Post-Perestroika has visited Russia and Tobias the Muscovite is out of work and looking for just about anything to make ends meet. He moves to a remote outpost in Vodka Valley, Siberia, where his duty is to guard a plot of land for oil and gas exploration by The Rusky Company. At first isolated, cold, lonely, and feeling alienated, he has gradually grown accustomed to and even accepted by this remote wilderness. Little does the young watchman know that at night he is sleeping above a burie...

The Taxidermist is Hatching by Michael Mulvihill"Sheridan Le Fanu, Charles Maturin, Bram Stoker… These are probably all names of Irish horror writers I used to know. Now I know one more writer coming from the Land of Erin – Michael Mulvihill.I've recently read his collection of short horror stories, "The Taxidermist Is Hatching". Reading it, you're about to delve into the darkness to face all morbid creatures imaginable – vampires, werewolves, ghosts. The modern Dublin is de...

A fleet of SUVs park outside an abandoned apartment block in the besieged Aleppo, off loading groups of ISIL terrorists who storm a building. No one is there, except one man, the Syriacide blogger, and treacherous, blood thirsty and merciless killers.He is desperate to escape, as he tries to save himself from live gun battles. But how to do this is poses the greatest challenge of his life?"Syracide is a book that focuses more on building tension than on prose, and drags the ...

A fleet of SUVs park outside an abandoned apartment block in the besieged Aleppo, off loading groups of ISIL terrorists who storm a building. No one is there, except one man, the Syriacide blogger, and treacherous, blood thirsty and merciless killers.He is desperate to escape, as he tries to save himself from live gun battles. But how to do this is poses the greatest challenge of his life?"Syracide is a book that focuses more on building tension than on prose, and drags the ...

This innovative volume applies cutting-edge critical theories—including feminist, queer and human security perspectives—to analyse NATO's evolving role as a security and defence institution.Moving beyond traditional problem-solving approaches, it features diverse international contributors and employs a comprehensive methodological toolkit from discourse analysis to creative research methods. It also reveals how social, political and geopolitical forces shape NATO whilst examining ...

Get remote team members to interact as if they’re in the same room!Whether you’re videoconferencing with team members across the world or e-mailing a colleague sitting ten feet away, the truth is evident: technology has permanently altered the way we communicate. The virtual workplace can facilitate quicker decision making and reduced overhead. But the lack of face-to-face interaction can also impede trust, innovation, and creativity among team members....

In Fans Have More Friends, sports fans, dads, and data analysts David Sikorjak and Ben Valenta argue that fandom can not only increase our sense of belonging but also serves as a powerful antidote to loneliness because sports fans experience increased social connection. What they didn't realize was how deep that connection was, the potential it carried for individual and societal wellness, or the opportunities it offered for adult friendships, making and keeping friends, and famil...

"Citizen Kane does Adventureland." —The Washington PostThe outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder's son.Often called "Accident Park," "Class Action Park," or "Traction Park," Action Park was an American icon. Entertaining more ...