American Commander "Mac" MacTavish and his international team of scientists and engineers are wrapping up an eighteen-month mission at Mars Base. Without warning, all communication with Earth is mysteriously lost. Mac's egotistical science chief discovers that a massive solar flare has impacted Earth, causing catastrophic damage and most likely political and social upheaval. Unsure if it is safe to return home, Mac decides to wait for the arrival of the Mars 3 spacecraft and the relief crew already en route from Earth. After several weeks with no communication, Mars 3 lands nearby, showing no signs of life. Expecting a grisly scene, Mac enters the lifeless lander, but he is stunned and horrified by what he discovers. Are Mac and his crew the sole survivors of a galactic solar catastrophe or something more sinister? Now it is up to him to discover the truth in the midst of this Red Storm.
Fidel Castro. Che Guevara. Cesar Chavez. Karl Marx. Mao Tse-tung…and others. All Icons of the Progressive Left, and similarly the infallible Icons of the early years of Professor Frank M. Luna as he grew up on a small farm in Central California. After his matriculation at Fresno State, Professor Luna soon discovers that the Iconic foundation has cracks, and he decides to cleave them open for all to see. In this flowing and riveting account, Professor Luna chronicles his decades-long transformation to discard his political upbringing amidst the discovery of the horrors of these Marxist leaders and their states, while also exposing the US academic community’s complicity in their crimes against humanity. At times humorous and always engrossing, along his journey Professor Luna encounters biased instructors, heroic and quirky students, and institutions of higher learning that are not quite what they promote themselves to be. Shattering the Icons is an engaging narrative of a political and teaching transformation. A must read for the general public and educators alike, Shattering the Icons is a clarion call for the academic community in the US to transform itself.
Love. Marriage. Divorce. Apocalypse. Its complicated. God had a terrible sense of humor. Henry Case Jr. hasnt had a typical life. After reconciling with his ex-wife, Luna Borsa, his world is turned on its head. An unknown disaster has decimated the worlds population. Henry is stuck in Rome, Italy, with his ex as one of the few survivors of the end times. Alone in a world of death, Case begins to lose his grip on reality. As his discontent grows, so does the mischievous voice in the back of his mind. When all hope seems lost, theres a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of Cristina Pacchetti, who shows up and complicates things even further. Food is scarce, traveling is dangerous, and surviving is becoming more and more meaningless when theres nothing left worth fighting for. Happiness through violence.
?Bilderfarben? (German, lit. ?Picturescolors?) is three science-fiction novels in one volume. The first book starts with Dr. Dross at the point of suicide, when a mysterious woman, Genie, Captain of a starship, takes him on a cosmic voyage to the limits of the Universe. Then they visit the origins of most religions, devoid of all myths and legends, using time-travel. An ideology, Mirism is proposed, so that Man may peacefully evolve into the Cosmic Era. The second book continues with turning theory into practice, and establish Mirism as a reliable and valid guide with which to resolve conflicts, create a world government, etc. The third book takes a look, using time-travel, at the future to see the Mirist evolution of Mankind into the Cosmic Era. Dr. Dross, now Dr. Mir marries his young Arab doctor, and they have a son. The stories in all three volumes are interspersed with many humorous dialogues and sexy adventures. Dr. Mir dies, and his ashes are scattered in the garden of the hospital where he was born.
Love. Marriage. Divorce. Apocalypse. Its complicated. God had a terrible sense of humor. Henry Case Jr. hasnt had a typical life. After reconciling with his ex-wife, Luna Borsa, his world is turned on its head. An unknown disaster has decimated the worlds population. Henry is stuck in Rome, Italy, with his ex as one of the few survivors of the end times. Alone in a world of death, Case begins to lose his grip on reality. As his discontent grows, so does the mischievous voice in the back of his mind. When all hope seems lost, theres a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of Cristina Pacchetti, who shows up and complicates things even further. Food is scarce, traveling is dangerous, and surviving is becoming more and more meaningless when theres nothing left worth fighting for. Happiness through violence.
