Successful spies change history. Failures are never heard from again.From simple data theft or sabotage to protecting state secrets and last-ditch gambles that alter the tides of war, it's the spy—professional or amateur—who gets the job done! Whether it's for King and country or private vendetta, it is often the lone agent, through stealth, skill, and sometimes a little luck, who makes the difference.If only it were that easy.In Last-Ditch you'll f...

A Critical Companion to David Lynch builds on the vast debate of one of the most discussed and researched directors of the present era, with commercial and critical success across multiple mediums and genres. This edited volume provides a wide-ranging exploration of Lynch’s films, practices, and collaborations, with nineteen original chapters examining themes including narrativity, aesthetics, artistry, sound, experimentation, metafiction, and patriarchy from the disciplinary pers...

This volume presents the results of a comprehensive study of educational leadership faculty and the departments and programs in which they work. It reports the characteristics, activities, and attitudes of educational leadership faculty members involved in university-based educational leadership preparation programs in 2008 and provides longitudinal comparisons with data from studies conducted since 1972. The findings are compared by type of institution and with respondents grouped by sex,...

Step into the world of Donald J. Trump with "The Comeback King: Donald Trump's Unfinished Business". The unfiltered story is an engaging and accessible exploration of the life and political career of the 45th President of the United States. This captivating book provides readers with an intimate portrait of Trump's life, from his early career to his tumultuous run for the presidencey in 2015, the Capitol riots, his loss and his ambitious 2024 presidential campaign.With a unique twi...

Step into the world of Donald J. Trump with "The Comeback King: Donald Trump's Unfinished Business". The unfiltered story is an engaging and accessible exploration of the life and political careers of the 45th President of the United States. This captivating book provides readers with an intimate portrait of Trump's life, from his early career to his tumultuous run for the presidencey in 2015, the Capitol riots, his loss and his ambitious 2024 presidential campaign.With a unique tw...

Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their own teaching. Filled with step by step descriptions and positive student feedback, these chapters ...

Inside the mind of the killer can be several things. These anthologies are a dive into what the artists and authors involved see it as.This book has art from Donald Patten and Serenity Rose,Poetry by Patricia Harris & Ruan Bradford Wright & Serena Mossgraves & Thirdy Japsay,And These Stories:Drops of Blood by David CornfordChanges by Serena MossgravesI Am An Artist by Pyle HazardThe Case of the Banshee House by Ronald W. Gillespie Jr.

Republican extremism is running amok. How did the GOP get in this mess? Robert Brent Toplin shows the radical shift occurred long before Donald Trump entered the White House. An early sign of trouble occurred in the 1950s when Joseph McCarthy engaged in reckless demagoguery. In later decades militants purged moderates, rejected compromise, and disparaged political opponents. Now extremism poses a crisis for the United States and the world. This gripping narrative, loaded with fascinating d...

What In The World Is Quantum Physics?Do black holes really exist?Are string theories made of… strings?What is the Schrödinger’s Cat?Let’s face the fact here, you are NOT A SCIENTIST nor a physician, and yet you are curious about those questions that you have been pondering about.99.99% of the world’s mysteries are yet to be discovered and/or solved.Why not…It’s time for you to rediscover science?...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the box office sensation Oppenheimer, a biography of super-lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn, whose shocking exploits over four decades have shaped the modern political era, most prominently the ascent of Donald Trump.From the 1950s to the 1980s, the many dramas of American political life had one common denominator: Roy Cohn. In his twenties, the infamous young pros...

Germline (n): the genetic material contained in a cellular lineage that can be passed to the next generation. Also (slang): secret military program to develop genetically engineered supersoldiers.One hundred years from now, Russia and the United States are at odds again. This time the war has gone hot. Heavily armored soldiers battle genetically engineered troops hundreds of meters below the icy, mineral-rich mountains of Kazakhstan.War is Oscar Wendell’s ...