What happens when the universe runs out of light?Not tomorrow. Not in a billion years. But eventually — according to modern cosmology and the laws of thermodynamics — every star will die. The galaxies will go dark. Black holes will evaporate. Even matter itself may decay into radiation, leaving behind an empty universe drifting toward eternal silence.In this deep, atmospheric journey through the far future of the cosmos, we explore the complete timeline of the universe — fr...

DIGITAL HORROR FICTION ANTHOLOGY25 Horror Fiction Short Stories2:51, Behind the Caterpillar — Gregory L. NorrisA Dream for Sugar — Bruce MemblattA Pocket of Madness — Samuel MarzioliAces and Kings — David M. HoenigThe Animals — Aaron GudmunsonThe Borrowed Man — James DorrHis Own Personal Golgotha — Geoff BrownBuilding Condemned (Seeking Asylum) — Adrian LudensCompartmental — Jay CaselbergDemocrac...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica.Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulne...

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Kidscape, the national charity that works to challenge and prevent bullying, this book offers readers an insight into a collection of innovative projects currently running in schools to promote inclusion, tolerance and kindness.From a gay role model to a peer mentor, a dance workshop to a gardening club, an autism ambassador to a travelling Gypsy theatre group, the ideas demonstrate how much we have to teach our children about inclusion, how much...

British music industry veteran David Stark grew up in north-west London during the 1960s as a dedicated Beatles fan, who was lucky enough to meet his musical heroes on various memorable occasions. From gatecrashing the Yellow Submarine film premiere in 1968 and sitting right behind them, to meeting the group individually in some extraordinary circumstances, he recalls his many Beatles encounters here for the first time. However, Stark’s stories don’t end w...

Our intrepid boy hero, Zach, is once again inquiring of the Almighty. A trip to a historical museum has him shaken up once he discovers the horrors of racism.He also still wonders why adults are such flaming hypocrites.

Researchers who participate in IEA studies have a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with their counterparts from many different countries and disciplinary backgrounds over a period of several years on questions of shared academic interest. Once the data for a given study have been collected and the first round of international reports published, however, opportunities for that kind of collaboration tend to be much less frequent. A major strength of IEA studies compared to other la...

Learn How to Cold Call, Dominate Gatekeepers, Create Solid Sales Opportunities and Win More Clients'There are hundreds, if not thousands, of nuances in selling. Stop Talking Start Selling covers so much ground that I encourage you to view it as a textbook—a tool you will refer to over and over again. When you do, your journey to sales success will happen faster and be a lot more fun!' – Tom Hopkins, author of How to Master the Art of Selling and When Buyers Say NoStop Talki...

Universities play essential roles in Canadian society. The internal and external governance of these complex institutions faces ever-evolving challenges within a rapidly shifting international context.Written by a national team of scholars, University Governance in Canada asks how institutional decisions are made and who is behind these choices. By exploring the historical evolution and regional contexts of Canadian universities, as well as current trends, the book gives r...

A beautiful reporter. A secret ritual in a graveyard. A disembodied hand on the side of the road. Mike Hammer returns in one of the most shocking cases of his storied career.Private Investigator Mike Hammer may be getting older, but he hasn’t lost his step. So when he spots a brutally destroyed corpse on the side of the road in upstate New York, unrecognizable as human except for the disembodied hand lying next to it, there’s no question of him not taking the case....

This book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "Where the Past Meets the Future - the Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement," held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union. The union, which began in 1893 as the Western Federation of Miners and grew to a membership of over one hundred thousand in fifty locals throughout Canada during the 1950s, had shrunk to a single local of sixt...

Do you want to be a leader? Or, do you want more leaders on your network marketing team?The strength of your network marketing business is measured in **leaders **- not in the number of distributors. Leaders are the long-term foundation of your business.Everyone says they want to have more leaders, but how?  How does one find leaders?  How does one create leaders?  What are the things we need to teach ordinary distributo...