny BlackhurstStatus Update: you have 18 months left to live . . .Jess Mount goes online and discovers that her Facebook appears to have skipped forward 18 months. Her timeline is full of shocked fa...

The powerful and emotional new novel from the million-copy bestselling author Linda GreenTwo families divided by hateA love that will not die.Sylvie and Donna travel on the same train to work each day but have never spoken. Their families are on different sides of the bitter Brexit divide, although the tensions and arguments at home give them much in common.What they don't know is that their eldest children, ...