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Working as the attending physician at the Home of Grace, a Christian rehabilitation center for addicts in Mississippi, Dr. C. L. Austin saw the devastating effects that addiction had on his patients there every day. Now he is on a mission to show young people the devastating effects of alcohol and...

The importance of the South in the development of the United States has always been clear, but in recent decades the rise of the sunbelt-politically, economically, and culturally-has made the significance of the region's history all the more apparent. In The Human Tradition in the Old South, Professor...

This book opens with a quotation from Albert Einstein, stating the case for socialism. Einstein, like almost every great mind of the 20th century who concerned himself or herself with the welfare of the working people, wanted common ownership and a democratic planned economy. But Einstein was stumped...

Shannon is five. Her first plane ride hit a flock of geese shortly after take-off, and landed in the Hudson River. Scared and confused, Shannon knows that everything will be alright, because the plane is in God’s hands. Based on the amazing river landing; January 15, 2009

Awakening The Trinity is divided into three chapters, "His God", "Himself", and "His Beloved." The book takes readers on three journeys that so many of us find ourselves on at one time, or another; three seemingly separate paths, all leading to one place, love.

Magical Swords, Elves and Horrifying Monsters – Welcome to the world of Fantasy Short Stories Fantasy Short Stories Issue 2 features five great fantasy tales—all of them set in traditional fantasy settings. “Sealed” by Noeleen Kavanagh is an evocative fantasy tale about Mara...

When Calony wakes up in the middle of a snowstorm, she has no idea where she is or how she got there. The shapeshifter Kestrin and wanderer Yaphen go with her on a journey to find out the secrets of her past. Answers which, in the end, may not be entirely welcome.

Originally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the history of revolutions during the interwar period and of the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. James, who was a leading Trotskyist activist in Britain, outlines Russia's transition...

Le désir n’a pas de prix… Delaine Talbot a un secret. Pour sauver sa famille d’une tragédie imminente, elle vend son corps aux enchères d’un club érotique très sélect de Chicago. À compter de ce jour et pendant deux ans, elle appartiendra à un seul homme : Noah Crawford, un riche et...

After spinning an enthralling world in Witchmark, praised as a "can't-miss debut" by Booklist, and as "thoroughly charming and deftly paced" by the New York Times, C. L. Polk continues the story in Stormsong. Magical cabals, otherworldly avengers, and impossible love affairs conspire to create a book...

Referencing some of the characters from my book of Flash Fiction, Daemons Lurk In Plain Sight. This Novelette paves the way for my trilogy that is set in the same world. Everything is a mystery to Fox, she doesn't even know her last name. The Gods throw her a curve ball when her brother Jasper...

Welcome to a world of insanity, wicked monks, sublime landscapes, romantic heroines, golems, vampires, and wanderers.... Essays on the relationship between fantasy fiction and the Gothic, including the Gothic classics Bram Stoker's Dracula, Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer, Ann Radcliffe's...

The Chinese government has attempted to bolster its legitimacy as a political response to emerging social, cultural, political, economic, environmental challenges and crises experienced during market-oriented reforms and rapid modernization in China. However, contrary to the Western preference for...

This heavily illustrated two-volume atlas is the most comprehensive "how-to" reference on surgery of the breast. The world's leading surgeons describe and demonstrate the most advanced and successful techniques for all types of general surgery, aesthetic, and reconstructive procedures—oncologic...