A courageous leader who became the first American mandarin, Frederick Townsend Ward won crucial victories for the Emperor of China during the Taiping Rebellion, history's bloodiest civil war. Carr's skills as historian and storyteller come to the fore in this thrilling account of the kind of adventurer the world no longer sees.

"This study is an attempt to place issues concerning food and agricultural commodities in the context of changing world economic relationships... The study is intended to suggest a critical perspective and perhaps some new tools for analysis of the ongoing takeover of Third World food systems, designed in the image of the developed countries and for their benefit.""This study is a contribution to the Transnational Institute's International Economic Order Project directed by Howard M. Wachtel.The first part deals with what the Third World is asking for; the second with what, in my view, it is actually getting. As one discussion after another on agricultural raw materials ends in stalemate, new kinds of food systems are meanwhile introduced in underdeveloped countries by the powerful nations of the North, led by the USA..."

NOTE: THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE DREAM OF ASARLAI TRILOGYKenyon Audley doesn't care much about his secret gadda heritage, preferring to travel the world searching for the perfect wave. In Japan, he finds a different kind of perfection but his chance at happiness could be ruined by the demands of the gadda.NOTE: THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE DREAM OF ASARLAI TRILOGYKenyon Audley doesn't care much about his secret gadda heritage, preferring to travel the world searching for the perfect wave. In Japan, he finds a different kind of perfection but his chance at happiness could be ruined by the demands of the gadda.Story is told through a series of letters, written 30 years ago. The book contains two versions - one with just the letters, the other a full story as Dream of Asarlia favourite Hampton Rourke reads the letters.Published as a thankyou to all the people who read and loved the trilogy.

Why don't the Lowells want Claudia to sit for them? Claudia becomes the target of prejudice when the Baby-Sitters Club takes on a new client who doesn't like Claudia because she's Japanese. A serious look at discrimination and how it affects teens.

Fox Chase- a steampunk short story. There is no polite way to meet over a dead body. But for Kassandra Leyden, who speaks to the dead for a living, these things happen. Her new acquaintance, Manfred Bremstrung, has one purpose in mind- protect the King's nephew. In order to protect the young royal and themselves, this unlikely pair will join forces against deadly creatures with murderous intent.Fox Chase- a steampunk short story. There is no polite way to meet over a dead body. But for Kassandra Leyden, who speaks to the dead for a living, these can things happen. Her new acquaintance, Manfred Bremstrung, has one purpose in mind- protect the King's nephew. Kassandra finds herself working side by side with Bremstrung to protect the young royal against deadly creatures with murderous intent. Sometimes the fox is not the only unfortunate to be hunted.

This anthology comprises NMIT’s second Time to Write short story contest. The 600 to 1000 word entries came from 12 to 17 year olds, adults, and NMIT students. Each was judged by a panel of Bachelor of Writing and Publishing lecturers and the winners announced at the Time to Write festival launch on Monday 27 May 2013.This anthology comprises NMIT’s second Time to Write short story contest. The 600 to 1000 word entries came from 12 to 17 year olds, adults, and NMIT students. Each was judged by a panel of Bachelor of Writing and Publishing lecturers and the winners announced at the Time to Write festival launch on Monday 27 May 2013. Inside are stories about wounded soldiers, giant dragons and cake baking. There are others about adultery, ghosts and love. They were imagined by both young and more experienced minds, but all have been written with imagination and care. Enjoy.

A Smarts & Dewdrop Mystery, book 1.Detective Smarts of Crazy Name Town has a problem. Doctor Boring has been bumped off, and the only clues at the scene are some olives, tomatoes, mushrooms and a sprinkle of oregano. With the townsfolk dropping like flies and Pizza Dudes stumbling down the streets, Officer Dewdrop has an idea.For ages 10+.A Smarts & Dewdrop Mystery, book 1.Detective Smarts of Crazy Name Town has a problem. Doctor Boring and his receptionist have been bumped off, and the only clues at the scene are some olives, tomatoes, mushrooms and a sprinkle of oregano. With the townsfolk dropping like flies and strange-looking figures stumbling down the streets mumbling "Pizza!", Officer Dewdrop has an idea.Juvenile fiction/YA/age 10+This story is contained in The Gage Project book, published by Inknbeans Press, which is raising money for children's charities.

