How will the world end? Come the Apocalypse, will you be ready? Who do you want on your side, and which team will you be on?Picking Sides for the Apocalypse Choose Your Doom is a collection of short stories set in end times to help you get your priorities straight and answer these fundamental questions.Team AI:Angel - A lone fugitive brings with her the threat of pursuit by the state.The Undesirable Robert Millings - Can a US Congressman's virtual therapist he...

He Bears the Cape of Stars is one of our two paired masquerade-themed anthologies. It features 17 stories exploring wlw relationships developing, growing, and changing while the characters attend or participate in masquerades!Our contributors stretched their imaginations to present innovative stories exploring what a masquerade can be…and, of course, tell rich, engaging tales of wonderful queer folk finding love, companionship, acceptance, the queer platonic relationship of their d...

DISCOVERING THE MAGIC OF PARIS A TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE GUIDEDiscovering the Magic of Paris: A Travel and Adventure Guide" is the perfect companion for travelers looking to experience the best of the city of lights. From iconic landmarks to hidden gems, this guide takes you on a journey through Paris and its diverse neighborhoods, exploring the city's rich history, culture, and cuisine.The guide, allows you to plan your itinerary based on your interests and time constraints. ...

A groundbreaking examination of word and image through the lenses of modern art and Continental philosophy: "Probing and lucid" (Stephen H. Watson, University of Notre Dame).Engagement with the image has played a decisive role in the formulation of the very idea of philosophy since Plato. Identifying pivotal moments in the history of philosophy, Dennis J. Schmidt develops the question of philosophy's regard of the image by considering painting―where the image most ...

Siegfried J. Schmidt is closely associated in Germany with the cross-disciplinary research programme of Radical Constructivism. In Histories & Discourses he carries out a change of perspective from media and communication studies to studies of culture and the philosophy of language.His 'rewriting' of constructivism shows that classical constructivism shares some fundamental assumptions with realism, and he creates a new vocabulary which allows us to understand how we construct truth, ident...

From glittering ballrooms in London to the high seas life lived by Henry Morgan and other pirate greats, Maureen Mckee, with her aunt, faces lavish lifestyles and unbelievable danger. Maureen must look beneath the façade her fiancé Thomas exudes to the man beneath. Is he what he seems, or is there a darker side? And what of Lt. Chance? Why does he bring out the shrew in her even as he rescues her and shows only bravery in the face of unspeakable odds? Fiery haired Maureen must seek the ans...

From lush Caribbean islands to frantic battles at sea, Robert Morgan pursued his destiny. From the moment Luann Higgs looked into his blue eyes she knew she had found her heart’s desire. Ruth Adams, a tall slender blue eyed blond wench, was more amused than offended by handsome Joel Baker’s passionate advances. Little did she know that within the week he would be her husband. Ruth was well versed in the art of foreplay, but a babe in arms where true love was concerned. Self-professed dueli...

"He Bears the Cape of Stars" is one of our two paired masquerade-themed anthologies. It features 17 stories exploring mlm relationships developing, growing, and changing while the characters attend or participate in masquerades!The collected works in "He Bears the Cape of Stars" feature men and masculine-leaning genderqueer characters, with a spectrum of sexualities, and these diverse individuals inhabit worlds ranging from a science fiction setting where everyone must be masked to...

Tully Davis returned from the horrors of Vietnam a broken man, both physically and mentally. Nurtured back to health by Sarah, his loving wife, the couple created a thriving family, a beautiful home in the hills of San Diego, and a highly successful business. But in the turbulent nineties, the US suffered a catastrophic collapse of the banking system, which, in turn, resulted in class warfare and the complete breakdown of law and order across the nation. Tully lost it all--his home, busine...

Chess Openings, the Beginner's Cheatsheet is a quick and handy reference of Chess openings - along with their variations and chess diagrams depicting the board after the main line has been played. The purpose of this book is to serve as an all-around quick reference, both for amateurs and beginners as well as for average or even advanced players, who want to step up their game and need a practical encyclopedic "cheatsheet" of the most important and widely used Chess Openings in Chess liter...

Chess Openings, the Complete Reference is a complete collection of (almost) all known chess openings with their variations (2014 in total), along with a chess diagram depicting the board after the main line has been played. The purpose of this book is to serve as an all-around reference, both for amateurs and beginners as well as for advanced players, providing a quick and handy encyclopedic "cheatsheet" of the body of Chess Openings' literature.

Chess Openings by Example - Scandinavian Defense, is a collection of notable chess games - carefully selected and edited - complete with lots of chess diagrams so as to follow every game step-by-step. All games are accompanied with the standard algebraic notation, along with position evaluations following each move provided by the StockFish chess engine, so than you can easily see how the games progress and spot good moves or blunders. The easiest way to study chess openings - by example!