The most frequently used words in English are highly ambiguous; for example, Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary lists 94 meanings for the word "run" as a verb alone. Yet people rarely notice this ambiguity. Solving this puzzle has commanded the efforts of cognitive scientists for many years. The solution most often identified is "context": we use the context of utterance to determine the proper meanings of words and sentences. The problem then becomes specifying the nature of contex...

It's About TimeTime-traveling thieves and assassins. Mysterious visitors from the past and future. Historical encounters that were never meant to be. Predestination paradoxes and miraculous machines. Journeys through the ages that take unpredictable twists and turns, sending the travelers—and the reader—where they least expect.Welcome to The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, featuring twelve short stories by an international group of speculative fictio...

Time and Time AgainTime-traveling tourists and multiverse-hopping aliens. Ancient arts with a futuristic twist. Romantic risks lovers get to try more than once – if they're not afraid to pay the price. Temporal technologies that send travelers spinning into the realm of their wildest dreams, or the landscape of their worst nightmare.These and other stories await you in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, Vol. 2. Like its companion volume, this anthol...

Thirty-five awesome stories - one kick ass meme that started it all.It started as a joke. Storm Area 51 they said. They can't stop all of us they said. But all laughter stopped when the U.S. Air Force mobilized the reserves and pulled out the big guns.However, relentless mockery and derision by the media and the powers that be pushed the weebs and alien enthusiasts too far. What else were they supposed to do? They put on their big girl panties and showed up, determined to fi...

This title provides a comprehensive review of the economics of urban transportation.

Acquire a better understanding of disease evolution and treatment response with Neuroradiology Spectrum and Evolution of Disease. The unique format includes carefully chosen clinical images that depict the pathologic evolution of disease from initial presentation across the continuum of progression. Colorful graphics plot characteristic changes, helping you visualize how normal and abnormal variations alter over time. Extensive illustrations and concise descriptions distill complex concept...

A Nation could not survive without laws. The First Biblical Man, Adam, had laws. But New York City, The Foreign Immigrant Melting Pot, proved challenging. Police Departments Nation - Wide provided a vital service. They represented The Civil Authority of: The Ruling Government. Special Selected Civilian Citizens, who were Credibly Sworn, took: The Oath of Office. But they upheld laws that systematically: Disenfranchised and marginali...

Alix Leclaire has a plan: graduate high school and land her dream job as a feather artist at Mille et une Plume, where her creations will help define high fashion. Her best friend Jeanne will get a record contract and they’ll take over the Paris art scene together.But then Jeanne dies.Alix is lost, until the day she feels Jeanne pushing her to the feather boutique.Soon, Alix is living a life she hardly recognizes—pursuing a passionate affair with an alluring artist,...

Hold Still meets You've Reached Sam in this lyrical novel about one young woman's journey through the Paris fashion scene as she chases promises, overcomes grief, and falls in love.Alix Leclaire has a plan: graduate high school and land her dream job as a feather artist at Mille et une Plume, where her creations will help define high fashion. Her best friend Jeanne will get a record contract and they’ll take over the Paris art scene together....

Jake lives in the middle of nowhere in the Rockies region, leading a simple and easy life until Ellie turns up on his porch one cold and dark night in the middle of one of the worst winters that he could remember. This is a beautiful romance that will make you believe in love allover again, as the story unfolds revealing a beautiful and moving story that shows love can overcome any difficult and heart breaking past developing into a true unforgettable love story. Twists and turns along the...

Connor lives in a house overlooking the beach in Southern Ireland. He sees a woman run across the beach one day with her dog, and from that first meeting, it makes for a very romantic and thrilling story that will keep you enthralled and captured throughout. With twists along the way for them both concerning their pasts, love finds a way of fighting its way by creating a romantic setting in the coastal region of Southern Ireland. It will delight you, for its beauty and magical moments will...

Jack is thrown into life on a dessert Island surrounded by giantsesses. The buxom strong women bewitch and posses him. Helpless and childlike how can he defend himself from their constant attention? Is he just sex a toy who will be destroyed once they tire of him? How will he escape? Could he adapt to this new life? Will Jack be able to keep up with their constant sexual demands and craven desires?