America is a nation that celebrates diversity and freedom of conscience. Yet, as Alexis de Tocqueville observed, democratic times often demand conformity. Nowadays, conformity might be enforced in the name of diversity itself, and go so far as to infringe on the rights of conscience, expression, association, and religious freedom. Americans have recently been confronted by this paradox in various ways, from federal health care mandates, to campus speech codes, to consumer boycotts, to publ...

Life in the Middle Ages can be tough. Nasty, brutish, and short, as they say. War, famine, torture. Plague and intolerance. People getting burned at the stake and all that. And nobody speaks English.All of which sucks if you're from the 21st Century.Martin's just a regular guy. A job that's going—well, not exactly nowhere, but not anyplace fast. A condo in the DC suburbs. A Ford Fusion. A couple of beers on a Friday night. But when Martin finds himself in the 12th Century—n...

EYE OF THE TIGERThe Bengal set sail from a teeming Singapore harbor, but its precious cargo comes from the heart of the war-torn Middle East. The freighter is traveling under the flag of Cameroon, headed for an unknown destination. Deep in its hull the ship carries one of the deadliest devices ever invented, which silently waits for the perfect moment to detonate.EYE OF THE STORMThe intelligence forces of the world discover that a red bomb—an anti-personnel, mercury...

Original book in ePub format.WITH AN AMBULANCE DURING THE FRANCO-GERMAN WARPersonal Experiences and Adventures with Both Armies 1870-1871by CHARLES E. RYAN, F.R.C.S.I., M.R.C.P.I.Knight of the Order of Louis II, of BavariaNew YorkCharles Scribner's Sons153-157 Fifth Avenue1896Aberdeen University Press.

Does the Theosophical Society teach or recommend what are popularly known as yoga practices such as breath control, the development of psychic powers, or astral traveling, for seekers hungry for spiritual wisdom and who long to help humanity?" This natural question is often asked because it is well known that the Theosophical Movement was founded by Oriental teachers and was associated for a short time with certain demonstrations of occult forces, shown to help break down the rampant scien...

In "With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War," Charles Edward Ryan offers a compelling first-hand account of his experiences as an ambulance driver amidst the tumult of the Franco-German War (1870-1871). Through vivid descriptions and poignant narratives, Ryan captures the chaos of battle, the struggles of wounded soldiers, and the harrowing yet heroic efforts of medical personnel on the front lines. The book's literary style combines elements of travel writing and war reportage, ref...

"With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War" by Charles Edward Ryan is a compelling narrative that offers a unique perspective on the harrowing experiences of war. The author, who served as a volunteer ambulance driver, provides vivid accounts of the battlefield, the suffering of soldiers, and the challenges faced by medical personnel. Through his eyes, readers gain insight into the chaos and brutality of the Franco-German War, as well as the resilience and courage displayed by those w...

How do poets, writers and cultural critics contend with and represent the garden or their own gardening as they are changed by austerity? Gardening under austerity encompasses a diversity of places, spaces, practices, and actors: suburban allotments and zoological gardens, Victory diggers and urban foragers, human gardeners and the unruly more-than-human world. Theorizing the politics, poetics and practices of austerity gardening in twentieth and twenty-first century Anglophone cultural te...

When patients visit a clinic or hospital, they bring stories of the everyday life conditions that made them sick in the first place – stories about where they work, live, and play; stories about income, food security, and housing. Doctors today are listening. Personal stories and patient encounters illuminate the social determinants of health, that is, the upstream source of what too often become complex, painful, and expensive downstream problems. Upstream Medicine features inter...

HERE AT LAST from CHARLES SOULE (Star Wars) and RYAN BROWNE (GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS): CURSE WORDS: THE HOLE DAMNED THING, a massive omnibus collection of the magical, hilarious, oddly moving story of an evil wizard named Wizord, his talking koala sidekick Margaret, and their journey to be good (or at least slightly less bad) in this dark, unforgiving world of ours. Collects all 28 issues originally published by Image Comics, the previously unpublished full-length epilogue issue CURSE WORDS: ...

We've seen the first eight years after G-day - now, we'll visit the FIRST EIGHT DECADES as our characters live, love, grow, change, and die in a world transformed forever by the appearance of eight billion genies eighty years before. Brace yourself - this one's a heartbreaker.

A wizard has appeared in present-day New York! His name is Wizord, and he's here to save us all from dark magical forces bent on our destruction. He's the best wizard of all time! Or...he's not, and he's lying to everyone, and secretly is the dark magical force, but wants to hang out in our world for a while because it's so much nicer than the hellhole he comes from. Secrets, and spells, and talking koalas CURSE WORDS is a gonzo dark fantasy from CHARLES SOULE (Daredevil, Letter 44, Star W...