When an asthma attack ends Logan's hockey dreams, moving across the country feels like the final blow. At his new school, Griffin, the class bully, seems determined to make fourth grade miserable. But Logan has a wild idea: what if he writes anonymous kind notes to Griffin?With help from his new friend, Gabe, Logan launches a secret mission that could turn his worst enemy into a friend... or backfire spectacularly. As his plan unfolds, Logan begins to realize that everyone carries ...

The first story in the collection is called "Legendary" and it's about a little girl named Nalla that is being hunted by an assassin because an enemy group is trying to get at her parents, High Priestess Mellora and The Exiled King. So Nalla's mother sends Sinha, the legendary dire wolf, to save her.The second story is called "The High Queen's Vow". It's about a young woman, Princess Daxxion, whose father, High King Savan, is murdered in an attempt to acquire the incredible powers t...

The theme of this book is how faith in God and relationship with God works together in our lives for a greater purpose than we know or even realize; and no matter what the situation may look like, through God we can escape the mental and physical bondage that keeps us stuck in a place of hopelessness and defeat.

Explore more than a century of Garfield County's ghostly lore.Garfield County is seemingly a quiet span of rural Oklahoma, but its history is steeped with strange legends. Enid (originally known as "Skeleton" for chilling reasons) has served as the major center since winning out in the violent railroad war of 1894. Early settlers were startled when a mysterious stranger claimed to be John Wilkes Booth in a deathbed confession thirty years after Lincoln's assassinat...

From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, expert criminologists, psychologists and historians explore the past and contemporary issues whi...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Bodies surface and disappear, seduce and corrupt in these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers from the Killer Women crime-writing collective. Keep your eyes peeled, your ears cocked and your wits about you as twenty deliciously twisted tales take you to surprising places... 'A killer collection of dark and devious tales' Mark Billingham'A lot of women have terrified me over the years, but none quite like these...

Can an ugly girl named Tammy be a model for beauty? Her sister Denise definitely didn’t think so. But Tammy applied for so many other jobs and nobody wanted her. So when they asked her to model, she quickly agreed. And, if truth be told, she was perfect for the job!

Are you the kind of person who watches crime drama and real-life crime documentaries on television? Are you fascinated by the twists and turns of justice and the law? But how much do you really know about key issues in crime, crime control, policing and punishment in the UK?This exciting, dynamic and accessible book, written by leading experts, presents 50 key facts related to crime and criminal justice policy in Britain. Did you know that, contrary to public belief, in the UK a li...

Can an ugly girl named Tammy be a model for beauty? Her sister Denise definitely didn't think so. But Tammy applied for so many other jobs and nobody wanted her. So when they asked her to model, she quickly agreed. And, if truth be told, she was perfect for the job!

Living peacefully in Vermont, Ryan Flannigan is shocked when a text from her oldest friend alerts her to a devastating news item. A controversial photo of her as a pre-teen has been found in the possession of a wealthy investor recently revealed as a pedophile and a sex trafficker—with an inscription to him from Ryan's mother on the back.Memories crowd in, providing their own distinctive pictures of her mother Fiona, an aspiring actress, and their move to the West Village in 1976. ...

Can an ugly girl named Tammy be a model for beauty? Her sister Denise definitely didn't think so. But Tammy applied for so many other jobs and nobody wanted her. So when they asked her to model, she quickly agreed. And, if truth be told, she was perfect for the job!