Ford Edwards is stuck in a dead-end job as a sous chef and has lived an unnoticed life. So when a beautiful woman picked him up and took him home, he was surprised. When she dies the next day in a bombing at the Medical Clinic where she worked, he was crushed. When the Police made him their main suspect, he was shocked. With the help of his friends, Ford is forced to leave the safety of his mundane life and act as his own advocate to prove his innocence. 

Ford Edwards's cozy little life has been turned upside down.He is damaged goods, suffering from Post Traumatic Stress over the fact that a couple of months ago, he had killed someone. It was in self-defense. The classic him-or-me scenario, but the fact is he had taken a life.Now Ford has a chance at redemption, working as assistant to a celebrity chef on a wine train that is traveling from Los Angeles to New York.Only there's a murder, his boss is accused. Can Ford ...

Historically, science fiction has a reputation of being created by men for other men. Women who wrote speculative fiction often used their initials or male pseudonyms to conceal their gender. During the '50s and ‘60s, only ten percent of pulp fiction stories were written by women, many of whom have since been lost or forgotten.This anthology attempts to preserve the place of women in American society and imagination by collecting some of the best stories by women pulp writers, including Ka...

Look at this picture. Tell me what you see…The American South is rife with stories of a haunted past—especially its houses. In this eclectic and impressive collection, thirteen novelists were asked to build their tales around the photo of a dilapidated mansion. They were given two requirements—the house must appear in the story, and it should be a Southern Gothic tale. And they delivered.From childish demons to a mad novelist, from the Mississippi ...

We made a deal… one I thought I’d never make.I’m trying not to judge myself but it’s a bit shameful.Rent was due and I simply didn’t have it. I love the big city and I’ve done everything I could to make it. But after a rough few years, a break up that nearly destroyed me, and a personal issue that I just can’t talk about… I’m broke and hit rock bottom.Then there’s Graham.Richer than most could ever imagine, devilishly handsome with a charming smile, and a sp...

The works of Poe were dark and often disturbing. From dismembered corpses, rivals bricked behind cellar walls, murders in back alleys, laments for lost loves, obsessions that drive men - and women! - to madness, his stories have had a profound impact on both the horror and mystery genres to this day.In Quoth the Raven, we invite you to answer the call of the raven and revisit Poe's work, re-imagined for the twenty-first century. Here, the lover of mystery and Gothic horror will fin...

Sport is a major preoccupation of the modern world. It consumes the time and energies of millions of people around the globe. In fact, for many participants, it operates much like a functional equivalent of religion, giving them a way to interpret and understand the world. Sports stadiums are the cathedrals of our time. Sports stars are the saints or demi-gods through whom we access the transcendent. Members of the sports media serve as religious scribes, and sports fans are the worshiping...

Hör Dich schlau! Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen WAS IST WAS Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Regenwald / Leben in der Wüste: Entdeckt die Geheimnisse der feuchtheißen tropischen Dschungel dieser Erde und staunt über deren wunderbaren, einmaligen Artenreichtum. Wo liegt d...

Hör Dich schlau! Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen WAS IST WAS Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Wilde Wälder / Lebendiger Boden: Das grüne Juwel Wald steckt voller Geheimnisse. Von der weiten Tundra über die Mischwälder vor unserer Haustür bis hin zum heißfeuchten Regenwald...

Recognized as one of the greatest novelists of all-time, Fyodor Dostoevsky continues to inspire and instigate questions about religion, philosophy, and literature. However, there has been a neglect looking at his political thought: its philosophical and religious foundations, its role in nineteenth-century Europe, and its relevance for us today.Dostoevsky’s Political Thought explores Dostoevsky’s political thought in his fictional and nonfictional works with contributions from scho...

This Audiobook contains the following works: 1. The Builder [Frank L. Packard 2. The Man Who Didn't Count [Frank L. Packard] 3. Red Petals [Frederick Merrick White] 4. The Other Man's Story [Frederick Merrick White] 5. The Shebeeners [Frederick Merrick White] 6. The Waterwitch [Frederick Merrick White] 7. The Brand of the Wild [G.B Lancaster] 8. A Fair Smuggler [George Newnes] 9. A Castaway of the South [Gilbert Parker] 10. As Deep As the Sea [Gilbert Parker] 11. The Gift of the Simple Kin...

In Rational and Irrational Beliefs: Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice, leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) and other cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs) share their perspectives and empirical findings on the nature of rational and irrational beliefs, the role of beliefs as mediators of functional and dysfunctional emotions and behaviors, and clinical approaches to modifying irrational beliefs, enhancing rational beli...