Life. It can be a complicated business; full of challenges, emotional conflicts, questions as to meaning and spirituality, how we all fit in, and our having to deal with all of the various societal influences that serve to confront and distract us from all those things that should be really important to us in our lives. In short, life is a journey, we are on the trip, but aren't always sure of just where it is that we're going or what we're doing here. Sometime we feel that it's all that we can stand and don't know which way we should turn or what direction we should go next. We step onto the ledge of life, look all around us and don't know if we should stay or jump. Instead, you are invited to look over The Edge, so as to learn how to better weigh, evaluate and take stock of your life so as to find some way to regain your sense of balance so you can grow and move further on. "The Edge: How to Find and Balance Yourself in an Unbalanced World" will help you out on your path and offer you the assistance and insight you need in order to help you rebalance your life. In openly and frankly addressing such important and life changing influences as spirituality, religion, society, relationships, love and sexuality, as well as to share in various insights as to the dreams which we all share and the variety of people we encounter in our lives, you are invited on a journey of the self, in order to offer up some intriguingly different and rational perspectives on how to find yourself and your place in the world within these challenges and complexities which we all share. I promise you, in the end you'll be glad you made the trip. - T D Kruser
Arc’s unique mix of fact, opinion and fiction explores the possibilities for a species that can’t seem to stop tinkering with itself. P D Smith explores the city as pleasure palace. Holly Gramazio and Kyle Munkittrick each explore the friction points between civics and play, while science fiction writer Gord Sellar wonders why arguably the most forward-looking nation on earth shows no interest in futurology. Taking a longer view, Anne Galloway & Sumit Paul-Choudhury wonder whether we’ll ever be able to talk to the animals; Regina Peldszus suggests ways of surviving the tedium of deep space; and Sonja Vesterholt & Simon Ings trace Prometheus’s horrific aliens back to the utopian designs of long-forgotten Soviet filmmaker Pavel Klushantsev. In this issue’s stories - Paul McAuley’s The Man is apparently less than human, but embodies qualities his human companions seem to have forgotten. T.D. Edge, creates a polysentient world defined entirely by relationships. Jeff VanderMeer stretches human limits far beyond the ordinary. And Nick Harkaway’s mordant comedy Attenuation skewers our love of novelty and transformation.
BEWARE! Between these pages, thirteen tales about augmented reality lie in wait to steal away your senses. Go on the hunt for poachers in a dangerous mist. Use your powers of reality-shaping to steal eternal life. Create a piece of art that embodies the soul of its muse. Find love in the data-memories of a ghost. Attend to your spiritual mind while your mortal body is in danger. Follow alien ley lines on another planet searching for the truth. Remember, when you step inside these pages, use all your senses, because you never know what lurks beneath...
The July, 2014 issue edited by Christopher T Garry features 124 pages of never before seen stories from eight new authors, creating narratives that are variously dark, cynical, inspiring, violent and longing. Black Denim Lit is a monthly journal of fiction available on the web and eReaders. "'Til Death Do Us Party" by Kelly Schrock (Cinder is suspended on the far side of death); "Call for Help" by Zack Miller (Jenny considers her place at the center of suicide support); "Unfinished Things" by Ethan Fast (A thing lurks in the dark speaking low and reasonable); "What Pavel Found" by Geoffrey W. Cole (Pavel visits a future that has a past requiring more than a lifetime to understand); "The Girl in the Glass Case" by Matthew Di Paoli (Fred struggles with tenuous socialization and stark sexuality in an increasingly internalized technological world); PLUS "Uncanny Valley" by M.T. O’Byrne; "The Teacher's Connection" by T.D. Edge; "Local News" by Benjamin Schachtman What are you looking for outside yourself? What gives you forward motion in a brutal life? How will artificially intelligent androids feel living at the edge of what scientists today call the Uncanny Valley?
Delve headfirst into a World of History, Mythology, Gods, Heroes, and Great Villians. Nefarious Warstar is a Superior who awakens under a blood moon in the year 2020, bestowed with the Eye of Vergina that grants him the power of the Old Gods, he immerses himself into the Fountain of Youth to attain a perfect vessel. Now, he sets out to avenge his parent's death, topple the Neu Regime and vanquish the very first Vampyre known as HIM who has the power to Snatch Bodies and wield an Evil Magic that's far beyond imagination. Savior? Hero? Or Villian? Will Nefarious give in to his darkside and burn the world down or rise up and become the Savior of Mankind that his Father had hoped him to be. Tune into a new Series that punches so hard it will knock your teeth in!
