** Amazon's Top 25 Humor Short Reads **A collection of 45 ridiculous 911 emergency calls, submitted by 911 Call Center Operators across the U.S. Dedicated to you, the Taxpayer who funded these calls.Note: This is a quick 10-minute read of humorous quotes from real calls. Just enough for a grin of the day!

This work contains the same stories as "Don't Go to Sleep: Tales to Keep You UP," but with 4 more stories of absolute horror. Don’t go to sleep. These 12 tales of terror will surely haunt your dreams. No one awakens from their dark embrace. If your nightmares are not filled with a child murderer and a reanimated, murderous corpse, you will never find rest from the deadly secrets of the past, dismemberment, cannibalism, life after death, body-snatching spirits, or being buried alive. Sleep,...

One Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution of One Health collaborations to real-world issues such as sanitation, economics, food security and vaccination programmes. It includes more non-infectious disease issues and climate change discus...

From the bestselling author of The Fate of the Earth, a provocative look at the urgent threat posed by America's new nuclear policies.When the cold war ended, many Americans believed the nuclear dilemma had ended with it. Instead, the bomb has moved to the dead center of foreign policy and even domestic scandal. From missing WMDs to the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame, nuclear matters are back on the front page.In this provocative book, Jonathan ...

Through a series of lively and absorbing portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today’s foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country’s rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did a nation, after a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval, foreign occupation, civil war, and revolution, manage to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of hyperdevelopment and wealth...

Welcome to the world of Buddhism!Americans and others in the West have certain expectations and images that come to mind when the word "Buddhist" comes up. Most people have seen the Dalai Lama on the news or in magazines, and he has almost become synonymous with Buddhism in general. The truth is that by far, the majority of the world's Buddhists are not bald Asian men in orange robes. Buddhists look like you or me— just normal people who try to fit the ideas develo...

A jargon-free, plain language introduction to the foundational ideas of Buddhism and real-world tips for practicing Buddhism while balancing life in the real, modern world. This book goes easy on the mystical mumbo-jumbo and simply introduces the ideas that will help you live in the present and feel different about the world and your place in it.Geared towards people who were raised outside of Asia and people with a secular or Christian background who want to learn more of the phil...

"Please don't describe me as a 'horror legend.' I moved on from that." - Christopher LeeDon't let him fool you, Christopher Lee is a horror legend.He's been Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dooku, Saruman, Fu Manchu, and even Rasputin. He's fought Van Helsing, Gandalf, James Bond, and Anakin Skywalker, not to mention Gorgons, Aliens, Satanists, Witches, Gremlins, and a host of other baddies.Over a period of s...

Horror Monthly February 2026 (#53)The newest issue of Horror Monthly includes reviews of everything we reviewed last month. This month, we've got a weird mix of films, both excellent and excruciating as usual, but they were all fun!This month, we've included our annual review, this time looking at the best horror films of 2025, plus some other great films that we watched for the first time last year.Each film contains a complete synopsis, including ...

The master of baiting a consumer to believe anything is the academic convinced of their own pragmatism, that the convincing of an idea is up to them rather than up to whom they are trying to convince. There is a point at which the wise man is defined for us and the academic is defined for us, the definitions of which grant us a hyperfact to base our reason to value on. Our valuation, the nature of subjects and situations, the understandable, are up for mastery. What does the metaphysical r...

Take your heart on a journey into the memories of a womans past, told with sincere purity and honesty, and written with a unique elegance in poetic verse, a style befitting the unusual nature of events. Experience the tragic hardships she endured that only a mother could understand while bringing you closer to your own reality. Rediscover how precious each day of life truly is that we often take for granted, while the power of love and family anchors our life, soothes the heart, and feeds ...

The third issue of the Horror Guys Monthly review digest, Horror Bulletin, includes reviews of twenty-eight full-length films and four horror shorts. There's also a fun word search at the end that contains the titles of all 32 films.Each of the films contains a complete synopsis of the film, including spoilers (so beware!), as well as their commentary on the quality of the story and how well it holds up for viewers today.Web Reviews:...