An ESL teacher's recollections of the seven years he spent teaching English in Wuhan, China.From the alcoholism which led him there to the nasty power games that pushed him out, The Seven Year Laowai provides an unflinching look at the lives of ESL teachers in the smoggy never-never land of Wuhan, China.

During his short life, all Henry has known is Grandpa. He goes with Grandpa to the park, listens to his stories, cooks him dinner, and buys his medicine from the drugstore, awaiting the day Grandpa finishes his new novel so they can finally move to a ranch in Alaska together.But when Grandpa falls ill, he sends Henry across the country, to seek help from his Aunt June. Once Henry arrives at his destination, he finds a himself all alone in a strange city, on his own for the first ti...

"Mama! Mama!"Among gunfire. The smell of death.It is December, 1937. The Chinese capital is a bombed wreck. A young girl has become separated from her family, and with the help of herspirit-guide, she must find her way through the warzone. Set against her are the Japanese soldiers, and a far greater horror who stalks her through the ruins.

Poor boy. Coming into Hell to challenge the Unburnt.The knights of Madri seek death in battle, wandering the countryside, fighting injustice in a rapidly modernizing world. When the legendary knight, Ganton the Unburnt, joins the trans-oceanic slave trade, Tyrsan decides to stop him. A young knight eager to prove himself, Tyrsan faces a worldwide cabal of slavers, corrupt officials and Ganton, the greatest warrior in the world gone mad.

Why do so many promising businesses implode even after successful beginnings?In Your Team Comes Last, entrepreneur and attorney Travis Lee Howard challenges conventional startup leadership advice by arguing that most businesses are built in the wrong order. Founders rush to hire teams, chase growth, and scale operations before understanding themselves, their values, and the deeper motivations driving their decisions.Drawing from decades of real-wor...

About the BookLt. Commander Vallie Cross is committed to making sure Joram Delburry, a gifted combat pilot without humanity and a past, learns his lessons: that he is part of a team, that until he accepts this, he will never be the best—something he wants more than anything. He repeatedly fails to win against her in combat flight training and with each defeat, he becomes more dangerous. Everyone knows it, knows that given the right opportunity, he will kill Cross. Into this tight, t...

It chronicles the adventures of an African American Boy who walks from Virginia to Texas in 1948.

SUPERSTAR CREATORS PRESENT UNFORGETTABLE ALL-NEW G.I. JOE SILENT MISSIONS The face of comic books changed forever when G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #21 introduced fans to the "Silent Interlude," an action-packed story with NO DIALOGUE. Now, in a standalone silent issue from PHIL HESTER (Green Arrow), fan favorite BEACH HEAD is trapped in a DMZ and hunted by the forces of Cobra. But can Beach Head save himself and the war orphans he's vowed to protect?

Prepare for a crash course in terror…Maternal love takes a sinister turn, when a young man discovers that his mother is not quite what she seems. An ancient legend looms over a local street, as the neighborhood children search for their missing friends. And a woman awakens to the ultimate nightmare, after her bad taste in men leads to a horrifying predicament…Scare Street is proud to present this monstrous new collection of macabre tales. Eighteen ...

Prepare for a crash course in terror…Scare Street is proud to present this monstrous new collection of macabre tales. Eighteen stories torn from the shadows, filled with bone-chilling fiends, skin-crawling monsters, and malevolent spirits.As you lose yourself in the dark depths of another diabolical tale, a school bell rings in the darkness… You look around, shocked to find yourself chained to a school desk. As the teacher’s eyes glow red, she ra...

He’s a storm cloud, a grouchy winemaker in a rec league hockey jersey. I’m a rom-com princess, the persistent ray of sunshine he never saw coming.I used to believe in love—the kind that makes your heart race like the last scene of a movie, where the music swells…and the guy chases after the girl after he ruins everything.But real life is different. I learned that the hard way—one unanswered text, one almost-love at a time. So, I filled my world with little ...

This provocative collection, edited by acclaimed media psychology writer Travis Langley and with a foreword by the legendary Stan Lee, examines the complex psychological and political choices made by Captain America and Iron Man throughout their careers, culminating in Marvel's superhero civil war which spreads far beyond the Avengers themselves. Why do Steve Rogers and Tony Stark see things so differently? What are their motivations? Is either one truly in the right? Captain America v...