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Story: Texas 1934: Da die Kavallerie in die Infanterie eingegliedert werden soll, erhält Leutnant Marsh Buxton den Befehl, über 500 Pferde zu töten. Dabei sollen ihm vier strafversetzte Soldaten, darunter Sergeant Libbey, helfen. Nachdem die Männer die Erschießung von 100 Pferden mit ansehen mussten, einigen sie sich, die restlichen Tiere in Sicherheit zu bringen. Colonel Hardesty verfolgt sie gnadenlos und kann sie kurz vor der kanadischen Gr...

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A comprehensive and accessible introduction to ancient Mediterranean philosophy, designed specifically for use by undergraduate students.

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Immortality has been a long-explored subject. How to Live Forever is a compelling study which introduces students and professional philosophers to the possibilities of using science fiction in their work.

Philosophical speculation and science fiction are united in this: what is now obvious is most likely to be false, or at best a transient mode of being. In exploring future possibilities, the author introduces science fiction writers and contemporary philosophers alike to the riches of their twin traditions. What is the likely future of our species? What sort of global religious feeling is likely to prevail? How far can we go in engineering liv...

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I don't know what it is or what it isn't. I don't know how it works or functions. I don't know if it's magic, pure evil straight from hell, alien, or what. All I know is what it does when the lights go out. And I know I never want to be in the same room with it in the dark." A mysterious and deadly threat-housed in a strange puzzle box-has found its way to the humble town of Timbuk, Pennsylvania. The object's origins reach all the way bac...

I don't know what it is or what it isn't. I don't know how it works or functions. I don't know if it's magic, pure evil straight from hell, alien, or what. All I know is what it does when the lights go out. And I know I never want to be in the same room with it in the dark." A mysterious and deadly threat-housed in a strange puzzle box-has found its way to the humble town of Timbuk, Pennsylvania. The object's origins reach all the way bac...

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Excerpt from The Normal Grammar: Analytic and Synthetic, Illustrated by DiagramsThe many and varied criticisms of these books by intelligent independent Teachers who have used them, the Author's extended careful study of the science, his full recognition Of the errors and defects of his previous works, justify the preparation of the normal grammar, which - based on the same system and methods of his former works - claims to be an improvement o...

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Offering a detailed study of early 20th-century essayist, poet, novelist, political campaigner, and theologian G.K. Chesterton, author Stephen R.L. Clark explores Chesterton's ideas and arguments in their historical context, while also tracing the history of the early science fiction movement.

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