M West: 74 books
Mirages and Speculations
Science Fiction and Fantasy from the Desert
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2017
Is the glimmer on the horizon a lake, shimmering under the hot desert sun – or a flying saucer visiting from a distant planet? Are those swirling clouds dust devils or djinn? In Mirages and Speculations seventeen authors of science fiction and fantasy take you on journeys to high mountain deserts,...
by Graham J. Adams, Rogelio Dario Barolin, Nancy Cardoso Pereira
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2019
Resistance against unjust (wicked) cultures and imperial powers is at the heart of scripture. In many cases, the resistance is waged against external systems or the misappropriation of scriptural texts and traditions. In some cases, however, scripture resists oppressive cultures and powers that it...
In Principle, In Practice
Museums as Learning Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice...
J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan In and Out of Time
A Children's Classic at 100
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
Celebrating 100 years of Peter Pan, this fourth volume in the Centennial Studies series explores the cultural contents of Barrie's creation and the continuing impact of Peter Pan on children's literature and popular culture today, especially focusing on the fluctuations of time and narrative strategies....
Sexperts & Sexpots: The Playboy Interview
50 Years of the Playboy Interview
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The revolutionaries who proved sex could be a legitimate topic of scientific inquiry and the women who have fueled endless male fantasies are revealed in wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From big-screen bombshells Raquel Welch and Sharon Stone to carnal...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Childbirth
The Support You Need for the Birth You Want
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Thoughtful planning so mom and her supporters are ready when the baby is!
A midwife helps expecting mothers decide how natural they want their labor to be, what birthing methods are available, and the type of professional they want present. It helps women weigh factors, prepare mentally, make...
Trace the Stars
LTUE Benefit Anthologies, #1
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
Exciting Space Opera and Hard Science Fiction Tales from Award-Winning and Up-and-Coming Writers
A consultant discovers how to communicate effectively with ancient, alien beings who have an entirely different perspective on the universe. A human becomes a hero for his actions after he dies....
A Journey of Words
35 Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
From Scout Media comes A Journey of Words—the second volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world.
In this installation, the authors will lead the reader to destinations unknown; from the heartbreak of driving to visit a loved one for the last...
In Shambles
A Scarlett Nightmare, #1
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
In Shambles … that was my life. I sat in a cell all day wondering what could have been. Thinking about it only made me feel worse. I was lost until someone left me this book about people just like me. People that made mistakes … people that tried to redeem themselves … people that failed. It...
by Dorothy West, Adelaide M. Cromwell
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
This stunning first novel by the author of The Wedding is one of only a handful of novels published by black women during the 1940s. It tells the story of Cleo Judson-daughter of southern sharecroppers and wife of "Black Banana King" Bart Judson. Cleo seeks to recreate her original family by urging her...
by Daniel Arthur Smith, Eamon Ambrose, P.K. Tyler
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This Fourth Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned is loaded with seventeen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from thirteen of today’s top speculative fiction writers.
Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction,...
Theistic Evolution
A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Many prominent Christians insist that the church must yield to contemporary evolutionary theory and therefore modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life. They argue that God used—albeit in an undetectable way—evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. Featuring two...
Religion, Culture, and International Conflict
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics
Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence...