Shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on our country, Reserve Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent Michael Grogan received active duty orders and became one of the Coast Guard's first ever sea marshals. Sea marshals were tasked with preventing terrorists from taking positive control of ships and running them into the Golden Gate Bridge, other vessels, a pier, or other target of opportunity.Grogan and his fellow sea marshals realized even crew members co...

There is a widespread assumption that the universe in general, and life in particular, is 'getting more complex with time'. This book brings together a wide range of experts in science, philosophy and theology and unveils their joint effort in exploring this idea. They confront essential problems behind the theory of complexity and the role of life within it: what is complexity? When does it increase, and why? Is the universe evolving towards states of ever greater complexity and diversity...

TidalWave celebrates the lives of the icons and activists, performers and pundits who have made a difference in the LGBTQ community. Celebrate with us in this graphic novel featuring the stories behind the musicians Cher, Madonna, and Kylie Minogue, television personalities Tom Daley, Kathy Griffin, Anderson Cooper, and Rosie O'Donnell, and the effervescent RuPaul. A special edition in collaboration with the popular LGBTQ website Lez Get Real.

Alternate histories. Alternate realities.It’s said that every choice creates multiple timelines, each one exploring what could have happened if a different decision had been made. Most of these alternate histories stem from different outcomes to a pivotal battle, or to an assassination attempt, or to the ending or escalation of a war. All violent, all bloody, all brutal. But what about those choices made during peacetime, when there was no monumental, ongoing conflict? After all, e...

The Criminals Handbook is an unflinching and practical documentthat delivers important survival techniques for anyone unfortunateenough to be arrested, tried, and incarcerated in Canada.Each year almost a quarter of a million adult Canadians areadmitted into some form of custody. If you or someone you knowis facing charges or serving time, then this book gives valuableinformation about how to survive the justice system and prisonculture.In the book, you will learn:• What can and cannot be ...

Once upon a time we all knew her as the Material Girl, but now, the world over knows her as Madonna, a one-woman extravaganza. Before there was Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, or Britney, there was Madonna. She's been a pop sensation, actress, writer, activist, mother, and director. She's been everything. It's a Madonna world and we're all living in it.

Most of us have heard his name. Most have seen his face. But his story is all but unknown, until now. General David Petraeus has been a leader of men for years, and his name has become synonymous with the American efforts of war in recent years. This story will talk about that, but it will also delve deep into the man himself. Who is David Petraeus? Join the top-selling comic series Political Power and get an up-close look at David Petraeus.

The sold out comic book series Fame Lady Gaga has spun off three issues. Now for the 1st time you will get them all together in one Omnibus! Also see never before seen images of the Monster mother herself! You've all seen the music videos, the performances, the award show acceptance speeches, and the interviews. We all know her name and her image, but how many of us really know the story of Gaga?From her early days at NYU to her music videos and MTV performances, take a look behind the cur...

The instant New York Times bestseller about humanity's place in the universe—and how we understand it.“Vivid...impressive....Splendidly informative.”—The New York Times“Succeeds spectacularly.”—Science“A tour de force.”—SalonAlready internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in modern physics, Sean Carroll is emerging as one of t...

Just outside Toronto, a 14-year-old Canadian girl was auctioned on the internet for men to purchase by the hour. A young woman was taken by slave traders from an African war zone to Edmonton to earn greater profits by exploiting her in prostitution. A gang called Wolfpack recruited teenagers in Quebec and sold them for sex to high-profile men in the community.The global problem of human trafficking is only beginning to be recognized in Canada, even though it has been hidden in plai...

The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book, Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. The sciences would be better off without them: freer, more interesting, and more fun. According to the dogmas of science, all reality is material or phy...

**The fully revised edition of Rupert Sheldrake's controversial science classic, from the author of the bestselling Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home, celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2021!**After chemists crystallised a new chemical for the first time, it became easier and easier to crystallise in laboratories all over the world. After rats at Harvard first escaped from a new kind of water maze, successive generations learned quicker and quicker. Then rats in Melbo...