I watched her from afar ever since she was born. I knew from the moment my eyes spied her that she was the one: the one I needed, the one I had searched for so very long. My careful planning and sacrifices would all be worth it when she was finally mine. She would not disappoint me like the others, for she is Precious.Betrayed, confused and utterly alone, six-year-old Amber Rose struggles against her kidnapper. A man she once called a friend is now her deranged keeper. Stripped of ...

This book explores humanities struggles to find excellent forward paths which define realities for all generations to participate. For instance, energy of today we are calling for solar and wind to replace fossil fuels. This does not meet the requirements of future needs; however, water power plants can meet this in a much shorter time to construct, and less space required to generate huge amounts of energy for cities the size of New York. Imagine 1giggawatt in the size of a football field...

There are how-to books and then there are snarky suggestions with the backhanded information you need. No matter which way you like your answers to your questions about thru-hiking, you’ll be relieved to know you can get it both ways between these covers. There are blogs and vlogs, posts and boasts out there on this subject, but none of these consider the reader can do much more than add two and two and get, well, four. James Michael Fuller, a five-thousand-miler in the world of thru-hikin...

Written by leading historians and political scientists, this collection of essays offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the role of war in American history.Addressing the role of the armed force, and attitudes towards it, in shaping and defining the United States, the first four chapters reflect the perspectives of historians on this central question, from the time of the American Revolution to the US wars in Vietnam and Iraq. Chapters five and six offer the views of politic...

In this second edition of Steve Fuller's original work Philosophy, Rhetoric, and the End of Knowledge: A New Beginning for Science and Technology Studies, James Collier joins Fuller in developing an updated and accessible version of Fuller's classic volume. The new edition shifts focus slightly to balance the discussions of theory and practice, and the writing style is oriented to advanced students. It addresses the contemporary problems of knowledge to develop the basis for a mor...

A Selection of Red Hot Romances from Mills & Boon Modern His Cinderella’s One-Night Heirby Lynne GrahamFrom the Italian’s temporary temptation……to his pregnant Cinderella!Billionaire Dante Lucarelli’s fake relationship with penniless waitress Belle Forrester was only supposed to last two weeks, to help clinch his latest business deal. But Dante underestimated the all-consuming power of the attraction that sparks inst...

The Complete Works of Margaret Fuller gathers the writings of one of nineteenth-century America's most searching minds, presenting a body of work that ranges from literary criticism and philosophical reflection to travel narrative, feminist argument, and political reportage. Its central themes—self-culture, intellectual freedom, social reform, and the moral claims of democracy—place Fuller at the heart of Transcendentalist and antebellum literary culture. Landmark texts such as Woman in th...

The seas are wicked and dangerous at the best of times. The ancient gods of old still lay claim to the ocean realm man cannot hope to conquer. Very few still make offerings to those unforgiving deities in faith for clemency; fewer still have learned the secrets to coexist with such vengeful beings......and only one among those was ever favored with the title, Queen of the Seas.In a world ruled by men and gold, Callisto was no fool. If she wanted something, she had to take i...

As children, we are led to believe there are monsters in the darkness. It has ill-prepared us for the monsters that walk among us in the light.For years, the sickness grew inside him. Stronger. Needful of its want. He knew what it was, and knew that it was wrong. But he was weak. Desire, lust, perversion - this was his sickness.Alfred was a normal man to any who might see him walking by; no one would ever believe the darkness that lingered just below the surface. An evil li...

This book will appeal to aviation engineers, air traffic controllers and all pilots who have taken a U.K. commercial pilots license. It explains how the U.K. Civil Aviation Flying Unit (CAFU) was formed during WWII and the work for which it was intended. How Flight Inspection methods were evolved to meet increasing challenges of improving navigational and landing aids and to ensure suitable flying standards were set for the issue of newly created licence requirements. It details the aircra...

Hard questions deserve biblical answers, not silence.You have wrestled with passages that make you uncomfortable. You have encountered questions about suffering, hell, God's sovereignty, or the role of women in ministry, and the answers you found felt incomplete, oversimplified, or evasive. Maybe someone asked you why God commanded warfare in the Old Testament, whether a Christian can lose salvation, or what the Bible actually says about divorce and remarriage, and...