Valerie Lott is a reporter living in Tucson, Arizona, when she meets a man at the ball park while waiting to interview a baseball star. Their conversation affects her deeply. He is so alive in the moment, she can't forget him. Homeless? When a councilman's daughter is kidnapped, thought, the description fits the man she met. Could her instincts be wrong about him? She is so certain that he can't be a criminal that she tries to find him before police do... But first we meet David, who left Tucson prior to visit a former astronomer colleague in Dubai. He feels lost, unsure what to do next with his life. An explosive attack on the Burj Khalifa tags him as a suspect with police there, too. Amid the billionaires who finance science projects, and an underworld figure seeking revenge for the attack, David targets another man who lives there for his own revenge: that of bankrupting his mother prior to her death. What happens next is anything but predictable. Partly based on The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, The Final Plot of Valerie Lott is about transformations and second chances...just when you believe they are impossible.

A WRITER’S COMPASSDirection for your writing career Don’t get lost on the publishing path. Just forge ahead with the Writer’s Compass. Drawing on decades of professional experience as an author, editor, writing instructor, mentor, and marketing consultant, Elizabeth Lyon helps you navigate the art and craft of writing—with clear, easy-to-follow directions: NORTH Getting Your Bearings Understand your purpose and your audience; learn to refine your ideas, select effective titles, and find the best method of organization for any piece SOUTH Troubleshooting Use checklists and guidelines to spot weaknesses and problems in leads, organization, conclusions, and style—and find out how to correct them EAST Learning to Market Map a successful cover letter, query letter, or proposal, and discover a four-step process to facilitate publication and sales WEST Refining Your Vision Brainstorm to gain perspective on your writing—and how it fits with your values, goals, and dreams

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After 9/11, rightists capitalized on an atmosphere of fear and confusion to resuscitate the “culture wars” of the 1990s and once again targeted the academy. Using tactics reminiscent of the McCarthy era, religious firebrands, militant neoconservatives, and free market fundamentalists engaged in a concerted effort to silence voices critical of the ‘war on terror’ and liken legitimate dissent to treason. Brandishing a discourse of “patriotic correctness” (PC) that was informed by American ‘exceptionalism,’ Christian nationalism, anti-intellectualism, and virulent anti-liberalism, this coalition portrayed the professoriate as a dangerous cabal seeking the demise of ‘Western civilization.’ In Cold Breezes and Idiot Winds, Scatamburlo-D’Annibale explains why the most recent assault on academe must be understood in relation to the right’s broader offensive against liberalism. For decades, conservatives have worked diligently to construct a network of foundations, think tanks, and campus organizations dedicated to demonizing progressive thought, the legacy of the New Deal era, and the democratic social reforms of the 1960s. The author provides a detailed examination of this ideological infrastructure and how it advanced the agenda of PC post-9/11. She explores how the campaign for PC was aided and abetted by a right-wing media apparatus, how it continues to threaten academic freedom on campuses, and how it is currently infecting the larger body politic and contributing to the increased toxicity of the nation’s public dialogue. While purveyors of PC often invoke “culture war” rhetoric, Scatamburlo-D’Annibale adroitly reveals that their ultimate aim is to protect corporate power from any form of democratic accountability.

Behind the curtain of popularity, the veil of humor, the cloak of showbiz, in the shadow of fame, hidden from the multitude of cheering fans, the phenomenal ratings and mammoth stardom, talk show host Darlene Lyte, and co-host, Lew Dark, discover there's only one way to go being number one in radio broadcasting: down.Their life is the stage, their dreams, aspirations, successes and failures constitute the play, and when the curtain falls, they have only themselves to blame.

Westerns may have had their heyday, but they remain popular. The greatest films from 1914, when The Squaw Man and The Virginian were among the genre's best, through 2001, when American Outlaws and Texas Rangers were tops, are the subject of this work. For each year, the author names the outstanding western films in the following categories: picture, screenplay (original and adaptation), direction, cinematography, music, male and female leading roles, and male and female supporting roles. Also for each year, the author lists the westerns that received Academy Award nominations (and those that won), makes note of the births and deaths of notable actors, directors, producers, composers, cinematographers, authors and other such personalities, and describes the genre's significant achievements.