They are always standing by to answer the call to action, those bestowed with powers beyond mortal comprehension, the Gifted. This twisted tale is set in a world where superheroes are not only real, some have attained A-list status. Among the heroes, none are more renowned than the Judge and Jury. The dynamic pair are credited for foiling more crimes than any of the other champions. The Judge is estimated to be the most powerful man on the planet, god-level. The two have secrets hidden beh...

An old fable tells us of the ants and grasshopper; the ants pass the summer toiling in preparation for the winter, while the grasshopper sings and plays with little thought to what is to come. In the story, the grasshopper is turned away when he comes begging for food, in some versions he is forced to play music to earn it. What would really happen once winter arrived, would the grasshopper truly let himself go hungry?The world as we know it has died, but as they say ‘life finds a ...

Today's weather map has been brought to you by Zombies, they're everywhere you wanna be.“Hello America, it is raining men out there, in the literal sense. It truly is the End of Days, I have done the count, seven trumpets are in fact blowing. The storm extends from coast to coast and even across the pond. We aren’t going to be seeing another sunrise as the population drops, and the dead come up beneath us. This is affecting all walks of life; the young and the old, the rich and the...

THE END IS HERE!Ushering in Man's Ruin, several survivors are about to embark upon their personal Trail of Tears. The world has died around them only to rise up. It's a test of strength where only the strongest will survive to see THE END.

William McKinnon has just been dumped, if he’s lucky this time it will stick. He wants to be rid of the ‘evil one’ for good, but he needs help. Blessed with a powerful imagination that he once channeled into poetry and journals to chronicle his life; such resources will be paramount in diffusing Debbie’s spell. Aided by his best friend Michelle, and his eccentric brother, Danny, William may have a chance to break the thrall and find true love in this dark romantic comedy.Bonus mate...

Everyone goes through difficult changes in life, Sam Wong is no exception. It’s hard for an adopted Caucasian kid to grow up in Chinatown, trying to fit in. He’s about to discover he is more connected to China than he ever thought possible, and learn about the jiangshi, zombie-like Chinese vampires also known as ‘hopping vampires’. The name literally translates to ‘stiff corpse’, due to post mortem rigidity the oldest jiangshi have to hop to catch their prey. One hopping ghoul shouldn’t be...

You can't outrun the dead and you can't trust the living as the zombie apocalypse rages on in the third book in the series.Life is a winding road full of twists and turns, one can never be truly prepared for all the unexpected bumps and bends that loom ahead, or the pitfalls that derail us from our path.Vida Calavera is about to learn this first hand when an evening out with her friends turns into a waking nightmare. All of her plans and aspirations for the f...

A virus turns humans into the ravenous undead in this zombie apocalypse thriller—first in the epic series of survival and sacrifice.There are over a million people in the city of Waterloo. Today, most of them have died, and now they are hungry. Corporal Dan Williamson is caught in the middle of the outbreak. He is desperately trying to reach his wife who is somewhere amid the urban decay. There are other souls out there, other tales of survival among the horror. Dan...

What doesn't kill you is only waiting for its second chance. Nothing can stop the rise of the undead in the second zombie apocalypse thriller.Welcome back. You are about to be taken back to the first day of the outbreak. There are over a million people in the city of Waterloo; Dan Williamson is just one of them. Meet Dustin Barnes, not the typical protagonist, he's a post-apocalyptic cockroach, the sort of guy that will do anything in order to survive, and he's on a...

The Early English Cotton Industry: With Some Unpublished Letters of Samuel Crompton by William Cunningham is a comprehensive historical study that delves into the origins, development, and transformation of the cotton industry in England from its earliest days through the Industrial Revolution. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished letters from Samuel Crompton—the inventor of the spinning mule—Cunningham meticulously traces the evolution of cotton manufac...

These diverse case studies make a compelling case for the importance of effective spiritual care in healthcare and provide unprecedented insight into the essential role of the chaplain within the healthcare team. Presented alongside critical reflections and responses from professionals within chaplaincy, psychology, psychiatry and nursing, they provide an honest and detailed look into how healthcare chaplains actually work with the people in their care and reveal the vital role of narrativ...

L'accès des patients à l'expertise radiologique en IRM reste un enjeu majeur. Trop longtemps contraintes et limitées, les installations d'IRM sont en augmentation ces dernières années. En parallèle, les champs de la médecine évoluent : nombre de maladies précédemment connues comme des atteintes dites « d'organe » doivent désormais être prises en charge de manière beaucoup plus globale. Ainsi en est-il à titre d'exemple des cancers naturellement, mais également des maladies vasculaires, don...