Captain Ernesto Aguilar is not having a great day. His airline lays him off, and then he arrives home just in time to see his garage explode. Strangely, the blast doesn't damage the building. Instead, it opens access to a spaceship from the future. Seeing a serendipitous opportunity to generate income to support his family, he secretly attempts to operate the new vehicle. He's an ex-military pilot, so how hard could it be?It isn't long before he finds out his secret isn't as hidden...

This book is the companion volume to Rush 1973 – 1982 On Track. 1982’s keyboard-heavy Signals album was to be the beginning of Rush’s ‘synth era’ and albums including Power Windows and Hold Your Fire split the fan base, with the old guard resenting the changes in both instrumentation and song-writing style. New followers joined the fold, however, and the band’s popularity in album sales and concert receipts continued to grow. Rush were never ones for treading water, as subsequent releases ...

Hardly more than a decade old, the twenty-first century has already been dubbed the Asian Century in recognition of China and India’s increasing importance in world affairs. Yet discussions of Asia seem fixated on economic indicators—gross national product, per capita income, share of global trade. Makers of Modern Asia reorients our understanding of contemporary Asia by highlighting the political leaders, not billionaire businessmen, who helped launch the Asian Century.Th...

In Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition, James Rushing Daniel argues that capitalism is eminently responsible for the entangled catastrophes of the twenty-first century—precarity, economic and racial inequality, the decline of democratic culture, and climate change—and that it must accordingly become a central focus in the teaching of writing. Delving into pedagogy, research, and institutional work, he calls for an ambitious reimagining of composition as a discipline opposed to c...

It’s not love. It’s something far more dangerous—It’s a ruinous obsession.Ayla Kennedy has always known she’s different. Beneath her poised exterior, there is a hunger that’s untamed and unfulfilled. That is, until she meets him.The Beast.He’s no ordinary man. Feared for his brutal touch and unapologetic dominance, The Beast has left a trail of broken hearts and trembling bodies in his wake. No woman has ever been able to match his intensity...until...

Rush, in their own words, ‘The World’s Biggest Cult Band’, started from humble beginnings: three suburban Canadian teenagers. Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and John Rutsey formed a Led Zeppelin-influenced trio, eventually scratching a living playing the bars and clubs of their native Toronto. A hard work ethic, no small amount of talent, and a slice of good fortune enabled their first self-financed and distributed album to gain a foothold in the American market.And then, on the eve of th...

California Gold Rush history — from Sutter's Mill to statehood, the forty-niners, and the American West transformation of 1848-1860. How gold discovery triggered the largest voluntary migration in human history and destroyed a civilization.On January 24, 1848, carpenter James Marshall picked a half-pea-sized piece of metal from the tailrace of John Sutter's sawmill on the American River. Mormon diarist Henry Bigler recorded it that night: "this day some kind of met...

All is well in Gabriel’s Gully, the ramshackle gold rush town.But not for long.Michael and Atarangi have become firm friends with Siu, a Chinese miner’s daughter who came to the schoolhouse to learn.But when bad news from the coast draws their parents away, things take a shocking turn. Disaster strikes, and sinister faces from the past reappear.Michael, Atarangi, and Siu have little choice but to take action, despite the danger it will put them in.Bu...

It’s 1861, and gold fever is sweeping the world. Otherwise sensible adults have gone mad and will do anything to get their hands on the precious metal.But two children have been caught up in the rush.Michael and Atarangi couldn’t be more different, but they share one thing: each has a remarkable and magical talent.Circumstances conspire to bring the children together in the remote and inhospitable goldfields, and they’re thrust into a world where lawlessness, greed,...

THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH — Audiobook · Narrated by Joelle O'Brien. Listen time: 5 hours 30 minutes California Gold Rush history — from Sutter's Mill to statehood, the forty-niners, and the American West transformation of 1848-1860. How gold discovery triggered the largest voluntary migration in human history and destroyed a civilization. On January 24, 1848, carpenter James Marshall picked a half-pea-sized piece of metal from the tailrace of John Sutter's sawmill on the American River. ...

Embark on an epic journey through the rugged terrains and untamed landscapes of North America with *60 WESTERNS: Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaws, Gold Rush Adventures*. This anthology brings together an extraordinary tapestry of tales, each capturing the spirit of adventure and survival that defined the American frontier. From gripping encounters with notorious outlaws to the treacherous journeys of the Oregon Trail, this collection immerses readers in a vivid...

Rush to Disaster reexamines the 1963 loss of USS Thresher—the deadliest nuclear submarine disaster in history—using thousands of pages of newly declassified Naval Court of Inquiry (NCOI) records released through a landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. Written by a former nuclear commander, the book reveals how Cold War urgency, flawed assumptions, and institutional pressure combined to produce a catastrophe that reshaped submarine safety.