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Nineteen stories of triumph in the past, present, future, and other worlds“She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.”Those were the words of Mitch McConnell after he banned Senator Elizabeth Warren from speaking on the floor of the United States Senate....

This “toothy follow-up to Datlow’s first-rate Blood Is Not Enough” offers “admirably inventive variations on vampirism” (Kirkus Reviews).   Featuring stories by Jonathan Carroll, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Robert Silverberg, A Whisper of Blood is a “consistently engrossing anthology”...

History, invention, the power of deduction…Clockwork Chaos is more than goggles and gears. It is about order and structure and timing striving for mechanical perfection. But in an era where mass production does not yet exist, the unique machinery brought forth into the world is at times bound to fall...

Tolkien’s wizard Gandalf, Wagner’s Valkyrie Brünnhilde, Marvel’s superhero the Mighty Thor, the warrior heading for Valhalla in Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song,” and Donald Crisp’s portrayal of Leif Eriksson in the classic film The Viking—these are just a few examples of how Icelandic...

In an empire of technology and power, a populace of once magical beings has been stripped of their abilities using cruel injections. Forced to relocate to crowded cities, they are pressed into mundane, toil laden lives. The only escape comes from the Weave, a device that allows you to log in and become...

Imagine that your school sends you on your own to another planet to do a project about that planet!Well, that is exactly what happens to someone from another planet, who is sent to Earth to do a school project. The polite young alien adopts the appearance of an Earth child. It was the best...

- DEUXIEME EDITION REVUE ET CORRIGEE - Glavâ, de la tribu des Tsoh, décide de s'enfuir avec sa sœur Amhao pour échapper à un mariage qui la répugne et empêcher sa sœur de mourir sacrifiée. Profitant d’un tremblement de terre, elles gagnent la forêt pendant la nuit. Leur destin croise...

Dans un futur lointain, la Terre est devenue, du fait de sa surexploitation par l'espèce humaine, un immense désert desséché. Les quelques communautés restantes limitent les naissances et incitent les humains à pratiquer l'euthanasie pour obtenir une mort plus rapide. Targ, sa femme, sa sœur,...

"Seven Neighborhoods in Detroit: Recipes from the City is the essential Detroit Cookbook for everyone who loves this city!"Detroit was built on innovation and that can also be said of its most famous dishes. While exploring the seven neighborhoods in this Detroit Cookbook, you’ll discover Detroit’s...

At first sight it may appear strange that a volume of Progress in Pediatric Surgery should be devoted to the history of our specialty. One assumes that progress is concerned primarily with recent developments whilst history deals with matters of the past. However, in the past there has also been considerable...

Reviews latest research on zoonoses affecting poultry meat such as Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as methods for their control on the poultry farm and in the slaughterhouse Summarises advances in understanding and optimising poultry quality traits such as flavour, colour, tenderness, shelf life...

This encyclopedia presents phenomenological thought and the phenomenological movement within philosophy and within more than a score of other disciplines on a level accessible to professional colleagues of other orientations as well as to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Entries average...

This clear and nuanced introduction explores the Philippines’ ongoing and deeply charged dilemma of state-society relations through a historical treatment of state formation and the corresponding conflicts and collaboration between government leaders and social forces. Patricio N. Abinales and Donna...

As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons, we began to publish in 1974 this series of Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. This series was first discussed in 1972...