New Releases by Keith Roberts

Discover your perfect balance with a combination of ancient Eastern wisdom and timeless business advice In The Zen of Business: Ancient Wisdom to Help Modern Leaders Lead with Intention, Clarity, and Purpose, transformational speaker and leadership expert Keith Roberts delivers an exhilarating guide to personal growth and professional success that incorporates ancient Buddhist wisdom, including the principles of karma, the Eightfold Path, and other Eastern philosophy mainstays. You''ll learn how you can apply this timeless guidance to modern business to increase your profit and impact. Beginning with the concept of Ikigai, a Japanese term that means “a reason for being,” the book moves you through guided exercises and reflective practices that lead you on a journey to uncover your own life''s purpose and vision. Inside the book: A collection of Zen tools and techniques you can apply to your business and personal life Strategies to cultivate mindfulness, enhance focus, and promote ethical decision-making A combination of proven, ancient practices with established business techniques Perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders, The Zen of Business is also a can''t-miss resource for entrepreneurs, founders, freelancers, and small business owners seeking balance, success, and happiness in business and in life.

The OAK Journal is designed to help you accomplish your business, personal and/or family goals in the next 90 days.

Captain MacDavidson with the JMPD has a serial killer or killers on the loose. Can the former Marine and his partner find the killer or killers, before they are pushed over the edge from PTSD flashbacks? Can Mac keep it all together and do the job he knows he has to do? Will more innocent lives be taken by the killer or killers?

A selection of photographs: small details of the house occupied by Peter Graham in Mourjou, France, compiled as a tribute to him after his death on 6th July 2020

Welcome to the 10th Science Fiction MEGAPACKTM! This time we present 30 stories (including several full-length novels) by some of the biggest and best in the science fiction field, plus 2 poems and the first (of 3) installments in our first novel serial. From David Gerrold's "The Martian Child" (winner of the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, and HOMer Award) to brand new works published here for the first time by David Gerrold and Lawrence Watt-Evans to modern masterpieces by Pamela Sargent and Jay Lake to classics by E.E. "Doc Smith" and Alan E. Nourse -- we have everything a science fiction fan could want. Almost 1,500 pages of great reading! Fiction: TORQUING VACUUM, by Jay Lake COLLECTORS, by Pamela Sargent VICTORY, by Lester del Rey THE TREE OF LIFE, by C. L. Moore YE OLDE RESIGNATION, by Rhys Hughes FACE TO FACE, by Adrian Cole BEYOND THE THUNDER, by H. B. Hickey CAPTIVES OF THE THIEVE-STAR, by James H. Schmitz THE DEEPS, by Keith Roberts MADMEN MUSTERED, by Connor Freff Cochran EXILE FROM SPACE, by Judith Merril THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: THE CHAIRMAN DANCES, by David Gerrold THE FROZEN PLANET, by Keith Laumer THE TAIL-TIED KINGS, by Avram Davidson THE GRAIN KINGS, by Keith Roberts HIS MASTER'S VOICE, by Randall Garrett BACK TO JULIE, by Richard Wilson BRIGHTSIDE CROSSING, by Alan E. Nourse THE SECRET OF THE SCARAB, by Ron Goulart REINVENTING CARL HOBBS, by James Glass THE OLD SHILL GAME, by H.B. Fyfe NOTES TOWARD A NEW TRAIT AS REVEALED BY CORRELATION AMONG ITEMS OF THE MMMPI, by M. Purrzillo, U. R. A. Ferball, and C. Kitirun THE SLEEPER IS A REBEL, by Bryce Walton THE TEACHER FROM MARS, by Eando Binder NIF'S WORLD, by Lawrence Watt-Evans A MAN OBSESSED, by Alan E. Nourse FIRST LENSMAN, by E.E. “Doc” Smith REINCARNATE, by Lester del Rey THE MAN WHO LIVED FOREVER, by R. DeWitt Miller and Anna Hunger THE MARTIAN CHILD, by David Gerrold Poetry: I’VE NEVER SEEN, by Hannes Bok (poem) THOUGHT AND SPACE, by Ray Bradbury Novel Serial: FIREBIRD, by Tony Rothman (part 1 of 3) If you enjoy this MEGAPACKTM, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 240+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns -- and much, much more!

