What is the truth behind the Great Secret? Unidentified Fly Objects (UFOs), where do they come from? Why are they here? What do they want? Here are six original short stories dealing with First Contact:(1)The Vatican's Dilemma (Is there a Vatican conspiracy?)(2)Mountain Mist (Does a parallel universe exist?)(3)Earthly Arrogance (Pity the poor Aliens)(4)An Intelligent Idea (Is this the end?)(5)Change and Hopelessness (The great Civil War)(6)An Answe...

Self-discipline is the master key to a life filled with successes and outstanding productivity. This book is not just "one of those books." It is a complete guide written to be heard, designed to show you how to develop self-discipline, increase motivation, develop perseverance and achieve your goals. In this exceptional book, you will be able to lay your hands on everything and whatever you need to learn to become the best version of yourself and experience full personal development. By f...

It would make exciting reading if a forty-year-old grizzly bear were to write his autobiography. Beginning with the stories from his mother of the long and exciting journey of his ancestors from far-off Asia and of her own struggle in bringing up her family, and then telling of his own adventurous life and his meetings with men and with other animals, he could give us a book of highly dramatic quality. Just what a wise old grizzly would say while philosophizing concerning the white race wo...

Arizona's Superstition Mountains are mysterious, forbidding, and dangerous. The Superstitions are said to have claimed over five hundred lives. What were these people looking for? Is it possible that these mountains hide a vast treasure? Is it possible that UFOs land here? Is it possible that in these mountains there is a door leading to the great underground city of the Lizard Men? Join Josh, a skeptical journalist, as he explores the mysteries of the Superstition Mountains in our new fic...

An unprecedented number of folklorists are addressing issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality in academic and public spaces in the US, raising the question: How can folklorists contribute to these contemporary political affairs? Since the nature of folkloristics transcends binaries, can it help others develop critical personal narratives?Advancing Folkloristics covers topics such as queer, feminist, and postcolonial scholarship in folkloristics. Contr...

The history of Virginia told through treasure tales about pirates, Indians, Revolutionary War heroes and Civil War raiders. The full text of the famous Beale Treasure cipher is included along with some sixty other legends.

Whimsy's not cozy when it's dying.An old roommate strangled with a violin string. A city quietly losing its color, its laughter, its will to play. Seven days before the silence becomes permanent.Dekker Kohl is forty-two, war-scarred, and hasn't written a song worth keeping in months. He's a Trovatore for the hidden Columbus Conservatory — a magical investigator. The dead man in the German Village kitchen was his oldest friend. He was also the secret Guardia...

Arizona's Superstition Mountains are mysterious, forbidding, and dangerous. The Superstitions are said to have claimed over five hundred lives. What were these people looking for? Is it possible that these mountains hide a vast treasure? Is it possible that UFOs land here? Is it possible that in these mountains there is a door leading to the great underground city of the Lizard Men? Join Josh, a skeptical journalist, as he explores the mysteries of the Superstition Mountains in our new fic...

Reality is no respecter of delusions, except perhaps in Del Boca, a model American community, struggling to be heard above the din. The days are fully packed as the good people of Del Boca deal with such problems as elitism, education reform, celebrity culture, political correctness, free speech, science, and politics. A social satire about life in our times.

Are you interested in knowing how you can become a disciplined, healthier, and more successful person using the power of your emotions?This 4-in-1 audiobook reveals how ordinary people from all walks of life can easily develop their cope capacity, enhance their cognitive abilities and regain control of their minds.Inside this audiobook, you will discover how to improve your mental toughness, enhance your emotional intelligence, and thrive in all sit...

In Beaver World is Enos A. Mills's intimate natural history of Castor canadensis, distilled from years of patient vigils beside mountain streams. Chapter by chapter he unfolds the beaver's life cycle, social organization, and architectural craft—dams, lodges, canals—linking each to seasonal rhythms and risk. His prose couples anecdote with measurement and plain exposition, situating the beaver as a keystone engineer whose hydrologic works expand wetlands and diversify habitat. The result i...

This book, first published in 1988, is an English translation of the sixteenth-century Spanish treatise Tratado de Cuentas or On Accounts by Diego del Castillo. The broad purpose of this work is to make this treatise and the issues it raises in accounting history better known. Despite its importance to the field, the Tratado has until this point been relatively inaccessible. The Tratado is a legal treatise with legal implications – accounting activity ha...