In the year 2345, Anslar, a nation ruled by a government bent on dominating global politics, is violently attacked when four blimps collide with three towers—the Anslar Federated Center—representing the financial center of the country. The impact from each blimp and expertly planted explosives inside the towers cause them to collapse, killing hundreds and igniting the fury of Anslar’s people and her government. Joe Stinson, a Cyber Security Engineer for the Anslaran government and a surviv...

Tales of Telemachus begins with a door closing and finishes with one left open. In between, the reader becomes a partner in a wide-ranging journey, a search, a quest. Expect tight, lyrical, and literate poetry. Expect to laugh and likewise be appalled, to be touched but also challenged. Don't expect to be provided answers but don't be surprised if you find some . . .

26 more short stories that will amaze you.In Stranger in a Strange Land, Jared Talbert, the Marine commander of a deep space mission, is searching for Celestine, a cargo ship loaded with precious metals that never returned to earth. When he and his crew find the cargo vessel it is derelict and orbiting an uncharted planet, with evidence that it had been attacked before losing communication with home.Jared and his crew are soon attacked by weaponized satellites as their ship...

26 short stories that will amaze you.Controversial technology, rumored to be in use by a global shadow government, to weave worlds of a fantastic future.Curiosity rover discovers a locked door in the side of Mount Sharp, on Mars, and three scientists are sent on a mission to discover what lies within the ancient structure. Will they locate the mysterious libraries of a civilization lost, and survive to tell about their discoveries in The Mars Tetrahedron?When Hell is...

The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces while also contributing to them. The idea for this volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from different disciplines and various universities studying Brooklyn. Brooklyn has always been legendary a...

Written by clinicians, for clinicians, Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery offers a comprehensive, authoritative, and multidisciplinary approach to this rapidly evolving field. Covering every area relevant to the daily practice of cardiovascular medicine, this new and innovative reference text, led by Drs. Debabrata Mukherjee and Richard A. Lange, brings together a stellar team of cardiovascular specialists from leading medical centers worldwide who focus on cutting-edge strategies for the...

The nude romance collection of this and any other year!Seventeen writers, eighteen stories, all with a common objective: portraying a romance at a naturist venue somewhere in the modern, Western world. Young love, love between seniors, love twixt people who have just met, the rekindling of old loves, laments for loves lost. They are all included.Naturist fiction is a relatively new genre where social nudism and casual nudity play a significant role in plot, charact...

Come and enjoy the cozy side of crime! Whether it's robbers in Crete or murder over the holidays, you'll find something special in this issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem.Be sure to pick up all the past issues of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem.

Inclusive Citizenship ist ein Konzept, das in diesem Band theoretisch und empirisch in den Blick genommen wird. Die Autor*innen betrachten Citizenship und Inklusion als soziale Praktiken aus verschiedenen Perspektiven und in verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Feldern wie Gender und Migration, Lernen und Bildung, Digitalisierung, Medizin und Kulturerbe. Anhand von vielen empirischen Beispielen und theoretischen Impulsen wird so das Konzept geschärft, mit dem die inkludierenden und exkludieren...

The twentieth century has been marked by the expansion of educational opportunities worldwide. It has been the century of education, and the role of the state in the promotion of public education has been decisive. Yet, at the millennium's turn efforts to diminish the role of the state are rapidly changing education, especially in terms of its role in democracy. This comprehensive handbook offers a fresh view of the social context of education, outlining the challenges as well as the advan...

The Complete Nanny Katie collects for the first time the 1990s-era comic stories written by Jeffrey Lang (Star Trek: The Next Generation – Immortal Coil, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Force and Motion), and illustrated by Steve Lieber (Whiteout, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) and Chris McLoughlin (Mystery Men, Holmes). The three stories – An Edwardian Nursery, Sir John's Passing and Divine Wind – are set in different lands and different eras but are tied together by the presence of a mysterio...

Die Beiträge des Sammelbandes widmen sich dem Verhältnis der Politischen Bildung gegenüber der Demokratie, der Demokratisierung und dem Demokratischen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Frage, wie Politische Bildung auf die gegenwärtigen Herausforderungen der Demokratie reagieren kann und welcher institutionellen Verankerung Politischer Bildung es bedarf, um dem Demokratie-Auftrag von Gesellschaft hinreichend nachzukommen. Besondere Bedeutung gewinnt dabei die Auseinandersetzung mit den möglic...