In A Theory of Ecological Justice, Baxter argues for ecological justice - that is, for treating species besides homo sapiens as having a claim in justice to a share of the Earth's resources. It explores the nature of justice claims as applied to organisms of various degrees of complexity and describes the institutional arrangements necessary to integrate the claims of ecological justice into human decision-making.

Stanley Baxter delighted over 20 million viewers at a time with his television specials. His pantos became legendary. His divas and dames were so good they were beyond description. Baxter was a most brilliant cowboy Coward, a smouldering Dietrich. He found immense laughs as Formby and Liberace. And his sex-starved Tarzan swung in a way Hollywood could never have imagined. But who is the real Stanley Baxter? The comedy actor's talents are matched only by his past reluctance to colour in the...

How would first contact—on earth, in space, on another planet—transform our understandings of technology, philosophy, and what it means to be human? What kind of cognitive dissonance would society experience, if we discovered a previously unrecognized sentience on Earth?What would life be like if it originated in a frigid ocean beneath an impenetrable shell of ice? Or on a world whose haze obscures any view of the universe beyond? Or on an unfathomable scale in the...

Spooky tales from these fabulous authorsRob GrimoireDiana ParrillaM. Lee GoodsonSara Jordan-HeintzJordan KocevskiMary Jo RabePaige L. ChristieMike RusetskyRoss BaxterBrian MacDonaldBeverle Graves MyersRob NisbetDavid HornAlex TuckerMichael D. BurnsideJaimie CapelinKelly ZimmerJen JanetLaura J Kelly

This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environmental ethics, science and the environmental movement, Ea...

SARA MAITLAND on NATHANIEL HAWTHORNESEAN O'BRIEN on EDGAR ALLAN POEJANE ROGERS on FYODOR DOSTOYEYSKYBRIAN ALDISS on THOMAS HARDYMARTIN EDWARDS on ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEFRANK COTTRELL BOYCE on ANTON CHEKHOVADAM ROBERTS on RUDYARD KIPLINGSTEPHEN BAXTER on H.G. WELLSSTUART EVERS on SHERWOOD ANDERSONALI SMITH on JAMES JOYCETOBY LITT on FRANZ KAFKADAVID CONSTANTINE on D.H. LAWRENCEALISON MACLEOD on KATHERINE MANSFIE...

The winter can be long, cold, and hard. Even the holidays can be terrible.Then, there comes a time of year when some places are no longer used.No longer needed.No longer wanted.It's the coldest part of the year, in nearly every sense.It is when a lot of the world is...Closed for the Season.Sometimes people go into those places anyway.Dare you follow them?Stories by:Lee F. Patrick, Rob Nisbet, Ross Baxter, D.H. ...

The Marriage of a Marquis is the inaugural volume of the Palik series from the North American Jules Verne Society and BearManor Media. It includes two of Jules Verne’s early humorous stories in their first English translation: “The Marriage of Mr. Anselme des Tilleuls” (translated by Edward Baxter) and “Jédédias Jamet, or The Tale of an Inheritance” (translated by Kieran O’Driscoll). The accompanying commentary by leading Verne scholars discusses the mission of the Palik series, t...

Bandits & Rebels is an anthology of some of Jules Verne’s earliest work, including the first appearance of a submarine in his fiction. As well as his interest in science, it illustrates his geographical and historical range, with San Carlos, a story about smugglers in Spain; a story about the siege of Rome in 1848; and Martin Paz, about an indigenous uprising in Peru in the 1830s. The audiobook includes a detailed introduction by Sorbonne professor and Verne expe...

It’s almost the end of the world, so what are you going to do about it except keep trying to cross the river, keep wrestling with invasive species, and keep looking for home even if it’s on the other side of the universe? Comic, poetic, kind of slippery, and oddly speculative, this collection of short fiction, poetry, and a novella by Great Northern Audio Theatre producer and playwright Brian Price is sure to round out anyone’s stockpile of pre-, near-, and/or post-apocalyptic literature.

A collection of three thrilling mysteries, set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.“Murder mysteries always work well as spoken word and Mr Punch’s Thriller Playhouse is particularly good... Atmospheric and Great Fun ” Daily Express*“*Good News...

This edited volume considers the ways in which European states and the European Union can and should organize themselves economically and socially in order to address the challenges of sustainable development. It will interest students and researchers of environmental policy and European politics.