Cold War history buried the truth for thirty-one years. On a freezing February night in 1950, a massive Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber staggered across the dark sky over Canada's Pacific coast, crippled by icing, fire, and failing engines. Somewhere over the cold waters of the Pacific, its crew made a decision that would remain classified for decades. They jettisoned a nuclear weapon into the sea below and then fought to keep the dying aircraft in the air long enough for the crew to surviv...

Emotions are a fundamental part of the human experience. They can motivate us, guide our behavior, and enrich our lives. However, when our emotions become too intense or difficult to manage, they can also disrupt our mental health and well-being, and negatively impact our relationships and daily functioning.In "How to Control Your Emotions," reader...

In a world where we are drowning in information and yet starving for wisdom, every now and then someone comes along who understands Life so well, that theyre able to explain it simplyBad things dont happen to us because we are bad. Its not like we are being punished. All That Is is for anyone who has ever wondered who we truly are, why we are here and what were meant to be doing.Based on a series of light bulb moments, this intriguing compilation of insightful oneliners con...

The Speech Situation is a term worn with age in the teaching of public speaking in America. That it is comprised of occasion, speaker, and topic is a gross oversimplification. It also includes challenge, anxiety, emotion, fear, responsibility, faults of memory, and instants of pride. Out of the circumstances arise an increase in heart rate, a change in blood pressure, an abnormal pattern of breathing, a noticeable build up in perspiration, and an ongoing evaluation. For students this may b...

Operation Eagle Claw: The failed US hostage rescue mission in Iran tells the full, cinematic story of one of the most consequential nights in U.S. military history, the night eight American servicemen died on an Iranian salt flat before a single enemy soldier had been encountered, and the night that forced the United States to rebuild how it fights its most dangerous wars.On November 4, 1979, Iranian student militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized 66 American diplom...

Now, more than 20 years since its initial release, John Fiske’s classic text Power Plays Power Works remains both timely and insightful as a theoretically driven examination of the terrain where the politics of culture and the culture of politics collide.Drawing on a diverse set of cultural sites - from alternative talk radio forums, museums, celebrity fandom, to social problems such as homelessness - Fiske traverses the topography of the American cultural landscape to hig...

Jack Woodson was a thermal design engineer for four years until he was laid off from his job.Now, as a teacher, he faces new challenges. Conference calls have been replaced with parent conferences. Product testing has given way to standardized testing. Instead of business cards, Jack now passes out report cards. The only thing that hasn't changed noticeably is the maturity level of the people surrounding him all day.Learn Me Good is a hilarious fir...

A banker with a smile that conceals a devilish impulse, a literary agent who is quick to anger, a mechanic with a desperate need to be liked, and a psychologist who keeps all their secrets— as well as his own— meet every week in the dingy back room of a New York City bar. These men have one thing in common: They all suffer the sting of a broken heart.Soon, anger turns to hate, and the Broken Hearts Club spins violently out of control, exploding into murderous acts of vengeance. Det...

A suspicious death, a pregnant woman suddenly gone missing: Quirke's latest case leads him inexorably toward the dark machinations of an old foePerhaps Quirke has been down among the dead too long. Lately the Irish pathologist has suffered hallucinations and blackouts, and he fears the cause is a brain tumor. A specialist diagnoses an old head injury caused by a savage beating; all that's needed, the doctor declares, is an extended rest. But Quirke, ever intent on ...

When John Glass's billionaire father-in-law hires him to write his biography, he feels he can't refuse. Then his research assistant on the book discovers some very sensitive information about John's in-laws, and is murdered before he can tell anyone what he knows. John is on his own to find out the young man's secret, before the murderer finds him.

With three hearts to worry about, as well as my own, time will tell if I'm up for the task.I've always been normal. Okay, maybe more of an average guy, who's quiet and awkward. Just someone who's trying to survive living in my trailer while dodging my mom's debt collectors. Everything changes when a power within me surfaces, and my eyes are thrown wide open.Humans aren't the only ones who walk the earth. Read that again, but slowly. I know...

This clear and comprehensive text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. Distinguished historian John Riddle provides a cogent analysis of the rulers, wars, and events—both natural and human—that defined the medieval era. Taking a broad geographical perspective, Riddle includes northern and eastern Europe, Byzantine civilization, and the Islamic states. Each, he convincingly shows, offered values and institutions—religious devotion, toleration and intole...