Apes! Sex fiends! Gangsters! Mad scientists! Tentacles! Yes, this MEGAPACK has them all, no less than 25 lurid tales ripped from the pages of pulp fiction magazines. For The Pulp Fiction Megapack, we selected stories with great pulp titles. (Where else are you going to find stories like "Blood for the Vampire Dead," "Mistress of Snarling Death," or "When Super-Apes Plot"?) Of course, these stories were all written in a different time, with different standards of what was acceptable. They a...

Bloomsbury presents Speaking of Harpo by Susan Fleming Marx, read by Tim H. Dixon.Susan Fleming appeared in three Broadway shows and twenty-eight films before she turned her back on a show business career she never really enjoyed or wanted. The role of her lifetime came when she married Harpo Marx in 1936. Together, they raised four adopted children and enjoyed one of Hollywood's happiest and most successful unions. But their twenty-year age difference made Susan a young widow in 1...

New York Pastor Clint Winwood is still trying to recover from tragedy after losing his wife and young children in a murder/suicide when Reverend Hickory Peck invites him to rural Alabama. Reverend Peck is having troubles of his own. His associate pastor, Reverend Lamar Wilks, is outshining Peck by holding theatrical healing meetings and revivals. Peck feels his leadership and standing in the community are threatened.When a battle erupts between a group of poor black farmers and rich...

In the eerie silence of a moonless night, a sinister figure emerges from the shadows, its black hood concealing a face shrouded in mystery. The Whispering Eye, a clandestine organization with a thirst for power, has set its sights on a world teetering on the brink of chaos. As the Black Hood, a vigilante with a troubled past, races against time to uncover the Whispering Eye's malevolent plans, he finds himself entangled in a web of deception and danger. With each step closer to the truth, ...

The pulp fiction magazines of the early to mid 20th century featured just about every subject imaginable, from fringe titles (yes, there really was a Civil War Stories, a Submarine Stories, and even a Suicide Stories) to mainstream (Argosy, Adventure, Blue Book) to genre titles (Weird Tales, Detective Stories, Ranch Romances) and everything in between. “In Between” includes the “hero” pulps, of which there were dozens...Doc Savage, Operator #5, The Avenger, Zorro, The Black Bat, and many, ...

If you are passionate about participating in the recovery of preaching for the spiritual formation of God's people, then you will want to jump into this lively collection of biblically rigorous, culturally intuitive, grace-drenched sermons. Robert Dean sets the bar very high, even as he throws the gauntlet down, with these remarkable expressions of all that preaching was supposed to be and can still become. Animated by the conviction that the preached word is the playground of the Living W...

This book provides graduate students and new entrepreneurs with a variety of organizational effectiveness factors that contribute to an organization’s competitive advantage, as well as its present and future success and survival. It offers leaders and employees with common understandings on how organizations work and helps them focus on efficiency rather than immediate actions based on random advice. Featuring short, accessible chapters that offer a “quick read” on important topics, this b...

This book provides valuable information and practical insights regarding preparing for and pursuing a successful faculty career. It offers essential guidance through sequential chapters that consider the various stages of a successful faculty career, including what faculty members need to know with respect to each lesson and the role of each topic in contributing to career success. Each lesson also provides useful career guidance regarding things that faculty members should do as well as a...

The focus of this book is on transformational leadership, which enables an organization to achieve its full potential and to meet and exceed the expectations of its stakeholders. It provides both aspiring and incumbent organizational leaders with valuable guidance and practical insights regarding preparing for and pursuing a successful career in organizational leadership. The author provides examples of transformational leadership in a variety of contemporary organizations and considers th...

This is a must-have preparation and reference guide for students embarking on the challenging journey of completing a thesis or dissertation. The authors, who are both “students of thesis and dissertation travel,” combine their expertise and insights to offer wise travel guidance designed to enhance both the success and satisfaction of this likely once-in-a-lifetime journey. The various chapters provide a realistic preview of how to prepare for and how to complete each stage of this travel...

This book addresses the numerous challenges that academic deans need to understand and address throughout a successful career in academic administration. It provides essential guidance regarding the various aspects of professional and institutional success, including what academic deans need to know and the role that each topic plays in contributing to professional and institutional success.Each of the nine chapters considers essential aspects of becoming and remaining a successful...

Susan Fleming appeared in three Broadway shows and twenty-eight films before she turned her back on a show business career she never really enjoyed or wanted. The role of her lifetime came when she married Harpo Marx in 1936. Together, they raised four adopted children and enjoyed one of Hollywood's happiest and most successful unions. But their twenty-year age difference made Susan a young widow in 1964.On her path to Hollywood, Susan worked in Broadway musicals produced by Florenz...