Col. Eile and Maj. Sunny have been given a desperate mission: destroy the alien robotic Walker before it destroys Denver. However, their weapon uses unproven technology, and the Walker's defenses are nearly impenetrable. They know it's a suicide mission, but millions of lives are at stake. They must succeed, somehow, no matter the cost. This is a short story, with a Preface and Sample Excerpts.Earth is under attack by an alien robotic berserker bent on exterminating Mankind. It has cut a swath across North America, leaving nothing but death and destruction in its wake, and not even America's nuclear arsenal can stop it. It's next target is Denver, and despite evacuation procedures millions of lives are at risk.However, hope may lie in a new weapon, based on the Walker's own technology. The only problem is, it must be delivered to the target by aircraft, and nothing has been able to penetrate the Walker's formidable defenses. Still, there is no other viable option, and the Air Force decides to call upon its best pilots.Lt. Col. Eile Chica and Maj. Sonne "Sunny" Hiver know that it is a suicide mission, but they realize the desperateness of the situation. Since failure cannot be an option, they must succeed, somehow, regardless of the cost.

Where do you go to when nothing seems to be working in your life? What do you do when everything you do is criticized? How do you face the world when your very soul is aching with a longing that you cannot name? When Maggie goes for a night-time walk, just to get away from her disapproving husband, she is drawn to a small café. But the café holds mysteries that she could never have imagined.Where do you go to when nothing seems to be working in your life? What do you do when everything you do is criticized? How do you face the world when your very soul is aching with a longing that you cannot name? When Maggie goes for a night-time walk, just to get away from her disapproving husband, she is drawn to a small café. But the café holds mysteries that she could not possibly have imagined.Christina McCarthy, author of the best seller, 'The Druids' Daughter - Forbidden Magic' and the acclaimed 'Forbidden Magic - A Druid Born', takes us into a modern fantasy where nothing is as it seems to be and where reality really does meet with mythology - or are they one and the same?

The right name is very important when working magic.It is the night of the Spring Equinox, a time for beginnings, and Rommy Haward is in search of a new name. Remy isn't very happy about it, but he won't say no to his twin when good-two-shoes Rommy asks him to help him to be naughty and work magic to find the name.The right name is very important when working magic.It is the night of the Spring Equinox, a time for beginnings, and Rommy Haward is in search of a new name. Remy isn't very happy about it, but he won't say no to his twin when good-two-shoes Rommy asks him to help him to be naughty and work magic to find the name. The Haward Mysteries is a set of Contemporary Fantasy, short stories and bargain priced novels full of magic and mystery with a side of CSI thrown in. Follow the Agatha Christie style whodunits of the novels, delve into the artfully rendered sorcerous science of the magical crimes and explore the enchanted world of the Haward Twins as they face supernatural trials in both their professional and private lives. Or enjoy a briefer, less investigative sortie into the twins lives in the short stories. Rite Name was released at the Spring Equinox 2012 as a gift for fans of the Haward Mysteries, check the tags for more in the collection.

Invading Earth never goes smoothly for any interplanetary species. Defeat may be blamed on Austrian heroes with chiseled jaws or presidents that happen to be skilled jet-fighter pilots. But, more often than not, the problem goes back to the planning stage…Medb hErenn's confidence exceeds arrogance to border on hubris. Subconsciously, she truly believes she is invulnerable, due to her prodigious strength and endurance, and her profound magical abilities, and while far from foolhardy, she often leaps into dangerous situations without thinking. Worse still, her enemies can use this weakness against her, by luring her into traps through appeals to her curiosity or pride. Once she realizes she is in over her head, she may curse her short-sightedness, but when she extricates herself, her subconscious conceit reinforces itself and she learns little from her experience.So when she heard of the deadly Upas Tree, which could kill anything that simply laid eyes on it, she had to see if it lived up to its reputation. She did not believe it would, but she also doubted it could harm her in any event.Her companions often warn her that one day her overconfidence will be her undoing. Perhaps this is finally that day.

