Jeff Currie first suspected surveillance during a trial in Austin. He’s an attorney who isn’t afraid of dangerous cases, and those dangerous cases seem to have made him a target—but for whom? Jeff has no clue who could be watching; he also has no idea how to prove he’s being watched. It’s more a feeling than anything else, a paranoid suspicion. But he’s not just being paranoid. After accepting a particularly high-risk case, Jeff begins to notice the opposing counsel and even trial judge kn...

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When artificial intelligence quietly takes control of the world's power and water, what happens next?Alex Miller is an ambitious consultant advising the ultra-wealthy. He thought he was just doing his job – until he discovers he's been building Banyan, a secret network of underground sanctuaries designed to preserve a carefully selected few.When a close colleague vanishes, Alex's questions cost him everything. Desperate, he turns to fierce housing activist Mi...

The controversial president whose time in office was defined by the September 11 attacks and the war on terror.George W. Bush stirred powerful feelings on both sides of the aisle. Republicans viewed him as a resolute leader who guided America through the September 11 attacks and retaliated in Afghanistan and Iraq, while Democrats saw him as an overmatched president who led America into two inconclusive wars that sapped the nation's resources and diminished its stat...

Keep the information you need on playthings and pop culture at your fingertips!The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is an A-to-Z reference guide to the playthings that amused us as children and fascinate us as adults. This enlighteningand entertainingresource, complete with cross-references, provides easy access to concise but detailed descriptions that place toys and board games in their social and cultural contexts. From action figures to yo-yos, the book ...

Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps overly broad concept of world trade. Entry topics were selected on trade organizations, influential people, commodities, events that affected trade, trade routes, navigation, religion, communic

In 1964, less than one year into his tenure as publisher of the Bogalusa Daily News, New Orleans native Lou Major found himself guiding the newspaper through a turbulent period in the history of American civil rights. Bogalusa, Louisiana, became a flashpoint for clashes between African Americans advocating for equal treatment and white residents who resisted this change, a conflict that generated an upsurge in activity by the Ku Klux Klan. Local members of the KKK stepped up acts ...

The coastal ocean comprises the semi-enclosed seas on the continental shelf, including estuaries and extending to the shelf break. This region is the focus of many serious concerns, including coastal inundation by tides, storm surges or sea level change; fisheries and aquaculture management; water quality; harmful algal blooms; planning of facilities (such as power stations); port development and maintenance; and oil spills. This book addresses modeling and simulation of the transport, evo...

How do you effectively transition your company from qualified vendor status to a trusted partner and advisor to your clients? In “The Journey to Sales Transformation: Twenty-Five Axioms for Becoming a Trusted Partner to your Customers”, sales and business expert Bob Nicols Jr. explains exactly what organizations need to do. Told through the fictional parables and the lessons learned by his characters, the story provides a set of 25 truths that help define the hot business topic of “Sales T...

Continuing his project of critical analysis of the scriptural formation of culture, Vincent L. Wimbush has gathered in this book essays by scholars of various backgrounds and orientations who focus in different registers on the theme of masquerade as the “play-element” in modern culture. Masquerade functions as a window onto the mimetic performances, dynamics, arrangements, psycho-logics, and politics (“scripturalizing”) by which the “made-up” becomes fixed or one among our realities (scri...

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) and other hyperthermic conditions are rare complications of antipsychotic drugs that can cause discomfort, disability, and even death. As a result, every psychiatrist, physician, and mental health care professional needs to understand and identify these disorders in time to prevent a fatal outcome. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Related Conditions is an important tool for clinicians, outlining a framework for understanding, diagnosing, treating, and...

Anger and hopelessness can overwhelm communities. So what can everyday people do to actually grow some good in their own hometown?Growing Good: A Beginner's Guide to Cultivating Caring Communities shows how ordinary people have transformed themselves into volunteers and activists. Centered mostly in the Midwest, this collection of essays brings together the stories of normal people who have rolled up their sleeves to make their community a better place by ...