A classic rediscovered: Further Adventures is Jon Stephen Fink's wildly original, uproarious novel of superheroes and survival, now available for the first time in a briefer, tighter, "director's cut." A novel that presaged works like Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Further Adventures is the unforgettable story of one man's half-blind but wholehearted attempt to right the wrongs of a society gone astray.

Want to know the essentials for creating social media posts that always make an impact?The 10 Principles of Effective Social Media******Marketing is your clear, practical guide to mastering the fundamentals that work on any platform, in any trend cycle. Written by social media expert Jon-Stephen Stansel, this guide shows you how to build confidence, sharpen your skills, and create posts that consistently connect with your ...

Just menus? Yes. This book focuses on a single, vitally important task that confronts everyone who builds web sites for use by people: how to code and present menus that are easy to understand and use, that convey what users need to know about the many paths they can take to get to the information they want, in a variety of technologies. Every web site has a menu (trust us-we looked for a professional site without a menu, and came up empty). Some sites have two, three, or more menus on the...

“An extraordinary story of resilience. In his moving memoir, Stephen Thompson opens up about how he broke cycles of abuse, poverty, and neglect to build a better life. It’s filled with lessons for anyone who’s ever questioned their resolve.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think AgainLeft with a gift, in a motel room in RenoThe Rubik’s cube was left behind, and so were they...

What is a story, if not a telling of the truth in one form or another. Fiction, maybe. Half-truths, possibly. Life is fact and fiction. Where do you draw the line?Truth, fact, fiction - it all comes from that same place. That part of us, willing or unwilling, that finds a way out - that compels us to express in words our thoughts, feelings, experiences - for all the world to judge...or maybe just a few.Whether the words, the stories, struggle to the surface, gasping for air, ...

This book tells the story of the relationship and misadventures of two fifth grade friends, who happen to be in a special education class - Josh, the observer and accomplice, and Larry, the unpredictable and impetuous doer. Larry has an indomitable spirit that carries him through his unique view of the world. He is always ready for the next adventure. Life offers many challenges. Larry is up for all of them. Josh is smart, even though he has great difficulty reading and writing. His proble...

This book is a collection of poems about Space, the Universe, the parts that make up the whole of it, and the laws of nature that define us. These poems range from planets and moons, to stars and galaxies; from quasars to black holes; from Kitty Hawk to Voyager to ourselvesthe human factor, and our role and awe in all of this.Physics is poetry in motion. There can be no doubt about the chemistry of words. As a child, I would spend hours looking up at the night sky and wondering. No...

This book is a collection of poems about the words we say and the words left unsaid. The things we control and the things we don't. The secrets we keep hidden away behind the mask and the statements we wear boldly on our sleeve. The actions we take without thought and the acts of others that affect us all.What we bring to the table is ultimately what consumes us. For good or ill, we live our lives; and our existence, like gravity, affects those around us in ways we cannot readily m...

On the English Channel island of Guernsey, a teenage girl’s Mean Girls-like experience pushes her to murder her best friend in a scandal, she will discover, that mirrors her uncle’s previously unknown story from the days of the island’s Nazi occupation during WWII. Told through the voices of fifteen-year-old Cat Rozier and her long-dead Uncle Charlie—known to Cat only by the audio recordings he left behind—The Book of Lies lucidly illuminates the interior lives of a scorn...

The world-famous masterpiece about a writer's obsessive pursuit of forbidden love by a Nobel Prize laureate.Translation by Michael Henry HeimPublished on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustave von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to h...

Phoebe Hall’s Manhattan life is unexpectedly derailed off the fast track when her long-term boyfriend leaves her just as she is accused of plagiarizing her latest bestselling celebrity biography. Looking for a quiet place to pick up the pieces, Phoebe jumps at the offer to teach at a small private college run by her former boarding school roommate and close friend Glenda in a sleepy Pennsylvania town.But behind the campus’s quiet cafés and looming maple trees lies something darker....

In this fun and sassy new mystery, USA Today bestselling author Susan McBride introduces us to Helen Evans, a modern-day Miss Marple who must expose a murderer in a town full of suspects!When Milton Grone turns up dead in tiny River Bend, Illinois, nearly all the would-be suspects have the perfect alibi: attending Thursday night's town meeting. And as Milton was hardly beloved, plenty of folks had a reason to do him in ...Grone's next-door neighbor was furious abou...