Drew Montgomery is a trust-fund baby who decides to launch a food magazine in the age of online publications. Hank is a gifted chef who has taken over San Francisco’s cooking scene, but who struggles with a serious addiction problem. The suspicious death of Hank’s father demands that these two rivals look beyond their initial mutual antipathy. This is a story of fathers and sons, with both of them forced to face the loss of their fathers. One son is nearly destroyed by his father’s death, ...

In International Law and the Public**, Geoffrey P.R. Wallace investigates the public as a crucial, often overlooked, actor in international law.** He asks just who is it that counts in the operation of the international legal order. Defying conventional wisdom that sees governments, leaders, generals, lawyers, or elites from the upper echelons of society as the main international legal players, Wallace advances a "popular international law" where ...

Only those who have powers live in Tempest-one of only two settlements left after war tore through the world.The Hallows is a walled city, hell bent on extinguishing magic and all who possess it.Winterly Elder has been a prisoner of The Hallows since birth for reasons unknown to her. All she knows is that strange things happen around her.But when she escapes and finds herself in the care of a new friend, Ingram, she embarks on a journey to learn who she is and who h...

Money Wanders from author Eric Dezenhall is a wild and uproarious tour of spin and media manipulation from the lobbied halls of Congress to the dilapidated boardwalk of Atlantic City.Jonah Eastman, disgraced Presidential pollster, is summoned home to Atlantic City by his ailing grandfather Mickey Price--a legendary Atlantic City gangster and owner of the Golden Prospect casino. When Mickey dies, Jonah is "persuaded" by mob boss Mario Vanni to help improve ...

A Truth Disguised as Fiction. Survival in the Shadow of the Swedish Dream.Memory isn't a fairytale. It's cold water filling your lungs while everyone insists you're breathing just fine.In the idyllic suburbs of 1990s Sweden, red-tiled roofs and orderly hedges hide a brutal reality. For six-year-old Pontus, safety is a myth, and home is a battlefield ruled by an invisible, suffocating enemy: The Fog.More than just the sour-sweet stench of alcohol and...

This book presents select proceedings of the 8th International and 29th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2021). It discusses the latest advances in miniature manufacturing, machining of miniature components, surface engineering, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, Industry 4.0, optimization techniques, micro-electric discharge machining, electrochemical micro-machining, thin films, optimization of micro-machining process parameters, machining of nano-co...

Why are prisoners horribly abused in some wars but humanely cared for in others? In Life and Death in Captivity, Geoffrey P. R. Wallace explores the profound differences in the ways captives are treated during armed conflict. Wallace focuses on the dual role played by regime type and the nature of the conflict in determining whether captor states opt for brutality or mercy. Integrating original data on prisoner treatment during the last century of interstate warfa...

The uptake of digital media platforms necessitates the need to understand how digital cultures of consumers and brands are unfolding. Despite the increase in usage and adoption of the internet in Africa, there is limited information about digital marketing trends on the continent. This book is among the first to present an edited collection of chapters on digital and influencer marketing authored by many who are either from or have close ties to Africa.This book showcases digital m...

This book is a groundbreaking exploration of the lived experiences of women in Nigeria’s public relations industry. Readers will gain a nuanced understanding of how Nigerian women navigate professional barriers, societal expectations, and the evolving demands of the public relations field. Key features include first-hand accounts from practitioners, thematic analyses on emotional labor, mentorship, and leadership challenges, and a metamodern perspective that bridges traditional and contemp...

Arcana, the secrets and mysteries of a land remade by Angels of Light and Darkness, remains in the tales, tomes, and relics scattered through Erilan, a war-torn continent of once-great kingdoms. Seven hundred years ago, the War of the White Crown decimated the races Galadorian, Croe, Toran, Daiman, Ur, and Daemon, and much of their history was lost. Four unlikely heroes, with secrets of their own, set out to reclaim the forgotten lore and tokens of magic that hold the hope to oppose the da...

What are the biggest trends in PR and Media we could expect in 2018? While it’s no easy task to make predictions, even if 2018 is almost here, there are some forecasts based on what happened this year and the trends that caught the highest speed in the past months. So, what is the communication industry preparing for us in the coming year? Let us see what the experts say about it.

Augmenting Public Relations examines how existing technologies used in Public Relations (PR) are being significantly augmented because of the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The book describes the opportunities and pitfalls of AI, recent and emerging technologies, and projections in their development, offering an introduction to practitioners on how they, too, can create their own AI-enhanced tools.The developments in augmented, virtual and meta-reality, aided by A...