Emma Hayes has spent her whole life looking for the missing. She didn't know that someone was watching her. Twenty years ago, Emma's best friend Lily went missing from the woods behind her house and was never seen again. The case went cold, but Emma never gave up looking. She is now a successful true crime podcaster, and her career has been built on giving a voice to the people who have been forgotten or gone.Emma realizes that her investigation into missing persons cases has drawn...

In Neverland, growing up isn't just forbidden—it's fatal.James has always been Peter Pan's loyal second-in-command, the steady hand that keeps the Lost Boys safe while Peter chases adventure. But when Peter's recklessness puts everyone at risk, James begins to question whether blind loyalty is worth the cost.Caught between his protective instincts and his growing resentment, James discovers that shadows have voices—and they're telling him everything he's sa...

Early Modern Drama in Performance is a collection of essays in honor of Lois Potter, the distinguished author of five monographs, including most recently The Life of William Shakespeare (2012), and numerous articles, edited collections, and editions. This collection’s emphasis on Shakespearean and early modern drama reflects the area for which Potter is most widely known, as a performance critic, editor, and literary scholar. The essays by a diverse group of scholars who have been influenc...

William Henry, Prince of Orange and Nassau, Dutch William to the English, was born in a state threatened by the military ambitions of Louis XIV. “Reared from his very cradle amid the animosities of contending factions,” Traill writes, “the young Prince learned early those four lessons of statecraft,—to conceal his designs, to watch his opportunities, to choose his instruments, and to bide his time.” The Dutch Republic, distrustful of monarchs, reluctantly chose him as stadtholder to lead t...

Craving chills that creep and unease that lingers? Then gather close and prepare to be enthralled by Short Ghost and Horror Collection 066. This spine-tingling compilation brings together a chorus of masters of the macabre. Journey alongside Edgar Allan Poe as shadows twist and walls whisper secrets. Feel the dread mount with H.P. Lovecraft as cosmic horrors stir in the unseen. Shiver at tales of vengeful spirits, unearthly beasts, and the darkness that lurks within the human heart. Twenty...

This volume, entitled "The great explorers of the 19th century", forms the third of three volumes under the general title of "Celebrated travels and travellers".Volume three comprehends:"The dawn of a century of discovery" (part I, chap. I), "The exploration and colonization of Africa" (part I, chap. II), "The oriental scientific movement and American discoveries" (part I, chap. III), "Voyages round the world, and Polar expeditions" (part II, chap. I), "French circumnavigators" (part II, c...

Aggression usually involves a sequence of behaviors, reflecting escalations and de-escalations in the form or intensity of the actions taken, which play out over time. This book provides a context in which social and biological research on the aggressive behaviors of human and non-human subjects, interacting in dyads or groups, can be compared and integrated. Implicit in this juxtaposition is the major question of whether general principles governing the dynamics of aggression within and b...