This collection contains "What ifs" of military alternate history so daring their heroes would be welcomed into any warriors' hall:Stand on the deck of the H.M.S. Illustrious off the Falkland Islands as the Royal Navy sails into the first carrier battle since 1945 in "Fate of the Falklands"In "The Lightnings and the Cactus," see what happens when an unfortunate heart attack leads to P-38 Lightnings arriving at Henderson Field in October 1942

A step-by-step technique for sparking breakthrough creativity in advertising--or any fieldSince its publication in 1965, A Technique for Producing Ideas has helped thousands of advertising copywriters smash through internal barriers to unleash their creativity. Professionals from poets and painters to scientists and engineers have also used the techniques in this concise, powerful book to generate exciting ideas on demand, at any time, on any subj...

_______________'A coolly literary masterpiece' - Greil Marcus, Esquire**'**Sad, funny, brilliant' - The Daily Telegraph'In classic fish-out-of-water fashion Young writes with wry amusement alongside a fair bit of affection for his icy boss' - The Times_______________Fully updated with a new introduction, this is the story of Nico, fo...

A Technique for Producing Ideas has helped thousands of advertising copywriters smash through internal barriers to unleash their creativity. Professionals from poets and painters to scientists and engineers have also used the techniques in this concise, powerful book to generate exciting ideas on demand, at any time, on any subject. Now let James Webb Young's unique insights help you look inside yourself to find that big, elusive idea--and once and for all lift the veil of mystery...

The words on the mysterious letter were simple.Read Me, Now.Josie thought she had married the perfect man. But as their love grows cold, she can't shake the feeling that he's hiding something‒or someone.Then the first letter arrives at her door. It demands that she read it immediately.He's lying to you.Josie investigates on her own, haunted by two questions:Was her marriage a lie?Or is someone using ...

My God, we are losing this war. —Lt. Nicholas Cobb, USNMarch 1943. The Usurper’s War has resumed, with disastrous results for the Allies. The Imperial Japanese Navy, flush with victory after securing their eastern flank, turns their gimlet gaze towards the ultimate prize for their Emperor: The Dutch East Indies.For Commander Jacob Morton, XO of the U.S.S. Houston, the oncoming Japanese storm is not unexpec...

“We would sooner make a pyre of the stars than live subjugated to tyranny.”—Vice President Du, Spartan Republic, 3035 ADFor over seven hundred years, the Spartan Republic’s citizens have known one truth: Terra is coming. Descendants of exiles who dared to defy an emperor, the star nation’s 70 billion citizens spent the centuries training, arming…and waiting. Even with the Terran Emperor dead, the so-called “Confederation of Man” still claims sovereignty over all humans…and Sparta w...

Foreclosure Defense Survival Playbook is a practical, step-by-step guide designed to help homeowners understand the foreclosure process, review mortgage documents, identify possible problems, and take informed action before important deadlines pass.Foreclosure can be confusing and overwhelming. Homeowners are often faced with unfamiliar legal language, strict court deadlines, aggressive collection efforts, complicated servicing records, and questions about who owns...

Adolf Hitler is dead. Great Britain lies prostrate, subdued under a storm of poison gas and incendiaries that have turned the great city of London into a blazing abattoir.For RAF Squadron Leader Adam Haynes, London’s destruction is the nightmare outcome of years spent fighting the specter of Fascism. Getting out of England one step ahead of the Nazis, Adam embarks on a continent-spanning odyssey that will put him at odds with his former employers, his family, and all three of the A...

An age has passed since the fall of the old world and the rise of the malignant Dust people. Despite the terrors of this new age, humanity lingers within the wreckage of civilization, bound together only by the promise of a better existence in the next life. Yet not all are satisfied by this stagnant dogma. Within the ramshackle and smoggy city of Fort Palmer, eight-year-old Doran Osrik and his new friend, Alena, stand apart from the human Union, struggling alone to regain their races lost...

Henry Adams has been a neglected figure in recent years. The Education of Henry Adams is widely accepted as a classic of American letters, but his other work is little read except by specialists. His brilliant journalism is out of print, while Mont Saint Michel and Chartres and the novels Democracy and Esther receive little attention. Even the monumental History of the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, considered by some to be the greatest history wri...

This self-help novel is one that the reader antagonizes for a time. The protagonist shows his rearing and co-dependencies only briefly at the start. After a calamity at a time in his journey, the reader realizes that the main character (protagonist) had found his genuine.