When revenge and universal balance cross fuzzy lines, Diavol must choose between being the man searching for retribution or the demented maestro discovering his rich yet putrid origins. After stumbling across the mysterious girl Dreina, Diavol quickly finds himself unable to tell the difference between instinct and compassion, bringing him more than his fair share of turmoil. Book 1
Collects three standalone Plants vs. Zombies graphic novels into one deluxe boxed set Also includes an exclusive, double-sided poster with a new piece of never-before-seen art by fan-favorite artist Ron Chan on the slipcase Constructionary Tales gives a behind-the-scenes look at the ridiculous plans of the zombie army, as Dr. Zomboss proudly leads around a film crew from the Zombie Broadcasting Network. Zomboss tries to invade the dreams of the residents of Neighborville in Dream a Little Scheme, and in Faulty Fables, the zombie scientist continues his unfair fight by lulling the whole town to sleep with his stupefying twists on traditional fairy tales Three action-and-humor-filled adventures
"A must read for anyone who has done hard time on the customer service block " There comes a point in time when BULL$HIT must be called out Customer Service in corporate America and beyond hands to its associates a grievous unjust. Dealing up front and personal with those who thrive on being complete JERK OFFS. We are paid to serve, not take attitude up the A$$ Find out in 28 easy steps if this might be you. Prepare to get a piece of what goes on in the mind of those verbally abused in a public forum, behind the smile, the caring eyes & sympathetic, placating tones. Our spirit is not a stomping ground. Indulge life and those forced to deal with you by trying to be kind The time has come for poorly behaved adults to be held accountable for their behaviours and not given a hall pass. Retail Associates unite, we are nobody's bitch.
The 25th anniversary edition of the original groundbreaking chronicle of near-death experiences.Originally published twenty-five years ago, The Vestibule is the earliest known collection of first-person accounts confirming that this life is but one phase of our existence. Today, its message resonates even more powerfully. These remarkable stories are told by men and women who were pronounced dead, only to return to their bodies and resume living with a new respect for the beauty of the eternal spirit in all of us. Each of these richly detailed narratives describes intense feelings of peace and joy at the time of death, and their remarkable similarities build an overwhelming case that life is a continuum—and that the spirit lives on.
Book 2 of the award winning Summer King Chronicles, for ages 11 and up Shard is a gryfon in exile from the pride of the Silver Isles. After learning of the injustices wrought by the Red King he once served loyally, Shard now seeks to fulfill the promise of the legendary Summer King, who is destined to bring peace and balance when he appears.Shard's quest will take him across the sea to the homeland of the gryfons who conquered the Silver Isles, into a web of new allies and new enemies, winged and wingless alike. There he will learn of the fierce enmity that drove the Red King and his pride from their homeland, and the deadly grudge stretching back two generations that, if left unfinished, could destroy them all.Nominated for the 2013 Ursa Major Award.
Book 3 of the award winning Summer King Chronicles, for ages 11 and up A voice in the wind sings on . . .Shard is a gryfon entrusted with a great responsibility. A dragon of the Sunland has left her newborn kit to his care, and now Shard has difficult decisions to make about how best to keep the swiftly growing dragonet safe, while remaining true to his own destiny and the prophecy of the Summer King. He sets out to return the dragonet to his kin in the Sunland and find help for his own quest, but his hope for making wise and benevolent allies is quickly replaced with the reality of cold, mistrustful dragons who want nothing to do with gryfons, Shard, or his wars in warmer lands. In the Silver Isles, the warrior gryfon Caj sets out on a dangerous hunt for his mad wingbrother, Sverin, once the mighty Red King. The safety of the pride, and in the end, Caj's life, may depend on his success or failure.Meanwhile, Shard's wingbrother Kjorn seeks to find him and reconcile, and his quest will take him across the land that was once his birthright and into the heart of tricky alliances, enmities, and the ever-looming threat of the Voiceless, fear-mongering wyrms. The Song of the Summer King promises that one will rise higher, one will see farther, and his wing beats will part the storm . . . but as Shard learns more of the world and the tangled threads of fate, he begins to fear that no one can part the storm of growing hatred and fear--not even a Summer King.
