THIRTY-NINE SIXTY - A ROMANTICCHRISTMAS THRILLEROn a frigid December day, sixty-six hours before Christmas, Aedan O'Beirne's wife, Ciara, and their five-year-old son, Colin, disappear. Aedan discovers that he has until the first second of Christmas Day to find them, or he will lose his family forever.Set in Chicagoland, this absorbing and suspenseful tale launches readers into Aedan's surprise-filled world, ...

Once upon a time (all good stories begin with once upon a time) there was a beautiful Christmas tree. It was likely the most beautiful Christmas tree that little Tommy had ever seen. Of course, he was only 7, so he hadnt actually seen that many. This was the fi rst time that little Tommy was old enough to help select the familys Christmas tree. The weekend before Christmas, the family had piled into Grandpas old pickup truck and driven to the tree farm outside of town.

The Digital Age offers many far-reaching opportunities - opportunities that allow for fast global communications, efficient business transactions and stealthily executed cyber crimes. Featuring contributions from digital forensic experts, the editor of Forensic Computer Crime Investigation presents a vital resource that outlines the latest strategi

The authors of Culture, Conflict and Counterinsurgency contend that an enduring victory can still be achieved in Afghanistan. However, to secure it we must better understand the cultural foundations of the continuing conflicts that rage across Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, and shift our strategy from an attritional engagement to a smarter war plan that embraces these cultural dimensions.They examine the nexus of culture, conflict, and strategic intervention, and at...

God Speaks Science by David Johnson explores the molecular level of life through the lens of biochemistry and reveals the harmonious connections between science and faith. Our bodies are an amazing organization of molecules, water, blood cells, enzymes, proteins, and DNA, all held together by weak hydrogen bonds. While all these aspects of life are being revealed by science, leading to medical miracles, the concept of the original creation remains a mystery. This book encourages readers to...

In the quaint town of Willow Creek, where secrets whisper through the wind, a young woman named Mary finds herself at a crossroads. Haunted by a tragic past and burdened by societal expectations, she yearns for a life beyond the confines of her small world. As she navigates the complexities of love, loss, and the search for her true self, Mary's path intertwines with a cast of unforgettable characters. From the enigmatic Dr. Hawthorne to the charming but troubled artist, Edward, each encou...

The anthology "Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett" is a compelling collection that vividly illustrates the diverse literary styles and thematic richness of 18th-century British poetry. This collection juxtaposes the reflective musings on human nature of Samuel Johnson with the pastoral elegances found in Thomas Parnell's works. Thomas Gray's command of lyricism and his melancholic odes, coupled with T. Smollett's incisive satire and biting wit, create a tapestry of poet...

Can you outwit a demon and escape the labyrinth alive?When best friends Eevie and Tommy hear a rumor of pure evil rising beneath their town, they know they should stay away. They don’t.One wrong step plunges them into a deadly labyrinth—a shifting maze of riddles, traps, and secrets never meant to be uncovered. Now, escape is their only hope. But the labyrinth is watching... and it doesn’t let its challengers leave unchanged.To survive, Eevie and ...

Historians bound by their singular stories and archaeologists bound by their material evidence donOt typically seek out broad comparative theories of religion. But recently Harvey WhitehouseOs Omodes of religiosityO theory has been attracting many scholars of past religions. Based upon universal features of human cognition, WhitehouseOs theory can provide useful comparisons across cultures and historical periods even when limited cultural data is present. In this groundbreaking volume scho...

Building on his pathbreaking, award-winning bestseller, Relevance Lost, H. Thomas Johnson presents a devastating critique of the top-down hierarchical accounting systems that have dominated American corporations since the 1950s.In Relevance Regained, Johnson shows exactly how "managing by remote control" through results-oriented accounting information has obstructed the real business objective: to reduce process variation and lead times for the pu...

Space and time are not just terms and functions of the bigger/larger objects in our lives, but intricately woven into the cells that make up our spleen and the neurotransmitters that carry our sense of truth and integrity (or some other thing that carries that--which we have not yet figured out how to find or name just yet). The mercurial and hermetic principle that everything above operates on similar principles as the things below (inside as well as outside) holds true in this conversati...

Some political observers dubbed the 2008 presidential campaign as 'the Facebook Election'. Barack Obama, in particular, employed social media such as blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook to run a 'grassroots-style' campaign. The Obama campaign was keenly aware that voters, particularly the young, are not simply consumers of information, but conduits of information as well. They often replaced the professional filter of traditional media with a social one. Social medi...