First Encounter with a Duppy is the first in a series of children’s books titled Memories of Poppy’s Childhood in Rural Jamaica. It is the real story, as Vincent remembers it, of the occasion when he and his older sister encountered a duppy when they were sent on an errand by their mother. Vincent was 8 years old at the time and his sister was 12. Duppy is the Jamaican Patois word for ghost or spirit. It is of African origin and common in folklore throughout the Caribbean. Duppies are gene...

This book of empirical studies analyzes examples of televisual shared universes since the 1960s to understand how the nature of televised serial narratives and network corporate policies have long created shared storyworlds. While there has been much discussion about shared cinematic universes and comic book universes, the concept has had limited exploration in other media, such as those seen on the smaller screen. By applying convergence culture and other contemporary media studies concep...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERLOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERTHE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLEREine Anthologie mit 34 brandneuen Kurzgeschichten basierend auf Stephen Kings Meisterwerk, dem Nr. 1 New-York-Times-Bestseller THE STAND!Seit seiner Erstveröffentlichung im Jahr 1978 gilt THE STAND als Stephen Ki...

Security Smarts for the Self-Guided IT Professional“Get to know the hackers—or plan on getting hacked. Sullivan and Liu have created a savvy, essentials-based approach to web app security packed with immediately applicable tools for any information security practitioner sharpening his or her tools or just starting out.”—Ryan McGeehan, Security Manager, Facebook, Inc.Secure web applications from today's most devious hackers. Web Application Security: A Beginner's Guide...

Esse primeiro volume cobre o período de 1964 a 1989, época crucial na elaboração, formatação e evolução das telenovelas, e na maneira de se criar canções para as tramas, com várias fases distintas. seus autores Guilherme Bryan e Vincent Villari comentam todas as trilhas musicais de produções teledramatúrgicas que já foram comercializadas no Brasil. Através deste detalhado inventário, explicam também de que maneira as canções foram fundamentais para estabelecer a teledramaturgia como um dos...

En France, la sclérose en plaques (SEP) touche plus de 80 000 personnes et plus de 3 000 nouveaux cas sont diagnostiqués chaque année. C'est la plus commune des maladies neurologiques de l'adulte jeune. La plupart des cas concernent une population de 20 à 40 ans, majoritairement féminine. Les manifestations neurologiques de la maladie sont secondaires à une destruction progressive des gaines de myéline qui entourent les fibres nerveuses, et dont le rôle est d'assurer leur protection et la ...

Natural law has long been a cornerstone of Christian political thought, providing moral norms that ground law in a shareable account of human goods and obligations. Despite this history, twentieth and twenty-first-century evangelicals have proved quite reticent to embrace natural law, casting it as a relic of scholastic Roman Catholicism that underestimates the import of scripture and the division between Christians and non-Christians. As recent critics have noted, this reluctance has pose...

While Julie Cosmos works on a 3D painting, the family dog, Zeeka, rolls in it. Now the silly dog has a mashed-up masterpiece sticking to her body! Even worse, Zeeka has a vet checkup in just one hour! Can Julie and her brother Jacob get Zeeka cleaned up before their mom discovers the painted pooch? Young readers will find out in this fun and funny sci-fi adventure! With easy-to-read text and art that pops off the page, every early chapter book in The Cosmos Family series takes readers on a...

While using a Time Rewinder, Charlie Cosmos and his friends make an exciting discovery. A time capsule is hidden somewhere in city hall! Can they track it down in time for their presentation at the Banneker City Festival? Young readers will find out in this fun and funny sci-fi adventure! With easy-to-read text and art that pops off the page, every early chapter book in The Cosmos Family series takes readers on a joyous journey into the future.

While Jacob Cosmos is using his home’s virtual library, a Meeboll escapes from a book. Now the messy monster is loose and causing chaos in every room it enters! Can Jacob and his brother, Charlie, catch the Meeboll before it destroys the whole house? Young readers will find out in this fun and funny sci-fi adventure! With easy-to-read text and art that pops off the page, every early chapter book in The Cosmos Family series takes readers on a joyous journey into the future.

When his dad forgets his CubeKey at home, Charlie Cosmos sets out to deliver it to him at work. Along the way, Charlie tests out a new solarball with his friends and loses track of his dad’s device. Will Charlie find the CubeKey in time or will his solarball slip-up land him in hot water? Young readers will find out in this fun and funny sci-fi adventure! With easy-to-read text and art that pops off the page, every early chapter book in The Cosmos Family series takes readers on a joyous jo...

"Immensely talented… Christy’s muscular, vivid writing and John le Carré-esque talent for thrusting us deep into unfamiliar territory ensure that what could lapse into cliché instead sounds fresh and exciting… Klay is a great, flawed hero, in the vein of the classic hard-drinking, hard-living, hard-loving loner.”--New York Times Book ReviewIn this intricate and propulsive thriller--from National Geographic's founder of Special Investigations--Tom ...