Welcome to Shipwreck Beach.The island you find yourself washed up on when a storm knocks you off course — and your life gets splintered around you. I know this beach. Divorce, job loss, illness, death of a loved one — any one of them can put you here. Alone, scared, and angry — staring at pieces of a boat that isn't coming back together.Here's the truth: we are never in the same boat. But we sail the same waters, and the storms are inevitab...

The Real Estate Investor's Field Manual was written for the person who wants to get into real estate investing but doesn't know where to begin-or believes it takes a fortune, perfect credit, or years of experience just to get started.Charles Aaron N. T. Green takes a different approach:Simple. Practical. Doable.Drawing from his own real-world investing experiences, Green shows beginners how to start looking for opportunities with to...

Found Footage Films examines the rich aesthetic history of cinematic remixes, from pioneering films by Joseph Cornell and Bruce Conner to contemporary mashups and memes.We live in the era of the remix. Visual artists rework images from popular culture, music producers sample and loop elements from classic songs, and content creators transform images from films and television shows into viral memes. We are swimming in a sea of appropriated sounds and images...

Some stories are too dangerous to tell until the end.For decades, Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi remained a man surrounded by whispers, rumors, and unanswered questions. In this deeply personal memoir, he tells his story in his own words-an extraordinary journey through a life that crossed paths with organized crime, law enforcement, politics, business, and some of the most controversial figures of the twentieth century.Raised in Brooklyn during an era when lo...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls “a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”ONE OF PASTE’S BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Esquire, U.S. News & World Report, NPR/On Point, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, BookPage, Library Journal**“It happened fast...

Nothing in this life happens to you. It is said that everything happens for you. Learning to trust yourself during the many changes in our life is the secret to managing the transitions! Please enjoy my story

“You want me to pretend to date you.”The words should have sounded ridiculous.Instead, Ava Bennett feels her pulse quicken.Damian Voss is the kind of man she should stay far away from: a cold, impossibly wealthy CEO who commands every room he enters and trusts almost no one. But when he asks Ava—the brilliant consultant who has challenged him from their very first boardroom meeting—to become his temporary public girlfriend, walking away could cost h...

Sometimes a second chance is the one that matters most.Blake finds his future at college, and her name is Allison, the perceptive PR major who stirs his soul. When his best friend, Kurt, falls for her roommate, Kate, Blake can't imagine the stars aligning more perfectly.But promise quickly turns cruel.Allison abruptly disappears, and Blake learns she's battling a mental health disorder. Her return brings distance, uncertainty, and the fear he's alre...

“I’m not going to fall in love with you because a two-hundred-year-old prophecy says I should.”Corvin looked at her for a long moment.“Good,” he said. “I’d think less of both of us if you did.”For centuries, the kingdoms of Thornhold and the Dominion have been divided by blood, war, and a hatred passed from one generation to the next.Wren Solveig has spent nineteen years carrying the scars of that hatred. The last surviving heir of Thornhold, she has learned...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.”—STEPHEN KINGFrom the author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia—where the truth isn’t what it seems.A POLYGON BEST BOOK OF THE YEARThe islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean, in splendid isolation from the rest o...

Founded in 1876, Prairie View A&M University is the second-oldest public institution of higher learning in Texas, one of two Texas land-grant universities, and an “institution of the first class” within the Texas A&M University System. It is also the first public historically Black college or university (HBCU) in Texas. Prairie View A&M has played a pivotal role in the educational and economic experiences of African American Texans. As the university celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2026...

Welcome to Hero and the Inner Compass. My name is Justin R. Brown.As a creator and a father, I look at the world our children are growing up in, and I see how fast and noisy it can get. Between the screens, the crowds, the pressure to fit in, and the constant noise of everyday life, it is so easy for young minds to lose sight of who they truly are. We spend so much time teaching kids to look outward to follow the group, to listen to the crowd, and to look to others for direction.