Why doesn't the world work? Simon Anholt, TED Talk sensation and advisor to world leaders, provides a startlingly straightforward solution to our greatest challenges. How is it that, despite all the experience, power, technology, money and knowledge that humanity has accumulated, we are still unable to defeat the global challenges facing us today: climate change, migration, pandemics, extremism, slavery, war, drug trafficking, poverty and inequality?...

A Study Guide for Flannery O'Conner's Good Country People," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

What happens when a good girl asks a bad boy to help her break all the rules? Find out in this Dynasties: Beaumont Bay novel by Jessica Lemmon. “Please show me how to break a few rules…” Hallie Banks is done being “the good twin,” living in her superstar sister’s shadow. But what does she know about letting loose and having fun? She needs a teacher, and fortunately, gorgeous bachelor bad boy Gavin Sutherland is up for the job. Soon Hallie...

Why did the United States Government find it necessary to sequester pertinent information about the assassination of President Kennedy all these years (fifty-four years)? Did the U.S. Government leadership fear some catastrophic reaction, by the American people, in the immediate aftermath of the assassination; if the realities of the Kennedy assassination were different from the official findings of the Warren Commission Report? Moreover, if the assassination...

Ruby Oldbridge needs to learn to take her own advice. A brilliant counsellor at work in York, she is however floundering in her own life. Her romantic track-record is woeful, her finances are in a pickle, and she's back in a house-share after splitting up with her useless ex. But, one thing Ruby is brilliant at, is helping other people find a way through their problems, and she excels at the job she loves, doing just that. Happy-go-lucky, Mr. Positivity,...