New Releases by Steven Scott

Following the award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, George Takei''s new full-color graphic memoir reveals his most personal story of all--told in full for the first time anywhere! George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing--one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared...and it rhymes with Takei. Now, for the first time ever, George shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything. Following the phenomenal success of his first graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei reunites with the team of Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger, now joined by the award-winning colorist José Villarrubia, for a jaw-dropping new testament. From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame as an actor and the terrible fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes with Takei offers a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history. Combining historical context with intimate subjectivity, It Rhymes with Takei shows how the personal and the political have always been intertwined. Its richly emotional words and images depict the terror of entrapment even in gay community spaces, the anguish of speaking up for so many issues while remaining silent on his most personal issue, the grief of losing friends to AIDS, the joy of finding true love with Brad Altman, and the determination to declare that love openly--and legally--before the whole world. Looking back on his astonishing life on both sides of the closet door, George Takei presents a charismatic and candid account of how far America has come...and how precious that progress is.

The Time Buddies are back with a brand-new set of time-jumping adventures in this hilarious graphic novel from Epic! Hoot and Bentley know the most important rule of time travel: Don''t mess with history--especially your own history! Still, a quick trip can be hard to resist when you really, really need to ask your future self an important question--or get your grandpa the coolest birthday gift ever. But after a visit to the roaring (or were they mooing?) twenties, a groovy trip to the disco era, and an adventure in the world of Sherlock Holmes, our favorite partners-in-time have to face facts: Mistakes they made millennia ago have followed them home!

When Andi has trouble pronouncing the language in Shakespeare''s plays she receives help from the Magic History Book, bringing William Shakespeare himself back to life, and giving Andi a crash course in his special wording.

"Florida Family Law is an addition to the Florida Practice Series and provides background, analysis, and practical advice on handling family law matters in the Florida family law court system. The publication also provides practical discussion of relevant case law, statutes, and rules. With valuable practice tips by a Florida family court judge, the content covers a full range of family issues, including: Formation of marriage, Marital contracts, Dissolution of marriage, Alimony and child support, Paternity, Adoption, Child custody, Domestic violence, Collaborative divorce"--

The history of implementing ERP systems has shown that leaving the fate of your Enterprise Resource Planning project in the hands of software consultants and vendors may only create a false sense of security. While the help of consultants is usually required, they are not all-knowing, have a limited ability to control the keys to project success, and are often the beneficiaries of cost overruns. When it comes to software vendors, their sales people will be long gone when it comes time to go-live with the new system. This book presents comprehensive strategies and techniques that enable organizations to take charge of their Enterprise Resource Planning projects to drive success. It is a guide to making informed decisions during each project phase. The author describes how to become less dependent on outside consultants, mitigate project risks, and significantly reduce implementation costs. Just as important are strategies and methods for the project team and stakeholders to identify business improvement opportunities within your organization and redesign processes to achieve the project benefits. The book also contains many tips to create internal project ownership, select ERP software, manage service providers, transfer software knowledge, develop the right implementation strategies, establish a realistic schedule and budget, and properly test the new system. It also addresses the various application and system infrastructure deployment options, emerging technology trends, and the implications from a software selection, implementation and on-going support standpoint. The information in this book is applicable to new implementations and system upgrades. This edition updated: November 2024 For those who prefer audiobooks, this version is also available on Google Play. Click "Switch To Audiobook" on this ebook homepage. Reviews "You owe it to your company and yourself to read this book. If you do so, you will sharply increase your odds for success and spend a lot less money. Steve has done the ERP industry a big service." - Thomas F. Wallace, early ERP pioneer, author, and Distinguished Fellow at The Ohio State University Center for Operational Excellence. "There really aren''t many "must-read" ERP books in the 30 year (or so) history of ERP, but you can add this book to the must-read list. The book fits nicely into what I call the Center of Excellence movement - the push by ERP customers to gain more value out of their ERP investments and endure less headaches. The book is a combination of hard-won advice, cautionary tales, and a bit of a manifesto for not placing blind trust in third party consultancies." - Jon Reed, SAP/ERP Market Analyst. "I love this book." - R. Ray Wang. CEO and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research, a founding partner of the Altimeter Group and thought leader on enterprise digital transformation. "If the Project Management Institute (PMI) had a certification program in ERP Management, this would be the only textbook needed." - Andy Klee, President, Klee Associates, ERPtips.com (SAP), and JDEtips.com (Oracle Enterprise One).

