Acclaimed novelist Michael E. Lloyd presents four very strange short stories and a complimentary poem:Big Night Out watches the mysterious and Machiavellian "N.G." working single-handedly to protect his adopted homeland from great and present danger.Drop to Drink is a brief Kafkaesque study in Denial.The Three Bears and the Intruder propels an old fairy tale writhing into the realities of ...

The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy-the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly articles, correspondence, TV interviews and unpublished exchanges. The book testifies to the skeptical and self-correcting aspects of Naess's vision, which has deepened and broadened to include...

Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned...

In May of 1968, June Snow and Luke Havens meet while skinny-dipping at a commune near Redwood Harbor on the Northern California coast. June lives at the commune, and Luke is making his first visit due to a dare the night before by his logger and truck driver buddies.June and Luke fall in love all too quickly, but they're both eighteen, and their troubled psyches mesh. June tries to explain the teachings of the Buddha, as passed down by her mother. Luke doesn't care much about what ...

In eleven chapters this book addresses the issue of the re-emergence of China and a new global order on the world stage, with implications for the existing US hegemonic liberal international order. The Re-Emergence of China reviews the history of China's astounding economic growth and geopolitical development over the past 30 years. It explores the economic, technological, and global development of China during this period; explores the political philosophy and praxis from imperial neo-Con...

Over a career that has spanned more than six decades, Woody Allen has explored the emotion of regret as a response to the existentialist dilemma of not being someone else. Tracing this recurrent theme from his stand-up comedy routines and apprentice work through classics like Annie Hall, Manhattan, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Bullets Over Broadway as well as less esteemed accomplishments (Another Woman, Sweet and Lowdown, Cassandra's Dream

An Upright Vessel, Black and Without Any Shine, Shrouded in Heavy VaporOn the brink of war, Kai and four others find themselves held captive by a vessel that reveals little about itself. With their homes still ablaze, they’re helpless to alter its trajectory while they pursue an unknown destination. Upon inexplicably reversing course, they’re left with more questions than answers.As its engines finally wind down, everyone aboard grows eager to escape the cabin and breathe...

Spoil Their Spoils, and Let Them Rejoice on Lifeless EarthIn the bayfront land of Tenoch, the death of Roberts Tolyem has exposed a vulnerability that citizens haven’t felt in decades. Those who saw their once-meager lives transform into a world of opulence and prosperity now question what future awaits them. Tenoch’s sudden rise as a global power left it with countless adversaries from all sides of the bay—including the tribe it conquered in a violent resurgence just generations...

From Barkingham Palace to the Park of Fursailles,The Queen is frowning and no doggy knows why.Join The Royal Dog Court as they sniff for clues and dig all aroundTo uncover the mystery of The Queen's grouchy, grumbly, grumpy frown!

This volume discusses the rise of Multipolarity as a response to the post-Communist presumed victory of Unipolarity through the lenses of geo-politics, international relations and international political economy. When Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the ‘End of History’ at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Communist bloc in the late twentieth century, it was assumed that the West had won not just the Cold War but also consolidated more than half a millennium of hegemonic supremacy over th...

A multinational team of scholars focuses on the interface between Christian doctrine and evolutionary scientific research, exploring the theological consequences for the doctrines of original sin, the image of God, and the problem of evil. Moving past the misperception that science and faith are irreconcilable, the book compares alternative models to those that have generated faith-science conflict and equips students, pastors, and anyone interested in origins to develop a critical and sci...