Midnight strikes like an invocation, clock hands joining in prayer to the darkness. After the twelfth chime, there's no escaping the nightmare.Fear reigns supreme.In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many faces of modern horror- shocking and quiet, pulp and literary, cold-hearted and heart-felt, weird tales of spiraling madness alongside full-throttle thrillers. Open these pages and unleash all-new terr...

Buckle up for a journey into Halloween eternal. OVER 700 PAGES OF HORROR!"Brutal, humorous and utterly terrifying." —Allan Leverone, NY Times and USA Today bestselling authorThis special collection contains all three volumes of the highly rated Bad Apples: Halloween Horror anthologies. Features eighteen novellas and short stories by: Kealan Patrick Burke, Adam Light, Evans Light, Edward Lorn, John McNee, Mark Matthews, Jas...

Mann Gulch, Montana, 1949. Sixteen men ventured into hell to fight a raging wildfire; only three came out alive. Searing the fire into the nation’s consciousness, Norman Maclean chronicled the Mann Gulch tragedy in his award-winning book Young Men and Fire. Still, the silence of the victims’ families robbed Maclean’s account of an essential personal dimension. Shifting the focus from the fire to the men who fought it, Mark Matthews now provides that perspective.Not until 1...

Legends tell of how the great god Gon instructed his seven children to each create a race pleasing to them. They did this gladly, yet one in particular sulked at his brethren’s work and his father’s wishes. For spite, Baris created horrible demons to oppose the beauty of the world and its new peoples. Once the treachery of Baris was discovered, Gon cast both the abominations and his now deposed son into the Outerworld. There they imprisoned and sealed by magical gate and key, ...

Far to the East, the evil Wizard Ormalt begins his conquest of Cerulian. But fate shall intervene in the form of an unassuming, scholarly boy named Hartman. Now, in a clandestine meeting, the two must engage in magical combat, while the fate of their world hangs precariously in the balance.

Transformational Public Policy examines how governments can more effectively handle uncertainty and risk in an uncertain and changing world. Unpredictable and changing circumstances often bring nasty surprises that can increase waste in governance and public debt. This book illustrates how new methods derived from signal processing techniques can improve the practice of public policy by transforming it through rapid learning and adaptation. Interventions are processes of discovery...

Sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll. In popular imagination, these words seem to capture the atmosphere of 1960s hippie communes. Yet when the first hippie commune was founded in 1965 outside Trinidad, Colorado, the goal wasn’t one long party but rather a new society that integrated life and art. In Droppers, Mark Matthews chronicles the rise and fall of this utopian community, exploring the goals behind its creation and the factors that eventually led to its dissolution.Seeking...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Have you ever heard of the 80/20 rule? This rule is also called the Pareto principle and means that you can achieve a result of 80 percent with an effort of only 20 percent. The Pareto principle can be observed in many areas and you can use it not only at work but also for yourself in everyday life. It makes you more successful, more satisfied and happier, and you gain more qualitative lifetime.Do you often lack...

It’s the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.But the enemy above is not Yossarian’s problem it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening ‘Catch-22’ that allows for no possibility of escape.THIS IS AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF THE BOOK.

It’s the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him. But the enemy above is not Yossarian’s problem – it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening ‘Catch-22’ that allows for no possibility of escape. THIS IS AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF THE BOOK.

Traces the roots of ideologies and outlooks that shape Jewish life in Israel and the United States todayZionism and the Melting Pot pivots away from commonplace accounts of the origins of Jewish politics and focuses on the ongoing activities of actors instrumental in the theological, political, diplomatic, and philanthropic networks that enabled the establishment of new Jewish communities in Palestine and the United States. M. M. Silver’s innovative new st...

★What if the case for Christianity collapses under the weight of the Protestant Bible itself?◆In Canon Crossfire, retired attorney Matthew Mark McWhorter presents a bold, evidence-based investigation into the Christian biblical canon—one that began in skepticism and ended in an unexpected conversion. Written for critical thinkers, theology buffs, skeptics, and believers alike, this book explores a fundamental question: Did the early Church reject the Catholic “Apocrypha”—or were th...