God does not punish or reward. He (or she or it) teaches love and its characteristics as a guide to heaven, a state, not a place. There is no reason to fear God, since love and fear are opposites and cannot exist simultaneously. It is up to us to create the age of divinity, this ouring all human conflicts.

This book addresses the challenge of education for citizenship at a specific, concrete level. It offers examples of efforts to create among our students a new set of what Tocqueville called mores or culturally defining 'habits of the heart' which will enhance citizenship, foster a sense of connectedness to a community stretching beyond the university, and ultimately, support the practices, basic values, and institutions necessary for the democratic process.

My warmest thanks are due to Mr. Francis Darwin, to Mr. E. B. Poulton (whose interest in The subject here discussed is shown by his share in The translation of Weismann’s Essays on Heredity), and to Professor Romanes, for The help afforded by Their kindly suggestions and criticisms, and for The advice and recommendation under which this essay is now published. Encouragement from Mr. Francis Darwin is to me The more precious, and The more worthy of grateful recognition, from The fact that m...

Legends of vampires, werewolves, and unruly spirits have been a feature of European folklore for centuries. The authors whose work is collected together in this volume range from early Gothic writers to modern pulp enthusiasts.English writers like John William Polidori (1795-1821), the physician who wrote The Vampyre, and William H. G. Kingston (1814-1880), were pioneers of supernatural fiction, while others chose to master the ghost story. E. F. Benson was a part time arc...

Being in-love can be complicated. Add in sordid pasts and you make it even more so. But it's that turmoil – that uncertainty – that also makes love exciting. What is true in life is the same in fiction. Lydia, a single mom to a young boy, finds the love of her life in Jerome, a recovering addict with a heart of gold. She falls head over heels for him – so much so that she becomes possessive. She starts to worry about what he is doing when he isn't with her. This causes her to make bad deci...

Many contemporary surveillance practices take place in information infrastructures which are from the public domain. Although they have far reaching consequences for both citizens and their rights, they are not always subject to regulatory demands and oversight. This being said, democratic fora where citizens and institutions may question such practices cannot be mobilised without widespread awareness of the dangers and consequences of surveillance practices and who is responsible for them...

In narrating these few episodes in the undulatory, not to say switchback, career of my friend Aristide Pujol, I can pretend to no chronological sequence. Some occurred before he (almost literally) crossed my path for the first time, some afterwards. They have been related to me haphazard at odd times, together with a hundred other incidents, just as a chance tag of association recalled them to his swift and picturesque memory. He would, indeed, make a show of fixing dates by reference to his ...

As many social inequalities widen, this is a crucial survey of local authorities’ evolving role in health, social care and wellbeing.Health and social and public policy experts review structural changes in provision and procurement, and explore social determinants of health including intergenerational needs and housing. With detailed assessments of regional disparities and case studies of effective strategies and interventions from local authorities, this collaborative study addres...

Cursed with a magic ring that forbids skullduggery, Tyvian Reldamar's life of crime is sadly behind him. Now reduced to fencing moldy relics and wheedling favors from petty nobility, he's pretty sure his life can't get any worse.That is until he hears that his old nemesis, Myreon Alafarr, has been framed for a crime she didn't commit and turned to stone in a penitentiary garden. Somebody is trying to get his attention, and that somebody is playing a very high-stakes game that will ...

The Devil’s Shadow: AmbroseBy: William J. BalléAmbrose, an immortal priest embodied with the unadulterated power of the divine, battles his wit against the equally powerful underworld for those returning souls. Both sides soon, however, encounter the unsuspected advancements of “science.” With the help of his pupil Anna, Ambrose will discover there are more monstrosities who walk the earth than just the demons and vampires he has come to know.The Devil’s Shadow is a...

During an age of ancient Egyptian mythology in the city of Memphis, Egypt, the Egyptians worshipped a pantheon of gods including Osiris, Ra, Anubis and Horus. The Egyptian priests and mystics were very advanced in the ancient religion and mystical arts. They designed, architected, and built temples, pylons, palaces, sphinx, and pyramids. All ancient mystical weapons and artifacts were created by the priests and mystics. They were the seers, healers, and wizards of Egypt. Thotan was a membe...

Arch-criminal Tyvian Reldamar has gotten complacent. For him, he's reached the pinnacle of all he's really hoping to achieve: he's got money, he's got women (some of which aren't even trying to kill him), and he's got his loyal friends and family nearby and safe. Except...maybe not so safe.Because this is Eretheria, a city known as much for its genteel aristocracy as for its diabolical scheming. Long without a king, the scions of the ruling families scrabble for control--including ...