Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Tankard Book Award winnerWeatherford Award winner, nonfictionThe News Untold offers an important new perspective on media narratives about poverty in Appalachia. It focuses on how small-town reporters and editors in some of the region’s poorest communities decide what aspects of poverty are news, how their audiences interpret those decisions, and how those two related processes help shape broader...

Some of the world's foremost thought leaders consider the role of leadership, love, and power in the midst of political and social upheaval.In a world where organizations and leaders face conflicts and complexity at an alarming rate, where human cruelty sometimes dominates kindness in individuals and families, and where nations hover in the shadow of moral and financial collapse, how do we find courage to forge a strong and enduring path into the future? In this bo...

Author of The Girl With All the Gifts Mike Carey presents the fifth book in his hip supernatural thriller series featuring freelance exorcist Felix Castor.They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor, he'll tell you there's quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well.He should know. There's only so many times you can play both sides against the middle and get away with it. Now, the in...

Become the best board member you can be—and build a high-performing board around you.Boards have become increasingly vital in this era of transformation, and you feel called to serve as a director. But high performance in the boardroom is a unique challenge—building and leading a governing board are skills you must develop.The Harvard Business Review Board Member's Handbook is a practical, comprehensive guide to effective governance. Drawing on viv...

Is your firm's board creating value—or destroying it?Change is coming. Leadership at the top is being redefined as boards take a more active role in decisions that once belonged solely to the CEO. But for all the advantages of increased board engagement, it can create debilitating questions of authority and dangerous meddling in day-to-day operations. Directors need a new road map—for when to lead, when to partner, and when to stay out of the way.Boardroom ...

"Know also, O prince, that in the selfsame days that the Cimmerian did stalk the Hyborian Kingdoms, one of the few swords worthy to cross with his was that of Red Sonja, warrior-woman out of majestic Hyrkania. Forced to flee her homeland because she spurned the advances of a king and slew him instead, she rode west across the Turanian steppes and into the shadowed mists of legendry." -- -The Nemedian ChroniclesThis massive RED SONJA Omnibus features the first 19 issues (including the smash...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

A Basic introduction to the HP Prime.This book guides you through your first steps in using the HP Prime. Is is easy to read and informative. It is written to be easy to digest and does not require prerequisite knowledge.

What started as a simple dream of owning horses turned into a life-changing journey with two broken, beautiful donkeys named Hummus and Olive.From the moment they locked eyes on a quiet Kentucky hill, Michael Carey and his wife Debe knew these animals were different. Guarded, wounded, and hesitant but marked with a magical cross on their backs they seemed divinely chosen for a purpose none of them fully understood.Bray by Bray is a story of second chances, ...

Literacy is important foundational knowledge for all teaching areas and classroom settings. Language and Literacy covers the building blocks of literacy, as well as the developmental skills all pre-service and in-service teachers need to teach effectively and meaningfully across the Australian curriculum. Part one moves chronologically from the early years to the secondary years, covering phonological, phonemic and morphological awareness, word and sentence-level grammar, language use in s...

The Story of Two Broken Donkeys Who Found Home and Helped Us Find OursThey arrived guarded, unsure, and carrying more than just the weight of their past.Hummus and Olive weren't just rescue donkeys.They were teachers.Healers.Silent companions with stories to tell if you were quiet enough to listen.Through windstorms and winters, broken barns and brave beginnings, their journey reminds us what truly matters:Love that stays.

What started as a simple dream of owning horses turned into a life-changing journey with two broken, beautiful donkeys named Hummus and Olive.From the moment they locked eyes on a quiet Kentucky hill, Michael Carey and his wife Debe knew these animals were different. Guarded, wounded, and hesitant but marked with a magical cross on their backs they seemed divinely chosen for a purpose none of them fully understood.Bray by Bray is a story of second chances, ...