Washington, DC.One possible future.Once again, winter descends mid-September. Crops have failed, store shelves are barren, and hyperinflation ravages the economy. Riots grip the cities. Civil rights are gone, swept away by a terrified government teetering on the verge of collapse. Internationally, China threatens war with Russia over a disputed region of Siberia.Two researchers and a Russian spy uncover a tattered journal i...

Emily is looking forward to an exciting weekend but gets a surprise visitor in her office before. A nice 'n' naughty short story

Alex Rhodes is at a loose end. In spite of the zombie apocalypse, the world is still turning and Alex—for lack of a better option—sets out to track down the love of his life. Aided by an unwilling sidekick and a self-proclaimed Ruler of the Undead, Alex fights to survive long enough to finally go on a date.

Internet menace-t-il la démocratie? Quelles politiques adopter face aux bouleversements climatiques? Le XXIe siècle sera-t-il chinois? La démocratie américaine se maintiendra-t-elle? Ces questions font l’objet de débats passionnés dans l’espace médiatique, sur les réseaux sociaux et lors de dîners entre amis. Elles renvoient à des enjeux cruciaux pour l’avenir des sociétés dans lesquelles nous vivons.Pour en avoir une compréhension approfondie, il n’est pas suffisant de se limiter ...

The new commander of the city's night guard needs to pass one last test before he can become the chief guard. Little does he know what sort of ordeal awaits him ...

"This new book is by two knowledgeable and expert popularizers of chemistry and deals exclusively with molecules and compounds rather than with the simpler atoms and elements. It is based on the very successfulMolecule of the Month' website that was begun by Paul May fifteen years ago and to which his co-author Simon Cotton has been a frequent co

A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year: "A fascinating multiple biography of four of the most influential Catholic literary figures of the 20th century." — BooklistWinner, PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction * Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award * An Atlantic Monthly Book of the Year * A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year * A San Jose Mercury News Top Book of the YearThomas Merton was a Trappis...

Paul Hazard’s magisterial, widely influential, and beloved intellectual history offers an unforgettable account of the birth of the modern European mind in all its dynamic, inquiring, and uncertain glory. Beginning his story in the latter half of the seventeenth century, while also looking back to the Renaissance and forward to the future, Hazard traces the process by which new developmentsin the sciences, arts, philosophy, and philology came to undermine the stable foundations of t...

The Yin Chih Wen is a religio-ethical tract, which, in spite of its popularity all over the Middle Kingdom, has not as yet, so far as we know, been translated into any Western language. Next to the Kan-Ying P'ien it is read and studied and taught both in schools and at the home, and there is probably no family in China without it; but its contents are very little known in the. Western world, and we have only once met with references to it by Professor Douglas in his Confucianism and Taouis...

From May to September 1940, a period that saw some of the most dramatic events in British history - including the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the opening stages of the Blitz - the Ministry of Information eavesdropped on the conversations of ordinary people in all parts of the United Kingdom and compiled secret daily reports on the state of popular morale.

The world is on fire, but the real nightmare is just beginning.Based on the award-winning screenplay, Dead East is a relentless, no-holds-barred descent into a zombie apocalypse where the heat is stifling, the hunger is infinite, and the monsters aren't just the ones with gray skin. In this new world, survival isn't a goal—it’s a temporary state of grace.On North America’s West Coast, the horizon is a permanent, jagged line of flam...

The definitive book on the tragic CP Rail Crash May 2nd, 1956, in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). William Palmer and Tommy Watson lost their lives in the crash involving two steam trains. Interviews with 4 members of the train crews that were there that day. Sixty-four years later people are still haunted by the images of that fateful day. Includes the full Inquest, photos and interviews with Ken Shillington, William Hopkins, Ron Westworth and George Nutkins.