Three things Astar knows for certain: she's good with a sword, she's terrible at diplomacy, and the Bramble Throne is the most uncomfortable seat in the Twelve Realms.She killed her traitorous uncle in single combat to claim it. Three months later, she's fending off marriage proposals, a hostile council, and two invading armies, one of them led by a dark sorceress. When Astar ends up in her dungeon, the only way out involves trusting a half-dead mage who shouldn't exist in a kingdo...

Kourtney is the oldest of the eldest three Kardashian Sisters. She's a devoted mother, celebrity and business woman, commited to her romantic relationship. This is the definitive biography about the rise to fame and fortune of Kourtney Kardashian.You'll find this to be fun, concentrated and short filled with relevant details about the humble beginnings of Kourtney Kardashian and how she...

The past twenty years have witnessed a renewal of interest in feminist activism on both sides of the Atlantic. In part this has been a response to neoliberal and neoconservative attacks, both implicit and explicit, on the gains made by feminists during the 1960s and 70s.This study adds a comparative dimension to the ongoing analysis of feminism and feminist activism by mapping, analysing and theorising third wave feminisms in the US and Britain.A key addition to Gender and ...

AN ENTIRE GALAXY WAS IN DANGER!Somewhere, somehow, the first moves had been made—there was a pattern beginning to emerge. Someone, or something, was on the way to wresting supreme power over all the planets currently controlled by Mankind—and the Interstellar Corps seemed helpless to meet this threat. No "normal" man could hope to penetrate the vast conspiracy of it all. But...the Corps did have one man who wasn't normal, a man who possessed a very strange weapon......his mind. "Exc...

Jarvis Hilton is in charge of a handpicked team of scientists - and a navy warship on a deep space mission, dubbed Project Theta Orionis. On the outbound journey, automatic sensors drop their ship - the Perseus - into normal space for an encounter with a mysterious skeletal object. The encounter leaves them baffled, and leads them to a view an epic space battle. But strange as that is, it's nowhere near as mysterious as finding a planet covered in radioactive fuel ore - and populated with ...

This classic study of Irish culture, extensively illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings, and reissued with a new foreword and an updated bibliography, gives a detailed yet panoramic view of Ireland. It follows in the great tradition of French historiography, adding the testament of landscape, antiquities and folk custom to that of document-based history as a primary source of knowledge of our past. It is a justly acclaimed, stimulating work of instruction, entertainment and enligh...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) was an American business magnate and philanthropist who played a key role in shaping the transportation industry in the 19th century. Starting with a small ferry business, he expanded into steamships and later dominated the railroad industry, amassing one of the largest fortunes of his time. Known as "The Commodore," Vanderbilt was instrumental in consolidating railroad networks, notably forming the New ...

Get ready to change the way you invest. This disruptive book shows that most people–even wealthy investors–put their trust in a demonstrably inferior way to invest: actively managed funds and private portfolios. The better way is with index funds–but not just any index funds. Instead, this book will introduce you to the One-Decision funds, a type of index fund that market data show is the smartest way to invest. You'll also learn:  The 4 basic rules for investment success  Reasons to be ...

The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals is a learned, curious, and unsettling inquiry into the medieval and early modern practice of trying animals before ecclesiastical and secular courts. Evans assembles legal records, chronicles, and theological arguments to show how pigs, rats, insects, and other creatures were once treated as moral agents or demonic instruments. Written in a lucid antiquarian style, the book belongs to the late nineteenth-century tradition of compar...

The Planet Mappers is a science fiction novel by American author E. Everett Evans first published in 1955."An Adventure Story in the Space World of Tomorrow"Space pioneer Tad Carver has brought his family on an expedition to look for new planets suitable for colonization. When Tad is badly hurt, his sons and wife must continue with the mission.Edward Everett Evans (1893-1958) was an American science fiction author and fan. His works...

Alien Minds is a science fiction novel by American author E. Everett Evans first published in 1955.The ability to read minds isn't an unmixed blessing, so learns George Hanlon, Secret Operative of the Inter-Stellar Corps. His unique gift helps him with his assignments, of course -- except that he has a lot of trouble with alien minds.He encounters a whole planet full of alien minds on Estrella when the semi-human inhabitants of this Earth-like world of anot...

In "The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals," E. P. Evans presents a provocative exploration of the historical and legal frameworks surrounding the prosecution of non-human animals in various societies, particularly during the medieval period. This remarkable scholarly work employs a meticulous blend of legal history, anthropological analysis, and narrative vignettes to illustrate how animals, from mice to elephants, were once subjected to formal trials and, in some inst...