Media competes with public schools in terms of student engagement and time. However, the two needn't be mutually exclusive. The Pedagogy of Pop: Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success discusses a variety of strategies and approaches for using social and mass media as tools through which teachers might improve schooling.While there is a vast body of literature in this field, editors Edward A. Janak and Denise Blum have created a text which differs in two substantive ways: ...

Discover dark rituals, eldritch creatures, and monstrous secrets in this masterfully frightening horror anthology of 17 short stories inspired by the iconic works of legendary writer H. P. Lovecraft, curated by award-winning anthologist Stephen Jones.Featuring some of the biggest names in horror fiction, including Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Brian Stableford, and many more. This newly redesigned edition also includes a revised and updated Introduction and ...

Newman – a man with a killer instinct. Just the sort of chap a girl needs when the urge to stray affects her husband. When her husband breaks the rules. Maddie had always known he would come in useful one day. How right she was.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Do you still carry the weight of a childhood that never gave you what you needed?Does Any of This Sound Familiar?• You push people away the moment they get close, then wonder why you feel so alone.• A critical voice in your head controls everything you do.• You keep choosing partners who repeat the same painful patterns.• You overwork, overplease, and still never feel like enough.Growing...

Discover the principles, practices, and insider secrets of paid professional speaking success in 77 instant-access “microchapters” that will help you market your smarts, monetize your message, and dramatically expand your reach and revenue.For thought-leading CEOs, executives, consultants, and entrepreneurs, the true test of your personal brand comes down to one simple question: When you speak, do people listen?In Do It! Speaking, nationally-acclai...

Visibility. Credibility. Power. Status. Respect.WARNING: This book is not for everyone.This is an aggressive book. You probably won't like it.It's quite doubtful you have the courage, conviction, or clarity to appreciate a manifesto this unapologetic. We'd suggest you stick to safer, fluffier business books.BUT... if you want to know what separates the obscure from the outstanding, the replaceable from the irreplacea...

The Empiricist's Rejection: David Hume's Critique of Religion by Ollie Newman offers a bold exploration of one of the most influential philosophers of the Enlightenment. In this thought-provoking and meticulously researched book, Newman delves into David Hume's incisive critiques of religious belief, exploring how Hume challenged the very foundation of theology with his revolutionary skepticism. From his rejection of miracles to his dissection of the argument from design, Hume's w...

Written by food expert David Neuman, Extra Virgin Olive Oil: The Truth in Your Kitchen is the first resource of its kind to show consumers how to identify and avoid purchasing rancid/defective olive oil by understanding price point, olive oil handling from the mill to stores, and the smell and taste of good, quality olive oil.

This revised and updated second edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1990, the year when the horror boom finally went bust. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Poppy Z. Brite, Jonathan Carroll, Harlan Ellison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Gahan Wilson and Gene Wolfe, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightm...

Set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s, the Gunsmoke radio show was routinely called by radio drama enthusiasts “the best show of any kind and any time”. For nine years from 1952 to 1961, Gunsmoke dominated the airwaves as it portrayed the epic legend of the American West. The lead character of Marshall Matt Dillon, as played by William Conrad, was called the “Philip Marlowe of the old west”. Besides Conrad, the superb supporting cast included Parley Baer a...

This book examines the iconic presence of second chances in everyday life. David Newman explores its various iterations in popular culture, commercial marketplaces, religion, intimate relationships, education, criminal justice, and human bodies. He analyzes how this concept—as a cultural aspiration, driver of policy, and lived personal experience—has become part and parcel of our individual sense of self and our collective national identity. While the rhetoric of redemption is familiar and...

The Untold Story of Rgina Diana tells of the rebellious daughter of working-class French-Italian parents from a run-down area of Geneva who, trained by the most ruthless spymaster of them all, Elisabeth Schragmller (aka Fraulein Doktor), became a much-adored French caf-concert singer, a discreet and highly prized prostitute plying her trade, and a successful German Great War spy.Reginas spy operations were full of intrigue: a network spanning four countries based in the shamed city of Mars...