“...I made my smile out of hard times and snatched joys. I sanded it down on surviving.”Beginnings and endings. Hard-fought nights and hard-won dawns. As we fall, so we rise. These are stories about hope.In these 52 very short pieces of fiction, James Webster goes looking for hope in the dark places of sci-fi and fantasy. What inspires us to keep moving forward when the road ahead seems endless? When today has hurt us deeply, how do we keep our hearts open to tomorrow? Wher...

One cryptic caller lights a fire storm for big law rising star Alex Guest. The threat to the firm and a key client is real, but before Alex can protect herself the man is gunned down on the streets of downtown Los Angeles. When veteran Detective Denny Chin links the murder to a series of slayings bearing the sadistic hallmarks of the genocidal Khmer Rouge, he is haunted by a crim...

How do media find an audience when there is an endless supply of content but a limited supply of public attention?Feature films, television shows, homemade videos, tweets, blogs, and breaking news: digital media offer an always-accessible, apparently inexhaustible supply of entertainment and information. Although choices seems endless, public attention is not. How do digital media find the audiences they need in an era of infinite choice? In The Marketplace of ...

"I saw a fury on the street today."Talons and teeth. Lairs and labyrinths. Those beasts we fear and those we secretly admire. These are stories about monsters.Featuring 52 very short stories, Monstrous Ink is a deep-dive into the murky waters of monster-dom from which so many of our most beloved sci-fi and fantasy stories came.Told with sharp insight, spiky humour, and spine-tingling atmosphere, these tales explore what it means to be a mon...

"I am the girl the Lost Boys lost."Queens and Scoundrels. Witches and Rebels. Grifters and Goddesses. These are stories about heroines.Featuring 52 very short stories, Heroine Chic is a celebration of the heroine's place at the heart of science fiction, fantasy, and reality. Told with humour, daring, and gorgeous lyricism, these are tales of magic, love, adventure, SCIENCE! and much more.

Your thoughts shape your reality. By transforming the way you think, you have the power to change your life in remarkable ways. "Transform Your Thinking - How Positive Mindsets Lead to Positive Lives" is a practical and inspiring guide to harnessing the power of positive thinking and adopting mindsets that open doors to happiness, success, and well-being. Filled with actionable strategies and insights, this book empowers you to break free from negative thought patterns, embrace optimism, a...

This 4th edition of Ratings Analysis describes and explains the current audience information system that supports economic exchange in both traditional and evolving electronic media markets. Responding to the major changes in electronic media distribution and audience researchin recent years, Ratings Analysis provides a thoroughly updated presentation of the ratings industry and analysis processes. It serves as a practical guide for conducting audience research, offering ...

Since the 1990s, the field of sports technology and engineering has expanded beyond an initial focus on sports equipment and materials to include various topics. These topics span sustainable equipment design and manufacturing, user‑centred design, biomechanics and human‑equipment interaction, field testing, sensors and instrumentation of sports equipment and clothing, smart textiles, artificial intelligence and big data, and the development of human body surrogates for testing protective ...

In the early 20th century, a new and distinctive concept of the audience rose to prominence. The audience was seen as a mass -- a large collection of people mostly unknown to one another -- that was unified through exposure to media. This construct offered a pragmatic way to map audiences that was relevant to industry, government, and social theorists. In a relatively short period of time, it became the dominant model for studying the audience. Today, it is so pervasive that most people si...

"The Long–Legged Uncle" is a very famous work by Jean Webster. Who is he, the Long-Legged Uncle? A young college student saw him only once, from behind. He arranged for her to go to college on the condition that she would write letters to him without hope of an answer. And disappeared from her life… Trying to solve the mystery of the Long-Legged Uncle, in fact, a teenage girl opens up the world and her own soul. This touching, humorous work leaves a feeling of freshness and warmth. Webster...

The American Acne and Rosacea Society is dedicated to advancing the science related to acne and rosacea and to enhancing communication between those interested in these diseases. This text is not meant to be a comprehensive treatise on all aspects of acne, but rather to address major points of interest by acknowledged thought leaders in the field in the hope that it will lead to further research, discussion, and refinement of our concepts of both the pathogenesis and the treatment of acne....

This book investigates and considers the urgent political, social, and economic challenges that confront society and tourism. It attempts to look at what is threatening society, and makes suggestions on what the impact will be and how tourism will be changed to integrate with the new socio-economics of a newly emerging society with its novel peculiar challenges and opportunities in a post-energy era.The book draws on the views of leading thinkers in tourism and considers a broad ra...