Best Selling Books by Michelle Madsen

This innovative work critically studies the contemporary problems of one segment of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The lack of a diverse U.S.-based pool of talent entering the field of engineering education has been termed a crisis by academic and political leaders. Engineering remains one of the most sex segregated academic arenas; the intersection of gendered and racialized exclusion results in very few Latina engineers. Drawing on cutting-edge scholarship in gender and Latino/a studies, the book provides an analytically incisive view of the experiences of Latina engineers. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation through a Gender in Science and Engineering grant, the authors bridge interdisciplinary perspectives to illuminate the nuanced and multiple exclusionary forces that shape the culture of engineering. A large, multi-institution, longitudinal dataset permits disaggregation by race and gender. The authors rely on primary and secondary sources and incorporate an integrated mixed-methods approach combining quantitative and qualitative data. Together, this analysis of the voices of Latina engineering majors breaks new ground in the literature on STEM education and provides an exemplar for future research on subpopulations in these fields. This book is aimed at researchers who study underrepresented groups in engineering and are interested in broadening participation and ameliorating problems of exclusion. It will be attractive to scholars in the fields of multicultural and higher education, sociology, cultural anthropology, cultural studies, and feminist technology studies, and all researchers interested in the intersections of STEM, race, and gender. This resource will be useful for policy-makers and educational leaders looking to revitalize and re-envision the culture within engineering.

"When down and out alien exterminator, Heath Huston stumbles upon an extraterrestrial legion of amoebas preparing to annihilate the Earth, he''s forced to choose between the bottle and resuming his roll as a peace keeper ... as The Last Fear Agent."--Back cover of Volume 1.

La tueuse au foyer est de retour ! La famille Schuller déménage du côté de Cocoa Beach, en Floride, et continue de mener son petit train de vie. Josie, elle, jongle toujours entre les réunions tupperware, les devoirs des enfants et quelques contrats d''assassinat. Jusqu’au jour où une ancienne connaissance qu’elle aurait préféré oublier fait son apparition. Son petit quotidien risque de rapidement devenir moins tranquille... Entre Dexter, Desperate Housewives et Mad Men, Lady Killer est un récit à la fois violent, drôle et provocateur, illustré très à propos par des couleurs pimpantes et un graphisme délicieusement vintage.

Season 8 ended with a bang that cut the world off from magic culminating in another set of world-ending problems. Buffy has left her best friend, Willow, powerless, and brought an end to a millennia-long tradition of superpowered girls. By day, Buffy is a twenty-something waitress with no real direction, and even though magic is gone, she ís still a vampire Slayer by night. Bigger problem? Vampires are becoming an epidemic . . . of zompires! Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #1 - #5. * Written by series creator Joss Whedon and Andrew Chambliss of ABC''s One Upon a Time! Buffy Season 9 begins!

In 2003 Steve Niles, creator of the 30 Days of Night comics series, launched a series of occult detective stories featuring the monstrously hard-boiled Cal McDonald. A pill-popping alcoholic reprobate, Cal is the only line of defense between Los Angeles and a growing horde of zombies, vampires, possessed muscle cars, mad scientists, werewolves, and much more weirdness! * “I literally screamed HOLY $#@% when I put this book down. It is that good . . . Cal McDonald is truly one of the coolest characters in comics.” --Ain’t It Cool News

With new spiritual changes coming in, it should be easy for the individual to learn more, while feeling safe and in control when opening up to their physic and human self. This book is easy to read and covers many aspects of the psychic and spiritual field with simple explanations. It also covers your emotional and human side, as all things in life need balance. There are interesting personal experiences on various subjects throughout the book.

On a rescue mission to Vandos, Padawan Flynn Kybo and his master meet General Grievous, the Separatist army''s cyborg leader. The Padawan manages to escape but Grievous murders his master. Kybo returns to the Jedi Council with plans to stop Grievous, but when the Coucil rebukes him for desiring vengeance, he takes matters into his own hands.

With the Scooby gang on the skids, Buffy finds herself increasingly alone. When faced with some tough decisions grounded in “real world” problems (i.e., not the slaying of pesky demons), Buffy is determined to make her own choices, but that doesn’t mean she won''t need a little handholding along the way. Cue Spike, compelled to stand by his best friend in her moment of need. Together they''ll tackle the increasing zompire population and a rogue Slayer out for blood. Collects Buffy Season 9 #6–#10; and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In Space No One Can Hear You Slay!” from Free Comic Book Day 2012.