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Bullying and intimidation are not accidental features of contemporary American life; they have become deliberate tools of power that increasingly define our politics. In Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying, Roddey Reid examines how intimidation and bullying have been normalized across public life-from schools, workplaces, and new media ecosystems to electoral politics and civic institutions.

Humanity’s choices today have consequences. Experience three possible futures with one cast of characters: speculative fiction or prophecy?

A simple and entertaining listen about one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Unlike the biographies or film studies often published on him, this book aims to take a more fan oriented look at his career. Justin Murphy has written a column on Steven Spielberg for Examiner.com. He has also written several short stories and articles for Associated Content—along with several short story collections and novellas released over the last several years.

Mateo finds a strange black rock while walking in the hills. A physicist discovers after extensive study that it interacts with its environment, displaying awareness and self-determination. It is so completely different than any other biological form and operates on completely different rules. Yet it interacts with its environment and displays will and self-determination. Is it alive?

The epidemic of disinformation has led to rampant exploitation of facts, causing violence and anarchy. It is now the year 2051, and Fiducia, an independent city-state, has been created to audit information for its factual acuity. Fudicia is a secular state dedicated solely to validating fact. It is supported by most countries in the world and exists only for the purpose of arresting the spread of disinformation. It is isolated from the rest of the world, and great efforts have been taken to ensure its incorruptibility.

What is it that is behind all types of desire? Drew is in college and his entire existence is dominated by his desires. He meets Alex, an engineer who is obsessed with creating the embodiment of desire. They both work together to create something that perfectly embodies every type of human desire, from hunger to sex, from comfort to love.

260 million years in the future, searching for his ex-wife, who had murdered the woman he loved, Danso, a former nano-tech master is appointed by a powerful religious organization to investigate the cause of a killer epidemic, but an attempt on his life by the organization and his ex-wife resurfacing as its most valued acolyte forces him to regain mastery over his nano-tech to get justice. Or vengeance!

Inside, you'll explore rituals, sacrifices, and societal structures that may challenge your beliefs. If you're brave enough to listen, you'll walk away with a deeper understanding and appreciation of Mesoamerica’s vibrant heritage. Learn about the Olmecs, Zapotecs, Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, and others. Discover their spiritual beliefs, religion, architecture, agriculture, medicine, and social systems.

These tales aren’t the dramatic re-enactments of kidnappings, pieced together from sloppy clues that you’d hear about on the news or Unsolved Mysteries. Be it human, alien, ghost, or monster perpetrator, this collection of weird and frightening disappearances, assembled from true reports, proves unexplainable kidnappings happen more than we like to admit - and no one knows what really happened.

Bodies in the Woods shares unsolved and true accounts from nature lovers who stumbled upon desecrated corpses in the great outdoors but were denied closure by resistant and evasive law-enforcement officials.

Meet Cecilia, a young girl living in the strictly regulated world of the Community. For her and everyone else, feelings have been suppressed, and life revolves around predetermined paths. But everything changes when Cecilia stumbles upon four mysterious letters that reveal a hidden truth—a truth that shakes the very foundation of her existence.

These stories provide you with an invitation to traverse the boundaries of the known and unknown, to question reality as you know it, and to confront your deepest fears and desires. With each tale, you are transported into a different world, a different time, a different reality. From historical mysteries steeped in the supernatural to thrilling tales of science fiction, the Anthology of Strange Stories is your passport to the unimaginable.

Drawing from extensive research and personal insights, Erin George dives deep into the complexities of overthinking, unraveling its destructive grip on our lives. With warmth and expertise, the narrator skillfully explores practical strategies, illuminating the path toward breaking free from the orbit of overthinking.

Five years after Fox Blood, the pack's future hangs in the balance when unseen danger stalks Gunner's pregnant mate. This bonus epilogue involves sisterly scheming, cliffside close calls, and one very befuddled dad-to-be.

Everyone knows what it feels like to worry. But one of the clearest and repeated things the Bible tells us about worry is to not do it. It’s not worth it. It doesn’t work. And, by the way, it’s a sin. And it’s not just a light hearted, white collar, domesticated sin. It’s serious business. It’s deadly. It’ll not only ruin your life, but your eternity, if you let it.

Several books have been written about the film Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson. Yet one has not been published on the trilogy that screenwriter Robert Towne envisioned.

Atheists often level charges at the God of the Bible as being angry and hateful. They claim that God condones genocide, that he is a cruel and oppressive megalomaniac, but this doesn’t seem to match what Christians claim about him being a God of love. How can a God who provides and saves also wipe out entire nations?

In the fast-moving industry of technology, many current and upcoming professionals are faced with decisions that affect their careers and by extension their livelihoods. Many believe that the advice given to them from their well-respected peers and higher-ups serves as a primary basis for attaining the seemingly unattainable. In this eye-opening and controversial memoir, an industry expert sheds light on why traditional career advice is often misguided by proving, with his experience, that there are more effective alternatives to professional growth than what you have been told.

There are two parts in this book. The first part explains the concept of attitude—what it is, how to identify, it as well as why it is important to have the right attitude and hope to maintain it. The second part examines the idea of purpose, explaining in detail how to find one’s purpose with utmost precision and no confusion.

A Rosary for Those Who Are Suffering the Pain of A Wounded Soul is a collection of short meditations, based on the 20 mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Each meditation centers on relevant scripture references, and explores how the lives of Jesus and Mary, 2,000 years ago, relate to the pain and healing of a person who has been wounded by another in the modern world.