Vintage Sci-Fi 8 - 29 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Jack Williamson and moreBeside Still Waters by Robert SheckleyHero From Yesterday by Robert SilverbergVoodoo by Fredric BrownHome is the Spaceman by George O. SmithThe Other Tiger by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Man From Time by Frank Belknap LongWelcome Martians by Evan HunterBlood by Fredric Brown

“Some things are worth breaking for…”When Mia and Arden Drew are in a horrific car accident, the dreams they shared for their future balance on a precipice. As a talented neuropsychologist working for one of the world’s foremost experimental human research facilities, Mia uses the resources at her fingertips to save her husband’s life.Mia’s grief-fueled decision catapults her into the depths of a messy court case where her actions are subjected to intense public ...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 121 thru 140 - Twenty Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sSouvenir by Philip K. DickMessage From Mars by Clifford D. SimakDuel on Syrtis by Poul AndersonThe Stainless Steel Rat by Harry HarrisonBeside Still Waters by Robert SheckleyUpon The Dull Earth by Philip K. DickThe Star Mouse by Fredric BrownHero From Yesterday by Robert SilverbergThe Call From Beyond...

Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in his teenage years, Harry Thompson looks back with wit and humour at the ups and downs of family and romantic relationships, school, work and mental health, as well as his teenage struggle with drugs and alcohol.By embracing neurodiversity and emphasising that autistic people are not flawed human beings, Thompson demonstrates that some merely need to take the "scenic route" in order to flourish and reach their full potential. The...

A memoir by an adult with PDA, reflecting back on his early childhood through to present day.Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in his teenage years, Harry Thompson looks back with wit and humour at the ups and downs of family and romantic relationships, school, work and mental health, as well as his teenage struggle with drugs and alcohol.By embracing neurodiversity and emphasising that autistic people are not flawed human beings, Thompson ...

Western democracies are suffering from populism, verging on fascism, because of the erosion of truth. This book argues that truth can grow out of citizenship education in how science really works, allied with an explicit culture of truth among politicians.While science operates outside the timescale of politics, it can serve as an object lesson for political decision-making under democracy. Using the examples of disease prevention and climate change, Harry Collins ...

Space Travelers and Nothing But Space Travelers 5 - 13 Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sBeside Still Waters by Robert SheckleyHome is the Spaceman by George O. SmithWelcome Martians by Evan HunterSouvenir by Philip K. DickUnfortunately by Fredric BrownThe Stainless Steel Rat by Harry HarrisonThe Cosmic Express by Jack WilliamsonChicken Farm by Ross RocklynneBefore Eden by ...

Millennial #snowflakes clash with #baby-boomers: Nineteen tales of human connection and disconnection that collide and subvert the half-crazed romantic contemporary, the not so distant rosy past, our dodgy looking promised cyberpunk utopia and our post-apocalyptic dystopian future. Provocative, wistful, melancholic, nightmarish and darkly funny satire, these episodes…must surely play out logically. Or not.How far will these characters go for love, understanding or survival? To Sain...

This book covers the works and life of Harry Stack Sullivan (1892–1949), who has been described as "the most original figure in American psychiatry".Challenging Freud’s psychosexual theory, Sullivan founded the interpersonal theory of psychiatry, which emphasizes the role of interpersonal relations, society, and culture as the primary determinants of personality development and psychopathology. This concise and coherent account of Sullivan’s work and life invites the modern audienc...

This book explores the increasing use of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) in emerging democratic governments in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Oceania. CDFs dedicate public money to benefit parliamentary constituencies through allocations and/or spending decisions influenced by Members of Parliament (MPs). The contributors employ the term CDF as a generic term although such funds have a different names, such as electoral development funds (Papua New Guinea), constituency development...

28 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950sStep into one of the most imaginative decades in science fiction history with 1950s Science Fiction 6, a collection of 28 classic stories from some of the greatest writers ever to explore the future.This remarkable anthology brings together legendary authors including Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown, Ha...

In the great age of classic science fiction, writers kept returning to one world more than any other — a place of thin air, endless horizons, and secrets buried beneath red dust.Mars and Martians and Nothing But Mars and Martians 2 brings together twenty remarkable vintage stories from the 1930s through the 1960s — tales of explorers, settlers, scientists, wanderers, and the strange beings who may already call Mars home.Some stories are ten...