More than 250 species of freshwater fishes live in North Carolina waters, making identification a challenge. Thanks to this comprehensive guide, anyone will be able to accurately identify any fish found in North Carolina—and better appreciate the diversity and beauty of fishes within the state.Inside the book:* Detailed identification keys based on essential species markers* 546 full-color images for clear identification of species markers* 260 maps showing sp...

On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional soul / body distinction is viable), with occasional articles treating physicalist accounts of such doctrines as the Incarnation and Resurrection of Jesus cropping up, as well. Interestin...

Published in 1982, But Some of Us Are Brave was the first-ever Black women's studies reader and a foundational text of contemporary feminism.Featuring writing from eminent scholars, activists, teachers, and writers, such as the Combahee River Collective and Alice Walker, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Bravechallenges the absence of Black feminist thought in women’s studies, confronts racism, and investigates th...

These five stories plunge readers into the harsh realities of space travel imagined by the early masters of science fiction. Crews face deadly environments, ambitious technology collides with human judgment, and survival often depends on quick thinking when everything begins to go wrong.The authors in this collection helped define the tone of mid-century science fiction. Their stories explore the dangers of exploration beyond Earth, the unpredictable consequences of new inventions,...

Dive headfirst into the USA and discover everything you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime.The USA rewards curiosity - discover epic views across vast wilderness landscapes and bustling city streets framed by soaring skyscrapers. Our on-the-ground experts have jumped into Lake Michigan, walked the club-lined strip of New Orleans' Frenchmen Street, and hiked in the wilderness of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Just think of us as your friend on the

ulphouse Fiction Magazine specializes in strange and weird and head-shaking stories. But in among the strange stories lurk some really, really strange stories that seem to push limits no one else thought to push.So, we plucked those stories out and put them in these pages.Who could pass up the David H. Hendrickson story "The Short Life and Horny Times of a Teenage Mantis"? Or "The Men Without Heads Join a Health Club"?The ten stories in this unique volume prove that...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 71 thru 80 - Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60sThe Skull by Philip K. Dick - Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm.Alien Equivalent by Richard R. Smith - Martians were a dying race, frail before the superiority of master Earthmen. Might sons of the red planet emerge from their shells?

Vintage Sci-Fi 13 - 24 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, H. P. Lovecraft and many moreChangeling by Ray BradburyThe Nameless City by H. P. LovecraftThe Burnt Planet by William BrittainTriggerman by J. F. BoneSlave of Eternity by Roger D. AycockThe Deep Hole to China by Robert SheckleyGangway for Homer by George R. HahnYou Risk Your Life by Joseph Slotki...

John Henry Cole's life has quieted down from what it had always been, and he can now settle down and make improvements on his small ranch. But everything changes when an old rancher named Wilson rides in with his two sons. Wilson is willing to pay Cole $5,000 to help get back his wife Lenora who has been taken hostage by Lucky Jack Dancer, an outlaw who had robbed the train on which she was a passenger. She is being held prisoner in Gun Town, a safe haven for outlaws. Cole had sided Lucky ...

Presidential campaigns are our national conversations – the widespread and complex communication of issues, images, social reality, and personas. Political communication specialists break down the 2012 presidential campaign and go beyond the quantitative facts, electoral counts, and poll results of the election, to make sense of the “political bits” of communication that comprise our voting choices. The contributors look at the early campaign period, the nomination process and conventions,...

As the city that produces the most selium - that precious gas that elevates airships and powers strange magic - Hond Steading is a jewel worth stealing. To shore up the city's defenses, Detan promises his aunt that he'll recover Nouli, the infamous engineer who built the century gates that protect the imperial capital of Valathea. But Nouli is imprisoned on the Remnant Isles, an impervious island prison run by the empire, and it's Detan's fault.Detan doesn't dare approach Nouli him...

Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield’s acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in a exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms like blues and jazz to provide a frame for t...