Dr. Dross embarks on ?adventures? to champion Mirism, the ideology of Cosmic Man. His work generates popularity as well as hostility. Despite all that he emerges as a strong, even charismatic leader. He is appointed special advisor to the United Nations. He negotiates a deal between Israel and Iran; and obtains a semi-permanent cease-fire in the Middle-East. Then he arranges the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. The Republic of Israel becomes a constitutional monarchy, and Dr. Mir is nominated King of Israel. He repeatedly declines, but finally yields to tremendous public pressure. As the Temple is completed, he is put on a white donkey and led through the newly opened Golden Gate to be anointed and crowned. He requests a young Arab girl, so that innocence crowns the king. He opens the Temple as the House of Prayer for all nations. Then he travels to Rome declaring that Christianity is dissolved. He speaks at the United Nations of Earth. His heart fails and he passes away with a dignified, serene smile.
Pearl will never forget the day her mother and father were sold. Ever since, Pearl, a white mouse living in Mr. Adams' Pet Store, has taken charge of her younger brother, Tony. All's well until Prang, an evil-tempered snake, arrives in the pet store – and Mr. Adams targets Tony for Prang's next meal. To make matters worse, Pearl herself is sold the next day, but she vows to return to save Tony. How is she ever going to get back? And if she does, can she match wits with the vicious Prang? Humorous illustrations add to the fun in this charming and irresistible story of faith and courage.
Bedeutungen (German, lit. "Meanings") is a science-fiction novel of a cosmic voyage in two volumes, actually reaching the Absolute and then visiting most religions with critical perspectives and showing that the key to the future is scientific-moral education and peaceful evolution into the Cosmic Age via successful globalization. The first volume develops a consistent world view, reaching Ultimate Reality by induction and then deriving Man's world of the Relative from the world of the Absolute by deduction. Both methods of inquiry yield the same result, suggesting subjective as well as objective truth. Once we know the Absolute, then there is no further existential mystery or anxiety or quest and we can settle down to Life in chosen childlike innocence, serene tranquility, and true cosmic dignity. The voyage concludes with an unexpected but ultimately normal catharsis and a cautiously optimistic resolution.
Erwartungen"("Expectations")looks at the future using the star-ship Helios, commanded by Captain Genie Eos, in order to evaluate the expected evolution of Mirism, the ideology of Cosmic Man. The time-travel will be spiced with some humorous dialogues and sexy episodes, and major points of Mirism will be explained, depending on specific details. This final volume of the science-fiction trilogy is mostly concerned with the expectations, projections, and wishful thinking of a slowly dying man, Dr. Mir, both in the present and in the future. He is accompanied by his ever-faithful Genie, his beautiful (android) Swedish nurse, and ravishingly attractive Arab doctor, Halima Albari? whom he marries, and they have a son. She and Genie saved his life repeatedly, helped him to attain maximum possible contentment; but ultimately, they could not prolong his life. After he passed away, he was secretly cremated and his ashes were scattered in the gardens of the hospital where he was born.
Dogs and humans have worked side by side for thousands of years, and over the millennia we’ve come to depend upon our pooches as hunters, protectors, and faithful companions. But when it comes to the extraordinary quality of man’s best friend which we rely on most, the winner is clear—by a nose. In Secrets of the Snout, Frank Rosell blends storytelling and science as he sniffs out the myriad ways in which dogs have been trained to employe their incredible olfactory skills, from sussing out cancer and narcotics to locating endangered and invasive species, as well as missing persons (and golf balls). With 300 million receptors to our mere 5 million, a dog’s nose is estimated to be between 100,000 and 100 million times more sensitive than a human’s. No wonder, then, that our nasally inferior species has sought to unleash the prodigious power of canine shnozzes. Rosell here takes us for a walk with a pack of superhero sniffers including Tutta, a dog with a fine nose for fine wine; the pet-finder pooch AJ; search-and-rescue dog Barry; the hunting dog Balder; the police dogs Rasko and Trixxi; the warfare dog Lisa; the cancer detection dog Jack; Tucker, who scents floating killer whale feces; and even Elvis, who can smell when you’re ovulating. With each dog, Rosell turns his nose to the evolution of the unique olfactory systems involved, which odors dogs detect, and how they do it. A celebration of how the canine sense for scents works—and works for us—Secrets of the Snout will have dog lovers, trainers, and researchers alike all howling with delight. Exploring this most pointed of canine wonders, Rosell reveals the often surprising ways in which dogs are bettering our world, one nose at a time.
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