Trained to fight, lead, and sail the ocean that is space, Nel Vaughn has the makings of a hero. She should have been the best, but Nel forsake a career with the Alliance and now sails the Free Lanes on the Tantamount with its misfit crew, Kitsune cabin girl, and absent-minded captain.During a stopover for repairs, Nel and the Tantamount are coerced into ferrying medical cargo to a planet at war. Complicating the job are the Tantamount's unwanted passengers—a Guildswoman; her golem;...

The New York Times bestseller that gives "readers with an entrepreneurial turn of mind . . . road maps on how millionaires found their niches" ( USA Today).The author of the blockbuster bestseller The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy shows how self-made millionaires have surmounted shortcomings such as average intelligence by carefully choosing their careers, taking calculated risks, and living balanced l...

Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy, Seventh Edition, is a timely and timeless resource for practitioners at all levels of experience. It explains and illustrates individual, group, and couples work with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. Chapters highlight Adler's and Dreikurs's unique contributions to child guidance, lifestyle assessment, and early recollections, and they also discuss Adlerian therapy’s special relevance for culturally sensitive work.The se...

If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review.Confront and use stressPlan short-term goals to achieve long-term aspirationsLearn from survivors of PTSDUse challenges to become a better leaderRecover from setbacksAudience: Leaders and aspiring leaders, particularly those familiar with Harvard Business Review and who want a recap of the year's ide...

"[A] fusion of science, social, and medical history . . . fascinating . . . the understanding of and responses to cholera are covered in detail and with sensitivity" —The Victorian WebDiscover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material, Amanda J. Thomas uses first-hand accounts, blending personal storie...

"[A] fusion of science, social, and medical history . . . fascinating . . . the understanding of and responses to cholera are covered in detail and with sensitivity" —The Victorian WebDiscover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material, Amanda J. Thomas uses first-hand accounts, blending personal storie...

The USS Pennsylvania, a ballistic missile submarine, departs Pearl Harbor on a routine patrol, led by Captain Josh Turnbuckle. As they submerge, nuclear war erupts on the surface. China initiates the conflict, with North Korea and Russia joining, leaving cities in ruins and civilization collapsing. Unaware of the apocalypse, the crew continues operations, believing communication failures are technical glitches, not realizing they have missed their orders to launch a counterstrike.F...

Petty thief, amphetamine junkie...Billy Conover is a social parasite keeping just one step ahead of the law...until the night he accepts an invitation to go for a joy ride and ends up being party to the brutal killing of a black youth. BILLY BOY is his odyssey through an underworld of small-time thugs, ex-Girl Scouts who turn tricks for a vial of crack and an overburdened legal system that eventually holds Billy responsible for a murder to which he refuses to believe he was anything more t...

This award-winning Civil War history examines Robert E. Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and the vital importance of Civil War military intelligence.While countless books have examined the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate Army's retreat to the Potomac River remains largely untold. This comprehensive study tells the full story, including how Maj. Gen. George G. Meade organized and motivated his Army of the Potomac to pursue Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreating Army of ...

When Captain Georgia Evans and the crew of the starship Asteria race to intercept a mysterious energy signature beyond Jupiter, they expect a dangerous mission. Instead, they encounter the Guardian-an ancient cosmic force warning of a rising evil known as the Darkness.Propelled across space and time, the crew must confront impossible realities, a devastating truth, and a battle that could decide Earth's fate. But when they finally return home, they discover a future forever changed...

Who told you that being strong meant holding everything together? Who decided that healing should follow a timeline, that difficult emotions should be hidden, or that struggling meant you were somehow failing?In Who Told You This Was True?, Pippa J Thomas explores the beliefs we inherit about healing, strength, grief, trauma, ADHD, identity, belonging and what it means to be human.Many of us spend years becoming the person we think we should be. We...

The badly damaged Tantamount docked at Port Border, seeking repairs, new crew members, and work. First Officer Nel Vaughn tries to drown her memories of the disastrous battle with the Guild in dingy taverns.But there’s little time for remorse and healing. Port Border is overrun with Alliance soldiers and their mysterious cargo, the Draugr. Soon, Violet, the kitsune cabin girl, discovers an old enemy hidden in the dusty port town.Dodging their old foes, the Tantamount leaves...