After she and fellow colonists crash land on the hostile jungle planet of Mega, rebel-scientist Izumi, widower and hermit, boldly sets out against orders on a hunch that may ultimately save her fellow survivors—but may also risk all. As the other colonists take stock, Izumi—obsessed with discovery and the need to save lives—plunges into the dangerous forest, which harbors answers, not only to their freshwater problem, but ultimately to the nature of the universe itself. Mega was a goldiloc...

In Book Two of this metaphysical space thriller trilogy, detective Rhea Hawke continues her quest for truth and justice in a world that is not what it seems. Rhea’s search takes her to the far reaches of the known universe from the Weeping Mountains of Horus to the blistering deserts of Upsilon 3. Amidst the turmoil of an imminent extra-galactic war, Rhea holds the key even as those she trusts betray her. No one is what they seem.

Decoding the Tragic in Aristotle posits that a specific form of involuntary action lies at the heart of Aristotle's conception of the tragic-a point that remains unexplained in the Poetics. This key insight is illuminated through Aristotle's ethical works, particularly the Nicomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics, where the philosopher discusses a type of counter-voluntary error (hamartia) rooted in ignorance of particulars. These references clari...

This volume integrates aspects of the Poetics into the broader corpus of Aristotelian philosophy. It both deals with some old problems raised by the treatise, suggesting possible solutions through contextualization, and also identifies new ways in which poetic concepts could relate to Aristotelian philosophy.In the past, contextualization has most commonly been used by scholars in order to try to solve the meaning of difficult concepts in the Poetics (such as ...

This dictionary includes some 9200 terms, each with a definition and often and additional descriptive text in English, the terms being translated in French, German and Spanish. It is more complete than similar previously published dictionaries or glossaries, and contains all fields of soil science as well as some adjacent fields of other earth sciences, agriculture and engineering. Present concepts and definitions are detailed along with earlier concepts, not only for historical reasons bu...

Splintered Events – Single Destiny…An entire spiritual sect is inexplicably wiped out by Eclipse, the largest crime syndicate in the galaxy … Glitter Dust, sold on the slipstream, is used by certain spiritual fanatics to travel to another dimension and “experience God”… An elite Eclipse assassin targets prominent galactic citizens, including spiritual leaders, information pirates and dust traffickers… One of them is an eccentric priest who prophesies a catastrophic End of Age, trig...

Read the scintillating conclusion to The Splintered Universe Trilogy, as Rhea Hawke returns to Earth to discover the final secret to unifying her splintered universe, but at what cost?..."The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer"--Rhea's proverb"Nina Munteanu turns an adventure story into a wonerland of alien rabbit holes...A fascinating and enthralling read."--Craig H. Bowlsby, creator of Commander's Log

Centuries from now, in a post-climate change dying boreal forest of what used to be northern Canada, Kyo, a young acolyte called to service in the Exodus, discovers a diary that may provide her with the answers to her yearning for Earth’s past—to the Age of Water, when the “Water Twins” destroyed humanity in hatred—events that have plagued her nightly in dreams. Looking for answers to this holocaust—and disturbed by her macabre longing for connection to the Water Twins—Kyo is led to the di...

SPLINTERED EVENTS—SINGLE DESTINYIn Book Two of this metaphysical space thriller trilogy, detective Rhea Hawke continues her quest for truth and justice in a world that is not what it seems. Rhea's search takes her to the far reaches of the known universe from the Weeping Mountains of Horus to the blistering deserts of Upsilon 3. Amidst the turmoil of an imminent extra-galactic war, Rhea holds the key even as those she trusts betray her. No one is what they seem...“A rollick...

It’s 1410 on the eve of the Battle of Grunwald. Will peasants destroy the monk knights of the Teutonic Order? Or will the knights win and sweep the rest of the continent in their ambitious crusade?……Vivianne Schoen, the young Baroness von Grunwald, makes the startling discovery that she can alter history—but not before she is branded a witch and must flee through a time-space tear. Now in an alternate France ruled by Teutonic Black Knights, she must decide how to remake history.

The book of poetry, which I have entitled: Twilight of Thoughts is a selection of Stefan Munteanus poetry of the exile. It contains, so far, 122 poems which I have translated into English. I also have 99 illustrations, part of the graphic art of Stefan Munteanu. I want to represent the artist from the point of view of two arts he practiced and expressed himself through. His poetry expresses his deep feelings for his wife, family, native culture, life with all its challenges (behind the iro...