Per salutare la scomparsa di un uomo incredibile sei autori della Wizards & Blackholes hanno scritto ciascuno un brevissimo racconto per far rivivere l'eroe della loro infanzia almeno per qualche pagina.Gli autori sono avvezzi a raccontare storie di fantascienza e fantasy. Era inevitabile che nei racconti di questa raccolta il grande Bud interpretasse ruoli per lui inconsueti con orchi o alieni come avversari. Ma non c'è niente nemmeno nelle profondità dello spazio e del tempo o nei...

Pedro Gomez of ESPN was a beloved figure in baseball. His death from sudden cardiac arrest on Feb. 7, 2021, unleashed an outpouring of heartfelt tributes. He was 58, both a hard-nosed reporter and a smiling ambassador of the sport. These 62 personal essays soar beyond sports to delve into life lessons.Pedro, a proud Cuban American, was known for his dramatic reporting from Havana. Fully and fluidly bilingual, he did as much as anyone to bridge the wide gap that had...

Bud Powell was not only one of the greatest bebop pianists of all time, he stands as one of the twentieth century’s most dynamic and fiercely adventurous musical minds. His expansive musicianship, riveting performances, and inventive compositions expanded the bebop idiom and pushed jazz musicians of all stripes to higher standards of performance. Yet Powell remains one of American music’s most misunderstood figures, and the story of his exceptional talent is often overshadowed by his histo...

This is the biography of Bud Fowler (ne John Jackson), the first African American to play in organized baseball, and the longest tenured at the time that the color line was drawn. In addition to his professional playing career, which lasted more than 25 years, Fowler was a scout, organizer, owner, and promoter of touring black baseball clubs--including the legendary Page Fence Giants--in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Emphasizing the social and cultural contexts ...

Over 60 recipes and solutions for inventors, makers, and budding engineers to create projects using the BeagleBone BlackKey FeaturesLearn how to develop applications with the BeagleBone Black and open source Linux softwareSharpen your expertise in making sophisticated electronic devicesExplore the BeagleBone Black with this easy-to-succeed recipe formatBook DescriptionThere are many single-board controllers and computers such...

This time, we have another full issue, with classic novels by Victor Bridges and Justin Huntly McCarthy, a novelet by British horror maestro John S. Glasby, and shorts by Sierra Bibi, Ron Miller, Hal Meredith, Richard Deming, Nicky Nielsen, Tom Easton, Bud Pharo, and Marcelle Dubé. Plus, of course, a brand new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. Lots of fun!Here's the complete lineup—Cover Art: Steve HickmanNOVELS

I and millions of readers without a scientific education were delighted when Stephen Hawking published A Brief History of Time. Its purpose was to give us an insight into how science, cosmologist especially, tackle the "questions that are of interest to us all,"where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? The insight he imparted opened questions about Hawking's own methods and conclusions: were they shared by most cosmologists? Did the...

The man on the mic for countless memorable moments from Larry Walker, Todd Helton, Nolan Arenado, and more, Drew Goodman has lived and breathed Rockies baseball as the team's longtime television broadcaster. In If These Walls Could Talk: Colorado Rockies, Goodman provides insight into the Rockies' inner sanctum as only he can. Featuring conversations with players past and present as well as off-the-wall anecdotes, this indispensable volume is your ticket to mile high history.

This issue is packed with goodies.Our original tales are from Andrew Welsh-Huggins (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Bud Pharo, and Phyllis Ann Karr. And we also have an original solve-it-yourself mystery from the fiendish imaginations of Hal Charles (the writing team of Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet). To balance things out, we also have modern classics from Elizabeth Elwood (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and a...

This issue, we have 10 great reads—a classic fantasy novel, a classic detective novel, original mysteries from Hal Charles, Gordon Linzner, and Dan Crosby, original fantasy and science fiction from John M. Floyd and Bud Pharo, classics from C.L. Moore and Clare Winger Harris, and a brand new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. Good stuff.He...

The College Diaries: How a Budding Black Feminist Found Her Voice explores the intersection of race, gender and culture. In her first novel, author DeAsia Paige highlights the college experience of a young Black woman trying to understand the world around her, while studying at a predominately white institution. Through experiences like Donald Trump becoming the 45th President of the United States to the inaugural Women's March in 2016 to the moments in recent hi...

Latinos’ experiences in baseball through the decadesLatinos dominate baseball today, leading off the lineups of the best teams, making contenders strong up the middle, or helping to anchor pitching staffs. Vladimir Guerrero, Omar Vizquel, and Mariano Rivera are well-known professional baseball stars. But many Latinos had less flashy beginnings.Speak English! The Rise of Latinos in Baseball chronicles how much— and how little—has changed since the f...