The final volume in the award winning Summer King Chronicles, for ages 11 and up Shard is a gryfon with a great destiny, and desperate to stop a war. He is hampered on his path to peace by would-be allies, old enmities and grudges between clans of creatures, and the ever-looming threat of the fear mongering wyrms.Everyone believes that Shard is the legendary Summer King, that he alone can make the wyrms see reason and stop their violent marauding before more lives are sacrificed. But when he uses newfound powers to try communicating with their leader, he only ends up making things worse. When the wyrms make a surprising move by attacking where Shard least expects it, he knows he must be willing to sacrifice anything-and everything-to stop them once and for all.
Ren is a young gryfess on the verge of initiation into the Dawn Spire pride. She comes from a distinguished line of huntresses, and is expected to follow in their path. Unfortunately, the only thing Ren is interested in hunting is knowledge. When her curiosity over a mysterious discovery costs her the initiation hunt, her mother banishes her from the family den. Devastated, Ren is determined to redeem herself. Her chance comes when she takes part in an exchange of young gryfons and journeys to the Silver Isles. Instead of adventure and fellowship, Ren and the others find a pride suffering strange calamities, and a deadly, sweeping illness that has driven them from their home island. Gryfons are dying, and Ren sets out to find answers. She thinks the disasters and the illness might be connected to her discovery at home, and if she's right, she could save the pride. But if she's wrong, they will all pay the price.
Black Mirror meets My So-Called Life in this fast-paced, timely YA thriller about separating fact from fiction--and how far we'll go to create our own version of reality.Like any other teenager, Jess Flynn is just trying to get through her junior year without drama ... but drama seems to keep finding her. Between a new crush on her childhood best friend, overprotective parents cramping her social life, and her younger sister's worsening health, the only constant is change--and her hometown of Swickley, which feels smaller by the day.Swickley is getting weirder by the day, too. Half the population has been struck down by a mysterious flu. Conversations end awkwardly when Jess enters the room. And then one day, a tiny, sleek black device--with an apple logo on it--falls out of her best friend's backpack and lands at Jess's feet.
Every day you engage in public speaking. Your ideas and beliefs are shaped into words heard by others. What you express creates a new reality.This guide awakens the powerful speaker within you. Fear and uncertainty will no longer stop you from owning the spotlight. You will discover ways to speak with intention to provide the message your audience needs to hear.Learn how to: Express yourself with clarity, confidence, and charisma Deliver effective pitches, interviews, keynotes, toasts and presentations Align your words with your body language, external surroundings, and untapped intuition Create messages that stand out, regardless of the medium or situation Media coach and international personal branding expert, Jess Ponce III liberates the seven A.W.E.S.O.M.E speaking skills you already possess within. Enriched with wisdom from international business consultant and performance coach Emily Liu and a myriad of entertainment professionals, this comprehensive guide will empower you to shine anywhere, anytime.
In London, Jess Flynn, a marine insurance investigator is desperate for a new case. Meanwhile, on the remote Scottish island of Baric, a fishing boat goes missing and its skipper is left unconscious on the quayside. The investigation headed by Detective Sergeant Mack Ross gets underway but he is soon left frustrated by the remoteness of the island, his reliance on the mainland for forensics and a lack of suspects. Apart from a tourist called Stella Winn everyone else is accounted for and without the missing boat, Jess Flynn isn't escaping the office any time soon.
Jose Maria de Jesus Carvajal is both a biography of a Mexican postrevolutionary and a study of the development of a new border between Mexico and the United States during the crucial decades of the early to mid--nineteenth century. The work examines the challenges faced by Carvajal, a bilingual, bicultural character in confusing times, against the historical backdrop of the history of colonial Texas and northern Mexico. Chance has chosen to focus on a political-military figure whose career stretches from the Texas Revolution to the French Intervention. Carvajal played a key role in the violent struggle between the liberal and conservative political factions that vied for control of the Republic of Mexico from 1830 to 1874. He was the leader of a mercenary army that invaded Mexico from the United States in 1851 in an unsuccessful attempt for the creation of the so-called independent Republic of the Sierra Madre. In addition, he played significant roles in the struggle for Texas Independence and formation of the ill-fated Republic of the Rio Grande; and he opposed the American occupation of northern Mexico during the Mexican-American War, the War of Reform that solidified liberal control of Mexico under the leadership of Benito Juarez, and the French Intervention into Mexico. Carvajal's life and exploits have been largely overlooked by contemporary historians. This work sheds new light on several important chapters in the history of Texas and northern Mexico.
