An age-old debt brings darkness to the world... Abandoned by his father, too proud to ask his brother for help, and lured by the promise of money, Lance gets on a bus that mysteriously appears outside his house in the middle of the night. It brings him and others to a dream-like land where anything can be bought and sold, even magic. When he returns home, he finds his family has changed, the world has moved on, and monsters from faerie tales overrun the town. Survival is paramount—but everything has a price. Keywords: dark fantasy, portal fantasy, fae, faeries, elf, magic, runes, spells, post apocalyptic setting

What does it mean to pursue a calling? According to Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, it may mean ambiguity, uncertainty, and even suffering--but that's what makes it worthwhile. Drawing on over thirty years of research and concrete examples from history, fiction, and her own experience, she delves into the inherent complexities around the pursuit of a calling and the lie that meaning in life is as simple as following your bliss. Instead, the path to meaning is rocky and uncertain--and that is exactly what makes it worth following.

Growing up in the 1960s in a small rural community, Suzanne Covich is the kind of girl who won't cry, who plays dead, and whose vulnerability is disguised beneath Huck Finn bravado. Her father, on the other hand, is the kind of man who will burn down the house and crawl between his daughters' sheets. Raw and compelling, this is the extraordinary memoir of a violent childhood and the uplifting account of triumph over adversity.

Aaliya is the sexy, Kazak cheerleader hired by the Bombay Badshah team. When her sister Aasiya is accused of murdering her boyfriend, Aaliya's world comes crashing around her. She wants to get away from it all and leaves her academic career behind to join the glitz and glamour of Mumbai. Aaliya finds herself in the midst of the heart-pounding adrenalin rush of the BCL and now there’s no looking back. From Rohan, a young lounge bar manager, to Abhishekh, the suave owner of the team, from the ravishing Pabla from Spain, to Hemang Badani, her only cricketer buddy, she meets and makes many a friend and enemy… The problem is, she doesn't know whom to trust amid the chaos, the secrets and the intense mind games people play… will Aaliya survive the battle? Will Aasiya ever forgive herself? Will detective Rajeev Mathur stumble upon the absolute truth about the sisters?

First published in 2007, Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics critically analyzed claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the White House agency of accountability in the nation's drug war since 1989, as found in the six editions of the annual National Drug Control Strategy between 2000 and 2005. In this revised and updated second edition of their critically acclaimed work, Matthew B. Robinson and Renee G. Scherlen examine seven more recent editions (2006–2012) to once again determine if ONDCP accurately and honestly presents information or intentionally distorts evidence to justify continuing the drug war. They uncover the many ways in which ONDCP manipulates statistics and visually presents that information to the public. Their analysis demonstrates a drug war that consistently fails to reduce drug use, drug fatalities, or illnesses associated with drug use; fails to provide treatment for drug-dependent users; and drives up the prices of drugs. They conclude with policy recommendations for reforming ONDCP's use of statistics, as well as how the nation fights the war on drugs.

Hank Hazelton, a fifty-nine-year-old river guide, struggles to reconnect with his daughter after a long estrangement. Before his daughter's arrival, Hank discovers a drift boat stranded below a rapid, its oarsman missing. Within days, the sheriff has opened a murder investigation, one that to Hank appears more about old grudges than objective evidence. When Hank himself becomes a suspect, he's forced to confront the violent past of his home valley and his own culpability.--From publisher description.