A group of teenage street magicians in New York performed for difficult audiences. For example, they conducted magic shows for people waiting in line for events, such as, a theater show, a full restaurant, or a museum exhibit. People in line are typically an ornery bunch. Conditions are never good. It's either too hot, or it's about to rain. Even on perfect days, their feet began to swell. They were a tough audience.The kids, however, were veterans of these groups and had illusions...

Generation to Generation presents one of the first comprehensive overviews of family business as a specific organizational form. Focusing on the inevitable maturing of families and their firms over time, the authors reveal the dynamics and challenges family businesses face as they move through their life cycles. The book asks questions, such as: what is the difference between an entrepreneurial start-up and a family business, and how does one become the other? How does the meaning...

The cataclysmic events of September 11, 2001 destroyed the World Trade Center in New York, and later the Pentagon, was attacked by al Qaeda terrorists. The US government responded by invading Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, and the global war on terror had begun. The US and the UK would then invade Iraq on March 20th, 2003, supposedly to stop Saddam Husseins WMD and the Iraqi regimes alleged ties to al Qaeda. The Global War On Terror provides a thorough analysis of 9/11, the Iraq War, the ...

Evolution of the Property Relation defines an approach to economics which is centered around the concept of property and explores the historical evolution of the relationship of the individual, private property, and the state, and the distinctive changes wrought by the emergence of the market.

An American general is captured in the Middle East. They threaten to behead him within days. But moments before he is rendered unconscious during the attack, the General realizes that his unseen captors are American.Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Swanson, a top level Marine sniper, receives top-secret orders to rescue the General. But upon landing in the Iraqi desert his men come under ferocious attack and Swanson is the only one left alive. How did the enemy know details of a mission known...

The heroines, heroes, and the secrets exposing villains, or the darkness and mysteries hiding our own disquieting nature. Will the hero be us, or them? Imaginative Fantasy and Sci-Fi driven to entertain you by bold authors who dare to tempt you with the bizarre, or delve into the shadows.Lead story by David Farland

Perhaps the most compelling murder case of our day, the death of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey galvanized the nation—and years after it occurred, the mystery still endures. Who killed the young beauty queen and why? Who is covering up for whom and who is simply lying? In JonBenet, the most authoritative and comprehensive study of the Ramsey murder, a former lead Boulder Police detective, Steve Thomas, explores the case in vivid and fascinating detail—pointing the way toward an anal...

It began when he got behind the wheel. It didn't end with his first kill.Chris Morehouse is a chauffeur for the U.S. Embassy in Germany, navigating the tight streets of Bonn when he sees something he had always known was possible—the U.S. ambassador's car coming under attack by heavily armed terrorists.Chris is faced with a split-second decision. This isn't his battle. Should he move forward and engage the enemy, or look the other way?He hits the ac...

Something's gone wonky in Shipton Harbor . . .Widow, author, and mother Ava Harper should've never moved back to Shipton Harbor.After her husband Clay died, Ava couldn't stay in the house she'd shared with him, so she packed her old Hyundai and drove home. The plan is to fix the old place up and sell it, all while trying to figure out where the next chapter of her life will take her.Wait a minute . . . Hasn't she already done this?Her life is so nor...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Physiology is the science of life, and sets out to understand how living things work and what makes them distinct from the non-living. It considers how our bodies are supplied with energy, how they maintain their internal parameters, the ways in which we gather and process information, the ways we take action, and the creation of new generations. This Very Short Introduction explores the field of human physiol...

Generation X was promised a retirement that increasingly looks out of reach.Born between the mid-1960s and early 1980s, Generation X came of age during a profound transformation of the American economy. Traditional pensions gave way to individual retirement accounts. Stable career paths became less certain. Housing, education, healthcare, and family caregiving became increasingly expensive. Meanwhile, responsibility for retirement security shifted from employers an...

Crowned for Such a Time As This is a transformational spiritual guide for every woman who senses there is more-more purpose, more identity, and more God-given destiny waiting to be unlocked. Drawing deeply from the powerful story of Esther, Andrea Antoinette Davis invites readers into a journey of discovering who they were created to be long before the world ever recognized their worth.This book walks women through the hidden seasons, shadow moments, and quiet refinements that God ...