The moon of Jupiter named Trojan was discovered in 2025, and explored by Earth astronauts shortly thereafter, as it appeared to represent a threat for an alien power. As United Nations Space Administration (UNSA) sets out to make international, perhaps interplanetary, claims over this alien phenomenon, they realize the moon is hollow, and harbors some sinister concern for the survival of Earth.Two sets of explorers, one convicts sent from Nefra to set up gravitational transportation...

The poems in Smugglers move through rapid historical shifts and meditations on personal experience, exploring the depths and limits of comprehension through the people and geography of the Balkans. Ultimately, Aleš Debeljak's urban imagination creates a mosaic—intimate and historical—of a vanished people and their country. Every poem in Smugglers is sixteen lines long—four quatrains, a common form for Debeljak. This structural regularity is reinforced by a commitment to v...

Described as “a photographic discovery of the century”, this eBook based on the documentary of the same name uncovers the remarkable story of Lance Corporal George Hackney, the British soldier who took his camera to fight in the battlefields of the Western Front during World War I. Read how his wartime experiences fuelled an unlikely moral quest that was to change his life forever.

A selection of new and previously published poems from a key voice in the new generation of central European post-Communist poets.Aleš Šteger's poetry is multi-layered and technically versatile, ingenious and inventive, adventurous and playful yet serious in intention, and above all, incessantly curious in its investigations which the reader is invited to share – and he loves to ambush the reader with the unexpected.Notable for its moral engagement, his poe...

An authoritative volume representing the vast oeuvre of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and visionary poets.Widely regarded as some of the most important and innovative poetry from postwar Europe, Tomaž Šalamun's work offers a singularly thrilling reading experience. Sharp and subtle, Šalamun's rhythms intertwine with an incantatory force; his prescient, liberatory politics and poetics pulse like a heartbeat. In Kiss the Eyes of Peace, the hi...

A Caldecott Honor BookAn ALA Notable BookA luminescent book that is pitch-perfect for anyone of any age who has experienced any type of loss or disappointment, from ***New York Times–***bestselling picture book creator Brian Lies.New York Times–bestselling author Brian Lies has created a beautiful, accessible, and deeply personal story about friendship, loss, and renewal. The Rough Patc...

Your Impossible Voice #25 opens with a story of love, loneliness, and DJs in Argentina, and closes with wayward Taco Bell bandits loose in the Buckeye state. In between, it delivers new short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction exploring anaphylactic reactions to dust, languages that sound like bonfire flames, dollar-store groceries, golden molars and nectars, witchy weather apps, migraines, matricide, and so much more.Contributors include Cecilia Pavón and Jacob Steinberg, Ro...

'The Mersey Sound is an attempt to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume, in each case the selection has been made to illustrate the poet's characteristics in style and form'. With this modest brief, The Mersey Sound was conceived and first published in 1967. An anthology which features Roger McGough's work, alongside that of Brian Patten and Adrian Henri (The Liverpool Poets)...

Step into the shadowy realm of lost Atlantis in Dragon Moon, a gripping fantasy novelette by Henry Kuttner. When Elak, a reluctant heir to the throne of Cyrena, learns that the King of Kiriath has fallen under the control of the malevolent sorcerer Karkora—the Pallid One—he must embrace his destiny to stop an ancient evil from consuming the realm. Armed with a mystical talisman and guided by allies like the wise Aynger and the enigmatic sea-witch Mayana, Elak battles monstrous for...

From the bestselling author of The Power of Positive Thinking comes this book on how to have faith.When Norman Vincent Peale co-wrote this book he wanted to help everyone acquire spiritual skill, so that they could develop a useful, effective, and satisfying life.Most people would like to have the benefits given by faith. The trouble is they do not know how. They are ignorant of the techniques of faith and hence are unable to practice it. The avera...

This textbook is written as a comprehensive overview of acute pain management. It is designed to guide clinicians through an impressive array of different options available to them and to patients. There has been a flurry of interest in the extent to which acute pain can become chronic pain, and how we might reduce the incidence of such chronicity. This overview covers a wide range of treatments for pain management, including the anatomy of pain pathways, the pathophysiology of severe pain...

Discover the quickest, easiest, most convenient way to reach your personal goals in life, by living on your own terms and by your own definitions, and ultimately determining your own personal definition of perfection.Your decisions and your choices will either make you or break you; it is paramount that you learn how to utilize the tools and concepts that will assist you in achieving your goals.No long winded, over-complicated tactics and strategies that may take you a life...