Forty-one enthralling stories from the most talented new science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.MetaStellar is an online publication focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and horror launched in September 2020, founded by a dozen speculative fiction writers, editors, and artists from around the world.Since then, it's published hundreds of short stories by hundreds of writers, both original fiction, reprints, and excerpts. The proceeds from this antholo...

EDGE – On parent-teacher conference day in a city plagued by kidnappings, a boy learns his estranged father wants to meet him secretly. Warned against this, he shares his fear with his teacher, who hides him in her classroom. When the father and principal arrive, tension unfolds.THE KITE FLYER AT CHIMERA ISLAND – Two brothers, banished to a prison island, collect a mysterious substance called the Light. Memory, myth, and family bonds shape this dark yet touching tale of magical real...

The school choice movement is often seen as a modern, partisan undermining of a cherished institution: public education. Fighting for the Freedom to Learn sets the record straight, revealing that the struggle for educational freedom is as old as America itself and rooted in a deep and enduring tradition of parents and communities shaping how children learn. With contributions from 12 leading education scholars, this is a sweeping history of school choice in the United States. From...

Upon its release several years ago, The Beautiful Tree was instantly embraced and praised by individuals and organizations across the globe. James Tooley's extraordinary ability to braid together personal experience, community action, individual courage, and family devotion, brought readers to the very heart of education. This book follows Tooley in his travels from the largest shanty town in Africa to the mountains of Gansu, China, and of the children, parents, teachers, and entr...

The Christian faith is filled with mystery, from the Trinity and the Incarnation to the smaller mysteries found in some of the strange and unexplained passages of the Bible: Behemoth and Leviathan, nephilim and seraphim, heroes and giants and more. There is no reason for fiction engaging with Christianity to be more tidy and theologically precise than the faith itself.Here you will find challenging fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories that wrestle with tough questions and r...

What damage is being done by failing welfare states? What lessons can be learned from the best welfare states? And—is it too late to stop welfare states from permanently diminishing the lives and liberties of people around the world? Traveling around the globe, James Bartholomew examines welfare models, searching for the best education, health care, and support services in 11 vastly different countries; illuminating the advantages and disadvantages of other nations' welfare states; and del...

The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life. This second volume in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (a multivolumed work edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle) assesses the Gulf of Mexico as a single economic region.The book provides information and baseline data useful for assessing the goals of economic and environmen...

Ten years after the 2008 financial crisis we are again facing the possibility of economic turmoil as the Fed and other central banks exit their unconventional monetary policies by raising interest rates and shrinking their balance sheets.This book brings together leading scholars and former policymakers to draw lessons from the decade of unconventional monetary policies relied upon to stimulate the global economy in the aftermath of the financial crisis. The articl...

What monetary system best serves society? The current system of pure government fiat monies, managed by discretionary central banks, is inefficient and unstable. Monetary Alternatives explores fundamental and controversial ideas that move our monetary system and economy beyond repeated crises to sustainable stability and prosperity. The contributors to this volume energetically question the status quo and provide compelling arguments for moving to a monetary system based on freedo...

The 2008-2009 financial crisis and Great Recession have vastly increased the power and scope of the Federal Reserve, and radically changed the financial landscape. This ebook, an edited volume of papers presented at the Cato Institute’s 30th Annual Monetary Conference, examines those changes and considers how the links between money, markets, and government may evolve in the future. By studying the past, one can learn how to avoid future crises and improve monetary institutions, provided p...

Step back in time to the vibrant streets of Liverpool in the 19th century through the captivating memoirs of James Stonehouse. "Recollections of Old Liverpool" paints a vivid portrait of a bustling city on the cusp of transformation. From the bustling docks to the elegant townhouses, Stonehouse's keen observations capture the essence of a bygone era. Join him as he recounts tales of local characters, architectural marvels, and the social and economic forces that shaped this iconic city.

"This book brings together some of the greatest thought leaders and monetary policy scholars to examine how the Fed is being politicized and what that means for our economy." -Jeb Hensarling, Former Chairman, House Financial Services CommitteeThe 2008 financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic greatly expanded the Fed's scope and power. Populism and the Future of the Fed features highly readable essays that avoid technical jargon and provide a broad perspe...