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How did an uneducated commoner become the king's Chief Guard? Why did the town of Maldon end up with such an inept mayor? What really happened in the undocumented incident that left two powerful captains dead? And was the top councillor completely honest throughout his career? Enjoy these behind-the-scenes glimpses into the world of A Quiet Rebellion.

As a child, Suzanne survived an invasion of her homeworld that left her an orphan. Now, she barely survives each day as she hauls freight across the Void while battling disease, phobia and crushing isolation. Her life is without meaning or importance...at least to all but two men: a ruthless psychopath...

Robust Control Design with MATLAB® (second edition) helps the student to learn how to use well-developed advanced robust control design methods in practical cases. To this end, several realistic control design examples from teaching-laboratory experiments, such as a two-wheeled, self-balancing robot,...

A masterly synthesis of the history of the contemporary world, The World Since 1945 offers the ideal introduction to the events of the period between the end of the Second World War and the present day. P. M. H. Bell and Mark Gilbert balance a clear narrative with in-depth analysis to guide the reader...

This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. Chapters on Romantic and Victorian literary culture written by leading scholars in the field join in conversation with Woodring’s teachings on literature and visual art and his commentaries on American...

Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...

Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture. The brain and the nervous system are our most cultural organs. Our nervous system is especially immature at birth, our brain disproportionately...

From the Preface: To travel over the ground where these cattle once grazed in countless numbers and see the domestic kind now driven to the pastures by little children; to see the broad prairies, where formerly a ride of a thousand miles would not reveal a furrow or fence, now checkered over with...

Roses, cupid’s arrows, chocolate—chocolate? Screw chocolate! Queer up Valentine’s Day instead with these hilarious, heartbreaking (sometimes deliciously filthy) valentines by a posse of queer authors who have a fresh, occasionally revolutionary (always, insightful) take on love.  This...

Boomer woman and solo traveler Merry Watson finds herself in a Michigan city that's very different from Detroit. A disillusioned veteran feels he has no reason to live, until Merry helps him realize how valued and loved he is. Then she shows him a path that reinvigorates his zest for living.

Octavianne, huitième fille de la reine d’Elgem, a grandi dans le palais royal. À seize ans, sa sœur aînée régnante veut la marier contre son gré. Acculée, Octavianne s’enfuit et mène une vie d’errance, avant d’intégrer une école de magie runique où elle apprend à maîtriser ses...

Seule héritière légitime du trône, Octavianne se retrouve reine d’Elgem malgré elle, un destin qu’elle n’a jamais voulu. Et cette succession ne va pas sans heurt : elle fait l’objet de mystérieuses agressions à plusieurs reprises. D’autres défis l’attendent, comme aider son peuple...

Well into the twenty-first century, the United States remains one of the most highly religious industrial democracies on earth. Recent Gallup surveys suggest that 76 percent of Americans believe that the Bible is divinely inspired or the direct word of God. In Medieval America, Andrew M Koch and Paul...

This collection of essays extends the conversation on communication ethics and crisis communication to offer practical wisdom for meeting the challenges of a complex and ever-changing world. In multiple contexts ranging from the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and family to the political and public,...