Essential Cell Biology provides a readily accessible introduction to the central concepts of cell biology, and its lively, clear writing and exceptional illustrations make it the ideal textbook for a first course in both cell and molecular biology. The text and figures are easy-to-follow, accurate, clear, and engaging for the introductory student. Molecular detail has been kept to a minimum in order to provide the reader with a cohesive conceptual framework for the basic science that underlies our current understanding of all of biology, including the biomedical sciences. The Fourth Edition has been thoroughly revised, and covers the latest developments in this fast-moving field, yet retains the academic level and length of the previous edition. The book is accompanied by a rich package of online student and instructor resources, including over 130 narrated movies, an expanded and updated Question Bank. Essential Cell Biology, Fourth Edition is additionally supported by the Garland Science Learning System. This homework platform is designed to evaluate and improve student performance and allows instructors to select assignments on specific topics and review the performance of the entire class, as well as individual students, via the instructor dashboard. Students receive immediate feedback on their mastery of the topics, and will be better prepared for lectures and classroom discussions. The user-friendly system provides a convenient way to engage students while assessing progress. Performance data can be used to tailor classroom discussion, activities, and lectures to address students’ needs precisely and efficiently. For more information and sample material, visit http://garlandscience.rocketmix.com/.

"As the amount of information in biology expands dramatically, it becomes increasingly important for textbooks to distill the vast amount of scientific knowledge into concise principles and enduring concepts. As with previous editions, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Sixth Edition accomplishes this goal with clear writing and beautiful illustrations. The Sixth Edition has been extensively revised and updated with the latest research in the field of cell biology, and it provides an exceptional framework for teaching and learning. The entire illustration program has been greatly enhanced. Protein structures better illustrate structure-function relationships, icons are simpler and more consistent within and between chapters, and micrographs have been refreshed and updated with newer, clearer, or better images. As a new feature, each chapter now contains intriguing open-ended questions highlighting "What We Don''t Know," introducing students to challenging areas of future research. Updated end-of-chapter problems reflect new research discussed in the text. Thought-provoking end-of-chapter questions have been expanded to all chapters, including questions on developmental biology, tissues and stem cells, the immune system, and pathogens"--Provided by publisher.

As author and illustrator, Keith Roberts did more than most to define the look of UK science fiction magazines in the 1960s. In addition to his BFSA Award wins, he was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Awards. He is perhaps best known for his seminal alternate history novel, Pavane, but his work covered a broad range of SF''s tropes and settings, as can be seen from the titles collected in this omnibus: The Chalk Giants, Kiteworld and The Grain Kings. THE CHALK GIANTS: After the apocalypse the hazardous evolution of mankind continues. And in primeval response to the disaster, humanity''s solutions to catastrophe carve the harsh new world in violent patterns of magic and myth, rite and religion. Brave images scar the ancient hills, the clash of swords and the ageless power of sexuality sign-post another, bloodsoaked path to civilisation. KITEWORLD: Powerful churches have long kept their grip on the people with a theology of fear that makes formidable demons out of the poor, weak mutants of the surrounding badlands. To ward off these specters, an elaborate, tradition-encrusted system of kites with hex signs or armed observers fly over the realm. The men of this Kite Corps, performing hazardous duty to sustain a myth, are driven to find a separate peace, to transform, if they can, disillusionment into enlightenment, to move forward from an assumption of guilt to an assumption of responsibility. THE GRAIN KINGS: They call them The Grain Kings. Gigantic mechanical monarchs of the wheat-bearing plains that were once the frozen Alaskan wastes. Whole eco-systems in themselves, they can supply the food so desperately needed by the teeming millions of our overpopulated planet. But even now, as the whole world waits in hungry suspense, the great powers battle for control of the prairies and two competing combine harvesters find they are heading on a course of collision.

Winner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 1987 Meet Gráinne: blue-stocking seductress, darling of the media, painfully human yet mysterious as her great namesake, the proud girl-goddess who plunged all Ireland into war and shadow...

Kaeti and her companions inhabit a strange world; a ''theatre of the mind'' where the unexpected is commonplace, where ghosts, vampires and even the odd goddess may be encountered at any turn. It is a tribute to the author''s skill that Kaeti''s world seems, at all times, as real as our own, sometimes uncomfortably so. Whether satirising the mores of the Thames Valley or exposing the curious antics of the publishing world, Roberts is equally at home. He explores the gamut of human emotions; high comedy alternates with terror, the most delicate of love scenes are set against the iron dreariness of Death Row. Always though, at the focus, is Kaeti; witty and resourceful, resilient and vulnerable by turns. Some characters may change their roles with lightning speed, like the players i n a repertory company - but Kaeti remains. As does London. Robert always displays a knowledge of a city haunted by its own past, and a love for its highways and byways, that will surprise old fans and win him many new admirers.

