A young marketing specialist wakes up one morning for a surprise that ultimately sets in motion his abduction to another galaxy. Mysteries are discovered in this new world. A story of friendship and personal growth as he tries to get back to Earth alive.

This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environmental ethics, science and the environmental movement, Ea...

Poul Anderson was one of the seminal figures of twentieth-century science fiction. Named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1997, he produced an enormous body of standalone novels and series fiction and was equally at home in the fields of heroic fantasy and hard SF. He was a meticulous craftsman and a gifted storyteller, and the impact of his finest work continues, undiminished, to this day.Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds is a rousing...

A Texas sheriff must defend a murderous Union general from a Confederate family out for revenge in this post–Civil War Western.They call him The Butcher of Baxter Pass, the notorious former Union General who massacred 200 Confederate prisoners—just because he could. Now it’s Sheriff Jess Casey’s unenviable job to protect the bloodthirsty murderer from those who want him dead, which turns out be pretty much everyone south of the Mason-Dixon Line.When the But...

This dazzling anthology includes epic interstellar adventures, tales of space and wonder, from some of the brightest names in science fiction. Authors includeKage BakerStephen BaxterGregory BenfordTony DanielGreg EganPeter F. HamiltonGwyneth JonesJames Patrick KellyNancy KressKen MacleodPaul J. McAuleyIan McDonaldRobert ReedAlastair ReynoldsMary RosenblumRobert SilverbergDan SimmonsWalter Jon Williams

How would first contact—on earth, in space, on another planet—transform our understandings of technology, philosophy, and what it means to be human? What kind of cognitive dissonance would society experience, if we discovered a previously unrecognized sentience on Earth?What would life be like if it originated in a frigid ocean beneath an impenetrable shell of ice? Or on a world whose haze obscures any view of the universe beyond? Or on an unfathomable scale in the...

An insightful guidebook on bisexual identity interwoven with fearless testimony of bisexual activities striving for self-realization in a society built on the reductive axis of “gay/straight.”Even as the broader LGBT community enjoys political and societal advances in North America, the bisexual community still today contends with decades of misinformation stereotyping them as innately indecisive, self-loathing, and untrustworthy.Claiming the B in LGBT

This enlightening edited collection shows how migration shapes the lives of faith communities - and vice versa - through diverse prisms including diaspora, generational change, cultural conflict, conceptions of 'ministry' and artistic response. The contributors comprise writers, poets and artists from the three largest Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and beyond. They show how issues of migration are addressed through a variety of different media such as theological debate a...

This Historical Essay is published by "History and Civilization Collection"."Of all the wonderful operations accomplished by the aid of electricity, none so completely mystifies the beholder as the action of the trolley car..."

Dieses Buch enthält folgende Western: Alfred Bekker: Farley und die Rancherin Pete Hackett: Nackt unter Geiern Pete Hackett: Schieß zurück, Lane Alfred Bekker: Entscheidung in Nogales Alfred Bekker/Thomas West: Graingers Weg George Owen Baxter: Donnermond der Cheyenne William MacLeod Raine: Brandzeichen-Fälscher Charles Turpin wischte sich den Schweiß von der Stirn. Soeben hatten er und sein Sohn Lane die letzten Mavericks aus der Herde ausgesondert und zum Feuer getrieben. Cole, sein Älte...

This book presents the history of the automobile and its evolution.The 19th century is marked by unparalleled advances in science and its applications to the industrial arts. The automobile is looked upon as an ultra progressive idea. The records, however, show that the subject engrossed the attention of inventive minds many hundreds of years ago. In fact, as far back as the beginning of the thirteenth century a Franciscan monk named Roger Bacon prophesied that the day would come wh...

William Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation' meticulously documents the trials and triumphs of the Pilgrims as they make their way to the New World and establish the Plymouth colony. Written in a straightforward yet eloquent style, Bradford's work provides readers with a firsthand account of the early settlement period, offering valuable insights into the challenges of colonization and the relationships between the settlers and the indigenous people. The book's narrative structure, resembli...