What if the only way to stop tomorrow's enemies is to abandon the rules that built a democracy?When Ivy-polished historian Roger de Sherburne, a man with one foot in academia and the other in the old Brooklyn streets is lured to a private Manhattan club and nearly garroted by twin assassins, he learns the attack isn't random. It's a warning from a shadow network bent on ending the Pax Americana. Saved at the last second by the Murphy brothers, reformed mob enforcers turned governme...

David Turner despises Bitcoin almost as much as he hates big government. As the CEO of a blockchain startup trying to become the next cryptocurrency, his determination is tested as challenges come from all sides. Friends become enemies, and strangers become allies, catching David and his family in a global thriller centered around unmasking the mysterious identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. From the streets of Boston to the alleys of St. Petersburg, being ano...

The Complete Children's Recorder Method is the perfect book for young students. The imaginative online audio turns even the simplest one-note exercise into a fun experience, with lyrics accompanying each song. Large notes are used throughout and each melody is attractively illustrated. Clear and concise instructions introduce technique and notation concepts gradually. The book uses many Icelandic and folk songs, some of which may even date from the time of Leif Eriksson! This gives the met...

First published in 2004. The seventeen essays in this volume discuss the work of Alain Touraine and consider his contribution to the social sciences. The text includes his most recent thinkings on the market and communities.

Beware of what’s creeping in the dark…An elderly farmer learns the horrifying truth beyond the phrase “True love never dies”. Something sinister lurks behind the distant eyes of a mother’s traumatized son. And a gravedigger slowly descends into madness, as he grows obsessed with the corpse of a little girl…Scare Street’s latest collection shines a flickering candle on the terrifying forces of darkness that haunt our dreams. Death, madness, obsess...

"Mabel" is an entertaining, informative and humorous tale of three wildly unusual characters, in an eccentric old roadster, trying to survive the unexpected dangers they encounter as they explore the back roads of Western America, far from civilization. What starts as a simple vacation trip transforms into a life changing adventure that will take you to exciting places you've never been before and leave you computer links so you can rediscover them.Meet Everett, he's an Ar...

A sweeping, joyful, and wholly original take on the beloved Clement Clarke Moore Christmas classic brought to stunning visual life by Caldecott Honor-winning creator, and master watercolorist, Jon J Muth's breathtaking illustrations, including deluxe specs with dazzling foil and a dramatic gatefold finale!'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse...A lavish, brilliant,...

Forever is a new monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, a brief interview with the novella's author, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke.Our fifth issue features a novella by Walter Jon Williams ("The Green Leopard Plague"), a novelette by Vandana Singh ("Sailing the Antarsa...

Developments in the field of instrumentation of innovative instrumentation. Although laser applications have permeated nearly every aspect are among the major contributions to human advancement. The history of surgery has seen of surgical therapy, the expectations have fre many revolutionary developments cause quantum quently been unrealistic and the evaluation of leaps in progress. Electrocautery, the anesthesia technological development has always been machine, computed axial tomography,...

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our April 2021 issue features "Surfacing" by Walter Jon Williams, "In Event of Moon Disaster" by Rich Larson, and "Ten Poems for the Mossums, One for the Man" by Suzanne Palmer.

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke.Our November 2017 issue features a novella by Walter Jon Williams ("Incarnation Day"), a novelette by Mercurio D. Rivera ("Missionaries"), and a novelette by Sean Williams ("Inevitable")

Don't let us fool you; the following stories are all fictitious in nature. We recently received several lawsuits on behalf of people who claim we have left them bereft of peace and solace, simply because they couldn't handle the idea of killer robots featured in one of our stories.FICTION VORTEX:Founded in the 277th year of the Takolatchni Dynasty, Fiction Vortex set out to encourage people to write and publish great speculative fiction. It sprang fully for...