This multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear.To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would "provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights v...

This anthology draws together some of the best new stories of mystery and murder—compiled by the Anthony Award–winning crime fiction editor.This anthology collects the most original stories of murder by some of mystery fiction's most inventive talents from the United States and United Kingdom. With innovative new takes on locked-room mysteries and impossible crimes, these short stories are full of vexing conundrums and reality-defying puzzles. A murder has been comm...

Uncover the hidden side of science where fraud, ideology, and politics corrupt the pursuit of truth.Corrupted Science is a searing exposé of the misuses and misrepresentations of science from the time of Galileo continuing through to the present day. This revised and expanded edition includes updates on the asbestos industry, the chemicals industry, the sugar industry, the agriculture industry (the abuse of antibiotics), and the automobile industry (lead i...

Mainstream Christianity has long dealt with unbelievers in an unkind way, ascribing to them an eternity of suffering and torture. While this certainly may be true for some, the vast majority will enjoy a much more merciful fate. In this work I attempt to parse out that which an unbeliever can expect, post mortality, and touch a little on the benefits of believing. This treatise is written for the consumption of both the believer and the unbeliever; each of whom may benefit from a more enli...

This record of the achievements of pipers during the war of 1914-18 is not intended to be an appeal to emotionalism. It aims at showing that, in spite of the efforts of a very efficient enemy to prevent individual gallantry, in spite of the physical conditions of the modern battlefield, the pipes of war, the oldest instrument in the world, have played an even greater part in the orchestra of battle in this than they have in past campaigns. The piper, be he Highlander, or Lowlander, or Scot...

Is it a scam or is it legitimate? If you have to ask, you probably already know the answer. There are many thousands of scams on the internet. Innoculate yourself against them.

How to for those who are not natural dog people. Understanding and interacting successfully with dogs.

In the 1960s and 1970s, New Worlds magazine, edited by Michael Moorcock, became famous for its avant garde approach to SF, energising the genre's New Wave with exciting innovations in style, content, and presentation. Here J G Ballard and Brian Aldiss shared pages with Samuel R Delany and Norman Spinrad, Pamela Zoline with M John Harrison, Charles Platt with Harlan Ellison. Hilary Bailey with Thomas M. Disch.Now PS Publishing, with the enthusiastic endorsement and participation of ...

Until the early twentieth century, Taiwan was one of the wildest places in Asia. Its coastline was known as a mariners’ graveyard, the mountainous interior was the domain of headhunting tribes, while the lowlands were a frontier area where banditry, feuding, and revolts were a way of life. Formosan Odyssey captures the rich sweep of history through the eyes of Westerners who visited and lived on the island — from missionaries, adventurers, lighthouse keepers, and Second World War PoWs, to ...

Galileo, Einstein, Curie, Darwin, Hawking—we know the names, but how much do we really know about these people? Galileo gained notoriety from his battle with the Vatican over the question of heliocentrism, but did you know that he was also an accomplished lute player? And Darwin of course discovered the principle by which new species are formed, but his bold curiosity extended to the dinner table as well. (And how many people can say they've eaten an owl!) In Eureka! John Grant—au...

We live in an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures, including politicians, religious leaders, broadcasters, and, of course, apps and websites.In this second edition, author John Grant uses ripped-from-the-headlines examples to clearly explain how to identify bad evidence and poor arguments. He also points out the rhetorical tricks people use when attempting to pull the wool over our eyes, and offers advice about how to take these unscrupulous pundits down. ...

Change is a constant. You can depend on it. What that change is matters less than how you adapt to it. Change has happened to Paul's world and he is having to adapt. While he's coping with his own adaptation, as the new Bishop of Rome, he must also provide spiritual and emotional support to the members of his congregation and the community as a whole. Paul has a unique ability to think outside the box and his ability has not escaped the notice of some very influential people. Oblivious to ...