You dont have to dress like an artist, draw like a designer, or endure uncomfortably silly games to become more creative. But you do have to look at creativity in a dramatically different way. Idea-Links challenges the conventional wisdom around creativity, replacing it with a new way of thinking thats both surprising and simple. Creativity is not a latent ability unleashed through wackiness or play. Its a skill. And like any other skill, creativity is built by learning and applying the ri...

When Revelation Comes is the story of one man's search for peace. Along the way, he meets people whose compassion and empathy help him keep going. It' s a story about fathers and sons. It' s a story of a friendship between two people from different cultures and backgrounds. It' s also a story of how a game can be a framework for life. On May 17, 2021, an unthinkable tragedy struck a tight knit family in the small town of Hartselle, Alabama. Jordan, a talented and promising junior golfer, d...

North Carolina has had more than its share of accomplished, influential women—women who have expanded their sphere of influence or broken through barriers that had long defined and circumscribed their lives, women such as Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, the widow and tavern owner who supported the American Revolution; Harriet Jacobs, runaway slave, abolitionist, and author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; and Edith Vanderbilt and Katharine Smith Reynolds, elite women who promot...

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories take place in such far-flung locales as a gorgeous sailboat in Hong Kong, a Cuban sugar plantation, the Kenai River in Alaska, a mansion in New Delhi, a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat, and the ghost-haunted rubble of a Turkish girls’ school. Also included are the editor’s introduction, essays from the jurors (Lauren G...

In schools, every day is "game day." Every day, teachers need the best resources and forms of support because students deserve the best we as educators can offer. An instructional playbook aims to serve as that kind of support: a tool that coaches can use to help teachers match specific learning goals with the right research-based instructional strategies.Coaches have enormous potential to help teachers learn and implement new teaching practices, but coaches will be effective only ...

The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stagefor this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covertgovernment operations over the course of three decades. Following atrail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medicaljournals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medicalsecret-keeping that began with the handling of evidence in the JFKassassination and continued apace, sweeping doct...

The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations over the course of three decades. Following a trail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medical journals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medical secret-keeping that began with the handling of evidence in the JFK assassination and continued apace, sweeping doctors into cover-ups of cancer outbrea...

Eli’s trip to London with his uncle Harry quickly turns homicidal when the older magician finds himself accused of murder. A second slaying does little to take the spotlight off Harry. Instead it’s clear someone is knocking off Harry’s elderly peers in bizarrely effective ways. But who?The odd gets odder when the prime suspect appears to be a bitter performer with a grudge … who committed suicide over thirty years before. While Eli struggles to prove his uncle’s innocence—and keep ...

Edited by H. L. Gold, 'Galaxy Science Fiction' hit the scene in 1950 and quickly became the leading science fiction magazine of its time. ‘Galaxy’ gave a home to writers that didn't fit into ‘Astounding’ and ‘F&SF,’ and readers rejoiced. In this first 'Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack' we bring you more than five hundred pages of fiction. These are the stories that helped ‘Galaxy Magazine’ carve it's name on the Mount Rushmore of science fiction. This volume includes ‘Dream World’ by R. A...

Did Uncle Harry just murder a fellow magician? On stage, in front of a full audience?It’s up to Eli to prove that, in the world of magic, you can’t always believe your eyes!"You will just LOVE these books." - VANISH Magazine★★★★★Eli's trip to London with his uncle Harry quickly turns homicidal when the older magician finds himself accused of murder. It’s clear someone is knocking off Harry's elderly...