A dating app for people who are destined to die on the same day, the crew of a generation starship whose solutions to crises lead to even greater crises, a planet of the dead who won't remain still, a man who captures the emotions of people at their lowest points to sell to his subscribers, a timeline polluted by delivery drivers, a savior who may never reach those he's meant to save, Lovecraftian creatures going out for ice cream, all of these and more await you within. Relax now. Nothing...

In Home is the Very Best Place to Be, follow the heartwarming story of Linda, who sets out to find the perfect pet and ends up adopting two lovable dogs, Bubbles and Teddy. With a cozy home, plenty of space to play, and a family full of love, these two furry friends quickly realize that home is truly the best place to be. Filled with charming illustrations and a joyful message about the power of rescue and love, this delightful tale will ...

Proteins, Pathologies and Politics presents an international and historical approach to dietary change and health, contrasting current concerns with how issues such as diabetes, cancer, vitamins, sugar and fat, and food allergies were perceived in the 19th and 20th centuries. Though what we eat and what we shouldn't eat has become a topic of increased scrutiny in the current century, the link between dietary innovation and health/disease is not a new one. From new fads in foodstuf...

Ted Bundy is one of America’s most notorious serial killers. Between the mid and late 1970s, Bundy admitted to the murders of more than thirty young women and girls across the American states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Colorado.Reports of Bundy’s murders reached the police and trickled down through the press to ordinary citizens; panic ensued. Yet while the killings were taking place, no-one could see that the string of brutal murders happening all over the northwest o...

The Industrial Revolution, which took place in Great Britain between the middle of the eighteenth century and the middle of the nineteenth, transformed British industry and society and made Great Britain the most powerful nation in the world.The Industrial Revolution didn't spring from a single factor but from several related developments that interacted to change the world profoundly. Improvements in iron production allowed the construction of efficient, reliable steam engines, wh...

Roy Orbison possessed a voice that commanded immediate attention. He may have appeared meek and mild-mannered on the surface, yet beneath this facade lay an inner world brimming with passion and fervor. Orbison’s style was innovative and avant-garde, almost as if he were an embodiment of alternative rock before the term even entered the lexicon. He represented the emotive, tender facet of rock and roll, a stark contrast to his contemporaries who were often swathed in leather jackets and ex...

As the tee-shirt slogans say, “If you can read this, thank the Phoenicians.” The Phoenician achievements include creating the world’s first alphabet, which consisted of 22 consonant letters. If you’re sipping wine as you read, that’s another reason to thank the Phoenicians. From their travels, they learned which grapes were most suited for winemaking and spread those vines to the places along their trading routes.The Phoenicians were the masters of the Mediterranean Sea, traders wh...

Princess Diana had a whirlwind of a life, or in the words of Sir Elton John, she “lived her life like a candle in the wind.” After her marriage to Prince Charles, she became not just a princess but a global icon. Diana could draw crowds by the thousands, but despite her rising popularity, she couldn’t keep her marriage together.Nevertheless, even once cut free from the rest of the royal family, she went on to accomplish so much; she founded charities, gave voice to the voiceless, a...

With his delicate phraseology and deft massaging of truth and deception, Joseph Goebbels was the mouthpiece of a monstrous regime, dishing out propaganda for Nazi Germany throughout the Second World War. It was his mission to entirely subsume the consciousness of the German people with the warped ideals of the Nazi Party. Through this means, he convinced everyday Germans to look the other way while some of the worst atrocities in history were committed.Joseph Goebbels believed that...

What American president would not relish the thought of his time in office bearing the description “Era of Good Feeling”? That was the title given to the time when President James Monroe occupied the White House. Monroe was a Virginian, like better-known Founding Father Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. But his destiny was not defined solely by his loyalty to his state. He was an American, assured of a future destined to be grand because he lived in a natio...

David Bowie is known all over the world for a string of hit songs and a reputation for extravagance on stage. He was the one, after all, who helped launch glam rock in the 1970s. Who could ever forget his persona of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars? When Bowie had ridden this wave to its conclusion, he found new ways to reinvent himself. He embraced soul, funk, hard rock, and even the industrial machinations of Nine Inch Nails.As the decades went by, David Bowie never seeme...

Imagine a fervently militaristic state with a feared professional army that included some of the only all-female military units ever seen. Imagine that same state with its own unique and sophisticated culture, religion, language, art, and society. Such a state did exist—not in the ancient past but as recently as the beginning of the twentieth century.The Kingdom of Dahomey was established in the seventeenth century and quickly rose to become one of the most powerful forces in West ...