As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

God has an incredible purpose for us in this life. We get to know and love the God of the universe, and even participate in His plans! Our amazing privilege is to live for the glory of God, that His name and His fame would be spread throughout the earth. And if this were not enough, Jesus has promised us abundant life and joy not dependent on any life circumstance. John 10:10 (ESV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. E...

The 80 rules you need to prepare for action in a medical disasterHere are 80 disaster management rules to reflect on, remember and follow in the immediate aftermath of an incident involving mass casualties. Each rule is a single-page long, providing the essential information to inform the most common critical decisions you will have to make in either a civilian or military environment.Written by clinicians with deep clinical and operational experience, thes...

Mettant en jeu le pronostic fonctionnel, parfois le pronostic vital, les traumatismes représentent la principale cause de décès des sujets âgés de moins de 40 ans, ainsi qu'une source considérable de handicaps. Que ce soit en milieu civil, urbain, rural, militaire, ou en milieu hostile, l'identification et la prise en charge rapides des traumatismes graves constituent un défi constant pour les acteurs de l'urgence. Véritable guide pratique avec sa version e-book, cet ouvrage rassemble les ...

Developed by UK and US anesthetists with extensive experience in theater, this book describes the latest anesthesia techniques, practices, and equipment used in current combat and humanitarian operations. Includes chapters on topics such as injuries and physiology, team members, protocols, vascular access, airway management, burns, imaging, pain management and medications, regional anesthesia, ventilation, and postoperative management. 

The role of the Chief Marketing Officer has never been more complex—or more critical. As the marketing profession rapidly evolves, today’s CMOs and tomorrow’s marketing leaders are expected to balance visionary strategy with precise operational execution.The Next CMO: A Guide to Operational Marketing Excellence delivers a practical framework to help you meet that challenge head-on. Drawing on decades of experience leading marketing teams at startups and mu...

The role of the Chief Marketing Officer has never been more complex—or more critical. As the marketing profession rapidly evolves, today’s CMOs and tomorrow’s marketing leaders are expected to balance visionary strategy with precise operational execution.The Next CMO: A Guide to Operational Marketing Excellence delivers a practical framework to help you meet that challenge head-on. Drawing on decades of experience leading marketing teams at startups and mu...

Russian Nobel prize–winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) is widely acknowledged as one of the most important figures—and perhaps the most important writer—of the last century. To celebrate the centenary of his birth, the first English translation of his memoir of the West, Between Two Millstones, Book 1, is being published. Fast-paced, absorbing, and as compelling as the earlier installments of his memoir The Oak and the Calf (1975), Between Two Millstones b...

The Chinese government has attempted to bolster its legitimacy as a political response to emerging social, cultural, political, economic, environmental challenges and crises experienced during market-oriented reforms and rapid modernization in China. However, contrary to the Western preference for liberal democracy and "procedural legitimacy," the Chinese government's attempt at bolstering legitimacy has emphasized performance-based, responsibility-based, morality-based, and ideology-based...

This rich and varied collection of essays addresses some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religion, politics, and theology. Peter Augustine Lawler and Dale McConkey have fashioned an interdisciplinary consideration of such perennial and enduring issues as the relationship between nature and history, nature and grace, reason and revelation, classical philosophy and Christianity, modernity and postmodernity, repentance and self-limitation,...

Ryan's Ballistic Trauma 3rd Edition provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. This book crystallizes the knowledge and experience accrued by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis and extends this to those who have to manage these patients on an occasional basis only. Ryan's Ballistic Trauma 3rd Edition is a valuable reference tool for all medical and paramedical personnel involved in the care of pa...

"Levine's stories are riveting and subtle, shot through with a muted wisdom and palpable compassion." ?Publisher's WeeklyTom Mahoney is the golden boy everyone knew in school: good-looking, charming, an athlete---sought after by women, the envy of men. His success in life seems a foregone conclusion. In The Appearance of a Hero, Tom navigates the passage into adulthood, his story chronicled from every perspective but his own.Tom crisscrosses...