It is the 1930s and John P. Moore, an ambitious author, has just had his first story, a science fiction tale featuring the adventures of scientists and journalists taking the first trip to the planet Mars, published in Amazing Stories.But you won't find that story, along with its two sequels, inside the pages of any copy of Amazing Stories – not in a pulp magazine collector's vault, not on the internet archive and that is because the Amazing Stories that published ...

A thrilling journey through the solar system that merges imagination with hard science.Imagine traveling to the far reaches of the solar system, pausing for close-up encounters with distant planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, accompanied by a congenial guide to the science behind what you see. What, for instance, would it be like to fly in Titan’s hazy atmosphere? To walk across the surface of Mercury? To feel the rumble of a volcano brewing on one of Jupiter's ...

In recent years, the focus in hydrogeologic investigations has expanded to include aquifer sustainability as part of resource evaluations. Revised and updated, this second edition includes new coverage of aquifers, US federal regulations, groundwater quality, and history of hydrogeology, and offers new international case studies. Useful as a field guide and a textbook, it contains standard methods for planning and undertaking hydrogeologic investigations. Presenting ASTM standards and EPA ...

Where did God come from? What happens the instant we die? How will judgments during the Tribulation progress? What is EMP, and how will it affect the Battle of Armageddon? Who will control the Antichrist directly? In the Bible, who are the only two people who never experienced physical death?These and many other questions will be probed and answered in this book, where appropriate, helpful diagrams will be used to clarify concepts and explanations. Some math, at an understandable l...

One bad decision or tragedy can change the direction of your life in an instant. How do you succeed when you feel like a failure? Have you lost hope? Is God there, and does He care? Will you ever get your life back on track?Redemption & Renewal is one man's journey through a life full of bad choices, tragedies, and lessons learned along the way. His story will show you how stumbling blocks become stepping stones to success if you keep the faith.A decorated Army soldier, the...

John E. Moore explores the fragile line between reality and nightmare, drawing readers into worlds where fear is not only seen but deeply felt. Demented Dimensions is a gripping anthology of supernatural horror that examines how darkness can emerge in the most ordinary places, turning everyday moments into unimaginable terror. From a detention center thrown into chaos by a mysterious woman with terrifying abilities, to disturbing encounters with forces beyond human understanding, each stor...

State and federal entities of the relatively new United States may have set borders—but archaeological history does not. Arrow Points of Texas and Its Borderlands illuminates surviving archaeological material in the form of Native American arrow points commonly found in Texas and the surrounding regions. After a fourteen-year gap without an updated field book, professional archaeologist and cultural resources consultant William E. Moore has assembled the latest research on typolog...

What does it cost to follow Jesus? For these men and women, the answer was clear. They were ready to give witness to Christ in the face of intense persecution, even if it cost them their lives. From the stoning of Stephen to Nigerian Christians persecuted by Boko Haram today, these stories from around the world and through the ages will inspire greater faithfulness to the way of Jesus, reminding us what costly discipleship looks like in any age.Since the bi...

At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics and constructive commentators. These giants of American sociology would have applauded the 2004 meetings of the American Sociological Association. The theme of the meetings, Public Sociology, presided over by President Michael Burawoy, s...

Modern biological understanding is the basis for a multimodality treatment of a tumor. 'Anatomic Basis of Tumor Surgery' is the only book that provides an anatomic basis and description of tumor surgery based on an understanding of both the anatomy and biology of tumor progression. It presents the regional anatomy to allow tailoring of the operation as demanded.

Our own lives are possible because of fathers. It may be as limited as a procreational act and we never see them again. But more hopefully these are kind, caring and protective relationships that are central to our lives helping us to explore and achieve the people we want to be. From the childhood dependency of early years to sometimes troublesome teens to independence thereafter they help guide, advise, cajole and share their lives with those they most love.Our classic poets who ...

100+ Civil War Soldier Memoirs assembles a capacious, often conflicting archive of lived experience from the American Civil War. Ranging from battlefield recollection, campaign narrative, naval observation, prison testimony, and partisan chronicle to retrospective meditation, these memoirs reveal how war was recorded in both immediate sensory detail and later acts of remembrance. Accounts of celebrated operations stand beside less familiar episodes of marching, illness, comradeship, comman...