M M Thompson: 146 books

Even well-established town criers can face disruption by new technology. What happens when something better than the spoken word comes along?The Royal Road in the kingdom of Kesteva runs nearly 1,000 miles from the southeastern marchlands to the northwest coast. A tavern tale sometimes told by upperclass...

Seven stories from The Royal Road, a highway of merchants, pilgrims, princes and commoners, translated from Old Kestevan into modern English. Here are stories of hedge wizards, real wizards, trolls, gnolls, adventurers and kitchen-scrubbers. The translator makes no claims as to their provenance or accuracy.

this story is about a young man who chose crime for a living. he had a problem with women though until he met a special woman who managed to revive his pride. he eventually married her but the marriage missed the element of love on both sides. he met her friends and he started a casual relationship...

Sam, Stanley, Michael and Joseph were life time friends. They needed to migrate to South Africa. They approached labor broker for jobs in South Africa. The agency would take responsibility after the were beyond the river. Two cars appeared and they transported the friends to the registration center. Nothing...

Caswell was born and raised by parents who did not find time for their siblings. When he met his wife, he was already employed but his wife was still attending high school. She later dropped out of school and he eventually married her. She turned out to be unstable and insecure. They had three children...

four young ex-guerillas arrived at the border post but they could not cross the border because their false documents were soaking wet. by then rain had long stopped faliing. a man in a truck is waiting for them on the other side of the border. while he is waiting, a sexy woman appears. they end up...

He's young, she's hot and perfect for his taste. A husband won't stand in the way of getting what he wants.

The nature of the US political system, with its overlapping powers, intense partisanship, and continuous scrutiny from the media and public, complicates the conduct of foreign policy. While numerous presidents have struggled under the weight of these conditions, Theodore Roosevelt thrived and is widely...

What is the essence of a war museum?The Royal Road in the kingdom of Kesteva runs nearly 1,000 miles from the southeastern marchlands to the northwest coast. A tavern tale sometimes told by upperclass engineering students at the Royal University in Roxen starts with the proposition that the Road's...

Now you're playing with… TERROR Demons stalk the circuit boards. Phantoms roam the arcade. Programmers embed occult secrets into the code. Madness spreads from player to player like a virus. Virtual and augmented reality are haunted by unspeakable forces. Doom-cursed warriors live and die...

*A Christmas with the Prince* Prince Zach has been married to the beautiful Anna for years. Not only do they have a little prince, but they also have a little princess on the way... and just in time for Christmas, too! Find out what happened to the prince and his beautiful bride—and what...

The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing Chinese and Western philosophy and religion....

The definitive guide to queueing theory and its practical applications—features numerous real-world examples of scientific, engineering, and business applications Thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect the latest developments in the field, Fundamentals of Queueing Theory, Fifth Edition...

First published in 1935, this is widely regarded as the most definitive and comprehensive biography of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), the French lawyer and politician who would become one of the best-known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution...