Tristan Wright

Presents the text of the classic Christmas poem accompanied by color spreads featuring 120 hidden objects for readers to find.

From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century: a tale of adolescence, transgression, and the conditions that have given rise to the trolls and tyrants of the New Right. Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting "lost boys"...

The West continues its precipitous decline. The ancient, magnificent, awe inspiring Christian Churches which had taken centuries to build, are burning all over Europe, and that tragedy and violence on the streets are becoming so commonplace that it barely is mentioned by the media. Even the most egregious terrorist outbreaks are passed over by politicians as something which occurs in big cities and the indigenous population should simply get used...

IndieReader Discovery Awards 2021 Winner for Humor Utopia PR is a sci-fi satire about seeking work-life balance while doing public relations for an authoritarian president. PR extraordinaire Blake Hamner (the n is silent) put off his honeymoon for his big break: joining a major political campaign for president. Now, the "Hammer" struggles to make time for his marriage as Crisis Communications Manager for Our Leader, who since taking power has become...

Paxton, while trying to get clearance to return to work, calls his physio to ask why he's refusing to sign off on his documents-only to hear gunfire through the phone, killing the man he was talking too. Racing to the scene, he finds the gunman still there, in anguish and in fury, telling Paxton a tale of blackmail and fraud, before killing himself. Hearing the same phone conversation that Paxton made while in her office, Cherise races behind to make...

Training in underwater recovery techniques, Bronson didn't expect to recover a body, particularly one with a knife embedded into a diver's back. Down in Mexico, often anything goes, but he's been on many dives in his life and has been through a lot of this country, yet at no time had he seen this scenario. Her missing brother being found sends Robin deep into grief and guilt. Her brother had been much older, living a risky lifestyle on the fringe...

Shit happens, but at the arctic camp, it's happening too much and too often for Egan. The mess from the scientist camp has left a pall over the training camp. And still there is no sign of Teegan, Mountain's brother. The surrounding tundra has been gridded and searched, but so far, nothing-except another body.... Berry's sister convinced her to try a new experience and apply for this training camp with her, but none of her training prepared her for...

The last thing Whalen expected when he was called in to investigate the strange events at the arctic training camp was to find his old girlfriend, Chrissy. And as the first meeting showed, she was still angry at him. Not exactly the type of undercover type existence he'd been hoping for. Chrissy joined the military because of Whalen. Not to chase after him but to understand why he did what he did—or more to the point why he'd chosen this life over...

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Beyond Success Positive Leadership shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and what Kim Cameron calls "positively deviant performance"-performance far above the norm. Citing a wide range of research in organizational behavior, medical science, and psychology as well as real-world examples, Cameron shows that to achieve exceptional success, leaders must...

This practical guide shows how to facilitate collaboration among diverse individuals and organizations to navigate complexity and create change in our interconnected world. The social and environmental challenges we face today are not only complex, they are also systemic and structural and have no obvious solutions. They require diverse combinations of people, organizations, and sectors to coordinate actions and work together even when the way forward...