Before email,before the world wide web,before hackers,Before sexting,before always-on GPS,before titanium implants,before Alexa, Cortana, and Siri,before the computer in your pocket was more powerful than the one that sent astronauts to the moon,there was cyberpunk.And science fiction was never the same.Cyberpunk writers—serious, smart, and courageous in the face of change—exposed the naiveté of a society rushing headl...

This 2007 Audie Award finalist features more than three hours of some of the greatest shorts stories of all time.James Thurber's "The Night the Ghost Got In"performed by Isaiah ShefferComic Mayhem is unleashed when a family hears a ghost in the night... and calls in the police.Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"performed by Maria TucciTwo women reflect on romance and intrigue, long ago in Rome.Jack London's "Make Westing"perfor...

Best of “The Strand Magazine”: 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction“The Strand Magazine was always a giant voice in our corner of the literary world—and it still is today. This collection proves why—these unearthed gems and exciting new pieces shouldn’t be missed.” —Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesThis star-studded anniversary collection features over t...

It began with a key. One afternoon in 1956, in the home of the Hitchings family in Battersea, south London, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings' bed. This seemingly insignificant event heralded the beginning of one of the most terrifying, incredible and mysterious hauntings in British history. The spirit, who quickly became known as 'Donald', began to communicate, initially via tapping sounds, but over time - and with the encouragement of psychical researcher ...

The pages of The Diary of Jack the Ripper reveal the unimaginable - that over a century ago, the legendary serial killer at work in London's Whitechapel kept a record of his bestial mutilations of women. The writer of the horrific journal is James Maybrick, a depraved drug-taking, womanising, 49-year-old Liverpool cotton merchant with a history of domestic violence. In this analysis of his diary, investigative author Shirley Harrison explains all about the origins of the text, the rigorous...

The Lady of Pleasure by James Shirley is a captivating Jacobean comedy that delves into the complexities of love, desire, and social ambition in early 17th-century England. First performed in the 1630s, the play explores the consequences of vanity, manipulation, and the pursuit of pleasure, offering sharp social commentary alongside witty dialogue and intricate plotting. At the heart of the play is a young woman whose obsession with beauty, status, and romantic conquest drives a web of mis...

重寫婚姻方程式，讓夫妻二人再次燃起愛的火花！「相愛容易相處難」或許是多數戀人害怕進入婚姻的關鍵因素，「有婚無伴」更是已婚人士最不願看到的場景。為了回應對於婚姻的顧慮，兩性關係與經營婚姻的相關書籍相應而生。無論是藉著調整個人對親密關係的期待，或是提供經營婚姻的方法與策略，都竭力維繫這份無與倫比的愛。其實，早在這類書籍出版之前，基督信仰群體就已建立獨樹一格的婚姻神學來指點迷津：引導夫妻思考婚姻的基礎、兩性中複雜的面向、建立更深的連結，以及持守在上帝面前所立下的誓言。這些豐富的知識，的確有助於打造穩固堅實的婚姻基礎，不過，在操作或執行層面，似乎還少些更具體的指引。深諳夫妻相處之道的杜布森夫婦撰寫這本夫妻每日靈修書籍，就是為了回應此難題。他們了解婚姻生活中那些容易帶來張力、但想說也說不清的議題。藉著深入人心的感人故事、簡明扼要的討論問題，本書不但為夫妻開啟對話的空間，更引導雙方屈膝禱告，再次將婚姻的主權交還給設立婚姻的上帝。對於尚在猶豫是否要結婚的戀人、已決定互許終身的伴侶，或是相看兩不厭的新婚燕爾，本書讓人瞥見婚姻中...

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This anthology introduces some of the most influential literature shaping our understanding of the social and cultural foundations of education today. Together the selections provide students a range of approaches for interpreting and designing educational experiences worthy of the multicultural societies of our present and future. The reprinted selections are contextualized in new interpretive essays written specifically for this volume.

The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years. In this volume, the authors use recent empirical studies to help us understand the patterns and nature of Mesoamerican warfare. Using evidence from ceramics, settlement pattern, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnography, these projects define the martial nature of Mesoamerican societies and link it to ritual, political economy, and other cultural systems. The studies range from preclassic to post-contact and ...

Victory and defeat, love and loss are the prevalent realities of Letters from the Greatest Generation, a remarkable and frank collection of World War II letters penned by American men and women serving overseas.Here, the hopes and dreams of the greatest generation fill each page, and their voices ring loud and clear. “It’s all part of the game but it’s bloody and rough,” wrote one soldier to his wife. “Wearing two stripes now and as proud as an old cat with five kittens,” ...

Regardless of how you found yourself without a life partner, you may be at a point where you'd like to experience the love of a spouse again. Authors Shirley and Jim Mozena experienced devastating losses and then struggles in their relationships before finding renewed love with each other. In Second Chance at Love they offer their insights to these difficult questions:Are you really ready?Is now the time?How do you know if you've found the right one?Is the p...