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The Internet is a vast storehouse of information, both good and bad. It exposes users–young and old–to concepts, data, and images they would not otherwise have. The Internet also creates new dilemmas and presents these to the most vulnerable and least able to deal with them: children. The Internet has unprecedented power to shatter innocence and is impotent to restore it. Her voracious consumption of content was unavoidable, as was the loss of her innocence.

Other girls turn thirteen and sprout hair. Ashley sprouted wings. She learns to fly while adjusting to the idea of being an angel, but Ashley isn't your typical angel. She bursts into flames when upset and is irresistibly attracted to fires. Nuclear vessels draw her to the port. Reactors beckon to her like great ovens baking bread. Sapping their power is exhilarating and her appetite for energy is voracious. Light is energy in purest form. She was Daddy's "Little Star," but only now understood this to be literal. Ashley was born to shine, to command light. The Hebrew word for burner or ...

Action, intrigue, conspiracy, COVID masks, spies, assassins, poison, murder, secret oaths, deep history, clues buried within Wikipedia, centuries-old plots to take over the world, apolitical satire, and plenty of humor—all in exactly 100 pages that will keep you reading on the edge of your seat!

He played hard, studied little, and was already bored with life. He was ignorant of demands and absent of purpose. She worked hard and never played. She felt nothing but demands. Responsibility weighed her down. He was born of privilege and she of poverty. He appreciated little what he had and she appreciated what little she had. Girls impressed him as rather silly and boys hardly impressed her at all. Neither one had found what they were looking for and weren't even sure what that was. Friends had made life choices and given up trying to influence them in theirs. It would take the Hand of ...

Detective Kyle Cooper must solve three murders to prevent a fourth. The only thing connecting these is a bloody textbook, but what does this have to do with anything? The motive appears to be money, but none of the victims had any. The evidence leads to high-stakes illegal gambling, which doesn't fit with the lifestyle of the three dead graduate students. Unflappable medical examiner, Dr. Samantha Trout, ever-curious CSI, Stacy Lambert, plus two graduate students combine their wits to solve what can only be a mathematical problem.

Anyone could gather a collection of short stories, but I should like to do something different. I might hear a guffaw of jokes, read a bewilderment of mysteries, pull off a mischief of pranks, walk out a pacing of worries, feel a shiver of ghost stories, tell a stretch of tall tales, flee from a stagger of zombies, cast off a compulsion of cares, or make up a squirm of excuses. I hope you find this truly a synergy of short stories!

Jerry Joiner might have been the most annoying coworker ever but is that what got him killed or was it the fish tie? There was no shortage of people willing—even plotting—to kill Jerry, but which one (or ones) actually did it? Detective Clark must sort this out while also nabbing the snatch-and-dash thief plaguing Magnolia Avenue because Detective Russell, who was supposed to handle murders, was out with hemorrhoids.

Detective Kyle Cooper is no Hercule Poirot! He is thrust into the position before proper training when his mentor, Detective Sawyer drops dead of a heart attack at a murder scene. One excuse after another prevents other more experienced detectives from stepping into this role. Bodies are piling up and so Cooper must solve the Case! While Cooper may never be famous, he is resourceful, determined, and dedicated. Along with the help of the unflappable Medical Examiner, Doctor Samantha Trout, and ever-curious Crime Scene Technician, Stacy Lambert, these three strive to make a college town on ...

In Executive Charisma, Benton outlines a proven six-step approach for learning how to think, act, and relate to others like an executive. She provides powerful tools for fine-tuning the executive charisma skill set, including interpersonal communications, managing upwards, confidence-building, business humor, executive-bearing, and more. Drawing upon her experience coaching clients at American Express, Merrill Lynch, Nabisco, Viacom, Pepsi, and other top companies worldwide, Benton explains why projecting a commanding professional demeanor is so fundamental to corporate success.