A small city begins to receive enormous amounts of state and federal money. The money appears to come with no strings attached and little accountability. Greed overcomes the good judgment of the city clerk, and a plan is hatched to steal millions of dollars. Soon the unstoppable habit becomes too big, the scheme collapses, and the clerk is caught. While an unfortunate occurrence, it isn’t the first time a per-son in a position of trust steals money. However, what is unusual is right before...

A shift in conventional warfare is occurring. In the underbelly of crime and politics, people with enhanced physical abilities and unique powers clash for supremacy. Unwilling at first, but determined to see the fight through, a federal agent wades through the absurdity that is [now] her job to deal with this hidden war. The main cause of her angst is an amnesiac with electrical abilities and a caffeine addiction. The agent's driven personality will clash with the electrical saboteur, if o...

Join the exploits of Royal Navy Morse code specialist Ray Scott as he captures the post-war matelot's life in graphic detail.There's much for a wide-eyed, naive teenager to discover in a Nissen hut packed with characters, conflicts and laughter.Ray's colourful memory brings the 1950s navy alive, evoking a simpler, happy time of joy and unity in service, but always with the ever-present fear of the Korean War, raging on the other side of the world, becoming global.Me...

Science Fiction Grand Masters 5 - The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have voted since 1975 to name the best science fiction writers and recognize them as, the best of the best, Grand Masters. This vintage sci-fi anthology contains 20 short stories by the greatest writers in the history of science fiction. All of these short stories are written by Science Fiction Grand Masters.It Burns Me Up! by Ray BradburyYellow Streak Hero...

Envisioning Sociology is a landmark work, the first major study of the founding of sociology in Britain and the enormous contributions made by the intellectual circle led by Victor Branford and Patrick Geddes. Authors John Scott and Ray Bromley chronicle the biographical connections and personal partnerships of the circle's key participants, their international connections, their organization-building work, and the business activities that underpinned their efforts. Branford and G...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 151 thru 160 - Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sThe Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert SilverbergThe Gregory Circle Chapter by Murray LeinsterThe Shape of Things by Ray BradburyNo Morning After by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Cosmic Express by Jack WilliamsonThe Voice in the Night by William Hope HodgsonThe World That Couldn't Be by Clifford D. SimakThe Elephant Circuit...

A memoir of hard lessons learned in the racially segregated and sometimes outright racist NBA of the early ‘60s by celebrated NBA player and the first Black Coach of the Year, Ray Scott. Introduced by Earl "the Pearl" Monroe.“There’s a basic insecurity with Black guys my size,” Scott writes. “We can’t hide and everybody turns to stare when we walk down the street. … Whites believe that their culture is superior to African-American culture. ... We don’t accept many ...

Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 is an enduring masterwork of twentieth-century American literature—a chilling vision of a dystopian future built on the foundations of ignorance, censorship, and brutal repression. The origins and evolution of Bradbury’s darkly magnificent tale are explored in A Pleasure to Burn, a collection of sixteen selected shorter works that prefigure the grand master’s landmark novel. With classic, thematically interrelated stories alongside many...

**An American sports legend offers a sweeping Black history of boxing, celebrating the trailblazing athletes who fought in the ring and against racial injustice.Features a 16-page photo insert.**Here is Peter Jackson, a free-born Black tradesman and boxer from the island of St. Croix who KO’d the white boxer Tom Leeds in the thirtieth round to win the Australian Heavyweight championship in 1886. Most white fighters refused to get into the ring with Jackson. “Gentleman” Jim ...

Three separate occurrences are apparently unconnected, the theft of Stinger rocket missiles from an Australian defence installation, the suspicions of a young woman in a storage depot in a northern Victorian town, and the disappearance of two young men from their Melbourne apartment.As the police and security services carry out separate investigations it is discovered these three events are intertwined, and relate to a planned terror attack that is the precursor to a coup d'état in...

In the quiet countryside of Victoria, Australia, ordinary insurance agent Stan Simolka pulls over at a remote highway lay-by for a moment's break. Suddenly, another car screeches in behind him. Four armed men leap out and unleash a hail of bullets.Stan bolts into the bush, heart pounding, somehow slipping through their deadly net. But why him?Days later, another ambush strikes. With no answers from police, Stan vanishes into the shadows, going undercover to hunt the truth. ...

Avoid Planetoid 787. Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep. DON'T!