Killing vampires is Luke Irontree’s business, and business is good.Too good…After nearly 2,000 years, the immortal vampire hunter is exhausted. Alone in a world where everyone he knew and loved is dead, he struggles on because it’s all he knows. But when a wave of vampire attacks brings a dark pall over Portland, Luke is the only one who can stop them.The problem is, he let things go too long. Now he’s outnumbered, and the tables have turned – the h...

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired professor Thomas C. Foster guides you through the basics of writing. W...

Killing vampires is Luke Irontree’s business, and business is good.Too good…After nearly 2,000 years, the immortal vampire hunter is exhausted. Alone in a world where everyone he knew and loved is dead, he struggles on because it’s all he knows. But when a wave of vampire attacks brings a dark pall over Portland, Luke is the only one who can stop them.The problem is, he let things go too long. Now he’s outnumbered, and the tables have turned – the hunter has become ...

The Leviathan is the vast unity of the State. But how are unity, peace and security to be attained? Hobbes's answer is sovereignty, but the resurgence of interest today in Leviathan is due less to its answers than its methods. Hobbes sees politics as a science capable of the same axiomatic approach as geometry: he argues from first principles to human nature to politics.This book's appeal to the twentieth century lies not just in its elevation of politics to a science, but in its ov...

If you try to assassinate the Grim Reaper… Don’t miss.Dax used to be the Grim Reaper. Until he was banished to Earth to live as a human. Exiled to Redemption City, he’s doing his best to keep his head down and run his shabby dive bar. But when an assassin puts a bullet in his chest, his quiet life dies a bloody death.Red City is a corrupt and decaying metropolis. Finding out who wants Dax dead could be a long twisted road. He’ll have to test the boundaries ...

He that is to govern a whole nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but mankind. Leviathan is both a magnificent literary achievement and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. Permanently challenging, it has found new applications and new refutations in every generation. Hobbes argues that human beings are first and foremost concerned with their own individual desires and fears. He shows that a conflict of each against every man can onl...

Luke Irontree was born in Belgium. If the vampires have their way, he’ll die there, too.When an ally calls for aid, Luke and his werewolf friends must respond. Vampires are attacking his friend’s pack, and they suspect treachery from within. As soon as Luke and his crew land, the vampires strike, kidnapping his friend. Luke is forced to go underground, relying on the protections of an ancient god.Now Luke and his team are on the run, eight people in a sea o...

"The authors’ definition of trauma is valuably broad and complex, and their concepts are unpacked in nonjudgmental terms. It’s a solid addition to the rising tide of literature on trauma." —Publishers WeeklyA groundbreaking collaboration between Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Dr. Thomas Hübl, renowned teacher and trauma healing facilitator, on healing individual, ancestral, and collective trauma to reclaim resil...

HOW GOOD CAN YOU STAND IT! Stop searching, stop struggling, stop coping! You already have all the well-being, self-esteem, wisdom, love, and happiness you need inside of you! You can live in this natural happiness and inner peace NOW by realizing three transformational principlesUniversal Mind, Consciousness, and Thought. Please join Dr. Tom Kelley on an exhilarating journey to life changing insights about how we all work psychologicallya journey that will unleash your birthright of EFFORT...

A new comedy series that delivers a next generation twist on stand-up. An entertaining hour where reality meets stand-up comedy via performances and profiles of the next generation of great African American comics. We Got Next takes you into the talent scout lab of Bob Sumner (Founder/Producer/Lead Talent Scout of Def Comedy Jam series with Russell Simmons on HBO) as he sets out to answer the question, “Who’s next?”

In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Livingstone declaration, and the UN Social Protection Floor, this book deals jointly with multi-dimensional child poverty and social protection in Western and Central Africa. It focuses both on extent and types of social protection coverage and assesses various child poverty trends in the region. More importantly, it looks at social protection to prevent and address the consequences of child poverty. Child poverty is distinct,...

Mr. Baker's life is turned upside down one morning when a mysterious cowboy places a gun to his head. Mr. Baker is then given a choice--kill his wife or his daughter by midnight. If he doesn't choose one, the cowboy will kill them both. Mr. Baker now finds himself in a race against time to figure out what the hell is going on. Who is the cowboy? Why does he want to hurt Mr. Baker's family? If he doesn't solve the mystery in the next few hours, people are definitely going to die.