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Despite the high number of programs and their evident popularity, paranormal reality television has to date received little critical attention. Ghost Channels provides an overview of the paranormal reality television genre, its development, and its place in television history. Conducting in-depth analyses of over thirty paranormal television series, author Amy Lawrence suggests these programs reveal much about Americans' contemporary fears. 

In the distant future, humanity is still alone among the stars. War ravages the superpowers of the planet in a seemingly never-ending conflict. Technological advancements to aid both sides of the war has pushed humans into the stars, in an effort for resources and colonization. The United Federation of Nations chose four planets for colonization, three were successful. During colonization, they discovered an ancient technology: the hyper-drive. Humanity had instant and unlimited access to its colonies, but the war continued to ravage. 

Four years retired, Kate Delafield has a twenty-year-old case roaring back on her, a case from which she had recoiled, withdrawn herself. A homophobic homicide far too reminiscent of a recent, haunting, life-changing investigation of the murder of a young lesbian at the Nightwood Bar. Now she suffers in secret, knowing she is personally culpable for the mishandling of evidence. The key decisions about the conduct of her life and her police career that have brought her directly to this time, this place in the high desert where she has taken herself. 

LAPD Detective Kate Delafield has a new, iron-willed female lieutenant—a tough new partner who may turn out to be a much-needed ally. She also has a dangerous new case.

A reclusive old man has been brutally slain at the La Brea Tar Pits. The unusual investigation could uncover the truth of humanity's ancient past, and at the same time expose the corruption and violence of the present. And everyone involved—from an alluring scientist with a dark secret to a treacherous CIA officer with his own agenda—is suspect.

Kate Delafield is at war. With LAPD's Department of Internal Affairs which is challenging her conduct during an arrest gone disastrously wrong. With the police psychologist who holds in her hands the power to keep Kate off the job—and is exercising it. 

Driven by insatiable curiosity about a past Kate has adamantly refused to share, Aimee has maneuvered her into attending what Aimee views as an innocuous reunion of the men and women with whom Kate served as a Marine Corps officer in Vietnam twenty-five years ago. The past resurfaces with a vengeance. First, shots are fired into their hotel room. Then a savage murder is committed by someone attending the reunion. Kate finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation in a city where she has no jurisdiction, confronted by detectives who view her with contentious suspicion.

Five Portuguese cat shifter brothers, paid killers who only target society’s worst targets, probably shouldn’t be as downright fun to spend time with as these ones. It’s the family business—they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, the Moreno brothers are a tight unit who protect their own. Are there dark scenes where bad guys get what’s coming to them? Absolutely. There are also way too many moments of absurd hilarity, hijinks, and pure joy. And there’s the ninja bunnies.

Young Teddie Crawford is dead from multiple stab wounds in a restaurant kitchen awash with blood. LAPD homicide detective Kate Delafield is relentless in her pursuit and capture of his killer. But bringing that killer to trial imperils Kate's professional standing and personal privacy—and her belief in the justice system to which she has devoted her life.

Do you dream of starting your own legal cannabis business and becoming an advocate for the plant? It’s time to learn the ins and outs of entering and navigating the cannabis space as a professional. Author, entrepreneur, and business consultant JM Balbuena will guide you through assessing the industry and the requirements to build a compliant cannabis business, as well as helping you develop a clear vision strategy for long-term success as the world moves closer toward legalization. The Successful Canna-preneur will provide you with firsthand expert guidance.

Beatriz and Albert Sheldon have spent the last twenty years developing the novel therapeutic paradigm called Complex Integration of Multiple Brain Systems. They have pioneered a new methodology for "reading" and assessing emotional states using their patients' carefully observed psychophysiological phenomena as empirical evidence. Translating academic, scientific, and clinical research and successful training courses into a reference work that you can savor at leisure, the Sheldons have produced an approachable, intriguing, yet comprehensive milestone in psychotherapeutic literature.

Sawyer Hunt has always been confident with his place in the world. He knows what he wants, conceals his painful truths behind a mask of cool indifference, and keeps his circle small. The only person who has ever come close to smashing through his inner walls is the one person his parents will never accept. Xavier Daniels is sick of being Hunt’s dirty little secret. Discovering the man he’s in love with is engaged to some mystery woman devastates him. Forced into making the only decision he can, Xavier locks up his heart, determined to keep Hunt out for good.

All Diane Bertalan really knew of her new husband, John, was that he was a widower, he lavished her with gifts, and he preferred to keep his past a secret. What she didn't know was that the FBI had been watching him for years. In the fall of 2000, she found out why - it was a crime that had been haunting authorities for decades. They called it the mystery of the Lady in the Box.

A e ancora A, la lettera e lettura dell'inizio, scrittura che spende i suoi fiati cercando un linguaggio interiore mai fermo, sempre un lavoro sull'inizio e lo riporta dal buio alla luce in un respiro, una continua tessitura della memoria che vive non di tempo ma di aperture al presente all'ora che non ha lance o lancette ma è la barca, l'arca-per-dono con cui la vita ci offre di attraversare ogni cosmo, dentro e introno a noi.

Emergency landing. Uncharted planet. Erotic captivity of epic proportions. Right when Captain Alec Hamlin thinks it can’t get any crazier, his team is sold to their captors’ mighty sovereign. King Zercy of the Kríe. Ruler of the planet’s most formidable species. Man, is he imposing. So regal and larger than life. And way too savagely handsome for Alec’s liking.

Love and compassion are pitted against selfish greed in this heart-wrenching ballad from an award-winning Australian author. A kind-hearted Tasmanian farmer has an incredible secret - sunshine flows through his veins, protecting him from injury and illness. But when the farmer embarks on an overseas mission to save a young girl's life, his secret is revealed to a shameless world.

A young boy named Billy and his eight-year-old little brother Gregory meet a few interesting characters along the way to Aunt Emma's house, where they hope they can reconnect with their family after losing mother during the storm. A girl named Josey crosses their path and joins in the journey. 

Dan Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business - they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own. The only fly in their ointment? The neighboring Blythe brood of ninja bunnies who steal their jobs and show them up on the regular.

Is your company investment grade? That's the question every business owner, investor, and employee should ask before sinking any time, energy, or cash into an organization. In 17 Reasons Your Company Is Not Investment Grade & What to Do About It, Zane Tarence, investment banker and serial entrepreneur describes the 17 interrelated characteristics that make a company investment worthy. Tarence provides specific, actionable recommendations related to all 17 characteristics that owners of companies in any industry can implement immediately.

Watch out for the Assassin’s Claws...Nash Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business -they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own. A live transmission from a rebel group known as Open Eyes is intercepted before it can be broadcast around the world. Had humans seen the video of a man shifting into a wolf, it would have blown the lid off the secret existence of magical creatures everywhere.