A leading oncologist relates powerful true stories about God’s grace and healing in a major modern medical center. The book flows from the unfolding of faith in the life of an agnostic physician, to his increasing perception of God’s movement in the lives of his patients, and ultimately to his understanding medicine as a call to participation in the love of God.Dr. Collins reveals how, in the midst of the seemingly cold, stark, machinelike medical center, God’s love is present. He ...

By the end of the 1980s, the "malaise" that had once pervaded American society was replaced by a renewed sense of confidence and national purpose. However, beneath this veneer of optimism was a nation confronting the effects of massive federal deficits, a reckless foreign policy, AIDS, homelessness, and a growing "cultural war."In Transforming America, renowned historian Robert Collins examines the decade's critical and controversial developments and the unmistakable influ...

This volume represents the proceedings of the third in a series of annual inter national symposia. The first, The Neuroregulation of Autonomic, Endocrine, and Immune Systems, was held in Indianapolis in the fall of 1985. The second, Psychological and Biological Approaches to the Understanding of Human Disease, was held in Bielefeld, Germany in the fall of 1986. The theme of this series concerns the communication between the central nervous system and the other major systems of the body, an...

The top 10 Victorian ghost short stories of all time.Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the q...

Science fiction does not have to be about alien planets, galactic exploration, and huge space battles.Instead, science fiction can cover the future that lurks just around the corner. Science fiction that exists after Dieselpunk and before Cyberpunk, where the Makers and the Hackers dwell, modern rebels and punks, hiding just out of sight.Eleven authors peer into that short distance into the future to see what lies ahead.This is Boundary Shock Quarterly, Issue 002: T...

For many of us, those opening words “Captain’s Log…” were our introduction to our science fiction dreams. Voyage to explore strange, new worlds, seek out new life, and boldly go. What will we find there when we go? What dangers will we confront? Who will survive? And who will not?Twelve authors explore what these words mean to them in stories ranging from the silly to the sublime.Join us for the first exciting issue in a new quarterly speculative fiction magazine.We...

Traders and Merchants and Goods, Oh My!From families just trying to eke out a living in space to monsters lurking in the darkness of unlit cargo bays, come with us on a journey through a Baker's Dozen stories of the places and risks that cargo might take you.Boundary Shock Quarterly Issue 015: Cargo Wars

Water has always intrigued humanity. We walk along the shores and banks of oceans and waterways, take boats across the surface, or swim in the waters.But water hides secrets - including those of the creatures that live in its depths...- What if mermaids really do exist, and they lure men to their deaths?- Why might bodies suddenly start washing up on shores all around the world?- What if you discovered a lost girl is the daughter of a water spirit?This...

Reexamining the Creek War, the War of 1812, and the Making of the American South.Tohopeka contains a variety of perspectives and uses a wide array of evidence and approaches, from scrutiny of cultural and religious practices to literary and linguistic analysis, to illuminate this troubled period. Almost two hundred years ago, the territory that would become Alabama was both ancient homeland and new frontier where a complex network of allegiances a...

They NEVER wrote them like this!Swingin’ Superhero 1968 Special brings together some of the most outlandish send-ups in all of comicdom! The far-out folks Jim Beard (St. Janus Spirit Breaker) and Lee Houston Jr. has assembled a kooky collection of heroes straight from the flip side. It’s going to be far out.Thrill to the afterlife adventures of Ghostman. Witness the outrageous origin of the Substandard Quintet! Hang out with Beauty and the Beetle as they solve a mystery of ...

20 Must-Read Supernatural Mysteries surveys the fertile borderland where detective logic encounters haunting, prophecy, occult knowledge, and the inexplicable. Its selections range from Gothic terror and fin-de-siècle decadence to adventure tale, psychological suspense, ghost story, and proto-weird fiction, demonstrating how mystery conventions can both contain and intensify supernatural disturbance. Standout encounters with cursed objects, spectral visitations, hidden identities, and unca...

Embark on an unparalleled journey through the annals of history with 'The 50 Greatest Historical Adventure Novels,' a meticulously curated anthology that brings together the awe-inspiring narratives of some of the most celebrated literary figures. This collection spans a myriad of eras and countries, weaving tales that are as diverse in their narrative techniques as they are in their historical settings. From the rugged frontiers of James Fenimore Cooper to the high seas escapades of Rober...