From one of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations devoted to environmental issues comes a clear, practical, and rational overview of the relationship between consumers and the environment.Paper or plastic? Bus or car? Old house or new? Cloth diapers or disposables? Some choices have a huge impact on the environment; others are of negligible importance. To those of us who care about our quality of life and what is happening to the earth, this is a vastly important issue. In t...

Adventure and passion engulf every single page of Joan of Arc’s governance of the Companion-Saurian program. The Maid of Orleans needs everyone and anyone to get with her Living Crusade. Existing 600 years behind (and, seemingly, ABOVE) the times, has la Pucelle just ‘going off ’ on the United Nations, everyone thinking ‘that girl’ is cracked as any regular lune. Rejected, the Maid makes everything around her bedlam, ruckus, making comedy out of her leadership, propelling almost all dragon...

Darkest, deepest dragon spells besiege Terra. Is there any hope for the despairing companions? Danillia’s revenge on the Earth, combined with a saurian of infinite evil, Jezebellian, consume whole countries in a dragon Tsar Bomba field of inferno. Japan, Taiwan even Hawaii, on the saurian dinner plate. Brian Miller, desperate as he’s ever been, enchants the star dragons with stories about the 47 Ronin, the Dyatlov Pass incident, and the Donner Party affair. With rollicking comment in the m...

Action and sinister-adventure are here again with these Nine Dragon Star Tales of Terror. Even Alfred Bester (~~might~~) be proud of the crazy ride of Brian Miller and Katrina Ivanovna Chakiaya trying to save the world with the help of (very) reluctant dragon stars. Of the stories, just this: Terrifier in the Middle Kingdom is about the horrific things a dragon star can do…Godzilla, take a back seat to this! This story has two stories in it: The Donner Party and The Dyatlov Incident, and y...

Teresian, a saurian, and Katrina, her companion, are seeking to help Brian Miller and Littorian, Lord of the Lizardanians in their attempt to evade the angry reptilian Soreidian. Soreidian, Littorian’s second-in-command wishes to make Littorian a powerless (and distance-full) exile. Katrina wants to ‘get ahead of Brian’ to go forward in Time. Teresian desires to help Littorian too, and agrees. Arriving on the Beach World ahead of Brian Miller, Teresian propels them forward in Time, but som...

Flummoxed with a sparring match among the top two saurians, Brian Miller doesn’t know where to turn. Joan of Arc must save the day, and she innocently suggests a football game before the inevitable clash. Every reptilian is ‘more than game’ and a brutal match is fought in Portland, Oregon. It is a wild ride and you won’t believe the outcome! Brian Miller worms his way into decisions about the ‘new’ ninth planet and has an incredible dragon-star-ride with Clareina. She deploys the Black Wor...

Just when all companions and saurians are leaving Earth, a ballistic missile attack on America suddenly starts! Brian Miller must stop it, but is everything all a dream? Incredible events occur, with Brian’s life tilting in the balance. Included is a hard-core-comedy dragon-star roast, the 47 Ronin story by Nausicaa Lee, Joan of Arc’s time-travel endeavors, plus an ancient (and deceased) Alligatorian reborn, adventures in a Crocodilian rescue and Earth-like planets discovered in the Butter...

Earth has been saved from the Twins of Triton (two asteroids on a collision course) by the saurians and the Starfinder Tiperia. Just before leaving the planet, Brian Miller has a small request: save Joan of Arc from the fires of execution in France 1431! The lord of the lizardanians’ second, Soreidian, supports Brian in his bizarre entreaty (he has something more diabolical in mind). Brian and Soreidian have a surprising fight. The captain capturing Joan of Arc challenges the shape-shifted...

A practical, authoritative guide to the assessment of wind resources for utility-scale wind projects-authored by a team of experts from a leading renewable energy consultancyThe successful development of wind energy projects depends on an accurate assessment of where, how often, and how strongly the wind blows. A mistake in this stage of evaluation can cause severe financial losses and missed opportunities for developers, lenders, and investors.Wind Resource Assessment:...

With the majority of their class and the entire capital wiped out, Yogiri and Tomochika left behind the Kingdom of Manii in search of additional Philosopher’s Stones, the energy sources they were told to gather if they ever want to make it back home. Having received one stone from the Sage Sion, a second from Risley, and having taken a third from the self-styled War God Raiza, the pair next set their eyes on a new country in the east, following a lead on the potential location of another S...

A collection of nineteen short stories from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of The Iron Dragon's Daughter and Stations of the TideWritten over the course of a decade, Tales from Old Earth contains nineteen masterful pieces of short fiction—including the Hugo Award–winning stories "The Very Pulse of the Machine" and "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur;" the World Fantasy Award–winning novella "Radio Waves;" Hugo Award finalists "The Dead," ...

From Avatar: The Last Airbender, I am Prince Zuko. After being betrayed by my wicked sister, Azula, Uncle Iroh and I have sought new lives in the Earth Kingdom. It is humbling to wander as a refugee, but it has also opened my eyes to the pain the Fire Nation has inflicted on the world--as well as on me. On one hand I am proud to be a prince of the Fire Nation, but on the other hand I feel very ashamed. What is my destiny? Is it to turn my back on the Fire Nation and start anew, or is it to...