Brad is short of cash. He's lost his job, and if he can't find the rent money by Friday, he's going to be evicted. He answers a job to work as a strip-o-gram, but ends up getting more than he bargained for.

This is the final report of the bipartisan CSIS Task Force on Reforming and Reorganizing U.S. Foreign Assistance. As the Trump administration attempts to curb government spending, particularly in foreign assistance, this study reviews past attempts at reorganizing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State, and it provides recommendations for the new administration. The task force consisted of former civil and foreign service officers and is co-c...

Bipartisanship has been essential to America's success throughout its history. Today, however, there seems waning interest by politicians in both parties to work together to address pressing issues and find solutions.In Across the Aisle, highly respected Republicans and Democrats argue persuasively that, time and again, bipartisanship on the local, state, and national levels has proven integral to moving America forward. Citing numerous examples, the contributors convincin...

REIGN OF DRAGONS features an ensemble of fabulous fantasy authors who excel at writing dragons. It showcases a wide range of brilliant talent by up-and-coming authors to veteran storytellers. The authors included are SPFBO finalists, award winners, as well as USA Today and New York Times bestsellers.From romances to heart-stopping battles to LitRPG adventures, this anthology provides a range of tales across subgenres told with many beloved tropes including: dragon-shifters,...

Thirty-five awesome stories - one kick ass meme that started it all.It started as a joke. Storm Area 51 they said. They can't stop all of us they said. But all laughter stopped when the U.S. Air Force mobilized the reserves and pulled out the big guns.However, relentless mockery and derision by the media and the powers that be pushed the weebs and alien enthusiasts too far. What else were they supposed to do? They put on their big girl panties and showed up, determined to fi...

Living with both autism and ADHD means having a brain that operates on two different systems simultaneously. One part craves routine, predictability, and deep focus. The other seeks novelty, resists structure, and pulls attention in multiple directions. This push and pull dynamic creates unique challenges that standard college guides and career resources simply do not address.Research confirms that 50 to 70 percent of autistic individuals also meet the criteria for ADHD. Yet until ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Living with both autism and ADHD means navigating a brain pulled between two systems: one craving routine, predictability, and deep focus, the other seeking novelty, resisting structure, and scattering attention. This push–pull dynamic creates challenges that standard college and career advice rarely addresses.Research shows that 50–70 percent of autistic individuals also meet criteria for ADHD, yet dual diagnosis was not allowe...

"Own nothing. Control everything."But what if the world has inverted even that?The TCY Structural Sovereignty Framework is a roadmap for those who sense that something is wrong with how ownership, liability, and personhood have been redefined-and who are ready to build something different. Drawing from legal best practices, high-trust entity design, and first-principles logic, this guide offers a scalable model for rec...

When old scars open—wounds that never truly healed—can Kole find the courage to stand against the deepest fear he’s ever known?Feathered Quill says: “This book is absolutely mesmerizing and just goes to show that, even when the author has already written two books in a series, the next book can truly be even better. All I can say is I can’t wait to see book 4 and, if we are all very lucky, a motion picture that may be the beginnin...

The #1 choice for more than 35 years for those involved in the care of adolescents and young adults, Neinstein’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health: A Practical Guide, 7th Edition is your go-to resource for practical, authoritative guidance. The fully updated seventh edition, edited by Drs. Debra K. Katzman, Catherine M. Gordon, S. Todd Callahan, Richard J. Chung, Alain Joffe, Susan L. Rosenthal, and Maria E. Trent, offers a comprehensive view of the interdisciplinary nature of the field an...

The Black male scholars within this important book are painfully aware that the brutal murder of George Floyd was not due to a few "bad apples." They understand that they are perceived as "threats" and "criminals" within a distorted white imaginary that is embedded with processes of mythopoetic construction, racial capitalism, and a deep anti-Black male social ontology. Edited by prominent philosopher George Yancy, Black Men from behind the Veil: Ontological Interrogations emphasizes the i...

The purpose of Communicating in the Anthropocene: Intimate Relations is to tell a different story about the world. Humans, especially those raised in Western traditions, have long told stories about themselves as individual protagonists who act with varying degrees of free will against a background of mute supporting characters and inert landscapes. Humans can be either saviors or destroyers, but our actions are explained and judged again and again as emanating from the individual. And yet...