*Shortlisted for the British Book Design and Production Award for Graphic Novels*'A love letter to gaming in all its forms - from board games, to role-play, to virtual reality and video games. For fans of gaming, this is the perfect read. For those new to gaming, it is the perfect introduction' The ScotsmanA thrilling illustrated journey through the history of video games and what they really mean to usPac-...

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

«The Ultimate Romance Collection», by Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Charlotte Brontë, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Emily Brontë, Leo Tolstoy. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: 50 Classics Romance ; 1. Emma (Jane Austen) ; 2. Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare) ; SCENE I. Verona. A public place ; SCENE II. A street.

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

«50 Classic Romance You Have to Read Before You Die», by Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Charlotte Brontë, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Emily Brontë, Leo Tolstoy. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: 1. Emma (Jane Austen) ; 2. Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare) ; SCENE I. Verona. A public place ; SCENE II. A street ; SCENE III. A room in Capulet's house.

What can be called the long twentieth century represents the most miraculous and creative era in human history. It was also the most destructive. Over the past 150 years, modern societies across the globe have passed through an extraordinary and completely unprecedented transformation rooted in the technological developments of the nineteenth century. The World in the Long Twentieth Century lays out a framework for understanding the fundamental factors that have shaped our world o...

"In the shimmering haze of a clear midwinter evening, Howard could plainly make out his target: the broad dome of the US Capitol Building less than half a mile away. Just beyond that lay the limestone edifices of the Everett Dirksen Senate Office and the Sam Rayburn House Office Buildings. He checked his watch: it was 4.22 p.m. In less than three hours, the government of the United States would be no more. Opening a small paper bag, he casually began munching on a sandwich that Jackie had ...

"The Old World in the New" by Edward Alsworth Ross explores the profound impact of European immigration on American society. Ross delves into the cultural, social, and economic contributions of immigrants, illustrating how they shaped the fabric of the nation. He examines the tensions between old-world traditions and new-world opportunities, highlighting the challenges immigrants faced in adapting to a rapidly changing environment. Through vivid anecdotes and insightful analysis, Ross capt...

Edward Alsworth Ross, one of the founders of the academic field of sociology, spent July–December 1917 traveling across the Russian Empire and talking to the people there. As he states in his brief introduction, “I have taken it as my business to describe impartially the major social changes going on in Russia … in the latter half of 1917, and leave it to others or to time itself to judge them.” Ross follows through on that promise remarkably well, describing Russian peasants, the urban ed...

God sifted a whole nation that He might send choice grain into the wilderness. So thought the seventeenth century of the migration to Massachusetts Bay in the evil years of Charles I; but what are we to think of it? There is to-day so little sympathy with that remote, narrow New England theocracy that it is well to state again in living terms what part the coming of the best of the English Puritans bore in building up the American people. As history makers, those who will suffer loss and e...

What are the distinctive characteristics of the discipline of history? How do we teach those characteristics effectively, and what benefits do they offer students? How can history instructors engage an increasingly diverse student body? Teaching History in Higher Education offers instructors an innovative and coherent approach to their discipline, addressing the specific advantages that studying history can bring. Edward Ross Dickinson examines the evolution of methods and concepts in the ...

The first COVID-19 case in the US was reported on January 20, 2020. As the first cases were being reported in the US, Washington State became a reliable source not just for hospital bed demand based on incidence and community spread but also for modeling the impact of skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities on hospital bed demand. Various hospital bed demand modeling efforts began in earnest across the United States in university settings, private consulting and health sy...