The Japanese folklore figure Urashima Taro helps to drive the underlying theme that time spent away from family and home can be both fulfilling and revelatory. Spanning 40 years, the 48 short stories are suitable for a couple days of beach reading.

Within the valley, known as Angus, there resided a young man by the name of Gustav. He, along with other young men and women of the valley sought to accept the gauntlet of challenge in becoming members of King Angus's militia. Those who were called to the games would face many levels of military skills. Ariel, knew of Gustav's desire to enter the games and tried her best to test him because she was an excellent swordsman, having been taught by her father. During one of their many love matc...

Resulting from an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophy, political science and International Relations about Europe as a political community this volume rethinks the European political project beyond the rigid opposition between universalism and particularism approaching Europe as a space of the exposure of differences to each other.

Nordic Folklore goes post-apocalyptic in this crime conspiracy thriller of 340 pages, the likes of Polanski's Chinatown or Ellroy's L.A. Confidential.There's blood in the basement, blood which demands answers, and Grimhult really isn't the right troll to get them. Everyone knows this, not least of which Grimhult himself. But here he is, moved by powers like he was a piece on a board he doesn't understand, with little hope to make things better.Niels is hav...

Nordic Folklore goes post-apocalyptic in this 370-page fantasy anti-adventure, about the failure of parenthood, the double-edge of good intentions, and the self-determination of saved princesses.Life can be hard for a human in a world inherited by beings who hate them.Sometimes they're hunted and hounded through ruins and woods; their capacity for humanity so eroded that everything starts to look like hostility, and sometimes a girl never chose anything that ended up choosi...

Dyscrasia plagues the insectan elders of the Underworld. Desperate to save them from extinction, the golem Doctor Grave infuses the soul of his dying Queen into the blood of a human artisan, Lord Ante Lysis. Her soul passes through Ante’s blood into his offspring, thus the Lysis bloodline carries the diseased Queen’s soul as the Doctor perfects the necromancy needed to resurrect her. But the last descendant of Ante is determined to quench the Queen’s soul, and journeys to the Underworld to...

I. Introduction In his biography "Arrow in the Blue" the author Arthur Koestler suggests ironically that the fate of an individual may be predicted by examining the content of the newspapers at birth. Adenoviruses were discovered in 1953 (ROWE et al. , 1953; HILLEMAN and WERNER, 1954). At this time the Salk poliomyelitis vaccine was developed (SALK et al. , 1954) and in the same year the discovery of the double helical structure of DNA (WATSON and CRICK, 1953) and the plaque assay for one ...

It’s Time to Finally Learn How to Identify Narcissists, Overcome Codependency, and Recover From Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse in Relationships!Are you sick and tired of being a victim of narcissists?People with a narcissistic personality disorder can be very charming and manipulative, and it’s super easy to fall into their clutches. Once trapped, you will feel confused and gaslighted all the time, until you finally break free.Recovery is...

Simple, delicious, slow carb, Mediterranean approach to eating healthily and designed to keep you naturally slim and help you to prevent and treat: DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, INSULIN RESISTANCE AND SYNDROME X

Rediscover the Reformations in Europe with this insightful and comprehensive new edition of a long-time favoriteAmongst the authoritative works covering the European Reformation, Carter Lindberg's The European Reformations has stood the test of time. Widely used in classrooms around the world for over twenty-five years, the first two editions of the book were enjoyed and acclaimed by students and teachers alike.Now, the revised and updated Third Ed...

* * * I am not what you think I am * * *People are dying in their VR rigs. It shouldn't be possible, but they are. Something is cruising the net, ghosting through holographic wallpapers and haunting the perpetually online. Something which has draconic games developers nervous, the secret police concerned, and has mogul business lords curious. Something is prowling the digital spaces, and Angelica Jones finds herself forced to try and catch it.* * * I know this because I am ...

When Rodgers and Hart's Pal Joey opened at the Barrymore on Christmas day, 1940, it flew in the face of musical comedy convention. The characters and situation were depraved. The setting was caustically realistic. Its female lead was frankly sexual and yet not purely comic. A narratively-driven dream ballet closed the first act, begging audiences to take seriously the inner life and desires of a confirmed heel. Pal Joey: The History of a Heel presents a behind-the-scenes ...