Curiosities is a twice annual publication of short speculative fiction in the retropunk subgenres.In this edition, you will find ten stories from the age of jazz and diesel, with hard boiled detectives, fast talking time travelers, bakelite automatons, body hopping cultists, ambitious aviators, a Tesla powered metropolis, and the Fairy King himself in Weimar Berlin.Welcome to our fall exhibits of wonders and curiosities.This Particular Evening by Manuel Royal

A proud Newfoundland soldier’s memoir gives unprecedented details of life as a German POW during the First World War.I’m going to tell my story. With those words, eighty-three-year-old Arthur Manuel set his remarkable First World War memoir in motion.Like many Great War veterans, Manuel had never discussed his wartime life with anyone. Hidden in the Manuel family records until its 2011 discovery by his grandson David Manuel, Arthur’s story is now b...

This book provides readers with the first biography in English on Leonor of England, bringing to life an understudied but fascinating figure who has been overshadowed by her famed parents and brothers. Leonor, also known as Eleanor, was queen consort of Castile (1170–1214), the wife of King Alfonso VIII and, as a Plantagenet, part of one of Europe’s most powerful dynastic networks.The chapters move chronologically through the queen’s life but centre around key themes such as her en...

This book is a bifurcated journey through fifteen years of the architecture practice OODA, designed as a "dream state" inner dialogue between Some Kind of Romance and Any Kind of Existence: mirrored reflections of past and future projects that reflects the practice's work and exploring path from Porto to the world. Read together, these two parts are less about buildings than about a way of being in the world, offering an open narrative where architecture is presented as if in a chronicle, ...

CUANDO AMÉRICA GANÓ LA GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA, EL PUEBLO LE OFRECIÓ LA CORONA A GEORGE WASHINGTON.SIGLOS MÁS TARDE, SUS DESCENDIENTES SIGUEN OCUPANDO EL TRONO...La princesa Beatrice siempre ha aceptado su deber, pero empieza a acusar la presión a medida que se acerca el día de convertirse en la primera soberana de Estados Unidos. A nadie le importa Samantha, la princesa sustituta, salvo cuando incumple las normas; así que ella tampoco s...

Cuando formas parte de la realeza, todo el país opina sobre cómo debes vestir, cómo debes actuar y a quién deberías amar.Cuando quieres formar parte de la realeza, harás todo para captar esa atención.El poder es embriagador, como el primer amor puede dejarte sin aliento. Desde su nacimiento, la princesa Beatrice lo posee. La princesa Samantha nació con menos. Algunos, como Nina González, se sienten atraídos por él. Otros se abrirán camino p...

Bei einem Treffen in Rychenmâr werden Yona und Tassilo von Söldnern gefasst. Youen, Talea und Rohon folgen einer schwachen Spur und schließen sich einer mysteriösen Expedition des Fürsten Odo an. Schon bald müssen sie feststellen, dass die Situation schlimmer ist als bisher angenommen ...

Royal Threat RevisitedWITH A NEW VISUAL,THE BEST ADVENTURE EVER, A DIABOLIC PLOT TO KIDNAP QUEEN VICTORIA AND TO EXCHANGE HER FOR THE BEST KEPT ENGLAND SECRET , "THE GLOBAL BOMB". THE MARAJAH OF RANIPUR WANTS THE BOMB TO MAKE A WAR OF AGRESSION AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOURS AND EXPAND HIS TERRITORY ,IN INDIA. FOR THAT PURPOSE HE HIRED THE NOTORIOUS MASTER SPY ,CROW,(SEE FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE) ,NOW ,NAMED COUNT VON STERBEN, AND GOT THE SUPPORT OF THE FAMOUS INDIAN SECT O...

THE RAJAH OF AKPUR WANTS TO BUY THE ULTIMATE BRITISH WEAPON,THE GLOBAL BOMB,BUT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO SELL IT. SO ,WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CAPTAIN FITZ AND OF THE THUG ASSASSIN SECT, THE RAJAH PLANS TO KIDNAP QUEEN VICTORIA AND CHANGE HER FOR THE BOMB. SIDNEY OREBAR ,HEAD OF BRITIS SECRET SERVICE ,AND HIS TEAM TAKES CARE OF THE MATTER.

Now in its tenth edition, The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive, market-leading guide to clinical nursing skills for over three decades. This internationally best-selling title sets the gold standard for nursing care; providing the procedures, rationale, and guidance required by qualified nurses to deliver clinically effective, patient-focused care with expertise and confidence.With over two-hundred detailed procedures, this compre...

The Royal Marsden is the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education – a centre of excellence with an international reputation for ground-breaking research and pioneering the very latest in cancer treatments and technologies, as well as specialising in cancer diagnosis and education.This companion volume to the internationally successful The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures is designed to support practitioners ...

This handbook has been designed to introduce trainees to safe surgical techniques and obstetric skills in a structured workshop environment. It is the course manual for the Basic Practical Skills in Obstetrics and Gynaecology course offered under the aegis of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The manual consists of three modules covering: basic open general surgical techniques (such as instrument handling, suturing and knot tying), basic obstetric skills (such as pelvi...