In Liberatory Research Teams, Labs, and Collectives, Phelps-Ward, Brown, and Bankole provide guidance for research team leaders and members who aspire to facilitate research teams from a liberatory, human-centered, equitable perspective.Whether leading a lab in chemistry or engineering, a research team in the humanities or fine arts, or research collectives and collaboratives in the social sciences (e.g., psychology, social work, education), the authors provide rich exampl...

An assassin mage, her reluctant assistant, and their quest for an Ancient Power.Death Dealer Siraya Sternvale was content to keep her head down, perform her assassinations, and steadily pay off her debt to the brutal Council.Until she meets the charming, easygoing Dex Grimbrook, who presents her with an opportunity to break free from the plotting and scheming of Tovaris's most powerful organization and the terrible burden of Siraya's own actions and instead...

"Captain's log... we're doomed."Captain Vance Turbo of the E.S.S Ares has managed to save the entire universe and gotten himself a big fat promotion for it. However, that doesn't mean much as he's just received a message that his daughter is in peril! His daughter that he didn't know about because she was cooked up in a lab by his ex-girlfriend. Knowing he can't take his ship on a personal vendetta, Vance decides to charter a pirate ship to head to the dis...

Explore the mysteries of Venice and the forgotten art of alchemy with this supplement for The Silver Bayonet, featuring solo and competitive campaigns, new soldiers, and new enemies.Though the years of Austrian occupation and repression have ended and Venice is back in French hands, fear still hangs heavy over the City of Masks. Rumours abound, telling of strange figures leaping across rooftops, of monsters out in the lagoon, of bodies bearing mysterious w...

The White Raven prophecy should have been over. Kies Tor should have been safe.When a devastating drought sweeps across the land, Talin learns the bitter truth. She had misunderstood the prophecy from the beginning—and destiny will not be so easily spurned. Her lands and her people are once again under threat. This time, they face a danger far more insidious than all that has come before.In a desperate final bid to rewrite Fate itself, Talin and Red Wolf set forth on a sear...

A spicy paranormal romance novel—inspired by the Casket Girls—featuring the original vampyr and his daughters, set in New Orleans and building upon the world of Kraven's Dark Fates series, for fans of Bride by Ali Hazelwood and the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.Memory is in the blood. In the shadowed world beneath the city's music, masks, and midnight rituals, Vlad Dracul reigns. Ancient and bound by blood and magic, he is the original vampy...

The use of hyperthermia in radiation oncology is well established. Many publications cover the whole field of possibilities and problems of this therapeutic modality. The new development of interstitial and intracavitary hyperthermia, however, is not well known: there are only a few relevant publications in different journals. Therefore, it was appropriate that SAUER and SEEGENSCHMIEDT organized an international meeting on this topic, where experiences with this new and promising technique...

"Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and dis cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. The authors, each distinguished in a particular field, have contributed across a wide range of subjects and different dis ciplines. The topics covered include surgical and investi...

When the organizer of a major cat competition is murdered and the grand prize is stolen, Shell McMillan will have to claw through the clues to catch a killer . . .The Kitty Club Cat Show has come to Fox Hollow, and everyone from casual cat lovers to competitive breeders has shown up for the contest. Pet shop owner Shell McMillan has two cats entered, and like everyone else she has her eye on the grand prize, a vibrant red leash with a solid gold cat-head figurine a...

GONJI, the demon-stalked warrior with the soul of his samurai forebears and the heart of his Viking mother, surges on through legend-haunted medieval Europe, seeking the key to his mysterious destiny...His infamy---and celebrity!---has seen a militant cult spawned around his legend and philosophies. Thus, Gonji must face persecution from religious and secular hierarchies, while dealing with human and supernatural assassins.Facing almost certain death, Gonji must make a grim...

An eerie middle grade mystery debut that follows a young girl who returns home to find the people of her little town, including her best friend, chillingly changed after the arrival of the prim and proper Gingham family."A rip-roaring adventure, but more importantly, a kids’ power ballad to the importance of being yourself." —Gordon Korman, New York Times-bestselling authorWhen 12-year-old Joni Bird returns home from summe...

“Cloak and Dagger” is far more than a non-stop adventure. It’s a thrilling blend of history, mythology, family, science, and political intrigue with a touch of romance woven in. Perfect for fans of stories that merge ancient legend with modern intrigue. What if the myths of the Viking gods were not mere stories, but memories of real events, and the weapons they wielded were forged with technology far beyond their time? Dr. Brendan Watkins, an archaeologist specializing in early Viking hist...