This practical, insightful title is a must read for anyone interested in or recently appointed to a leadership role in an academic medical center. Taking the Lead: A Guide for Emerging Leaders in Academic Medical Centers represents the highly accomplished authors’ more than 60 years of collective insights about leadership and leading effectively in an academic medical center environment.The authors present creative and highly applicable themes synthesized from the...

Kramer loves gaming on the computer however, his time online becomes problematic. His parents are worried about the effects this is having on his well-being. Kramer finds it difficult to stick the limitations set. What lengths does Kramer go to so he is able to continue his addiction?Join Kramer as he learns how to tackle this obsession for gaming.

Kramer loves gaming on the computer however, his time online becomes problematic. His parents are worried about the effects this is having on his well-being. Kramer finds it difficult to stick the limitations set. What lengths does Kramer go to so he is able to continue his addiction?Join Kramer as he learns how to tackle this obsession for gaming.

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleCarbon Criminals, Climate Crimes analyzes the looming threats posed by climate change from a criminological perspective. It advances the field of green criminology through a examination of the criminal nature of catastrophic environmental harms resulting from the release of greenhouse gases. The book describes and explains what corporations in the fossil fuel industry, the U.S. government, and the internationa...

Recognizing that leaders in healthcare institutions face different questions and issues in different stages of their careers, this handy, practical title offers a comprehensive roadmap and range of solutions to common challenges in the complex and changing Academic Medical Center (AMC) and health care organization. Fully updated from the very well-received first edition and including new chapters, this concise handbook offers a guide for personal career development, executive skill acquisi...

Ana Bacon, a beautiful young wife and mother, tumbled off a cruise ship into dark and deadly waters. Ana is gone—leaving behind her wealthy husband and adorable daughter—but not everything about her disappearance adds up. What secrets did she leave behind?Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten-million-dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident. But the husband has a substantial alib...

"The final year at Lander has finally arrived for the Melbrook students and their peers, and with it comes a whole new set of challenges. Still reeling from the events of their junior year, the remaining students will have to push past their pain - and so much more - if they hope to be one of the ten to claim the title of Hero upon graduation.Constant tests and trials await the senior students. Beyond simulated missions and classes, they’ll also have to buckle down to learn about a...

Welcome to London, but not as you know it. A place where magics and horror run free, wonders and miracles are everyday things, and the dark streets are full of very shadowy people...Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. He even stole his current identity. Who was he originally? Now, that would be telling. One thing's for sure though, he'...

"Idina Moorfield is officially a soldier in the army – with a little extra firepower. Her dark and magical little secret.Can she keep the new powers under control?Jump School may be her undoing.It takes focus, determination, and steely courage to face her fears and jump out of a C-130 aircraft from 1,200 feet. That’s exactly what brings Idina’s abilities forward at inconvenient moments.Her magical abilities are acting up and changing. Visions of someone else’s p...

GraphicAudio and Vault Comics are proud to present VAGRANT QUEEN! Adapted directly from the graphic novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.Former child queen Elida was driven from her throne at age ten and forced to wander the galaxy, evading the revolutionary forces that wanted her dead. When an old frenemy claims to know the whereabouts of Elida’s long-lost mother, she is forced to return to her former kingdom and stage a rescue...