Jesse Eastman is a man determined to lay a new path in life. He didn’t count on the Northwestern Frontier, a rugged Canadian farm woman, and the War of 1812 to get in his way.Whichever Way The Road Leads will pull you into the lives of two American families on both sides of the border who struggle as war breaks out in 1812. This engaging and graphic first book of The Eastman Saga will take you through raging mountainous rivers and early Northwestern Frontier landsc...

What would you do for your country?In 1955, a group of uncommon people meet by chance. During the final year of Rákosi’s iron fist rule, Imre Nagy’s reforms are repealed, plunging Hungary back into economic ruin.A university student, a cleaner, a Hungarian soldier and several others find themselves drawn toward each other as their love for their country is tested. In the fall of 1956, political strife deepens as the students begin demanding reform.H...

An 1875 immigration saga, a love story and an epidemic. Would you survive?On a fateful day in October 1875, Nathan Olason step afoot on a strange unforgiving new country called Canada, determined to survive in this wild land given to the Icelanders. With visions of sandy beaches and a better life, Nath soon learns that paradise doesn't come easy.With storm surges, frigid temperatures, racism and dwindling food supplies, Nathan and his family strugg...

Meet Zachary Olason, a bad boy struggling on the brink of alcoholism.During the Great Depression, Zack loses himself and spirals into nights of debauchery, riots and drunkenness. His twin brother, Adam, thinks lowly of him as his entire family struggles to help him.But Zack is determined to make a mess of his life.Until he meets a beautiful petite woman, half Cree and part British, who helps him to grow into a better version of himself.Then ...

A peek into the Underground Railroad and the tumultuous period before the American Civil War.In 1833 Philadelphia, the northern states of America were changing, and not everyone was keen on altering the status quo. Black slaves were being freed, and new slaves were no longer allowed.But the southern states didn't always agree. Natives were being thrown out of their homes for living too close to gold, and escaped black slaves were being hunted down. Jesse Ea...

Workplace Bullying: The Pandemic Within addresses the need for businesses, organizations, and leaders to better understand the core elements of workplace harassment and bullying. Workplace bullying and harassment affect not only those targeted, but also the organization as a whole. Leadership and organizational culture can play key roles in the identification and prevention of these insidious problems.Designed to provide clear, concise information for those in leadership positions,...

A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids who must defend their tree house from a fun-hating adult who can instantly turn children into grown-ups.Listen! Hear a tale of mallow-munchers and warriors who answer candy’s clarion call!Somewhere in a generic suburb stands Treeheart, a kid-forged sanctuary where generations of tireless tykes have spent their youths making merry, spilling soda, and sta...

A young mother, Mt Askja and an unbreakable loveIn the harsh landscapes of Iceland in 1850, a young girl loses her mother and struggles to grow into a woman alone with only her father’s help.Throughout the breathtaking 20-hour daylight summers and the bleak darkness of winters, Margret falls in love and dreams of a large family but the path to her future is rougher than she expected. The Origins will take you back in time delighting you with endearing Icela...

This book is born out of a need in the child development community for essential understanding of human vision beyond the basic eye chart. As a rule, the people who teach our children, assess them, treat them, and make lifelong decisions for them are working blind, and the disaster that follows occurs daily in every school on the planet, and in every pediatrician's clinic. This book explains why our blindness to the basics of human vision impairs our ability to respond to children's needs,...

This collection presents critical and action-oriented approaches to addressing food systems inequities across places, spaces, and scales. With case studies from around the globe, Radical Food Geographies explores interconnections between power structures and the social and ecological dynamics that bring food from the land and water to our plates. Through themes of scale, spatial imaginaries, and human and more-than-human relationships, the authors explore ongoing efforts to co-construct mo...

A great black cube glides just above the tenuous upper atmosphere of a planet blessed with green lands surrounded by blue oceans. This cube is blacker than black. It resembles a moving hole. But it is not empty. Within this wonderful vessel is a visitor from a distant star, Lord Bright-wing, explorer of many worlds and representative of the People, a civilization hundreds of thousands of years old. Bright-wing controls the awesome power of his craft through his servant, an artificial intel...

Gas phase molecular spectroscopy is a powerful tool for obtaining information on the geometry and internal structure of isolated molecules and their interactions with others. It enables the understanding and description, through measurements and modeling, of the influence of pressure on light absorption, emission, and scattering by gas molecules, which must be taken into account for the correct analysis and prediction of the resulting spectra. Collisional Effects on Molecular Spectra: Labo...