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In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions. This influential volume of papers,...

Executives running the last outposts of humanity are going missing. Decades ago, certain cities lifted off from the surface of Earth, protected by fusion-powered shields. Their destination was the moon, to mine the needed resources to make the next phase of the journey. The culture in...

When the unknown "X" lost her job and any way to make a living, she only wanted her life back. But she settled for revenge. In a way she wouldn't expect – cleaning up the elitist government messes. Because having dead bodies around did no one any good. And someone was on a purge...

When another escape pod crash-lands to Earth, a call for searchers goes out to several sentient species to rescue its passenger. The passenger is human - the search parties are not. The previous escape pod brought to Earth one of the most powerful sentients ever known before - and she...

The concept of kinship is at the heart of understanding not only the structure and development of a society, but also the day-to-day interactions of its citizens. Kinship in Ancient Athens aims to illuminate both of these issues by providing a comprehensive account of the structures and perceptions...

En esta selección de cuentos, hecha con ahínco y pulso de editor experimentado por Juan F. Hincapié, encontramos figuras muy interesantes de la literatura nacional. Algunos de ellos ya consagrados, profusamente editados y traducidos; otros apenas despuntan en sus carreras. Todos nos ofrecen relatos...

This book is written for retinal specialists and clinicians with a special interest in retinal diseases. It presents a collection of images and brief annotations of the microstructures of both the normal and diseased eye captured on swept source optical coherence tomography. The swept-source...

Patterns of migration for the purpose of religious mission are an unexamined dimension of the immigration narrative. Catholic sisters from many countries around the world come to the United States to minister and to study. Sociologists from Trinity Washington University and CARA at Georgetown University...

This volume of the new series, "Medical Radiology" addresses the important topic of "Innovations in Diagnostic Radiology". It presents examples of current work of interest not only to the radiological community but to physicians in other medical disciplines and to scientists in...

Los cambios sociales tan profundos que se han venido produciendo en estos últimos años en todos los países desarrollados están modificando significativamente las condiciones en las que se llevan a cabo los procesos de escolarización del alumnado y los propios modelos de enseñanza-aprendizaje...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short Fiction A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up eighteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude,...

The Legend of the haunted Spirit Mountain isn't that old. Just a few decades. And something to do with secret government experiments in hidden bases deep in the desert. They must have thought no one would ever find out... When strange weather patterns started affecting local crops...

"Creatively speaking this book is marvelous; it is rich and refreshing and decadent. Written wryly and masterfully, Mr. Hayden's twenty one short literary journeys will take you through the gamut: horror, laughter, sarcasm, and of course happy and sad." --Lurid Lit "Hayden nails...

When Kana imagined running away from home, she never expected to run all the way to China. Nor, did she imagine tugging along her infant son, Michael, but that's exactly what happened. Five thousand miles from family, friends, and the life she once knew, there are still problems. Kana must learn...