Colonel Jake Thomas has found himself at the edge of disaster once more and managed to pull back from the brink. Defeating the alien armada without the use of a recreated doomsday device was a great victory. However, it was a victory tainted by the realization that a new NeHaw leadership was in place, and they knew how to fight a war in space.He was once again fighting a two front war, one in space and one on the home front. With cities around the world starting to emerge from the ...

Now available as a box set collection, ALICE volumes 1 through 4, newly edited and consolidated into a value pack.Follow the adventures of USMC Captain Jacob Thomas as he emerges from a failed DARPA experiment hundreds of years in the future and under the guidance of an artificial life form that has its own agenda.

Major Jake Thomas is on a roll. With the help of the Artificial Life: Intelligent Computing Environments, or ALICE systems, he has successfully faced off with the hostile NeHaw three times. With continued support from his inner circle of female recruits, all handpicked by the ALICEs to further their own agenda, he continues to try to help the earth return to glory.As he works to assemble a space fleet from captured and constructed vessels to address the expanding NeHaw aggression, ...

A must-listen collection of thirteen bibliomysteries by bestselling and award-winning authorsBibliomysteries Volume 1 includes:● "An Acceptable Sacrifice" by Jeffery Deaver● "The Final Testament" by Peter Blauner● "What's in a Name?" by Thomas H. Cook● "Book Club" by Loren D. Estleman● and many others

The purpose of this book is to bring comets into the living rooms of general households, to familiarize politicians with these fascinating objects when they ponder funding for comet research, to teach children and young students, and to provide teaching tools about these very unusual objects in our skies. The presentation is very comprehensive in its description of orbits around the Sun, the development of the coma (escaping atmosphere) from a comet’s nucleus and source of all activities, ...

The popularity and profile of African dance have exploded across the African diaspora in the last fifty years. Hot Feet and Social Change presents traditionalists, neo-traditionalists, and contemporary artists, teachers, and scholars telling some of the thousands of stories lived and learned by people in the field. Concentrating on eight major cities in the United States, the essays challenges myths about African dance while demonstrating its power to awaken identity, self-worth, ...

In this companion volume to Animals in the American Classics: How Natural History Inspired Great Fiction, John Cullen Gruesser brings together leading experts who explore the integral role animals play in American poetry. The ten essays in Animals in Classic American Poetry: How Natural History Inspired Great Verse showcase how the natural history of and imagery relating to animals have inspired some of America’s best-known and most beloved poets.The book highligh...

This collection of essays explores convergences and divergences between process thought and Roman Catholicism with the goal of identifying reasons for why process philosophy and theology has not had the same impact in Roman Catholic circles as in Protestantism, and of constructively navigating avenues of promising engagement between Process thought and Roman Catholicism. In creatively considering the Roman Catholic tradition from the vantage point of Process thought, different theoretical ...

The world’s first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of nature’s enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe. But Yellowstone is constantly changing. How we understand and respond to events that are putting species under stress, say the authors of Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition, will determine the future of ecosystems that were millions of years in the making. With a foreword by the renowned naturalist E. O. Wilson, this is the most comprehensiv...

'ÄúBeware The Silence'Äù offers a compelling exploration of the haunting theme of silence, approached from myriad angles with an exceptional range of literary styles. This anthology spans Gothic horror, eerie ghost stories, psychological unease, and speculative fiction. From the poetic subtleties found in whispers of the unseen to louder manifestations of horror, the collection ignites curiosity and fear. Standouts within the volume resonate with timeless relevance, astutely navigating eer...

Dive into the chilling embrace of 'The Power of Darkness: 560+ Supernatural Thrillers, Macabre Tales & Eerie Mysteries,' a formidable anthology that spans a plethora of literary styles and themes, all united under the expansive canopy of the supernatural and the macabre. This collection assembles an impeccable tapestry of eerie narratives, from haunting Gothic romances to nail-biting thrillers, encompassing diverse cultural and temporal landscapes. The anthology is a treasure trove of tale...

The Horror Beyond Life's Edge: 560+ Macabre Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Dark Tales is an extraordinary anthology that plunges readers into the eerie and enigmatic realms that lie beyond the known world. The collection unearths a vast array of macabre classics and supernatural mysteries, penned by literary titans across centuries and continents. With its intricate tapestry of dark tales, this volume embodies the gothic allure and spectral fascination that have captivated readers thro...