Rebellious teen Robin "Robbie" Willette thinks her life sucks. Her grades aren't the greatest. Her dad hates her "older" boyfriend. And her mom keeps Robbie on a short leash after her straight A, perfect, older sister gets pregnant and has a baby. As the tension builds in her family, Robbie runs away with her boyfriend Lane only to wind up sleeping on the sofa of her ostracized sister. But it's not all that bad. Robbie has a taste of independence. She's working on getting her diploma throu...

Hack Ward thought he had found a niche market for his skills as a private investigator when Hollywood came to Detroit. When washed up director Will Peyton gets pegged to direct a low-brow family comedy starring a chimp and a perpetual bad-girl pop star, Hack gets brought in by Peyton to keep an eye on starlet Haley Goslin. It’s not because Peyton is concerned about her image; it’s because Peyton is in love with the younger woman and doesn’t want her fooling around on him. It isn’t long, ho...

Salon Style is a collection of writers, poets, and artists with unique voices and incredible vision in diverse genres such as Gothic/Horror, Sci-Fi, Women’s Lit, and Americana. Salon Style features stories by emerging writers M.P. Diederich, Dan Ress, Casey Ellis (Startling Sci-Fi: New Tales of the Beyond), Jack Bates, Lucy Black, and established writers John Rodzvilla, John Vicary, Stefanie Freele, and P.J. Schaefer (Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness

Dieselpunk and decopunk are alternative history re-imaginings of (roughly) the WWI and WWII eras: tales with the grit of roaring bombers and rumbling tanks, of 'We Can Do It' and old time gangsters, or with the glamour of flappers and Hollywood starlets, smoky jazz and speakeasies. The stories in this volume add fairy tales to the mix, transporting classic tales to this rich historical setting.Two young women defy the devil with the power of friendship. The pilot of a talking plane...

Der Gesuchte heißt Joe Bates und wird wegen Dutzender Verbrechen gesucht. Er ist ein Mörder und Betrüger, der bei dreckigen Geschäften überall große Summen kassiert hat, allein in Chicago mehr als 100.000 Dollar. Zudem hat er mindestens sieben Morde begangen, denn immer hat er sich seiner Verhaftung mit äußerster Brutalität entzogen und wenn er keine andere Wahl gehabt hat, so hat er sich seinen Weg eben auf erbarmungslose Weise frei geschossen.Vor allem aber scheint Bates ein wahre...

By using the legal term probable cause the author makes a casethat his suspect and Jack the Ripper are the same person.

The Internal Market Act 2020 provides the foundation for freedom of trade within the UK following Brexit. The Act is a central element of the UK's constitutional infrastructure. By enabling goods and services that are lawfully made or sold in one of the UK's four constituent parts to be marketed and sold across the rest of the UK, the Act exerts a practical brake on regulatory divergence, because higher regulatory standards imposed by legislation in one part of the UK may have little pract...

“Dear Jack,” Barbara writes to her son. Through these letters and raw prose sections relating to them, she recounts the past and explores questions of motherhood, responsibility, guilt, and spirituality. In Dear Jack: A Love Letter to My Son, Barbara Bates Conroy shares her highly personal and tragic experiences with drug addiction, family discord, loss, and grief. When her son, Jack, passed away from a heroin overdose in 2015 after struggling with substance abuse for years, Barba...

This wee tale was written by me (Bruce), the Westie in the title. My human dad helped with the spelling and photographs, of course, but I reckoned it was time a dog book was actually written by a member of our canine clan. What kind of story is it? Well, it's my life story-short by human standards, but it tells of a dog's life well lived. My adopted Westie brothers, Bramble and Jack, feature too, as do all the human folk who so enriched my life. I hope you enjoy my wee life story. I certai...

This book explores the changes that are leading to a new century of natural resources management. It places the current situation in historical perspective, analyzes the forces that are propelling change, and describes and examines the specific changes in goals, policy, and practice that are transforming all aspects of natural resources management.The book is an important overview for wildlife biologists, foresters, and others working for public land agencies; professors and students of na...

Miért dolgozzunk „állandó béta üzemmódban”? Hogyan válhat kedvtelésünk hivatássá? Mi mindennel járulhatnak hozzá mások képességeink kibontakoztatásához? Ebben az igényesen összeállított kötetben húsz, a maga területén meghatározó vezető, többek között Scott Belsky, Jocelyn K. Glei és Tony Schwartz mutatja be a gyökeresen átalakult munkaerőpiacon bevált stratégiáit. Ehhez kapunk praktikus tippeket a karrierlehetőségeink megteremtése, az önfejlesztés, a networking és a kockázatvállalás témáj...

Fans of the award-winning and visually stunning video game can see Cuphead, Mugman, and friends like never before in this original, illustrated middle-grade novel. Join them on their adventure as they make merry mischief in the vibrant and topsy-turvy world of the Inkwell Isles!It's a special day on the Inkwell Isles: Elder Kettle's birthday! Yes, sirree, it's a very special day. So Cuphead and Mugman need to find the perfect gift to honor their beloved me...