Kansas, 1879. Matthias Hoyt reitet in die Ebenen, um Knochen von einem Kadaver zu ernten, der ihm nicht gehört. Calder Singh ist seit einer Woche dort und würde dafür töten. Sie kämpfen, teilen die Beute und beginnen, gemeinsam Knochen zu sammeln, weil keiner der beiden Männer es sich leisten kann, es nicht zu tun. Eine Saison. Ein Wagen. Ein Erdloch, kaum breit genug für zwei Schlafsäcke. Matthias hat im Osten einen Ehemann zu Grabe getragen. Calder hat drei Leichen und einen Haftbefehl i...

English Education in Southeast Asian Contexts: Policy, Practice, and Identity provides an account of English education, English language teaching, and language policy in Southeast Asian countries. Both local and international researchers offer conceptual and empirical work that spans a wide range of topics, geographical contexts, and educational levels, providing a unique perspective on English education and policies in Southeast Asia. The issues addressed in this volume include t...

One woman on the run. One roughneck cowboy with a seductive drawl. One hot kiss.When Zach McKnight, an irresistible oil rig worker with a thick-as-honey Texan drawl, first pokes into the secrets surrounding the mysterious Maddie Wells, he has no idea that the chance encounter will change his life forever. Maddie Wells is on the run with Jesse, the infant son of her murdered sister. The boy's father isn't far behind. He wants his son and is willing to kill to get hi...

This book details my twenty-five years of dealing with nuisance wildlife complaints on just about everything, from the almost life threatening to the absolutely hilarious. It also talks about dealing with customers, some of whom have knowledge while some have absolutely no clue what is going on.

The authors provide stepping stones for rural and small-town agencies to make the organizational changes needed for community policing to take hold. The book introduces the concept of community policing and its many benefits to the agencies and communities that adopt it. Important issues discussed include the challenge of organizational change, as well as examples of community policing obstacles and successes, and the future of community policing in the 21st century.

Inside "Paradise Lost" opens up new readings and ways of reading Milton's epic poem by mapping out the intricacies of its narrative and symbolic designs and by revealing and exploring the deeply allusive texture of its verse. David Quint’s comprehensive study demonstrates how systematic patterns of allusion and keywords give structure and coherence both to individual books of Paradise Lost and to the overarching relationship among its books and episodes. Looking at poems ...

It is often said that with adversity comes strength,and that the sun will always emerge after a storm.No one knows the truth of this more than Emily Quint.In My Sunflower Soul, Emily shares the story of her life—a life in which she has weathered more than her fair share of storms. Her tale begins in childhood, when she began to experience major bouts of anxiety and severe panic attacks. Emily’s mental illness worsened as she entered into an adolescence characterized b...

Enoughby Quintes JacksonSome wounds don't come from the world. They come from the church. From the people who prayed beside you, the leaders you trusted, the circles you poured your life into. And sometimes they come quietly — in the form of a door closed, a title taken, a voice that says God is not in you.Quintes Jackson knows that wound well.Enough is the raw, unfiltered testimony of a woman who held onto faith wh...

"Research and Learn with NotebookLM: Turn Your Documents into Insights, Briefings, and Podcasts"For researchers, analysts, educators, knowledge workers, and advanced professionals drowning in PDFs, transcripts, notes, and internal documents, NotebookLM offers a different kind of AI workflow: one grounded in your sources rather than generic web-scale guessing. This book shows how to treat NotebookLM not as a novelty chatbot, but as a disciplined research system for turning document ...

“Quint has done a valuable service in describing one effort to make school a good place for kids who live on the dangerous margin of society.”—The Washington Post

"Mastering Perplexity for Research: AI-Powered Search, Sources, and Workflows"For professionals who already know that AI can accelerate research—but also know that speed without evidence is dangerous—this book offers a rigorous guide to using Perplexity as a serious research engine. Written for advanced users, analysts, strategists, writers, operators, and knowledge workers, it moves beyond beginner prompts to show how sourced AI search can support real decision-making, briefing, i...

In 2003, Quint Studer wrote Hardwiring Excellence*:* Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference. Now, 20 years later, the world has changed drastically. While some widely embraced behaviors and processes need to stay hardwired, others no longer work well (or, in some cases, at all). In many areas, it’s time to rewire.Rewiring Excellence: Hardwired to Rewired is Quint’s response to our rapidly shifting environment. Along with Dan Collard, who contribute...