A labyrinth of power, deception, and espionage unfolds in Intelligent Persuasions, a historical fiction thriller rooted in classified events, locations, and real-world intrigue. Through the fragmented yet gripping archive files of Francois Lacroix, a clandestine operative, readers are drawn into a world of covert operations, political maneuvering, and dangerous alliances that span continents from the shadowed corridors of Jerusalem to the high-stakes negotiations in Damascus and beyond.

Ever wonder if we are alone in this universe?Over the years, researchers and scientists have scoured government documents in search of proof that life exists beyond Earth and has regularly visited us here.One set of documents, known as Project Blue Book, includes retired, declassified records from 1947 to 1969 from the United States Air Force (USAF), currently in the custody of the US National Archives.According to a US Air Force Fact Sheet, a total of 701 out of 12...

In presenting this Commentary on the Codex Perez to students of American Archaeology, the Peabody Museum adds another paper to its series relating to the study of the hieroglyphic writing of the ancient peoples of Mexico and Central America. It will be seen that this Commentary is more in the line of suggestion to be expanded after Further studies, than in the way of conclusions. At the close of the paper the author presents the general deductions he has drawn from his comparative study of...

A new anthology of short stories by David E. Gates.Featuring tales of the macabre such as The Blood, Croc, The Crash, The Ghosts of Gribble and You're Next along with short, flash-fiction stories including The Devil Needs Payin' and The Search.More than 30 original stories, many of which have never been previously published.

Dare you look inside the mind of a madman?A collection of short-stories, poems, reviews and other writings from the author of Access Denied, The Roots of Evil, The Wretched and First Words.

BD's Rock Show, the phenomenal local radio rock show that was broadcast on Express FM in Portsmouth, (and world-wide via the internet), between 2006 and 2020 showcased BD & Thrashman's unique, anarchic, juvenile and comedic style to an audience of listeners that had never heard the like of such a show before.What Wayne's World did for evoking memories of their teenage years, BD's Rock Show did for BD & Thrashman's lunacy and passion for rock, hard rock and heavy me...

In the middle of the night, a team of Special Operations commandos jumps into a remote location in a foreign desert. They are accompanied by a team of CIA "spooks". ;Their mission is classified well above Top Secret. And, even if people knew what it was, they likely would not believe it. What they find triggers an avalanche of events around the world. Was it predicted thousands of years ago?Years after that mission, in an ancient marketplace in Tajikistan, a man buys a souvenir -- ...

Robins’s writing on behalf of women’s rights issues in the first quarter of the twentieth century represents an important contribution to feminist politicsFrom Childhood, Elizabeth Robins dreamed of a successful career on the stage. Her first impulse to visit England, in 1888, stemmed from her desire to secure better opportunities as an actress, and she soon gained celebrity playing Ibsen’s heroines. While buoyed by this success, she began writing fiction ...

A place of solace, of escape, of emotion, of excitement, of wonder, of immersion, of revelation and of learning, the cinema has been more than simply movie-going for many people.Join David E. Gates as he explores his experiences and the impact and legacy which they have had upon him and his life in Cinema.With additional material from Deb Hallett.

Systems administrators, librarians, and library staff will learn key principles and methods for securing their ILS and understand how to configure and optimize their library catalog by improving data management practices, streamlining existing workflows, and documenting their system's configuration.The integrated library system (ILS) plays a central role in every library's operations, but is your ILS optimized to ensure maximum productivity? Are you taking advantag...

The United States Liaison Office (USLO) served as the diplomatic contact for Sino-American relations between the time of the Nixon-Kissinger opening of China in 1971-1972 and the achievement of full normalization in 1979. This book presents the importance of the USLO to American foreign policy in the 1970s.

Ezekiel Gates is a brilliant young writer, haunted by dreams of ghosts, daytime darkness, mysterious poetry, and numbers. Destiny, choice, sin, and redemption interweave with one another as Ezekiel struggles to explain an impossible series of paradoxical coincidences before time runs out. The eclipse is coming...