Bears on the Road to Damascus presents a mad hodgepodge of the real and the fantastic, a literary buffet designed to please several palates.In this collection of short stories and essays, often macabre and always touching, strange tales of terror, love, absurdity, violence, loss, and conviction await. Just when things may seem a bit bleak, charming folk tales emerge to inspire and delight. The title story tracks a convoluted murder mystery in the beach town of Santa Roma, ...

"The refreshing perspective of a player down on the muddy fileld, rather than the owner's luxury suite."-Steve & Lizzy Wright, authors of Aggressively Human and Saffron SpyStarting off in a toxic West Palm Beach penny stock boiler room, James Patrick Rooney joins Merrill Lynch's "thundering herd" at the opening of arguably the most disruptive four decades in Wall Street history (1983 through 2017). As the nascent Information Age rapidly transforms...

Nonprofits often struggle financially, overwhelmed by the need to muster a complex combination of income streams that range from grants and government funding to gifts-in-kind and volunteer labor. Financing Nonprofits draws upon a growing body of scholarship in economics and organizational theory to offer a conceptual framework for understanding this diverse mix of financing sources. By applying theory, readers can understand when a nonprofit organization should pursue particular sources o...

Patrick Rooneys debut novel is an explosive coming of age story for the Millennial generation, those who watched Saddam fall and New Orleans drown when they werent old enough to drive, but not too young to think. Sixteen-year old Joe King struggles to maintain his first sexual relationship, but is driven to question injustices in his personal life and the increasingly violent world outside.Trust Fall is both a heartfelt story of first love and a philosophical search for id...

Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the last decade-and-a-half on the importance of voluntary participation in civil society. From George H. W. Bush's Thousand Points of Light to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps to George W. Bush's faith-based initiatives, it is undeniable that communities are looking to increase their levels of charity and voluntarism in the provision of public goods and services.What mobilizes giving and volunteering?...

This book brings together diverse sets of standpoints on liberalism in an era of growing skepticism and distrust regarding liberal institutions.The chapters in the book:Relate concerns for liberal institutions with classical themes in perfectionist politics, such as the priority of the common good in decision-making or the role of comprehensive doctrinesAnalyze how perfectionist intuitions about the political life affect our concepts of public reason or publ...

The first graphic novel from Dean Koontz, featuring the famously well-loved character of Odd Thomas.Nineteen-year-old Odd Thomas, a young fry cook from Pico Mundo, California, can see the dead.Beautifully drawn by Australian artist Queenie Chan, this graphic novel tells the story of Odd’s race to solve the murder of a young boy whose killer appears to be stalking a second child. With the help of his beautiful girlfriend Stormy, his friend Police Chief Porter and the ghost o...

Revised and updated to answer the challenges of a rapidly changing business world, the 4th edition of The Ten-Day MBA includes the latest topics and core business concepts taught at America’s top business schools, from corporate ethics and compliance to financial planning and real estate to leadership and negotiation. With more than 400,000 copies sold around the world, this internationally acclaimed guide distills the lessons of the most popular business school courses taught at ...

How did the cat on the mat get flat?Why did Ed and Ted and Ted's dog Fred get spat out of the head of a whale called Ned?Where was Harry Black when Jack the Yak stole the snack from his sack?What happened to Buck the Duck's brand new muck-sucking truck?Who else, apart from Andy G and Terry D, was chased up a tree by an evil bee?The answers to these stupid questions - and many other stupid questions - are contained in this deeply stupid book... Well, ...

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to. From the collapse of Enron and corruption in the tobacco industry, to sales of the defective Ford Pinto, the downfall of Bernard Madoff, and the Cha...

A gruff widower. The vivacious single mom he secretly wants. Snowbound one unforgettable New Year's Eve...Can two wounded people find happiness together?Meet widower and loner James Harper, who avoids romance like the plague.And vivacious single mom Miranda Lowe, whose nasty divorce blew up her life.What happens when you repeatedly throw them together? Come to Journey’s End and find out...If you love sexy small-town ...

A totally revised new edition of the bestselling guide to business school basicsThe bestselling book that invented the "MBA in a book" category, The Portable MBA Fifth Edition is a reliable and information-packed guide to the business school curriculum and experience. For years, professionals who need MBA-level information and insight-but don't need the hassle of business school-have turned to the Portable MBA series for the very best, most up-to-date coverage of the busin...