Since the retirement of longtime dictator Tiburcio Carías Andino (1932-1949), the search for institutional stability in Honduras has led to both democratically elected governments and the imposed discipline of military rule. Social and economic change has contributed to the growth of middle-class urban groups, strongly organized labor unions, and a vigorous peasant movement. The Honduran armed forces, established in modern form only after World War II, filled the vacuum of political power ...

The content of this volume has been added to eMagRes (formerly Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance) - the ultimate online resource for NMR and MRI.The literature of multidimensional NMR began with the publication of three papers in 1975, then nine in 1976 and fifteen in 197...

This issue has more of a fantasy focus than usual—just the way the stories lined up, not a permanent trend—but it really showcases the strengths of modern fantasy writers, as none of the stories is anything like the others. On the mystery front, we have a new Capitán Ernesto Guillén story from Tom Larsen, for those who have been following the Ecuador-set series with interest. Our mystery novel is by Henry Kitchell Webster, and our fantasy novel is a Victorian-era feminist allegory from Edi...

What was once a small, southern, predominantly white denomination has become America's largest evangelical denomination. Yet with the Southern Baptist Convention's growth have come the challenges of increasing fragmentation, theological controversy, and sweeping cultural change. These challenges have caused leaders and members to ask: What does it mean to be a Southern Baptist in the twenty-first century? How can a fresh consensus be established from within? What are the core biblical conv...

This landmark volume brings together some of the titans of social movement theory in a grand reassessment of its status. For some time, the field has been divided between a dominant structural approach and a cultural or constructivist tradition. The gaps and misunderstandings between the two sides-as well as the efforts to bridge them-closely parallel those in the discipline of sociology at large. This book aims to further the dialogue between these two distinct approaches to social moveme...

The Wallachian revolution of 1848 was exactly the kind of event that European statesmen feared in the decades after the Congress of Vienna of 1815. Unlike most of the mid-century revolutions, which began as spontaneous manifestations of popular grievances, the Wallachian one was planned by a small coterie of young men who saw an opportunity to effect change in the wake of what was known as the ‘Springtime of Peoples’. Instead of street fighting and violence, their movement began peacefully...

The New Power speaks. And Sam answers. Just months after the pivotal Battle of the Water Tower, sixteen-year-old Sam Cutter remains at the center of an escalating global power struggle. What seems like a reckless move may save the world or it may tear it apart. The Master is acting. War has officially been declared. The time of shadows has past. With little time left, Sam and his friends, including the world’s immortal Royals, must gather an army to rival the New Power. The Sky Nation and ...

The Earth is split into three kingdoms: One that resides in the sky, one that lies beneath the waves, and one that remains on the surface. Life on the surface is less than spectacular; in fact, it's quite the opposite. For fifteen year-old Sam Cutter, that’s enough reason to risk everything and head for the Sky Nation. Sam has determined that nothing will stop him. The severe punishment for being caught leaving the surface has deterred all attempts at escape. If Sam can successfully flee t...

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Nirvana is a magical land inhabited by fairies, gnomes elves and warlocks. Fairy Petal is born to an ancient fairy family but she is only half the size of a normal fairy which gives her a disadvantage. She is however highly intelligent and is given a pendant by the fairy Queen which she learns has great magical powers. She has a knack of getting people to help her and in this fi rst adventure she enlists a gnome, elf, leprechaun and a white warlock to help her free her brother Solom who ha...

Every 2000 years the change in the world switches from Good to Evil. The Evil reign is almost over. The Devil decides to send a Demon to earth to extend the Evil reign for eternity. God sends an Angel to Earth to keep the cycle. The Angel and the Demon mate and have a son named Surface. The inner struggle within Surface mirrors the struggle that all mankind has in life. Surface has to make the decision of whether to be good or evil. The decision that Surface makes changes the world forever...

A modern-day fable based on the dreams of a mother for her daughter’s future. Through the mother’s teachings we follow the life of a boy through manhood and into old age. The young boy’s mindset is explored in how he manages to overcome a terrible tragedy as a 10-year-old boy which leaves him nurturing an overpowering need for revenge. It is then a second tragic experience as a young man, having been brought up as a displaced orphan and educated in India, which leads him to examine his con...