From Hugo nominated author David VanDyke. When the Eden Plague is loosed upon the world, the forces of order and chaos, good and evil must battle it out in a struggle for control and supremacy. A PTSD-damaged combat medic, a female Marine with no legs and a sniper with no remorse might be its only hope of survival. Can these flawed heroes drive back those who would enslave humanity? Or will the darkness spread and swallow them up?Begin your journey through ...

A fascinating look back at how one of the 20th centuries medical mile stones came to be in one of the most unlikely places on earth Aparthied South Africa.The rest of the world had turned its back on South Africa after a controversial massacre in 1960 but Seven years later a pioneering heart surgeon was able to shine a much more positive light on the country when he performed the world's first major organ transplant. A tale about a truly inspirational man who motivated through loos...

What trumps everything else, to turn a government against its people?Fear.So when American sniper Alan "Skull" Denham selects his own mission to fight against the ever-growing evil of the fascist Unionist movement, he sets himself against the entire Federal establishment, which wants to see him dead. Can Skull win through while keeping his soul, showing mercy only to children, dogs and the genuinely innocent?Skull's Shadows ...

PLAGUE WARS BOOK 3.The Eden virus is spreading. Blessing or curse, it's apparent that it can't be contained. For the poor and the sick, the Plague is a godsend, yet it puts those infected in the cross hairs of people who fear their power is slipping away. When these desperate Edens turn to Daniel Markis and the Free Communities for help, he can't refuse. Spooky, Skull, and Reaper are soon struggling to save these Edens - but someone on the inside may betray them.Eden's Exod...

Following a nuclear holocaust, Nathan Taylor and his family face grim choices in order to stay alive. Fleeing deadly radiation, plague and desperate men, Nathan, an army officer, leads his wife and their two teenage sons away from chaos and madness toward his ancestral home in Kentucky.Horrors lie in their path. From the prison struggling to maintain control of its inmates, to the desperadoes who enslave anyone who comes their way, even survival may cost Nathan his humanity...or th...

This book offers a critical, interdisciplinary exploration of junior golf in twenty-first century America, positioning it as a rich site for examining broader questions about identity, access, culture, and power within youth sport.Drawing from sport sociology, cultural studies, and sport management, the authors interrogate how structures of race, class, gender, and institutional governance shape participation in junior golf, while also attending to the lived experie...

BOOK FIVE of the Plague Wars series.When a friend disappears, Skull must track him down. Spooky's family is sent to a death camp and he proposes a suicidal rescue, but only Reaper can lead it. Bogged down in a war with the rebel state of Alaska, at odds with Canada and meddling in Mexico's politics, the Unionist-controlled USA proceeds down an ugly path toward fascism, tyranny, and genocide. Politics, assassination and propaganda form the backdrop ...

When oppression by the Unionist-dominated federal government becomes intolerable, the Republic of Texas secedes from the United States. As the Unionists respond with immediate violence, Daniel Markis and Spooky Nguyen send Reaper and Skull on missions to help the fledgling nation survive in the face of overwhelming odds. Can they win through to establish a haven for Edens on North American soil? Or shall the world edge further into darkness?Battles rage in ...

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This concise, practical book examines the significance of social media for the sport industry, explaining key concepts and sharing tools and best practice for the use of social media in sport business communication.Accessibly written and avoiding jargon, the book considers the history, development, commercial impact, social effects, and the legal and ethical concerns of social media in the context of sport. Covering all levels of sport, from professional to grassroots, the book inc...

Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Sport Management Education provides current and future sport academicians with a wide array of pedagogical practices to help move the academic discipline forward, addressing the diverse and global nature of a changing world, industry, and academic landscape. This book introduces and develops a wide array of teaching techniques and learning styles to meet the changing needs of the sports education industry.Rooted in theory and supported by practic...

Injury recidivism is a continuing health problem in the modern clinical setting and has been part of medical literature for some time. However, it has been largely absent from forensic and bioarchaeological scholarship, despite the fact that practitioners work closely with skeletal remains and, in many cases, skeletal trauma. The contributors to this edited collection seek to close this gap by exploring the role that injury recidivism and accumulative trauma plays in bioarchaeological and ...