You Heard It Here First

A gossip magazinea disgraced journalistand a rockstar, torched alive. You Heard It Here First! EXCLUSIVE! Check out photos of Ripe For Picking’s frontman Gustaf Neilsen’s last moments in Seen in Silverbridge! When best friends Luce and Huds sneak photos of a hot international rock band for their uni gossip magazine, they never expected to get such a juicy exclusive. The first-hand account of Gustaf Neilsen’s fiery death rockets the gossip magazine to new levels of popularity. But when the police come knocking, the Seen In Silverbridge duo must solve the mystery of Gustaf’s death in order to clear their own names. With help from their intern Faven, and veteran journalist Rodney, the unlikely foursome embark on a mission to find the killer. Perfect for fans of One Of Us Is Lying, Riverdale, and Gossip Girl, You Heard It Here First is the first book in the Seen in Silverbridge series.

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A gossip magazine, a disgraced journalist, and a rockstar, torched alive. You Heard It Here First! EXCLUSIVE! Check out photos of Ripe For Picking's frontman Gustaf Neilsen's last moments in Seen in Silverbridge! When best friends Luce and Huds sneak photos of a hot international rock band for their uni gossip magazine, they never expected to get such a juicy exclusive. The first-hand account of Gustaf Neilsen's fiery death rockets the gossip magazine to new levels of popularity. But when the police come knocking, the Seen In Silverbridge duo must solve the mystery of Gustaf's death in order to clear their own names. With help from their intern Faven, and veteran journalist Rodney, the unlikely foursome embark on a mission to find the killer. Perfect for fans of One Of Us Is Lying, Riverdale, and Gossip Girl, You Heard It Here First is the first book in the Seen in Silverbridge series.

Emmy-award winning gadfly Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights.

Despite all the turmoil around them, they find each other.

Democratic politics involves a series of multi-directional conversations. Effective conversations have the potential to engage, educate, and animate both citizens and governmental officials. On the individual level, discovering successful conversational strategies benefits both political and social interaction. This book offers guidelines for conducting effective conversations personally, politically, and beyond such that readers of this book are unlikely to ever again look at conversation in the same way. New technologies and social trends both challenge and potentially enhance traditional face-to-face and media dominated conversations. Understanding the state, quality and potential of political conversations provides a unique perspective for evaluating and potentially improving government "by the people."

Writing from The Huffington Post, Alan Keyes' RenewAmerica.us, TownHall.com and more debates hot button political issues. From media bias to women's rights, religion to global warming and President Obama to recent headliners Rod Blagojevich and Carrie Prejean, nothing and no one is off limits. As conservative Hartsock takes on the liberal agenda, Russin presents questions and background facts. This, all done with new short essays and color photos featuring both authors and Mint Owl tie designer Chris Cantoya - striking a pose in formal attire, jeans, lingerie or...nothing but a cooking apron.

What is GAAK? It's like ET--With teeth. It's like The Gremlins if they came from outer space and had great comic timing. GAAK is what you get when you mix Steven Spielberg's "The Goonies" with equal parts of classic 50's style creature feature movies like "The Invaders from Mars." When aliens from outer space invade a small suburban town and hatch a fiendish plot to take over the earth and meet the original cast of "Star Trek," four misfit kids named Zach, Jemmy, Plato, and Chubs set out to save the world--And all before bedtime. After all, tonight's a school night. Story by Darryl Hughes, art by Monique MacNaughton