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More portals, including science fiction ones that either take to other worlds, aliens, back in time or other dimensions. With some traditional portal fantasy and a couple of weird tales of passages between worlds. 10 portal stories of discovery that sometimes lead to love. "And Then There...

Drawing on ethnographic accounts of children's media-referenced play, this book explores children's engagement with media cultures and playground experiences, analyzing a range of issues such as learning, fantasy, communication and identity.

Our Second Civil War was over in minutes - while the conflict took decades. As in all wars, both sides lost heavily and then proclaimed victory. I knew this all too well, serving as a paramedic to patch up their wounded and dying. I'd gotten myself into 'Cagga to solve my nightmares....

     The content in this special two-volume anthology details the many facets of aikido as it was formulated by Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969). Each chapter contributes to a piece of the aikido puzzle by providing historical details, insightful technical drills (bare handed and with...

The Bible has a way of shocking us. If Americans could still blush, we might blush at the words, "Rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love" (Proverbs 5:18-19). But, of course, sin...

'A rival for M.C. Beaton' Frost Magazine. DECEMBER, 1939. Having solved the case of the Suffolk Vampire, Inspector Betty Church and her colleagues at Sackwater Police Station have settled back down to business. There's the elderly Mr Fern who keeps losing his slippers, Sylvia Satin's...

Recent work on empathy theory, research, and applications, by scholars from disciplines ranging from neuroscience to psychoanalysis. There are many reasons for scholars to investigate empathy. Empathy plays a crucial role in human social interaction at all stages of life; it is thought to help...

The great challenge for the Christian in a post-Christian context is how to impact this fallen world with our faith. In Making a Difference, beloved theologianR. C. Sproul shows readers how to confront today's moral and social issues with an effective biblical response. Dr. Sproul first examines the...

Angela was more than a friend. She was a go-to girl:  The only person her bff Callie could confide in. Or so she thought. "Heeeey, Angie-Angie-Angela-la. Come over Saturday night. Callie and I are together, again. And we want to celebrate the hap-hap-happy news." When...

Ten years after the world ended, mankind is poised to ascend once more from the rubble . . .   In the zombie riddled warzones that compose the devastated United States, the living dead are not the only threat against life and liberty. Madmen, slavers, raiders, and warlords struggle...

GCSE Maths Book 3 of 3 Shape, Space, Statistics and Probability (164 pages) provides a detailed study of shapes (their properties and measurement), statistics and probability . The book contains a wealth of worked examples and exercises accompanied by worked answers. The content material is appropriate...

In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on militia and the Minutemen of the...

This book introduces the topics most relevant to autonomously flying flapping wing robots: flapping-wing design, aerodynamics, and artificial intelligence. Readers can explore these topics in the context of the "Delfly", a flapping wing robot designed at Delft University in The Netherlands. How...

DESCRIPTION: Appropriate for GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level specifications in Pure Mathematics. • Our ‘Algebra…the way to do it’ Textbook covers the level of algebra required • Our ‘Trigonometry…the way to do it’ Textbook covers the trigonometry required •...