With fourteen horror stories set during the decade of flannel shirts and neon dolphin Trapper Keepers, Ahh! That's What I Call Horror features a PHAT (pretty horrific and terrifying) collection of totally rad horror and weird fiction authors exploring the darker side of what many consider a time of relative peace and prosperity. With Communism falling and Clear Channel rising, the horror of the 1990s requires peeling back layers of safe, sanitized media to reveal the nightmares waiting ben...

This book represents the second, fully revised edition of the original volume published in 1982. Experience in neuroradiology has confirmed the outstanding value of computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis of space-occupying lesions within the skull and orbit. It might be assumed, then, that the second edition of this book would simply represent a numerically expanded continua tion of the popular first edition. That is not the case, however. Advances in imaging techniques have promp ted ...

When one morning, a brilliant robot named Logos discovers he wants to play the violin, his life spirals into dangerous chaos. The transistors in his brain vibrate, copper coils heat up, as he can't bear a thought as random and unfounded as desire. Now, he has no choice but to find a logical justification for this strange phenomenon. Otherwise, he'll fall into a severe psycho-electric crisis, and his mind will completely crash.And so, with a draining battery and a determined enemy i...

Gwen Withers thought she was an ordinary girl-until a mysterious portal transports her and her younger brother Nicholas to the extraordinary world of Flourensia. There, Gwen discovers that she has been chosen as the Fated One, a role connected to an ancient prophecy that could determine the future of the kingdom.As Gwen begins to understand her strange new destiny, she finds herself surrounded by magic, secrets, danger and unexpected friendships. With Nicholas and new allies beside...

This book recounts the colourful and eventful journey to the landmark WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge, from the proposal for a new patent disclosure requirement in 1999 to the adoption of the Treaty 25 years later. Offering a first-person account from his unique position as having been a Director at WIPO and responsible for the negotiations for many years, Wend Wendland analyzes the Treaty and its negotiating history, lifting the...

When Technology Meets the Nervous SystemDigital Literacy + Emotional Literacy in a Technology-Driven WorldIntroductionWe are living through one of the most dramatic technological shifts in human history. In just afew decades, digital technology has moved from the edges of daily life to its very center.Smartphones, social media, artificial intelligence, online education, and digital workspaceshave transformed how people communicate, learn, and...

One day, three children were playing outside and decided to take a nap under a big oak tree. As they drifted off to sleep, little did they know that they were lying upon a path making a “bridge” that the animals would cross over one-by-one, starting with the smallest.As parents read this book to their children, they may mimic the animals walking across the bridge on the children’s bellies. Small ants tickle, frogs hop, porcupines poke, and the snake slithers -- don’t move or get bi...

"A suffocating darkness surrounds me. Choking diesel fumes fill the air inside the container truck. I am nearly thrown off my feet as the vehicle jerks to a halt. A dead silence reigns. There is a loud groaning of steel as the handle of the door of the container is twisted open. A single beam of sunlight pierces the darkness, illuminating a sea of terrified children’s faces." So begins Hamilton Wende's harrowing account of the Rwandan genocide, which he witnessed firsthand as a reporter in 19...

It is 1916 on the German East African frontier – surrounded by the beauty and oppressive heat of the African savanna with its guardian, Kilimanjaro towering above the skyline, and a war of words and prejudice flares up – these are yet early days for the South African and Rhodesian regiments to be integrating with the men of the King’s African Rifles and the Indian Baluchis.   But in battle every man must discover for himself the hard truths of his own fears and the mea...

This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for excellence and relevance in undergraduate education, contributors examine if it can be implemented in different contexts and across academic cultures, structures, and traditions....

Fully recovered with four hours of sleep! Is this possible? The sleeping technique of pilots allows you to have this fun too. You skip the falling asleep phase with a special technique and recover intensively in the deep sleep phase. This technology is used by pilots for a restful short sleep. This book contains a practice meditation that guides you to get into the deep sleep phase.