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Jonathan Daniel Wells and Jennifer R. Green provide a series of provocative essays reflecting innovative, original research on professional and commercial interests in the nineteenth-century South, a place often seen as being composed of just two classes -- planters and slaves. Rather, an active middle...

Ende des Jahres 2037 halten die Arkoniden immer noch die Erde besetzt. Ein Ende der Herrschaft des Großen Imperiums ist nicht abzusehen, obwohl der Widerstand dagegen langsam wächst. Doch die Menschen sind technisch zu rückständig, als dass sie einen entscheidenden Schlag landen könnten. Dann...

März 2049: Aus dem Großen Roten Fleck des Jupiter dringen plötzlich geheimnisvolle Impulse. Kurz darauf erscheinen Walzenschiffe der Maahks in der Umlaufbahn des Riesenplaneten. Im Wrack eines der Schiffe wird ein rätselhafter Fremder entdeckt, der seine Erinnerung verloren hat. Perry Rhodan muss...

Alternate histories. Alternate realities. It’s said that every choice creates multiple timelines, each one exploring what could have happened if a different decision had been made. Most of these alternate histories stem from different outcomes to a pivotal battle, or to an assassination attempt,...

Traces the sources of power and large-scale organization of prehistoric peoples among Archaic societies. By focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artifacts, and their widespread exchange, this...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...

This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta's narrative. Volume III ended with Ibn Battuta's appointment by the Sultan of Delhi to accompany an embassy to China. In Volume IV he describes his journey to the coast where he embarked near Cambay and sailed to Calicut. Here the ships which were...

Many Christians want to witness for their faith, but they are afraid they will not be able to answer questions that others may ask of them. First Peter 3:15 reminds believers to always be prepared to "make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you." Norman Geisler and...

Everyone loves a good bedtime story... Even better would be twenty-six diverse bedtime stories, in eighteen different genres, written by twenty very different, fantastic, Award-winning  and Five-star authors.  These stories truly bring something for everyone, from the terrifying to...

Quelle aventure! Toute l'équipe s'est réunie dans un chalet, et Charlie et Adam doivent s'entraider pour affronter une terrible épreuve. Quant au fier capitaine des Estacades, il est en proie au doute et à la frustration, avec la présence – trop envahissante à son goût! – de Denis dans sa famille. Leur amitié survivra-t-elle à cette dispute?

Ah, l'amour! Dans notre famille, notre équipe, avec nos amis ou une personne qui nous est spéciale, l'amour apporte souvent des doutes et des questions! Mais il est aussi une grande source de réconfort et de motivation, comme l'apprendront Fabien, Mouf, Véronique et Pierre, alors qu'ils seront appelés à relever de nouveaux défis…

Devant l'adversité, ne faut-il pas redoubler d'ardeur? C'est lorsque les enjeux sont grands que l'on reconnaît les vrais gagnants; et Pierre, comme ses coéquipiers des Estacades, comprendra vite qu'on ne remporte pas ses plus durs combats sans efforts ni persévérance… Ainsi, alors que le Tournoi...

Young Rasheed is a must read urban story that will captivate you with its tension and release of raw street drama. Be prepared to go on a journey with Rasheed Kimble as he demonstrates his bravado in revenging his best friend, Curtis Browns death, and simultaneously climbing the merit ladder of the...

In July 1947, something crashed in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico. What that object was, as well as what happened in the days following the crash, has been hotly disputed ever since. Did the United States government cover up the existence of an extraterrestrial UFO? Were alien bodies recovered...