Within two years of the battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor was forced to defend his throne against a formidable challenge mounted on behalf of a ten-year-old boy who had been crowned in Dublin as 'Edward VI'. Though presented as the last surviving Plantagenet, the young lad is generally known to history as Lambert Simnel.Lambert Simnel and the Battle of Stoke unravels the tangled web of dynastic politics and rivalries in Yorkist England, seeking a context for...

Teina Pora, a 17-year-old car thief, was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Susan Burdett, who had been beaten to death with the softball bat she kept next to her bed for her own protection Tim McKinnel, en ex-cop turned private investigator, discovered the long forgotten case 18 years later, saw an injustice had been done and set out to win Teina’s freedom. Reaching from the mean streets of South Auckland to the highest court in the Commonwealth, this is t...

Why do many American Christians Today Oppose the Values of Jesus? In recent years, why have most evangelical Christians been more concerned with political "winning" over soul-winning? Why have they been willing to "deal with the Devil" to further their interests and agenda, and disregard their call to "love thy neighbor," and its impact on their witness to the world and reputation of the Church? Why do their calls to limit government assistance and citizen protections mirror those of the f...

HOW TO JUMP HIGHERAn impressive vertical jump is one of the best attributes an athlete can possess.A big jump shows raw power, demands attention, increases the potential of an athlete, and can even strike fear in to the opposition.One of the most impressive athletic feats in the slam dunk. For most regular sized people, dunking is a distant dream. However, with an increased vertical jump, dunking a ball is achievable for most people.Regardles...

Plato said over 2,500 years ago that "an unexamined life for a man is not worth living." To examine one's life, on a regular basis, cannot but lead to a consideration of virtue, which in turn leads to a search for the Good, which both Plato and Plotinus say all men naturally seek. What we call a good informs the value system we live by, but a good can only reflect the Good, if it is good for our soul and the soul of our neighbor, any more than we can claim virtue with a mote in our eye. Ar...

Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. The contributors—most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community—review the evolution of the field, the rise of new challenges, pitfalls in analysis, and the lessons from new training and techniques designed to deal with 21st century national security problems. This second edit...

This sports book, memoir, and manifesto from a Super Bowl Champion elucidates racism in the United States.Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's also one of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable.Bennett adds his unmistakable voice to discussions of racism and police v...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, AGI 2025, held in Reykjavic, Iceland in August 2025.The 72 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 179 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: novel learning algorithms, reasoning systems, theoretical neurobiology and bio-inspired systems, quantum computing, theories of machine consciousness, ethics,

From lost to loved the journey of gemma the service dog by Michael Bennett is a heartwarming story about a lovable Rottweiler pup named Gemma. Born on a ranch, she was not the most playful but the most affectionate of her litter. After her siblings found homes, Gemma finally gets adopted by a loving couple. However, an unexpected adventure leads her to become lost and eventually taken to an animal shelter. After months of waiting, she finds a second chance at a rescue facility where she is...

On an August morning more that five hundred years ago, to the sound of thundering hooves, gunshot, the clash of steel and the cries of men in battle, Richard III, King of England, lost his life and the Plantagenet name came to an end. But what do we really know of the battle which became known as Bosworth Field? How do we separate fact from legend when our knowledge is based on sources which by any reckoning are meagre, garbled or partisan? In this classic account Michael Bennett provides ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, AGI 2025, held in Reykjavic, Iceland in August 2025.The 72 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 179 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: novel learning algorithms, reasoning systems, theoretical neurobiology and bio-inspired systems, quantum computing, theories of machine consciousness, ethics,

Every summer, young Lucas visits his grandparents' beach house, where dolphins play in the surf. When he and his grandfather's loyal dog Gemma rescue a baby dolphin tangled in a fishing net, an unbreakable friendship is born. Lucas names him Splash, and his grandfather Michael teaches him to surf with the pod. As years pass, Lucas becomes a lifeguard, finds love with Penny, and faces thrilling challenges, rescuing injured sea animals and delivering rare dolphin twins. From moonlit surfing ...