**After being stranded in the remote Alps of Europe, a shipwrecked crew of knights are stalked by both human and monstrous threats in this medieval horror that’s perfect for fans of The Terror and Between Two Fires.There are strange things in the mountains, my lord. Things older and darker than our Christian God. And hungrier.**1192 AD: Jean is a teller of tales meant to bring sense to a world emerging from the darkest of ages steeped in ...

An honest and vulnerable look at the transgender experience, beyond the physicalJames wasn’t always “James”—from his initial struggle as a woman attracted to women to the realization that he was born in the wrong body and was truly transgender, he’s walked a long, arduous path to find peace with his identity. His personal journey has revealed to him the importance of strong support systems, being true to yourself, and educating those that may not understand.

A treasure trove of famous and forgotten stories of the greatest teams that failed to qualify for the World Cup from the 1950s to the 21st century told together for the first time.From continental giants that became inexplicable absentees to heartbreaking tales of underdogs coming oh-so-close to a place on the world stage, these are stories that stand alone as remarkable accounts of misfortune, whether through refereeing decisions, late goals or even global politic...

Elevating Data Management: Innovative Approaches to Cloud Storage Solutions - Harnessing the Power of the Cloud for Secure, Scalable, and Efficient Data Storage is a complete guide to how businesses may change the way they store, manage, and safeguard data in a world that is becoming more digital every day. As companies create more and more data, traditional on-premise storage systems have a hard time meeting the needs for flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and reliability. This book looks a...

**After being stranded in the remote Alps of Europe, a shipwrecked crew of knights are stalked by both human and monstrous threats in this medieval horror that’s perfect for fans of The Terror and Between Two Fires.There are strange things in the mountains, my lord. Things older and darker than our Christian God. And hungrier.**1192 AD: Jean is a teller of tales meant to bring sense to a world emerging from the darkest of ages steeped in ...

A collection of 25 Bible scriptures rendered in calligraphy by James Bennett, Christian calligrapher and author of several books on calligraphy including Calligraphy For Dummies, Calligraphy for Creative Kids, and You Can Do Calligraphy. These Bible Calligraphy designs were originally created as the covers for weekly church bulletins. Regardless of religion, a person should appreciate the art and beauty of these designs. There is a print version available with 100 scriptures.

Your voice shakes when it is your turn. Your mind empties halfway through a sentence you have said a hundred times. This is a short, practical guide to speaking at work when your body will not cooperate.You can do the job. You know the material better than anyone in the room. Then the moment arrives, your voice comes out wrong, and from there you are not thinking about the content at all. You are thinking about whether everyone can hear it. Most people in this posi...

Some people think better than they speak. The idea is clear in their head, but it comes out scrambled, and the clean version of the answer shows up ten minutes after the meeting ends. The main point gets buried under backstory, so people stop listening before it arrives. Answerscircle without finding the exit. A hard question lands and the mind goes blank. The usual fixes, more confidence, more reading, rehearsing whole conversations in advance, never touch the moment the ...

You played back a recording of yourself and cringed. Every third word is "um," your voice sits on one flat note, and when you get nervous you rush to the end. This audiobook fixes the way you sound in meetings, interviews, and presentations. You'll swap fillers for a two-second pause, hold a steady pace, and lift the words that carry your point. About ninety minutes, and every fix is one you can hear.

Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc. examines the corrupting influence and damaging financial effects of big-time intercollegiate athletics, especially football and to a lesser extent basketball, on American higher education.Including historical and contemporary perspectives, the book traces the growth of intercollegiate sports from largely student-run activities supervised by faculty to the gargantuan, taxpayer-supported spectacles that now dominate many public universities. I...

Preaching to the Perverted features thirteen dark tales, each drawn from gay lived experience and given a twist of horror. In these pages, you'll find the erotic and the grotesque. A Kafkaesque alien comes out. Bigoted parents fall foul of fairies. A power-bottom Frankenstein wrestles with his conscience. A transgender thief throws a Pride parade in Lovecraftian Arkham. A bitter old queen makes a Faustian pact. And a dejected angel falls in love at the End of the World. Each story comes fr...

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:"A Strange & Terrible Wonder" by James Bennett"The Sisters" by Ai Jiang (reprint)"The Fish's Wife" by Jorja Osha"The Dreadful and Specific Monster of Starosibirsk" by Kristina Ten (reprint)