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...

It was after midnight in 1990, and a group of NASA technicians are playing chess in the lounge. They never notice the soft clicking noises as radiation detectors kick in and a strange code begins taking over a computer monitor. As a glowing saucer zips past the Voyager, locks itself into orbit around Neptune, rolls over, and then disappears from view, the technicians loudly argue over the rules of the gameunaware that aliens are headed toward Earth.Unfortunately, the amphibian-like...

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...

Designing a wind turbine is an interdisciplinary process that requires an understanding of challenges for all parties involved. The authors deliver an effective and economic way to organize such a design by respecting all the challenges involved. The book provides such insight by utilizing specific examples of existing modern designs. Detailed descriptions and explanations are given for those components of the wind turbine that are normally developed by the so-called original equipment man...

The Naturist Fiction Collaborative's fifth collection of short stories set in assorted naturist settings. Following on from Murder in The Nudist Colony, Romance In The Nudist Colony, and Adventures Without Clothes, to be published to support the work of Médecins Sans Frontières. The charity also known as Doctors Without BordersOnce again, we announced the forthcoming publication on social media and the stories streamed in.Some from confirmed writersSome were returnees ...

Unsworth Manor, home of Cedric, Earl of Unsworth, his wife Margarete and their children.Margarete, of royal German descent, receives an invitation to visit her distant relative, Emperor Wilhelm II. They decide to make the journey.It will introduce them to a lifestyle that none of them had ever heard of before, but that will never leave them anymore.

New York Times BestsellerLike Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When you date from th...

This informative, fully illustrated handbook includes basic discussion on the science of engine airflow and relationships, how flowbenches work, testing individual engine components, how to analyze the data, calibration issues, intake and exhaust tuning, engine formulas, and putting it all together for maximum performance.

***NATIONAL BESTSELLER*A PARADE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORK POST BEST BOOK OF THE WEEKIn her first novel inspired by a true story, Jane Green re-imagines the life of troubled icon Talitha Getty in this transporting story from a forgotten chapter of the Swinging '60s**From afar Talitha's life seemed perfect. In her twenties, and already a famous model and actress, she moved from London to a palace in Marrakesh, with her husban...

Principles of Automotive EnginesThis course is designed to teach you the Principles of Automotive Engines. Contained within this course is instruction on how to identify component functions, characteristics, and principles of operations of the two stroke, four stroke spark, compression ignition, and turbine engines, to include a comparison of gasoline and diesel system components.This course is part of our Mechanics and Hydraulics series.Full illustrations and diagr...

"[Offering] poetry, sex, Catholicism, drugs, class, and sexuality . . . Myles's hard-talking, lyrical autobiographical novel" is available for a new generation (Deborah Levy, The New Statesman ).In this breathtakingly inventive autobiographical novel, Eileen Myles transforms life into a work of art. Told in her audacious voice, made vivid and immediate in her lyrical language, Chelsea Girls cobbles together memor...

Transform an average car or truck into a turbocharged high performance street machine.A handbook on theory and application of turbocharging for street and high-performance use, this book covers high performance cars and trucks. This comprehensive guide features sections on theory, indepth coverage of turbocharging components, fabricating systems, engine building and testing, aftermarket options and project vehicles.