The first book in the series follows Glitch a Young time fur and the last of his kind... or is he? Follow Glitch and his friends as he fights his so called dead brother Paradox.It's a story about a girl from Africa who was rudely taken from her own country to America to be a slave on cotton farm. She was abused by her master and had a really terrible times there. She somehow managed to have friends who helped her get through. By the end of this short novel she managed to rescue herself to a better life.

A novel about the desperate passion of a father for his son against a tragedy that triggers a shocking surgical procedure. The passion of two teens against an entire powerful apparatus of control. Our passion for technology that will take us to the limits of our essence as living beings. And the passion for the life of a lost soul trying to understand who, or what, he really is.A novel about the desperate passion of a father for his son against a tragedy that triggers a shocking surgical procedure. The passion of two teens against an entire powerful apparatus of control. Our passion for technology that will take us to the limits of our essence as living beings. And the passion for the life of a lost soul trying to understand who, or what, he really is.“... I have so much memory. I lived for so long, seen so much, loved so much. All this time I saw a tiny picture before my eyes. I have so much, and as I live I know I will not be able to understand and examine every detail of every thing on those pictures that I saw. And I'm still seeing just now. I take photos, creating pictures all the time. No time to see them, to understand them, not enough time...”About each one of us there are a lot of things memorized in the Internet. We are falling apart and our pieces are thrown in this net. Spider's net, spider's nest, what will come from this eggs? A new life, a new wisdom, a new way of live. The best of us can be there, the worst of us can be there, we are merged together forever. “... Huh! Since we invented the first machine that the issue is quite simple, as put more and more of the human soul within it...”

Dark Gods tire of hell.Within a tavern, where the veil is thin, treachery reaches out from the madness and into our world. Of heroes and virtuous gods there are few. From the depths crawls a lowly spawn devoid of conscience. Knowing only hate and fear, he will do anything to stay out of hell.Dark Gods tire of hell.Within a tavern, where the veil is thin, treachery reaches out from the madness and into our world. Of heroes and virtuous gods there are few. From the depths crawls a lowly spawn devoid of conscience. Knowing only hate and fear, he will do anything to stay out of hell.God Wars - A dark fantasy trilogyDark Gods RisingAbominationRevolution

(3800 words) A pair of fantasy stories wherein an orphan's curse brings about the death of a ship's captain, but the captain's dying curse is worse. (Yes, the title is from that poem by Coleridge) In the sequel, “Dead Man's Ashes”, Dar, a young thief, is sent into the darkest part of the city by Peli, King of the Beggars, to recover the ashes of the man who cursed him, so he can exact his revenge.The cool sand in the Dunes is comforting to a young girl as she seeks to find her goddess and finds a Sun God instead. A walk barefoot reveals cool secrets and a lakeshore ramble results in a myriad of butterflies. Inspirational.

This short story is a Phobos Award Winner.Kyle suffers from neurofibromatosis, a crippling disease most famously associated with the Elephant Man. When a shady medical practitioner offers Kyle a chance to cast off his deformed appearance forever, he accepts without a second thought. But does Kyle truly understand what this new treatment will cost him?Kyle Ameus Waterbey is afflicted with a hideous illness. He would do anything to be rid of it. Anything.Kyle suffers from neurofibromatosis, a crippling disease most famously associated with the Elephant Man. When a shady medical practitioner offers Kyle a chance to cast off his deformed appearance forever, he accepts without a second thought. But does Kyle truly understand what this new treatment will cost him?This story has won a Phobos Award and the Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award.

It is a desperate time in Witch World. The Magestone, the key to the pandimensional gates, has been lost and now all the gates are open. In the classic series' grand finale, an infinite flood of evil is about to wash across the world as Simon Tregarth returns to lead the planet's heroes in the final war against the forces of darkness.