Chicago is not the city it used to be. Taxes have risen in the past year. Mass riots and protests violently storm toward corrupt officials and massive business owners. What they don't know is that the publications and the business had their ways of hiding all their corruption schemes. Jungwoo is a K-pop artist who wants to explore acting. He signs up for a role where he has to go to Chicago to shoot some scenes. In Chicago, he meets Medhana, a kidnap survivor trying to seek hope during hardship. While hanging out with Medhana, Jungwoo learns what is happening in Chicago and who is the main culprit.

Offering the message that no two people see the world in the same way, simple rhymed text and examples of various modern painters' works point out the particular lens through which each of the artists viewed an object.

An abducted child is at the center of a web of lies in this crime thriller featuring a dynamic male female police detective team. Baywood police department detective A.L. McKittridge is no stranger to tough cases, but when five-year-old Emma Whitman disappears from her day care, there isn’t a single shred of evidence to go on. Neither the grandmother who dropped her off, nor the teacher whose care she was supposed to be in, can account for the missing child. There are no witnesses. No trace of where she might have gone. There’s only one thing A.L. and his partner, Rena Morgan, are sure of—somebody is lying. With the clock ticking, A.L. and Rena are under extreme pressure as they discover their instincts are correct: all is not as it seems. The Whitmans are a family with many secrets, and A.L. and Rena will have to race to untangle a growing web of lies if they’re going to find the thread that leads them to Emma . . . before it’s too late.

Finalist for the 2018 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Adjonis Keh (the “d” is silent) is a successful actor who apparently has everything: looks, adoration, a shelf filled with acting awards, and all the vanilla yogurt he can eat (thanks to a hefty endorsement deal). He also has a dark secret: he can’t act. So far, he has managed to fool the world with a clever little trick—until the day he meets an inquisitive young journalist whose unexpected friendship causes him to question everything in his life.

Presents psychological profiles of eighty severely depressed adolescents who attempted or committed suicide.

Whether you want to become a full time storyteller, expand your storytelling repertoire, or simply hire a storyteller, this guide is for you. Everything you want to know about the profession of storytelling can be found in the book. It will help you sell yourself as a freelance storyteller to schools, libraries, museums, festivals, and other events and organizations. It covers the importance of learning from others; how to organize your time, office, and research; and how to use brochures, business cards, press releases, flyers, mailings, showcases, performer lists, and giveaways to get bookings. She also offers advice on dealing with the competition; preparing yourself for your audience, bookers, and performance area; and problem prevention and solution. Prejudice, censorship, and other issues related to storytelling are highlighted in the final chapter, and an appendix contains How to Host a Freelance Storyteller at Your School or Library. Teachers, librarians, clowns, actors, puppeteers, homemakers, and anyone else interested in storytelling professionally will want this book.

In this re-edited book version of The Book of Jasher, The Clan, the year is 2025. Man’s most ancient and feared enemy still walks the earth and has been consolidating his power and marshaling his dark forces for thousands of years. He is the man of shadows, and he has only one agenda: to establish a one-world order where he controls our destiny. For him, there can be no other purpose for power. Now only one man, Benjamin Jasher, stands between this same dark ruler and the goal of the same ancient society, not because he is more cunning but because he has the means to expose this dark adversary for what he is and what he wants: he is the Beast, and he intents for all to carry his mark.