CANAL BANK KILLERDetective Stall is about to change the way old murders are solved. He'll have to reach back a few generations in the past to do it. What he's hunting has been with us since man moved out of the cave and into your basement. Perhaps you've met one, on the street or in a tavern. They look like everyone else.

This book brings together insights and reflections following a set of interviews conducted with the main stakeholders involved in past, current, and future basic income experiments. It provides an analysis of some of the major elements and factors influencing experiments, as well of some of their most important outputs understood as results of their own experimental design, their sociological and political basis, and the epistemological status of their results.By pursuing a bottom-...

A dazzling new anthology of the very best very short fiction from around the world.What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is a micro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz. These short shorts, usually no more than 750 words, range from linear narratives to the more unusual: stories based on mathematical forms, a paragraph-length novel, a scientific report on volcanic fireflies that proliferate in n...

The topic of neutrality on the good is linked rather closely to the ideal of political liberalism as formulated by John Rawls. Here internationally renowned authors, in several cases among the most prominent names to be found in contemporary political theory, present a collection of ten essays on the idea of liberal neutrality.

As the 1950s dawned America was a colossus militarily, economically and culturally. It bestrode a globe it was doing so much to shape in its own image. But it had concerns; the threat of communism. And for the Movies and Radio there was another concern: the emerging rise of Television.For Radio, still in its golden age of mass audiences and star filled programmes, they had a handy solution with ‘The Big Show’. Its premise was simple but effective. Take 90 minutes of air-time and fi...

Idealistic school teacher Ellen is bowled over by news that many of the survivors of the shipwrecked Golden Venture, run aground off the coast of New York in 1993, will be detained in her local York County Prison in York, PA.Upon attending vigils on behalf of these INS detainees now seeking political asylum, she becomes enthralled with the group of humanitarians she meets as well as with the cause of justice and freedom for the world's oppressed and downtrodden.On the other...

From the Bible's perspective, mankind is approaching 6,000 years of human history since the Genesis 1 creation, with the last 4,344 years having occurred since the flood waters of Noah's day. However, when compared to the eternality of the Godhead of Elohim, the plurality of God, encompassing God the Father, God the Son, and the God the Holy Spirit, who has never not been, man's six thousand years of world history amounts to but a single grain of sand on the world's largest beach! So why d...

Follow the continuing adventures of George Swift. Saving a country once should be enough for one man. But a second time?

This open access volume connects the moral arguments for universal basic income (UBI) with the empirical evidence from recent experiments focused on UBI. Examining the costs and benefits associated with UBI, the book bridges the gap between the moral arguments for UBI and the empirical evidence from international UBI experiments. The resulting text will help readers evaluate the viability of UBI as a sustainable policy solution.With contributions from economists, philosophers, soci...

Called again to serve, George and his partner Richard Banks cross the ocean, climb the rockies and smoke a peace pipe to help unify a nation.

The Prerogatives of TimeSynopsisIt’s 2037.The government department, affectionately called, “The Firm” works undercover.Time Operatives are sent back in time. Not to change history but to fill in the blanks.The first chapter delves into the desire to know about the human component.It’s the guy behind the button who starts the machine, who caps the bottle, who drives the truck. Those are the humans that they really want to know about.T...

Detective Steven Stall is on a case that seems to solve itself. With the results breeding a new case. From one murder to another to another. Suspects either die or walk.. Drug trafficking, hitmen, blonde drop dead gorgeous psychopaths, parish priests and former partners. A entire ensemble with the end goal to acquire as much money as they can squeeze out of the on going production. With no personal victories in the win column, Stall starts to wonder if the play is ever going to end. Will h...