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How did the homesteads and reservations of the Prairies of Western North America influence German colonization, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Eastern Europe? Max Sering, a world-famous agrarian settlement expert, stood on the Great Plains in 1883 and saw Germany's future in Eastern Europe: a grand scheme of frontier settlement. Sering was a key figure in the evolution of Germany's relationship with its eastern frontier, as well as in the overall transformation of the German Right from t...

In Cross Examination, Borne walks a razor's edge between who he loves and who he must become. As family secrets unravel and old loyalties are tested, he's forced to confront the one truth he's always avoided: sometimes, the people closest to us are the hardest to protect. Set against a backdrop of grit, betrayal, and fragile hope, this is a story about second chances, personal sacrifice, and the high price of doing what feels right.

In recent years, a number of works have appeared with important implications for the age-old question of the existence of a god. These writings, many of which are not by theologians, strengthen the rational case for the existence of a god, even as this god may not be exactly the Christian God of history. This book brings together for the first time such recent diverse contributions from fields such as physics, the philosophy of human consciousness, evolutionary biology, mathematics, the hi...

Working memory refers to how we keep track of what we are doing moment to moment throughout our waking lives. It allows us to remember what we have just done, focus on what we are doing now, to solve problems, be creative, think about what we will be doing in the next few seconds, and continually to update in our mind changes around us throughout the day. This book brings together in one volume, state-of-the-science chapters written by the most productive and well known working memory rese...

Robert Nelson’s Reaching for Heaven on Earth, Economics as Religion, and The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion Versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America read almost like a trilogy, exploring and charting the boundaries of theology and economics from the Western foundations of ancient Greece through the traditions that Nelson identifies as “Protestant” and “Roman,” and on into modern economic forms such as Marxism and capitalism, as well as environmenta...

Nebula Award Winning AuthorsClassic Science Fiction by Nebula Award-Winning WritersThe Nebula Awards have honored many of science fiction’s most imaginative and accomplished writers. Nebula Award Winning Authors brings together twenty-two classic stories by celebrated authors whose ideas helped shape the genre and expand its possibilities.Journey into darkness with Arthur C. Clarke in A Walk in the Dark

In this powerful memoir, Robert Nelson takes readers on a raw, emotional journey through his turbulent childhood and the scars that shaped his adult life. Born into a household where violence, fear, and silence were the norm, Robert's early years were filled with trauma and confusion. From witnessing his mother's abuse to enduring humiliating punishments from his father, his young life was marked by darkness. Yet, even amid the despair, small moments of escape offered brief glimpses of hop...

The Making of Federal Coal Policy provides a unique record of—as well as important future perspectives on—one of the most significant ideological conflicts in national policymaking in the last decade. The management of federally owned coal, almost one-third of the U.S.'s total coal resources, has furnished an arena for the contest between energy development and environmental protection, as well as between the federal government and the states. Robert H. Nelson has written an impor...

In a war that devoured men and memory, one soldier fought not for country but for the man he once swore to kill.

No matter how smart we are, we end up grappling with ideas that resist understanding. In this book, Byzantium is identified as the archetypical civilization that nurtured its innermost doubts. It shows how religious dogma was riddled with inscrutable quandaries, where the highest imaginable entity—God—is considered incomprehensible. Byzantine writers develop a doctrine of divine knowledge as a holy hiatus, and many of the features of Byzantine culture that look odd or irregular to modern e...

A first generation American of German heritage becomes embittered at the loss of a brother in World War One. Moving to Germany to live with his grandparents, he becomes enthralled with National Socialism and willingly becomes an agent of the Abwehr. Returning to the United States, he pursues espionage against the United States on behalf of Nazi Germany.The story details his efforts, his love affair, and eventually the investigation that will lead to him. The climax takes place on t...