Discover the Wonder!Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor is the only volume in the long running Tesseracts series that is themed specifically for young adults and the young at heart. These stories are filled with “wonder and astonishment,” say the editors. They are “stories that engage the imagination, inspire dreams, and leave hope in their wake. They will become the classics for a new generation of readers, to be remembere...

There is nothing new in the world except the history we do not know.Alchemy and Artifacts (Tesseracts Twenty-Two) is a collection of twenty-three amazing stories based on historical artifacts combined with fantastic historical fiction.The stories meld culture, concept and incident into a rich collection of 'what if' speculations that provide warnings yet revel in the cultural celebrations we continue to observe today. They are the touchstones that resonate ...

A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first presidentRevolutionary hero, founding president, and first citizen of the young republic, George Washington was the most illustrious public man of his time, a man whose image today is the result of the careful grooming of his public persona to include the themes of character, self-sacrifice, and destiny.As Washington sought to inter...

An "immensely interesting" account of how Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor led the United States through some of its most turbulent decades (David McCullough).The Three Roosevelts is the extraordinary political biography of the intertwining lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who emerged from the closed society of New York's Knickerbocker elite to become the most prominent American political family of the twentieth century.As Pulitzer Prize– ...

Callum MacGregor is on the case again! A London businessman has been murdered, and Inspector MacGregor must act quickly to save the man’s nine-year-old daughter, Rosetti, from the same fate. With a fortune at stake, a number of suspects, an uncooperative police department, and a second murder, MacGregor faces the challenge of his career.In an interesting twist that fans of Susan Evans McCloud will love, the Inspector finds true love from an unexpected source.

As technological and legal changes have hollowed out the protections that reporters and news organizations have depended upon for decades, information security concerns facing journalists as they report, produce, and disseminate the news have only intensified. From source prosecutions to physical attacks and online harassment, the last two decades have seen a dramatic increase in the risks faced by journalists at all levels even as the media industry confronts drastic cutbacks in budgets a...

The world around us is full of data that holds unique insights and valuable stories, and this book will help you uncover them. Whether you already work with data or want to learn more about its possibilities, the examples and techniques in this practical book will help you more easily clean, evaluate, and analyze data so that you can generate meaningful insights and compelling visualizations.Complementing foundational concepts with expert advice, author Susan E. McGregor provides t...

As technological and legal changes have hollowed out the protections that reporters and news organizations have depended upon for decades, information security concerns facing journalists as they report, produce, and disseminate the news have only intensified. From source prosecutions to physical attacks and online harassment, the last two decades have seen a dramatic increase in the risks faced by journalists at all levels even as the media industry confronts drastic cutbacks in budgets a...

Le retour du Dr McGregor, Joanna NeilKate ne voulait pas croire la rumeur selon laquelle Ross Mc Gregor était de retour, et pourtant c’est bien vrai : Ross, l’adolescent rebelle dont elle était follement amoureuse, devenu un excellent médecin, est revenu pour postuler à la fonction de chef des urgences à l’hôpital ; poste auquel elle est elle-même candidate ! Qu’à cela ne tienne, la compétition sera féroce, car elle ne compte pas s’avouer battue. Même si e...

Harrison Ranch - Callie St. Michaels, an orphan from New York, felt her only hope for the future was to leave her sous chef position in St Louis. Finding a job as cook for a group of ranch hands in Sweetwater, Kansas, seemed both prophetic and serendipitous. Everyone is happy with the outcome except for one man – Seth Harrison, the owner of the ranch and Callie's employer. Seth isn't sure why, but he feels uncomfortable around the young woman his attorney hired as the ranch hands' cook. Sh...

Prometheus brought the gift of enlightenment to humanity and suffered for his benevolence. This collection takes on scholars’ Promethean view of themselves as selfless bringers of light and instead offers a new vision of public scholarship as service to society.Thomas J Billard and Silvio Waisbord curate essays from a wide range of specialties within the study of communication. Aimed at scholars and students alike, the contributors use approaches from critical meditations to case s...

Fromfour beloved writers—Eloisa James, Christi Caldwell, Janna MacGregor, and EricaRidley—come four original stories that tell a hilarious tale of a Christmas house party that serves up loveand scandal in equal measure!TheDuke of Greystoke’s Christmas Revelry is famous throughout the British Islesfor its plays, dancing, magical grotto… not to mention scandals leading to themarriage licenses he hands out like confetti.