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Pense em um personagem preguiçoso e sensual, a um só tempo índio, negro e branco. Esse é o nosso herói, Macunaíma, símbolo de um povo em formação. Ele nasce negro, em uma aldeia indígena. Já na infância, manifesta sua principal característica: a preguiça, e desde tenra idade sofre...

16 Short Fantasy Stories written exclusively for this anthologyTake a Glimpse into 16 fantasy worlds with this anthology of short fiction by some of the brightest new fantasy fiction talent.Download this amazing collection of fantastic stories and find your next favourite fantasy author today.Stories...

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...

This anthology collects all 25 original stories from the fourth year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. Manuals for memory tourism, a secret order of monks that tries to use a scriptural technicality to put off the end of the world indefinitely, a friendly nonbinary...

In this latest volume of Fiction River, editor Dean Wesley Smith pulls together an eclectic but cohesive group of stories filled with difficult decisions. From a man who must question the line between justice and vengeance to a teenage fixer fighting hypocrisy to a post-apocalyptic survivor’s mission...

Completely revised and edited throughout, includes four new chapters covering electrical distribution systems; motors and drives; building commissioning; and the impact of human behavior on facility energy management. Also updated are chapters on lighting, HVAC systems, web based building automation...

This is one of the most heart-warming, short Christmas stories you'll come across in a long, long time. It's about a rich little girl, Angel, who walks away from her governess and gets lost going home. She finds herself in a "magic" garden, unexpectedly overhearing the trials and tribulations...

Anthropology and the Politics of Representation examines the inherently problematic nature of representation and description of living people, specifically in ethnography and more generally in anthropological work as a whole.   In Anthropology and the Politics of Representation volume...

The goal of this book is to bring to the forefront the huge benefits to energy and facility managers of the emergence and continuing development of technologies and applications in the area of energy information and control systems. This wave of information technology (IT) and web-based energy information...

Acupuncture is rapidly moving out of the arena of "alternative" medicine, in large part because it is grounded more firmly than other alternative treatments in research. This book provides readers with the up-to-date information on the clinical bases of acupuncture.

Reformed Forum is a Christian non-profit organization that exists to assist the church in her call to discipleship. We serve the church by communicating the riches of our theological tradition and advancing it according to our confessional boundaries through in-depth research and scholarly discourse. In...

Where would a culture be without its heroes and their acts of courage? How can a society survive without strength and hope? It is in the dark times and in moments of weakness that stories of courage and strength, those which promise hope, have the most value.  This issue explores the redemptive...

Primary mediastinal tumors are relatively rare. The relative incidence of these tumors indicates that neurogenic tumors are the most common tumor seen constituting 21 % of all cases, thymomas 19%, lymphomas 12.5%, germ cell tumors 10%, primary carcinomas 4.6%, mesenchymal tumors 6%, endocrine tumors...

The Archimedes device.Throughout history, the protectors of its secrets have sacrificed their fortunes, their happiness, and even their lives. And when the device comes unexpectedly into the life of Rebecca Sanders, its effect is no less profound.Rebecca’s journey begins with the unsettling...