Mark Jenkins's engrossing history draws on the latest science, anthropological and archaeological research to explore the origins of vampire stories, providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of immortal beings who defy death by feeding on the lifeblood of others. From the earliest whispers of eternal evil in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, vampire tales flourished through the centuries and around the globe, fueled by superstition, sexual mystery, fear of dis...

A wizard must be found!In a world of might and magic, King Tell has almost conquered the lands in which he has already banished wizards. The simple edict to banish wizards turns into a nightmare for the king.Sir Mordrak has loyally served the king on his campaigns but is now haunted by those he’s killed. Similarly affected, Tell has now commissioned him to find a wizard willing to help. ... Everything depends upon him and an apprentice wizard who would rather see him dead.

What real-life character inspired Bram Stoker's classic Dracula? Did a blood-sucking demon haunt ancient Mespotamia? Did 16th-century Venetians drive a stake through the heart of a true vampire, or was something more sinister at work? For thousands of years vampires have both terrified and titillated our imaginations. Today vampires pervade our popular culture in books, films, and TV shows, and recent discoveries are shedding new light on the origins of vampire myth and legend. This fascin...

Who does your dream need you to be?Knowing we're created for more than the life we're living doesn't necessarily mean we know what we want or how to get there.You probably feel paralyzed from:Fear of the unknownBeing misunderstoodMaking the wrong decisions.These thoughts and actions have caused you to overthink decisions or avoid stepping into the new adventure you long for.Dare to Decide is for those...

Complement Selenium with useful additions that fit seamlessly into the rich and well-crafted API that Selenium offersKey FeaturesUnderstand the power, simplicity, and limitations of the core Selenium frameworkWrite clear, readable, and reliable tests that perform complex test automation tasksWork with ChromeDriver and GeckoDriver in headless modeBook DescriptionThe second edition of Mastering Selenium 3.0 WebDriver starts by ...

The captivating inside story of the man who helmed National Geographic for six decades is a front-row seat to audacious feats of exploration, from the successful hunt for the Titanic to Jane Goodall's field studies. Offering a rare portrait of one of the world's most iconic media empires, this revealing autobiography makes an impassioned argument to know—and care for—our planet. Though his career path had been paved by four generations of his family before him, Gilbert M. Grosvenor left hi...

Jack Wright is a veteran detective with a tragic past, an uncertain future, and a passion for solving puzzles. As a member of the Toronto Police Service Hold-Up Squad, Jack is tired of always having to clean up after the fact. When the blueprints of a robbery that has yet to take place land on his desk, there's only one problem...he can't read a word of them. The details of the heist are contained on a computer hard drive, protected by an unbreakable security code, seized in an explosive p...

9 Practical Ways to Support International MissionsMany new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each booklet...

Updated edition featuring a new foreword by David "Mr. McFeely" Newell.Born in 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Fred Rogers began his television career in 1951 at NBC. In 1954, he became program director for the newly founded WQED-TV in Pittsburgh, the first community-supported television station in the United States. From 1954 to 1961, Rogers and Josie Carey produced and performed in WQED's The Children's Corner, which became part of the the Saturday mornin...

Many regard Muhammad Ali simply as The Greatest” heavyweight of all time. Others admire his battles against racial injustice and religious intolerance. A few just call him Dad.” They are all here in this book-fifty men and women of note coming together to celebrate the man Sports Illustrated crowned Sportsman of the Century”: Angelo Dundee, Ali’s trainer; Billy Crystal, actor; Sir Henry Cooper, former British and European heavyweight champion; Bert Sugar, journalist and boxing historian...

Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2015 is written to help ASP.NET developers make the leap to the inevitable and exciting world of HTML5. With this book, you’ll quickly master the new HTML elements, the improved CSS features, and advanced content including audio, video, canvas, SVG, and drag and drop capabilities. You will also learn how your enterprise applications can benefit from some brand-new technology such as web workers and web sockets. Using practical hands-on demonstrations y...

Pro Office 365 Development, Second Edition, is a practical, hands-on guide to building applications for the cloud with Office 365. Combine Office 365 features out of the box with custom code to make the most of what this increasingly powerful and flexible platform has to offer.As an Office 365 developer, you have an amazing range of technologies at your fingertips. Build custom SharePoint apps in Visual Studio using HTML5, CSS, and jQuery. Create declarative workf...