Approximately 1,600 years ago King Arthur Pendragon, the once and future king, died. About 17 years ago he was reborn on another world. On a world named Valherus, Merlin, who is called Mierlien, follows the signs, finds the baby he believes to be the reincarnation of the Pendragon. He saves the baby from monsters and ferries him to earth for Safety. Mierlien hires a woman to take care of the baby. She is a warrior of great skill, and a fierce momma bear. Jason, the Pendragon, is a typical kid with some special abilities. Other than being called on to save the worlds, he also has the power to see into peoples’ minds,, although he can’t really control it. Although Mierlien is only trying to save one boy with a great destiny, Jason is joined by his two friends. Red, a smart ass with a sharp wit, and David, a nerd or a bookworm or both. They have been friends since kindergarten in their tiny town of Sweet Home and they refuse to let their friend leave without a good bye, even though they don’t believe he is just moving away all of the sudden. Mierlien makes a portal for himself, Jason, and Angie, the woman he hired to watch over Jason. Red and David chase after and make it through the portal. Once in Valherus the group has to figure why Jason has been called up, what he needs to do, and they need to Save Camelot from a creature named Vaelyr who can control any undead. They are attacked from all sides, beset by treachery, and outnumbered five to one with very few able citizens to fight. If Jason succeeds the Earth will never know and if he fails the worlds may be destroyed.
A woman blessed by God with the ability to see the future in her dreams has a nightmare that makes her question herself--and her faith--in this compelling novel.
Dragon Fire: The hot new designer narcotic flooding the West Coast. It promises to take its user to the height of ecstacy, but leaves the abuser dead in a pool of their own blood. The Golden Dragon: The enigmatic man who developed Dragon Fire. Powerful, cunning, relentless, brutal, unforgiving. For years he has remained elusive and untouched by numerous bodies of law enforcement. Until now... A handful of strong young men are about to unintentionally throw in their gauntlet and wage battle against this deadly foe. With the help of their enigmatic mentor, Nick James, and an overlyrambunctious A.I., they'll lay everything on the line to put an end to the Golden Dragon's reign of Fire. More of them may die before it's all over...
CANADIAN DREADFUL showcases some of Canada’s best voices in horror fiction. This anthology is a harrowing tour of the northern landscape that will leave you both dazzled and terrified." ~David Morrell, New York Times best-selling author of Murder as a Fine Art In the pages of this anthology, you will not find the Canada you are accustomed to, nor a Canada that the world has grown to know and love. Between the covers, you will discover a dark landscape that will challenge your perspective. From sea to shining sea, stories of a darker Canada will arise, and within them all a kernel of truth. Stories of sacrifice, cannibalism, ghosts, and mystical forests, the authors will plunge you into the country that is Canadian Dreadful. AUTHORS: Colleen Anderson, Judith Baron, Karen Dales, Pat Flewwelling, Jen Frankel, Tyner Gillies, Vanessa C Hawkins, Repo Kempt, Nancy Kilpatrick, Caitlin Marceau, Joe Powers, Robin Rowland, David Tocher, and Sara C Walker.
Of all mental health disorders, schizophrenia remains the most pervasive, bewildering, and resistant to treatment. In addition to its profound effect on the patient, the illness can be equally devastating to the family, a problem that is compounded by the family's frequent role as provider of primary care. Psychoeducation systematically takes into account the family's role in providing care, and the importance of supporting this system, which in turn supports the patient. It is a method of care that remains focused on the family while making use of biological, psychological, and vocational interventions. SCHIZOPHRENIA IN THE FAMILY represents the first treatment manual based on the psychoeducational model. In conjunction with maintenance chemotherapy, psychoeducation reduces the emotional intensity of the patient's environment and creates a sense of continuous care. Using illustrative case examples, this "how-to-do-it' manual demonstrates methods to: * Increase treatment compliance * Sustain patients in the community * Gradually integrate patients into familial, social, and vocational roles. Specifically, they explain how to develop a productive treatment alliance with the patient and the family, and how to share with them concrete knowledge about the illness as well as management techniques for handling its difficulties. They provide recommendations for managing the critical, early outpatient phase of treatment and suggest methods for promoting the ability to work and socialize outside the home. Additionally, they describe how to conduct the final stages of treatment, when patients may be moving into maintenance sessions, other treatment methods, or toward termination. The book concludes with a helpful chapter on training issues and the application of the psychoeducational model to other mental health systems.
