Mountains take many forms, from physical to metaphorical. Sooner or later and more often than not, we all come upon some kind of mountain. Maybe you’re an aviator facing an unusual test. Can you see the portal and do you know where it leads? Maybe you’re a hiker facing a monstrous decision. Maybe danger erupts during your mining expedition. Did someone say treasure? Are we all just walking each other home? Do you hear singing? Could healing come from facing your biggest fear? What is “The ...

Your climate control is broken, the engine is overheating again, and the traffic has come to a dead stop amidst a swarm of horns. To top it off you're late for work. In a heartbeat, you find yourself in another place, another time. Just for a moment, your mind takes a break. Your subconscious decides to get out of the traffic and set sail along a coast of white sand beaches and palm trees. Later that night, you wake with a jolt but don’t remember what startled you. Your thoughts are racing...

This textbook provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to methodological issues encountered by the various social science disciplines. It emphasizes applications, with detailed examples, so that readers can put these methods to work in their research. Within a unified framework, John Gerring and Dino Christenson integrate a variety of methods - descriptive and causal, observational and experimental, qualitative and quantitative. The text covers a wide range of topics inclu...

Ett brutalt mordförsök på en framstående läkare utmynnar i att en polis avrättas och den egensinniga åklagaren Alexandra Zachrisson utses att leda förundersökningen. Då fallet har politiska kopplingar tvingas Alexandra samarbeta med Tom Gozzi från Säkerhetspolisen. Utredningen kastar Alexandra och Tom mellan Rosenbad, en mystisk orden och den militanta extremvänstern. Trots att Alexandra är fast besluten att skaffa barn på egen hand och Tom kämpar mot sitt sexmissbruk inleder de en sexuell...