We have lost the war on cancer. At the beginning of the last century, one person in twenty would get cancer. In the 1940s it was one out of every sixteen people. In the 1970s it was one person out of ten. Today one person out of three gets cancer in the course of their life.The cancer industry is probably the most prosperous business in the United States. In 2014, there will be an estimated 1,665,540 new cancer cases diagnosed and 585,720 cancer deaths in the US. $6 billion of tax-...

What methods will connect today's civic leaders so they can learn and understand one another's challenges and concerns, and identify common problems and priorities? With A Virginia Odyssey, John P. Thomas opens up the discussion. The author describes the Lead Virginia program, which he has helped design and lead for over twenty years. Its experiential education curriculum serves two chief purposes: to broaden perspectives and to develop trusting relationships (social capital) amon...

Writer John P. Thomas states: "Secondhand fragrance contamination should be the number one health problem being addressed by the public health system in America, but it doesn’t even show up on the list of current priorities."Could your health be suffering due to toxic fragrances hidden in perfumes, colognes, laundry products, air fresheners, and hundreds of other products?In this four part expose, John P. Thomas looks at the growing epidemic of secondhand fragrance contamin...

The U.S. fertility rate is at an all-time record low. Are we watching the leading edge of a slowly moving tidal wave of infertility? What is causing the current generation of adults of childbearing age to become infertile? What can be done about it?In Part I John P. Thomas looks at some of the scientific research concerning environmental factors and lifestyle choices that contribute to the high rate of infertility in America. One out of every six couples in the United States is inf...

Mastering English gathers thirty-four classic texts that chart the English language as system, history, social practice, and imaginative resource. Prescriptive grammars and schoolroom manuals stand beside philological inquiries, vocabulary guides, studies of pronunciation, dialect, and American usage, creating a richly varied archive of linguistic thought. The volume's range—from practical instruction to playful verbal observation and historical speculation—reveals how debates over "correc...

Warlock's Play: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics is a sweeping anthology that delves into the tantalizing realms of the supernatural and macabre. Spanning the breadth of gothic horror to richly woven mysteries, the collection reveals a diversity of literary styles that have shaped and influenced the horror genre over centuries. This assembly of narratives, each distinct yet unified in their exploration of fear and the unknown, offers readers portals into the minds of ...

Fortress of Terror gathers more than 550 horror classics, supernatural mysteries, and macabre tales into a capacious survey of fear's literary forms. Gothic castles, haunted houses, revenants, occult experiments, psychological disturbances, colonial encounters, and grotesque comic reversals appear alongside detective-inflected mysteries and tales of cosmic dread. The volume moves fluently from Romantic sensation and Victorian ghost story to fin-de-siècle decadence, American weird fiction, ...

Step into the eerie and enchanting world of 'THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics,' a collection that weaves together an expansive array of literary styles and genres, all unified by their exploration of the supernatural and the mysterious. This anthology delves into chilling tales of the gothic, the macabre, and the otherworldly, offering an exhilarating journey from the pages of the eerie to the spine-tingling. With standout pieces that leave reader...

HALLOWEEN Boxed Set gathers a capacious international archive of Halloween's literary affinities: Gothic terror, ghost story, psychological uncanny, occult speculation, satire, romance, and macabre adventure. Ranging from eighteenth-century Gothic architecture and nineteenth-century sensation fiction to fin-de-siècle decadence and early weird fiction, the volume maps the genre's shifting techniques—framing narratives, spectral visitation, doubles, curses, haunted houses, and ambiguous appa...

Halloween Collection Treat curates a mesmerizing anthology of tales that traverse the realms of the eerie, the ghostly, and the fantastical. This collection weaves together a rich tapestry of themes, exploring the duality of fear and fascination intrinsic to Halloween lore. Delve into the atmospheric narratives that blend gothic horror, speculative fiction, and spine-chilling suspense, ensuring a diversity of storytelling styles that pay homage to the tradition of macabre literature. The c...

This compelling Horror Anthology offers an unparalleled journey through the macabre, exploring the depth and breadth of the genre across centuries and continents. It stands as a testament to the enduring allure and versatility of horror fiction, punctuated by a mesmerizing variety of styles, from gothic classics to chilling modern tales. The collection weaves together tales that dazzle with psychological intensity, supernatural intrigue, and existential dread, creating a captivating landsc...

The 'HALLOWEEN Ultimate Collection: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories' serves as a monumental beacon of the eerie, the uncanny, and the supernatural. This anthology envelops readers in a swirling shadow of literary styles, traversing the haunted terrains of gothic horror, the tantalizing whispers of supernatural mysteries, and the spine-chilling macabre stories that define a global tradition of horror literature. The sheer diversity of pieces included is stagge...