"Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and dis cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. The authors, each distinguished in a particular field, have contributed across a wide range of subjects and different dis ciplines. The topics covered include surgical and investi...

The interstellar civil war between the breakaway System States Union and the Federation of Planetary States continues to escalate with the help of sophisticated planning computers on both sides. This is military SF that includes space battles, ground battles, political maneuvering, strategic deception, personal triumphs and personal tragedies. Watch as the necessities of war force protagonists on both sides to compromise their honor. This series concludes in Rumors of Salvation, which is n...

This hard science technothriller is the opening salvo in the Battle For Mars series. The year is 2029, and four SpaceX astronauts are about to enter orbit around Mars in preparation for a landing on the red planet. But there's a problem. The ship carrying the astronauts has been leaking fuel for most of the trip, and now it doesn't have enough left for a landing attempt. Complicating matters further, the Chinese have sent a manned spacecraft to Mars, too. Will they try to beat the SpaceX t...

The collapse of the breakaway System States Alliance leaves the corrupt and rickety 800-year-old Federation victorious but nearly bankrupt. Among the military equipment it is forced to abandon on the planet Poictesme is the ultra-secret super-computer code-named Merlin, which managed the strategic, tactical, logistical and administrative aspects of the interstellar war so well. The terrible secret it contains, that the Federation is now doomed to slowly slide into anarchy and chaos that wi...

This novella contains 31,000 words.The first manned mission to Alpha Centauri is in trouble. Pathfinder carries experts from six nations to survey the Earth-like moon, named New Haven, discovered by a robot probe, in advance of the arrival of other colony ships built inside hollowed-out asteroids. New Haven is mankind’s only hope of avoiding extinction from the inevitable deluge of comets disrupted from their orbits by a rogue, brown dwarf star.With only weeks left before arrival a...

Steele's War is the 3rd and final volume in the military SF series, The Glory Game. The battles with an alien race have escalated into a fullblown alien invasion. Steele is sent on another wormhole exploration mission while Akane Hara is given command of a task force of warships. For Steele, the war will become a personal conflict. Both he and Hara will face their greatest challenge as the war comes to a climax. Are they willing to pay the price that victory demands?

Meena and Anne would like to have a pet cat. How can the children convince their mum that cats are no flea-carrying, fur-shedding, all-over-everything-scratching monsters? Luckily for the girls, their father supports their wish for a cat. And why? Because their dad used to own a cat as a child and once you had a cat, you’re a cat friend for life…For cat friends eight years and upStorytime five years and up

This anthology presents a selection of texts by Peter K. Wehrli, representing over forty years of writing and traveling. It covers diverse experiences, from the author's early relationships with the avant-garde Swiss Dadaists in Zurich to a conversation in Brazil that is surprisingly revealing of Wehrli's homeland. While meandering through the vignettes that follow, readers will savor the author's new perspective, one that reawakens the child inside us and encourages us to view the world a...

Humanity has colonized over 500 planets under the not always benevolent administration of the Federation of Planetary States via the FED Army and Navy. Long-standing grievances over economic exploitation by Earth-based companies have grown into a full-scale rebellion and attempted secession by many of the more successful colonies. The Rebels believe a peaceful separation is possible. The FEDs believe an easy and swift military resolution is available. Both dreams of glory are shattered by ...

CONQUEST OF EARTH is BOOK 4 of the Stellar Conquest military science fiction series.Poised to reconquer humanity's home, Captain Absen and Conquest are confronted with a new enemy that upsets the balance of power and changes everything EarthFleet expected.Their struggle to free Earth becomes instead a desperate battle for sheer survival as they contemplate the unthinkable: total annihilation.PLAGUE WARS SERI...

**** (Five Stars) This is probably the best book I read in this series. - Paul M"You can see the battles unfold as if you are right there, and his descriptions of the technicalities of battleships, interstellar travel, and weaponry are clear, concise, and interesting. The characters are genuine, dialogue rings true, and I especially enjoy his 'peoples' from other planetary systems." - Marcia K"Worthy ending to an awesome series."

TACTICS OF CONQUEST is BOOK 3 of the Stellar Conquest military science fiction series.Armed with alien technology and a complete refit, Henrich Absen captains Conquest on a voyage to take back what humanity has lost.Along the way he must confront a new form of life as well as his own demons in this shocking episode of the Plague Wars/Stellar Conquest saga.PLAGUE WARS SERIESPlague Wars: Decad...