It''s not every day you become a legend in your hometown. But when it happened to Steven Scott Wallace he wasn''t exactly happy about it. And somehow he had to clear his name, and like fast-before the citizens of Wilderville elected him mayor of their city. The unwanted notoriety had been bestowed upon him through the pen of an unscrupulous journalist who fabricated an elaborate tale that catapulted the unsuspecting and quiet man to the status of superhero. To recover his low-keyed reputation, Wallace enlists the aid of a reporter to re-write the story. The new version offers the true account of the mysterious gunslinger who road into town that infamous day so many years ago and single-handedly took out the notorious Samuel T Smith Gang and saved the city. In the end, there is no doubt as to who is-The Legend of the Draper Homestead Shootout.

A sensitive and harmonious interplay of light, color, and time set within architectural space. Steven Scott is a Copenhagen-based artist whose work revolves around the rich complexities of light. Originally a founder, board member, and designer at the influential London theater and arts center Riverside Studios between 1976 and 1986, Scott had extensive experience in theater design and sculpture before turning to the creation of light art some twenty-five years ago. The period set the tone for a career that has moved freely between fine art, theater, and architecture. Central to Scott''s work is his rich appreciation of light and its interaction with people and space. As a master of this elusive medium, Scott in his pieces references the rhythms of the day with works that gradually change color over time--marking the natural and seasonal cycles. This volume covers Scott''s light artworks and installations of the past forty years and explores his development in the London and New York avant-garde theater and dance scenes of the late seventies and into the 1980s.

Sit back and enjoy some eggnog with a coloring book that will take your mind off the daily grind that we all endure. This book contains 50 wonderful Christmas prints that will need your close attention and artistic flair to create a finished work of art. Our prints include a large assortment of Christmas related designs , all awaiting your particular inspiration to complete them in any vivid colors you choose. Our book boasts Single-sided Pages so you can avoid all your hard work damaging the next picture you plan to color. This book makes the kind of gift the person will not forget the simple and relaxing joy you have provided them. If you coloured as a child this will bring back all those wonderful memories and those forgotten artistic talents.Give it a try you will not be disappointed !

Sit back and relax with a coloring book that will take your mind off the daily grind that we all endure.This book contains 50 Inspiring Dragon prints that will need your close attention and artistic flair to create a finished work of art. Our prints include a large assortment Fantasy Dragon artwork, all awaiting your particular inspiration to complete them in any vivid colors you choose.Our book boasts Single-sided Pages so you can avoid all your hard work damaging the next picture you plan to color. This book makes the kind of gift the person will not forget the simple and relaxing joy you have provided them. If you coloured as a child this will bring back all those wonderful memories and those forgotten artistic talents.Give it a try you will not be disappointed !

The New York Times bestselling graphic memoir from actor/author/activist George Takei returns in a deluxe edition with 16 pages of bonus material! Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his magnetic performances, sharp wit, and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in STAR TREK, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father''s -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. THEY CALLED US ENEMY is Takei''s firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the terrors and small joys of childhood in the shadow of legalized racism, his mother''s hard choices, his father''s tested faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? George Takei joins cowriters Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker for the journey of a lifetime.

The New York Times Bestseller, now in Spanish! En estas impactantes memorias en formato de novela gráfica, el actor/autor/activista George Takei rememora sucesos imborrables de su infancia en los campos de concentración en América. En 1942, bajo órdenes del presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt, cada persona de ascendencia japonesa en la costa oeste fue capturada y enviada a uno de diez “centros de reubicación”, a cientos o miles de millas de sus hogares, donde permanecerían durante años bajo vigilancia armada. NOS LLAMARON ENEMIGO es la historia en primera persona de Takei sobre esos años detrás de una alambrada de púas. ¿Qué significa ser americano? ¿Quién puede determinarlo? Cuando el mundo está en tu contra, ¿qué puede hacer un solo individuo? Para contestar a estas preguntas, George Takei se une a los escritores Justin Eisinger y Steven Scott y a la artista Harmony Becker en el recorrido de toda una vida.

