Expert direction on interpretation and application of standards of valueWritten by Jay Fishman, Shannon Pratt, and William Morrison—three renowned valuation practitioners—Standards of Value, Second Edition discusses the interaction between valuation theory and its judicial and regulatory application. This insightful book addresses standards of value (SOV) as applied in four distinct contexts: estate and gift taxation; shareholder dissent and oppression; di...

Christianity Today Book Award—Biblical StudiesForeword INDIES Book of the Year Award Honorable MentionSOLA Network's Asian American Book Awards Honorable MentionIn a first-of-its-kind volume, The New Testament in Color offers biblical commentary that is:MultiethnicDiverseContextual

The Emerald Tablet—an ancient document that contains the essence of the alchemical teachings—has had an important influence on many Western spiritual and religious traditions. Ostensibly concerned with turning base metals into gold, alchemy was in fact dedicated to transforming the lead of self into the gold of spirit. This brilliant history of alchemy traces its sources back to ancient Egypt, and presents alchemy as a useful, practical system of self-transformation. Each of the seven step...

You’ve dreamed of retirement for decades, even worked hard to save for it. But what will your life look like when you stop working?Are you overwhelmed and scared by the prospect of retirement? Maybe traditional full-stop retirement isn’t for you, or you have no idea what kind of lifestyle you want. Running out of money is also a huge worry, and even the best financial plan will fail without lifestyle planning. Without a clear vision for your life after work, you’re...

The name Waldorf Astoria conjures images of Gilded Age opulence for the elite and the personalities that illuminated the Gilded Age in New York. Visit the old location on Fifth and 33rd and the current day incarnation on Park Avenue. Famed throughout the world, New York's Waldorf Astoria is quite simply the grandest of all grand hotels. Host to emperors, rajahs, potentates, and plutocrats--not to mention every US president since Grover Cleveland--its name has become synonymous with the epi...

1950s Science Fiction 2 - 23 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950sBeyond Lies The Wub by Philip K. DickThe Last Plunge by S. J. SackettHuman Is by Philip K. DickThree Spacemen Left to Die! by Russ WinterbothamBeyond The Door by Philip K. DickWanderlust by Alan E. NourseThe Flight of the Eagle by Alfred CoppelBreeder Reaction by Winston MarksThe Addicts by William MorrisonStop, You...

This revised and updated third edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1991. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Ramsey Campbell, Robert McCammon, Dennis Etchison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Charles L. Grant, Joel Lane and Thomas Tessier, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightmare necrology of those who kicked off this mortal coil durin...

Mars and Martians is a sweeping 30+ hour journey across the red planet—where explorers land with hope, settlers fight to survive, and something ancient watches from the dust.From the golden age of science fiction comes an extraordinary collection of 60 stories that imagine Mars in every possible form: a frontier, a battlefield, a mystery, a memory. Ray Bradbury’s haunting visions sit alongside Isaac Asimov’s sharp ideas, Philip K. Dick’s unsettling encounters, and ...

Vintage Sci-Fi - 21 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, H. B. Fyfe and many more!Madmen of Mars by Erik FennelSmall Town by Philip K. DickLazarus Come Forth by Ray BradburySpoken For by William MorrisonMonster by William MorrisonWreck Off Triton by Alfred CoppelStop, You're Killing Me by Darius John GrangerForsyte's Retreat by Winston MarksUntil Life Do Us Part by Winston Marks...

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a ...

Die Anthologie *100 Meisterkrimis - Klassiker die man kennen muss* vereint packende Geschichten aus der Welt der Kriminalliteratur, die Schutz und Schärfe gleichermaßen bieten. Der Band umfasst ein breites Spektrum an Stilen, von der viktorianischen Detektivgeschichte über Abenteuerromane bis hin zu psychologischen Thrillern. Durch die Vielfalt der Werke, darunter Beiträge von Literaturriesen wie Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle oder Friedrich Glauser, erhalten Leser Einblicke in die En...

Seven science fiction short stories from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.Monster by William MorrisonThe Monster Maker by Ray BradburySix Frightened Men by Robert SilverbergThe Last Plunge by S. J. SackettLet The Ants Try by Frederik PohlThe Monster That Threatened The Universe by Russ WinterbothamMonsters That Once Were Men by Robert Silverberg