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In 1855, when Chicago's recently elected mayor Levi Boone pushed through a law forbidding the sale of alcohol on Sunday, the city pushed back. To the German community, the move seemed a deliberate provocation from Boone's stridently anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party. Beer formed the centerpiece of German...

Reviews advances in understanding and improving the welfare of dairy cattle;  Summarises current research on rumen biology, digestion and ways of optimising nutrition of dairy cattle from grazing to feed and feed supplements;  Discusses latest developments in maintaining the health of dairy cattle, including the genetics of disease resistance and dairy herd health management

The Femme Fatales Of Horror. Volume 2. Women, so often referred to as the gentler sex, in this volume at least, is an unfounded and unlikely description. From their minds and pens comes a series of macabre, twisted, tales that are anything but gentle. But as they weave their magic, usually black,...

Holy Moley Sci-Fi Fans!!! The funbelievable fourteenth volume of the Golden Age of Science Fiction!! Featuring: Problem on Balak, by Roger Dee Star, Bright, by Mark Clifton Man in a Sewing Machine, by L.J. Stecher Point of Departure, by Vaughan Shelton Of All Possible Worlds, by William Tenn End as...

Imagination' was one of the most successful science fiction magazines of its time. While many of it contemporaries tried to push literary boundaries, 'Imagination' focused on adventure and space opera, assuring its financial success. Here are some of the finest stories ever to appear in its pages....

Ten of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. A great compilation of tales for all tastes with the great geniuses of literature in his most acclaimed works.  This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: ...

Long before Sherlock Holmes entered the public domain as a character, a few dedicated authors "borrowed" Holmes and Watson without permission for their own work. Here are 5 classic early (and completely unauthorized) tales featuring the world's greatest detective (sometimes under not-so-cunningly disguised...

Worlds of If was a three time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. Worlds of If discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the third in our Worlds of If series with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. ‘The Yillian Way’...

SHORTLISTED IN THE 2016 CHATELAINE ROMANCE NOVEL COMPETITION SEMI-FINALIST IN THE 2017 KINDLE BOOK AWARDS 2018 B.R.A.G MEDALLION HONOREE Victoria Smith's life seems dreary until someone knocks on a sealed door inside her London bookshop.  When Tori discovers it's not a ghost...

The Isles of Krake is part four of a sword and sorcery series that has all the tropes of high fantasy and fast-paced adventure.The stories are rounded, have independent endings and can be read as standalone shorts. Read together, they make for a longer adventure.Watch out for the upcoming fifth...

Sword of the sands is the first part of a sword and sorcery series that has all the tropes of high fantasy and fast-paced adventure.The stories are rounded, have independent endings and can be read as standalone shorts. Read together, they make for a longer adventure.This first story...

Popular culture helps construct, define, and impact our everyday realities and must be taken seriously because popular culture is, simply, popular. Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture brings together communication experts with diverse backgrounds, from interpersonal communication, business...

Pin Carpue is on his own in the world. His mother is dead and his father is missing after being labeled a suspect in a rash of murders. Pin finds a job working for the local undertaker as a body watcher, making sure people are really dead before they're buried. The body he's supposed to be watching...

Quick-witted and nimble, Rheyo has grown through the ranks of the Crimson Blade, earning a reputation for speed and dispatch as the youngest hunter in the Assassins’ Guild. Raised by The Master herself, Rheyo’s skill is unmatched, even by those with far more experience. With too many missions...