"Jess Phoenix's work encompasses science and representation in such a delightful melding that it could only come from as spry and playful a soul as hers Open this book and jump into the volcano " --Patton Oswalt As a volcanologist, natural hazards expert, and founder of Blueprint Earth, Jess Phoenix has dedicated her life to scientific exploration. Her career path--hard earned in the male-dominated world of science--has led her into still-flowing Hawaiian lava fields, congressional races, glittering cocktail parties at Manhattan's elite Explorers Club, and numerous pairs of Caterpillar work boots. It has also inspired her to devote her life to making science more inclusive and accessible. Ms. Adventure skillfully blends personal memoir, daring adventure, and scientific exploration, following Phoenix's journey from reality television sites deep in Ecuadorian jungles to Andean glaciers, university classrooms to Death Valley in summer. She has even chased down members of a Mexican cartel to retrieve a stolen favorite rock hammer. Readers will delight in her unbelievable adventures, all embarked on for the love of science.
King Conan's life, and that of his whole era is threatened when Thoth-Amon of the Ring sends a resurrected long dead Queen of Stygia to kill Robert E. Howard. If Queen Nephret, the beautiful one, succeeds, the Hyborian Age itself will be destroyed, and the evil god Set will reign supreme. King Conan himself, and his retinue and people, will be erased, body and soul He must travel to Cross Plains, Texas in the early 1930's to stop this from happening. Pelias the Wizard can help him
Most libraries, archives and museums around the globe are now confronting the challenges of providing digital access to their collections. As digitization becomes more widespread, there is huge demand for detailed guidance on best practice. While much has been written on the theory, these practical aspects have often been neglected, but they are significant not only in safeguarding the collection during image capture but also in ensuring that projects run smoothly and the resulting digital collection is of high quality. This practical guide fills that gap, offering guidance covering the end-to-end process of digitizing collections, from selecting records for digitization to choosing suppliers and equipment and dealing with documents that present individual problems. As such, it can be used as a ‘how-to’ reference manual for collection managers who are embarking on a digitization project or who are managing an existing project. It also covers some of the wider issues such as the use of surrogates for preservation, and the long term sustainability of digital access. Key areas covered are: • digitization in the context of collection management • before you digitize: resources, suppliers and surrogates • the digital image • the process of selection • surveying collections • equipment for image capture • preparation of document formats and fastenings • preparation of damaged documents • setting up the imaging operation. Readership: A clearly-written guide to a complex process, this book is an essential resource for all collection and project managers who have responsibility for the preservation of archival collections, as well as all industry professionals whose role touches on the digitization of collections.
Using a concise, understandable approach, Principles of Pulmonary Medicine, 8th Edition, provides a broad overview of this fast-changing field, integrating clinical topics with underlying physiologic, pathophysiologic, and basic science concepts. From cover to cover, it clearly explains and illustrates even the most challenging concepts in a uniquely readable and digestible fashion. With its emphasis on pathophysiology and diagnosis as the basis for optimal management of respiratory disorders, this popular text is an essential reference for medical students, trainees, and those looking for a practical update on both acute and chronic pulmonary diseases. Presents physiologic concepts, pathogenetic and pathophysiologic mechanisms, and radiologic and pathologic correlates of disease in a clear, understandable manner. Features extensive content updates on interstitial lung disease, emerging and/or viral infections (including COVID-19), lung cancer, asthma, and new biologic and immunologic treatments available for a variety of diseases. Contains excellent visuals for understanding and interpreting pulmonary disease with easy-to-understand anatomic illustrations and accompanying radiologic and pathophysiologic images-now all in full color for the first time. This edition provides even more images, especially chest radiographs and CT scans, that offer more examples of clinical disorders. Provides therapeutic strategies, including evidence for assessing relative benefits, harms, and costs. Includes useful appendices that provide simplified methods for interpreting pulmonary function tests and arterial blood gases, while also presenting sample problems that test the reader's ability to use respiratory equations, assess pulmonary function abnormalities, and interpret arterial blood gases. Provides access to extensive online content such as author commentaries, video clips, audio recordings of lung sounds, and over 200 case-based self-assessment questions modeled after the USMLE exam. Includes margin notes throughout the text that summarize the major points and concepts and allow the reader to quickly review the material. An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
