Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans, published in 1846, is the record of personal adventures by Thomas James.

What remains when the moment has passed, the light has faded, or the world as we knew it no longer exists?In Afterlife, the boundaries between grief and grace, chaos and clarity, are thin. Through formal elegance and sonic precision, these poems navigate the emotional terrain of burnout, trauma, reinvention, and survival. Whether grappling with memory, identity, or the inevitability of change, each piece asks what it means to endure—and who we become when we do.Wit...

This publication, published by SamEnrico, covers Ultimate Handbook Guide to Funafuti : (Tuvalu) Travel Guide

To escape from the mob, a young woman flees certain death for a life of constant degradation. Excerpt “I'll save your life,” the dark-haired, young man smiled as he tugged at me. I was in shock and fear. My lover had miscalculated the outcome of attempting to take the life of an underworld kingpin who was blackmailing him straight to the poorhouse. Instead of meeting minor opposition the entire crew blasted him, leaving him in the plush motel room to die. They found me in his silver Merced...

William Harrison Parker documented his religious belief that all life is connected with the dream of one day publishing it to the world. This dream was arrested by the start of the Civil War and his death at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Unable to accept failure of his "life's mission," his spirit continued to haunt this coast line. It was 150 years later that Joseph Stephenak, suffering his own life's crisis, stumbled upon this haggard spirit. Frightened, Joseph tried to distance h...

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into everyday life has extended beyond functional assistance into the intimate domains of emotion, companionship, and love. AI chatbots and virtual companions are increasingly engaged as emotional confidants, romantic partners, and sources of care, prompting a re-evaluation of how intimacy is constituted and experienced in a technologically mediated society. This Element examines the emergence of what is termed post-humanistic love, defined ...

VARIATIONS ON A THEMESix short stories and one novella comprise a second volume of short stories following A Montage of A Mauve Reality. Ranging from the fearful, the melancholic, the surreal, and the bizarre, Unsound Minds and the novella Beyond the Rim suddenly broaden the scope of the experience. Meet a man who discovers his whole life is based on a deception, and a hard bitten corporate snoop sent to an outpost near the distant Kuiper asteroid belt, who steps into a far stickie...

Have you ever wanted to learn how to program but never found quite the right book to get you started? Programming: A Primer gets you going straight away with the fundamentals of what programming is, basic programming with Python and the fundamental aspects of practical web development. In this book, you'll learn about:Programming: A Primer offers an easy way into coding for anyone with an interest in using technology to solve problems, whether a school or new undergraduate computer science...

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Rome was an aged but still vigorous power while Spain was a rising giant on track toward becoming the world’s most powerful and first truly global empire. This book tells the fascinating story of the meeting of these two great empires at a critical moment in European history. Thomas Dandelet explores for the first time the close relationship between the Spanish Empire and Papal Rome that developed in the dynamic period of the Italian Renaissanc...

This book considers the ability of island jurisdictions with financial centres to meet the expectations of the international community in addressing the threats posed to themselves and others by their innocent (or otherwise) facilitation of the receipt of suspect wealth.In the global financial architecture, British Overseas Territories are of material significance. Through their inalienable right to self-determination, many developed offshore financial centres to achieve sustainabl...

This is The Gossamer NebulaThe Southern Colonies, Book #2:(The Southern Colonies are located in Southern Constellations as viewed from the Earth)The intrepid children of the Gossamer Nebula have decided to help the 5 Southern Hyperborean ancestral colonies to defend themselves against the Hyraxian ships sent to destroy them. Unable to deter them, the President of Teraxii ordered their artificially intelligent starship to be upgraded in technology & weaponry to give ...

An ancient colony ship in stationary orbit near the moon received a message from its home world. The Hyraxian enemy have discovered the location of them colonies and have sent dreadnought warships to destroy the colonial worlds and their spaceships.On Earth, only eight ancestors survive from the original colonist. Of those, only the two youngest, ten year old, Kevin and Amy, have the telepathic ability to communicate with the artificial intelligence of the colony ship, the Gossamer ...