A bullied teen mistakenly summons a powerful demon in this dark fantasy for fans of Robert R. McCammon by the author of Enter, Night.Dark secrets run deep in the isolated, rural town of Auburn, Ontario. But everyone knows about Mikey Childress.Sixteen-year-old Mikey isn't like the other boys, who play hockey and chase girls. He's skinny, wears black, reads horror novels, listens to Madonna, and idolizes Hollywood actresses. He's "different," and th...

A murderous madman plans to resurrect an ancient monster buried beneath a small Canadian town in this chilling novel for fans of Joe Hill.It's 1972, and there are some new arrivals to the remote mining village of Parr's Landing . . .The recently widowed Christina Parr and her brother-in-law, Jeremy, are the first to show up. Both fled town years ago because of the same woman—but for ultimately different, dark reasons. They weren't expecting a warm welcome u...

Are you tired of trying fad diets that never seem to work? Do you want a sure a certain way to lose weight, that is healthy and simple to achieve? The answer to your search could be with The Ketogenic Diet Food Cookbook, a book which will teach you all the essentials you will need to lose weight, boost energy and heal your body at the same time.Inside these pages you will discover not only a range of great recipes for any time of the day, but also:Chapter 1 – Introduction t...

An unforgettable contemporary ghost story in the tradition of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw from the award-winning author of October.Rising from the fog over the waters of Devil's Lake, Blackmore Island is home to the infamous summerhouse called Wild Fell. A sinister past lies within its walls, and rumors of teenagers disappearing nearby have become the stuff of local legend. The townspeople do their best to avoid the place, and no one has l...

In this chronicle of one person's poignant and harrowing road to fulfillment, Mike celebrates his chosen life in the comedy business with personal tales of romantic calamities, celebrity run-ins, professional misfortunes, and triumphs. He reinforces the notion that you can accomplish (almost) anything you want if you're willing to get your ass kicked along the way.It's a Funny Thing solidifies Michael Rowe's reputation as not just an all around nice guy, but also a skilled observer...

This Audiobook contains the following works 1. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald Start at Chapters 1 2. A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens Start at Chapters 10 3. Anne of Green Gables By Lucy Maud Montgomery Start at Chapters 16 4. Emma By Jane Austen Start at Chapters 54 5. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain Start at Chapters 108 6. The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe Start at Chapters 144 7. The Prophet copie By Khalil Gibran Start at Chapters 145 8. Think and grow rich By Napol...

Beloved by millions, this timeless classic holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. This is the book that reveals the secret to personal wealth. The Success Secrets of the Ancients— An Assured Road to Happiness and Prosperity Countless readers have been helped by the famous "Babylonian parables," hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible,...

How does society hold its police to account? It’s a vital part of upholding law and liberty but changing modes of policing delivery and new technologies call for fresh thinking about the way we guard our guards.This much-needed new book from leading criminology professor Michael Rowe, part of the ‘Key Themes in Policing’ series, explores issues of governance, discipline and transparency. The landmark new study:• Showcases how social change and rising inequalities make it mo...

More than 50 years ago, President Kennedy gave an address to Congress that launched the community mental health movement in the U.S. This movement involved a vast and complex effort to replace the wholesale institutionalization of people with serious mental illnesses with community mental health centers, public education on mental illness, and prevention efforts. The mission and main thrust of this new movement, however, were quite simple: we would provide effective mental health treatment...

This book develops the concept of racialisation. It argues that a full understanding of racialized discourse must pay attention to both the particular local circumstances in which they appear, and well-established themes which have unfolded over time. An important aspect of the study is the examination of other discourses with which racialized ideas have co-joined, reflecting the way in which notions of 'race' are socially constructed. The final part of the book returns to debates of the 1...

Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. For that reason, Japanese Buddhism’s social and economic base has long been in mortuary services—a base now threatened by public debate over the status, treatment, and location of the dead. Bonds of the Dead explores the crisis brought on by this debate and investigates what changing burial forms reveal about the ways temple Buddhism is perce...

In this original and cutting-edge new textbook, Mike Rowe explores the key topics in race and crime. Examining the main issues from a historical and comparative approach, the book fully situates arguments and ideas in a global context with contemporary examples. Encouraging readers to think critically about well-worn debates, Race & Crime covers a diverse range of issues, including:Representation and DisproportionalityVictimisationHuman Ri...