A "well-organized and interesting" overview of science in the Muslim world in the seventh through seventeenth centuries, with over 100 illustrations ( The Middle East Journal).During the Golden Age of Islam, in the seventh through seventeenth centuries A. D., Muslim philosophers and poets, artists and scientists, princes and laborers created a unique culture that has influenced societies on every continent. This book offers a fully illustrated, highly acce...

The civil-war-ravaged streets of Terra Primus are a hazardous place for a sixteen-year-old, but Joel is determined to make it to Arcadia to reconnect with his father’s legacy. Starving, injured, and hunted by his father’s nemesis—a striker scout—Joel makes an unlikely friend in a magnificent canine maximus. Learning to trust and rely on each other’s loyalty and strength, they must navigate a world of ruin and treachery where every turn could mean capture by the Union police. What follows i...

In three volumes Mark R. Turner offers selected essays which he posted with illustrations in his blog throughout the years 2016-2026. Responses to conditions and actions perpetrated by the Trump/MAGA regime, these present Mark's thoughts on resisting evil and maintaining the Good. The principles are timeless making the essays helpful for renewal in both the reader's personal life and the world at large. While Mark views his writing as contributions to the wider conversation, he hopes that ...

Diverse perspectives on Lincoln's assassination, its aftermath, and its place in national memory from some of today's leading Lincoln scholars.The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most significant events in US history. It continues to attract the interest of scholars, writers, and armchair historians, ranging from painstaking new research to wild-eyed speculation. Now leading scholars of Lincoln and his murder offer in one volume their ...

From the vibrant musical scene in Britain’s second largest city Birmingham, came a plethora of creative rock groups in the middle of the 1960s. Roy Wood, together with several well-known Birmingham faces, left their respective bands to form The Move and armed with Roy’s distinctive song writing style alongside the band’s unique harmonies, they became regulars on British TV’s flagship show Top of the Pops.Meanwhile, Jeff Lynne was starting to make his mark in fellow Birmingham group ...

Humorous and dramatic scenes happen in the holidays with these stories adapted from stage plays, poems from decades of contemplation, essays from blog posts, and artwork from many seasonal productions. Making holiday art and programs has been author Mark R. Turner's occupation since childhood and this collection taps into his finely honed skills of celebration. Guaranteed to be thought provoking, these offerings will give pause to discover new insights into the ancient wisdom of the holida...

Twenty poems and six essays are paired with thirty-two works of art and photography in this contemplative volume by artist Mark R. Turner. The poems and essays are drawn from the past decade, 2013 to 2023, of Mark's 57-year career as a playwright, visual artist, filmmaker and teacher.This, his fifth volume of poetry, imparts new insights into the significance of our role as a conscious member of the earth, where we came from and where we are going. The essays come from his monthly b...

PREPARE OR PERISH:The No-Fluff Guide to Surviving a Nuclear Attack — When Seconds Matter and Panic KillsWill You Be the One Who Freezes… or the One Who Leads?When the flash hits the sky and the shockwave rips through your city…It’s too late to Google what to do.The truth?Most people will die in the first 48 hours.Not because of the blast — bu...

Espionage, Intrigue, Secrets, Lies. Welcome to the world of Spyfunk!, a collection of spy tales that put characters of African/African Diaspora descent front and center. These exciting stories follow the rules and break them, ranging from range from conventional to extraordinary, the past to the future, and from reality to fantasy. Spyfunk! has the package, and it's more than ready to deliver! With stories by John F. Allen, Eugen Bacon, Jeff Carroll, Milton J. Davis, Keith Gaston, Joe Hill...

Contemplative thoughts accompany one poem for each month of the year as a help in personal meditations. This volume was compiled in 2000 and updated 21 years later as an e-book. Teachers, inspirational speakers and preachers will find this helpful in preparing to speak on certain seasons, scriptures, and spiritual insights. Mark Turner sent a poem-a-month to his email list from Summer 1997 to Spring 2009. After the first two years he did a limited printing of selections before e-readers we...

A helpful, healing resident of a retirement facility in her mid-nineties calls herself Grace. The staff welcomes a new 96-year-old resident, the well-known African American film score composer Dr. Allen DeMark. Grace initiates a conversation with him about the shared memories of their youth. He shows no recognition of her but they both know stories from the past of RayAnne Damping, a young woman made famous for her extraordinary preaching and miraculous healing ministry in the 1930's. The ...

Thirteen poems are paired with thirteen images written and created over twenty-two years of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany seasons. The words and pictures are often surprising and give fresh illumination to the ancient celebrations. With a cosmic sweep they contemplate the past and its significance to current day as we look into our future. One begins to relate to the events and characters of the season's stories as if we are not so far removed, almost as if the stories are still playing o...