"A witty and unexpected take on the zombie genre" in which half-human, half-zombie fights to end the war between the living and the dead (Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels).Subtitled "A Zombie Memoir," Brains looks at America's favorite walking-dead flesh-eaters from an audaciously original and deliciously gruesome new perspective. Debut author Robin Becker blazes new ground with this story of former coll...

Northern Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth and home to a broad range of ecological and human cultures. With A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia, editors Todd Davis and Noah Davis recognize and celebrate this diversity and the fact that humans are storytelling creatures who develop relationships with their landscapes at the intersection of art and science.A companion volume to A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, this gui...

Belvedere, tranquillo paesone alle porte di Roma, viene sconvolto dal macabro ritrovamento del cadavere di Rodolfo Bonci che giace, in un negozio di via Roma, in un lago di sangue, con la testa spaccata da un ferro da stiro.Ma è stato veramente un omicidio o si è trattato solo di un banale incidente? Toccherà al maresciallo Domenico Rocca dirimere il dubbio e nel frattempo faticherà non poco a tenere a bada Olivia e Rebecca, amiche e appassionate lettrici di thriller. Le due protago...

Edited by Harvey Stanbrough. Body-Smith 401 and twenty other stories is dedicated to the memory of Ray Bradbury, who passed from among us on June 5, 2012, after having taught many of us a simple truth: "Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall." You were right. Thanks, Ray. These stories are all speculative fiction, and they all deal more strongly with the characters' reaction to the science or fantasy in the story than with the science or fantasy itself. Herein you...

Von Lassie, Benji und Fury bis zu Crackerjack, Finder und Hightower im "Pferdeflüsterer" – für Millionen Filmfans sind die "tierischen Stars" oft wahre Herzensbrecher; oft mehr geliebt als manches menschliche "Sternchen". Was aber geschieht hinter den Kulissen? Wo kommen diese Tiere her? Wie werden sie trainiert, motiviert, behandelt? Und vor allem: Wie arbeiten Weltstars wie Richard Gere, Julia Roberts und Steven Spielberg mit ihren knurrenden, wiehernden, miauenden Kolleg/inn/en zusammen...

Throughout its 65-year history, the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has sought to facilitate international exchanges and research collaborations among academics and journalists in the field of media and communication. Created during a time of strong ideological tension following World War II in 1957 and with the support of UNESCO, the contributors to this edited collection highlight how the IAMCR and its members shaped the field of media and communica...

Valuable practical advice for managing classrooms, workloads, and careers.Non-tenure-track lecturers and adjunct instructors face particular challenges at US colleges, including heavy teaching loads, lack of office space, little control over the selection of course topics or textbooks, and long commutes between jobs at two or more schools.Quick Hits for Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers contains short, practice-oriented articles by experienced instructor...

Der resignierte Kriminalbeamte Matthias Euler und seine Kollegen werden zum Schutz einer wichtigen Zeugin abgestellt. Doch statt eines modernen Safe House am Rande der Stadt, erwartet sie als Unterschlupf ein heruntergekommener Plattenbau in Halle-Neustadt. Wäre das nicht bereits übel genug, scheint es einen Maulwurf in ihren Reihen zu geben. Als der Gangsterboss Broski ein Kopfgeld aussetzt, geht es ums nackte Überleben.

"Der resignierte Kriminalbeamte Matthias Euler und seine Kollegen werden zum Schutz einer wichtigen Zeugin abgestellt. Doch statt eines modernen Safe House am Rande der Stadt, erwartet sie als Unterschlupf ein heruntergekommener Plattenbau in Halle-Neustadt. Wäre das nicht bereits übel genug, scheint es einen Maulwurf in ihren Reihen zu geben. Als der Gangsterboss Broski ein Kopfgeld aussetzt, geht es ums nackte Überleben. "