A dead coworker. A cryptic test. Mythical beings hiding—and hunting—in plain sight. For one junior database administrator, it all makes for a bad day in the office.For readers who love bewildering puzzles, workplace satire, supernatural conspiracies, and ancient beings reincarnated as Goldendoodles, Mark of the Centipede is the first book in E. Bryan Thomas's urban fantasy quest series, The Scr...

LTUE Benefit Anthologies, Volume 2.Everyone knows dragon tales make for the best adventure stories. Throw in women who actively seek what they want—a little intrigue, exciting battles, and hard decisions—to get these twenty excellent adventures by some of today's best fantasy writers!This collection celebrates Linda Hunter Adams, a truly amazing mentor and role model for many in our Life, the Universe, & Everything writing community. Proceeds from this volume suppo...

Throughout human history people have been driven from their homes by wars, unjust treatment, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The reality of forced migration is not new, nor is awareness of the suffering of the displaced a recent discovery. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that at the end of 2007 there were 67 million persons in the world who had been forcibly displaced from their homes—including more than 16 million people who had to flee across an international bor...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica.Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulne...

The focus of this volume is to identify and review issues and outcomes associated with behavioral concerns of students with learning and behavioral disabilities. Students must navigate a number of environmental conditions, task demands, and social interactions with peers and adults throughout the school day. To be successful, they must employ a variety of learning and self-regulatory strategies, as well as meet teachers' expectations in the classroom. Students with learning and behavioral ...

Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring work of performance scholars, literary critics and cultural historians. The journal focuses primarily on Shakespeare and his contemporaries but embraces theoretical and historical studies of socio-political, intellectual and artistic contexts that extend well beyond the early modern English theatrical milieu. In addition to articles, Shakespeare Studies offers unique opportunities for extended intellectual ex...

Faraway in the land of GInnethin, a young elven mage is trapped in an endless cycle of bad luck. Jailed for three seasons in a dungeon, Grindgy bides his time, learning from his failures. Valisare, a ravishing but wicked assassin, frees him from the dungeon, and soon Grindgy fi nds himself in the presence of elven Queen Elluiraa meeting that will change his life forever.The Queen gives Grindgy an ancient scroll written by his ancestor, and he learns that his family was solely respo...

"A compelling story of love, courage and forgiveness. Highly recommended." —Historical Novel Society"A sure bet for readers of personal war stories and those who want to know, 'What about the women and children?'" —BooklistInspired by true events, For Those Who Are Lost begins on the eve of the Nazi invasion of the island of Guernsey, when terrified parents have a choice to make: send their children alone to Englan...

A brand-new anthology with fifteen exclusive short stories offering taut and dramatic tales set on Earth and in dark reaches of space, featuring the ultimate hunters, the Yautja—also also known as Predators.The diverse lineup of authors includes Stephen Graham Jones, Linda Addison, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Peter Briggs, and many more.Fifteen original, never-before-seen short stories set in the expanded Predator universe from the firs...

For readers of Martha Hall Kelly and Beatriz Williams, "a story of female freedom and constraints that doesn't shy away from the trauma—and joy—that faced U.S. women"(Kirkus) during a pivotal period in American history.Literature impacts us all uniquely — but also unites us.Massachusetts, 1954. Alice Campbell escapes halfway across the country and finds herself in front of a derelict building tucked among ...

This American Girl in Paris might hold the fate of nations . . .It's the 1960s, and the fashion culture of New York, Paris, and Milan is starting to make an impression on the mid-century American woman. Jackie Kennedy's effortless style leads the nation, although Mia's bustling bakery job doesn't often give her the time or money to craft a stylish closet after her idol in the White House. But when a mysterious stranger suddenly offers her a modeling job in Paris at...

What's a Velociraptor's favorite number?Eight (ate)!Kids are fascinated by dinosaurs - what they looked like, what they ate, where they lived, how you pronounce their names, etc. Kids also love jokes, riddles, puns.Kids loved Delabarre Publishing's best-selling 101 Hilarious Dinosaur Jokes: T-Rex Ticklers and Raptor Riddles to Keep Your Kids Roaring With Laughter, and now kids have even more dinosaur jokes with 102 More Hilarious Dinosa...