Magma poetry magazine's summer 2014 issue, Magma 59, is on the theme of breaks. Editors Roberta James and Alex Price have selected over 65 new poems that reach in to bring a new look on a familiar scene, take us to places we have not been before, or show us new ways to be in our sometimes broken but beautiful world. After poems of great delicacy and eggshells came others of metal and grind. Poems which could make us stride forward, unshakeable and unbreakable are contrasted with those that...

An easily accessible resource that showcases the links between using documented primary sources and gaining a more nuanced understanding of military history.Primary source analysis is a valuable tool that teaches students how historians utilize documents and interpret evidence from the past. This four-volume reference traces key decisions in U.S. military history—from the Revolutionary War through the 21st-century conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq—by examining docu...

In the eerie shadows of November 1895, The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 02 emerges, a literary enigma that will haunt your imagination. Within its pages, a macabre tapestry of tales unfolds, penned by masters of the macabre. From the chilling whispers of Edgar Allan Poe to the haunting prose of Ambrose Bierce, this anthology invites you to delve into a realm where darkness reigns supreme. Prepare to be captivated by tales of murder, madness, and the supernatural that will linger in your mind long...

Are You Ready for the Most Important Financial Wake-Up Call of the Decade?Social Security is headed for a reckoning—and it's happening sooner than most people think. Whether you're a retiree, a Gen Xer, a Millennial, or just starting your career, the looming crisis in America's most important social safety net could change your financial future forever.In this timely and eye-opening guide, The Social Security Cliff: What Every American Needs to Know in 2025...

Roberta James is a retired government librarian. James and spouse currently live in Jensen Beach, Florida, and spend their summers in the mountains of West Virginia. This is her first mystery romance novel.

Magma poetry magazine’s summer 2014 issue, Magma 59, is on the theme of breaks.Editors Roberta James and Alex Price have selected over 65 new poems that reach in to bring a new look on a familiar scene, take us to places we have not been before, or show us new ways to be in our sometimes broken but beautiful world. After poems of great delicacy and eggshells came others of metal and grind. Poems which could make us stride forward, unshakeable and unbreakable are co...

Giulia Farnese, a woman who traverses time to find, in this novel, her redemption.Her real story is tachat of a woman who goes far beyond the figure of Sponsa Christi as she was known throughout the world.The writer traces the profile of a strong woman who, once free from the trammels of a family that raised her to be obedient, rises from her ashes and the damnatio memoriæ to become the mater and the domina of the feud of Carbognano.With an absorbing prose, and base...

In 1963, Senator Jacob Javits proposed that the world’s business community join together to form a new corporation that would underwrite private sector investments throughout Latin America. He presented his ideas to a NATO parliamentary meeting in Paris. His proposal was endorsed by the delegates, who passed a resolution recommending that the Secretaries-General of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-Ameri...

The impact of the Cold War is still being felt around the world today. This insightful single-volume reference captures the events and personalities of the era, while also inspiring critical thinking about this still-controversial period.Cold War: The Essential Reference Guide is intended to introduce students to the tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States that dominated international affairs in the second half of the 20th century. A compre...

In Jeanne Guyon's Mystical Lion of God: Her Biblical Commentary on St. Mark's Gospel, Guyon explains the soul's journey uniting with God while simultaneously exercising an active ministry in the name of Jesus Christ. Guyon has written her full theology of the soul's divinization in Jeanne Guyon's Mystical Interpretation of Divinization: Her Biblical Commentary on St. Matthew's Gospel, Volumes 1 and 2. Now in her commentary on Mark, she describes the radical new spiritual powers the believe...

In Jeanne Guyon’s Mystical Interpretation of Divinization: Her Biblical Commentary on St. Matthew’s Gospel, we read her most powerful declaration of the transformation called divinization. Jeanne Guyon reveals the Gospel of Matthew as describing the symbolic and hidden journey to participation in God. Guyon writes, “We are called to lose our will in that of God, and pass, transform, and change into God. This is called divinization. There are many other terms for this from...

This exploration of the environmental practices of Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime invites readers to consider the ecological connections of all political projects.“We might think we see a mountain while it was a war; a forest can actually be an engine; a monument to workers might reflect the violence of a colonial empire.”—extracted from Mussolini’s NatureIn this first environmental history of Italian fascism, Marco Armiero, Rob...