This inspirational curated collection presents profound and thought-provoking quotes from some of the greatest minds the world has ever known-celebrated poets, ancient philosophers, world leaders, and modern sages."Quotations For a Lifetime: Life's Great Truths" provides insights and wisdom to guide you toward a fulfilling and purposeful life, serving as a beacon of hope when life's challenges seem insurmountable and motivation wanes. A thought-provoking reminder that you'...

The more you think deeply and scientifically about the creations of Nature's God, as He is named in our Declaration of Independence, the more you will appreciate everything from the submicroscopic to the super macroscopic. This is not "the argument from incredulity" as so often dismissed by atheists, but rather an accurate and knowing look at science which in the words of Carl Sagan "amazes me still."

Magic Lantern Empire examines German colonialism as a mass cultural and political phenomenon unfolding at the center of a nascent, conflicted German modernity. John Phillip Short draws together strands of propaganda and visual culture, science and fantasy to show how colonialism developed as a contested form of knowledge that both reproduced and blurred class difference in Germany, initiating the masses into a modern market worldview. A nuanced account of how ordinary Germ...

Black-Powder Hunting Secrets will show you how to find and take more game during and after the season with your black-powder weapons. If you've just bought a black-powder rifle or shotgun, you will learn how to get the most hunting throughout the year with the weapon you've chosen. If you've been hunting big game, small game and/or birds for years, this book will teach you better tactics to take game with your black-powder gun.

One of the most sought-after criminals of the Depression era, Ralph Fults began his career of crime at the improbable age of fourteen. At nineteen he met Clyde Barrow in a Texas prison, and the two men together founded what would later be known as the Barrow gang. Running with Bonnie and Clyde is the story of Fults's experiences in the Texas criminal underworld between the years 1925 and 1935 and the gripping account of his involvement with the Barrow gang, particularly its notori...

This book will help you to use fear effectively as a factor in taking trophy deer that eludes other hunters. The Masters' Secrets of Deer Hunting also discusses the latest techniques in stalk hunting and what to do with bucks because nocturnal. Unique strategies and the newest scientific research are revealed by expert deer hunters. The Masters' Secrets of Deer Hunting will increase your odds for taking a buck each season you hunt.Special Features:*Deer routes and movements

On April 16, 1947, the French vessel SS Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, exploded in the port of Texas City, just north of Galveston, Texas. Nearly 600 people died instantly and property damage reached catastrophic proportions. The Texas City disaster remains, to date, the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. Among those killed was William Roach, a Roman Catholic priest known affectionately as Father Bill. Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite, by historian J...

Queen of the Mission transports readers to San Francisco’s Mission District in 1984, where a community of drag performers, cab drivers, and lovers fight to keep their dreams alive against a backdrop of prejudice, murder, and the looming AIDS crisis.At the heart of the story is UltraSheen—the dazzling star of a new drag revue—whose rise to fame collides with the twisted schemes of Dr. Lindstrom, a deranged academic obsessed with punishing queer culture. As Casey Johnson, th...

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What if there was a secret city at work on finding answers to the survival of humanity? Technologies beyond your imagination. A city expanding, recruiting and evolving. There is no government, no money, no bosses, institutions, cars or roads; and age takes on new meaning. This “facity” is one big research product in and of itself, and nothing else quite like it exists on this Earth. This is the city that Erwin Sharp and his family are drawn into on the fringes of a national park. They fall...

"The Great God Success" is a social commentary that explores the themes of ambition, success, and the ruthless pursuit of wealth and power in American society, particularly within the realms of journalism and media. The novel delves into the life and aspirations of a young man named Ralph Hambleton, who seeks success in the competitive world of New York journalism.Through the character of Ralph Hambleton, Phillips critiques the moral compromises and ethical dilemmas individuals face in the...

This book is an accessible, evidence-based, succinct and practical reference for those providing hands-on care to patients with acute pancreatitis. It represents the most updated results of clinical science and offers the frameworks that underpin the disease and its management. The first part of the book presents the latest clinical science and illustrates a clear indication of what is known, and what are the gaps in our understanding of the disease. The second part provides practical clin...