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Tomato sandwiches. Tobacco barns. Cooking collards. A shopping list left on a desk for 40 years at a deceased grandparent's house. Traditions that die as families age. What it means to "be country." Pig pickins'. Splitting firewood. Minor league baseball. Redneck snow days. Places that you can't go back again—sometimes good, sometimes not. All of these nostalgic and not-so-nostalgic stories from a rural upbringing are colliding with the New(er) South and are at risk of being lost from the culture. A Southern Season: Rural Stories is a collection of short stories about the food, lifestyle,...

Jimmy Favreaux isn’t your typical private investigator. He’s a Midwestern transplant with a soft spot for hockey, bad coffee, and people who lie badly. After two unfortunate run-ins with a Zamboni machine (don’t ask), Jimmy trades ice rinks for palm trees and opens a modest PI shop along the Florida-Georgia line. Life’s been quiet—until Doug Thompson walks through the door, desperate to find his missing wife, Ruth, who vanished somewhere between baggage claim and long-term parking at the Jacksonville airport. The case seems straightforward… right up until the name Jack Powers ...

A new year has begun, and the annual Sower’s Festival gala is brimming with Dockhaven’s elite and their entourages. Some attend for the spectacle, some for the exotic indulgences, some to augment or gamble away fortunes. Others come to play opening moves in more subtle competitions, ones that will not realize their endgames for months to come.

Change: The Numismatic Odyssey of a Quarter follows a 1963d Quarter for 100 years. If you've ever held an old coin and wondered about its journey, Change offers the story of one of these roads, telling the brutal vaudeville that was late 20th century America. Through large stories and small moments, high comedy and quiet loss, Change reflects not only the chaos of history but the connectedness of small things, and yes, even the nature of evolution itself.

Vampires, witches, and zombies, oh my! Within this Halloween special, you'll find a uniquely satisfying collection of horror tales and stories of the macabre.

Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama, has built a worldwide reputation for excellence in sports medicine and orthopaedic patient care, research, education and prevention. Our practice works as a team to deliver multidisciplinary sports medicine and orthopaedic care, a concept pioneered by our co-founder, Dr. James R. Andrews. The Victory Over Injury podcast is hosted by Dr. Michael K. Ryan, MD, a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon. He specializes in sports medicine surgery, hip preservation surgery, as well as knee and hip replacements. Dr. ...

Lost in a foreign city, ancient vampire Flint finds himself facing the toughest battle of his life. What was supposed to be a vacation has turned into a battle to save a young Scottish lass in danger as well as his own sanity when he’s struck with a mysterious thirst. One that he’s finding hard to control and he’s terrified that if he slips down that route he may never return. With a horde on his tail and the beautiful and injured Kenzie McBride in his arms, he’s struck with the revelation of who and what she is....

Quinn Alexander is rich, handsome...and an ancient Vampire. He doesn’t want to be in Hong Kong for the launch of his next multi-billion dollar gaming sensation, but needs must. Then the Thirst strikes. Lost in the backstreets of a foreign land, a scent assaults him, overpowers his senses, stuns him completely until he’s rushing headlong toward it with no thought other than to reach it and make it his. A shout, a scream, a cry for help...and Quinn knows it’s his Bloodmate. Can he reach her in the meandering maze? And when he does will it be in time?

Scholars have often claimed that democracies, whatever their virtues, are functionally short-sighted. The evidence is clear: We have been unable to manage many long-term issues, including climate change, nuclear waste disposal, natural disaster preparedness, infrastructure maintenance, and budget deficits. To solve long-term problems, do we need political systems that are less democratic, or even authoritarian?

Under the dirty streets of Ismae's greatest port city, an old nightmare waits for Sylandair and Aliara, one that is stealing Dockhaven's children, one only they can end. When the pair escaped their owner and abuser years ago, they left him behind in a ball of blue flame, but as more children disappear near the city's desalinization plant, their suspicions turn to the predator they believed dead. Accompanied by their less-than-reliable puka scout Schmalch, they delve into the forgotten depths of the patchwork city.

For millennia, they have stared through the invisible force separating their world from ours, and grew hungry. Now, they've found a way through. Darkness from their side swallows our skies, their diseases eat through our human bodies, leaving behind soulless husks... and worse. Only two things can save us: a mysterious power locked in a small chest covered with undecipherable glyphs, and the seven-year-old girl it chose as its protector.

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill Subs Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of food. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Edition Editor - Nicole Natale Meat Is Meat: A starving ship, catches a mermaid and must decide what's for dinner. Observation 292: Science discovers plants feel pain like humans, and are sentient. The Walnut Tree: A travel tour in Uzbekistan gets sidetracked to wonderful ...

Real Stories from The Darkness...Come join your host Michael LaChiana as he shares the strange, haunted and supernatural encounters he has experienced over many years. Follow "Chasing The Darkness" to hear the Truly Chilling Tales from his travels across the country and abroad...Searching for answers from Beyond Our Realm...

With her farm beset on all sides, what is a widow to do? Coveted by the sadistic ruler of Caldor, fiery landowner Sabra Billerton becomes ensnared by the political intrigues of Baron Niles Turners court. After she is pushed to the brink of losing her home, a dark-eyed soldier named Gheric intercedes on Sabras behalf. When the handsome stranger shows up that night on her doorstep, Sabra reluctantly agrees to his offer of support.

In this discussion create a continuous effort to reach team and individual goals by creating a powerful and purposeful flow with full engagement and optimal energy.

Memory Cards is a journey down a dusty rural road, but also back in time to where as late as the 1980s, neighbors still used mules for transportation and outhouses for other necessities. There is plenty to see, hear, and smell, from the oppressive heat and pungent smell of row upon row of tobacco to the mobile library that brought air conditioning and the aroma of paper, glue, and binding each week of the summer.

An in-depth look at the life of Oakland, California native, Barclay Simpson, Strong Ties focuses on the set of convictions and leadership qualities that allowed Simpson to build a successful business from nothing and to become one of the major philanthropists in the San Francisco Bay Area.

A lively and imaginative debut, Neoteny explores blindness, family, and birdsong. In these poems, Emily K. Michael meditates on literary and personal heroes like Jo March, her beloved grandmother, and her guide dog. This collection is rich with treasures from childhood - the honey-colored piano Michael played, the fig tree in her front yard, and the trays of fresh mint drying on her grandmother's table.

In Navigating the Challenges of Concussion, expert clinicians and researchers in the fields of neurology and neuropsychology teamed together to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information for patients and families affected by concussion or those at increased risk of sustaining concussions.

In this discussion, Simpson explains the four steps a leader can use to help his team close the "execution gap".