When scientists working in the agricultural biotechnology industry first altered the genetic material of one organism by introducing genes from an entirely different organism, the reaction was generally enthusiastic. To many, these genetically modified organisms (GMOs) promised to solve the challenges faced by farmers and to relieve world hunger. Yet within a decade, this "gene revolution" had abruptly stalled. Widespread protests against the potential dangers of "Frankenfoods" and the pat...

Something Wicked: 560+ Horror Classics, Macabre Tales & Supernatural Mysteries is an unparalleled anthology that plunges readers into the depths of fear and fascination through an array of foreboding narratives and supernatural encounters. This collection fuses diverse literary styles'Äîranging from gothic horror to chilling mysteries'Äîcrafted by some of the greatest literary minds across centuries. The anthology offers an expansive exploration of horror's evolution, vividly representing ...

Something Wicked assembles more than 560 horror classics, macabre tales, and supernatural mysteries into an expansive genealogy of dread. Moving from Gothic castles, revenants, doubles, and cursed objects to psychological terror, occult investigation, science-fictional menace, and mordant satire, the volume demonstrates horror's remarkable formal elasticity. Canonical narratives stand alongside rediscovered popular fiction, short sensational pieces, ghost stories, and uncanny experiments, ...

In the heart of the untamed wilderness of New France, a band of intrepid explorers, missionaries, and soldiers embarked on a perilous quest to establish a foothold for their faith and their nation. Led by the indomitable Samuel de Champlain, these Crusaders of New France faced countless challenges and dangers as they navigated treacherous rivers, forged alliances with Native American tribes, and clashed with rival European powers. Their unwavering determination and unwavering belief would ...

Throughout his life, Munro remained a student of Lāna'i's history. In his own words, "the motivation for this account is humdrum — the curiosity of one who spent his childhood on Lāna'i. At the time, there were few historical works about the island in general circulation. His family had copies of Kenneth Emory's study of Lāna'i and Harold Stearns' work on the geology and groundwater resources. Anecdotes told at the dinner table and chance contacts with old-timers were about the only other ...

It was Samuel Champlain, a seaman of Brouage, who first secured for France and for Frenchmen a sure foothold in North America, and thus became the herald of Bourbon imperialism. After a youth spent at sea, Champlain engaged for some years in the armed conflicts with the Huguenots; then he returned to his old marine life once more.

"Crusaders of New France" by William Bennett Munro explores the adventurous and often tumultuous history of the French colonization of North America. The book delves into the lives of the early French explorers, missionaries, and settlers who ventured into the vast wilderness, driven by a mix of ambition, faith, and the desire for new opportunities. Munro vividly portrays the challenges they faced, including conflicts with Indigenous peoples, harsh environmental conditions, and the struggl...

What would history be without the picturesque annals of the Gallic race? This is a question which the serious student may well ask himself as he works his way through the chronicles of a dozen centuries. From the age of Charlemagne to the last of the Bonapartes is a long stride down the ages; but there was never a time in all these years when men might make reckonings in the arithmetic of European politics without taking into account the prestige, the power, and even the primacy of France....

"The Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New World Feudalism" by William Bennett Munro explores the unique feudal system that developed in New France. This historical account delves into the lives of the seigneurs, the landholding lords who governed vast tracts of land, and their relationships with the habitants, the peasant farmers. Munro meticulously details the social, economic, and political structures that characterized this system, illustrating how it shaped the development of Ca...

The seigneurs of old Canada: A chronicle of new world feudalism examines how a European system of land control and authority was transplanted into a developing colony. The book focuses on how land grants shaped daily life, agriculture, and social order. Instead of highlighting individual figures, the narrative explains how the system operated and how those who held land were expected to guide settlement, support development, and maintain loyalty to the governing power. The seigneurial syst...

France, when she undertook the creation of a Bourbon empire beyond the seas, was the first nation of Europe. Her population was larger than that of Spain, and three times that of England. Her army in the days of Louis Quatorze, numbering nearly a half-million in all ranks, was larger than that of Rome at the height of the imperial power. No nation since the fall of Roman supremacy had possessed such resources for conquering and colonizing new lands. By the middle of the seventeenth century...

"Territorial expansion was the foundation of American power and greatness. From the beginning of history to the present time, no country ever exerted a controlling power over the world until it had acquired a wide extent of territory." – William R. Garrett.