Volume Two includes The Colar Boys adventures of The Four Prophets, Five Alive, and The Men from Palla. Continued from Volume One, Larrytam and Aron aid and rescue enslaved Colar and earth humans from the mining planet known as Habronsan. Myra Song, the Florek inter trader, once again enters the picture and works with the two free Colar, as Larrytam and Aron work to free their people. Aron's kidnapping in Five Alive results in a dangerous mission run by operatives working with the Colar government. Myra Song is a strong woman working with the support of honorable men. Life isn't easy, it never is, but Myra has the ability to overcome obstacles. This is story of struggle and hope. The Colar Boys, and the people they encounter, only try to better their situation when confronted with a challenge. These men and women may seem familiar, though the settings are new.
Praised by the Saturday Review of Literature for their "excellent writing, puzzling crimes, and plausible and interesting detectives," these ten mysteries unfold in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. Starring such memorable characters as Deputy "Manhunter" Parr and ex-crime writer Oliver Armiston, the dryly witty, ingeniously constructed whodunits involve insurance scams, poisonings, and other nefarious activities -- each usually ending in homicide"--
“The Unmothers is a triumph of folk horror that will gratify lovers of Midsommar and The Handmaid's Tale.”—Library Journal, starred review In this raw and lyrical folk horror novel, a journalist sent to a small town begins to unravel a dark secret that the women of the town have been keeping for generations. Marshall is still trying to put the pieces together after the death of her husband. After she is involved in a terrible accident, her editor sends her to the small, backwards town of Raeford to investigate a clearly ridiculous rumor: that a horse has given birth to a healthy, human baby boy. When Marshall arrives in Raeford, she finds an insular town that is kinder to the horses they are famous for breeding than to their own people. But when two horribly mangled bodies are discovered in a field—one a horse, one a human—she realizes that there might be a real story here. As she's pulled deeper into the town and its guarded people, her sense of reality is tipped on its head. Is she losing her grip? Or is this impossible story the key to a dark secret that has haunted the women of Raeford for generations? Unbearably tense and utterly gripping, this atmospheric tale of female rage, bodily autonomy, and generational trauma hails the arrival of a masterful storyteller.
She began to scrape at the mortar. A few minutes later she was able to prise the edge of the brick loose. The resulting rush of foetid air made her gag, but she focussed her torch beam on the enlarged hole and peered inside. Her eyes widened in horror. When art student Jude Evans vanishes on a photographic visit to a derelict Glasgow cinema, her friend Liam enlists the help of his birth mother - forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod - in his search for her. Visiting other cinemas on her list, they find clues to her disappearance and to the horrifying secret she may have discovered behind those walls. Throughout the investigation, Rhona must deal with the news that a face from her past is literally back from the dead - but for how long?
The term "friendly fire" was coined in the 1970s but the theme appears in literature from ancient times to the present. It begins the narrative in Aeschylus's Persians and Larry Heinemann's Paco's Story. It marks the turning point in Homer's Iliad, Virgil's Aeneid, the Chanson de Roland, Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage and Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato. It is the subject of transformative disclosure in Jaan Kross's Czar's Madman, Ron Kovic's Born on the Fourth of July, O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods and A.B. Yehoshua's Friendly Fire. In some stories, events propel the characters into a friendly-fire catastrophe, as in Thomas Taylor's A Piece of this Country and Oliver Stone's 1986 film Platoon. This study examines friendly fire in a broad range of literary contexts.
Defending a community leader accused of brutally murdering a prostitute, David Jason hasto confront demons of the past that may very well destroy his family. With the clock ticking towards the sensational trial, matters are further complicated when a former client seeks legal assistance after being victimized in a horrific rape attack. Much is at stake in this engrossing tale as the seemingly unrelated events twist themselves into a formidable challenge for the Chicago attorney.
A robust and engaging account of the single greatest threat faced by AI and ML systems In Not With A Bug, But With A Sticker: Attacks on Machine Learning Systems and What To Do About Them, a team of distinguished adversarial machine learning researchers deliver a riveting account of the most significant risk to currently deployed artificial intelligence systems: cybersecurity threats. The authors take you on a sweeping tour – from inside secretive government organizations to academic workshops at ski chalets to Google’s cafeteria – recounting how major AI systems remain vulnerable to the exploits of bad actors of all stripes. Based on hundreds of interviews of academic researchers, policy makers, business leaders and national security experts, the authors compile the complex science of attacking AI systems with color and flourish and provide a front row seat to those who championed this change. Grounded in real world examples of previous attacks, you will learn how adversaries can upend the reliability of otherwise robust AI systems with straightforward exploits. The steeplechase to solve this problem has already begun: Nations and organizations are aware that securing AI systems brings forth an indomitable advantage: the prize is not just to keep AI systems safe but also the ability to disrupt the competition’s AI systems. An essential and eye-opening resource for machine learning and software engineers, policy makers and business leaders involved with artificial intelligence, and academics studying topics including cybersecurity and computer science, Not With A Bug, But With A Sticker is a warning—albeit an entertaining and engaging one—we should all heed. How we secure our AI systems will define the next decade. The stakes have never been higher, and public attention and debate on the issue has never been scarcer. The authors are donating the proceeds from this book to two charities: Black in AI and Bountiful Children’s Foundation.
