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This selection of A.D. Hope's poetry was published in 1992, the first in Australia since 1973. It includes pieces from all his major collections, including The Wandering Islands, first published in 1955, his subsequent collections A Late Picking, Antechinus and The Age of Reason, and Orpheus (1991)....

Fairy tales don't always have happy endings. The hero doesn't always get his girl. True love's kiss doesn't always wake the sleeping princess. Finding the rabbit hole you fell through seems impossible when you've given up all hope of returning to the reality you once knew. The first time Jack...

Lilly and her brothers explore the woods surrounding the small town of Thunder Creek. One fateful day they stumble upon a sea of tall green grass and beautiful wild flowers. Lilly doesn’t notice the meadow; instead her eyes are drawn towards the edge where a large Victorian style house is hidden...

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. And superpowers distort perception. But even superheroes need help with the mundane things. When you’re the world’s premier costumed crusaders and things get broken, who ya gonna call? Because not all heroes have superpowers. And, if power corrupts,...

A short story that examines the relationship between time and money, explains why time travel won't make you rich and postulates just what might happen when scientists find their government grants being withdrawn. It doesn't explain the current global financial crisis but, then again, it might give...

The psychiatrist who broke into national prominence when it was revealed that Richard Nixon had consulted him, has written a book which history has demanded be written: an examination of the nature of the power drive and how it works in all men, whether they are vying for power in politics, in business,...

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who is considered to be the father of modern philosophy.  Kant’s writings continue to influence the philosophy in many fields including metaphysics, ethics, and political theory.  A.D. Lindsay was a British Baron and writer who wrote a book on Kant’s philosophy.  A table of contents is included.

Notorious for encountering problems on business trips, Aaron Johnson had been expecting something to go wrong at any moment. But when everything so far on his current trip had gone smoothly, he can’t help feeling just a little anxious that something really bad is going to happen. It’s a good...

Araneith, the dridder, has been terrorizing Ernsdale for as long as anyone can remember, claiming any villagers who dare trespass to her caverns. The village elder sends the legendary warrior Yuki the Brave to slay the monster, and Yuki is certain he can accomplish the task… But as Yuki crawls and...

Cracking an Academic Code: Rhetorical Strategies for Composition is a worktext designed for composition students to apply rhetorical theory in their writing. The exercises interconnect rhetorical skill work for students to practice "thinking on paper" in style, language, and conventions....

In the quest for quality, software developers have long focused on improving the internal architecture of their products. Larry L. Constantine--who originally created structured design to effect such improvement--now joins with well-known consultant Lucy A. D. Lockwood to turn the focus of software development...

Some commentators claim that Anselm's writings contain a second independent "modal ontological argument" for God's existence. A. D. Smith contends that although there is a second a priori argument in Anselm, it is not the modal argument. This "other argument" bears a striking resemblance to one that Duns Scotus would later employ.

After a chance meeting at a roadside diner and a sexual encounter that he will never forget, Joel asks his sexy stranger Lee to go to his brother’s wedding with him. What Joel hasn’t expected, is Lee actually showing up. Lee can’t take Joel off his mind after their little midday party...

In a not so distant future, a corporation called BuddyPay has taken over control of various governments around the world after a global economic collapse. BuddyPay controls everything, including what you are and are not allowed to think and do—even in the bedroom. Because of the ultraconservative...