Selena Paytons, xxSwordGurlxx, relives her traumatic teenage radicalization on the outdated medium of the internet blog. Acting on a friend's advice, she hopes that recounting the path of radicalization which drove her into exile will help her confront the grief and guilt she has spent years outrunning.A path that split between the influence of two mentors who, like an angel and demon on her shoulders, taught her opposing visions of political change. Tiedemann, pirate and inventor ...

How humans formed their beliefs, myths, and superstitions? This book deals with the problem of superstition, its origin and curiosities.“How is it that we have succeeded in persuading reasonable beings that the thing most impossible to understand was the most essential for them. It is because they were greatly frightened; it is because when men are kept in fear they cease to reason; it is because they have been expressly enjoined to distrust their reason. When the brain is troubled...

What do a government official, a loony environmentalist, and a batty old lady have in common? Zoe’s run-in with the newcomer in Albion Cottage is hardly promising, but his gunmetal gray eyes and air of mystery stick with her. Why is he hiding? Who is he? His prickly attitude grates on the neighborly—well, to be honest, nosey—folks of the village of Amity Landing, but when he confesses to Zoe that he is the witness to a gruesome murder, she jumps at the chance to help the handsome stranger....

New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beloved, enduring stories...Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin’s life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme—to become Karl Lindstrom’s mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota.A kind and gentle man, Karl forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was still one burning secret she had to hide from him, knowing its revelation ...

By taking an ecosystem approach to emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), this book gathers the scientific evidence outlining the origins of EIDs to show how a landscape-based ecosystem approach can lead to policy alternatives that draw on the expertise of planning for future pandemic prevention and management.Global EIDs are one of the world’s fastest-growing challenges to local health and are often able to cross large distances. The book targets the substantial “unknowns” surroundi...

Using Magic Tricks in Occupational Therapy equips occupational therapists and educators with a creative, evidence-informed framework for incorporating simple magic tricks as therapeutic tools that enhance client engagement, supportfunctional goals, and promote meaningful participation.Built on a solid theoretical foundation that integrates the Model of Human Occupation, motor learning, and the incentive theory of motivation, the book provides readers with easy-to-le...

Twenty-two-year-old Kurtney "Kuty" Scott is the star of the Cedar Creek Stars, a small-town Texas soccer team. Talented, competitive, beautiful, and completely aware of the effect she has on people, Kuty has never been afraid to go after what she wants.Then Kevin Bowman becomes her new coach.At forty-two, Kevin is confident, athletic, commanding, and dangerously attractive. From their very first practice, Kuty senses something between them. What begins with lingering glance...

Book DescriptionThe Mystery of the Missing NumbersA Funny, Spooky Number-Sense AdventureBy Ashley SpencerSomething strange has happened at Mitchells Plain School of Skills—the numbers are disappearing!When Mrs Davidson, the school's famous detective, discovers missing numbers on the classroom chart, Tamia, Rocco, Chad and Kleintjie are pulled into a hilarious mystery. Their investigation takes them through cupboards, mysterious boxes, muddy footpr...

Bridget Berg grew up on the slopes of Elk Mountain, Utah. The daughter of a famous downhill skier, she was chasing her own Olympic dreams when her father’s unexpected death forced her to take over his ski lodge. It’s her home and she’ll protect it at all costs—especially from her insufferable neighbors.Kennedy Fleming is only in Utah to put her dad’s vacation home on the market. She has no interest in living there. That is, until she meets her sexy redheaded neighbor. Sure, she’s r...

After deciding that she's had enough of the corporate rat race, Holly Green does the one thing that she never thought she'd do: she moves back to her hometown of Peppermint Falls to seek a fresh start. Her mother Martha and her neighbors are delighted to welcome her back, and one man--the handsome new owner of the Christmas tree farm, Dash--is excited to meet her. Sparks fly between Holly and Dash, but this newfound love isn't without difficulty, especially when Hal, Holly's ex-boss (and e...

Myth to Power is a sweeping and provocative study of mythology, religion, propaganda, and art as instruments of cultural formation. From Homer to Hollywood, from Bacchus to Judah to Jesus to Superman-and back again-Mark Brahmin and Richard Spencer argue that symbols, archetypes, and beloved heroes function as hidden engines of social and evolutionary selection. Myths do more than entertain. They shape desire, morality, identity, and destiny. Culture, in this sense, becomes the ult...

How old were you when you lost your first tooth?And do you know where that tooth is now?These fourteen jaw-clenching tales explore the horror that fae and family, gods and myth, technology and magic can bring to the unsuspecting human who still has their teeth.Featuring stories by:Mohd Amil, Testimony Akinkunmi, Kayla Whittle, M. L. Morrigan, Die Booth, Lindsay Sayers, Benjamin Adams, Spencer Hixon, Dom Breeze, Natalie J. E. Potts, Pamela K. Kinney, Verdell ...