As its name implies, True Confessions is a symposium of the most vivid romances of real life—irresistible masterpieces of realism. Its stories teem with dramatic situations that defy description; tear away the veils of pretense and paint the naked soul in indelible words of truth.These are stories based on fact, naturalistic stories describing intimate life—the lights and shadows, the frailties and falls, the perfect images of lives lived at the extremes of human experienc...

ALL OR NOTHING...On 1 May 3052, twenty-five Galaxies from seven Clans clashed with twelve armies of ComStar’s Com Guards on the pastoral planet of Tukayyid. For twenty-one days, one of the largest campaigns in BattleMech warfare unfolded to decide the fate of the Inner Sphere.The Battle of Tukayyid is one of BattleTech’s most pivotal conflicts. Now, explore this crucial campaign through eight different points of view—from the enigmatic ComStar, whose relati...

The apocalypse will come in A is for Apocalypse, but in a many different forms. Within these covers the apocalypse comes with fire, with a sigh, with tears, in technological code, with alien intervention. It comes with survival in a nightmare landscape, it demands human sacrifice, it stalks through the pages with bloodlust. It freezes, it explodes, it howls.In stories as varied as the trials humanity can endure, this anthology brings together an alphabet of possible world ...

Clinical trials sit at the center of how new medical therapies move from early scientific promise to safe, effective, and available treatment. Every stage of that journey — designing a protocol, finding the right participants, monitoring their safety, analyzing the resulting evidence, and ultimately gaining regulatory approval — has traditionally depended on expert judgment applied to data that arrives slowly and in fragments. Artificial intelligence is changing what's possible at each of ...

EVERYONE GOES HOMEShrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your true-north compass toward friendly lines during the blistering, do-or-die BattleMech combat of the 31st century and beyond!A Dispossessed MechWarrior stuck piloting a hovertank when her home is attacked must rein in her pride and jealousy when an entitled young MechWarrior is assigned to her unit. After an arrogant mistake meant someone never got to go home, a Cable’s Rangers lieu...

Disjointed (688 pages in print) is for patients with hEDS/HSD and the physicians who treat them. hEDS/HSD is an underrecognized, complex, multisystemic disorder, with the silos of healthcare’s specialties often working against effective and efficient treatment. With 21 specialist & 6 resource chapters, Disjointed brings together physician, patient, and parent perspectives to support the goal of earlier and more complete intervention. With specialist chapters by: Paldeep Atwal, M.D., Richar...

This deliciously decadent once-banned classic of vintage erotica, written anonymously in 1890, tells the wild and sordid story of a head-strong and fiercely confident young woman as she navigates the kinky and the morally loose corners, boudoirs, and parties of Victorian high-society.In the great tradition of 'Fanny Hill', Arabella, in her own words describes her remarkable life seeking all manner of erotic diversions.Her journey begins at a very exclusive party of the era;...

HENRI RENÉ ALBERT GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-93). The Necklace The Man with the Pale Eyes An Uncomfortable Bed Ghosts Fear The Confession The Horla PIERRE MILLE. The Miracle of Zobéide VILLIERS DE L'ISLE ADAM. The Torture by Hope ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN (1822-99) (1826-90). The Owl's Ear The Invisible Eye The Waters of Death HONORE DE BALZAC (1799-1850). Melmoth Reconciled The Conscript JEAN FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). Zadig the Babylonian PEDRO DE ALARÇON. The Nail LUIGI CAPUANA...

'A Town-Bull' recounts the exploits of New York city slicker Bob Sterling, recently wiped out by the stock exchange crash. Travelling back to the southern state in which he grew up, our well endowed hero will wile away his time plying the local lady folk with a damned fine rutting. Amongst maids, and housewives, débutantes, and mistress, many a lascivious deed is done, and his reputation spreads far and wide.Settling thus in his fabled Elysian Fields, where race, religion, age, exp...

The ancient wisdom condensed into this small book. Hermetic teaching of Thoth, the Egyptian god of Wisdom.This is an authentic version of Dr. Doreal translation.There are many biased and manipulated versions circulating on the Internet.We take the trouble to offer this work in the best version for a serious reader.

Darkly funny, crisply written, and told entirely from the demon's gloriously snarky point of view, "Gotcha!" is a short story that delights in turning the horror genre inside out. It is a story about competence, consequence, and the ancient truth that some people are their own worst supernatural event. Y-tan-Nar has just finished ninety years of service with the genuinely skilled Goody Goodman and has earned a rest on hell's seventh level. Someone has other plans. Yanked without warning in...

WHAT PRICE WILL YOU PAY?No matter how powerful a shadowrunner is, the darkness of the Sixth World always claims its due, whether that’s in a career, reputation, resources, or sometimes, a ’runner’s very life.These four novellas illustrate the costs of running the shadows in stark detail. A rising Urban Brawl star is forced into the shadows after being framed for fixing a game…and soon realizes there are much more dangerous games than his chosen sport. A low...