Late nineteenth-century Mexico was a country rife with health problems. In 1876, one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time, which saw more modest premature death rates of one out of fifty-two (London), one out of forty-four (Paris), and one out of thirty-five (Madrid). It is not an exaggeration to maintain that each day dozens of bodies could be found scattered throughout the st...

The definitive and “captivating” (Marty Baron, author of Collision of Power) story of San Francisco’s meteoric transformation into a global capital of technology, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom nearly engineered its collapse.At the dawn of the 1990s, San Francisco was a beautiful if troubled mid-sized metropolis. It was still reeling from the AIDS epidemic and the Lome Prieta earthquake, its econo...

For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another.The death toll has climbed ever higher, year after year, with no end in sight. But the members of the Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic's Heart Worlds, don't care.Rear Admiral Terrence Murphy is a Heart Worlder. His family is part of the Five Hundred. His wife is the daughter of one of the Five Hundred's wealthiest, most powerful industrialists. H...

The challenge was to write a short story for a charity anthology to be called Adventures Without Clothes - 20 people rose to the challenge!The guidelines were as follows: "Your story can be set anywhere in this world or any other you wish to create. Some of the people on this adventure must be without clothing for all or part of the undertaking. You should seek to include some elements of either quest, journey or rescue and some physical risk or danger for your protagonists. Gender...

Whether you’re a marketer with development skills or a full-on web developer/analyst, Practical Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for Developers shows you how to implement Google Analytics using Google Tag Manager to jumpstart your web analytics measurement.There’s a reason that so many organizations use Google Analytics. Effective collection of data with Google Analytics can reduce customer acquisition costs, provide priceless feedback on new product initiatives, an...

Early in 2020, naturist fiction author P. Z. Walker had the idea for a collection of mystery stories to be called "Murder in the Nudist Colony," deliberately using the antiquated term "nudist colony" for a slightly retro, humorous touch. I put together the call for submissions, posted it on Twitter and they came. Writers, some established naturist fiction authors, some imaginative non-naturists and some new writers came forward. Robert Longpré set up the structure to share documents as wel...

JOB PRESSUREColin MacIntyre’s life as a NASA astronaut might not have been exciting, but at least it was orderly. Unfortunately, he’s been tapped for greater things, and he isn’t too sure he likes it.First he was kidnapped by an ancient, self-aware starship masquerading as Earth’s moon. Then he was drafted as its captain to suppress a five-thousandyear-old mutiny. And then he had to mobilize the planet against the attack of aneons-old ancient menace dedicated to the ...

Le 13 juillet 1913, le Suisse Oskar Marcus Bider devient le premier pilote à réussir la traversée des Alpes, de Berne à Milan. En franchissant le col du Jungfraujoch, il établit aussi un record d’altitude à 3’600 mètres. Comme nombre de pionniers de l’aviation, Oskar Bider paiera sa passion de sa vie. Une passion qu’a somptueusement immortalisée un autre pionnier, Jules Decrauzat (1879-1960). Sans doute le premier photojournaliste de Suisse, ce Biennois, spécialisé dans le reportage sporti...

Dieses Hörspiel erzählt leichtfüßig über ein ernstes Thema mit zwei unvergesslich eigensinnigen Heldinnen. Lumi ist gar nicht begeistert, als plötzlich ihre Oma bei ihnen zu Hause einzieht. Ihre Oma, die vergisst, dass sie eine Enkeltochter hat, die immer dieselben Sachen sagt und ihre Tabletten heimlich in die Fensterritzen krümelt. Bis Lumi merkt, dass ihre Oma eine ganz andere wird, wenn sie an früher denkt: Dann nennt sie Lumi liebevoll ihren "kleinen Schnauber" und erzählt mit leuchte...

Just when the world needs it most, a new style of social engagement is emerging: Active Citizenship.A key member of one of New York’s most civic-minded families—one that has supported many of America’s notable institutions and deserving programs—Jonathan Tisch has devoted a lifetime to “active citizenship.” It’s an idea that uses the power of practical creativity and grassroots participation to solve seemingly intractable problems. In Citizen You, Tisch challenges readers ...

He never wanted to be a rebel.The Five Hundred, the elite families who rule the Terran Federation and control its political power and its wealth, have grown steadily wealthier and more powerful, thanks to the war against the Terran League. War may be hard on the people who get caught in its path, but it's very good for business in the short term, and the Five Hundred own the shipyards that build the Navy's ships. They own virtually all the industry that produces th...

Emperor Colin has a reputation for toughness that's second tonone. But now the galaxy had better watch out—because Colin'schildren are on the loose. It's not that Sean and Harriet aren't nicekids—but they are stranded a long way from home.