Among those drawn to jobs in the booming West Virginia coal mines during the first part of the twentieth century were thousands of African Americans. They proved successful in this industry—despite low wages and discrimination at the hands of mine operators. This book, the first published memoir by an African American coal miner, is a stirring tale of survival and achievement. Bob Armstead interweaves stories of family and community with a broad history of underground mining to paint an en...

The iconic Star Trek actor, known for playing Captain Kirk, and New York Times –bestselling author delivers a unique, moving memoir in poems and lyrics.You know him from his voyages on the Starship Enterprise, as veteran cop T. J. Hooker, and Boston Legal lawyer Denny Crane. He's starred in his own one-man show on Broadway and has collaborate...

Most companies know they need a strong culture. Fewer know how to build one that actually holds.In Tuesday in Trussville, Robert L. Mason tells the story of how an Alabama power conversion company grew into a formidable enterprise—and what it took, in human terms, to get there.Through real stories from the manufacturing floor and executive office, Mason demonstrates how leadership accountability is more than a value plaque on a wall. His concept of...

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s haunting short parables, fantasies, and fragments gathered from his private notebooks for the first time.After graduating from college in 1825, Nathaniel Hawthorne returned home to Salem, Massachusetts, where he lived with his mother and sisters for most of the next two decades, honing his craft in his third-story bedroom. During that time, he kept a series of journals, now called the American Notebooks, that became a vital taproot for his sto...

Paul Roberts’ Game AI Uncovered Focus: Decision‑Making brings together twenty chapters from the first five volumes of the Game AI Uncovered series into a handy single volume that focuses on the many different aspects of decision‑making in game development.The techniques covered in these pages include the underlying development of a wide array of published titles, including Ara: History Untold, The Survivalists, Firefall, Zombie Army ...

In the tarot trials, betrayal is always in the cards . . .Kestrel has trained to compete in the Tarot Trials her entire life. Winning means becoming one of the five Cinque – a position of influence and power that could reshape the lives of people living in her hometown slum, the Dregs. The position Kestrel’s mother should have had when she won the Trials twenty-two years ago as the Champion of the Moon. Instead, she was executed for treason after allegedly attackin...

The iconic Star Trek actor, known for playing Captain Kirk, and New York Times –bestselling author delivers a unique, moving memoir in poems and lyrics.You know him from his voyages on the Starship Enterprise, as veteran cop T. J. Hooker, and Boston Legal lawyer Denny Crane. He's starred in his own one-man show on Broadway and has collaborate...

An epic new Star Trek novel celebrating the 60th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series!THREE LIVESA child mourns the mother she’ll never know; a scion of privilege falls into disgrace and yearns to redeem his sullied name; and a young Starfleet officer who dreams of a life lived amidst the stars receives his first starship command...each of them unaware that the threads of their lives are fated to be eternally intertwined.

In an increasingly experience-driven economy, companies that deliver great experiences thrive, and those that do not die. Yet many organizations face difficulties implementing a vision of delivering experiences beyond the provision of goods and services. Because experience design concepts and approaches are spread across multiple, often disconnected disciplines, there is no book that succinctly explains to students and aspiring professionals how to design them.J. Robert Rossman and...

In the tarot trials, betrayal is always in the cards . . .Kestrel has trained to compete in the Tarot Trials her entire life. Winning means becoming one of the five Cinque – a position of influence and power that could reshape the lives of people living in her hometown slum, the Dregs. The position Kestrel’s mother should have had when she won the Trials twenty-two years ago as the Champion of the Moon. Instead, she was executed for treason after allegedly attackin...

**Sure, a car almost hit me . . . but that was nothing compared to falling into my rescuer's chiseled arms. And of course he's not just anybody. He's '**technically' **my new boss for the summer. And I'm '**technically' pregnant.After catching my ex cheating, I swapped snow for sunshine and took a job with the Miami Icemen. Their mascot, to be exact. Fresh start. Clean slate. Zero drama.But the universe ha...

A emotional romance from Alison RobertsOne tiny baby. Two guarded hearts. A second chance at familySmoke, danger and split-second decisions are all in a day’s work for firefighter Jason Halliday. But nothing has prepared him for the tiny baby abandoned at the station doorstep…or the devastating truth that little Megan is his daughter. Suddenly the confident, capable hero is thrown into a world of midnight feeds, fragile hopes and fears he can’t fight with...