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The generation ship, Conservation, has spent the last twenty-nine years sailing through deep space on an interstellar mission. With a crew consisting of humans, animals, insects, trees, and plants, the starship is a microcosm of planet Earth's ecosystem and biomass. Conservation's ultimate destination is Proxima b, an unpolluted, potentially habitable exoplanet where Earth's travelling lifeforms can start a fresh, utopian existence. The Un...

Truly chilling, Flynn's stories will stick with you long after reading"-Matthew Hutton, The Scare Room Podcast Ten frightful, shocking and bizarre short stories for those with a taste for the weird. Among these gruesome tales you will find an abandoned factory full of eccentric squatters, a group of amateur filmmakers travelling across Vietnam to find an urban legend, a disturbed man who has undergone a memory swap operation, plus many mo...

The most powerful, horrific, and disturbing book I've read in a long time"-Cindy Rosmus, Yellow Mama Magazine Ten terrifying, disturbing short stories written with the cold hand of insanity. Mixing horror with science fiction, this short story collection contains an eclectic mix of tales ranging from the weird, all the way to the downright creepy. Within these tainted pages you will find an entire town ravaged by an organic growth hungry...

Truly chilling, Flynn's stories will stick with you long after reading"-Matthew Hutton, The Scare Room Podcast A Bunch of Fives smacks you straight in the face with a mighty handful of horror fiction. It packs a punch with five hard-hitting short stories, all of which will leave you stunned and dizzy in a delirious stupor. Within these knuckled pages you will find a professional hitman taking on more than he bargained for, a strange creat...

What is a clownocracy? Should we try to make flies extinct? Why is the sun like an abusive mother? What is a bullshit filter? Planet Earth is a book of short observations about life-some funny, some thought-provoking-written from the perspective of an eccentric, tormented mind. With over 90 additional entries over the 1st edition of the book, this 3rd edition copy will keep you entertained during those spare, idle moments, forcing you to que...

Truly chilling, Flynn's stories will stick with you long after reading."-Matthew Hutton, The Scare Room Podcast The town of Drachton is crumbling, with crime and violence perpetuating around the clock. Prisons are at bursting point, and morale is at an all time low. The government's answer is Swarm-a revolutionary new prison. Swarm is a correctional facility like no other, harnessing the power of the inmates' subconscious minds for the be...

Meet Reed Blagden, a minor celebrity comedian who scrapes a living by telling cheap jokes in backstreet nightclubs. When a revolutionary new social media app hits the market, an app called NeuroStar that allows users to upload their memories directly to the website using brain electrodes, Reed does what any other immature, opportunistic comedian would do in such circumstances in order to boost his career-he uploads a dirty, sleazy memory for...

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Only fairy tale book to feature all 32 counties of Ireland

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Kate Taylor (Kristin Scott Thomas) ist eine scheinbar perfekte britische Offiziersgattin. Die Ungewissheit, die sie während des Auslandseinsatzes ihres Mannes empfindet, überspielt sie in der Öffentlichkeit mit einem strahlenden Lächeln. Eine Freizeitgruppe soll sie und die anderen Ehefrauen der Militärbasis auf andere Gedanken bringen, doch Teetrinken und Stricken sind so gar nicht nach Kates Geschmack. Warum nicht lieber einen Chor gründen? ...

The Barrel MysteryThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high q...

Traditionally, our society has broadly agreed that the "good university" should teach the intellectual skills students need to become citizens who are intelligently critical of their own beliefs and of the narratives presented politicians, society, the media, and, indeed, universities themselves. The freedom to debate is essential to the development of critical thought, but on university campuses today free speech is increasingly restricted fo...

Traditionally, our society has broadly agreed that the "good university" should teach the intellectual skills students need to become citizens who are intelligently critical of their own beliefs and of the narratives presented politicians, society, the media, and, indeed, universities themselves. The freedom to debate is essential to the development of critical thought, but on university campuses today free speech is increasingly restricted fo...

It is the early 1990's and the Balkans are in turmoil. In London, the Peter Delaney Music Agency is not doing so well either. When Pete tries to solve part of his problem by renting a room to a Croatian girl from Zagreb, the two situations become linked and Pete finds himself caught up in a web of intrigue and murder.

Tricked by the Fox into trying to steal the Witch's book of spells, the Elf and the Squirrel find themselves imprisoned in her cellar. What they don't know is that they are being used by the Witch in a plot to overthrow the Fairy Queen. They must escape, but how? Then they meet the other occupant of the cellar.

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This book presents a critical account of how universities censor their teaching, how student activism tends to censor the opposing side and how academics censor themselves. Renowned author James Flynn presents a compelling counterargument to those who favour banning free speech.

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