Ein dunkles Kapitel der US-Geschichte: In dieser beeindruckenden Graphic Novel schildert George Takei seine Erlebnisse in jenen Internierungslagern, die von den USA im 2. Weltkrieg für den Teil der Bevölkerung mit japanischen Wurzeln eingerichtet wurden. Die Welt des vierjährigen George verändert sich von dem einen Moment auf den anderen, als sich eines Morgens sein Heimatland im Krieg mit dem seines Vaters befindet. Seine ganze Familie? Plötzlich DER FEIND. Seine frühen Jahre in Sippenhaft machten Takei zu demjenigen, der er heute ist: Ein weltbekannter Bürgerrechts-Aktivist, Autor und beliebter Schauspieler. Die Graphic Novel, kreiert von Takei und den Co-Autoren Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott sowie Zeichnerin Harmony Becker, liefert Antworten zu Fragen, die gerade im heutigen Amerika, geprägt durch neu aufflammende Konflikte innerhalb der Gesellschaft und mit anderen Nationen, wichtiger sind denn je: Was ist ein US-Amerikaner? Wer entscheidet dies? Wenn die Welt sich gegen dich wendet: Was kann ein einzelner Mensch bewirken?

There is no honor among brothers. Ohlen receives an unexpected visit from a friend bringing portentous news of strange artifacts found in a remote northern cave. Joined by the affable shaman, Ahmahn, and the young warrior, Therran, they travel to the city of Eeron to warn Regent Merrick Stonehorn, Ohlen''s old friend and mentor. They discover Merrick has his own problems as workers in the nearby iron mines have been found with their heads cut off. Suspecting an invasion from the dvaken, a strange yet powerful race of human-like creatures, Merrick seeks help in the most unlikely of places. Can the city be saved?

This is a story about two guys who are roommates. One of them is a player, and the other one is looking for love. The guy whos looking for love finds it in the wrong woman, but then he realizes that his true love is right under his nose. It takes him a good while to figure that out, but the outcome is good.

American bandleader John Philip Sousa’s rise to international fame during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries coincided with a time of growing self-awareness and -criticism in American musical culture. Numerous groups and music ensembles formed in the United States around this period that dedicated themselves to so-called “highbrow” European classical music while dismissing American works as imitative or inferior. Though Sousa is recognized as a composer primarily through his American marches—a genre clearly distasteful to the Eurocentric symphonic halls and opera houses of his time—his lesser-known descriptive works and multi-movement instrumental suites reveal that the bandleader desired to appease both casual concertgoers and trained music analysts. Sousa strove to entertain and educate his audience equally and show them the value in both popular (“lowbrow”) music and its high-art counterpart. His programs for the United States Marine Band and the Sousa Band were characterized by a strong presence of well-known contemporary tunes and songs and orchestral transcriptions alike. The descriptive works and suites do not neatly fall into either category, and instead serve as a middle ground that bridges the opposing ends of the spectrum. Sousa’s two descriptive works—The Chariot Race in 1890 and Sheridan’s Ride in 1891—were the result of early experimentation with the wind band ensemble to expand the United States Marine Band’s repertoire for new performance seasons. The works focused on programmatic musical depictions and instrumental effects to convey a narrative to the listener, but Sousa also incorporated more intricate musical techniques in their context, such as chromaticism and leitmotivs. The first suite, The Last Days of Pompeii in 1893, continued this practice but did so in a much larger form with multiple movements and subsequently more space for musical development. The suites are among the longest instrumental works that Sousa composed for the concert band. As such, they offer a unique perspective not only on Sousa’s navigation of high- and lowbrow musical concepts, but also on his personal compositional style.Writings and correspondences related to American music at the time and Sousa and his activities suggest that his endeavors with the new genres were generally well-received but ultimately saw limited lasting effects. Sousa personally expected that the suites—particularly The Last Days of Pompeii—would come to be considered the shining jewel of his compositional output and serve to shape future American music. Although critics and concertgoers typically lauded the pieces for both their programmatic clarity and musical depth, music analysts such as Louis C. Elson and Frederic Louis Ritter seem to have been uninterested in including them and their composer in their publications on American music. Though they failed to reach the degree of importance Sousa hoped they would in his legacy, the descriptive works and suites represent a critical facet of their composer’s beliefs on class culture and music development in America as it entered the twentieth century.

