Life is hard in the Pit-lands, a desert world filled with sand and scrub and little else. Living is no more than just surviving. As the summer sun sets on his work in the sparse fields he farms, Caide stumbles upon a relic from a time so long ago, the world he lives in has no name for it.It is then his world is thrown into turmoil as the last of his family ties are brutally severed and he is left with nothing but his rage. With no future left to hold on to, Caide seeks revenge the ...

Book two of The Crystal Point Legacy continues with the company on the run as they flee the two massive black armies surging up from the Great Southern Wastelands. Having seen their lands brutally savaged by the raw power and magic of the dark wizards who are bent on the total destruction of the races of men, four lone figures struggle to evade capture. Three small Sheimas and an outsider to their world are embroiled in a quest to deliver the one talisman that possesses the magic to preven...

I languish here for all eternity, in my jail, my fetid prison. For twenty years I lay in squalor and watch this war unfold before me. How will it end? Will I live to see the day I walk unshackled and feel the green grass beneath my feet? I alone remind my captor of his tortured heart. My flesh feels the sting of his whip as I watch him sink into oblivion as each year passes. Would his neck be within my reach I would surely end his torment with these chains that bind me so. All I may do is ...

With the Lorilon war hopelessly dragging on, Captain Stuart Joseph commander of the Home World Third Fleet has taken a calculated risk, disobeying direct orders the fleet has destroyed the Lorilon stronghold of Tor Dunlaw. It is a risk he knows may cost him his command and his career.Yet even with this victory he knows his enemy still holds the upper hand in a ten year war that has nearly crippled and drained the resources of the Home World planets. He believes their final push for ...

Bridge is a collection of linked-stories about a troubled young woman?Alice?who works at a San Francisco law firm. Alice goes through despair and occasional rapture as she struggles with simultaneously real and hallucinated relationships with her co-worker David (of the romantic variety) and her supervisor Fran. Passionate, whip-smart, furious, and perceptive, Alice contemplates both suicide and murder as she struggles to find meaning in the day-to-day interactions of her life.

The defense of our Home World Alliance is failing. We are vastly out-gunned and out-numbered two-to-one. Our only chance lies with a weapon of legend, our only hope with a renegade captain.In one last desperate gamble to turn back the Lorilon invasion, Fleet Captain Stuart Joseph commandeers the frigate Repulse in a desperate attempt to find the resting place of the ship he has searched a lifetime for. Hidden away long ago in an attempt to cover up the squandering of countless reso...

THE NEW TESTAMENT Modern Evangelical Version is translated by Robert Thomas Helm.At a time when there are already many modern English Bible translations, potential readers may wonder, "Why another translation?" In response, it needs to be stated that while no Bible translation is perfect, the Modern Evangelical Version is unique in certain respects. Specifically, it is intended to provide a bold witness to the good news (gospel) about Jesus Christ in modern colloquial English. Henc...

Tropics of Savagery is an incisive and provocative study of the figures and tropes of "savagery" in Japanese colonial culture. Through a rigorous analysis of literary works, ethnographic studies, and a variety of other discourses, Robert Thomas Tierney demonstrates how imperial Japan constructed its own identity in relation both to the West and to the people it colonized. By examining the representations of Taiwanese aborigines and indigenous Micronesians in the works of prominent...

This book critically examines the development and operation of administrative justice in the UK.Every day, people have millions of interactions with government and public services. Administrative justice is concerned with the fairness of these interactions and the redress mechanisms people can use when things go wrong. Administrative justice is a large and expanding part of the legal system and of governmental activity in the United Kingdom. It inc...

This file includes the book "An Essay on the Principle of Population", plus the essays "Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws", "The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Resrticting the Importation of Foreign Corn", and "An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent". According to Wikipedia: "The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus (13 or 14 February 1766 – 23 or 29 December 1834) was an English scholar, influential in political economy and demography. Malthus popularized the economi...

As Bob grows, from a child in New Haven Connecticut to an adult in Orlando Florida, he faces difficulties and dilemmas that seem to tear at his very soul. This book chronicles his adventures through life, education, occupation and marriage. The inevitable demise of his very soul is exhibited so as to better understand how an assassin for hire comes to be.

Brands and branding have deep historical roots. Almost anything or anyone can be branded with a name or mark for commercial or other purposes. The act of branding initiates activities in a brand ecosystem among people and organizations who have a vested interest in the brand's value. Unfortunately, a brand may experience a tragedy that can put its value and equity at risk. Pundits will often conclude there is a primary reason for a specific brand's tragedy, however, studying the situation ...