In the desolate Welsh countryside, amidst crumbling ruins and haunting legends, lies the cursed manor of Sker. Enter the enigmatic Lady Florimel, a young woman haunted by a tragic past and a forbidden love. As she seeks refuge within the manor's eerie walls, she becomes entangled in a web of ancient secrets and supernatural horrors. Whispers of a vengeful spirit, the Maid of Sker, echo through the corridors, stirring terror in the hearts of its inhabitants. With each passing night, the bou...

A wide-ranging work on all aspects of towing, in both inland and ocean waters. Part I, The Industry, gives an overview, followed by descriptions of types of tugs and modes of towing. Part II, Operations, covers getting the tug under way, under way with tow and at sea, and special types of towing. Part III, Towing as a Business, deals with the shore establishment. More than fifty appendices consolidate data helpful to the tugmaster. The text is illustrated with more than 300 drawings, photo...

Discover the Power of AI in World-Building with "Beyond the Blank Page: Design Limitless Worlds with AI"Are you a storyteller, a game developer, or a creative mind eager to push the boundaries of your imagination? "Beyond the Blank Page: Design Limitless Worlds with AI" is your gateway to mastering the art of creating vast, intricate universes powered by the latest advancements in artificial intelligence. Whether you're crafting the next bestselling novel, developi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You are not born knowing—but you are born ready to learn. John Locke proved it.Before there were schools, systems, or even scientific psychology, John Locke offered a revolutionary idea: the mind is a blank slate, and everything we become is shaped by what we experience. His thinking laid the foundation for democracy, education, and personal freedom.John Locke by Marcus Alden distills the profou...

Explores American colonial print culture's diverse output and how these texts shaped public life and modernity.Finalist for the SHARP Book History Prize by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, IncIn The Novel and the Blank, Matthew P. Brown uncovers the vibrant, overlooked world of the eighteenth-century British American print shop. Printing more than just novels and pamphlets, these workshops produced a kaleidoscope o...

Cal Donley regains consciousness on the orbital colony Daedalus. It's a beautiful place, home for more than a million people, but Cal doesn't remember leaving Earth. In fact, he can't remember his name or most of the past dozen years.He's had his memory blanked at a Forget-Me-Now memory erasure shop -- Why? And why is he covered in dried blood that isn't his?Praise for Memory Blank"In the realm of novels, John E. Stith's Memory Blank...is a good solid mystery, a goo...

Experience the Profound Impact of **"War: A Poem in Blank Verse"** by John SpatemanDive into the evocative and thought-provoking world of **"War: A Poem in Blank Verse"** by John Spateman. This powerful poem captures the raw emotions and stark realities of war through the masterful use of blank verse, offering readers a deeply moving and reflective literary experience.**"War"** by John Spateman explores the multifaceted nature of conflict, delving into themes of bravery, ...

Cyber weapons and the possibility of cyber conflict—including interference in foreign political campaigns, industrial sabotage, attacks on infrastructure, and combined military campaigns—require policymakers, scholars, and citizens to rethink twenty-first-century warfare. Yet because cyber capabilities are so new and continually developing, there is little agreement about how they will be deployed, how effective they can be, and how they can be managed.Written by leading scholars, ...

War: A Poem in Blank Verse by John Spateman is a profound and evocative poetic work that delves into the complexities and consequences of war. Published in 1917, during World War I, this poem offers a reflective and critical examination of the impact of conflict on humanity.Spateman’s use of blank verse—a form of unrhymed iambic pentameter—allows for a lyrical yet powerful exploration of themes related to war, such as suffering, courage, and the moral implications of conflict. The poem is ...

Dr. Richard Austin Freeman MRCS LSA was born on the 11th April 1862 in Soho, London, the youngest of five children.At 18 he entered, and later qualified from, the Middlesex Hospital with the honours MRCS and LSA. He was now 24 and spent a further year as a house physician at the hospital before marrying his childhood sweetheart the following year.He joined the Colonial Service is 1897 and took part in a failed expedition in Ghana, ending up with black water fever and other ...

Winner of the John Creasey New Blood Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of 2018.Lola stands next to Garcia while he mans the grill in their craggy square of backyard. The barbeque has just begun, and the women are clustered gossiping, while the men hold sweating beers. Lola prefers the periphery.Business has been good lately in their tiny nugget of South Central Los Angeles, where a legit man has two choices: landscaping off-the-books for West Side white cas...

*Shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2017*World-weary Jonathan Craine is a detective at the LAPD who has spent his entire career as a studio ‘fixer’, covering up crimes of the studio players to protect the billion-dollar industry that built Los Angeles. When one of the producers of The Wizard of Oz is found dead under suspicious circumstances, Craine must make sure the incident passes without scandal and that the deceased’s widow, the beautifu...