The book was fiction. The pain was real. The consequences are deadly.Professor Karla Dobbs has everything: literary acclaim, a bestselling novel, and a film adaptation on the horizon. Until a former student accuses her of plagiarism.Natalie Silva claims that the novel in question is based on a real tragedy and insists that the film be stopped, or there will be consequences. Certain that she has done nothing wrong, Karla dismisses her. At first.But a...

A sweeping saga of passion, betrayal, power and revenge set in the opulent Ottoman palace of Suleyman the Magnificent, as one fierce slave girl rises from captivity to queen, using all the intrigue necessary for her own and her sons' survival. Inspired by the wondrous and compelling true story of Sultana Roxelana.Stolen from her family as a child and sold into slavery in the Sultan's palace, Roxelana vows not only to survive, but to rise. In the cut-throat world of the imperial har...

A beautifully curated visual journey through Marvel Comics, this gorgeous book explores the essential role of color in graphic storytelling, from subtle mood shifts to bold, iconic moments.Experience Marvel’s dynamic storytelling in an eye-opening spectrum of color with this gallery of comics covers, pages, and panels. Featuring more than 300 images from across Marvel Comics’ history, this book carefully and boldly assembles moments in which color accentuates a sto...

A sweeping and emotional story of love, loss and family, from No. 1 bestselling author Louise Douglas.One freezing night in January, Olivia Felicone's life is shattered when she learns her husband, Luca, has been killed in a car accident on the M1.Desperate to escape her overwhelming grief, and with nothing else to lose, she returns north-east to the seaside town of Watersford, the place where they grew up together – and where Luca has been laid to rest.

This offer of leading-edge thinking reframes the debate on national security at the dawn of the Third Space AgeDuring the First Space Age, President Eisenhower rallied democracies to defend freedom while preserving peace at a time when the hydrogen bomb and intercontinental ballistic missiles threatened humanity. Nearly seventy-five years later, the world stands on the cusp of a third era of space exploration, where space is simultaneously a domain for warfighting,...

A fiendish seasonal mystery in which Holmes and Watson must discover the connections between a series of Christmas-themed murders in London. For fans of Gareth Rubin's Holmes and Moriarty.In the week before Christmas, Dr Watson convinces Sherlock Holmes to accompany him gift shopping for Mrs Hudson. Unwilling to trail around lots of smaller establishments with the heaving seasonal crowds, Holmes insists they leave early and go to a single shop: Whiteley's, the capi...

A fiendish seasonal mystery in which Holmes and Watson must discover the connections between a series of Christmas-themed murders in London. For fans of Gareth Rubin’s Holmes and Moriarty.In the week before Christmas, Dr Watson convinces an unwilling Sherlock Holmes to accompany him into the centre of London to go shopping for a gift for Mrs Hudson. Unwilling to trail around lots of smaller establishments among the seasonal crowds, Holmes insists they leave early and go to only a s...

This book helps museums, exhibit designers, and exhibit fabricators move forward in their mission to be more sustainable. The first step will be to define what sustainability means for each group by selecting sustainability goals from a broad spectrum of possibilities. The handbook then provides specific steps institutions can take to put these goals into action, starting with how and when to set goals with stakeholders. The Handbook includes case studies and resources for each ty...

In The New Testament for Latter-day Saints, Alex Douglas introduces Latter-day Saint readers to the basics of modern New Testament scholarship. Douglas answers the question, “What did the authors of the Bible believe about Jesus?” elucidating the striking diversity in how Jesus is portrayed in the New Testament. It ranges from authors who saw Jesus as teacher and prophet, to those who worshipped him as God incarnate. Douglas shows how the Bible we have today is a product of these ...

Abounding Grace, adapted from Romans 5:20, is a collection of essays to honor Dr. Myron J. Houghton on the occasion of his retirement from Faith Baptist Theological Seminary. For nearly fifty years, Dr. Myron taught systematic theology and biblical studies at Denver Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary and Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary. While theology was his main academic discipline, Romans was one of his favorite courses. As students, colleagues, and frie...

While much has been written about the major battles of World War II, little has been written about the final actions of the war. Where were the soldiers on the Last Days? How did the combat unfold as columns advanced against an all-but defeated enemy who nonetheless used every trick in the book to slow their own defeat. The most dangerous time in war is the end, or so said one soldier. The victor knows its over but not the vanquished. How right he was.April, 1945. Soviet troops ent...

A boy lost in the shadow of his father's legacy.A gifted artist dismissed as just a "TV actor."A first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.A maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star.Hollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time."I spent a significant portion of my caree...