Carol Thomas is shocked when her fiance comes home late one night with an announcement: he's gotten back in touch with a college buddy named Ennis Evans, and she's up for a threesome. Carol shoves aside her misgivings and tentatively agrees. She considers herself a prude in many ways and wants to break through her shell. As she gets to know Ennis and experiences an immediate, undeniable attraction, Carol keeps putting off the menage a trois. She begins to wonder if she's gay and falling in love with Ennis. Then the night of the threesome arrives and changes Carol for life. But Carol still has...

Sometimes saying goodbye is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter. When you meet the one who bears the other half of your soul, death is but a mere obstacle. When twenty-eight year old Genevieve DuSoir meets Kalem, her terminal patient, she couldn't predict that she would fall for him. It was against every rule she had ever been taught to fall in love with a patient, much less a patient that was dying. However, love holds no bounds when two people are predestined to meet. In the blink of an eye, the lines between life and death begin to blur. Unaware of her new gift of light that...

Alt Hist Issue 5 features stories covering a variety of historical periods from the 1800s to post-War USA. This issue includes five new original works of fiction including stories about Al Capone and Italian Futurism, the aftermath of the American Civil War, the real Frankenstein, the Bridge that consumes the souls of men, and the latest instalment in a series of stories about a successful Nazi invasion of Britain. Alt Hist is the magazine of Historical Fiction and Alternate History, published twice a year by Alt Hist Press. Stories featured in Alt Hist Issue 5: After Mary by Priya Sharma AD...

Building a Bottom-Up Church - A guide to developing an authentic Christian community. The "Top-Down" structured faith and church is the root of many of the problems that the worldwide church now faces. It redefines Christianity in a way which, while being based on the Bible, actually distances people from God. The alternative is what the author calls the "Bottom-Up" church, which is when faith is based on the gospel, not church-culture or Orthodoxy. This book describes how to build a bottom-up church step by step, which involves building a gospel-based faith, applying that faith in...

During the summers of the 1960s, the heroes of San Francisco wore Giants uniforms. On their best days (which, except for 1962, were admittedly too few), they were entertaining and inspiring. They smote hated rivals and sent their best to the All-Star game, in the decade when that mid-summer classic moved under the lights ... and into prime time. On their worst days, these Giants heroes broke our hearts, squandering late-inning leads and pre-season hopes ... but they never lost our devotion. They were the heroes of our youth. Now their stories are collected in Giants Heroes: Remembering the...

This work concentrates on what will be the number one obstacle that chess players will face; That being the short-castle, and its exploitation. Shown games are only that of successful short-castle attacks, in outtake form (right after castling), allowing for isolated analysis. This both saves time, and allows for a stronger understanding, when viewing across multiple examples; Readers will become keenly aware of certain tactics appearing time and time again. The chosen grandmasters for this work are Tal, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Gelfand, Anand, and Carlsen. This work was developed with one...

Christmas-a favorite time of year for many people, but how much do you know about the story behind it? The Christmas story is one of the most beloved, and important, parts of the New Testament, and by extension, the Christian faith. The first Christmas is the story of Jesus's birthday, and tells the origins of the Messiah, and of those who travelled from far away to gaze upon the newborn king. Christmas Facts for Fun is a Christmas quiz designed to test how much you know, or think you know about the Christmas story. The book is laid out in a fun, interactive game like format, which makes it...

Dog Breed Facts for Fun will help you find out how much you know (or don't know) about different breeds of dogs? Can you name which breed had a dog that sold for $7000 in the mid 1800's? Which one originated in Russia and is nicknamed "smiley dog"? Or which type of dog is included in a statue with a former U.S. president? Dogs are one of the most beloved pets in any typical household. They're loyal, friendly, and simply brilliant companions to have, no matter if you're a large, extended family, or a bachelor enjoying the single life. Dogs are not all created equal however, as each one is of...

Dog Breed Facts for Fun will help you find out how much you know (or don't know) about different breeds of dogs? Can you name which breed has been called "a poor man's racehorse"? Which one holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest dog? Or which type of is a water dog that has webbed toes? Dogs are one of the most beloved pets in any typical household. They're loyal, friendly, and simply brilliant companions to have, no matter if you're a large, extended family, or a bachelor enjoying the single life. Dogs are not all created equal however, as each one is of a distinctive breed, and...

Increasingly, stress as a concept is being used as an explanation of a wide variety of negative phenomena which are experienced by all people, but which include nurses in particular and their patients. Nursing has been identified as a 'high stress' profession and one can hardly pick up a nursing journal, or even read a newspaper article about nursing, without finding the word stress used liberally. Examples of its use are found in relation to sickness/absence rates, high level of nursing staff turnover, discontent in nursing, the effects of unemployment, the effects of overwork, having too...