To date, knowledge of the everyday world of the juvenile correction institution has been extremely sparse. Compassionate Confinement brings to light the challenges and complexities inherent in the U.S. system of juvenile corrections. Building on over a year of field work at a boys’ residential facility, Laura S. Abrams and Ben Anderson-Nathe provide a context for contemporary institutions and highlight some of the system’s most troubling tensions. This ethnographic text utilizes narratives, observations, and case examples to illustrate the strain between treatment and correctional paradigms and the mixed messages regarding gender identity and masculinity that the youths are expected to navigate. Within this context, the authors use the boys’ stories to show various and unexpected pathways toward behavior change. While some residents clearly seized opportunities for self-transformation, others manipulated their way toward release, and faced substantial challenges when they returned home. Compassionate Confinement concludes with recommendations for rehabilitating this notoriously troubled system in light of the experiences of its most vulnerable stakeholders.
Youre crazy Kay, I cant stay with you for two months. I have a job and a child to take of remember. And, we will never be together again, baby or no baby. You might as well forget it. Shut up! she screamed, Just you shut up and drive. Turn at the next road. Theres nothing up that road Kay. It is too, I have a little cabin up there where I have been watching you every time you come down here. And, thats where you are going to deliver our baby. When Alan got to the turn, he hit the gas and sped by it. Where are you going? she screamed. I told you to turn, stop the car and turn around. She hit him on the side of the head with the gun. The blow to his head left Alan momentarily dazed and he fought to keep the big bronco under control. Stop the car, I tell you and turn around. She grabbed the wheel, turn around I said. Let go of the wheel Kay, let go! She hit him again with the butt of the gun. The big vehicle swerved back and forth across the narrow road, tilted on the edge and begin to roll over and over down the hill. Alan heard Kay scream and the sound of glass shattering before he blacked out.
One of America's greatest writers, William Faulkner wrote fiction that combined spellbinding Southern storytelling with modernist formal experimentation to shape an enduring body of work. In his fictional Yoknapatawpha County—based on the region around his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi—he created an entire world peopled with unforgettable characters linked into an intricate historical and social web. An introduction to the Nobel-Prize-winning author's life and work, this book devotes opening chapters to his biography and literary heritage and subsequent chapters to each of his major works. The analytical chapters start with his most accessible book, The Unvanquished, a Civil-War-era account of a boy's coming of age. The following chapters orient readers to elements of plot, character, and theme in Faulkner's masterpieces: The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom! Also analyzed and discussed are some of Faulkner's most often anthologized short stories, including A Rose For Emily and Barn Burning, and the longer stories The Bear, Spotted Horses, and The Old Man that were incorporated in the novels Go Down, Moses, The Hamlet, and If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem. Clear, insightful analyses of the elements of Faulkner's fiction are supplemented with alternative readings from a variety of critical approaches including gender, rhetorical, performance, and cultural studies perspectives.
Surviving high school is tough enough without sprouting wings, wouldn't you agree? Megan Dario is used to blending in without being noticed she likes it that way, for some reasons more particular than others. But when this new boy, this Paul, whoever he is, shows up, her orderly, controlled life is thrown into chaos. No more school, homework, soccer, minimal sociality, wash, rinse and repeat. Oh no. Before she knows it, Megan discovers she's an Avian. Yup. Not even had her first kiss yet and she's got wings. Say whaaat?! Let's not forget Dr. Jarvis with his striking appearance and hard eyes either, or Irenesav. Soon, old and new friends are back in the mix: Lucy, Jason, Cauldron, and Paul, thrown together on one turbulent adventure. Ach, to the say the least, it's daunting, and especially so for Megan with her flat, cookie-cutter, routines. But with some decisions, there's no going back. And with the decisions Megan finds herself facing? Not only will they test her heart they'll test if she can truly fly.
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles for one great price! This Desire box set includes The Nanny Plan by Sarah M. Anderson, The Cowgirl's Little Secret by Silver James and From Fake to Forever by Kat Cantrell. Look for 6 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin® Desire!
