John F: 989 books

A comprehensive, integrated, and accessible textbook presenting core neuroscientific topics from a computational perspective, tracing a path from cells and circuits to behavior and cognition. This textbook presents a wide range of subjects in neuroscience from a computational perspective. It...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old...

Eigentlich hatte der Gefreite Josef Brosik gehofft, endlich in Urlaub gehen zu können, stattdessen wird er zu einer neu aufgestellten Einheit versetzt. Vom eher geruhsamen Besatzungsdienst in Frankreich geht es in die Hölle der Ostfront. Schon bei der ersten Feindberührung wird fast das ganze Regiment...

1943 tobt in Tscherkassy eine Kesselschlacht. Unter den Soldaten der deutschen Wehrmacht befindet sich Feldwebel Martin Hajek. Was er bis zum Kriegsende in Russland erlebt, die Gefechte am Bug und der schier aussichtslose Kampf mit dem unerbittlichen, grausamen Winter, wird in diesem aufwühlenden...

Als im Januar 1945 die deutschen Truppen im Raum Warschau dem Druck der Roten Armee nicht mehr standhalten können und zurückweichen, verlieren die beiden Obergefreiten Röttger und Sailer den Anschluss an ihre Einheit. Durch das russisch besetzte Hinterland ziehen sie westwärts, um die deutsche...

Who would ever say no to the master story tellers when they have to offer their darkest tingling Christmas mysteries and horror tales as a holiday present: The Silver Hatchet (Arthur Conan Doyle) What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson)...

Experts discuss the benefits and risks of online reputation systems. In making decisions, we often seek advice. Online, we check Amazon recommendations, eBay vendors' histories, TripAdvisor ratings, and even our elected representatives' voting records. These online reputation systems serve...

Reviews advances in understanding and improving the welfare of dairy cattle;  Summarises current research on rumen biology, digestion and ways of optimising nutrition of dairy cattle from grazing to feed and feed supplements;  Discusses latest developments in maintaining the health of dairy cattle, including the genetics of disease resistance and dairy herd health management

Fantastic Universe' started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazine publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the field's best known writers. This is our second Fantastic Universe...

Ten of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. A great compilation of tales for all tastes with the great geniuses of literature in his most acclaimed works.  This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: ...

Innovative and thorough, Signs and Symbols in Chaucer’s Poetry presents nine essays that reexamine the literary iconography of Middle English. Chaucer’s work is the most well-known, and possibly the most significant, remnant of the Middle Ages; investigations into his writing and meanings are...

In the last few years, 9/11, a tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and many other tragedies have shown us that the vision of God in today's churches in relation to evil and suffering is often frivolous. Against the overwhelming weight and seriousness of the Bible, many Christians are choosing to become more...

A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data   Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...