Not all shifters turn into magnificent, terrifying beasts.Life presents particular mortifications when your alternate form is a dung beetle or a bumblebee.Despite the complications and challenges, even the most innocuous transformation can bring inspiration and power even if you're a raccoon or hamster.12 stories of change and self-discovery.12 explorations of the trials and tribulations resulting fromsmall shifts.Featuring s...

**“Gripping . . . A potent account of the crime and its aftermath, placing its story of heartbreaking violence and injustice in a larger portrait of a rural American town.”—The Wall Street JournalThe harrowing true story of a cold-blooded murder and the campaign to bring justice to a suffering Midwestern town**On a November night in 1990, Cathy Robertson is murdered in her home outside Chillicothe, Missouri. After law enforcement conduct a haphazard investigation, ...

Aren't You Gonna Die Someday? explores the deceptions and veiled truths lurking within a film that has haunted author Patrick Cooper for nearly a decade: Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky. Called both a "masterpiece" and a "celluloid death wish" upon its release in 1976, Mikey and Nicky is an astonishingly dark work in the oeuvre of legendary comedienne-filmmaker Elaine May. This book examines May's tragic film scene-by-scene, digging up the titular friends' long-buried truths in an attempt to ...

Kevin Cooper was convicted of the brutal murders of a Chino Hills, California family and a young houseguest in 1985 and has been on death row at San Quentin ever since. In his new explosive expose, SCAPEGOAT, investigative journalist J. Patrick OConnor reveals how the sheriffs office and the district attorneys office of San Bernardino County framed Cooper for these horrific murders.Two days before the murders of Doug and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter, Jessica, and...

“One of the greatest travel writers of all time” recounts the last leg of his epic walk across Europe as he makes his way through Bulgaria, Romania, and finally Greece (The Sunday Times).In the winter of 1933, eighteen-year-old Patrick (“Paddy”) Leigh Fermor set out on a walk across Europe, starting in Holland and ending in Constantinople, a trip that took him almost a year. Decades later, Leigh Fermor told the story of that life-changing journey in A ...

It is 1969, and Stephen meets up with old friend Astrid and her lover Spencer, and stays with them in the hippy household “The Hollies.” Peace and love are tangible: until his passionate attraction for another girl in the household goes sour. He drifts into the radical arts scene and far-left politics, and finally into a squalid squat in London. A return to the idyllic “The Hollies” seems a good idea, but now the house has become a commune, and Spencer is the guru. When this too, inevitabl...

It is 1966, and the times, they are a-changin’. Fifteen-year-old Stephen is on his way to a summer program in France when he meets two glamorous new friends of his older brother, Rob, who has been missing for 18 months. They persuade Stephen to travel to Istanbul with them, to find his brother. And what a world opens up to him: a world of beautiful girls, drug busts, fascinating cultures, fast-moving friendships, and betrayals. As he travels further into Asia, the nature of Stephen’s journ...

Heroines is a collection of short stories about six great women who have all changed the world through their courage, passion and intelligence.Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.Joan of Arc was a sixteen year old farm girl who led France to victory over the English.Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the most respected and fearless political leaders in the world.Rosa Parks is an iconic...

Easy to cook meals, with just enough food for twoRealistically speaking, dining out every other day or relying on processed meals is not healthy. This reliance costs us not only our health but also a great sum of money. Today, home-cooked food with organic ingredients is encouraged to be consumed.However, it is hard to find time to always be in the kitchen, especially after a long day at work and running errands. Luckily, help is here! Inside this budget-friendly 5-ingredient...

Leverage the framework of visionaries to innovate, disrupt, and ultimately succeed as an entrepreneurThe Lean Entrepreneur, Second Edition banishes the "Myth of the Visionary" and shows you how you can implement proven, actionable techniques to create products and disrupt existing markets on your way to entrepreneurial success. The follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, this great guide combines the concepts of customer insight, rapid experimentation,...

You are not a Visionary . . . yet. The Lean Entrepreneur shows you how to become one.Most of us believe entrepreneurial visionaries are born, not made. Our media glorify business outliers like Bezos, Branson, Gates, and Jobs as heroes with X-ray vision who can look to the future, see clearly what will be, imagine a fully formed product or experience, and then simply make the vision real.Many in our entrepreneur community still believe that to be visionary, we must merely ex...

**“Gripping . . . A potent account of the crime and its aftermath, placing its story of heartbreaking violence and injustice in a larger portrait of a rural American town.”—The Wall Street JournalThe harrowing true story of a cold-blooded murder and the campaign to bring justice to a suffering Midwestern town**On a November night in 1990, Cathy Robertson is murdered in her home outside Chillicothe, Missouri. After law enforcement conduct a haphazard investigation, ...