This book shares a number of novel perspectives on the intricate subject of pain in the clinical setting, offering a comprehensive examination of its multifaceted nature and the challenges it presents to both clinicians and patients. At the heart of this book is the matter of pain as an aporia—a mystery that defies simple categorisation and challenges our understanding. Through this book, readers will learn about the evolution of pain medicine from a traditional biomedical model to a more ...

When the Bindamu invaded her homeland, First Hunter Nandi of the Chuiku (Leopard Clan) was chosen by her people and her Priestess to lead the war against them. But does she possess the skills and strength to unite the rival nKu against the powerful Empire?Inspired by the art of Shakira Rivers, Priestess of nKu tells the story of Nandi, daughter of Adia, a young girl destined to become the leader of her people and a powerful entity of Ki Khanga. This exciting novel also contains the...

On the frontier of a savanna-spanning empire, Keita, the disgruntled son of a goat herder, braves the wilderness, monsters, and vile magic to save his older brother from becoming an enslaved weapon of a scheming mchawi. In the process, he is granted with a divine burden--the long-lost legacy of an ancient god. Under the guidance of a bush witch and old griot, Keita learns the true nature of his newfound power, lest he become a weapon himself."Donovan Hall knocks this one out of the...

Fifty essential works, one sweeping introduction to the world's greatest storytellers. This first volume gathers Jane Austen's social wit, Charles Dickens's unforgettable characters, Fyodor Dostoevsky's psychological depth, Victor Hugo's romantic grandeur, Herman Melville's seafaring epic, and Edgar Allan Poe's dark imagination alongside giants from Cervantes to Tolstoy, the Bronte sisters to Shakespeare. Spanning centuries and continents, from the Spanish Golden Age to Gothic romance, Vic...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Journey across centuries of epic poetry with some of the most influential voices in world literature. The Epic Poems Anthology brings together major epic works associated with Homer, Virgil, Marcel Proust, and John Milton, with Samuel Butler contributing as translator. From the legendary heroes of ancient Greece and Rome to Milton's monumental vision of Paradise, temptation, rebellion, and redemption, this collection explores the enduring themes that have shaped epic literature for centuri...

'A fabulous tale of ambition, madness and catastrophe' William DalrympleOne man's lust for empire sent a team of adventurers into the Arctic - only one came back.1913, the Arctic Circle. Charismatic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson is obsessed with a frozen speck of land in the Siberian Arctic: Wrangel Island. Believing that whoever possesses it will control the future - air routes, resources, even the balance of pow...

Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." This e-book is all 51 volumes, the equivalent of over 20,000 printed pages in one e-book. It is fully searchable with a completely linked table of contents.

Make the Christmas season brighter with a wonderful collection of stories, poems, and timeless holiday tales. The Big Book of Christmas brings together a generous selection of classic Christmas stories, festive poems, fairy tales, and seasonal writings by various authors, offering hours of holiday reading for the whole family. From snowy winter nights and cozy firesides to family gatherings, unexpected adventures, acts of kindness, and magical Christmas encounters, these stories capture th...

What will happen to Bengali language and literature as artificial intelligence increasingly influences how people write, read, learn, translate, communicate, and preserve cultural memory?Bengali Language and Literature in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Language, Literature, Cultural Identity, and Digital Sovereignty explores this urgent question from literary, linguistic, cultural, educational, and technological perspectives.Prof. Dr. Milton Biswas traces the ...

For the first time ever 10 of Rebecca Milton's most beloved erotic short stories are bundled together in this ultimate package deal.These are the 10 included stories:A Most Potent ListA One Night Stand to RememberA Matter of QualityA Little PersonalA Doctor's PatienceIs Fine Enough?A Counter OfferA Half Year of Dating DangerouslyA Kind of Home ComingA Hunger To Be FedThis collection is perfectly...

When he asked, she said yes. When he asked why, she had no answer. She could not answer the man she was about to marry, but can she answer a total stranger she encounters in a cemetery?