Martin H. Meyer - senior pastor, author, translator, academic teacher. He graduated from Clark University (MSc in Professional Communication) and University of Wroclaw (MA in Journalism and Social Communication), and did courses on diplomacy, political science and pedagogics. Father of three wonderful kids. Husband of one and dear wife. Lives with his family in Lubin, south-eastern part of Poland.

In a speech he made in 1838, President Abraham Lincoln warned that, if America is ever destroyed, the forces responsible for her destruction would come not from beyond our borders, but instead would come from within. Is America Being Destroyed From Within? considers the critical question of whether the actions of President Barack Obama over the last six years, along with the "liberal" and "progressive" political leaders who support him, represent precisely the type of destruction of Americ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Reversible Computation, RC 2023, held in Giessen, Germany, during July 18–19, 2023.The 11 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Foundations; Reversible Programming; Quantum Computing; and Quantum Circuits.

It is 1861 and Thomas Grover has resigned from the US Navy to go with his native state of South Carolina which has left the Union. For two years his career in the new Confederate Navy is tedious and unrewarding. He is posted to Britain as a naval attaché, again denied his wish for active service, until he is transferred to Liverpool where he is offered command of a new warship. Grover must get to sea on the ship and see her armed and commissioned as CSS Palmetto, whose mission will be that...

It is the Spring of 1864 and the Confederate raider Palmetto is off the Philippines, pursuing her campaign against US shipping. For her captain, Thomas Grover there is much to consider, for with the ship’s previously sustained engine damage not fully repaired, he learns that these seas are now patrolled by a new Union warship that vastly overmatches his own ship. As the war turns increasingly against the south, Grover must redouble his efforts against the enemy, but the hidden threats faci...

Young children live with awe and wonder as their daily companions. But as they grow, worries often crowd out wonder. Knowing this, how can parents strengthen their kids' love for the world so it sticks around for the long haul?Thankfully, parents have at their fingertips a miracle vaccine—one that can boost their kids' immunity to the world's distractions: stories. Well-chosen stories connect us with others, even those on the other side of the globe. Build your kids' lives on a sto...

Gathers the best work of flourishing but often-neglected avant-garde southern poetsAnother South is an anthology of poetry from contemporary southern writers who are working in forms that are radical, innovative, and visionary. Highly experimental and challenging in nature, the poetry in this volume, with its syntactical disjunctions, formal revolutions, and typographic playfulness, represents the direction of a new breed of southern writing that is at onc...

WHO KILLED THE GIRL THAT EVERYBODY LOVED TO LOVE?"Kiss me, Kate," was an invitation that luscious Kate Arnheim almost never turned down, as a great many people discovered to their infinite pleasure. Patrick Hardy was one of them, and when a knife- wielding killer gave her the final kiss-off, blood wasn't the only red that Hardy saw.To strip the world of a talent like Kate's was a sin that Hardy couldn't forgive. But hunting suspects in Kate's little blue book was like going...

A BLOODY TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANEWhen Patrick Hardy got together with a bunch of former college buddies, it definitely was not like old times. They were all big boys now, with larger-than- life lusts and death-size problems. One was hooked on hash and hippie teeny-boppers, another was into high-pressure wheeling-dealing and high-priced hookers, and the third was on the make for any deal or dame he could get his overheated hands on.They all had just one thing in common. Somebod...

SWING, BABY, SWINGLuscious Lane Peterson was a swinger, but now the high-bouncing brunette was swinging as she never had before—with a rope tied tight around her deep throat. One look at the shapely corpse, and Hardy was ready to plunge into action.His list of suspects looked like a sexual who's-who of the kinky set, from a hard-as-nails lady named Natasha to a mattress-soft playmate named Faith, and from a hang-loose superstud named Miklos to an up-tight tycoon named Butle...

A/C, D/C AND DEATH!...The Duchess liked sex any way, any time, with anyone who took her fancy—and her fancy was fantastic. There was her strong and silent chauffeur, her black boyfriend, her horny hit man, not to mention a trio of the most luscious nude models this side of a centerfold.The moment the Duchess got her hot hands on Hardy, he knew that to her he was just another sex object. But Hardy was one object who never objected to being used—until bouncing bodies started ...

Innovation is changing and this exciting book explores how the shift to more collaborative ways of working with users, online communities and the crowd opens up novel business possibilities. The Innovation Opportunity Space approach enables managers, policymakers and academics to better understand emerging new business opportunities. Drawing on the findings of the latest international research, this book provides a systematic and clear understanding of the radical business models that new ...