The Whumpy Printing Press presents: High Stakes and Bloody BusinessFrom bloodthirsty monsters to misunderstood victims, this anthology brings together thirty vampire stories. The vampires in these stories are sometimes good, sometimes bad, but they're always hungry.So sink your teeth into this collection to satisfy your (fictional) bloodlust.Included authors: Kailey Alessi, Ennis Rook Bashe, Max Browne, Mill Cohen, Alfie Court, Megan Renee Doyle, Booker G. ...

My Grandmother was from Wales depicts the story of Jane Gertrude Edwards Champlin, a pioneer woman whose grandparents migrated from Wales as children to America in the 1800s, and settled in Enid, Oklahoma. Featured in the book are her family of origin, including her parents, the Reverend Dan Luther and Elizabeth Edwards, her subsequent marriage to Joe Noble Champlin, son of Herbert Hiram Champlin and Ary Delight Noble Champlin, heir to Champlin Oil Refinery, her children and extended famil...

Comprehensive Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2nd Edition, edited by John W. Hallett, Jr., MD, FACS, Joseph L. Mills, MD, Jonothan Earnshaw, DM, FRCS, Jim A. Reekers, MD, PhD, and Thom Rooke, MD delivers in-depth, clinically focused coverage of all aspects of vascular surgery in an exceptionally well-designed single reference. Each disease chapter follows the same consistent format, for quick consultation and better comprehension. The revised 2nd Edition features several new chapters, i...

First Edition an AJN Book of the Year Award Winner!This second edition of a groundbreaking book is substantially revised to deliver the foundation for an evidence-based model for best practices in midwifery, a model critical to raising the United States' current standing as the bottom-ranking country for maternity mortality among developed nations.With a focus on updated scientific evidence as the framework for midwifery practice, the book includes 21 completely new chapters that a...

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a ...

A poignant and compassionate work of literary journalism that tackles Australia’s most controversial pastime.Almost 200,000 poker machines sing and flash in pubs, clubs, and casinos in every corner of the country. They’re highly complex devices, their components designed by mathematicians, musicians, animators, and ergonomic experts. They’re also widely considered the most harmful form of gambling, the cause of the majority of gambling addictions. So how did Austra...

If you wanted a picture of the life of Elvis Presley, who better to paint it for you than someone who worked as his trusted cook and maid at Graceland? Someone whose daily tasks centered around keeping the King of Rock & Roll happy, whose every move was designed to please the greatest music legend the entertainment world has ever known. Here is that picture, as painted by Nancy Rooks. Nancy worked for Elvis from 1967 until his untimely death in 1977. Read her stories of what those years we...

About ~50% of all written text in German consists of the same 100 frequent, short, basic words.This book contains the 200 most frequently used words, with over 2000 example sentences.An ideal starting point for beginners, or intermediate students looking for sentences to practice.

This is a book combo with the following titles in it:Book 1: Scandinavians of the ancient world had many gods and goddesses they worshiped. Are you curious about which ones they revered so much?Well, in this guide, that’s exactly what you will learn.To start off, this brief guide will go over some a quick history of the Vikings. Then, you will discover more about several deities that are worth mentioning, as well as some queer beliefs and false notions that have bee...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIMEThe compelling story of South Australia’s disgraced former chief forensic pathologist and the legal scandals in which he became implicated.For nearly three decades, Dr Colin Manock was in charge of South Australia’s forensic pathology services, and played a vital role within the state’s criminal justice system: in cases of unexpected or unexplained death, it was his job to determin...

Though the dynamics of the Congo Crisis have received, and continue to receive, a good deal of literary and scholarly attention, missing from the canon of work on military forces in the Congo is a study of the Force Publique, a paramilitary police force established by King Léopold II to secure the Congo Free State and to protect a vast geographical swath of Central Africa that had become his own personal possession following the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885. In many ways, the absence of ...

Their power is lethal. His touch is the only cure.The Valkyrie Institute trains the galaxy's most dangerous women: Pyro-kinetics who can burn holes in starships, telekinetics who can crush mechs with a thought, and gravity-manipulators who can shatter planets. But their immense power comes with a fatal flaw—"Psi-Static." Without release, their bodies overload, turning them into ticking nuclear bombs.Enter Instructor Roan.He isn't a hero. He's a "Sta...