Most weekends, all across North America, parks and recreation facilities are filled with children from the age of four and above, playing soccer. Likewise, on the sidelines, their parents and immediate other family members are screaming and shouting at the participants to do better than they could possibly achieve, all punctuated with unsubtle criticism of the opposition. The expansion of youth soccer can be traced to the mid 1990's. This means that we now have a generation of parents who ...

This Time, There's No Running!Exciting and well crafted, Beyond The Pines tells the story of Jake Cleary who fled from his hometown of Pine Grove, Vermont, to New York City in a desperate attempt to find peace. His respite is quickly replaced by trouble when he unwittingly becomes entangled in a mafia crew fixated on moving up in the world of organized crime. False backgrounds, surprising alliances, and perilous pursuits all threaten Jake and his ...

Rule-based global order remains a central object of study in International Relations. Constructivists have identified a number of mechanisms by which actors accomplish both the continuous reproduction and transformation of the rules, institutions, and regimes that constitute their worlds. However, it is less clear how these mechanisms relate to each other--that is, the "rules for changing the rules". This book seeks to explain how political actors know which procedural rules to engage in a...

As the Caribbean and Latin America confront the significant socio- economic and political challenges of the twenty- first century, the contributors to this book present a timely and relevant assessment of these issues, from a fresh small-states perspective. The collection of articles by academics and practitioners in international relations offer practical recommendations for greater collaboration among the states in areas related to migration, cooperation among states in the Guiana Shield...

The legacy of the Roman emperor Augustus and the culture of his age was profound and immediately evident after his death in 14 CE. His first four successors based their claims to rule on kinship with him, thus establishing the Julio-Claudian dynasty (14–68 CE), and plied an evolving form of the Principate, the political arrangement Augustus carved out for himself. His building and restoration programs gave the city an “Augustan” appearance that remained relatively unchanged throughout subs...

The definitive biography of a legendary athlete.The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball -- hitting nothing but net.But for all his greatness, this scion of a complex family from North Carolina's Coastal Plain has a darker ...

“Without a doubt . . . one of the most intense suspense writers around.”—Chicago Tribune“[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.”—PeopleHe performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won’t stop there. Only this ...

No Regrets is Coleen Nolan's gripping new memoir about love and heartbreak.As a member of the Nolan sisters, Coleen Nolan was born into the spotlight and has stayed there ever since. She has now become one of the nation's favourite TV presenters and is used to newspapers and magazines claiming to have the inside story of her private life. In No Regrets Coleen finally reveals the truth of what really happened during the last few rollercoaster years...

It was the start of another ordinary day at the office for Max, he was emailing a friend when one of his other early morning co-workers called for his help, someone was having a heart attack. Rushing to the aid of his fallen co-worker Max knew one thing, it wasn't a heart attack. Heart attack victims didn't bleed and didn't start chewing on anyone they could catch either.

A cross-country road trip leads two friends on a journey to unexpected romance.With his college graduation gown expertly pitched into the trash, Justin Akron is ready for the road trip he planned with his best friend Landry—and ready for one last summer of escape from his mother’s controlling grip. Climbing into the Winnebago his father left him, they set out across America in search of the sites his father had captured through the lens of his Nikon.As an a...

Stephanie Grant has a past that is hard to escape. Attempting a fresh start, she opens an art gallery in the small town of Mapleton hoping that her normal wandering spirit will allow her to stay. A chance encounter with vivacious Louise Masterson has Steph thinking in the long-term for the first time in her life.Louise, a high school teacher and the daughter of the richest man in town, has a stubborn streak. She refuses to knuckle down to her domineering father's demands and life-st...