Dickson: 506 books

They called their secret society Members of the Human Race, but the majority of humanity preferred to call them "the Inhumans." That's because it was generally believed that they were a vicious masked gang of vivisectionists, mutators, and monster-makers.

What if we saved planet Earth? What if we conceded that there is no technical solution? What if we adopted all the recommendations of environmentalists, restricted our own freedoms, and changed our ways tomorrow? What would the future look like then? What would humanity look like?The Yates twins, Anna...

To Dust We Shall Return In the near post apocalyptic future, the balance of nature tips the wrong way. No one thinks about how much we depend on being able to grow food for ourselves. Until we can't anymore. A disease has infected every growing plant on Earth. Fruits trees and vegetables alike are...

Allison has escaped an apocalyptic nightmare in the streets of what was once New York City only to find herself trapped in a secret research facility below ground. Trapped and pursued by genetically engineered plants. They had been designed to save a starving world. Now, they want to feast on her...

'Unge can do a lot with a little.' - The Guardian, Best Short Stories of 2011.  'It Was Just, Yesterday is both atmospheric and menacing.' - The Manchester Review, Read the full review here. 'Unge has an unusual and arresting style that is worthy of recognition. At times, there is real...

The English Renaissance has long been considered a period with a particular focus on imitation; however, much related scholarship has misunderstood or simply marginalized the significance of emulative practices and theories in the period. This work uses the interactions of a range of English Renaissance...

Reconnecting with the Heart offers a new theoretical and practical approach to understanding and managing feelings. We categorise feelings as either negative or positive, which means that we censor the expression of some while insisting on others. Learning to understand the whole range of emotions...

I purpose to present an outline of the great, sacred struggle for the liberty of science—a struggle which has lasted for so many centuries, and which yet continues. A hard contest it has been; a war waged longer, with battles fiercer, with sieges more persistent, with strategy more shrewd than in any...

Set in a public housing project in San Francisco, Lam's memoir explores his transformation from a teenage graffiti writer to a high school teacher working with troubled youth while navigating the secret violence in his immigrant's family's past.

No man in Louisiana would have believed the fearless advocate John Laronde might be panicked by a snapshot. But it had taken him quite by surprise. It had come so suddenly. Everything was going along as normal for John Laronde. Now a prominent attorney in Louisiana, he was certain he and Ruth had...

Inside the World’s Major East Asian Collections examines the rise of the “LAM,” an acronym that stands for libraries, archives and museums. In doing so, this book profiles leading experts—librarians, archivists and museum curators—who specialise in East Asian collections from across the world....

It is impossible to imagine the future of academic libraries without an extensive consideration of open access—the removal of price and permission barriers from scholarly research online. As textbook and journal subscription prices continue to rise, improvements in technology make online dissemination...

Law in Northern Ireland is the essential textbook for all students of Northern Ireland's legal system. Changes to this new edition – some of them substantial – have been made to every section, taking full account of five years of developments. The book explores the evolution of law-making in Northern...