Summoned to the scene of a radical stem-cell researcher's mysterious suicide, reporter Lucy Alvarez finds herself gazing into a dark abyss of scientific discovery that may gaze back.

The Original Sword-and-Sorcery Epic in a New, Author-Approved Edition!Oron the Wolf, a barbarian outlander, rises to become a commander in the army of General Amrik of Salasal. But the young fighter is meant for greatness far above military service. He is the Na-Kha, the legendary figure fated to confront an evil from the dawn of Time—the demon Kossuth.The Wolf gains a throne when he rescues Princess Desdira, the rightful ruler of Neria, from armed nobles who have turned ag...

To succeed in business today, you must be adaptable and possess strong organizing and planning abilities. Many people start businesses with the expectation that they can turn on their computers or open their doors and start producing money, only to discover that doing so is much harder than they anticipated.You will learn the following in this book:The guidelines for developing not just a professional relationship with your clients but also a personal one.How to build a soc...

For the past five hundred years, the human Kingdom of Paks has been forged upon the ruins of a magical age of Magi. Bishop Kaiser is thrust onto the throne following the horrific murder of his parents. After years of its own wars, the Kingdom returns to peace, until a near fatal attack changes Bishop in a way that nobody can understand or explain. Bishops new and aggressive persona sends the kingdom into turmoil and reignites war between the sects. The young Prince Farren finds himself cau...

Our 66th issue kicks off our holiday festivities, thanks to Katherine Fast’s “Reunion” (brought to you by Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) Plus we have an original tale by Albert Tucher (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), and a darker science fiction story by David C. Smith (thanks to Acquiring Editor Cynthia Ward, who had been on leave for the last few issues.) On the mystery front, we have another Johnny Liddell mystery from Frank Kane, a historical novel (okay, a western…but i...

Experience World War II from the perspective of a married couple in this collection of letters exchanged between an American serviceman and his wife.During World War II, the millions of letters American servicemen exchanged with their wives and sweethearts were a lifeline, a vital way of sustaining morale on both fronts. Intimate and poignant, Miss You offers a rich selection from the correspondence of one such couple, revealing their longings, affection, h...

The knowledge and understanding a couple needs to preserve their marriage when the difficulties of life threaten to destroy it, as well as how to strengthen their union in advance.Every marriage will face disaster. Illness or disease. Job loss or financial burdens. Addiction. Anxiety. Infidelity. Faith declines. It's not a question of if your marriage will face trials. It's a question of when and how long.Whether you've been married for five years or fifty, your marriage wi...

Deep in the muddy trunk laid a suitcase they both recognized. "Ladies first," Johan waved Klara elegantly into the car. Klara smiled and climbed in. She opened the suitcase ceremoniously. There it was, in all its glory, Munch's Scream. Klara turned around to say something to Johan, but the words were stuck in her throat. Johan wasn't alone." Klara and Johan witness a theft when their school class visits the Munch Museum, and all alone, they have to hunt for the thieves and the painting. A ...

Amid perpetual upheavals and accelerating world changes, we transition from the Experience Economy where buyers chose memorable outcomes to the Transformational Economy where buyers choose meaningful, authentic, and socially responsible outcomes.Because your customers want to become a better version of themselves, your company must become a better version of itself.This book’s premise: the future belongs to the nimble; those able to resiliently innovate to deliver meaningful goods and serv...

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as “the Great Infidel” for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was a revered professor of moral philosophy, and is now often hailed as the founding father of capitalism. Remarkably, the two...

In The Human Tradition in the New South, historian James C. Klotter brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. Like all books in this series, these essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations that occurred in the South.With profiles ranging from Winnie Davis to Dizzy Dean, from Ralph David Abernathy to Harland Sand...

GOAT MEDICINEProvides readers with an in-depth understanding of the full range of diseases potentially occurring in goats across the wide spectrum of geographic and management conditions in which goats are kept, from extensive grazing to intensive dairy production to backyard pet.Goat Medicine, Third Edition is a complete resource for understanding caprine diseases worldwide. Covering the latest advances on diagnostic and therapeut...