Robert Sprague: 9 books

The first thing I want to discuss is the title. I could have called this book How to Survive the Recession. However, if all you want to do is survive then don`t bother reading further. Robinson Crusoe survived on a desert island. When he was finally rescued he was dressed in rags and half crazy. A recession, like any other time

30 Erzählungen internationaler Spitzen-Autoren und -Autorinnen, vereint in einer Fantasy-Anthologie der Extra-Klasse (zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von Christian Dörge): u. a. von Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Roger Zelazny, Ramsey Campbell, L. Sprague de Camp, Jack Dann, Michael Bishop, Nancy Springer, H. P. Lovecraft, Evangeline Walton.

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge...

This book deals with large-scale, systemic corruption, a phenomenon that it identifies as part of the political landscape in most, if not all, societies of the contemporary world. While the analysis is grounded in the political thought of earlier thinkers, especially Edmund Burke, and integrates the...

Few things are as important as the food we eat. "Conversations in Food Studies" demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to...

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion

The twenty-­first century has brought with it a shift from the notion of human security being located in secure national borders to the need to secure the safety, freedom, and dignity of all. Despite efforts to equalize women’s status in the world evidenced by changes in many international projects...

Viele Jahrtausende vor unserer Zeitrechnung bildeten Europa, Asien und Afrika noch eine zusammenhängende Landmasse: den hyborischen Kontinent. Es ist die Welt und die Zeit von Conan, dem Abenteurer aus dem düsteren nördlichen Grenzland Cimmerien, der die Steppen und Dschungel, die Gebirge...