Sue Longtree is too young to be a matriarch, but when she moves to run down the story behind her brother''s suicide, she stands at the top looking down on a family in shambles. The suicide''s hardly a whodunit, as the private dick that Longtree hires, our hero Harry Jome, sees it. Or is it? The answer may lie less in a wall''s bloodstains or the cheap framed prints that cover them than in the pages of a manuscript. This hardboiled literary meta-noir channels both the genre''s suspense and seaminess, and at once offers an implicit critique of the culture that makes it possible.
Discusses the life and work of the author of "Dreamland Lake," "Are You in the House Alone?," the Blossom Culp stories, and other books that address in sometimes unexpected ways the problems teenagers face.
Winner: Illinois Library Association's Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project "Paul Reid died in the snow at seventeen. The day of his death, he told a lie—and for the rest of his life, he wondered if that was what killed him." And so begins the battle for the afterlife, known as The Commons. It's been taken over by a corporate raider who uses the energy of its souls to maintain his brutal control. The result is an imaginary landscape of a broken America—stuck in time and overrun by the heroes, monsters, dreams, and nightmares of the imprisoned dead. Three people board a bus to nowhere: a New York street kid, an Iraq War veteran, and her five-year-old special-needs son. After a horrific accident, they are the last, best hope for The Commons to free itself. Along for the ride are a shotgun-toting goth girl, a six-foot-six mummy, a mute Shaolin monk with anger-management issues, and the only guide left to lead them. Three Journeys: separate but joined. One mission: to save forever. But first they have to save themselves.
“I think I did something. Something someone really bad was counting on me to do. And I think you helped me.” Ray-Anne Blair isn’t buying it. She just wants Paul Reid to forget about the imaginary place he says he needs to return to—and to stop calling her Rain. Everyone wants something. Jeremy Johns wants to do well at his job, but the new office is strange. So is his boss, Mr. Truitt. Annie Brucker wants to understand how she ended up back with her abusive ex. Zach, her son, wants to know if he should trust whatever it is that speaks to him from the darkness of his closet—something so heavy it makes the floorboards creak. Jonas Porter, Audra Farrelly, Po the silent monk, and Charlene Moseley want to know why their colleagues and prospective Journeymen have disappeared, though the answer might spell the end of all existence. Welcome to The Margins, a place that shouldn’t be—but is, thanks to Paul and his friends. They thought they’d won. But they played right into the hands of an evil that anticipated their heroic act. Now realms are crossing over, the universe is collapsing, and it’s up to those who created the danger to neutralize it. No one said it would be easy. No one’s sure it’s even possible. But this is where the difficult and the impossible abound. This is The Commons.
“The world needs heroes, but it has only us. So we’ll have to make the best of it—and so will the world.” Jonas Porter has a point. But Paul Reid isn’t certain that his mentor is telling the truth about his plans. Because this time around, there’s more than one world at stake if the heroes fail. Never mind that it’s not clear who the heroes are, and trust is at a premium. Jeremy Johns wonders how much to believe the journal that his vanished friend Abel left behind. Audra Farrelly needs to convince herself that she and Porter are fighting the same battle the same way. Charlene Moseley must have faith that Quarry, her team’s former adversary, wants to help them now. The mysterious and powerful Apalala-Aidan has informed Zach Brucker that he’s not his friend, so Zach knows where they stand. But Zach’s mother, Annie, can no longer deny that her son is beginning to worry her. The Dharma Rangers are the stewards of the nuclear weapons that will determine whether multiple realms will survive. And it doesn’t matter who the Dharmas trust—because it seems everyone has control of their missiles but them. The truth is false; allies are enemies; and the only way to save all of existence is to destroy it. There are no guarantees. Nor have there ever been. Not in The Commons.
Nonproliferation Issues for Weapons of Mass Destruction provides an understanding of WMD proliferation risks by bridging complex technical and political issues. The text begins by defining the world conditions that foster proliferation, followed by an analysis of characteristics of various classes of WMDs, including nuclear, biological, and chemica
Scenes of intense action and fantastical creativity make Peck an author to watch." — Publishers Weekly Winner: Illinois Library Association's Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project (The Journeyman) Enjoy books one to three of the Commons series in one omnibus. "Paul Reid died in the snow at seventeen. The day of his death, he told a lie—and for the rest of his life, he wondered if that was what killed him." And so begins the battle for the afterlife, known as The Commons. It's been taken over by a corporate raider who uses the energy of its souls to maintain his brutal control. The result is an imaginary landscape of a broken America—stuck in time and overrun by the heroes, monsters, dreams, and nightmares of the imprisoned dead. Three people board a bus to nowhere: a New York street kid, an Iraq War veteran, and her five-year-old special-needs son. After a horrific accident, they are the last, best hope for The Commons to free itself. Along for the ride are a shotgun-toting goth girl, a six-foot-six mummy, a mute Shaolin monk with anger-management issues, and the only guide left to lead them. Three Journeys: separate but joined. One mission: to save forever. But first they have to save themselves.
If you want to build a better life and a better world—and really be prepared for any possible future in these turbulent times—you need to become a resilient investor! This trailblazing guide will expand your ideas of investing way beyond Wall Street. Your time, your energy, and the things you own are investments too, and you'll learn to diversify them in ways that move you toward your life goals. The Resilient Investment Map lays out all your assets—personal and physical as well as financial—and then provides three essential, timely strategies (Close to Home, Sustainable Global Economy, and Evolutionary Investing) that will help you grow each of them. The goal is to become more resilient: able to anticipate disturbance, rebuild as necessary, and improve when possible. You'll discover that the choices making you more resilient also enhance our communities, our economy, and the planet—building real wealth for all.
The amount of oxygen ingress through the wine closure can directly affect wine ageing and flavor development. Effects of natural cork, synthetic, and screw caps with Saran-Tin, Saranex, and low density polyethylene liners were investigated on both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines over 3 years’ storage. A reduction of H2S, methanethiol, and methyl thioacetate were observed during the 3-year ageing process for both wines. The reduction of H2S and MeSH correlated well with oxygen diffusion of the closure, with the greatest decrease occurring in wines with LDPE screw cap and synthetic closures, while the decrease of S-methyl thioacetate was independent of closure type. For both wines, we did not detect any increase in sulfur compound concentration for any screw cap closure; neither did we detect any DMDS or DMTS in any of the experimental wines.
How far should a reporter go for a story? What's the role of the press at the scene of an emergency, or a murder? Why has journalism suddenly become so susceptible to plagiarism? Here's a book that poses these and other urgent questions—and offers candid answers. At a time when professionals and the public alike worry that journalism has lost its way, Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies is available to provide much-needed, accessible guidance. Its twelve chapters, written by some of the nation's leading journalism scholars, explore issues that should concern anyone who aspires to a career in journalism, who works in the field, or who relies on news for daily information. Best of all, as the title suggests the contributors conduct their dynamic and engaging investigations at the movies, where sportswriters, war correspondents, investigative reporters, crime reporters, spin doctors, TV anchors, and harried city editors tackle these pressing issues. Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies isn't your typical textbook. Using popular movies from Wag the Dog to Good Night, and Good Luck to illustrate the kind of ethical dilemmas journalists encounter on the job, this student-friendly book is sure to spark interest and stimulate thinking.
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