This text draws upon 'complex systems' thinking to introduce a policy-related integrative method for diagnosing and managing environmental change. This conveys how existing intellectual resources can be exploited to explore environmental decision issues without resoring to such devices as 'meta-methods' or 'meta-disciplines'.

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. The Compiler of this new Jest Book is desirous to make known that it is composed mainly of old jokes, — some older than Joe Miller himself, — with a liberal sprinkling of new jests gathered from books and hearsay. In the course of his researches he has been surprised to find how many Jests, Impromptus, and Repartees have passed current, century after century, until their original utterer is lost in the “mist of ages”; a Good Joke b...

Something small slips into a home and is quickly dismissed. A minor bite, a strange sound, nothing worth worrying about. But a week later, a husband hears a change in his wife’s voice—a note that does not belong to her—and something begins to answer it.At first, it feels like imagination. Then it becomes a pattern. The same sound draws something closer. It follows her. It hides in her hair. It listens when she sings. What begins as unease turns into a private dread that he cannot s...

He lives by a rule no one can break and no one can explain. Each day must be lived again, repeated down to the smallest gesture, as if time itself insists on an echo.Henry Hobart is not careless or forgetful. He chooses this life. Every meal, every walk, every expense is duplicated the next day without fail. Even pain is not spared. Even mistakes are repeated. Those who watch him cannot decide whether they are witnessing discipline or something far more dangerous.Then, with...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 356 thru 360 brings together five imaginative stories from E. M. Hull, Robert Silverberg, Mel Hunter, Gerda Rhoads, and Don Mark Lemon. Wishes have consequences, isolation becomes dangerous, and seemingly simple situations lead somewhere no one could have anticipated.The Ultimate Wish by E. M. Hull explores one of humanity’s oldest dreams: getting exactly what you want. But when the impossible becomes possible, the result may be v...

1900–1939 Science Fiction 2More Than 10 Hours of Classic Science FictionBefore the Golden Age of science fiction transformed the genre, a remarkable group of writers was already imagining alien worlds, impossible inventions, cosmic horrors, and futures unlike anything readers had ever seen.1900–1939 Science Fiction 2 brings together thirteen unforgettable stories from the first four decades of the twentieth century....

From fog-shrouded railway carriages to candlelit séance rooms, from haunted manor houses to snow-swept country roads, the gaslight era produced some of the finest ghost stories ever written—and many of the best have been hiding in the yellowed pages of forgotten magazines for over a century.This collection gathers twenty tales of the supernatural from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, drawn from sources as varied as Belgravia, Bentley’s Miscellany, Temple B...

Step into another unforgettable collection of vintage imagination with Lost Sci-Fi Books 341–360, featuring twenty remarkable stories from some of the greatest writers of the Golden Age and beyond. From deep-space mysteries and rogue robots to ancient secrets, eerie encounters, and clever twists, every story delivers a new adventure.Travel through the endless darkness of space in Michael Shaara’s Orphans of the Void, then explore strange futures in...

Vintage Sci-Fi 16 - 22 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Harry Harrison and moreQuarantined Species by J. F. BoneYellow Streak Hero by Harlan EllisonThe Space Beasts by Clifford D. SimakFinis by Frank Lillie PollockS as in Zebatinsky by Isaac AsimovIn The Walls of Eryx by H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth SterlingSpawn of Inferno by Hugh...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the twelfth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 12 in the series spans the years 1837 to 1901, contains ghost stories set at or around Christmas, and includes stories from a wide range of authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Riddell and Eliza Lynn Linton. Readers new to this genre will dis...

By showcasing the experiences of making academics, this book advocates for higher education professionals to integrate creative practices into their lives, recognising the potential to facilitate personal growth, self-discovery, and alternative ways of knowing. Higher education contexts can be demanding, challenging, and rewarding and this book shares the practices of scholars who intertwine their intellectual pursuits with hands-on creative activities to support both their scholarly work ...

Exploring how creative practices can revolutionise wellbeing and resilience in higher education, this groundbreaking collection brings together 25 academics who reveal how engaging with creative processes – from visual arts and crafts to performance and digital media – can serve as powerful tools for self-care and professional flourishing.It acts as a guide for navigating the pressures of contemporary academia while maintaining one’s authentic self through proven strategies such as...