Daría la vida por tener una segunda oportunidad con su difunta esposa...Rafe Montoya sabía que su esposa no era feliz; quería que él pasara más tiempo en casa y quería tener un hijo... quería más de lo que él podía darle. Pero entonces un trágico accidente se llevó la vida de Beth y dejó a su hermana gemela, Anne, herida pero con vida. Rafe se dio cuenta de que había llegado demasiado tarde y ahora lo único que podía hacer era ayudar a Anne a recuperar las fuerzas ...

¿Se atrevería a arriesgarse una vez más con la esperanza de encontrar el amor que curase su corazón herido?Después de que el playboy Kenny Tarkington la hubiese dejado abandonada ante el altar, Lucy Velardi había prometido criar a su hija, Emma, en solitario. No necesitaba la ayuda de ningún Tarkington, ni siquiera la de Connor, el guapísimo hermano de su ex. La innegable atracción que existía entre ambos no era suficiente porque Lucy deseaba lo único que Connor no...

In "A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes," Harriet Julia Campbell Lady Jephson presents a poignant and introspective account of her experiences during a tumultuous period in history. The book uniquely blends personal reflections with vivid observations of wartime Germany, providing readers with a textured narrative that captures the complexity of human emotion amidst societal turbulence. Her literary style is marked by a keen eye for detail and a deep empathy for her fe...

"A War-time Journal, Germany 1914" is a poignant account that captures the tumultuous experiences of the author during the early days of World War I. Through vivid descriptions and personal reflections, the journal provides a unique perspective on the societal changes and emotional turmoil faced by individuals in Germany at the onset of the war. The author’s observations reveal the stark contrast between the pre-war optimism and the grim realities that soon unfolded, making it a significan...

One of the finest and most influential horror writers of the twentieth century, Richard Matheson has left his stamp on the collective imagination. Here are more than twenty of Matheson's most memorable tales of fear and paranoia, personally selected by the author himself. Many of these stories have already entered into popular culture, including the title story, which became a landmark episode of The Twilight Zone, and "Duel," the nail-biting tale of man versus machines that inspi...

With nearly half of marriages ending in divorce, an increasing number of people deciding not to have kids, and more people than ever identifying as LGBT, modern life is clearly in the need of modern relationship advice. Sex from Scratch analyzes the facets of contemporary relationships through the struggles, opinions, and experiences of a diverse group of individuals living in nontraditional relationships. Rather than telling readers how to snag a partner and find "true love," it ...

This volume addresses key questions about the puzzle of human origins by focusing on a topic that is largely unexplored thus far, namely, the evolution of human wisdom. How can we best understand the human capacity for wisdom, where did it come from, and how did it emerge? It explores lines of convergence and divergence between Christian theology and evolutionary anthropology in its search to identify different aspects of wisdom. Critical to this discussion are the philosophical difficulti...

Reducir drásticamente el riesgo de padecer cáncer, enfermedades cardíacas o diabetes es posible; basta con cambiar tu alimentación. Hace más de treinta años, el doctor T. Colin Campbell se embarcó en el Estudio de China, la investigación más completa jamás realizada sobre la relación entre la alimentación y el riesgo de desarrollar enfermedades.Sus hallazgos, recogidos en esta obra, por una parte, alertan sobre las peligrosas consecuencias de una alimentación alta en prote...

The sixteen stories and two screenplays that make up Volume One of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death & Robots.Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher.Stories and screenplays by Alastair Reynolds, Alberto Mielgo, Claudine Griggs, David W. Amendola, Joe Lansdale, John Scalzi, Ken Liu, Kirsten Cross, Marko Kloos, Michael Swanwick, Peter F. Hamilton, Steven Lew...

From parks and libraries to pubs and schools, social infrastructures are the everyday places that bring people together, support community life, and foster connection. As interest in the concept grows, this timely and accessible edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of social infrastructure—its origins, development, and practical impact.Packed with innovative case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia, and the US, it highlights how these shared spaces can shape urban l...

A wonderful collection of stories of supernatural love by Sharon Shinn, Annette Blair, Caridad Pineiro, Jennifer Estep, Gwyn Cready, Carolyn Crane, Jeannie Holmes, Anna Campbell, Julia London, Christie Ridgway, Holly Lisle and Liz Maverick. In happy-ever-after endings, ghosts come to life so that lovers can be united in the flesh.

Intersectional Automations explores a range of situations where robotics, biotechnological enhancement, artificial intelligence (AI), and algorithmic culture collide with intersectional social justice issues such as race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and citizenship. As robots, machine learning applications, and human augmentics are artifacts of human culture, they sometimes carry stereotypes, biases, exclusions, and other forms of privilege into their computational logics, ...