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The Power of Imagination Our imaginations are often treated as relics of our childhood. We are told to grow up and leave that sense of awe and wonder behind. What if these modernistic tendencies were entirely wrong? What if we were meant to live enchanted lives, seeing the world with the joy and amazement? This...

Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives is a volume featuring the most current research in biblical scholarship. This collection will whet the reader's appetite for cutting-edge research and encourage a closer look at some of the familiar passages that may have...

When America's debt to the Chinese government reaches the point where it's impossible to pay, President James "Jimmy" Connors is faced with the most difficult choice of his life: Relinquish control of America to the Chinese, or face a nuclear war that will devastate the entire nation.When...

Difficile, nella stagione della crisi e della disuguaglianza, trovare qualcuno che creda nella politica. Anche il voto, quando c’è, è dettato dalla rabbia e dal risentimento assai più che dalla speranza di un cambiamento. Che fare dunque? Costruire e praticare una politica alternativa, all’insegna...

SHORT STORIES: The Wasteland by Marc Schooley He lives in a bubble. It’s a nice artificial 72 degrees year-round. Because it’s that or the death moss. Welcome to Houston’s future, where a lone rover goes on patrol to burn off the toxic moss that encroaches on the city’s...

La paura dell'abbandono porterà Sophie a legarsi a persone sbagliate fino a quando la sua vita prenderà una piega pericolosa.

Three disturbing stories about the dangers of falling in love - an incompetent Cupid prepares for Valentine's Day, but his arrows melt faces, not hearts; a man's art exhibition conceals a macabre secret; and a betrayed bride makes unfaithful lovers regret their vow of 'til death us do part'. All their victims are bound by an unsettling truth - too much love can kill you.

Don’t give your lover roses, give them nightmares. Ten disturbing stories about the dangers of falling in love. Nothing says ‘I love you’ like giving your lover a heart for Valentine’s. Especially when it’s ripped from their body before they’ve drawn their last breath. “I’d...

1645. The year Scotland died.   "Ring a ring of roses."   Dirty white rags dangled from windows, like hanging men left on gallows for the city to witness their shame.   The Bubonic Plague is ravaging Edinburgh. Despite the council's best...

1645. The year Scotland died."Ring a ring of roses."Dirty white rags dangled from windows, like hanging men left on gallows for the city to witness their shame.The Bubonic Plague is ravaging Edinburgh. Despite the council's best efforts, people are dying. Soon there will...

Stop a psychopath, or save an entire city from starvation? That is the choice a young sixteen-year-old guardsman, named Kosai, must make. The country Tessír is suffering from a great economic depression, the worst of which is felt in the capital city Noiknaer, a city known for schools of trade and...

Nicole Van Dyne is a top notch industrial engineer. She's also a woman in a man's profession. She's building up a new consulting business, and she's landed a job with an oil company to fix their malfunctioning deep sea oil rig. Now she's alone on a drilling platform with five men who don't trust or...

** New Lower Price ** Erin is taking this cruise to the Bahamas for sand and sun. She's not looking for a man. She's content to remain in the shadow of her on-the-prowl friend. Erin certainly didn't expect to feel such a magnetic connection to Guntur, an Asian staffer on the ship. Flirtation...

Nicole continues building her career as a consultant in industrial engineering. On this project, she's working with a team of four burly lumberjacks deep in the piney woods. They show her how they cut down trees. Nicole returns the favor and shows them everything she knows about handling wood. This...