This account of the drama in time that is Tucson begins not with the founding of the Presidio San Agustín on August 20, 1775, but with the emergence of Sentinel Peak in geologic deep time. It ends -- "To be continued"-- in 2014.It spans the periods of precontact with Europeans, Spanish colonization, Mexican nationhood, the territorial West, early and Depression era statehood, and the development of metropolitan Tucson after World War II.It offers not one definitive historic...

Nineteen short stories cover the gamut from humor to horror. Meet ghosts, ghouls and goofballs in this expansive collection of tales ranging from religious to ridiculous.

Tom Skolstad is a pawn in a high-stakes game of espionage and murder. The problem is: he has no idea he is playing. He has been compromised by North Korean agents using psychotropic drugs. Can he escape the playing field before he is killed? A fast-paced thriller with lots of twists and turns set in Washington, D.C.

Beauty tells how a custom acoustic guitar came into being. In 2016, the author, John Warnock, was given by his wife an acoustic instrument -- mandolin or guitar -- to be made to his specifications. An email correspondence followed between the author and Vincent Guidroz, luthier and proprietor of the New Orleans Guitar Company.The backbone of Beauty is that correspondence, put into context by the author, and illustrated by photographs showing the stages in the crea...

When Dorian Gray wants a digital photo for a dating web site, he gets more—much more than he bargained for. A short story with a modern take on Oscar Wilde's classic

Edna Kretschmer intends to see Curly the goldfish dead, but Curly has other ideas. A short story with a twist.

Joe Fitzsimmons hasn't been the same since the accident. The visions and blackouts are ruining his life. Things only get more complicated when he falls in love with his neurologist. He can see things in her past that affect her present and their future and put his own life in danger.

A wonderful and wide variety of short stories for talented authors.Nicole Givens KurtzRod A. WhiteMike RusetskyBrenda CarreJohn A. TuresDarin KennedyH.K. SladeAaron DaMommioShane PorteousBrian MacDonaldKelly ZimmerSierra JacksonLarina WarnockAna CordobaRosemary Williams

Originally published in 1987. This important and provocative book explains the persistence of hunger, poverty, and the lack of balanced development in many countries and the central role of agriculture in economic development. Most theories of agricultural development are based on the experiences of western Europe and the United States while the two models for successful "late development" have been Japan and the Soviet Union. This book surveys the evolution of agriculture under colonialis...

First published in 1988. With the Education Reform Act 1988 firmly in place and impacting upon the education of children and young people with Special Educational Needs, this book examines the issues that arose from its implementation. It aims to promote debate as well as providing a record of the achievements in practice, policy and provision in Britain since the Warnock Committee reported. The challenges which remain or have been created since the introduction of the Education Act 1981 a...