Böcker av James McKenna

REVIEWERS CHOICE GOLD AWARD WINNER "An October's Journey: Poe's Final Gift," has been named a 2023-24 Reader Views Literary Award Winner, receiving the REVIEWERS CHOICE GOLD AWARD in the category of General Fiction/Novel. In addition, it has also just been named a FINALIST in the 2023 PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards Competition for Supernatural Fiction. In this elegant work of speculative historical fiction, a young, nineteenth-century attorney receives a strange birthday gift from his friend, Edgar Allan Poe, who convinces him to defend a woman and her two grown children who have been arrested for practicing witchcraft. The trial is to be held in an old Puritan town that has somehow "fallen out of time," and the verdict of the case will determine the fate of many more than just the three souls on trial. Navigating as a stranger in an even stranger land, he must piece together the truth of the most bizarre case of his career.

The updated edition of the bestselling kids' guide to money: earning it, saving it, and investing it. From the creators of Biz Kid$ and Bill Nye the Science Guy comes the comprehensive guide for kids on the basics of earning, saving, spending, and investing money. Written in a humorous but informative voice that engages young readers, it’s the book that every parent who wants to raise financially savvy and unspoiled children should buy for their kids. Packed with lively illustrations and diagrams that make difficult concepts easy to understand, kids will learn the basics of financial empowerment, good money decision-making, and the appreciation of a hard-earned dollar.

Upskill, Reskill,Thrive: Optimizing Learning and Development in the Workplace offers readers an accessible guide to understanding and applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to the workplace. Universal Design for Learning is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Using exemplars from across sectors and industries, James McKenna highlights how learning and development professionals can redefine the goals of learning in the corporate environment - not only for the benefit of the organization but also, and perhaps more importantly, for the individual.Upskill, Reskill,Thrive illustrates how to create and sustain learning and work environments that honor and empower individuals in ways that promote knowledge generation and sharing. This book will help L&D educators and corporate leaders motivate their teams from the inside to improve performance and become part of an inclusive culture across an organization.

The next time you switch on your computer, will the unseen be waiting to enter your mind - or are they already there? DI Sean Fagan investigates the ritual murder of three young women and finds links between each victim and the world¿s most popular computer game, Princess Kay-ling. When police high-tech units examine hard drives taken from the murder victims¿ PCs, traces of subliminal psychotic induction are found. This induces victims to trust and obey characters from the game. These characters then order the women to remote places or use this trust to gain entry into their homes. When a fourth woman is murdered in Ireland, Sean realises he hunts a serial killer capable of global influence. He also discovers the Government is aware and observing. When his own young daughters become involved, nightmare encircles him.