A concise introduction to the basic elements of argumentative prose and the conceptual tools necessary to understand, analyze, criticize, and construct arguments: as well as to the philosophical mainstays of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophical analysis.

BOOK ONE: Vengeance drives him. Will honor save him? A savage tribe of cru''gan brutally slaughtered his family, orphaning Ohlen when he was still a boy. Twenty years later a ferocious attack driven by a mysterious witch sends him on a perilous journey to rescue his best friend''s child. His choice between vengeance and honor will determine not only his own fate, but the fate of those he loves. BOOK TWO: There is no honor among brothers. Ohlen receives an unexpected visit from a friend bringing portentous news of strange artifacts found in a remote northern cave. Joined by the affable shaman, Ahmahn, and the young warrior, Therran, they travel to the city of Eeron to warn Regent Merrick Stonehorn, Ohlen''s old friend and mentor. They discover Merrick has his own problems as workers in the nearby iron mines have been found with their heads cut off. Suspecting an invasion from the dvaken, a strange yet powerful race of human-like creatures, Merrick seeks help in the most unlikely of places. Can the city be saved? BOOK THREE: The sunset of an old hero. The dawn of a new foe. Paragon’s Call is the third and final book in The Taesian Chronicles trilogy. In this exciting and fast-paced conclusion, we pick up the story a year after the Battle of Eeron from book two, Ohlen’s Bane. Ohlen and his comrades, Therran and Ahmahn, discover the novaari, dangerous beasts that are half man, half animal. Ohlen is conscripted by Emperor Percy Saltos to lead a ragtag group of criminal misfits called Paragons, who are charged with seeking out these monsters and destroying them. But not everyone wants them to succeed.

Vengeance drives him. Will honor save him? A savage tribe of cru''gan brutally slaughtered his family, orphaning Ohlen when he was still a boy. Twenty years later a ferocious attack driven by a mysterious witch sends him on a perilous journey to rescue his best friend''s child. His choice between vengeance and honor will determine not only his own fate, but the fate of those he loves.

"This study proceeds in two parts. The first section is a theoretical and historical review of the role of logistics-enabled military presence as a part of coercive strategies. Operation Nickel Grass --the United States’ logistical support to Israel during the Yom Kippur War -- demonstrates how even permanently based forces may fail to deter aggression, while showing the successes and challenges of one of the first modern aerial logistics efforts. The deployment of United States forces as a part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm was one of the largest military logistics operations of all time. Despite its coercive success, the ports of debarkation struggled to handle the tremendous flow of frontline forces, equipment, and sustainment. The time offered to the United States to deploy massive forces and overcome logistical hurdles may not be offered by future adversaries. Finally, the deployment of Task Force Hawk as a part of the conflict in Kosovo shows how even small force deployments face logistical hurdles as constraints at ports of debarkation slow the establishment of forward military presence. In sum, the theoretical review and historical cases suggest coercive strategies should employ forward presence, but that limits on throughput degrade the United States’ current capacity to employ rapid mobility to its full potential. The second section of the work examines the United States current aerial port technologies and concepts of operations. Part of this analysis rests on a recent Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)-commissioned project to model the United States logistics enterprise. The DARPA project infused potential technologies, like fast sealift and heavy vertical airlift, to examine investment strategies for research and development. While the United States military tends toward platform-centric research, this work demonstrates that investment in upload and download technologies is necessary to achieve real change in speed of throughput at the most constrained portion of the logistics enterprise: forward ports of debarkation. Taken as a whole, the work casts a vision of how the United States can continue to lead the world in force projection capabilities as a part of coercive strategies"--Abstract.