A rainy night's telephone call leads J.C. Ducheck to believe that he will finally learn who shot and tried to kill him three years ago. The caller is Jason Saxberg, the man who accidentally interrupted the attempt on J.C.'s life. Saxberg says his own life is now jeopardized because he has just discovered the shooter's identity. J.C. takes his irreverent but loyal friend, Wally Gustavson, along to meet with Saxberg, only to find him dead. They chase the killer, who narrowly escapes at a railroad crossing, seconds in front of a speeding train. With little evidence and few leads about Saxberg's case, the police turn their attention to the murder of a prominent minister, prompting J.C. and Wally to investigate Saxberg's murder on their own. Their inexperience at crime solving is further complicated because they have to keep Detective Paul Andrews, Wally's nephew, from knowing what they're up to. After a series of humorous attempts to interview and surveil suspects, Paul joins J.C. and Wally as their endeavor becomes increasingly more dangerous. To everyone's surprise, a connection between J.C.'s shooting and the other murders unfolds.
An inside account of some of Australia’s most gruesome and recent crime cases. Go inside a maximum security jail unit to learn why feared prisoner Matthew Charles Johnson murdered drug boss Carl Williams in the most brutal way possible. Question how a two-time killer was allowed the freedom to murder his third innocent victim, dismembering her in a bathtub and throwing the body out to sea. Read these and many more true stories but beware, Dirty Deeds: Justice Prevails is not for the faint hearted.
Warning: This book is not for the faint hearted. Like those that came before it, this fifth instalment in the best-selling Dirty Dozen series is a true inside account of some of Australia's most gruesome and intriguing crime cases. Get inside the head of Carl Williams - the now dead gangland-war killer - through letters he wrote before his own violent murder in jail. Discover why other criminals, in their own words, helped him carry out his murder campaign and learn what detectives really thought of him. Why was he killed? You might be surprised. Step into the secret and salacious world of mill.
The next in the Dirty Dozen series contains the latest stories from the Melbourne underworld, and provides an uncut account of how Tony Mokbel – aka Fat Tony – ran Melbourne’s gangland war. Also included in chilling detail are insider accounts of: the kidnapping of baby Montana kidnapping; how and why ‘Mad Max’ Marinof opened fire on the police; the mystery surrounding the death of school teacher and dominatrix Anita Lesser; and the story of a wheelchair-bound, drug lord who used his genius for evil instead of good.
A Christian devotional written for teenagers by teenagers. The latest project by Bo Boshers, the leader of student ministries at Willow Creek Community Church for over 10 years, this book addresses the common struggles of today's teenagers. With 30 devotions written by experienced teenagers this book will help your youth grow through difficult circumstances and learn to trust God. Each 10- to 20-minute lesson brings a powerful message and fits well into teens' busy schedules. It makes the perfect individual devotional!
A familiar story told anew. The life of the leader of a prosperous civilization is coming to an end. This advanced society, born from slavery, searches for a leader in the most unlikely of places. Candidates from earth are chosen and tested, and one stands out from the others. Each contender will find that leadership is never easy and freedom is seldom free. A woman emerges who can lead her people, negotiate with the established inter traders, and deal with societies yet capable of working with offworld civilizations. This leader never expected to meet a race bent on war and conquest. Living within a thriving secret city on an ancient world known as Tiffina pushes this strong and independent woman to challenge a way of life never discussed during her interview. And, finding support within her new society only opens the door to new adventures. Written for all ages.
Resistance--any attitude or behavior of the therapist, patient, or system that resists change--is integral to every therapeutic relationship. Family therapists are all too familiar with challenges to their professional credentials, families' reluctance to convene for treatment, cancellations, rejection of therapy, requests to exclude a family member, and numerous other maneuvers that frustrate therapeutic goals. Mastering Resistance presents concrete, accessible strategies for coping directly with specific, commonly encountered problems of resistance. Moreover, it demonstrates how resistance can effectively be used to foster a stronger therapist-client alliance.
The Jackal By: Maria Anderson In a time of very little tolerance, a young boy is born who seems strange to those around him. He grows up in an atmosphere of whispers, snide remarks, and rumors about his sinister nature, but he marches forward and one day meets his true love. They marry and start their family. Then tragedy strikes, and The Jackal fully embraces all his neighbors’ dire predictions of his evil heart and wreaks havoc on the village that has shunned him. He isolates his young family and steps onto a path of seeking more power at any price, maybe the cost of his family, a family whose love may yet redeem him—if there’s time. Follow this family through joy, heartbreak, destruction, and rebirth.
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