In an era of fractured geopolitics and AI-driven acceleration, Digital Sovereignty: The Power to Decide addresses a critical question facing leaders: will you decide your organization's digital future, or will it be decided for you? Sovereignty in a digital world is something you build to your design or lose by default. However, it is a myth that one can achieve sovereignty through isolation. This book argues that, in an interconnected world, protecting your interests and staying connected...

From Alexandra Bracken, the New York Times bestselling author of Lore, comes a stunningly original romantasy. Set in a sumptuous world ruled by magical perfume, this achingly romantic, slow-burn love story will shatter your heart and leave you breathless.*****"Sensuous and enthralling, Immortal Rose blooms. This is the magical Bridgerton I've been waiting for with a vibrant heroine, an exceptional world, and my...

A gripping exploration of belief in the impossible through horror film, informed by philosophy, history, and anthropology.What if aliens crash-landed at an old mine? What if you discovered your spouse is protecting you from witchcraft? What if you received messages from the dead? You wouldn’t believe it, of course—but you might investigate. As Christopher Bracken shows through this gripping exploration of the horror film, this is the first step toward believing the...

From Alexandra Bracken, the New York Times bestselling author of Lore, comes a stunningly original romantasy. Set in a sumptuous world ruled by magical perfume, this achingly romantic, slow-burn love story will shatter your heart and leave you breathless.*****"Sensuous and enthralling, Immortal Rose blooms. This is the magical Bridgerton I've been waiting for with a vibrant heroine, an exceptional world, and my...

Yule does not need to occupy a room.Yule in Small Places contains forty-eight winter-solstice workings built for the parts of December you actually control: one square of paper, an ordinary lamp, the inside of a door, a coat fastening, a bag zipper, a wrapped parcel, a receipt, a work break, a guest-room corner, or the moment an object returns to ordinary use.Nell Bracken designs for shared homes, apartments, travel, shift work, holiday traffic, low-energy days, sm...

October 31 does not become a day off because you practice witchcraft.Samhain on the Clock is a practical Samhain guide for witches who are working the holiday: night-shift workers, caregivers, retail and hospitality staff, office workers, security, transport, cleaners, remote workers, and anyone whose schedule will not produce a quiet ritual evening.Nell Bracken builds 40 work-safe Samhain workings around transitions you already have: leaving home, commuting, clock...

Samhain does not require a bonfire, a permanent ancestor altar, or a quiet house.Samhain Without a Bonfire contains forty-five practical workings for the night people actually have: apartments, shared rooms, trick-or-treat traffic, pets, children, no-flame rules, limited privacy, interruptions, and the hour after everyone else has finally gone to bed.Ancestor work is separated into distinct operations. You can remember without inviting, offer temporary hospitality ...

A seasonal practice should not require ideal conditions.Mabon Without Buying Anything is autumn-equinoctial witchcraft designed for small spaces, shared homes, limited privacy, no-flame settings, low-energy days, interruptions, and limited storage.Nell Bracken starts with the operation a working needs and builds from ordinary objects that can actually perform it: a key for access, a cup for containment, string for binding and release, paper for inscription and disposal, wat...

The 1980s saw the first space shuttle lift off, the end of the Cold War, Live Aid, Chernobyl, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the release of the first personal computer, the rise of Reaganomics, the Tiananmen Square protests, and creation of the first designer babies.At the same time, Cyndi Lauper was "The Voice of the MTV generation," and girls weren't the only people who wanted to have fun.In this rapidly changing environment, private eyes provided clients with legal and ext...

Cover Art: Stephen HickmanNOVELLA“Shanghai Jim,” by Frank L. PackardPearls, a hidden enemy, and one last chance to clear his name…SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY“Death Takes a Dip,” by Hal CharlesCan you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!SHORT STORIES...

‘Plain Talk from the Word of God’ is a 400 word devotional that follows three aspects of Biblical understanding; Observation, Interpretation and most importantly Application. Be prepared to reach for your Bible to see that which you had just read is so.

Scratch the surface of North Texas and the stereotypes of wide-open Western spaces with lots of football disappear, replaced by an endless series of contrasting images. Gleaming glass towers rise over stockyards redolent with the smell of livestock. Suburbs full of families sit just a few blocks from neon-lit nightlife districts. In any given neighborhood, you might hear conjunto music competing with country and western tunes. There are grimy bars and gleaming churches, funky stores and ne...