Are you an amateur photographer? Are you a new photographer looking to work from a home studio? Maybe you are a photographer who wants to save money. If so, this ebook is for you. In this ebook, you will learn 34 awesome DIYs to change the lighting for your photographs.Additionally, you''ll learn about how certain types of lighting works for certain types of photography opportunities. All of these great tips will help you maximize your home studio lighting and minimize the expense. Because you will put together the lighting on your own, you will learn a lot of different things that you can use to then create your own lighting set ups. Here is what you will learn after reading this book: How to make a variety of lighting rigs How to make a variety of filters How you can use common household objects to enhance the lighting of your photos Getting Your FREE BonusRead this book to the end and see "BONUS: Your FREE Gift" chapter after the introduction and conclusion.

All the statements of Jesus, organized into practical, easy-to-find topics. In this special red-letter edition, all the statements of Jesus have been brought together under more than two hundred practical, easy-to-find topics. When you want to know His will in a specific area of life, or you’re seeking the answer to a perplexing question, or you are desperate for His encouragement, comfort, or wisdom, you can easily find the help you need. Let the greatest words ever spoken bring new vision, power, and joy into your life—one statement at a time. “Packed with every word Jesus spoke and grouped by topic, this book should be a constant companion to your Bible.” —Dr. David Jeremiah, founder of Turning Point Ministries; best-selling author of Captured by Grace “It’s a treasure chest of answers, promises, inspiration, encouragement, love, faith, and power for living that no Christian home should be without.” —Dr. Gary Smalley, founder of Smalley Relationship Center, and author of Change Your Heart, Change Your Mind “If you’ve ever wanted to understand Jesus’ heart, listen to what He said. Using all the recorded words of Jesus, this book makes it easy.” —Gary D. Chapman, PhD, best-selling author of The Five Love Languages and Love as a Way of Life “There is power in the Word of Christ! The Greatest Words Ever Spoken will help you experience His power like never before!” —Josh D. McDowell, author and speaker “Steven Scott has done us a wonderful favor by organizing these life-transforming truths by topic.” —James Robison, founder and president of LIFE Outreach International

"The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the characteristics of RAD [Reactive Attachment Disorder], the traditional behavior management model, and alternative behavior management models to include PCMA''s [Professional Crisis Management Association''s] BehaviorTools and SWPBIS [School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports]. Further analysis of these topics will provide a better understanding of the ability of current behavioral management programs to meet the specific needs of students with RAD. This understanding will then offer insight into the development of effective intervention strategies for students with RAD as well as ideas for further research opportunities."--leaf 9.

~ It looks like Carolyn and Mark are in deep, deep shit. ~Mark and Carolyn live in an alternate 1989 where Ronald Reagan is on his fourth presidential term. The USA has a rigid, long-standing caste system and abortions were never made legal. Being homeless is a crime that is punishable by imprisonment in an internment camp the inmates call Tent City. Most of Mark''s ER patients are inmates at this camp and are victims of a new disease these illegals call the Transient Flu. This deadly and rapidly spreading disease mutates with each new host, collecting information, changing code. The disease evolves lightning quick, spreading like pond ripples and infecting everyone. No one is safe. Mark and Carolyn dig too deep and uncover the brutal truth: Transient Flu was purposely made and is one hundred percent fatal. Carolyn''s employer, Hudson-Smythe Pharmaceuticals, discovers the chain of evidence and traces the pharmacide back to Hudson-Smythe and the crime of the century. Cost is no object and deadly force is authorized.Yes. Carolyn and Mark are in deep, deep shit.

Covering past, present and future transport networks using three layered planes written by experts in the field. Targeted at both practitioners and academics as a single source to get an understanding of how transport networks are built and operated Explains technologies enabling the next generation transport networks

The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. But it is unproven and fraught with controversy. After reading this book, you''ll be able to draw your own conclusions about string theory. Steve Gubser begins by explaining Einstein''s famous equation E = mc2, quantum mechanics, and black holes. He then gives reade