"Civilizations do not fall to armies alone - they fall when they fail to see the ideas that have already breached their gates."A Civilizational Reckoning examines how Sharia, a 7th-century legal system, is reshaping Western culture, institutions, and freedoms - in ways both visible and unseen. Extensively researched with citations from primary Islamic sources, this vital guide offers doctrinal clarity and legislative solutions, empowering compassionate readers - policymakers, schol...

The Hidden Curriculum of Islamic Schools: From Prayer to Sharia - A Child's Indoctrination is a detailed investigation into Islamic school curriculum Grades 1 - 12. Drawing directly from textbooks, workbooks, supplementary readers, hadith, tafsir, fiqh manuals, and other foundational Islamic sources, the book examines what Muslim children are taught about identity, obedience, non-Muslims, jihad, sharia, gender roles, authority, and the wider world.Organized grade by grade,...

Saving him is their job, but it won’t get his victim justice.Samantha and Kathy are witches who protect the nonmagical from evil. So when they spot a coven of harpies targeting Mark, a nonmagical man, they immediately rush to save him.With the threat of the harpies still looming over Mark, the sisters learn more about him and the target on his back. Namely, that the harpies are hunting him to drag him to hell to pay for his crimes against a young w...

Without change, there can be no progress. To influence change, organizations attempt to harmonize internally and become accustomed to dealing with a variety of situations that may require a number of solutions. Winner of the R. Wayne Pace Human Resource Development Book of the Year Award, Evidence-Based Initiatives for Organizational Change and Development discusses what helps or hinders the organizational-change-and-development-related agency and provides practical insights and lessons to...

Kathy and her sister, Samantha, have always been a team. Throughout their time as witches, they've taken out more than their share of bad guys. But after Kathy meets Will, who she learns is a demonic Dark Knight, her loyalties begin to change.Meanwhile, Samantha doesn't trust Will or his intentions. Still, Kathy can't help but feel tempted by the dark side as she falls deeper in love with Will. Crossing over would give Kathy the freedom to do whatever she wanted with her magic. No ...

Women in Missouri History is an exceptional collection of essays surveying the history of women in the state of Missouri from the period of colonial settlement through the mid-twentieth century. The women featured in these essays come from various ethnic, economic, and racial groups, from both urban and rural areas, and from all over the state. The authors effectively tell these women’s stories through biographies and through techniques of social history, allowing the reader to le...

Free City! The Fight for San Francisco’s City College and Education for All tells the story of the five years of organizing that turned a seemingly hopeless defensive fight into a victory for the most progressive free college measure in the US. In 2012, the accreditor sanctioned City College of San Francisco, one of the biggest and best community colleges in the country, and a year later proposed terminating its accreditation, leading to a state takeover. Free City! follo...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on OpenMP, IWOMP 2022, held in Chattanooga, TN, USA, in September 2022.The 11 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from the 13 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: OpenMP and multiple nodes; exploring new and recent OpenMP extensions; effectie use of advanced heterogeneous node architectures; OpenMP tool support; OpenMP...

David Neth’s urban fantasy series follows sister witches Samantha and Kathy as they face mythical creatures, monsters, spirits, and more magical foes.This bundle contains Harpy, Siren, and Valkyrie, books 1, 2, and 3 in the Coven series.HarpySaving him is their job, but it won’t get his victim justice.Samantha and Kathy are witches who protect the nonmagical from evil. So when the...

This volume provides a comprehensive account of the most recent trends in human leukemia, as presented at the Ninth Wilsede Meeting. The internationally renowned contributors deal with all different aspects of these diseases: As well as discussing important clinical aspects of leukemia, new information on the biological basis of leukemia gained using the methods of molecular genetics, cell and molecular biology, virology, and immunology is covered. The book shows both the complexity of leu...

Ethan Pierce is just another IT tech support rep at Wyatt Industries until he's zapped and infused with enough electricity that should kill him. But electrocution has just given Ethan terrifying abilities that no man has ever had.As he grapples with his strange new powers, he and his girlfriend Emma witness a drive-by shooting in the city of Olympia. They soon learn it was related to the Martelli crime family that run the city and don't like to leave loose ends.Fearful of t...

The honeymoon is over.Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, but neither Samantha nor Kathy are feeling in the mood lately. Samantha and Steven have been arguing about where to live while Kathy has been awkwardly reuniting with her ex-boyfriend Jeremy, who might also be dating someone else.Scarlett, an enchantress, tracks Kathy down at work for help saving her lover from an evil witch who put him in a spell that Scarlett is unable to break wit...