My story starts with an author who has decided she wanted to write a ghost story. Honey moved into a mansion, which was supposed to have wall to wall ghosts. When she set eyes on the place, she thinks she has been had until action begins to start. The ghosts do a few things in the hope of scaring her witless to send her screaming. But their plans backfi re. They adopt Honey as a member of their family, like they did in the past, when a homeless boy strayed into their over grown garden to h...

Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned...

This volume is one outcome of a two-year study conducted by the Behavioral Studies Research Group of The Hastings 1 Center. It is divided into three parts to reflect the several facets of the interdisciplinary project from which it stems. In the opening chapter Willard Gaylin and Ruth Macklin, who di rected the study, describe its basic conception and structure, which centered around three programs to conduct research into aspects of violence and aggressive behavior, programs aborted in th...

1 This book is the product of a one-year project conducted by the Hastings Center, Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences, during 1976-1977. The Behavior Control Research Group-an ongoing, interdisciplinary working group com posed of philosophers, psychiatrists, psychologists, social sci entists, and lawyers-met four times over the course of the year with special consultants with expertise in the field of mental retardation. At those meetings, participants gave in formal presen...

Chita. She was passed around to many families to protect her. Those wanting to find the hidden treasure of her pirate family want to find her to know, where the treasure can be located. Chita does poorly paid jobs to stay under the radar. One night, she has a meal at a restaurant. Her food is spiked with chilly. Chita can't eat the hot vegetable. This causes much trouble. The owner of the restaurant is a band of chefs, who spend time to the saving of people. A search and rescue group. Thei...

Gran Arian has had many life changes. Many adventures in her lifetime. The story begins near the ending, where she lives in a small village. She tells stories to the children. One child begins to try to find out, how old she should be. There parents had listened to the same stories, when growing up. This book begins with the stories she had been telling for years, to build up to a time, when her life changed. What began to be a short story keeps building as more characters appear in her li...

Arch, and Sam, two mice live in an old building. The dust makes them sneeze. The old building was always complaining he was about to collapse. The three of them wished a family. Or a builder. Would appear to clean away the dust to then repair the build, and renew the peeling paint. The three of them planned to have the newcomer to town to stop to take pity on them. To their surprise a car arrives in the town to nearly run down the mice.

The children had been fighting with each other. Causing trouble. Their Mother hinted there wouldn't be presents. And wished Santa would take her home with him. There dream told them this is what had happened.

Doctor Chuck goes for a hike up on to the mountain, before the season's end. He finds a woman on the edge of the trail. She is guarded by a wolf. He will not let him close to her for him to examine. A bear joins the mix to attack the woman. The wolf leave the saving of the woman to Chuck, while he deals with the bear. Chuck has to call back up to same the woman, and himself. Rescue teams arrive. The bear is taken down by darts. The wolf, and woman, are taken down the trail to be saved. The...

This is about Florence, who planted a tree with her husband. She has treasured the tree all her life. The council wants to cut down the tree. Florence, and her dog do a sit in to stop the workers from destroying the tree.

Captain Crowe had his heart set of the capture of the ship named the Falcon Flyer. Many times he tried but didn't reach his dream, In his last battle with the navy, his own ship had been sank, All the crew, and Captain Crowe, perished. The Captain's soul could not rest, because he hadn't claimed the Falcon Flyer. His chained soul roamed the world bellowing, and rattling his chains. Each place he visited the citizens couldn't sleep for the noise. He was moved on, to cause trouble in another...

Tears might flow. Covers a scene on domestic violence. The beginning of the marriage the dark side was kept hidden. On the honeymoon, the fractures of the dark side began to show, with the release of his jealously, and possession, as his power over his wife. Cut her off from her family, and friends. Used abuse, after his drinking. His wife suffered in silence, until the final day he arrived home to be nasty to her friends, who had chosen the wrong day to return home early. He is told by hi...