Released in 1984, Steven E. Rhoads' classic was considered by many to be among the best introductions to the economic way of thinking and its applications. This anniversary edition has been updated to account for political and economic developments - from the greater interest in redistributing income and the ascendancy of behaviorism to the Trump presidency. Rhoads explores opportunity cost, marginalism, and economic incentives and explains why mainstream economists - even those well to th...

Professions are institutions which, through their small size, self-governing elements, and sense of social mission, can assist in maintaining a sound civic culture. As mediating institutions in our democratic society that are neither entirely birthed by the state nor are entirely private, the individual professions—such as the legal and education professions, journalism, economics, architecture, or the military—arguably present practical avenues through which to teach civic behavior and to...

My first and only play was performed at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana, Illinois, in December of 1974, and was accepted into the American College Theatre Festival Midwest Regional at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where it was performed on January 20th, 1975. Although held in a tiny theater that seated only 50, the performance was packed and afterwards, the audience sat in stunned silence before erupting in a standing ovation. An intense argument broke out after ...

From the original Guns N' Roses drummer comes a tale of sex, drugs, excess, hairspray, and an intense 20-year struggle with addiction.Guns N' Roses is one of the world's most successful rock bands, with estimated sales of 90 million albums worldwide. Steven Adler is the original drummer, with an infamous past of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll that led to his removal from the band.And here, for the first time, Steven Adler tells it all. In My Appetite for D...

Door de ontdekking van een oud skelet diep in een grottenstelsel in Florida wordt rechercheur Eve Jareau geconfronteerd met haar verleden. Zou dit haar vermiste vader kunnen zijn? Ze wil aan de zaak blijven werken, dus vertelt ze dit vermoeden niet aan haar knappe baas, politiechef Nash Bowden. Het wordt echter steeds lastiger haar geheim te bewaren als hij besluit met haar samen te werken. Dan is Eve opeens in groot gevaar als iemand besluit dat sommige geheimen beter begraven kunnen blij...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

AudioFile Earphones Award "A full-cast production adds excitement to this story based on actual royal intrigue and murder in fifteenth-century England. The cast of five enhances the scenes, allowing the listener to hear lively conversations and bustling London streets. Moira Quirk excels as commoner Nell Gould, an unlikely lifelong friend of Prince Ned and his sisters. ..."

Women of Science Fiction is a powerful collection of 18 classic stories by the pioneering women who helped shape the future of science fiction. Long before the genre was dominated by familiar names, these authors were asking daring questions about time, identity, power, technology, and what it means to be human.From Mary Shelley’s meditation on immortality in The Mortal Immortal to Leigh Brackett’s sense of wonder in The Moon That Vanished, these ...

Pinkerton seems lonely. So his young owner goes to the pet show to find him a friend. She returns with a kitten named Rose, who could be the ideal playmate for Pinkerton. But Rose has ideas of her own. She wants to be a Great Dane, and suddenly Pinkerton decides to start acting like a kitten. So Pinkerton, Rose and their owners go back to the pet show to seek professional advice, but what results is a crazy and comical adventure!

Now published by SageThe new Twelfth Edition of Social Psychology by Saul Kassin, Steven Fein, and Hazel Rose Markus captures the excitement of this dynamic and responsive field in our ever-changing world. The authors highlight the most exciting and important foundational and contemporary research, while every chapter also uniquely investigates the influences of culture and social class. In this enthusiastic introduction to social psycholo...

From William Shakespeare’s series of history dramas, to Sir Walter Scott, and George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire*—*not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones—the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers for centuries.Ed West’s My Kingdom for a Horse illuminates the bloody war fought for thirty long years between the descendants of King Edward III in a battle for the throne. Named after the emblems used by the two leading families,...

Vijftien jaar geleden werd Ellie Brannon voor dood achtergelaten bij de Ruïne, terwijl haar beste vriendinnen werden ontvoerd. De dader is nooit gepakt, en al die tijd heeft ze gevreesd voor zijn terugkeer. Wanneer er nieuwe ontwikkelingen zijn, komt FBI-agent Sam Reece terug naar Belle Pointe om de zaak dit keer wél op te lossen. Ellie durft hem niet meteen te vertrouwen, maar hij is de enige die haar kan helpen de gaten in haar geheugen op te vullen. Dan stelt hij voor terug te keren naa...