"A collection of outstanding ghost stories" from a Scottish historian who "tell[s] a beautifully chilling story" ( Undiscovered Scotland).Dark Encounters is a collection of classic and elegantly unsettling ghost stories first published in 1963. A spine-tingling collection, these tales are set in the brooding landscape of Scotland with an air of historic authenticity—often referring to real events, objects, and people. From a demonic text that leav...

Tales of suspense for the twilight hour...Dark Encounters is a collection of classic and elegantly unsettling ghost stories. A spine-tingling collection, these tales are set in the brooding landscape of Scotland, with an air of historic authenticity – often referring to real events, objects and people. From a demonic text that leaves its readers strangled to the murderous spectre of a feudal baron, this is a crucial addition to the long and distinguished c...

Bringing together the results of sixty years of research in typology and universals, this textbook presents a comprehensive survey of Morphosyntax - the combined study of syntax and morphology. Languages employ extremely diverse morphosyntactic strategies for expressing functions, and Croft provides a comprehensive functional framework to account for the full range of these constructions in the world's languages. The book explains analytical concepts that serve as a basis for cross-linguis...

In 1945, the new Labour government in Britain had two choices in pursuit of their programme of social change. They could use government orders and coercion, an extension of wartime siege economy; or they could try to persuade the people that their way was best for Britain. Morale-boosting propaganda directed towards the British public had been tried in the two wars against Germany, but this was the first time that the techniques were used in peacetime. First published in 1989, Coercion...

The most valuable companies in the world today—from Uber to Airbnb and Visa—own remarkably few physical assets. Instead, they master the economics of multi-sided platforms. They act as invisible matchmakers, connecting distinct groups of users and extracting massive wealth simply by facilitating the transaction. This strategic playbook breaks down the complex architecture behind platform capitalism. It explains the critical challenge of the "chicken-and-egg" problem: how to attract buyers ...

In 1980, Professor Robert Smyth, a man who carries an unearthly secret, is teaching pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His lecture makes clear to his students that the practice of treating the energy-based human body with pharmaceuticals has proliferated within the last one hundred years and is now the leading cause of death in society. What’s more, the use of pesticides has brought an additional load of poisons to the human and animal body. Continual use of these chemicals ...

Success Habits of High Achievers Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: Millionaire Success Habits and The Power of Self DisciplineDepending on where you live, becoming a millionaire is the standard for being comfortable and wealthy. It is feasible to amass this level of money. It does, however, necessitate a strong dedication, hard work, deferred gratification, and a rich mind-set. If you want to succeed, you must develop a millionaire mindset and thinking. This can be achieved by changing one's w...

Millionaire Success Habits: Discover the Secrets of How Millionaires Set and Achieve Their Goals to Reach SuccessDepending on where you live, becoming a millionaire is the standard for being comfortable and wealthy. It is feasible to amass this level of money. It does, however, necessitate a strong dedication, hard work, deferred gratification, and a rich mind-set. If you want to succeed, you must develop a millionaire mind-set and thinking. This can be achieved by changing one's w...

A mysterious vigilante meets Scheherazade in high-tech Ancient Atlantis, set against the backdrop of an impending global apocalypse.On the last day of Atlantis,When it sank beneath the waters,Sons and Daughters of AtlantisSailed their ships toward the stars.Earth, 10,504 B.C.E.A deadly asteroid sent by alien gods is about to strike Ancient Atlantis.In the high-tech ...

Fifteen chilling ghost stories from two centuries of great Scottish writers.Tales for Twilight offers a spine-tingling selection of unnerving tales by writers from James Hogg in the early eighteenth century to James Robertson, very much alive in the twenty-first. Scottish authors have proved to be exceptionally good at writing ghost stories.Perhaps it's because of the tradition of oral storytelling that has stretched over centuries, including poems a...

The Grand Master details his development as a writer and shares thirteen favorite sci-fi stories from his youth and what they taught him about writing.Every writer must start somewhere. Robert Silverberg was once simply a young man learning the art and craft of writing before he found success. But how did he get from there to winning four Hugo Awards, three Locus Awards, and six Nebula Awards, as well as being named a Grand Master of science fiction?In ...

A look at the constant confrontation with mortality the English experienced in a time of plague, smallpox, civil war, and other calamities.In the lives of the rich and poor alike in seventeenth-century England, death was a hovering presence, much more visible in everyday existence than it is today. It is a highly important and surprisingly captivating part of the epic story of England during the turbulent years of the 1600s.This book guides readers through th...