The saga of George Graham Rice, the most famous early 20th century con man who bilked a naive public, "Bernie Madoff-style," as American greed roared its loudest
Clearly written guide covers all openings: the Benko Gambit, Bird's Opening, Centre Game, Dutch Defence, Four Knights Game, King's Gambit, others. Techniques are designed to help moderate players whose games are confined to club play or by correspondence, and aid good players who want to improve in tournament or club events.
Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. South Dakota’s Black Hills & Badlands Ghost towns and modern towns. Trendy eateries and rustic bars. Cowboys and artists. Rodeos, skiing, hiking, and biking. Breathtaking landscapes in a place of welcoming smiles. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities
From Genesis to Revelation, it is clear that the Holy Bible is, in the words of Bishop T.D. Jakes, “The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.” It is not a book about religion, but relationships—from the creation of a man and a woman and their intimate relationship with God in the Garden through the tragic break in that relationship at the Fall and the eventual restoration of that relationship through Jesus Christ and His death on the cross of Calvary. Let’s face it, we all have questions about relationships in life. When you lay your head down on the pillow at night, do you find these questions about your relationship with God running through your mind? How can I know God personally? Can I find peace and true contentment? What is the purpose of my life? How do I know how God wants me to live? What is prayer? Throughout our lives, we all face a long list of questions on relationships that trouble our souls and require real answers based on real truth. How do I forgive someone who has hurt me badly? Can I mend this broken relationship? When my world seems to be falling apart around me, who can I trust and in whom dare I confide? How do I know whether a person is the right one to date? Will my marriage survive? How do I nourish my child’s heart? What do I do with my fears about expressing my love and care to a friend? The good news is that in God’s Word we find the answers to life’s bewildering relationship questions. We are not left to figure it out on our own and in our own strength and power. You are invited to begin a lifelong journey to discovering God’s words of truth for your life and relationships, and to discovering God Himself in the words of His Book!
Three months after his first encounter with the Rising, Lucas Tavera is back at school, but a return to normalcy is proving more difficult than he had hoped. Meanwhile, in the desert of west Texas, a girl and her father discover a mysterious young man with otherworldly powers and no memory of how he arrived there. As the Rising gathers its strength, these strangers will be forced together, and for Lucas, the battle will get personal.
Four mighty adventurers--a tall fighter, a halfling, a dwarven thief, and a human cleric--have just completed their self-appointed task and are heading toward a kingdom to secure gainful employment when a mysterious illusion appears, telling them that a powerful artifact known as Atarian's Stone has been stolen. If it is not recovered, the world as they know it will soon come to an end. They are to search out Mephelist, the cursed/blessed sage, to aid in their quest to retrieve the stone. Their task will not be an easy one, as they will be confronted by bandits, dangerous creatures, a powerful wizard and his minions, and even the temple itself. With time running out, they must overcome these obstacles that seem to appear every step of their way as they race to see if they can save their world.
Uncommon Poems, Common People By: T. D. Kruser Uncommon Poems, Common People is a compilation of poems written over the past 40 years. It combines the traditional poetic elements of turn of phrase and open and multiple interpretations for the reader while at the same time most of the poems are written in commonsense language that most people will be able to relate to and find easier to understand. What makes this book interesting is that it reflects the common experiences and emotions that most all of us go through and are able to relate with; additionally, its message is very relevant in that most everyone searches for both meaning and a sense of purpose in their lives, despite life's obstacles and pitfalls. What makes Uncommon Poems unique is that it offers to the reader the possibility that a path can be found, that life is not hopeless, and that with the proper growth and guidance, it is possible for all/anyone to come to a place of self-peace and contentment in their own lives. It is intended to be enriching, inspiring, and to instill within the reader a renewed sense of hope and purpose.
Given the highly trained library workforce now available and the vast and growing array of packaging information and knowledge, libraries have the capacity to become pre-eminent places of learning, research, and teaching. Yet, despite this potential, libraries remain divided from their constituencies and their governing bodies, be they students, faculties, university administrations, municipal governments, or ordinary citizens. Indeed, many modern university administrators, viewing librarians as ancillary citizens in academe, have allowed their libraries to wither under the burden of shrinking budgets, staffing inadequacies, and deteriorating facilities. This thought-provoking volume by a 35-year veteran of academic libraries identifies, diagnoses, and provides remedies to the damaging divisions in and between libraries and librarianship, arguing that the processes of teaching constitute the genuine context in which to steer librarianship into the future.
VERY GOOD!" BookReview.com Featuring Yes, My Best Friend Was a Dreamer- Narrator David Horton recounts a powerful love-hate relationship with his own personal superhero, and in the process outlines the suspicious circumstances surrounding the heros life and recent disappearance. "(In these three novellas) the author demonstrates the inner makings of being male. [This] is good writing." BookReview.com "[This novella] is clearly a mans book, or maybe... a glimpse into the world of man for women." BookReview.com
Terror and torment, an undead evil restored, and an unforgiving cruse renewed! the Crystoreeñ has risen, and with it a new dawn for the land of Artésque. Clover & friends face their most trying tasks yet, a race against time and death itself.
Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of South Dakota. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, stagecoach, and train robbers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Great Plains.
The most powerful shaman of the People of the Bear Mother invites a young woman to take her soul's great adventure by painting a new piece of animal art on the walls in the deepest chambers of the awesome Great Cave. The time has come for Little Bear to make the life-altering choice to overcome her fear of the terrifying old shaman, and in doing so, unalterably change all the lives her soul will subsequently experience even as her "lion eye" reappears in each lifetime to identify her avatar. But before she may embark on her hero's journey, she must be initiated as hunter and then as Seer through trials, ordeals, and the revelations of her people's mythology expressed in the art of the Cave. The tale builds to an unexpected climax as one soul experiences many lifetimes in a hunting culture where being born female or male, homosexual or heterosexual, young or old are equally valid ways of being human. Inspired by the work of Joseph Campbell and the artwork of France's 35,000-yearold Chauvet Cave, the novel takes a fresh look at, and is a new take on, the life-ways and religion of our earliest ancestors through Little Bear's encounters with shamans, hunters, avatars, and painted caves. This story reveals that the spiritual messages hidden within this magnificent, incredibly ancient art are the same metaphysical beliefs of the New Age and the same universal human truths at the heart of every world religion and mystical philosophy. 2011 Book Competition Finalist Awards: USA Best Book Awards for New Age Fiction; IBA for Chick Lit-Women's Fiction; IBA for Gay-Lesbian Fiction.
Book three of The Epherium Chronicles The battle for Cygni colony may be over, but for Captain James Hood and the crew of the EDF Armstrong, the battle for humanity's future has just begun. Hood's defense of the remote outpost against the Cilik'ti aliens was magnificent, but without the timely help of an unlikely ally—a splinter tribe of humanity's bitter enemies—the colony would have been lost and the Armstrong destroyed. An uneasy peace has prevailed ever since. But as the humans prepare for a crucial meeting, a desperately needed Earth supply convoy is attacked under mysterious circumstances, with the lead escort cruiser's captain disappearing even more mysteriously. The fate of all of Earth's new colonies hangs in the balance, and Hood is charged with protecting them against growing threats from all sides. When rebellion and unrest challenge the very leadership of the Earth Defense Forces, Hood may need to go it alone…and make the ultimate sacrifice. 72,000 words
Audrey Davis knew deep loss twice in her young life. Abandoned by her mother and then stunned by the death of her beloved Gran, she spent her young years in the foster care system. In college, she discovered what it means to have family and to fall in love for the first time. Another shattering loss was too much, and she flees into a new life, only to find new love and a life she never dreamed she would have. However, as time and circumstance diminish the once-brilliant sheen of her life, she wonders where God is and if she can ever find her way back. Doug Simpson witnessed things as a child that no one should ever have to see, and despite becoming a man that people adored and reached out to, he could not quite escape that scared little boy he once was. Could these two find each other for keeps, and could they find the One whose love heals more than man can bandage?
Book one of The Epherium Chronicles Hope. Captain James Hood of the Earth Defense Forces remembers what it felt like. Twenty-five years ago, it surged through him as a young boy watching the colony ships launched by mega-corporation Epherium rocket away. He, like so many others, dreamed of following in the colonists' footsteps. He wanted to help settle a new world—to be something greater. Then came the war... Hope. During years of vicious conflict with an insectoid alien race, it was nearly lost. Though Earth has slowly rebuilt in the six years since the war, overcrowding and an unstable sun have made life increasingly inhospitable. When mysterious signals from the nearly forgotten colony ships are received, Hood is ordered to embark on a dangerous reconnaissance mission. Could humanity's future sit among the stars? Hope. Hood needs it now more than ever. As secrets about the original colonists are revealed and the Epherium Corporation's dark agenda is exposed, new adversaries threaten the mission, proving more dangerous to Earth than their already formidable foes… 82,000 words
Designed for a single-semester course on strength of materials, this textbook offers detailed discussion of fundamental and advanced concepts. The textbook is written with a distinct approach of explaining concepts with the help of solved problems. The study of flexural shear stress, conjugate beam method, method of sections and joints, statically determinate trusses and thin cylinders is presented in detail. The text discusses advanced concepts of strength of materials such as torsion of non-circular sections, shear center, rotating discs, unsymmetrical bending and deflection of trusses. The textbook is primarily written for undergraduate mechanical and civil engineering students in India. Numerous review questions, unsolved numerical problems and solved problems are included throughout the text to develop clear understanding of fundamental concepts.
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