THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES…A sinister relic. A secret society. A race against time.Nineteen-year-old Becca Hunter Lake—now Romanov—is no stranger to danger. As an operative for the League of Griffins, a centuries-old secret society founded during the Crusades, she's tasked with locating and protecting powerful artifacts lost to history.When she's handed a mysterious ring—one of the notorious Totenkopf Rings, awarded to Himmler's SS and rumored to carry...

THE FIRST ACTION ADVENTURE IN AN ALL-NEW SERIES OF HISTORICAL THRILLERSA missing artifact. A buried conspiracy. A deadly chase across continents.Brilliant high-school graduate Becca Hunter Lake is getting a head start on her college thesis when she stumbles across a cryptic clue to one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries: Fabergé's Royal Danish Egg—a priceless treasure lost during the chaos of the Russian Revolution.What begins as an academic pu...

This landmark volume brings together some of the titans of social movement theory in a grand reassessment of its status. For some time, the field has been divided between a dominant structural approach and a cultural or constructivist tradition. The gaps and misunderstandings between the two sides-as well as the efforts to bridge them-closely parallel those in the discipline of sociology at large. This book aims to further the dialogue between these two distinct approaches to social moveme...

As an individual, it’s easy to assume that there’s not a lot you can do to affect change within a large group or an audience, but such an assumption is misleading. Look at Martin Luther. Look at his namesake, Martin Luther King Jr. Look at Hitler. Whether for good or for bad, these individuals have succeeded at calling large groups of people to action in completely radical ways.People behave and react differently to things in groups than they do as individuals. A guy at a club with...

"The Art of Covert Persuasion merges four seminal works into one comprehensive guide, providing an unparalleled exploration into the art of subtle influence and manipulation. This book is an essential resource for those who aspire to master the art of influencing others without their awareness.Dan Crosby's "Psychological Triggers" sets the stage with strategies for controlling, influencing, persuading, and manipulating using dark psychological tech...