The Strangest Fiction Anthology is a collection of short stories written by a diverse group of talented fiction authors from strangestfiction.com. It is a showcase of the most popular science fiction, supernatural, horror, and thriller works on the site. Prepare to journey into the depths of space, listen to another sociopathic tale from your grandfather, confront the noise emanating from your attic, and much, much more. The collection will push your imagination and curiosity to their limi...

This is a story of the coming of age of a young man, a story of hope, a story that is meant to amuse, to move, at best , to enlighten. It's about a young man who represents us all as we seek to find ourselves in life. He graduates from college yet declares himself a conscientious objector against the Vietnam War and serves his time. He experiences the loss of his father and other loved ones. He also experiences good and wonderful times in his travels. While he can cry for all the pain that...

Western walker This is a story of the Coming of Age of a young man, a story of hope, a story that is meant to amuse, to move, at best, to enlighten. Its about a young man who represents us all as we seek to find ourselves in life. He graduates from college yet declares himself a conscientious objector against the Viet Nam War and serves his time. He experiences the loss of his father and other loved ones. He also experiences good and wonderful times in his travels. While he can cry for all...

This is a story of the Coming of Age of a young man--a story of hope. Its about a young man who represents us all as we seek to fi nd ourselves in life. He graduates from college yet declares himself a conscientious objector against the Viet Nam War and has to serve his time. He experiences the loss of his father and other loved ones. He also experiences good and wonderful times in his travels. While he can cry for all the pain that he or the rain can never cure, he still fi nds a way to r...

I am excited to present my children's storybook collection, Grandma's Hamster on the Run Stories, a series of delightful, heartwarming, and fast-moving stories written out of love and with love for children of all ages, from infants to the most experienced one-hundred-year-old child!Each Hamster on the Run story has its own unique personality, whether it's a moral to learn, a fantasy to imagine, or just an everyday experience with a twist of life. Hamster on the Run Stories makes l...

Thirteen poetic miniatures — one unforgettable journey through memory and imagination.Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen, Op. 15, is a cornerstone of the Romantic piano repertoire. Simple on the surface yet profoundly expressive, these pieces reveal the emotional world of childhood as remembered by an adult poet and musician.This critical edition offers much more than a clean score: it combines performance insight, harmonic and f...

The Huasteca, a region on the northern Gulf Coast of Mexico, was for centuries a pre-Columbian crossroads for peoples, cultures, arts, and trade. Its multiethnic inhabitants influenced, and were influenced by, surrounding regions, ferrying unique artistic styles, languages, and other cultural elements to neighboring areas and beyond. In The Huasteca: Culture, History, and Interregional Exchange, a range of authorities on art, history, archaeology, and cultural anthropology bring l...

Sam Jonah and the remaking of Ashanti recounts the inspirational life of one of Africa's most prominent black businessmen. From working underground as a shovel boy to his appointment as the CEO of the trailblazing African gold mining company, Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, Sam Jonah's determination to surmount every obstacle in a career strewn with hurdles makes for compelling reading.Frenzied deals, boardroom cliffhangers, political scandal and private battles punctuate this uniq...

In bone surgery it is essential to compress fractures interfragmentarily in order to make them resistant to the tensile force of muscles and the force resulting from acceleration and deceleration. This can be best achieved by the use of cable tension bands as a traction mechanism. The cable tension band is - in terms of stability of fractures - far superior to the conventional rigid cerclage wire which has been widely used in osteosynthesis for over 100 years. The author explains the biome...

The Dark Eye Short Story Anthology When stars fall from the sky, the peoples of Aventuria see visions of impending doom. The signs are clear to everyone, from simple farmers to clergy and even crowned heads of state. Whether these visions will prove true, or even possible, none can say. The Walls of Alveran tremble as the Nameless God rattles his chains, setting monumental events in motion. The Turn of Ages brings great change to Aventuria, and the fate of the entire world hangs in the bal...

Approaches to Political Thought raises three important questions concerning traditional political thought: (1) Why study the political writings and ideas of Plato, Machiavelli, and other long-dead writers? (2) Who among the writers, and which of their works, are worth studying? (3) How should they be studied? The book then explores ten contemporary approaches to understanding political thought and the diverse answers to these questions. The approaches covered include those of Leo ...

Opening the Field of Practical Theology introduces students to practical theology through an examination of fifteen different approaches—ranging from feminist to liberationist, Roman Catholic to evangelical, Asian American to Latino/a.After an introduction to the field of practical theology and its broad range of practice today, the book features chapters written by leading experts in the discipline. Each chapter has an identical structure to facilitate comparison, covering histori...