Alien spaceships come to Earth through a worm hole and hide beneath the oceans in preparation to complete a centuries-old mission. above the submerged starcruisers are tens of thousands of Earth's citizens - gifted people, who have been secretly imprisoned for decades. The world's governments have devised a plan to eliminate their imagined threat from these 'different people - genocide, then cover it up, but first they must repel the attacking extraterrestrial invaders. It's a race against...

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Heavy wind swept across the clearing, howling through the surrounding maples and pounding the tiny cabin with sheets of rain as the worn and bent farmer trudged across the newly sown lawn, making for the warmth of the candle-lit windows.Did you get a mental picture as you read the above sentence? Did you see the cabin? Did you see the rain blowing across the clearing and beating on the tiny structure?If you answered yes, consider yourself extremely lucky. You have retained ...

"And as for himself, he must prepare the instruments of death;" Psalms 7:13. An individual or a group was seizing passenger jetliners in midair by remote control and dashing them into the ground. Crash and burn, no survivors. Were they foreign terrorists or another Home-grown madman? Join Wayne Atkins, a rookie F.B.I. Special Agent with a background in Naval Intelligence and also a former police officer, as he and his veteran partner hunt for the most feared mass murderer in U.S. history. ...

There's something about people in old photographs. Maybe it's their smile—or lack of a smile, maybe it's the look in their eyes, or maybe it's the way they're posed. If you look closely, you'll see the photograph shows much more than just people. It is a microcosm of the time the picture was taken, a depiction of their when. As our modern eyes stare into their historic eyes, something passes between us, not only from the picture to us, but from their time to our time. When the picture was ...

Music is powerful and transformational, but can it spur actual social change?A strong collection of essays, At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice studies the meaning of music within a community to investigate the intersections of sound and race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and differing abilities. Ethnographic work from a range of theoretical frameworks uncovers and analyzes the successes and limitations of music's efficacies i...

Two doctor/scientists transport into the past in an attempt to correct anomalies in the American Revolution and the Civil War, followed then by World War Two - only to be faced later by the Apocalypse and Armageddon. It begins: The British had won the Revolutionary War and America was still a colony. One man is sent back to Valley Forge - the site of the Continental Army's crushing defeat in an attempt the reestablish true history and restore the future. Next, they learn the Civil War had ...

The fourth edition of ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities reveals common ground between medical and exercise professionals, creating a more collaborative approach to patient care. Developed by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) with contributions from a specialized team of experts, this text presents a framework for optimizing patients’ and clients’ functionality by keeping them physically active. Featuring new content on commo...

Written over the course of ten years, EMOTIVE is a collection of poetry exploring life, love, and loss and the feelings that arise along the way. These chapters of our lives can be fluid and ever-changing. May this collection, born from dreams and heartbreak, awaken emotions and encourage healing in whomever may find it, whenever they find it.

A second collection of strange stories that take place in the oft weird and wonderful great outdoors.Contents:The Ash-tree by M. R. JamesA cursed estate hides horror in the ash tree outside.The Sunken Land by George W. BaylyA strange expedition leads deep into Canada's mysterious, forgotten interior.The Interlopers by SakiTwo bitter enemies meet fate beneath stormy Carpathian...

A thrilling journey through the solar system that merges imagination with hard science.Imagine traveling to the far reaches of the solar system, pausing for close-up encounters with distant planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, accompanied by a congenial guide to the science behind what you see. What, for instance, would it be like to fly in Titan’s hazy atmosphere? To walk across the surface of Mercury? To feel the rumble of a volcano brewing on one of Jupiter's ...

Inspired by Giles Gordon and David Hughes's Best Short Stories series, which ran to ten volumes between 1986 and 1995, Best British Short Stories this year reaches its thirteenth volume.Best British Short Stories 2023 showcases an excellent and varied selection of stories, by British writers, first published during 2022 in magazines, journals, anthologies, collections, chapbooks and online.This new anthology contains stories by Alinah Azadeh, Davi...