What if Christianity had never existed? Would the world be a better place? Or would it be worse?Was Christianity really responsible for persecutions, wars and genocides?Would it surprise you to know that the Crusades were caused by Islamic terrorism?Most people are not aware of this fact, nor are they aware that America was at war with Islamic terrorists and pirates since its founding in the late 1700's.After decades of piracy against American ships, impriso...

In the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs, salamanders, turtles, sea turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and sea snakes that are found along the almost 2,000-mile border between the two countries.Each chapter is devoted to one state—four in the US (California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) and ...

The January/February 2026 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring all-new short fiction by A. T. Greenblatt, Christopher Caldwell, J. R. Dawson, Kylie Lee Baker, A. W. Prihandita, Jules Arbeaux, and Claire Humphrey; essays by Dawn Xiana Moon, Betsy Aoki and Marie Brennan, Jana Bianchi, and Riley Silverman; poetry by A. M. Tuomala, Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, Theodora Goss, and Joemario Umana; interviews with Christopher Caldwell and A. W. Prihandita by Caroline M. Yoachim; Katy...

The Hegemony of Babylon: A Comprehensive History of the Metropole of the GodsBabylon was the greatest city the ancient world ever produced, a metropolis of three thousand years of continuous life, intellectual ambition, and cultural achievement whose legacy shaped the modern world far more profoundly than its absence from our history books suggests. The Hegemony of Babylon is a comprehensive narrative history of the city from its prehistoric origins on the Mesopotamian pla...

Explore twenty-four imaginative tales crafted by some of today’s best writers of science fiction and fantasy, all guests on the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers during its second year, and including several international bestsellers and winners of every major award in the field, as well as newer authors just beginning what promise to be stellar careers.A woman seeking the power to see the evil hiding within others regrets receiving it. Letters written by a wizard in th...

**"A majestic book." --Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the ScoreA unique joint memoir by a U.S. Marine and a conflict photographer whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and souls"The dueling-piano spirit of SHOOTING GHOSTS works because its authors are so committed to transparency, admitting readers into the dark crevices of their isolation." Wall St Journal**War tears people apart, but it can also br...

Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Robert Browning - Meeting At Night 8. E.Dickinson - My River 9. P.B. Shelley - Love's Philosophy 10. Alfred Tennyson - Maud 11. E.A. Poe - Annabel Lee 12. J.Keats - Bright Star 13. Andrew Marvell - To His Coy Mistress 14. E.A. Poe - ...

Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen: Die tägliche Fahrt zur Arbeit als Hilfe zum geistlichen Wachstum nutzen! Die inspirierenden, in Bewegung setzenden Artikel aus der Zeitschrift AufAtmen sind für viele Menschen zu einer wichtigen Quelle ihres geistlichen Wachstums geworden. Viele nutzen sie für die eigene Stille Zeit oder lesen sie gemeinsam im Hauskreis. Die starke Nachfrage nach den Stille-Zeit-Hörbüchern zeigt das große Verlangen, während der täglichen Fahrt zur Arbeit auch geistli...

The May/June 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Arkady Martine, Sarah Rees Brennan, Tia Tashiro, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Rati Mehotra, K.S. Walker, and John Wiswell. Essays by John Scalzi, Amy Berg, Dawn Xiana Moon, and Cara Liebowitz, poetry by Angela Liu, Ali Trotta, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, and Fran Wilde, interviews with Arkady Martine and K.S. Walker by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Zara Alfonso, and an editorial by Lynne M...

The September/October 2020 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by T. Kingfisher, Samantha Mills, Kenneth Schneyer, Lavie Tidhar, Marie Brennan, and James Yu. Reprint fiction by P. Djèlí Clark. Essays by Del Sandeen, Marissa Lingen, Nibedita Sen, and Christopher Mark Rose, poetry by Terese Mason Pierre, Beth Cato, Rita Chen, and Lora Gray, interviews with Kenneth Schneyer and Lavie Tidhar by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Christopher Jones, a...

This unique and timely collection examines childhood and the child character throughout Stephen King’s works, from his early novels and short stories, through film adaptations, to his most recent publications. King’s use of child characters within the framework of horror (or of horrific childhood) raises questions about adult expectations of children, childhood, the American family, child agency, and the nature of fear and terror for (or by) children. The ways in which King presents, compl...

This book describes the process of amending the federal constitution as defined in Article V by means of a convention for proposing amendments. It shows that the constitution can be amended in two ways: either by ratifying an amendment proposed by the Congress or by ratifying an amendment proposed by a convention. Article V requires the Congress to call a convention whenever the legislatures of two thirds of the states request one. The federal constitution has been amended twenty-seven tim...