Full Throttle is an entertaining account of an amazing man's life in aviation that is sure to leave the reader laughing and head-shaking as the pages turn quickly during this enjoyable read. It is a compilation of short stories told by John Deakin over the years on Compuserve's AVSIG Forum, the oldest aviation forum in the world. Some of Deakin's stories are funny, some are sad, and a few are shocking for the amount of trouble Deakin managed to get himself into and (barely) out of over the...

1632 & Beyond Issue #002PrefaceIntroductionGrantville's Secret SantaThe GiftAt Christmas TimeChristmas at the SchickelmansNo Proper CarolSanta's LappNatalaA Christmas StollenOne Night OnlySad Spectacles of Deceitful Iniquity at ChristmastimeThe View From Nakatomi TowerConnect with Eric Flint's 1632 & BeyondThis is a reissue of the second half of A 1632 Christmas, one of t...

This issue was not planned with a theme. Nor did we pick stories because they matched. In fact, no one even noticed until the stories were back from the proofreaders. Every single one answers the question, "Whatever happened to _____?"Twenty-five years ago, in Chapter 4 of 1632, Balthazar and Rebecca Abrabanel's carriage driver fled. David Hankins tells the driver's story in "The Abrabanel Rescue." This is David' Hankins first 1632 story. Dominik Wagner, a simple coachman, must fin...

Issue 16 has a variety of tales. It's really quite interesting.

Dont worry you wont be in there for long, and theres plenty of room where youre going. These are seventeen words to define almost all of Tom Waltons adult life. Looking back on his one hundredth birthday, he remembers a life of tragedy, retribution, and finally reconciliation, Toms story starts in a Midlands mining village. Then hes taken to France and the retreat to the coast in May 1940 where he returns after the war-seeking retribution and then to a war crimes trial in Hamburg. Tom is t...

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits–an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes–had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother or his father. It was no wonder he gravitated to machines, which could, at least, be counted on.After fleeing his parents and dropping out of high school, his savant-like abilit...

A major new work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest sacred documents of Judaism, which reveals their surprising connections to early Christianity.“A luminous treatment of a fascinating subject! Highly recommended!”—Scott Hahn, author of The Fourth CupFrom award-winning scholar John Bergsma comes an intriguing book that reveals new insights on the Essenes, a radical Jewish community predating Christianity, whose existence, beliefs,...

Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance theory and practice worldwide over the past two decades. This book provides a thorough examination of public and often confrontational hedge fund activism in Japan in the period between 2001 and the full onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. In Japan this shareholder-centric conception of the company espoused by activist hedge funds clashed with the alte...

Human benefit from the organic chemistry of plants is incalculable in terms of health, food, comfort and security. Indeed, the future well-being of humanity rests in significant measure upon a responsible relationship with the plant kingdom in order to re-establish balance in the Earth’s natural environmental systems.In a highly readable volume***,** Organic Chemistry: Miracles from Plants* presents many fascinating points of entry to the organic chemistry of a wide range of crucia...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the master of the legal thriller comes a “deeply engaging and enjoyable” (USA Today) novel featuring one of John Grisham’s most colorful, outrageous, and vividly drawn characters ever.ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST AND NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROn the right side of the law—sort of—Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He drinks small-batch bourbon and carries a gun. Hi...

A Family Romance is the story of the family of Alfred Deakin, Australia's first elected Prime Minister. In this intriguing book, John Rickard explores the complex web of relationships between Alfred, his wife Pattie, and his sister Catherine.The Deakin 'family romance' is permeated by the influence of spiritualism which, in extraordinary circumstances, brought Alfred and Pattie together, and which was to haunt their marriage.It is a tale which, with its Gothic overtones, ha...

In a very short time, John Green has become an icon of young adult literature. His first novel, Looking for Alaska (2005) won the Michael Prinz award, Paper Towns (2008) received an Edgar Allan Poe award, and in 2014, Time magazine named him one its 100 Most Influential People. The Fault in Our Stars reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and the film adaptation was a worldwide hit.John Green: Teen Whisperer looks at the work of a versatile author whose works hav...