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Feeling life is slipping him by, an American agriculturalist heads to Vietnam to try and make a difference in the lives of the people as part of President Johnson's 'Hearts and Minds' campaign. There is just one big problem—there's a war going on. Eddie joins a small group of civilian advisors chosen to work with local farmers to help make Vietnam once again self-sufficient in rice. He is drawn to the adventure, the challenge, and the opportunity to make a difference, but he is leaving some problems behind.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this volume we come up against the definition of Northern Europe. There are many, each with plausibility and each so obvious. So, here’s ours.

Since its inception in the 19th Century photography has been a trusted source capturing both truth and reality. It cannot lie. Our eyes may deceive us, but the camera cannot. In this volume whilst our classic authors are at the early edge of photography’s development, they use it in ways that are both innovative and atmospheric as very often the camera and the photographer become a central part in many fascinating stories.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this volume the Mad Scientist takes centre stage. Naturally the stories come in all shapes and sizes and in the pens of our classic authors the scientists more usually arrive as dark, twisted and evil as they go about their work illuminating humanity as only a mad scientist can.

The Modern Age is one of information overload. Bombarded, surrounded, and battered by facts, figures, opinions and seemingly whatever else comes out of anyone’s head from all directions at all hours of the day and night. It’s exhausting. In the pens of such luminaries as Henry James, E M Delafield, C E Montague, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and many others we connect with old fashioned media from publishing and advertising to telegrams and radio and everything in between in ways that are surprising, enlightening but always entertaining.

Dominic Devizes has just escaped from prison and is on his way back to the UK to exact his revenge on the man, a British diplomat, who left him to rot. His plan is to kidnap the diplomat’s daughter, Annie, for ransom. But when the time comes, the diplomat refuses to pay and goes to the police. His daughter then tells Devizes of the true nature of the man and together they devise a plan to both acquire the ransom money and to rid the world of her father whilst distracting the authorities.

Then you're in for a treat. Volume three of our popular anthology series is sure to scratch that questionable itch. With stories by Michael Knost, William Joseph Roberts, Philip K. Booker, Christopher Woods, D. Raymond Smith, David Badurina, H.P. Holo, James Palmer, Jason Cordova, Lee Ellis, M Leigh, Michael Morton, Michael Craig, and Guest Editorial by Faith Hunter.

Die Milchstraße wird seit über 16 Jahren von den Ewigen Kriegern aus der Mächtigkeitsballung Estartu unterdrückt. Doch die Menschen und ihre Verbündeten leisten immer stärkeren Widerstand gegen die Besatzer. Auch an anderen Orten des Universums bahnen sich wichtige Entscheidungen in diesem Kampf an. Fast überall bröckelt die Macht der Krieger. Aber besiegt sind sie deshalb keineswegs. Dies zeigt sich besonders deutlich in der Milchstraße: Sotho Tyg Ian, der Statthalter der Ewigen Krieger, droht, die Galaxis mit all ihren Bewohnern zu vernichten.

To Hell and Back serves as a mosaic of contemporary fears and timeless terrors, curated and edited by the Bram Stoker Award-winning Joe Mynhardt. This collection of horror stories brings together a diverse array of tales from both beloved and emerging voices in the horror genre, each story a unique exploration of the dark corners of the human psyche.

When the justice system lets you down and allows murderers to walk the streets freely, whilst the friends and families of their victims are left facing a life sentence, then something simply has to be done. But it can no longer be done legally, of course. And who better to put things right than a hired killer. But what does a hired killer look like and how do you find one?

#HACKED2 is the follow-up to an award-winning book #HACKED, that was written with industry leaders in cybersecurity. It offers practical advice about what you can do if your business or privacy has been threatened, but it also provides multiple viewpoints on how these issues are being addressed across various fields around the globe - making this resource essential for anyone who wants better awareness of global threats faced today!

A top-secret manual for training CIA field agents in deception and sleight-of-hand was thought to be a rumor…until a single surviving copy was discovered in the agency’s archives. In 1953, a top-secret manual teaching agents sleight-of-hand and other deception techniques was written for the...

A Terrifying Anthology of 18 tales of horror! The fourth installment of our bestselling anthology series continues in the unrivaled tradition of rip-roaring, top quality tales of terror from the very best independent horror authors writing today!

In the depths of human imagination lies a realm where ancient gods stir in their slumbers, where forbidden knowledge teeters on the edge of consciousness, and where cosmic horror casts its suffocating veil over reality. This is the world of the Cthulhu Mythos, a tapestry woven from the mind of one of the most enigmatic and influential writers of the 20th century, H. P. Lovecraft.

Possibly the most important and informative book ever compiled during the Covid era and a must read (listen) for everyone. The thirty four contributors, the Canaries, to this collection of essays are courageous people. They are critical thinkers who are prepared to put everything on the line to speak their truth. They strive to alert us all to what COVID was, and what may lie ahead.

Die Menschen der Milchstraße und ihre Verbündeten liegen seit 15 Jahren in einem erbitterten Kampf. Ihr Gegner: die Ewigen Krieger aus der Mächtigkeitsballung Estartu, deren Soldaten die Galaxis beherrschen. Schon lange versuchen Perry Rhodan und seine Freunde, die Macht der Krieger zu brechen. Doch der Gegner scheint lange Zeit unüberwindbar. Endlich bietet sich die Chance, einen entscheidenden Schlag zu führen.

Charlotte and Denise Dunn own an audio company supporting concerts and conventions. They are pulled over by the sheriff in the middle of the night because their truck is overloaded and has worn tires. Of course, their truck is overloaded. It’s always overloaded, which is why they were passing through this small town in the middle of the night to avoid the weigh station on the Interstate.

Destined from birth to become a legend, Achilles grew up training to be a warrior to fulfill his prophecy. When the time comes, however, he begins to doubt the heroism of his bloodshed. With war raging all around him, will Achilles find a reason to join the battle?

For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America since 1865 describes the African American struggle to obtain equal rights in the workplace and organized labor's response to their demands. Award-winning historian Robert H. Zieger asserts that the promise of jobs was similar to the 40-acres-and-a-mule restitution pledged to African Americans during the Reconstruction era. The inconsistencies between rhetoric and action encouraged workers, both men and women, to organize themselves into unions to fight against unfair hiring practices and workplace discrimination.

After Harding's untimely death in 1923, a variety of attacks and unsubstantiated claims left the public with a tainted impression of him. Rumors circulated of the president's death by poison, either by his own hand or by that of his wife; allegations of an illegitimate daughter were made; and question were raised concerning the extent of Harding's knowledge of the Teapot Dome scandal and of irregularities in the Veterans' Bureau.