Christine Gold is a perfectionist, a high school freshman who excels both in academics and gymnastics. Her perfect world begins to unravel when her dad accidentally sends her a strange text message meant for someone else. Unable to resist investigating what her father is up to, Christine finds herself the target of those who intend to keep her in the dark... forever.

When aliens-obsessed sixteen-year-old Blaise Davis is abducted by his birth family, he learns that he is not a twin but a triplet, that his adoption was not interstate but interstellar, and that his birth father may or may not be the greatest villain in the universe. After severely injuring his twin brother Wimpy in a fit of rage four years ago, Blaise is the “normal” one nobody notices, the one who can’t stop the neighbor bully or get the girl. But destiny awaits. Blaise and Wimpy were bo...

Do you work with anyone who thinks or acts differently than you? Would you like to understand why they think and act that way? Would you like to have THE answer for how to build more productive relationships with your coworkers (including your boss)? If so, #1 Amazon Best-Seller Solving the People Problem is for you.By sharing their own personal insights - gained over two decades as Organizational Health Consultants - and more than twenty interesting and o...

The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned "down" toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight. Indeed, theorizing about the relationship between education, culture, and society has typically emerged from the study of poor and marginalized groups in public schools. Seldom have educational researchers considered class privilege and educational advantage in their attempts at understanding inequality and fom...

Do you work with anyone who thinks or acts differently than you? Would you like to have a better understanding of why they think and act the way they do? Would you like to learn how to create healthier and more productive relationships with your coworkers, including colleagues, direct reports, and even your boss? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then Solving the People Problem is the book for you. How well you interact with coworkers has an outsized impact on your career su...

The story of seminal Ann Arbor punk rock band the Stooges, told through original interviews with the band members and associates.If the MC5 were Detroit's political spokesmen for the disenchanted youth of the 1960s, then the Stooges were the loutish kids, heckling from the back of the room. While conventional wisdom says they could barely play their instruments, the Stooges left an indelible mark on the world of punk rock, and the band's initial three albums—The St...

Banks have taken a backseat since the global financial crisis over a decade ago. Today, our new financial masters are asset managers, like Blackstone and BlackRock. And they don’t just own financial assets.The roads we drive on; the pipes that supply our drinking water; the farmland that provides our food; energy systems for electricity and heat; hospitals, schools, and the homes in which many of us live—all now swell asset managers' bulging investment portfolios.As the own...

This book equips military veterans, active-duty military, and their families with a complete stress management program. The book guides you step-by-step, until you master the 3 Keys to Managing PTSD. The 3 keys are: (1) Learn how to stop a stress reaction, (2) Process the trauma, and (3) Meditate daily. If you want to naturally reduce stress this book is for you.The book includes the PTSD FREE mobile app developed by Stress Is Gone. This cutting edge mHealth technology predicts and...

Essays from a range of disciplinary perspectives show the central role that cooperation plays in structuring our world.This collection reports on the latest research on an increasingly pivotal issue for evolutionary biology: cooperation. The chapters are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and utilize research tools that range from empirical survey to conceptual modeling, reflecting the rich diversity of work in the field. They explore a wide taxono...

This timeline comprises one thousand significant dates for global Christianity. It includes events across all inhabited continents (and also in Antarctica and outer space), emphasizing those occurring in the non-Western world. The detailed annotations on each date are intended as provocative "ignition points" to spark historical curiosity, functioning as "launchpads" into further exploration in global Christianity. For example: -739: What did the finding of the Rotas-Sator palindrome on th...

Grouse—an ecologically important group of birds that include capercaillie, prairie chickens, and ptarmigan—are distributed throughout the forests, grasslands, and tundra of Europe, Asia, and North America. Today, many grouse populations are in decline, and the conservation and management of these charismatic birds is becoming a global concern. This volume summarizes current knowledge of grouse biology in 25 chapters contributed by 80 researchers from field studies around the world. Organiz...

The Miles the Brave saga continues in this thrilling new chapter, Petra the Protector. This time, the spotlight shifts to the fearless Petra as we uncover the secrets of her past. How did she find herself in the mysterious Lost World? What twist of fate led to her meeting the loyal and courageous Pax? And is there more to Vectra Shade’s connection to Petra than meets the eye, could she truly be her aunt, or is there a deeper secret at play?