At the start of the 20th century, Birmingham was one of the fastest growing cities in the South, sometimes referred to as the "Magic City." It began as a town located at the intersection of two railroads and then quickly expanded and took in neighboring communities. Around this time, photographers traveled around the United States taking photographs of towns and cities and turning the photographs into postcards. The postcards collected here show historic Birmingham's downtown, hospitals, p...

There is a widening divide between the data, tools, and knowledge that international relations scholars produce and what policy practitioners find relevant for their work. In this first-of-its-kind conversation, leading academics and practitioners reflect on the nature and size of the theory-practice divide. They find the gap varies by issue area and over time.The essays in this volume use data gathered by the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project over a fifte...

Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr Temple Grandin, this practical book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress. Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this fully updated fifth edition of Livestock Handling and Tra...

After two decades, data processing has finally, and probably forever, found its niche among civil engineering and construction (CEC) professionnals, through word processors, digitizing tables, management software, and increasingly via drawing software and computer-aided design (CAD), recently, robots have even started invading work sites. What are the main trends of CAD and robotics in the field of architecture and civil enginee ring? What type of R&D effort do university and industrial la...

Join The Horror Squad in their apocalyptic adventure in issue #1 of the comic book.

An anthology based on killer clowns. 30 authors have come together to support the awareness of PTSD. All proceeds will go to an organazition for PTSD.

A monster is born as Bartholomew breaks his way through the 14th century. After living a life of loss, there’s only one way to gain. Feeling betrayed by God, Bartholomew turns to the Devil to answer his calling for revenge. Revenge is blissful, but can Bartholomew accept this fate?

Daltin, Blake, Beth and Allison go on a Halloweenn adventure through Dreamland. Stories have been told that Dreamland is where children go for amusement and never escape. The foursome is split up and left to search for each other. Making their way through the creepiness, darkness and fear of the park, they are destined to find their each other and escape. Will they escape unharmed or succumb to the rumors that have been forth told?

With the world now plagued by rotters, it's up to my team and I to take care of the living and take out the dead.

This is a children's book. A very good choice for kids that are just starting to read. Lily uses her imagination as she goes on a play date.

Johnny Valine has always been a firm believer in Santa Claus and the Christmas spirit, but when trying to trap the old jolly spirit things make a turn for the worse. Santa Claus is delivering a nightmare this year!

The Obsession with watching life drain from another human had heightened over the years. Until the day that one came back and tried to take his life. He now has to decipher how to kill the ones that are already dead.