"The little girl lay under the hay stack scarcely breathing. Sweat poured down her face and dripped into her eyes; her heart pounded through her thin chest. Tiny flecks of hay clung to her wet skin, making her itch. She squeezed her nose tightly afraid she'd sneeze. Eyes clamped shut, she lay there. Flies buzzed around her, crawling on her. She didn't move. She didn't know how long she'd been there in the loft. She didn't care how long she stayed. She couldn't move. Not yet."Nearly...

A suspenseful tale of justice and madness, Twisted Realms finds psychologist Elisabeth Reinhardt plunged into the unfathomable complexities of the human mind. From the Canadian border to the barrios of Mexico City, she and her team narrowly escape disaster as they navigate the dark worlds of cults and cartels to rescue loved ones, free kidnapped children, and aid law enforcement. In this heart-pounding race against time, no one is safe. Not even Elisabeth.

"A chill ran up her spine, triggering an alarm that spread through her system. Her eyes studied him as his eyes studied her. In the recesses of her mind, a fragment of a memory tingled...a tiny blip from long ago. An image spiraled, then vanished. There was something about this young man, this Ari Ben Aviv. There was something about him she couldn't pinpoint."On the heels of her last mystery, Elisabeth's new patient is more than meets the eye, and unraveling his secrets will throw ...

"The best book to have next to your Bible."From the history and design of the temple in Jerusalem to God's relationship with the universe, you'll find it here. The land, culture, battles, feast days, heroes, and villains of Scripture come alive through spectacular color-filled articles and images of meticulous clarity and detail.For this 6th edition the Handbook has been completely reset and redesigned in a larger format, making the text and graphi...

Cities, Change, and Conflict was one of the first texts to embrace the perspective of political economy as its main explanatory framework, and then complement it with the rich contributions of human ecology as well as perspectives derived from critical approaches to social theory. Although its primary focus is on North American cities, the book contains several chapters on cities in other parts of the world, including the Global North and Global South. It provides both historical ...

The notion of "the public sphere" has become increasingly central to theories and studies of democracy, media, and culture over the last few decades. It has also gained political importance in the context of the European Union's efforts to strengthen democracy, integration, and identity.The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most influential ideas in modern social and political thought, tracing its develop...

Für jedes Unternehmen wird die Umstellung auf die elektronische Rechnungsstellung – das sogenannte E-Invoicing – in den nächsten Jahren zu einer Herausforderung werden. In einigen Ländern ist sie für bestimmte Geschäftsvorgänge bereits verpflichtend, in der EU wurden Standards und Zeitpläne für ihre schrittweise allgemeine Einführung festgelegt. SAP bietet mit der Lösung Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) ein wertvolles Werkzeug zur Umsetzung der behördlichen Vorgaben – und gleichzeit...

This multidisciplinary volume highlights the transformed nature of the relationship between higher education and society in the 21st century. In particular, it argues that the development of the global university, especially in the non-western world, has transformed the traditional understanding of the relationship between higher education and society. This has important implications for the relations of state, as education has not only become an object of national development policy but f...

Alex was a pushover. Alexander pushes back.Alex was a chump. Alexander is a champ.Alex moved in the gutter. Alexander hits the fast lane.Everyone likes Alex Fairfax. He’s dependable, friendly, hardworking. He is also a sucker. A sucker who sits by while his oily coworker maliciously sabotages his advertising career, then steals Alex’s girlfriend from under his very nose. But Alex is a sucker who has finally had enough of “yes sir” and “thank ...

Los principios de la terapia del dolor han cambiado notablemente desde la aparición de la IASP (Asociación Internacional para el Estudio del Dolor) en 1973. En esa época, se usaban mucho la pentazocina, la meperidina, etc. Sus propiedades influían en cada aspecto de la terapia del dolor y producían complicaciones como insuficiencia renal, delirium, depresión respiratoria, excitación en las salas de recuperación, náuseas, vómitos, abstinencia y tolerancia, razón por la que han sido desconti...

Following a spiritual awakening at the altar in the 1970s, author Nancy E. Alexander began the daily devotion of journaling her thoughts, ideas, and spiritual musings about her relationship with God and the world around her. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, the words and thoughts came freely in response to daily Bible study. In time, the thoughts waned, and the collection was shelved.Now, over forty years later, Nancy revisits those writings and finds fresh and unexpected meaning. In A...

Über 2,4 Millionen Ostdeutsche erlebten die Wende von 1989 als Kinder und Jugendliche. In der DDR geboren, aber in der vereinten Bundesrepublik erwachsen geworden, haben sie einzigartige Umbruchserfahrungen gemacht. Sie sind dadurch zu doppelten Vermittlern geworden – zwischen den Generationen und zwischen Ost und West. Eine Rolle, die sie nun selbstbewusst wahrnehmen wollen und für die sie ihre eigene Sprache gefunden haben.In diesem Buch denken 33 Autoren über ihre Wurzeln, ihre H...