What happens when a man refuses to accept the shape the world has chosen for him?REBELLION is a cycle of 66 poems about desire, power, freedom, and the limits imposed on a human life.Moving between intimate reflection and violent clarity, the book follows a consciousness unwilling to mistake obedience for peace, resignation for wisdom, or limitation for destiny.These poems offer no easy comfort. They question inherited roles, convenient truths, prescribed virtues, a...

What remains of a person when prediction becomes almost perfect?Thirteen Percent gathers thirty-three spare poems on God, machines, desire, identity, mortality, language, and freedom. A man gives God checkmate without asking for a miracle. A machine discovers the word no. A perfect copy becomes original at the instant it disagrees. A prophecy destroys what it claims to know.Across the collection, certainty keeps approaching—and something human keeps slipping through.

New Critical Nostalgia weighs the future of literary study by reassessing its past. It tracks today's impassioned debates about method back to the discipline’s early professional era, when an unprecedented makeover of American higher education with far-reaching social consequences resulted in what we might call our first crisis of academic life. Rovee probes literary study’s nostalgic attachments to this past, by recasting an essential episode in the historiography of English—the ...

America’s most brilliant political mastermind recounts his controversial journey through Republican politics and into George W. Bush’s White House.Known as “the Architect” of George W. Bush’s presidency, Karl Rove’s access to Bush and view of his presidency is unparalleled. In this memoir, Rove takes the listener into the heart of Bush’s rise to the Texas governorship and behind closed doors in the White House. Rove describes what it takes to win elections—from his first r...

Isis confronts a new threat, known as The Council, who plan to cleanse the world of all who reject their one true god. When Scott is taken hostage, Isis-- now completely powerless-- agrees to trade her freedom for his. After the trade is complete, The Council welcomes Isis into their holy sanctuary, where she comes face-to-face with their o'mighty god herself... and Isis quickly realizes the the only person who could stop this maddening cult is the god whose word they follow. This brand ne...

Featuring the debut of new penciller ROVE (Decoy), The Legend of Isis #8 is here! Isis is powerless and held captive by an Egyptian cult known as The Council of Isis, insisting that she is their Goddess sent by Osiris to restore the Egyptian pantheon to power! Her only chance at escape is Scott and Crystal-- but can they reach Isis before the Council uses her power to trigger the beginning of the end?

New biological techniques and a revival of interest in both acute and chronic wound healing have led to an enormously improved understanding of the cellular and chemical complexities of the healing process. Exciting developments in the evolution of epidermal biology are creating new opportunities for research and clinical applications in wound heal

Ask for Nothing is a collection of thirty-three poems exploring desire, absence, memory, intimacy, identity, and the quiet tensions between what is sought and what remains beyond possession.Written with restraint and precision, these poems move between vulnerability and distance, searching for the exact point where longing becomes understanding.

A fresh look at President William McKinley from New York Times bestselling author and political mastermind Karl Rove—“a rousing tale told by a master storyteller whose love of politics, campaigning, and combat shines through on every page” (Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of Rivals).The 1896 political environment resembles that of today: an electorate being transformed by a growing immigrant population, an uncertain eco...

Understanding Crisis, Recovering from Its Effects, and Building a Stronger LifeLife does not come with a guarantee of stability.A career can disappear. A relationship can break. Money can run out. Health can change without warning. A family can be shaken, an identity can collapse, or an event beyond your control can force you to rebuild everything you thought was secure.Rather than offering empty motivation, this book examines crisis as a c...

RIPPLES OF THE ECONOMIC DETONATIONWhat happens when a financial shock stops being a headline and begins affecting ordinary life?A delayed payment. A banking disruption. A supply-chain problem. A shortage at the store. A change in employment. One disturbance can create ripples far beyond the place where it begins.RIPPLES OF THE ECONOMIC DETONATION explores how financial disruption can spread through banking, payments, employment, gov...

“Oh Mighty Isis”! The sold-out comic series that started at Image Comics! Trapped 5,000 years out of time, the would-be Egyptian goddess, Isis, must adjust to her new life in 21st Century Los Angeles. Using her mystical staff and some help from a few new friends, Isis will protect those around her from evil that may threaten their world. But how can she protect a world that she doesn't fully understand? Join Isis in her ongoing series debut as she's introduced to the modern world and its n...