College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates.The contributors to Sport and the Neoliberal University examine how intercollegiate athletics became a contested terrain of public/private interests. They look at college sp...

Known for its clear readability, thorough coverage, and expert authorship, Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine has long been the gold standard text in the fast-changing field of pulmonary medicine. The new 7th Edition brings you fully up to date with newly expanded content, numerous new chapters, a new editorial team, and extensive updates throughout. It covers the entire spectrum of pulmonology in one authoritative point-of-care reference, making it an ideal resource for pul...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.INFLUENCE IN ACTIONTM for CEOs with a foreword by Ron Wallace, retired President of UPS International, provides readers with time-tested methods to bring more prospects into their businesses who are pre-disposed to becoming customers and clients.Readers who follow these proven strategies and put them into action will not only earn more sales, they’ll earn larger sales, repeat business, and referrals from satisfied customers and ...

Dive deep into your imagination and immerse yourself in the wondrous world of midnight!Meet Me At Midnight is an anthology of tales from 36 authors that revolve around the bewitching hour, where magic, mystery, and untold possibilities converge. Presented in a variety of genres, including fantasy, comedy, mystery, contemporary, romance, paranormal, and thriller, this anthology invites you to explore the enigmatic realm that unfolds when the clock ...

Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection gathers more than 170 works spanning the formative centuries of speculative fiction, from lunar voyages, subterranean kingdoms, and imperial "lost worlds" to technological satire, apocalyptic fantasy, and rigorously imagined dystopias. Its extraordinary formal range includes romances, philosophical fables, scientific adventures, Gothic tales, utopian projections, and cautionary political narratives. Landmark visions of future surveillance, engineered societies, a...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Ralnor Twicebane never thought he'd amount to much, particularly because of his half-human heritage.Living among full-blooded elves his entire life, he's been spurned and looked down on. Things take a turn for the worse when he discovers his heritage has cursed him with human magic.But is it truly a curse? Magic, after all, could be useful among the Rangers who protect the borderlands. The Elf King seems to think so.With a mission from the Elf King,...

The Spellweaver: a legendary sorcerer who crafted magic with their words.These spells were written down and given to others who would become mages. Over time, the Spellweaver was no longer reincarnated through the ages.Without the magic-creating words of the Spellweaver, magic is now a finite resource. Soon, magic will be lost to the sands of time. Unless a new Spellweaver can be found.Calwyn Weft lives in the village of Pebbert and works as an apot...

Unlock the secrets of forgotten attics and ancestral halls, where mysteries await those daring enough to listen. All The Promises We Cannot Keep is an anthology of tales that reach across generations and distant realms, drawing readers into worlds where intrigue and beauty intertwine. Here, in the shadowed corridors of crumbling manors and beneath the starlit canopy of enchanted forests, stories from 51 authors uncover what lies between the cracks—whether it's hope blossoming in the ru...

When a new threat arrives on Aevelia's doorstep, Cedric Blackfell seeks out a new—and dangerous—power: the power to control time.But the enemy he faces is just as dangerous. The empire has already swallowed every other kingdom in the realm, and now just Aevelia keeps it from total dominion. Cedric must build his arsenal of spells and master his time magic—before the empire crushes his home.Mastering time magic comes with its own dangers, however. Win or lose, the realm will...

Every Cornishman comes into the world with the soul-deep knowledge that his land straddles the narrow shallows between the solid rocks of English practicality and the ocean of myth that lies beyond. Jamie Tregellis has no time for old men's tales; working at The Lamb Inn keeps him too busy even to pine for his lost love, Will Andrewartha, who'd split Jamie's heart in two when he left to become a sailor. Will promised to come back for him, but Jamie had long since given up hope – until one ...

The Night Guild is closed.Ronan Renzo and his companions are exiled far from their native land, traveling on a desperate mission to unleash the might of dragons. From the stone streets of Saon City to the blasted glacial wastes of the northlands, the assassins must travel across the known world to hatch the dragons.But a deeper secret remains to be revealed. The assassins will find themselves embroiled in the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy that will lea...