Endymion tends to her flocks on the Thracian mountainside each summer, unaware that she has caught the attention of a most singular goddess. But when have gods and mortals ever been truly able to have what they want?Selene, the goddess of the moon, knows little of the mortal world, though she has enjoyed watching it from the sky above since the beginning of creation. Her affair with a mortal woman has caused a stir among the gods - and when a powerful deity decides to use the situa...

In 1801, the Canadian government set up a lifesaving establishment on Sable Island.Somebody had to be in charge.That’s how the role of Superintendent of Sable Island came to be. In the early 1800s, the Darby family found work running the supply ship between mainland Nova Scotia and the remote Sable Island outpost. Joseph Darby, the eldest son, became a master of navigating the treacherous waters around “The Graveyard of the North Atlantic”,...

To receive tenure, college and university professors have long been required to write scholarly monographs or articles, engage in serious research and teach effectively. This collection of articles marks the first effort to evaluate the place of digital scholarship in this process.

If you are an imperfect human being who struggles with the daily challenges life throws at you, then this is the right devotional for you. From losing battles against spiders and bees to unsuccessfully fixing a leaky water pipe, I am just as imperfect as the next person. When faced with lifes little moments where I have had to decide if I will be angry at a rusty old lawn mower or learn to have patience, I have found that only God can provide the peace of mind that gets me through each day...

The late Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007), author of the Illuminatus Trilogy, the late Timothy Leary (1920-1996) and Jerry White (Cryonics) talk about physical immortality (life extension), living in space, exploring beyond the planet and a great deal more.

Timothy Leary, the psychedelic maverick and mystic, and Robert Anton Wilson, author of Cosmic Trigger and The Illuminatus Trilogy and others discuss space migration, life extension, cyborgs and clones.

A vivid account of the Irish slave trade: the previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia.

A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order.Classical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe’s wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing diverse societies, which is grounded in fundamental principles of equality and the rule of law. It emphasizes the rights of individuals to pursue their own forms of happin...

Following the New York Times Bestseller, One Thousand Gifts - a guide to giving thanks and finding joy in all aspects of life - Ann Voskamp returns with this companion One Thousand Gifts Devotional. Let this book be your day-by-day guide to finding real joy and experience grace in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and all your daily duties.These sixty reflections, each one like a singular tree, invite you to take wing into a forest of graces. G...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.Heracles hauling the triple-headed dog Cerberus from the underworld. Jason voyaging across oceans to seize the golden fleece. Odysseus and the Trojan wars. Tales of the Greek Heroes tells the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece.Greek mythology has inspired stories for thousands of years, with tales of lost love and magic. Join our he...

For over three hundred years, lawlessness in Canada flourished off Canada's east coast. Pirates roamed the North Atlantic, and master storyteller Harold Horwood recounts their action-filled careers, crimes and violent deaths. Privateerslicenced by governments to harass the enemyaimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo.Among the characters readers meet in these pages are the folk hero, Peter Easton, still celebrated as a great Newfoundlander and famed privateer Enos Colli...

Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded?Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism, communism, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism’s proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal righ...