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Steam
9 Tales Powered By Steampunk
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
9 Tales Powered By Steampunk
Table of Contents 1. "Blazing Bodices" by Robert Jeschonek 2. "From the Files of Her Majesty's Clandestine Service" by James Palmer 3. "Aetherium, Book 1: Assassins of the Steam Age" by Joseph Robert Lewis 4. "Heart" by Leslie Claire Walker 5. "Riding the Mainspring"...
Reproductive Technologies
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2003
Over a decade ago the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies,...
You Really Liked That?
Stories from Pulphouse Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019
The readers, the fans, the reviewers all weighed in over the first year of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Five issues, almost 100 stories. They raved about some stories, liked others, and found some eye-opening, shall we say?
And editor Dean Wesley Smith kept track.
So now, as promised...
by Joshua Palmatier, S.C. Butler, Seanan McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Everyone has their eyes set on the black depths of space … but what about the deep abysses of the ocean? What dark monsters swim unseen beneath the waves? What ancient wonders lie hidden, waiting to be discovered? What sirens call, either here on Earth or in the icy waters of a...
Duty, Honor, Country
8 Tales Of Bravery And Heroism
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
"The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war,” Douglas MacArthur
"Return to Honor" by Doug Beason "For Her Dark Eyes Only" by M. L. Buchman "The Spring" by Harvey Stanbrough "Frozen Heart" by J. D. Brink...
Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1
With linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
Edited by H. L. Gold; ‘Galaxy Science Fiction’ hit the scene in 1950 and quickly became the leading science fiction magazine of its time. Galaxy gave a home to writers that didn't fit into Astounding and F&SF, and readers rejoiced. In this first ‘Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack’ we bring...
by Rebecca L. Brown, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, M. Pax
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
They roll in from unknown places, mysterious and unexplained. They take root, take over, spread to all corners and refuse to be eradicated. No one can say why they came, but there's no arguing that they're up to no good. These plants are out for blood, and getting rid of them will take a certain kind...
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
by Margaret A. Boden, Liane Gabora, Apara Ranjan
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Experts describe current perspectives and experimental approaches to understanding the neural bases of creativity.
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the latest neuroscientific approaches to the scientific study of creativity. In chapters that progress logically from neurobiological...
The Historian behind the History
Conversations with Southern Historians
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
The Historian behind the History brings together a collection of valuable interviews with prominent southern historians conducted over the course of a decade by graduate students in the University of Alabama’s history program for the journal Southern History. In the interviews, ten notable southern...
by Arthur Conan Doyle, James F.J. Archibald, J. Castel Hopkins and The Editors of New Word City
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
In more than one respect, the Boer war in South Africa was a surprise to the world two tiny Boer republics presented a defiant ultimatum to a great empire, fought with skill and deadly effect, and some of the British colonies that were supposed to be the most independent eagerly mustered volunteer regiments...
Teaching Peace
Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003
This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the...
Genetic Influences on Addiction
An Intermediate Phenotype Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
A comprehensive review of research examining intermediary mechanisms to understand the link between genetic variation and addiction liability.
Although there is scientific consensus that genetic factors play a substantial role in an individual's vulnerability to drug or alcohol addiction, specific...
Jury Ethics
Juror Conduct and Jury Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Trial by jury is one of the most important aspects of the U.S. legal system. A reflective look at how juries actually function brings out a number of ethical questions surrounding juror conduct and jury dynamics: Do citizens have a duty to serve as jurors? Might they seek exemptions? Is it acceptable...