Her Mormon husband would go to any lengths to fool the world—from leading a double life to murder . . .Well-liked and respected, Mark Hacking came from a highly successful Mormon family. His father was a pediatrician. One of his brothers was also a doctor, and his other brother was an electrical engineer. With acceptances into both George Washington University and University of North Carolina medical schools, Mark was on the road to continuing his family's legacy o...

***This ebook edition does not contain the photo insert that appears in the print edition.***Clara and David Harris were married on Valentine's Day. Young and in love, they developed a thriving dental business, built a half-million-dollar mansion, and raised the perfect family. Then whispers of an affair between David and his beautiful secretary drifted through their exclusive Houston social circle. A private detective confirmed the rumors. When Clara saw her husban...

Finalist — Maine Literary Awards 2025Maine's North Woods span 3.5 million acres—larger than Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon combined. North Woods at Night: Literary Reflections on Maine's Largest Forest sends 38 writers into those woods after dark, returning with poems, stories, and essays that capture what the wilderness does to the human imagination when the lights go out.Campfires and loons. A moose appearing at the edge of headlights. The part...

How can the most sophisticated anti-missile defense system in the United States military completely fail to intercept an incoming, outdated Scud missile, resulting in the tragic deaths of 28 American soldiers? The failure of the Patriot Missile battery in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during the 1991 Gulf War, was caused entirely by a microscopic, accumulating mathematical rounding error. The Patriot's radar system calculated the speed of incoming missiles using an internal clock that measured ti...

The history of medieval learning has traditionally been studied as a vertical transmission of knowledge from a master to one or several disciples. Horizontal Learning in the High Middle Ages: Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Transfer in Religious Communities centres on the ways in which cohabiting peers learned and taught one another in a dialectical process - how they acquired knowledge and skills, but also how they developed concepts, beliefs, and adapted their behaviour to suit the group...

Maine's coast runs nearly 3,480 miles when every bay, inlet, and tidal river is counted. Echoes in the Fog: Literary Reflections on the Liminal Spaces of Maine's Coast gathers 58 poets, essayists, storytellers, and photographers to explore what it means to live and write at the edge of that shoreline—where weather, memory, and tide shape every story.From quiet island harbors to fog-draped headlands, these pieces move between the ecological and the personal...

Finalist — Maine Literary Awards 2024Maine's Penobscot River has shaped the land, the people, and the stories of an entire region for thousands of years. Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot gathers 61 Maine writers—poets, essayists, and fiction writers—to trace that legacy through essays, fiction, and poetry that move from the river's Indigenous origins to its industrial past to its uncertain environmental future.With an introducti...

In a world full of opportunity - and competition - how will your law firm stand out from the crowd?Word of mouth referrals can take you a long way, but a strong digital marketing plan can take you farther. Whether you're looking to shoulder some (or all) of your law firm's marketing or are simply looking to gain a little knowledge so you don't fall prey to someone looking to take advantage of your firm under the guise of giving you the world, this book can help she...

From the Thorsdrapa to the Marvel Thor and Avengers movies, Odin, the dark and mysterious lord of Valhalla, looms over all of the ancient tales of the Vikings. With his brothers, he formed the world from the body of a giant and then went on to seek greater wisdom by sacrificing himself on a tree and trading one of his eyes with a witch. With this vast wisdom, he sits upon his throne, peering into the nine worlds, seeking anything that might threaten his people. He rides over the battles of...

Transform unpredictable options trading into a disciplined, data-driven income stream using practical AI strategies. If you are tired of emotional investing and want a realistic approach to wealth building, this analytical guide replaces market hype with a structured, evidence-based playbook. Perfect for focused learning during your morning commute, it bridges the gap between complex machine learning and everyday financial markets.Move past the illusion of overnight riches and disc...

Research and theory in adult development offers ideas about emotional maturity and cognitive development in adult life as well as operational definitions and methods that might provide clarity and rigor in work on wisdom. The study of human development offers a scaffold for understanding the emergence of wisdom, or the “process” that includes several lines of development, which may begin in childhood but which flower in adult life. This handbook brings together researchers from across the ...

THE TAROT HAS AWAKENED…The Tarot, a powerful divination artifact, has appeared in the Sixth World. It works its will on anyone who finds one of its mystical cards, from runners surviving on the street to corp executives battling in the boardroom. And not just people’s lives will be changed, for the Awakened Tarot deck is more than just a formidable magic item, it has an agenda all its own, and will use those it comes in contact with to set its pla...