Science Fiction and Fantasy stories of STRANGEST ilk.Other Tales: Volume VIII contains six bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including tales by SFF giants Andre Norton and Philip K. Dick, alongside a full metaphysical novella by occultist H.P. Blavatsky and an original near-future yarn by contemporary author Robert C. Murray, author of The Retrograde Cycle.Volume VIII contains stories by:H.P. Blavatsky

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's.More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solvedproblems, and practice exercises to test you...

This book is an education resource for practitioners who in organize services for people with dementia, including psychiatrists, neurologists, physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers and even speech and language therapists. Younger dementia patients do not readily fit into any of the conventional mental health services categorie

The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new entries by a who’s who of world-class scholars, this new edition provides global, comparative perspectives on strategic thought from antiquity to...

Something impossible waits behind a sealed door. A country mechanic causes a national catastrophe. A young couple confronts a future they never imagined. Somewhere across the stars, an urgent warning struggles to reach Earth. And a newlywed couple discovers that even the wonders of tomorrow can complicate married life.Lost Sci-Fi Books 151 thru 155 brings together five imaginative stories from legendary voices of science fiction.The Thing Behind Hel...

Long before humanity reached the Moon, writers were already traveling far beyond it.Lost Sci-Fi Books 161 thru 180 gathers twenty extraordinary stories spanning more than two centuries of imagination, including a remarkable tale from 1752 and classics from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s. These are stories from an age when the universe seemed limitless and every distant planet, mysterious visitor and unexplained phenomenon offered another doorway into the unknown.The collection...

In the 1850s, "Drapetomania" was the medical term for a disease found among black slaves in the United States. The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it became a badge of uppercrust honor—and a medical excuse to avoid hard work. Today, is there such a thing as mental illness, or is mental illness just a myth? Is Alzheimer's really a disease? What is menopause—a bi...

Tracing the movement of people to and from Liberia in the nineteenth centuryEstablished by the American Colonization Society in the early nineteenth century as a settlement for free people of color, the West African colony of Liberia is usually seen as an endpoint in the journeys of those who traveled there. In Atlantic Passages, Robert Murray reveals that many Liberian settlers did not remain in Africa but returned repeatedly to the United States, and he ...

Outrunning your past sometimes means falling headlong into danger.Secrets lurk just beneath the surface as the crew of the Mining Vessel Krakken hurtles toward Saturn and the potential riches that await them there. Is the welcoming family of that crew everything it seems?Captain Dalton Simmons of the state-of-the-art BPOE Phoenix has a new crew, a new ship, a new rank, and marital problems. Can he grapple with his own feelings and see to hi...

A chronological account the main periods and events in the Australian story that traces the forces that have shaped the nation from the coming of the first Aborigines to the election of the Abbott government in 2013. The content is political, social and economic, showing how these strands of Australian life interacted in eras of exploration, in boom periods and depressions and droughts, and in a number of wars. The book traces the transition from a convict society to a free one is traced, as ...

King Elias Pendragon, now armed with Excalibur and firmly established as the ruler of Camelot, is suddenly faced with conundrums that no sword can conquer. Shanista, daughter of a thwarted usurper and love interest of the first knight of the realm, is on trial for the attempted murder of former Queen Guinevere. Is there a way for this matter to be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties involved? Or will Shanista be the next woman to tear apart the court of Camelot?Elias is exp...

There is a newly crowned King of Camelot: grandson of Arthur, son of Mordred. Now that peace is possible, the dynasty must prove it can deliver the promise of ideal justice associated with the name of Camelot. Can the new king’s rule withstand the weight of his origin, and will his nascent reign be accepted as legitimate? Can Guinevere transition from the life of monarch to a role on the periphery?Sequel to The Aftermath of the King and written in high verse just the same, venture ...