This definitive guide to the sport of whitewater kayaking draws on the combined 30+ years of experience of world-renowned paddlers and instructors Ken Whiting and Kevin Varette. Covers everything from the most basic skills and concepts to the most advanced, cutting-edge paddling techniques.

The Highway of Tears series, is inspired by true events. Official reports state that nineteen girls have vanished from the Highway of Tears in British Columbia, Canada, since the first young victim disappeared in 1969 from a motel bar at Williams Lake. Jack Malchenko, a retired detective with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Prince Rupert, believes the total could be over one hundred. It drives Jack to keep searching the secluded logging trails for any evidence that might help give clo...

41 writers. One cause.We've rallied a platoon of crime, western, thriller, fantasy, noir, horror and transgressive authors to support PROTECT's important work: lobbying for legislation that protects children from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.Powerful stories from George Pelecanos, Andrew Vachss, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles de Lint, Ken Bruen, Chet Williamson, James Reasoner, Charlie Stella, Michael A. Black, Wayne Dundee, Roxane Gay, Ray Banks, Tony Black, Les Edgerton ...

Do you know someone who was an addict, and now, they are sober? Do you know someone who was an addict and couldn't beat their addiction in time? Do you know someone who is currently struggling with addiction? Show them you care by purchasing this anthology. Help raise awareness so your best friend, brother, parent, or anyone in your life isn't taken by the drug epidemic in America. The education for addiction post rehab/sobriety isn't pushed as much as the need to get sober. Many people fe...

Remi Adama finds himself as a bachelor on the latest newly wed game. The catch? He’s only spoken to the bride-to-be on the phone, not even exchanging first names, and he’ll be meeting her for the first time face-to-face at the altar to tie the knot. On his way to the filming location, his GPS stops working when a thunderstorm blows in. Crossing a bridge, Remi nearly crashes into a woman in a wedding dress, and the night becomes an adventure far sexier than he had in mind. Jenifer Rosalind ...

Chimit Ondar is a musician from the autonomous republic of Tuva, in southern Siberia, not far from the Mongolian border. A childhood friend, now a female shaman, Zoya Sedip has taken him on as an apprentice shaman. And he begins learning how to heal, how to access spiritual energy and how to direct it.In Boston, USA, graphic artist Ray Farmer is restless. He realises he's wasted a lot of his life dabbling in spiritual pursuits – without focus. He strikes up an Internet friendship w...

Nature’s infinite beauty: Such a lovely place to disappear forever.Despite growing health issues, private investigator Jack Malchenko is giving his best effort at retirement. With his wife Angela busy with photography engagements he's grown bored with the sedentary lifestyle. Far away from his former police work, Jack enjoys camping with his father Taima White Elk. Their time together has gradually repaired their once volatile relationship. Their latest trip together ends abruptly ...

The Atonement of St. JudeShe served the time. She bore the shame. But she wasn't the one who let the water rise.Eighteen years ago, a tragedy shattered the quiet village of St. Jude. A baby drowned, and fifteen-year-old Lottie Langford was the only one held to account. Convicted of criminal neglect and branded a monster, she was sent away while the village watched in hollowed silence.Lottie didn't fight the charges. She didn't offer a defense. She s...

The image of the meditating yogi has become a near-universal symbol for transcendent perfection used to market everything from perfume and jewelry to luxury resorts and sports cars, and popular culture has readily absorbed it along similar lines. Yet the religious traditions grounding such images are often readily abandoned or caricatured beyond recognition, or so it would seem. The essays contained in The Assimilation of Yogic Religions through Pop Culture explore the references to yogis ...

Every day, I encounter people and places, sights and sounds, memories and mementos that are or symbolize the then, now, and yet to be of my life. It is a chronicle of the immediate past, present, and future.At each stage of life, we journey down roads that are familiar and well-traveled, having driven them our entire life. They are the roads taken. The landmarks we pass are beloved and well-known. Although many of the roads are the same ones we've travelled before, we are different...

Astro-imaging In a White Zone is an urban astrophotography guide for the amateur astronomer. It identifies setup methods, issues, procedures and recommendations along with the final photographic results. I'll show you the astro-imaging issues that are typically encountered using common amateur astronomy equipment, how to deal with them or even avoid them. And I'll show you how to do it all from inside a light-polluted city environment from your own backyard or even from a high-rise balcony...

So what did Scots have to smile about this year? When they watched Britain voting for Brexit, when they heard the constant arguments about independence, and when they saw a strangely coiffed son of a Scotswoman become President of the United States, they turned to their usual survival technique – they laughed.When they saw Rangers stumble on their road back to the top, a Scot, Andy Murray, becoming a top world sportsman, and a Scottish horse winning the Grand National, they natural...