Family Hiking in the Smokies is specifically geared toward taking children on excursions into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park—the most visited national park in the United States. The park offers much to its nearly ten million annual visitors. For families who seek fun along with educational recreation, the park boasts splendid views and enormous biological diversity.While the guide book concentrates on shorter day hikes, the book also presents longer trails for ove...

The air is sixty-nine degrees. For a man living in the quiet aftermath of a hospital visit, this is the only fact that matters. In a house that has become a sealed container of memory and routine, he measures his days in degrees of temperature, meaningless numbers, and the small, persistent failures of a world coming undone: the toast that is never brown enough, the buzz from a wire inside a wall, the gray comma of a grease stain on a plate that will not wash clean. This is not a story of ...

Sieg Heil!, first published in 1962, is the account of the life of Nazi-leader Adolf Hitler, written by Morris Waldman, a contemporary of Hitler and head of the American Jewish Committee until the war's end in 1945. The book begins with the story of Hitler's father, Alois Schicklgruber. Young Adolf's hatred for the man and his own unattractive appearance lead to his anti-social character that separated him from other people, an awkwardness in social situations, and a bitte...

Joseph bar Sabbas, called ‘Justus,’ sat back. He didn’t know if he should be stunned, or pleased. He was one of two disciples selected to replace Judas Iscariot. But when the lots were cast, the lot fell to his friend, Matthias, not him. Hurt and disappointment crushed him. But it didn’t destroy him. He had been with Jesus from his baptism, through his death, burial and resurrection. He had been loved by his Savior, and had returned that love.Bit Justus would not be denied his drea...

In a culture saturated with certainty, Freud teaches us how to ask harder questions.Nearly one hundred years after its original publication, The Future of an Illusion remains one of the most penetrating and provocative critiques of religion ever written. Clearly fascinated with religion, Sigmund Freud argues that belief is shaped less by reason or evidence than by deep human longings--for protection, order, meaning, and consolation in the face of suffering...

AI Life is your new go-to guide to demystifying the tools and tricks that quietly shape modern life. We’re not here to overwhelm you with technical jargon or predict robot uprisings. Instead, we show you exactly how Artificial Intelligence (AI) already works in your world—and how to make it work better for you.Brought to you by AI experts with real-world experience, this first issue maps the AI landscape from your kitchen to your workplace, and hands you practical ...

Is humanity threatened by advances in technoloty, by artifical intelligence. Here are two dozen tales about what can go right - and what can go wrong. This anthology explores the perils of dealing with advancing technology. It includes stories by Shebat Legion, Ann Wuehler, Carol McConnell, Charlotte Henley Babb, L. J. Stecher, Jr., Rie Sheridan Rose, Rose Stickman, J. R. Rice, David Lawrence Morris, Judy Lupton Mowdy, Richard Wilson, David Massengill, J. L Royce, David Robichaud, Chris Ad...

Tales about the trouble with time travel from twenty-two talented authors from around the world, Campbell Blaine, Alyson Faye, Shebat Legion, Carol McConnell, Kelly Piner, Chris L. Adams, Rose Strickman, EV Emmons, Robert Allen Lupton, Rie Sheridan Rose, David Lawrence Morris, Tim Pulo, RJ Meldrum, Gilbert M. Stack, Caroline Ashley, Ginger Strivelli, Lawrence Dagstine, Gargi Mehra, Christopher Blinn, Steven Streeter, Martin Klubeck, and Ann Tjelmeland.The trouble with time, especia...

When does a philosophy become a conspiracy?In 2024, Sam Bankman-Fried — once hailed as the future of finance and one of the richest men in America — was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $11 billion and collapsing over a hundred companies. Stealing the Future is the inside story of that unraveling, told by a member of the CoinDesk team that first broke the case.But this is more than a true crime story.It’s a journey into the tang...

LURKING IN THE GENE POOL is the fourth annual anthology published by Three Cousins publishing. Twenty-two stories of horror, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and humor explore the theme. You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family. Sometimes family must be protected, but sometimes family is the threat.It's been said that all happy families are alike, but all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. Sometimes one of the family members is different, special if y...

Provides the essential skills required for effective facilities managementFacilities Management (FM) plays a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of workplaces, balancing strategic goals with day-to-day operational needs. Introduction to Facilities Management is a structured and comprehensive introduction to the key functions of FM, equipping professionals with the foundational skills necessary to excel in this evolving field. Covering a wide range ...

Public Religions in the Future World is the first book to map the utopian terrain of the political-religious movements of the past four decades. Examining a politically diverse set of utopian fictions, this book cuts across the usual Right/Left political divisions to show a surprising convergence: each political-religious vision imagines a revived world of care and community over and against the economization and fragmentation of neoliberalism. Understanding these religions as uto...