M Allen: 215 books

From 1951 until 1974, Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia was the site of thousands of experiments on prisoners conducted by researchers under the direction of University of Pennsylvania dermatologist Albert M. Kligman. While most of the experiments were testing cosmetics, detergents, and deodorants,...

When a surgeon goes to the operating room, one would never consider that the surgeon might not be the one to come out alive. Dr. Allen barely escaped electrocution while saving a patients life. On the other side of his near-death experience, he heard a voice clearly say, "I'm not ready for you yet. You...

Fantascienza - romanzo breve (71 pagine) - L’Angelo di Europa è un romanzo breve, fino a oggi inedito, ambientato ai confini del nostro sistema solare. Siamo nei primi anni del ventiduesimo secolo: una spedizione spaziale organizzata da un gruppo di nazioni parte per esplorare le...

Tirza goes from the streets to the palace, wearing a beautiful gown, receiving a gentleman caller with a proposal of marriage. It's all so exciting until the fantasy ends and her pretended sister, Lady Elizabeth reminds her it is all just a game. Sir Mosley is not there for her, for a domestic. No,...

(Reformatted for easier reading) Survival is the name of the game now. Pero de Alava survived Eagles Pass and Francis Whitehall survived the siege of Capua. The forsaken knights are on the run in different parts of Italy, not even aware that the other yet lives. Meanwhile, the wicked continue to consolidate...

The STAND ALONE, third book in the epic fantasy series The Crystal Crux. (Betrayal & Blue Grotto). Pero de Alava, a Spanish caballero and former administrator of the keep at Capua, has made his way east through Eagles Pass and fallen off a mountain. His former bride, Anthea Manikos, has fallen...

(Reformatted for easier reading) "Fans of 'Game of Thrones' and of books from 'Joe Abercrombie' will absolutely this book! ..." "This is an absorbing character driven story that just doesn't let up..." "Perhaps one of the darker tales of modern times, the novel is a must read...

The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature—disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors—affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans’ perceptions, understanding,...

Fantascienza - romanzo breve (88 pagine) - Un romanzo breve del popolare ciclo del pianeta Coyote Premesso che questo I fiumi di Coyote (The River Horses) si può gustare anche senza aver prima letto i vari romanzi del ciclo del pianeta Coyote, diciamo subito che è ambientato cronologicamente...

RACCONTO (17 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Una nuova avventura spaziale appartenente al ciclo del pianeta Coyote Nell'attesa di proporre al nostro pubblico il corposo romanzo breve "The River Horses", ancora in corso di traduzione, presentiamo ora" Cattedrali", un racconto più...

Fantascienza - romanzo breve (78 pagine) - Un grande classico vincitore del Premio Hugo 1998 sul tema del primo contatto. …Lo hanno descritto come un disco volante di circa venti metri di diametro e sei d’altezza, che volava senza alcun mezzo di propulsione visibile.  Non sapevano con...

During the Cold War, an alliance between American scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and the US military pushed the medical establishment into ethically fraught territory. Doctors and scientists at prestigious institutions were pressured to produce medical advances to compete with the perceived...

Even small ghosts can be spooky.... A collection of classic short ghost stories involving children: Spooky, with a hint of sweet. The flight includes: The Other Child, by E. Nesbit The Wind in the Rose-bush, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Their Dear Little Ghost, by Elia Wilkinson Peattie Morella,...

From the 1950s to the 1970s, from Bar Harbor to Boca Raton, the ragtag crew known as the K&A Gang robbed wealthy suburban neighborhoods with assembly line skills. It was hard to imagine a more unlikely crew of successful thieves, writes Allen Hornblum. [They were] two-fisted, beer-guzzling, ear- and...