In the year 2345, Anslar, a nation ruled by a government bent on dominating global politics, is violently attacked when four blimps collide with three towers—the Anslar Federated Center—representing the financial center of the country. The impact from each blimp and expertly planted explosives inside the towers cause them to collapse, killing hundreds and igniting the fury of Anslar’s people and her government. Joe Stinson, a Cyber Security Engineer for the Anslaran government and a surviv...

Tales of Telemachus begins with a door closing and finishes with one left open. In between, the reader becomes a partner in a wide-ranging journey, a search, a quest. Expect tight, lyrical, and literate poetry. Expect to laugh and likewise be appalled, to be touched but also challenged. Don't expect to be provided answers but don't be surprised if you find some . . .

The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces while also contributing to them. The idea for this volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from different disciplines and various universities studying Brooklyn. Brooklyn has always been legendary a...

The Complete Nanny Katie collects for the first time the 1990s-era comic stories written by Jeffrey Lang (Star Trek: The Next Generation – Immortal Coil, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Force and Motion), and illustrated by Steve Lieber (Whiteout, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) and Chris McLoughlin (Mystery Men, Holmes). The three stories – An Edwardian Nursery, Sir John's Passing and Divine Wind – are set in different lands and different eras but are tied together by the presence of a mysterio...

The nude romance collection of this and any other year!Seventeen writers, eighteen stories, all with a common objective: portraying a romance at a naturist venue somewhere in the modern, Western world. Young love, love between seniors, love twixt people who have just met, the rekindling of old loves, laments for loves lost. They are all included.Naturist fiction is a relatively new genre where social nudism and casual nudity play a significant role in plot, charact...

There is a special time of year.A time when everyone celebrates.There are many things celebrated:Life, love, family, selflessness, and more.Come with us as we explore that time,That time of fun, food, gifts, laughter, hope,And Decked Halls.Edited by Sam KnightWith stories by:Arlen Feldman, Josh Morrey, Katie Kent, Donea Lee Weaver, Emily Martha Sorensen, Shannon Fox, Kay Hanifen, Tony Covatta, Julia LaFond, Dawn Colcla...

From renowned economist Thomas Sowell, an indispensable examination of widespread economic fallacies**"From one of America's most noted conservative economists, a short, original book that offers some unconventional ideas about how to think about common economic topics." ―**Baltimore SunIn Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues in a lively manner that do...

US President Barack Obama has called economic inequality the “defining issue of our time.” It has inspired the “Occupy” movements, made a French economist into a global celebrity, and given us a new expression – the “one percent.” But is our preoccupation with inequality really justified? Or wise?In his new book, William Watson argues that focusing on inequality is both an error and a trap. It is an error because much inequality is “good,” the reward for thrift, industry, and inven...

"The just city is one in which equity, democracy, and diversity are important considerations. This is in contrast with the city as growth machine. Fainstein examines three cities: New York, London, and Amsterdam. She provides a history of post–World War II planning and then focuses on fairly recent cases of development in each. Her goals, though modest, are important if growing inequality in urban areas is to be reversed. Recommended."― ChoiceFor mu...

Canada’s cities are crippled by a lack of financial and governing clout. Their infrastructures are crumbling and their citizens are disaffected by the inability of municipal government—or any government, for that matter—to act on the issues that influence their constituents’ lives. Cities generate a disproportionate amount of Canada’s wealth and are home to the majority of the population, yet they have no means to control their own destinies.Alan Broadbent suggests that the problem...

This hard-hitting but fair assessment of Nova Scotia and the Maritimes will shock and surprise many Maritimers who have been conditioned to think that the east coast of Canada is one of the most livable regions in the country. Author Peter Moreira, a native Maritimer who returned home after working overseas for more than a decade, offers a straightforward analysis of why the region has fallen so far behind the rest of the country in terms of most economic and social indicators. Backwater i...

As cities have gentrified, educated urbanites have come to prize what they regard as "authentic" urban life: aging buildings, art galleries, small boutiques, upscale food markets, neighborhood old-timers, funky ethnic restaurants, and old, family-owned shops. These signify a place's authenticity, in contrast to the bland standardization of the suburbs and exurbs. But as Sharon Zukin shows in Naked City, the rapid and pervasive demand for authenticity--evident in escalating real es...