A glance at a list of America's fastest growing ""cities"" reveals quite a surprise: most are really overgrown suburbs. Places such as Anaheim, California, Coral Springs, Florida, Naperville, Illinois, North Las Vegas, Nevada, and Plano, Texas, have swelled to big-city size with few people really noticing-including many of their ten million residents. These ""boomburbs"" are large, rapidly growing, incorporated communities of more than 100,000 residents that are not the biggest city in the...

Assessing where the red/blue political line lies in swing states and how it is shiftingDemocratic-leaning urban areas in states that otherwise lean Republican is an increasingly important phenomenon in American politics, one that will help shape elections and policy for decades to come. Blue Metros, Red States explores this phenomenon by analyzing demographic trends, voting patterns, economic data, and social characteristics of twenty-seven major metropolit...

The concept of “the city” —as well as “the state” and “the nation state” —is passé, agree contributors to this insightful book. The new scale for considering economic strength and growth opportunities is “the megaregion,” a network of metropolitan centers and their surrounding areas that are spatially and functionally linked through environmental, economic, and infrastructure interactions.Recently a great deal of attention has been focused on the emergence of the European Union and...

In the enchanting collection, *The Santa's Great Treasure Chest: 450+ Christmas Novels, Tales, Carols & Legends,* readers are invited to embark on a literary journey through the multifaceted world of Christmas narratives. This anthology offers a kaleidoscope of stories, carols, and legends, skillfully encapsulating a range of emotions and experiences tied to the festive season. The compendium includes tales of joy, wonder, and reflection, with standout pieces that capture the essence of Ch...

The Most Wonderful Christmas Tales Of All Time is an exquisite anthology that captures the heartwarming essence and infinite diversity of storytelling inspired by the yuletide spirit. Encompassing a range of genres from classic drama to fairy tales and transformative narratives, this collection splendidly showcases tales that explore themes of generosity, hope, and the magic of Christmas. The eclectic array of stories speaks to the classical, romantic, and even modernist literary contexts,...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - Little Women [Louisa May Alcott] - Sense and Sensibility [Jane Austen] - Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) [J.M. Barrie] - Cabin Fever [ B. M. Bower] - The Secret Garden [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - A Little Princess [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Lewis Carroll] - The King in Yellow [Robert William Chambers] - The Man Who Knew Too Much [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] - The Woman in Whi...

From haunting ghost stories to classic fairy tales, Going Public … In Shorts! is a collection of forty classic and lesser-known works by history's greatest writers.Among the stories included are "The Death of a Government Clerk," Anton Chekhov's defining vignette; "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," Mark Twain's comedic story that earned him national fame; "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry's masterful Christmastime tale about love and sacrifice; and "The Stor...

Mars and Martians is a sweeping 30+ hour journey across the red planet—where explorers land with hope, settlers fight to survive, and something ancient watches from the dust.From the golden age of science fiction comes an extraordinary collection of 60 stories that imagine Mars in every possible form: a frontier, a battlefield, a mystery, a memory. Ray Bradbury’s haunting visions sit alongside Isaac Asimov’s sharp ideas, Philip K. Dick’s unsettling encounters, and ...

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, O. He...

e-artnow presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As J...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names- Little Women [Louisa May Alcott]- Sense and Sensibility [Jane Austen]- Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) [J.M. Barrie]- Cabin Fever [ B. M. Bower]- The Secret Garden [Frances Hodgson Burnett]- A Little Princess [Frances Hodgson Burnett]- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Lewis Carroll]- The King in Yellow [Robert William Chambers]- The Man Who Knew...

This book contains the works below arranged alphabetically by authors last namesSense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)Cabin Fever (B. M. Bower)Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)Father Gorio (Honoré de Balzac)The Inferno (Henri Barbusse)Alice In Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)The King in Yellow (Robert William Chambers)The Man Who Knew Too Much (G.K Chesterton)The Murder on the Link...