You need a keeper, Elsa.The first time I laid eyes on the delicious mountain of a man, Lachlan "Lock" Kelly, he walked out of the room without giving me a single glance.You're in trouble now.It's my junior year at Savage U and life is grand. Except for the fact that Lachlan Kelly lives right next door, he acts like he doesn't know my name, and he barely acknowledges my existence.I don't get it. How can he s...

This volume of essays examines the empirical evidence on school choice in different countries across Europe, North America, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It demonstrates the advantages which choice offers in different institutional contexts, whether it be Free Schools in the UK, voucher systems in Sweden or private-proprietor schools for low-income families in Liberia. Everywhere experience suggests that parents are ‘active choosers’: they make rational and considered decisions, drawi...

Get ready to FIRE YOUR BOSS, take the power back, and make a six-figure income in just 5 hours per week. That’s right. You really can make six figures per year by day trading stock options in approximately 1 hour per day, even with a small trading account.Secrets of the Lone Wolf Trader gives you a simple, effective strategy you can use to make anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars per day, in just 1 hour per day! You’ll learn how to day t...

From the editor of the award-winning anthology Unfettered comes the newest installment in the science fiction and fantasy series, Unfettered III.Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors...

A shape bends over a drink at the end of the bar in Big Emma's on Oakland's Jack London Square, looking like a bundle of black clothes someone has left on the barstool. Full red lips that match brightly dyed hair are the only source of color, as if an artist had begun to colorize her just before she walked out of frame in a '40s noir movie. Her name is Susan, and she is there to hire PI Jim Wolf to find her husband's killer—and to protect her from a man called Red. Wolf takes her case, but...

Harper Burns was just abducted from her house by four big, bad shifters. When she finds out her father traded her for his life to a wolf king, she’s ready to escape. Even more confusing is the fact Sebastian tells her she must have his baby. The craziest part is she’s actually considering it. Clearly, she lost her mind on the car ride to the castle.Sebastian Roarhart is shifter royalty. He’s been cursed and needs to have a child or die. Now, he has to convince Harper to see him as ...

The people of Earth are struggling to evolve as a species due to a multi-billion dollar corporation hell-bent on world domination. When a human named Jonas Wolf is forced to retire from his decades of service in the Galactic Space Corps, his journey soon leads him to Earth after his homeworld is invaded and his father is killed. There he discovers the truth about an advanced prototype nano-suit originally designed to combat the enemies that led him to Earth. As a hero, the people look up t...

DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE CONSISTENT DAY TRADING PROFITABILITY BY IDENTIFYING AND ELIMINATING DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS.You’ve probably heard people say, “It’s so hard to make money in the stock market!” That’s the furthest thing from the truth. It’s incredibly easy to make money in the stock market every day. BUT… it’s also incredibly easy to LOSE money in the market every day. You know what’s NOT incredibly easy? Being consistently profitable....

Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors—some eminent, some less well known—who grew up tough and talented in working-class America. Their stories, selected from literary memoirs published between 1982 and 2014, cover episodes from childhood to young adulthood within a spectrum of life-changing experiences. Although diverse ethnically, racially, geographically, and in sexual orientation, these writers share a youthful precocity and...

While at a reading of a Kurt Vonnegut biography, private investigator Jim Wolf senses someone watching him. He catches sight of a young woman, maybe mid-twenties, who is short and has straight, straw-colored blond hair, granny glasses, and freckles. Her figure is more boyish than that of a grown woman. She wears jeans and a man's white dress shirt, and a cheap necklace of amber-colored beads with silver disks circles her neck. Her name is Emily.They escape the crowded bookstore and...

You won't want to be alone after you've read this chilling anthology of timeless horror stories penned by the masters of short fiction. Creeping and crawling with thrills and suspense enough for readers of all ages, this collection of terror filled tales is a brilliantly entertaining introduction to classic literature. When I started this project, it appeared to be obvious which stories I'd select. Then a curious thing happened...I read, in depth, many stories from each potential author, a...

Attracting and retaining talent within the legal field is a key issue. Talent in the Legal Profession: How to Attract, Retain and Engage Top Talent sheds light on the pressing issues that law firms face in in order to secure and maintain top-level legal talent.