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RETURN TO THE EDGE OF THE FINAL FRONTIER. As the Federation prepares to launch a counterstrike against the Dominion, Colonel Kira Nerys searches for a way to prevent another galactic holocaust. But when a newly discovered prophecy propels Jake Sisko on an impossible quest and threatens to plunge all...

We have some wonderful short stories and novellas form steampunk to military science fiction. I hope you enjoy all the stories.

The School Lif? is a book that will be equally interesting, inspiration, motivating and useful to you as a youth. Have you ever wondered why only few people are successful in this world? The secret of success is not very hard to figure out. It all depends on you and the time you it may take for you...

A fresh, updated, and expanded edition of the book that changed the way we think about romance and intimacy. Many of us confuse longing and obsession with true love. Through two previous editions, Is It Love or Is It Addiction? has helped countless people find their way from the trials and...

The Politically Correct University shows how the universities' quest for 'diversity' has produced in too many departments a stifling uniformity of thought. Required reading for those who want American universities to eschew political correctness." — Michael Barone, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Communications are key to the success of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Accurate information disseminated to the general public, to elected officials and community leaders, as well as to the media, reduces risk, saves lives and property, and speeds recovery. Disaster Communications...

Although they wrote in the same historical milieu as their male counterparts, women writers of the 19th- and early 20th-centuries have generally been "ghettoized" by critics into a separate canonical sphere. These original essays argue in favor of reconciling male and female writers, both...

The Pope, devotion to Mary, confession … just where are these topics in the Bible? Why does the Catholic Church seem to focus on so many things that aren’t Scriptural? Or so thought former Protestant pastor John Bergsma. Stunned by Scripture: How the Bible Made Me Catholic is an...

184 pages, 60 images, 21 contributors This pocket-sized reference serves as a valuable reference for medical and legal investigations of possible cases of abusive head trauma to ensure that no possibility is ignored and that children receive appropriate care for their specific circumstance. In cases...

What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...

The debate over the use of Embryonic stem cells and the questionable effectiveness of adult stem cells have led many scientists and clinicians to concentrate their energies on umbilical-cord-derived stem cells from healthy newborn babies. Amassing a very respectable track record in terms of safety...

Author Jonny Bowden looks at what he calls “The Four Horsemen of Aging”—free radicals, inflammation, glycation, and stress—and shows how they can harm your health and shorten your life. Bowden then unveils an arsenal of anti-aging strategies culled from cutting edge research and lessons learned...

Ever want to know more about those mysterious creatures inside that circular shell?  This is a great guide for children who want to know more about those amazingly, awesome snails!  This book provides a detailed, scientific look at the physical characteristics of snails, their habitats, method of...

人為何會有差異？ 天賦異稟不是一種福賜，而是一場災難？ 在學校或職場努力證明自己，有什麼不對嗎？ 從小讚美孩子、培養優越感，可能使他們的發展受限？ 本書作者卡蘿．杜維克博士為史丹佛大學心理學教授、美國人文與科學院院士，在性格、社會心理學及發展心理學等領域，是全球最頂尖的研究學者之一。 你可能不知道，我們從小被培養的一些「正確」觀念，很可能是妨礙自己成長、真正發揮潛能的最大阻力。 杜維克博士經過長年對不同群體的研究，發現人有兩種心態：「定型心態」和「成長心態」。擁有「定型心態」的人，總是急於追求證明自我，將所有成果二分為成功或失敗。擁有「成長心態」的人，則是樂觀看待自己的所有特質，將個人的基本素質視為起點，可以藉由努力、累積經驗和他人的幫助而改變、成長。 來試試看，你擁有哪種心態。請問你比較同意下列哪一項？  ☐我們可以一直學習新事物、新技能，但智力是個人基本素質，無法有多大改變。 ☐不論你是哪種類型的人，總是能夠明顯改變。 杜維克博士的研究及論述深富影響力，廣受全球重要學術及大眾報章雜誌引用，包括《時代》雜誌、《O》雜誌、《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》、《當代心理學》雜誌等。她的研究更影響比爾．蓋茲基金會團隊對個人心態和習慣的認知，幫助他們在推廣教育與學習上獲致重要突破，因此本書被蓋茲遴選為年度唯一推薦成功心理學書籍。 我們對自己或他人的簡單信念，實際上操縱了人生的很大部分，深切影響了許多事情的結果。閱讀本書，你將會突然了解，那些在商業、科學、藝術、運動等各領域的傑出人士，為何表現卓越、異於常人，以及那些原本能夠、但最後未能有傑出表現的人敗北的原因。 本書為應用心理學的經典暢銷著作，也是第一本探討人類心態的專著，在全球熱銷了180萬冊，改變世界人士對於成功與成功之道的理解。它能幫助你克服在學習、工作、教育／教養、人際／兩性關係上常見的自我囿限，打開你的成長心態，讓你更了解另一半、老闆、同事、親友、孩子，懂得真正釋放自己和他人的潛能。 ✻關於小測驗： ☐我們可以一直學習新事物、新技能，但智力是個人基本素質，無法有多大改變。（定型心態）...