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What can organizations do to create changes that are both profound and enduring? This anthology explores why traditional change strategies have failed and examines constructive alternatives. International experts prove successful change can be a realistic goal. Real examples of pilot projects, model schools, and other groundbreaking endeavors illustrate precisely how theory translates into practice.
21st Century Skills
This anthology introduces the Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills as a way to re-envision learning and prepare students for a rapidly evolving global and technological world. Highly respected education leaders and innovators focus on why these skills are necessary, which are most important, and how to best help schools include them in curriculum and instruction.
The Best New True Crime Stories
#1 New Release in Forensic Psychology – Serial Killer? Your Neighbor, Friend, Even Your Spouse? Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily an American phenomenon that came about in the latter part of the twentieth century. But such assumptions are far from the truth. Serial killers have been around for a very long time and can be found in every corner of the globe—and they’re not just limited to the male gender either. Some of these predators have been caught and brought to justice whereas others have never been found, let alone identified. Serial killers can be anywhere. And scarier still, they can be anyone. Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto , The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers reveals all-new accounts of true crime serial killers from the contemporary to the historic. The international list of contributors includes award-winning crime writers, true-crime podcasters, journalists, and experts in the dark crimes field such as Martin Edwards, Lee Mellor, Danuta Kot, Craig Pittman, Richard O Jones, Marcie Rendon, Mike Browne, and Vicki Hendricks. If you are a fan of true crime books such as I’ll Be Gone in the Dark , Mindhunter , The Devil in the White City , or Peter Vronsky’s Sons of Cain ; you will want to read Mitzi Szereto’s The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers . This book will leave you wondering if it’s ever really possible to know who’s behind the mask you’re allowed to see.
Amsterdam Noir
Amsterdam is ranked as Europe’s eighth most popular tourist destination.Includes brand-new stories by: Michael Berg, Anneloes Timmerije, Murat Isik, René Appel, Josh Pachter, Simon De Waal, Hanna Bervoets, Karin Amatmoekrim, Christine Otten, Mensje van Keulen, Max van Olden, Theo Capel, Loes Den Hollander, Herman Koch, Abdelkader Benali, and Walter Van Den Berg.The following contributors are based domestically: Maria de Bruyn (Chapel Hill, NC).We have licensed the Dutch language rights to Ambo/Anthos in the Netherlands.Coeditor René Appel is considered the godfather of the Dutch psychological suspense novel, and his writing has won the prestigious Gouden Strop prize for Best Dutch Crime Novel (the Dutch equivalent to the Edgar Allen Poe Award).Appel is a best-selling novelist in the Netherlands.Coeditor Josh Pachter splits his time between the US (Herndon, VA) and the Netherlands and has published over seventy short crime stories in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine , and other magazines and anthologies.Pachter is the assistant dean for Communication Studies and Theater at Northern Virigina Community College.Several of the contributors are very well-known Dutch crime writers who have won several prestigious awards in the Netherlands.We are also making this title available in a simultaneous POD/NONRETURNABLE hardcover edition.
Vancouver Noir
The Canadian Noir Series titles, Montreal & Toronto have done very well for us and we're delighted to finally add another major Canadian city to the series.Features brand-new stories by: Linda L. Richards, Timothy Taylor, Sheena Kamal, Robin Spano, Carleigh Baker, Sam Wiebe, Dietrich Kalteis, Nathan Ripley, Yasuko Thanh, Kristi Charish, Don English, Nick Mamatas, S.G. Wong, and R.M. Greenaway.The following contributors are based domestically: Linda L. Richards (splits time between Paso Robles, CA, Phoenix, AZ, and Vancouver, BC). The editor, Sam Wiebe, has won an Arthur Ellis Award, the Kobo Emerging Writers Prize, and was a Vancouver Public Library Writer in Residence.Several of the contributors are award-winning authors (Linda L. Richards, Dietrich Kalteis, R.M. Greenaway, S.G. Wong, etc.)We are also making this title available in a simultaneous POD/NONRETURNABLE hardcover edition.
Marrakech Noir
Yassin Adnan is a well-respected, award-winning Arabic poet, fiction writer, and journalistAdnan's debut novel, Hot Maroc , was long-listed for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (also known as the Arabic Booker).Adnan has hosted a weekly TV show for over ten years on Moroccan television.
Santa Cruz Noir
Susie Bright has published numerous books as both an author and editor with both large & small publishers, including six national bestsellersShe has spoken & performed at universities across the country–UC Berkeley, Univ. of Colorado, Cornell, Florida State, Ohio State, Yale, Univ. of Indiana, Univ. of North Carolina, Harvard, Brown, Amherst, Smith College, etc.Bright has also spoken and performed at venues including 92nd St. Y in New York City, the Gay & Lesbian Community Center in New York, Harvey Milk Democratic Club in San Francisco, etc.Bright has won a Lambda Literary Award, a Firecracker Award, and an Audie AwardBright has been a contributing editor to the New York Times Book Review , San Francisco Review of Books , Salon , Forum , BUST , etc.Bright has been profiled on CNN, BBC, HBO, The History Channel, etc.Bright's previous work has received praise from the New York Times , Utne Reader , and authors such as Erica Jong and Armistead MaupinAs an editor, publisher, and audiobook producer, Bright has worked with over 2000 authorsAkashic's California-based Noir titles–Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Orange County have been among some of the strongest sellers in the series.
