Vocabulary acquisition is one of the most fundamental challenges in learning any language—ancient or modern. While many classical languages offer student-focused vocabulary resources, Akkadian has lacked such a tool despite its significance as a major language of the ancient world. Used by Babylonians and Assyrians for over two thousand years, Akkadian was the medium for everything from royal inscriptions to administrative records.A Student’s Vocabulary of Akkadian in Assyrian ...

Heritage preservation is a broad term that can include the protection of a wide range of human-mediated material and cultural processes ranging from specific artifacts, ancient rock art, and features of the built environment and modified landscapes. As a region of multiple independent nations and colonial territories, the Caribbean shares a common heritage at some levels, yet at the same time there are vast historical and cultural differences. Likewise, approaches to Caribbean heritage pre...

From New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a nail-biting supernatural horror about a haunted lakeside property and twisted family secrets.When Samantha Payne’s grandfather dies, she figures she won’t even get a mention in the will. After all, she hasn’t seen him in fourteen years, not since her father took his own life after being accused of murdering a child at their lakefront cottage. Her grandfather always insisted her father was inno...

There's a delicate balance between mental health and mental illness…Who are STRANGERS AMONG US?We are your fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, friends and lovers. We staff your stores, cross your streets, and study in your schools, invisible among you. We are your outcasts and underdogs, and often, your unsung heroes.Nineteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle the division between mental health and...

Extremely relevant in Trump 2.0. Written years ago – author TF Kelley foresaw the single political Party, the senate giving up its check and balance, camps in hot deserts, the many dead, and the insatiable power- and money-hungry demons - billionaires who ate the world and now turn within to devour all that 'Merica has left. The Red Boat is about the rich and powerful. Where will they draw the line? Who will stop these insatiable men and women?

A stimulating, thought-provoking book that lets you know how to break free of negative behavior, take control of office politics, and prevent difficult, repetitive, and avoidable situations. Reardon—a frequent HuffingtonPost contributor and professor at the Marshall School of Business—arms readers with the tools they need to take control of conversations in the workplace. Comebacks at Work combines the best qualities of Deborah Tannen's Talking from 9 to 5, Kerry Patterson's C...

A "lively, encouraging" guide to handling bullies and difficult personalities in the workplace ( Publishers Weekly).This stimulating, thought-provoking book lets you know how to break free of negative behavior, deal with office politics, and prevent difficult, repetitive, and avoidable situations. Reardon—a frequent HuffPost contributor and professor at USC's Marshall School of Business—arms readers with the tools they need to take control of conve...

Michael E Kelley's third novella, The Assassination of a Broken Democracy, is a futuristic fictional thriller. Three individuals are running for their lives. You will follow their adventures, read many predictions, and learn how to fix our broken democracy.

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In America's justice system, conviction is supposed to equal guilt. But what happens when that fundamental assumption proves devastatingly wrong? "Innocent But Imprisoned" takes listeners inside the harrowing true stories of men and women who lost years—sometimes decades—of their lives to wrongful convictions.From Anthony Ray Hinton's thirty years on death row for crimes he didn't commit, to the Central Park Five's nightmare as ...

About 20 years ago, when I started taking my "walk" very seriously, having realized the gravity of the situation; I was bothered by the fact that so many different doctrines, dogmas, or "views" were being taught or preached from One Book "" The HOLY BIBLE. It seemed to me that One Book "" The inerrant word of God "" should have only one message. It seemed obvious that many "views" had to be in error. And that's what started me on this quest to find out for myself which views were right and...

The Life of Corrie ten Boom Inspires Young Readers to Love Their Neighbors and Forgive Those Who Persecute ThemCorrie ten Boom was a watchmaker, prisoner, and World War II hero who helped hundreds of Jews escape persecution amid the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Despite her bravery, the risks she was willing to take ultimately led to her capture and imprisonment. After her release, Corrie was again met face-to-face with the prison guard who caused so much pai...