Eight authors. Ten stories. A world of possibilities.The AEGISverse just got a lot bigger.Based on the setting and characters of Airship Daedalus, A.E.G.I.S. Tales collects exciting new works of fiction written in the style of the pulps from the 1920s & ‘30s.Thrill to the adventures of stunt pilot Wanda “Wings” Jensen, ghost hunters Jim Holland & Mandy Hart, undead prizefighter John Mabry, The Gunshade - ghostly scourge of the nderworld, psychic de...

Create your own natural language training corpus for machine learning. Whether you’re working with English, Chinese, or any other natural language, this hands-on book guides you through a proven annotation development cycle—the process of adding metadata to your training corpus to help ML algorithms work more efficiently. You don’t need any programming or linguistics experience to get started.Using detailed examples at every step, you’ll learn how the MATTER Annotation Developm...

This international, edited collection brings together personal accounts from researchers working in and on conflict and explores the roles of emotion, violence, uncertainty, identity and positionality within the process of doing research, as well as the complexity of methodological choices.It highlights the researchers’ own subjectivity and presents a nuanced view of conflict research that goes beyond the ‘messiness’ inherent in the process of research in and on violence. It addres...

The story revolves around a young boy named Nat who discovers a circus monkey named Mr. Stubbs washed ashore on a raft. Nat befriends Mr. Stubbs and takes care of him, but soon discovers that Mr. Stubbs has a brother who is still performing in the circus. Nat sets out on a journey to reunite Mr. Stubbs with his brother, leading to various adventures and mishaps along the way.As with many of Otis's works, "Mr. Stubbs's Brother" is likely to be a heartwarming tale with themes of friendship, ...

The Chronicle: BOOK ONE (January to March)This is history at its best and most entertaining! One moment Liselotte, the Duchess of Orleans (1678) is observing the Prince of Orange consummating his marriage in thick woollen drawers… and the next, Harold Nicolson (1936) is at the Savoy Grill dining with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson who is, "bejewelled, eyebrow-plucked, virtuous and wise". There's the young medical student watching his ...

The Chronicle – Book Three (July to September)This is history... but not as you know it! At Waterloo, women are stripping the corpses of their valuable shoes and stockings yet the Highlanders are left in mass graves with their coarse tartan socks still on. Roy Strong attending a private dinner with the Prime Minister notes that Margaret Thatcher in floaty chiffon is "the apotheosis of the boss's wife, with the appeal of cosmeticised putty."

Essays bringing out the richness and vibrancy of pre-modern textual culture in all its variety.Linne R. Mooney, Emeritus Professor of Palaeography at the University of York, has significantly advanced the study of later medieval English book production, particularly our knowledge of individual scribes; this collection honours her distinguished scholarship and responds to her wide-ranging research on Middle English manuscripts and texts.The thirteen essays b...

THE SCHEME Why, we could start a circus jest as easy as a wink, Toby, 'cause you know all about one an' all you'd have to do would be to tell us fellers what to do, an' we'd 'tend to the rest. Yes; but you see we hain't got a tent, or bosses, or wagons, or nothin', an' I don't see how you could get a circus up that way; and the speaker hugged his knees as he rocked himself to and fro in a musing way on the rather sharp point of a large rock, on which he had seated himself in order to hear wha...

The Chronicle - BOOK TWO (April to June)Are you ready for an unforgettable adventure into the past? Then climb aboard and join Oscar Wilde in America amused at the sight of local gun slingers looting the house where outlaw Jesse James had been killed a few days earlier. Meet John Betjeman as he implores the BBC to engage the impoverished Dylan Thomas while Jane Austen demands the return of her unpublished novel. Austen Chamberlain rages at Hitler f...

A BBC Radio six-part dramatisation of Marcel Proust’s groundbreaking series of novels, tracing the extraordinary story of the author’s own life. Starring James Wilby and Jonathan Firth, and with a distinguished cast including Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs and Corin Redgrave, this rich, multi-layered adaptation brings out all the variety and subtlety of Proust’s magnificent masterpiece. Featuring a fictional version of himself - ‘Marcel’ - and a host of friends, acquaintances and lovers, 'I...

This unique collection of Christmas carols, poems and songs is presented to you by e-artnow. Table of Contents: Silent Night The Three Kings Christmas Bells Christmas At Sea Angels from the Realms of Glory Christmas in the Olden Time Marmion: A Christmas Poem Old Santa Claus The Twelve Days of Christmas Minstrels Ring Out, Wild Bells Christmas In India Hymn On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity A Christmas Carol The Oxen A Christmas Ghost Story The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman 'T...

The Greatest Christmas Carols & Poems encapsulates the rich tapestry of thematic depth and stylistic diversity that characterizes classic literature. Echoing through its pages are the sounds of yuletide and reflections on human values such as hope, generosity, and community spirit. From the serene to the celebratory, the collection showcases a variety of literary forms—ballads, sonnets, and narrative poems, among others—united in their exploration of Christmas and its cultural resonance. S...