Different Cosmic Civilizations are already in contact with people on Earth. That has been said and demonstrated before through the history of UFO research. But every now and again there is the opportunity to find out about their intentions and what they have to say to us. This book is about sustained interactions with The Ogattans and other extraterrestrials. Dr Ian Gordon, both a researcher and a clairvoyant medium, here shares some of the experiences of his meditation groups in Berwick A...

The Return is a novel of Prophecy and Mysticism. In the immediate present, psychics, inspired religious leaders, New Age devotees, and the many who believe in UFOs all sense the coming of some event or entities who will bring imminent change. A small community in Northern New South Wales in Australia becomes a microcosm of that change as its psychics contact cosmic civilizations and others of the past of Earth. Long prophesied planetary upheavals herald the Return.

Contributions by Mitchell Adams, Frederick Luis Aldama, Jason Bainbridge, Djoymi Baker, Liam Burke, Octavia Cade, Hernan David Espinosa-Medina, Dan Golding, Ian Gordon, Sheena C. Howard, Aaron Humphrey, Naja Later, Cormac McGarry, Angela Ndalianis, Julian Novitz, Alexandra Ostrowski Schilling, Maria Lorena M. Santos, Jack Teiwes, and Enrique Uribe-JongbloedIn recent years, superheroes on the page and screen have garnered increasing research and wider interest. Nonetheless, many wor...

The true confessions of a working opera composer: an exhilarating story of "a life that comes out of chaos."At eight years old, Ricky Ian Gordon pulled The Victor Book of Opera off his piano teacher’s bookshelf, and his world shifted on its axis. Though scandal, sadness, and confusion would shake that world over the next few decades, its polestar remained constant. Music has been the guiding force of Gordon’s life; through it, he has been able not only to ...

In Film and Comic Books contributors analyze the problems of adapting one medium to another; the translation of comics aesthetics into film; audience expectations, reception, and reaction to comic book-based films; and the adaptation of films into comics.A wide range of comic/film adaptations are explored, including superheroes (Spider-Man), comic strips (Dick Tracy), realist and autobiographical comics (American Splendor, Ghost World), and photo...

This book takes a data-first approach to framing the built environment sector’s unique challenges and how industry can address them through better use of data. It describes how the sector has failed to derive value from data, and the common causes underlying this failure. It then provides practical guidance on how to use data to construct and operate built environment assets in a manner that better meets society’s needs. The book examines how industry norms, organizational culture, and our...

Can a man without emotions find his mate?There's nothing left in Raze. No love, no hate, nothing but the duty that he owes his people. But when he meets a fascinating and tough human woman on a barren planet something deep inside comes back to life and for the first time in years he yearns for more.Can she trust the ice cold warrior?When a mission for the Sol Intelligence Agency gets out of hand, Sierra will need to use every skill she has and work...

**Winner of the Comics Studies Society Edited Book PrizeShortlisted for the Best Academic / Scholarly Work Eisner AwardHonorable Mention for the Harry Shaw and Katrina Hazzard-Donald Award for Outstanding Work in African-American Popular Culture Studies from the Popular Culture Association**Some comics fans view the industry’s Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as bru...

Contributions by Timothy P. Barnard, Michael Cohen, Rayna Denison, Martin Flanagan, Sophie Geoffroy-Menoux, Mel Gibson, Kerry Gough, Jonathan Gray, Craig Hight, Derek Johnson, Pascal Lefevre, Paul M. Malone, Neil Rae, Aldo J. Regalado, Jan van der Putten, and David WiltIn Film and Comic Books contributors analyze the problems of adapting one medium to another; the translation of comics aesthetics into film; audience expectations, reception, and reaction to comic book-based...

An inspiring and compelling book, No Boxing Allowed, has already won 10 international literary awards, including the USA Pinnacle Award for Inspirational Books in 2011 and nine other awards across the USA and UK. It has become a much sought-after reference for people seeking to affect positive change in every aspect of their lives, and learn what it is to be a truly Great Leader.Readers are:taught how to recognize a self-limiting posture, so that they can imp...

An inspiring and compelling book, No Boxing Allowed, has already won 10 international literary awards, including the USA Pinnacle Award for Inspirational Books in 2011 and nine other awards across the USA and UK. It has become a much sought-after reference for people seeking to affect positive change in every aspect of their lives, and learn what it is to be a truly Great Leader.Readers are:taught how to recognize a self-limiting posture, so that they can imp...

Author Michael Chabon described Ben Katchor (b. 1951) as “the creator of the last great American comic strip.” Katchor’s comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, which began in 1988, brought him to the attention of the readers of alternative weekly newspapers along with a coterie of artists who have gone on to public acclaim. In the mid-1990s, NPR ran audio versions of several Julius Knipl stories, narrated by Katchor and starring Jerry Stiller in the title role.