M J Thompson: 58 books

Even well-established town criers can face disruption by new technology. What happens when something better than the spoken word comes along?The Royal Road in the kingdom of Kesteva runs nearly 1,000 miles from the southeastern marchlands to the northwest coast. A tavern tale sometimes told by upperclass...

Seven stories from The Royal Road, a highway of merchants, pilgrims, princes and commoners, translated from Old Kestevan into modern English. Here are stories of hedge wizards, real wizards, trolls, gnolls, adventurers and kitchen-scrubbers. The translator makes no claims as to their provenance or accuracy.

this story is about a young man who chose crime for a living. he had a problem with women though until he met a special woman who managed to revive his pride. he eventually married her but the marriage missed the element of love on both sides. he met her friends and he started a casual relationship...

Sam, Stanley, Michael and Joseph were life time friends. They needed to migrate to South Africa. They approached labor broker for jobs in South Africa. The agency would take responsibility after the were beyond the river. Two cars appeared and they transported the friends to the registration center. Nothing...

Caswell was born and raised by parents who did not find time for their siblings. When he met his wife, he was already employed but his wife was still attending high school. She later dropped out of school and he eventually married her. She turned out to be unstable and insecure. They had three children...

four young ex-guerillas arrived at the border post but they could not cross the border because their false documents were soaking wet. by then rain had long stopped faliing. a man in a truck is waiting for them on the other side of the border. while he is waiting, a sexy woman appears. they end up...

What is the essence of a war museum?The Royal Road in the kingdom of Kesteva runs nearly 1,000 miles from the southeastern marchlands to the northwest coast. A tavern tale sometimes told by upperclass engineering students at the Royal University in Roxen starts with the proposition that the Road's...

The fifth volume in this series is focused on the chemical and physical interactions between rocks undergoing metamorphism and the fluids that they generate and that pass through them. The recognition that such pro­ cesses can profoundly affect the course of metamorphism has resulted in a number...

Jas M. Sullivan and Ashraf M. Esmail’s African American Identity: Racial and Cultural Dimensions of the Black Experience is a collection which makes use of multiple perspectives across the social sciences to address complex issues of race and identity. The contributors tackle questions about what...

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...

Women who came of age in the late twentieth century were raised in the era of choice; they grew up believing that reproductive decision-making is a political right, a responsibility of women living the successes of second wave feminism, and under their control. Contemplating Maternity in an Era of...

How can today’s educators teach academic content to students with moderate and severe developmental disabilities—while helping all students meet Common Core State Standards? This text has answers for K-12 teachers, straight from 37 experts in special and general education. A followup...

Leprechauns are out to get me. I'm not kidding. They're real, and they're a**holes. I'll tell you why. And while I'm at it, I'll tell you about the two guys who took on Hades's demons on a drunken dare. What they brought back you'll never believe. I also heard about a dude who answered a help wanted...