The Strangest Fiction Anthology is a collection of short stories written by a diverse group of talented fiction authors from strangestfiction.com. It is a showcase of the most popular science fiction, supernatural, horror, and thriller works on the site. Prepare to journey into the depths of space, listen to another sociopathic tale from your grandfather, confront the noise emanating from your attic, and much, much more. The collection will push your imagination and curiosity to their limi...

The purpose of the Exploring Environmental Challenges: A Multidisciplinary Approach series is to publish a collection of short texts that each explore a specific environmental issue and describe the methodologies, theories, and findings pertaining to that issue from both natural and social science perspectives. Each text contains three natural science essays, three social science essays, and a concluding essay. Intended for introductory environmental studies courses, these balanced, though...

A unique collection of stories from bestselling authors Angela Marsons, Rob Sinclair, Joy Ellis, Louise Beech and many more!Written in the Stars is a festive charity anthology with short stories from a variety of authors, including international bestsellers and award-winning writers. There's something for everyone, with tales that will make you laugh, make you cry, or make you sleep with the light on. It's the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter's...

Cooperation has become the leading strategy adopted by business and other organizations. It is taking on new forms that are adapted to changing market expectations and technological possibilities in the rapidly evolving business environment. This new edition of Cooperative Strategy provides a comprehensive view of the practical and theoretical literature concerning cooperative strategies, and the alliance and network organizational forms that are the enablers of these strategies. ...

This volume provides a comprehensive, broad-based overview, including first-person accounts, of the development and conduct of archaeology in the Southeast over the past three decades.Histories of Southeastern Archaeology originated as a symposium at the 1999 Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) organized in honor of the retirement of Charles H. McNutt following 30 years of teaching anthropology. Written for the most part by members of the first p...

FINDING OUT is the story of Jeremy Chericun' s trip to visit his aged aunt and, later, to attend her funeral. At this function he finds himself on an adventure in the company of a beautiful woman named Ahmay. She helps him find the person he truly was meant to be (so he assumes) and a love (with her) of which he never knew he was even remotely capable. CRIMSON MOON, In an apocalyptic world overrun by werewolves, vampires, and zombies, a determined young woman named Lily must confront her h...

This book addresses topics related to the impact of invasive species including biosecurity, demographics, species diversity and food security. It is meant for researchers, upper-level students, and policy makers and provides a factual basis for the underlying science and a discussion of that information with respect to current and future impacts and possible solutions. This book explores the nexus of climate change and biological invasions, resulting impacts (biological and economic) and a...

There have been many great advances in the field of biomedical imaging in recent years, with supramolecular chemistry playing a key role in the evolution of modern imaging techniques. Non-covalent supramolecular interactions are fundamental to countless biological processes, from host–guest binding to the stabilisation of complex structures. Supramolecular chemistry techniques can be employed to create probes that can be targeted to either exploit or disrupt these interactions, giving the ...

Este libro reúne dos preciosos volúmenes, casi piezas de coleccionista, donde Javier Marías rinde homenaje a dos de sus autores predilectos: William Faulkner y Vladimir Nabokov.Este volumen reúne los dos libritos que Javier Marías dedicara, en el centenario de sus respectivos nacimientos, a los escritores que tal vez más influencia han ejercido en la literatura en español de la segunda mitad del siglo XX: William Faulkner y Vladimir Nabokov. Además de los personale...

This fast-paced thriller and romantic suspense novel won First Prize for Fiction from Writer's Digest, and Independent Publisher magazine awarded it a First Place IPPY. Claire DuMond can't believe her father would just lapse into a coma for no apparent reason. Even his doctors are mystified. But one thing is clear, she must find the cause before it's too late. Claire sets out to do just that, and soon arrives on the Caribbean island of Martinique. And wouldn't you know? Her boyfriend follo...

Rediscover this Faulkner classic--or explore it for the first time.A powerful novel examining the nature of evil, informed by the works of T. S. Eliot and Freud, mythology, local lore, and hard-boiled detective fiction, Sanctuary is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of Mississippi debutante Temple Drake, who introduces her own form of venality into Memphis underworld where she is being held.