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Michael C. Bailey

One war is over but a new war is beginning, and Lightstorm is once again caught in the crossfire.After eight months in space fighting alongside the Vanguard against the Black End, Carrie “Lightstorm” Hauser comes home to rejoin her friends and family — but do they even need her anymore?Carrie returns to Earth and finds herself a stranger in her own life. Matt has taken over as leader of the Hero Squad, her secret identity has been revealed to the world, and...

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Michael George Bailey

The hunters wear hoodies, long sleeves, and high boots, leaving no skin exposed. They take aggressive precautions to prevent mosquito bites. After slathering copious amounts of repellent onto the backs of their hands and face, willingly, in lousy conditions, they embarked into a notoriously hostile environment whose occupants pay zero attention to human security or comfort. The reward of returning home before daybreak with a sack of toads makes it all worthwhile.

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Michael C. Bailey

Innsmouth Look Publishing invites you to explore the worlds of author Michael C. Bailey in this collection of short stories and a previously unreleased novelette-length story.Action Figures - An Adventure in BabysittingProtecting the innocent? That's easy. Taking down crazed super-villains? No problem. Babysitting the youngest member of the super-team the Quantum Quintet, a little boy whose temper tantrums can level a city block? That could prove t...

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Michael A. Bailey

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Methodological Tools in the Social Sciences

Survey research is in a state of crisis. People have become less willing to respond to polls and recent misses in critical elections have undermined the field's credibility. Pollsters have developed many tools for dealing with the new environment, an increasing number of which rely on risky opt-in samples. Virtually all of these tools require that respondents in each demographic category are a representative sample of all people in each demographic category, something that is unlikely to b...

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Professor Michael D. Bailey

The only comprehensive, single-volume survey of magic available, this compelling book traces the history of magic, witchcraft, and superstitious practices such as popular spells or charms from antiquity to the present day. Focusing especially on Europe in the medieval and early modern eras, Michael Bailey also explores the ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome, and the spread of magical systems_particularly modern witchcraft or Wicca_from Europe to the United States. He examines how...

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Michael Bailey

Use the power of behavioral finance to make smarter, better-informed decisions through every step of the investing processIn an economy where markets are more unpredictable than ever, emotions can derail the efforts of even the most experienced investors and wreak havoc on portfolio returns.Applying powerful behavioral finance concepts, Stop. Think. Invest. provides a framework for identifying personal biases and avoiding mistakes that can cost big...

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Michael George Bailey

The boy asked, “They ever lose their temper or get out of control?” “Funny you ask that Toby. Once in a while, a player who’s struggling to hit a desired shot may express disappointment similar to a person whose truck doesn’t start on a cold morning. It’s the awareness that something they believed to be dependable actually isn’t.” This modern-day American tale depicts characters of different and divergent paths and how they deal with unanswered questions and unattained goals. They deploy u...

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Michael J Bailey

Vegans have it hard.Nobody said that it was going to be easy finding suitable replacements for the animal sources eliminated from our diet, but the world can be so cruel.How so? For one, many restaurants are anti-vegan. It is a tough chore to say you want to go out and have a bite, only to be frustrated by the lack of choices offered to you. Arggh! Talk about stressful.Which is why this book was created. You purchased the fancy Instant Pot,...

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Michael J Bailey

The Instant Pot has taken the world by storm. While many things stay the same, it becomes so much easier to keep up with the ever evolving technology of the world. This is no different when it comes to successfully following the Ketogenic diet.The Fantastic Keto Instant Pot Cookbook offers you a new way to enjoy old favorites, in many cases making superior versions of what you have come to know and love.This introductory low carb cookbook includes recipes for all meals type...

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Michael J Bailey

Without a doubt, Indian Instant Pot recipes are some of the most highly sought after in the world, for the simple reason that they rock!Why do you think that there are so many curries around? Besides being healthy, there is something to be said about the way Indian food can just make you feel at home.If you've been looking for new ways to make use of that Instant Pot you got for Christmas (or many moons ago) then you’re in luck.Fire it up and get cooking with the im...

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Michael D. Bailey

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The Basics

Magic: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to magic in world history and contemporary societies. Presenting magic as a global phenomenon which has manifested in all human cultures, this book takes a thematic approach which explores the historical, social, and cultural aspects of magic.Key features include:attempts to define magic either in universal or more particular terms, and to contrast it with other broad and potentially fluid cat...

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Michael D. Bailey

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Magic in History Sourcebooks

While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages.The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy ...