How will the world end? Come the Apocalypse, will you be ready? Who do you want on your side, and which team will you be on?Picking Sides for the Apocalypse Choose Your Doom is a collection of short stories set in end times to help you get your priorities straight and answer these fundamental questions.Team AI:Angel - A lone fugitive brings with her the threat of pursuit by the state.The Undesirable Robert Millings - Can a US Congressman's virtual therapist he...

DISCOVERING THE MAGIC OF PARIS A TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE GUIDEDiscovering the Magic of Paris: A Travel and Adventure Guide" is the perfect companion for travelers looking to experience the best of the city of lights. From iconic landmarks to hidden gems, this guide takes you on a journey through Paris and its diverse neighborhoods, exploring the city's rich history, culture, and cuisine.The guide, allows you to plan your itinerary based on your interests and time constraints. ...

He Bears the Cape of Stars is one of our two paired masquerade-themed anthologies. It features 17 stories exploring wlw relationships developing, growing, and changing while the characters attend or participate in masquerades!Our contributors stretched their imaginations to present innovative stories exploring what a masquerade can be…and, of course, tell rich, engaging tales of wonderful queer folk finding love, companionship, acceptance, the queer platonic relationship of their d...

A groundbreaking examination of word and image through the lenses of modern art and Continental philosophy: "Probing and lucid" (Stephen H. Watson, University of Notre Dame).Engagement with the image has played a decisive role in the formulation of the very idea of philosophy since Plato. Identifying pivotal moments in the history of philosophy, Dennis J. Schmidt develops the question of philosophy's regard of the image by considering painting―where the image most ...

From glittering ballrooms in London to the high seas life lived by Henry Morgan and other pirate greats, Maureen Mckee, with her aunt, faces lavish lifestyles and unbelievable danger. Maureen must look beneath the façade her fiancé Thomas exudes to the man beneath. Is he what he seems, or is there a darker side? And what of Lt. Chance? Why does he bring out the shrew in her even as he rescues her and shows only bravery in the face of unspeakable odds? Fiery haired Maureen must seek the ans...

Siegfried J. Schmidt is closely associated in Germany with the cross-disciplinary research programme of Radical Constructivism. In Histories & Discourses he carries out a change of perspective from media and communication studies to studies of culture and the philosophy of language.His 'rewriting' of constructivism shows that classical constructivism shares some fundamental assumptions with realism, and he creates a new vocabulary which allows us to understand how we construct truth, ident...

At least theoretically, narcissism can be viewed from three different perspectives, namely the 1st common individual perspective, 2nd social-psychological perspective, and the 3rd cultural-historical perspective, which is largely unfamiliar to us. But in order to fully understand narcissism, it is necessary to perceive all three perspectives in their interactions. The social-psychological perspective has already been discussed in detail in a previous book. In this book, the cultural-histor...

From lush Caribbean islands to frantic battles at sea, Robert Morgan pursued his destiny. From the moment Luann Higgs looked into his blue eyes she knew she had found her heart’s desire. Ruth Adams, a tall slender blue eyed blond wench, was more amused than offended by handsome Joel Baker’s passionate advances. Little did she know that within the week he would be her husband. Ruth was well versed in the art of foreplay, but a babe in arms where true love was concerned. Self-professed dueli...

"He Bears the Cape of Stars" is one of our two paired masquerade-themed anthologies. It features 17 stories exploring mlm relationships developing, growing, and changing while the characters attend or participate in masquerades!The collected works in "He Bears the Cape of Stars" feature men and masculine-leaning genderqueer characters, with a spectrum of sexualities, and these diverse individuals inhabit worlds ranging from a science fiction setting where everyone must be masked to...

Tully Davis returned from the horrors of Vietnam a broken man, both physically and mentally. Nurtured back to health by Sarah, his loving wife, the couple created a thriving family, a beautiful home in the hills of San Diego, and a highly successful business. But in the turbulent nineties, the US suffered a catastrophic collapse of the banking system, which, in turn, resulted in class warfare and the complete breakdown of law and order across the nation. Tully lost it all--his home, busine...

For over 50 years, a myth discredited both Bruno Bettelheim and a psychodynamic approach to autism. The myth of the "fridge mother" has left the soil of science and questioned the expertise of scientists for no reason at all. The consequences are and were 50 years of standstill in autism research, but also in the development of support programs for autistics. It's time to put an end to the "fridge mother" myth. www.b-j-schmidt.net

A possible positive effect of dogs on humans in general and autistic individuals in particular is well known. But especially in the area of autism, the reduction of anxiety and stress in autistic people has been seen so far. However, considering the overall system of the family and the "disturbance of interaction" not only in the autistic, then other possible positive effects of dogs are visible. Dogs can also help to improve social interaction within the family. However, for a dog to redu...