Lagos Noir
The editor, Chris Abani, is an award-winning novelist and poet (PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, the Prince Claus Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a California Book Award, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Beyond the Margins Award, the PEN Hemingway Book Prize, and a Guggenheim Award)Through his TED Talks, public speaking and essays Abani is known as an international voice on humanitarianism, art, ethics, and our shared political responsibilityHe is Board of Trustees Professor of English at Northwestern UniversityHis previous works have been critically-acclaimed ( New York Times , Los Angeles Times , etc.)His novel Graceland was a Today Show Book Club PickHe is the coeditor of the African Poetry Book Fund's annual New-Generation African Poets Box Sets (published by Akashic)
Mississippi Noir
QUESTION FOR CBSD (especially Bill Mockler): should we consider doing a 1,000-copy hardcover run?Editor Tom Franklin is one of the most prestigious authors associated with Mississippi. His work is equally appreciated in the literary and crime-fiction worlds.Mississippi Noir will be published simultaneously in paperback and eBook formats.Featuring brand-new stories by: Ace Atkins, Tom Franklin, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack Pendarvis, Dominqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jaime Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Michael Farris Smith, Andrew Paul, Lee Durkee, Robert Busby, John M. Floyd, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, Joseph B. Atkins, and Mary Miller.Publicize to major dailies, weeklies, literary publications, alternative publications. Major radio and television push, with a strong local angle.Akashic's promotion will have a strong social media component
Tel Aviv Noir
Gon Ben Ari's story «Clear Recent History» has been named a finalist for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best P.I. Short Story!"This consistently strong collection showcases a group of Israeli writers who are not well known in the U.S. Definitely one of the highlights in the long-running Akashic series."–Booklist, Starred review"May be the very best in a generally solid series....This collection escapes the limits of formula fiction and sets the bar high for subsequent Noir offerings. The genre is hot, Tel Aviv is exotic, and this volume is outstanding. What's not to like?"–Library Journal, Starred reviewOne of Jewish Journal's Noteworthy Books for the New Year"Even in the Holy Land, people find ingenious ways to screw up their own lives, as the latest entry in Akashic's Noir Series proves....Editors Keret and Gavron stress not what makes Tel Aviv unique but what it has in common with other cities: its people's endless, often fruitless struggle to cash in on a losing hand."–Kirkus Reviews"There's a marvelous underlying tension to [the stories], a paranoid tinge, as if some vast monstrous conspiracy is lurking behind every misdeed and bad stroke of luck."–San Francisco Book Review"The collection reflects much of the daily reality of the city, but not the sort one is likely to read in tour guides....There's a complexity and virtuosity to plot and prose that leaves the reader with a sense of satisfaction and appreciation, despite the typically devastating denouement of the tales....Superb."–PopMatters"Readers interested in exploring the dark side of Tel Aviv will be fascinated by these short pieces of noir literature."–Times of IsraelAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched with the summer '04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. For Tel Aviv Noir, Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron have masterfully assembled some of Israel's top contemporary writers into a compulsively readable collection.From the introduction by Etgar Keret:"In spite of its outwardly warm and polite exterior, Tel Aviv has quite a bit to hide. At any club, most of the people dancing around you to the sounds of a deep-house hit dedicated to peace and love have undergone extensive automatic-weapons training and a hand-grenade tutorial…The workers washing the dishes in the fluorescent-lit kitchen of that same club are Eritrean refugees who have crossed the Egyptian border illegally, along with a group of bedouins smuggling some high-quality hash, which the deejay will soon be smoking on his little podium, right by the busy dance floor filled with drunks, coked-up lawyers, and Ukrainian call girls whose pimp keeps their passports in a safe two streets away. Don't get me wrong–Tel Aviv is a lovely, safe city. Most of the time, for most of its inhabitants. But the stories in this collection describe what happens the rest of the time, to the rest of its inhabitants. From one last cup of coffee at a café targeted by a suicide bomber, through repeat visits from a Yiddish-speaking ghost, to an organized tour of mythological crime scenes that goes terribly wrong, the stories of Tel Aviv Noir reveal the concealed, scarred face of this city that we love so much."Featuring brand-new stories by: Etgar Keret, Gadi Taub, Lavie Tidhar, Deakla Keydar, Matan Hermoni, Julia Fermentto, Gon Ben Ari, Shimon Adaf, Alex Epstein, Antonio Ungar, Gai Ad, Assaf Gavron, Silje Bekeng, and Yoav Katz; translated by Yardenne Greenspan.