The renowned actress who played Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless opens up about her sixty-year career in this scintillating memoir.Melody Thomas Scott admits she is nothing like her character on The Young and the Restless, who's seen it all in her forty-year tenure on America's highest-rated daytime serial. But there's plenty of drama beyond her character's plotlines. In this captivating memoir, Melody reveals the behind-the-scenes saga ...

Power Chord is the story of one man's epic pilgrimage to gain rock enlightenment from the gods and guitar heroes of the Golden Age of heavy metal. Author Scott McKenzie set off to make contact with the legendary metal superstars he worshipped in his rural Kentucky youth—men like George Lynch of Dokken, Glen Tipton of Judas Priest, and Ace Frehley of KISS—hoping to gain wisdom and a better understanding of the electric guitar mystique. The result is a veritable treasure trove of en...

-Shortlisted for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel-Winner of the American Library Association's Horror Book of 2017"Intensely realized and beautifully orchestrated Gothic horror." —Joyce Carol Oates"A match for readers who enjoyed Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House." —Booklist (starred review)At the end of a dark prairie road, ne...

How do you grow as a leader in the church? Should you read church growth books? Take a few seminars? Or just wing it? Scott Thomas, former President of Acts 29, church planter, and pastor has a different approach. He unpacks how leaning on Jesus empowers not just your teaching, but also grows the humility and biblical wisdom you need to lead.Through many years of ministry experience, Thomas has seen the importance of the "soft skills" of leadership—empathy, kindness, and listening—...

For many children, the summer of 1988 was filled with sunshine and laughter. But for ten-year-old Kris Barlow, it was her chance to say goodbye to her dying mother.Three decades later, loss returns—her husband killed in a car accident. And so, Kris goes home to the place where she first knew pain—to that summer house overlooking the crystal waters of Lost Lake. It’s there that Kris and her eight-year-old daughter will make a stand against grief.But a shadow has fallen over ...

Experience the magic again with this chronicle of the young wizard who took the world by storm!From the moment that J. K. Rowling conceived the idea of Harry Potter during a train ride, until the 1997 UK publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Making of the Potterverse tells the history of one of today's most beloved sagas—in print, on screen, and in real life as waves of Pottermania swept fans young and old.Covering t...

This study is a historical analysis of how encirclement operations have been and still are important offensive operations. These operations need to be given priority in planning and execution by the United States Military. Encirclement operations have proven to be decisive military operations throughout history; regardless of the composition and disposition of the enemy encircled. The U.S. military has maintained the decisive edge on the battlefield for over sixty years. Even with the bene...

In a world where anyone can go viral but few can stay relevant, The Influencer Machine reveals how to build a legacy of influence that endures.Drawing on timeless principles and modern strategies, David Thomas Scott shows how to move beyond fleeting trends to cultivate authentic authority, trust, and impact. From defining your personal brand and growing a loyal community to mastering content creation, media presence, and monetization, this book is a practical roadmap for t...

From the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Scott Thomas**―praised by The New York Times, NPR, Booklist, Library Journal, and The Hollywood Reporter―comes the long-awaited sequel to Kill Creek.**It’s been almost a decade since the murders at Kill Creek. What was only supposed to be a publicity stunt—four famous horror novelists in America’s most notorious haunted house—turned into a massacre. The survivors never told the full s...

It’s a thumbs-up for this movie-inspired guide to learning SpanishPop in a movie in your DVD playerTurn on the Spanish soundtrack in the DVD options menuOpen up Listen ‘n’ Learn Spanish with Your Favorite Movies, and relax as you learn core Spanish vocabulary and phrasesIt is as easy as that to learn thousands of essential Spanish terms and expressions. You follow along using the book to decipher difficult Spanish p...

A new, and dramaticallyimproved, three-prongedapproach to learning SpanishvocabularyThe Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabularyis much, much more than a Spanish vocabularyreference! This unique and completeresource combines three complementaryapproaches to vocabulary building—cognates,root families, and suffixes—toinstantly increase word familiarity and aidmemorization.Whether for active face-to-face communicationor passive comprehension of written orsp...

In order to help pastors and other Christian leaders to lovingly lead God’s flock to Jesus Christ and into God’s mission, Scott Thomas and Tom Wood clarify a process of coaching and shepherding that is rooted in the patterns of the Good Shepherd himself, a process in which leaders stir up the gifts, passion, and calling upon others’ lives. This book addresses the needs of the leader, his or her sinful tendencies, and church leadership issues. It directs the leader to the person and work of...