An examination of modern American culture, which has forced the term "dumbing down" into the public arena, and raised heated debate. Although the term originated in the US, similar trends are now observable in Britain, making this text relevant to both cultures.

To protect her newborn from the walking dead, a woman ventures into the wilderness of post-apocalyptic Australia in this zombie horror series. It’s been nine months since the intelligent zombies known as evols were reduced to shambling, mindless hordes. Else, a clone once intended as food for the undead, has escaped that grim fate. But now, as she prepares to give birth, her home in the Queensland bush is attacked by feral zombies. Making her escape, Else must fight zombies, crocodiles, and the elements to get her newborn to safety. Now she is on a desperate journey of discovery and redemption that, if her baby survives, will herald the birth of a new world.

A rogue spaceship captain. A human scientist. An explosive attraction. Faith has spent the past eight years as a scientist locked in an alien research lab. When she finally manages to escape and finds out what the aliens are doing with her work, she is appalled and determined to stop their plans. The alien spaceship captain who unknowingly assisted her escape is going to help her shut down the lab - whether he wants to or not. And she's not going to let his massive body or the kind heart hidden behind his gruff facade distract her. Captain Athtar finally has his life exactly the way he wants it - he has his ship, his crew, and his freedom. No mouthy little human is going to interfere with any of that, no matter how much she tempts him or how much his instincts demand that he claim her. If only he weren't as tempted as much by her brilliant mind as by her luscious body. Can Faith and Athtar fight their overwhelming attraction long enough to defeat the evil scientists and stay ahead of the Imperial Fleet? And when the battle is over, can there be a future for the two of them? Each book in the Alien Abduction series features a different couple and can be enjoyed as a standalone romance. Intended for mature readers.

Brought to you by the instructors at the Center for Book Arts, Bookforms is a comprehensive guide for making books by hand with a focus on functionality in design. Written by the experts at the Center for Book Arts in New York, Bookforms presents all the instruction you need to craft by hand a comprehensive array of historic bookbinding styles from all over the world. Bookforms traces the functional roots of each structure, explains their appropriateness for various uses, and provides projects for making an essential structure for each style of binding. Topics covered include: Why books work: General bookbinding principles for functionality and what we can learn from the past What you need to know for planning a special book or embarking on an edition How materials affect function Bookforms tackles a wide range of projects for all levels of bookbinders. You'll see everything from sewn and ticketed blank books and traditional western codex book forms, to scrapbooks and albums, Asian stab-sewn bindings, unusual structures, and aesthetics/embellishments. What better time to dive into this venerable and unique hobby than now?

This book comprises two novellas whose leitmotif is a quest for freedom. In each story, a well devised and daringly executed escape plan enables the main character to flee from a totalitarian regime. Man Overboard is a work of fiction featuring the crew of an East German cargo ship in the 1970s navigating the English Channel homeward bound to the Baltic. It provides an insight into life under communism during the era of the Berlin Wall. Regardless of the danger, second officer Schulz is determined to be reunited with his beloved Erica in West Germany. Flight From Tibet is set amidst the turmoil which engulfed that country in 1959 when the fate of the Dalai-lama aroused concern throughout the world. A British journalist based in India ventures across the border into strife stricken Tibet. Having spent his early years being raised by a Tibetan nanny, he has a deep affection for the Tibetans and is anxious to make their plight known to the world.

Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.