The United States has experienced a dramatic shift in attitudes towards cannabis use from the 1970s, when only 12% of Americans said that they thought that cannabis should be legal, to today. What once had been a counterculture drug supplied for the black market by socially marginal figures like drug smugglers and hippies has become a big business, dominated by a few large corporations. Pot for Profit, traces the cultural, historical, political, and legal roots of these changing a...

If the same-sex marriage debate tells us one thing, it’s that rights do not exist in a vacuum. What works for one side at the ballot box often fails in the courtroom. Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage used appeals to religious liberty and parental rights to win ballot measure campaigns, but could not duplicate this success in court. Looking at the same-sex marriage debate at the ballot box and in the courts, this timely book offers unique insights into one of the most fluid socia...

Use JSON for building web applications with technologies like HTML, JavaScript, Angular, Node.js, Hapi.js, Kafka, socket.io, MongoDB, Gulp.js, and handlebar.js, and others formats like GEOJSON, JSON-LD, MessagePack, and BSON.Key FeaturesUse JSON with trending technologies like Angular, Hapi.js, MongoDB, Kafka, and Socket.ioDebug, validate, and format JSON using developer toolkits, JSONLint, and JSON Editor OnlineExplore other JSON formats like ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionNode.js and MongoDB are quickly becoming one of the most popular tech stacks for the web. Powered by Google's V8 engine, Node.js caters to easily building fast, scalable network applications while MongoDB is the perfect fit as a scalable, high-performance, open source NoSQL database solution. Using these two technologies together, web applications can be built quickly and easily and deployed to the cloud with very little dif...

“By the pricking of my thumbs … something wicked this way comes.”Ray Bradbury has dramatized his literary classic, Something Wicked This Way Comes, into this first-class audio drama, produced by the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air, complete with a full cast, sound effects, and original music."Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show" comes to Greentown, Illinois, one week before Halloween. Two boys, Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway, soon discover the evil of this carniva...

Use the two popular web development stacks, Node.js and MongoDB, to build full-featured web applicationsKey Features1. Learn the new ECMAScript along with Node 8 and MongoDB to make your application more effective.2. Get the up-to-date information required to launch your first application prototype using the latest versions of Node.js and MongoDB.3. A practical guide with clear instructions to designing and developing a complete web application...

Waldron's Gate, capital of Alterra. A land powered by steam, but inspired by the power of dreams, and surrounded by the mysterious Fog.The Dream Engine explored this city. Now you are invited to go Beyond The Gate.Twenty-three authors will take you over, under, into, and beyond the Fog in this cross-genre compilation of short stories.From time travel to romance, young adult to horror, science fiction to historical fantasy, you'll discover tales that delight, intrigu...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Alicia Rades creates an enchanting young adult paranormal series where friendships form with ghosts and a teen psychic uncovers mysterious secrets. This complete paranormal series bundle includes all four books in the Crystal Frost series—plus a Crystal Frost bonus short story!At age fifteen, Crystal Frost discovers she can see into the future, witness the past, and speak with the dead. Secrets begin to uncover themselves where...

Clifford Montgomery has been separated from the love of his life since she was kidnapped years ago. Her location was discovered shortly after her abduction, but in order to keep her safe from those who want her dead, she has remained far away. Meanwhile, Cliff’s love for her has only intensified.The only problem is that she can’t remember him. Cliff must wrestle with the anticipation of reuniting with his lost love and the fact that she doesn’t know he exists. Will she remember him...

Enter the world of Faerie!*The summer sun bathes the earth in warmth and light,Faeries dance under the moon at night.Cross through the portal into a land ancient, beautiful, and wild.See the wonders that enticed the stolen child.Come away, O reader! To the Realm of Faerie.But if you want to make it back home, you had better be wary…*This collection includes twenty tales of faeries and magic set in our world–and in others...

**They call it the Scion School...Jacey calls it a prison**She has no parents. None of the students on this remote Caribbean island do.The world beyond? Destroyed by an asteroid impact long ago.So what happens after graduation? The last class walked into the medical ward and were never seen again.They've all been told lies. Lies and more lies!Jacey hates herself for believing them for so long.They've trained her body and mind to peak ...

Alrekur Vidarsson had to wait three thousand years to finally fall in love. He spent two thousand years searching for her, but then she found him, awaking him from death.Unfortunately, she was engaged to another, and Alrekur had to wait another eighty years. Finally, he won her over and they got their happily ever after...except that it won't be that easy.The birth of their daughter has awakened the entire dragon species, who had been sleeping since before ...