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On a planet where footprints disappear in seconds because of the shifting winds, how do you track a man? Barton Fisk, the outlaw, had found a way, the Black Beast. Ranger Neely is the intended prey! One of the Utukku planet stories featuring Ranger Neely.

The mythology of the North America Indians is a cultural treasure trove, but many of these myths and legends have been hidden away in many old books and documents. So this vast body of wisdom has been out of reach of most people… until now. Through storytelling, the rich history of the Native...

Collected here in this omnibus edition are five of the great Pirate novels and a number of wonderful short stories. You'll go in search of adventure in 'Kidnapped' by Robert Louis Stevenson, 'A Brush with the Chinese' by G. A. Henty, and 'The Madman and the Pirate' by R.M. Ballantyne. Authors include...

A fantastic historical boy’s adventure novel on the high seas by the master of juvenile fiction W. H. G. Kingston.

The Book of the Black Sun is thirty-two Lovecraftian tales of terror arranged in eight sections, each containing a micro, a flash, shorter story and a longer story. Motifs of strange books, evil creatures and spinning disks that form doorways to other realms are woven throughout the tales, making...

An overview of the latest interdisciplinary research on human morality, capturing moral sensibility as a sophisticated integration of cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms. Over the past decade, an explosion of empirical research in a variety of fields has allowed us to understand...

Just prior to the rise of Islam in the sixth century AD, southern Arabia was embroiled in a violent conflict between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. Though little known today, this was an international war that involved both the Byzantine Empire, which had established Christian churches in...

Over the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape in the Lower Athabasca Basin, one that made...

Why do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? We spend about a third of our lives asleep - it plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing. References to sleep abound in literature and art, and sleep has been recognized as fundamental to...

The cornerstone of the American republic is an educated, active, and engaged citizenry; however, the multifaceted inner workings of government and the political forces that shape it are incredibly complex. Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy is the first book in nearly three decades to...

Princess Luantishee wanted only to find the Kalduun crossroads but the people of the little village had other ideas. They wanted her to slay their dragon. But the dragon was no longer a threat, having grown old and weary. So why was she there? The village burgher's evil plans made a pawn of her...

Het ware verhaal achter Pinokkios neus is een complex misdaadverhaal, vol zwarte humor en historische zijsporen. Het biedt de lezer een schat aan culturele geschiedenis, waarin enkele van de belangrijkste staatsmannen uit het recente verleden een grote rol spelen. Als tsaar Nicolaas ii, Winston Churchill,...

Armed with razor-sharp teeth and capable of drinking many times its volume of blood, the leech is an unlikely cure for ill health. Yet that is exactly the role this worm-like parasite has played in both Western and Eastern medicine throughout history.   In this book, Robert G. W. Kirk...

Cleveland’s gothic mansion plays host to murder and mayhem in a book that “couples that delightful sense of mystery with plenty of ghost stories” (Cleve Scene). For more than half a century, the Franklin Castle’s dark façade has lured curiosity seekers from around the world. Behind...