A collection of short stories that have won awards in various writing contests. There's a roadtrip in Kerala, squatting a luxury hotel to survive an earthquake, going for a vegan burger at a punk cafe, getting mugged by various animals and a couple of failed attempts at being a hipster. The stories received recommendations from contest judges such as Baroness Lola Young, Meg Rosoff and Jane Bidder, among others. Adventure, comedy, pathos and raccoons; there's something for everyone.

The IT Consultancy Survival Guide is an indispensable guide to success as an IT consultant. How to get hired, how to stay in the job, how to raise your profile, how to live well on the road and how to become indispensable. Along the way you'll learn how IT consultancies operate, pitfalls to avoid, how to impress clients and how to succeed at project work while maintaining a work-life balance. Jay Wood shares the secrets of IT consultant success based on 25 years in the industry: 170 pages ...

Students of mindset will usually make an effort to analyze kissing from a psychoanalytic perspective. A kiss can be an oral activity, like smoking or eating, it involves the mouth and can be traced back again to the oral stage of psychological development.

For over forty years, Leland Ryken has championed and modeled a Christian liberal arts education. His scholarship and commitment to integrating faith with learning in the classroom have influenced thousands of students who have sat under his winsome teaching. Published in honor of Professor Ryken and presented on the occasion of his retirement from Wheaton College, this compilation carries on his legacy of applying a Christian liberal arts education to all areas of life.Five sectio...

This book explores two foundational questions about God: are there adequate reasons to think that God exists and if God exists, what is God like. The first and main question of the book takes up epistemological concerns, focusing on arguments for and against the claim that theism is rationally justifiable. Metaphysical questions about God's nature, in particular God's knowledge and power, comprise the second part of the volume. These two questions are related since, if the concept of a God...

Jay Sullivan is a pathetic mess, tortured by his daughter’s kidnapping, and is nothing like the legendary assassin he used to be. Could a clue out of nowhere be the redemption he needs? Or is he destined to remain an alcoholic nomad walking through life alone?Sullivan is a legendary assassin working for a secret government organisation. He is an expert in murder, able to kill a man and cover it up without even breaking a sweat.His only weakness is his daugh...

Out of the ferment of recent debates about the intellectual virtues, Roberts and Wood have developed an approach they call 'regulative epistemology'. This is partly a return to classical and medieval traditions, partly in the spirit of Locke's and Descartes's concern for intellectual formation, partly an exploration of connections between epistemology and ethics, and partly an approach that has never been tried before. Standing on the shoulders of recent epistemologists - including William...

Blood will spill faster than bird seed when a Rossi marries a Moretti.I’ve spent a lifetime hiding in plain sight. A few tattoos, some hair dye, and it’s like I’m a brand new person. Invisible to my family, and our enemies.Until now.However Christian Moretti found me, it isn’t the triumph he thinks it is. Even if my body aches for his punishing touch, even if I crave the pleasure I find only in his bed, I will not bend. I will not submit.I w...

All good things come to an end. And this is it: the last stand of the Ketty Jay and her intrepid crew.They've been shot down, set up, double-crossed and ripped off. They've stolen priceless treasures, destroyed a 10,000-year-old Azryx city and sort-of-accidentally blew up the son of the Archduke. Now they've gone and started a civil war. This time, they're really in trouble.As Vardia descends into chaos, Captain Frey is doing his best to keep his crew out of it. He...

Prepare to experience fear at its coldest. In a world where the temperature plummets, so too do the depths of terror. Absolute Zero is an anthology that delves into the chilling extremes of human experience, exploring the frigid landscapes—both literal and metaphorical—that push our minds and bodies to the brink. Inside these pages, the frost is not just a physical presence but an emotional one, as each story examines the icy grip of isolation, despair, and the unknown. Whether it's the su...

A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club. Two medieval monks react to their transformation and demonic pregnancy in very different ways. A resourceful trans teen destroys sports bigots through the power of pluckiness...and abundant body horror. A stellar cathedral crosses galaxies to dump the corpse of God into a star before the mission devolves into a panoply of psychedelic orgies. A doxxed teen falls victim to violent assault and dishes out some harrowing retr...

Your success hinges on your ability to communicate clearly and compellingly.If you read nothing else on communication, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you speak more authentically, express your ideas with clarity and impact, and win over your audience.This book will inspire you to:Ask better questions to get more out of every discussionListen...