The Great Awakening:A sacred tapestry of 15 raw, poetic scrolls that chronicle one man's journey from trauma and silence to sovereign self-hood. Drawn from his life as a U.S. Navy veteran, journeyman wireman, boxer, and father, James L. Carr strips away the armor of performance to reveal the wounds, the whispers, and the fierce truths beneath. In scrolls like "Smoke and Unlearning," "Sacred Violence," and "The Voice Between Worlds," you'll find no formulas—only unf...

"I was in a slump where I hated everything I read, and The Ghost of Us lifted me right out of it. Absolutely fantastic." ―Dan Wells, bestselling author of I Am Not a Serial KillerOne Last Stop meets Cemetery Boys in this swoony YA romance from beloved author James L. Sutter.Eighteen-year-old ghost hunter Cara is determined to escape life as a high school outcast by finding proof of the supernatural. Yet w...

An unapologetic, brutal memoir from notorious 60s career criminal James Carr. BAD covers Carr's life from his first arrest for burning down his school at age 9, through merciless stints in San Quentin, where he shared a cell with famed Soledad Brother George Jackson, through his tragic post-incarceration murder in San Jose in 1972. A savage indictment of the American penal system, this classic release has new significance as part of a growing, urgent demand for criminal justice re...

Lonnie Lemur Explores Madagascar © is two enjoyable children's books combined within one colorful book cover - a fun fictional adventure and a revealing informational text. Together, these different writing styles introduce the curious reader to many of the creatures that live on the island that is so close to the continent of Africa, and how the Malagasy people live within their underdeveloped isolated nation.The two books share much of the same information - only present...

"HELLO!!!" ... I am Phineas J ... I am your Have You Ever? tour guide. Through your reading of these entertaining and educational stories we will explore an assortment of engaging and interrelated science adventures together!My friend James wrote these amusing and enlightening stories to help young nature lovers learn many facts about certain instinctual animal life habits and for curious scientific knowledge seekers to learn more about specific naturally reoccurr...

Vertebrate Endocrinology represents more than just a treatment of the endocrine system-it integrates hormones with other chemical bioregulatory agents not classically included with the endocrine system. It provides a complete overview of the endocrine system of vertebrates by first emphasizing the mammalian system as the basis of most terminology and understanding of endocrine mechanisms and then applies that to non-mammals. The serious reader will gain both an understanding of the intrica...

Founded in 1920, the National Football League chose famed athlete Jim Thorpe as its first president, a position he held briefly until a successor was elected. From 1921 to 1939, Joe F. Carr guided the sport of professional football with intelligence, hard work, and a passion that built the foundation of what the NFL has become: the number one sports organization in the world. During his eighteen-year tenure as NFL President, Carr created the organization's first Constitution & By-Laws; imp...

This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics.It draws on original research in countries including England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Mexico, Algeria and Argentina and includes both historical and contemporary perspectives. It explores some of the most important themes in the study of sport, including sectarianism, migration, fan activism and national identity, and s...

Football is ubiquitous and a permanent fixture of modern life. More than a sport, it frequently manifests in broader popular culture. This book examines the significance of football for, and in, popular culture across a wide range of forms, including music, film, and social media.Football and Popular Culture plots a new path in Football Studies, drawing on original research in countries including England, Brazil, Germany, Canada, and Yugoslavia. The book includes both historical an...

This book addresses the biological effects of the reasonably large number of classes of compounds that have been recognized as endocrine disrupters. These compounds have been found to persist as pollutants in the environment, and have been blamed for causing developmental disorders and/or fertility problems in fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and possibly humans. This book presents the relevant fundamentals of the endocrine systems of animals and humans, the toxicology, developmental tox...

Vertebrate Endocrinology, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the endocrine system for college and university students as well as researchers. This book is logically arranged, easily comprehended, and well-illustrated. It covers traditional hormone-based systems and introduces all forms of chemical communication, their implications for the health of humans, domesticated, and wild vertebrates. Written by two experts who have completed extensive research in compa...

“Our Kind of Traitor, John le Carré’s bullet train of a new thriller, is part vintage John le Carré and part Alfred Hitchcock… The result is the author’s most thrilling thriller in years.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA young English couple treats themselves to a once-in-a-lifetime holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Peregrine “Perry” Makepiece is an austere tutor at Oxford; his girlfriend, Gail Perkins, is a rising London barrister....