Ladies from Hell contains five long stories. "The Shack at Great Cross Halt" describes a Britain dominated by motorways, juggernauts and a tyranny, in which the unfortunates of society eke out a miserable existence scavenging items that fall off lorries. "The Ministry of Children" shows comprehensive schools having become terrifying battlegrounds dominated by vicious gangs. "The Big Fans" concerns an experiment in wind-powered electricity which accidentally unleashes an apocalyptic storm of effects. "Our Lady of Destruction" ironically depicts a future in which a Stalinist British government taxes ''non-productive'' people (i.e. artists) at over 100% and assigns them individual Overseers to regulate their work. "Missa Privata" shows an opera singer in a communist-dominated Britain making a defiant individual gesture which will bring about her own ruin. These are not stories of spaceships and alien worlds; rather they are studies of imminent social change, written out of passionate concern about the directions in which our society may be heading - stories, in fact, in the great Orwellian tradition. Most importantly, they are stories about people: believable, defiant individuals struggling against oppressive forces.

Kaeti branches out, moves farther from her beloved London. In the process she makes a whole range of new, intriguing friends; and lands herself in some scrapes startling even by her standards. The shadows she sprays on the pavement of a Thames Valley town come alive to haunt her; later, the magic Tiger Sweater she acquires does more than haunt the subjects of her wrath. While for a time her latest experience of France also looks like being her last. In a Thames-side hotel she conjures Hell on request; on a deserted airfield, and in the Green Palace, Glasgow, Hell returns to haunt her. In the West Country, she meets an eighteenth century benefactress; or is she? Certainly the experience lands Kaeti in hospital; for a while it seems she''s about to cross the Bridge of Dreams herself. Finally she circles back to London'' but a London neither you nor she has never seen... But it''s all in a day''s work for Kaeti, the Bow Bells actress who is in touch with things magical and eternal.

Welcome to a haunted world; the world of Keith Roberts'' powerful and unique imagination. These stories show Roberts'' fascination for the curious and unclassifiable; and as ever, his mastery of character and detail. ''Susan'' introduces the reader to a schoolgirl with awesome psychic powers; but the sensitive treatment turns a shock situation into a brilliant fable, while ''The Scarlet Lady'', predating Stephen King''s Christine, has the genuine stench of petrol, oil and demons. ''The Eastern Windows'' chillingly continues the theme; by contrast, ''Winderwood'' introduces us to a fearsome locale that Roberts insists is real. ''Mrs. Cibber'' transports the reader, with complete conviction, to the smog-ridden London of the fifties and unfolds the strange tale of a young graphic designer haunted by a woman from the eighteenth century. ''The Snake Princess'', equally atmospheric, tells the story of a boy''s doomed, bizarre love, while ''Everything in the Garden'' presents the tour de force of a haunting within a haunting.

A careful examination of the development of infantry tactics from the late sixteenth to middle seventeenth century.

The Realm of Kiteworld has survived nuclear catastrophe and is governed by a feudal and militant religious oligarchy - the Church Variant. In the outer Badlands, real or imagined Demons are kept at bay by flying defensive structures of giant interlocking Cody kites piloted by an elite and brave Corps of Observers. Through a series of Kite stories we are drawn compellingly into a strange but recognizable world where loyalty to the Corps is everything and non-conformity is a sin. Keith Roberts depicts the fortunes, passions and failings of his characters against this background of a fragile and superstitious society. As the fanatical Ultras embark on a religious campaign of destruction, the Realm starts to disintegrate fast.

AFTER THE APOCALYPSE the hazardous evolution of mankind continues. And in primeval response to the disaster, humanity''s solutions to catastrophe carve the harsh new world in violent patterns of magic and myth, rite and religion. Brave images scar the ancient hills, the clash of swords and the ageless power of sexuality sign-post another, bloodsoaked path to civilisation.

To understand business and its political, cultural, and economic context, it helps to view it historically, yet most business histories look no further back than the nineteenth century. The full sweep of business history actually begins much earlier, with the initial cities of Mesopotamia. In the first book to describe and explain these origins, Roberts depicts the society of ancient traders and consumers, tracing the roots of modern business and underscoring the relationship between early and modern business practice. Roberts''s narrative begins before business, which he defines as selling to voluntary buyers at a profit. Before business, he shows, the material conditions and concepts for the pursuit of profit did not exist, even though trade and manufacturing took place. The earliest business, he suggests, arose with the long distance trade of early Mesopotamia, and expanded into retail, manufacturing and finance in these command economies, culminating in the Middle Eastern empires. (Part One) But it was the largely independent rise of business, money, and markets in classical Greece that produced business much as we know it. Alexander the Great''s conquests and the societies that his successors created in their kingdoms brought a version of this system to the old Middle Eastern empires, and beyond. (Part Two) At Rome this entrepreneurial market system gained important new features, including business corporations, public contracting, and even shopping malls. The story concludes with the sharp decline of business after the 3rd century CE. (Part Three) In each part, Roberts portrays the major new types of business coming into existence. He weaves these descriptions into a narrative of how the prevailing political, economic, and social culture shaped the nature and importance of business and the status, wealth, and treatment of business people. Throughout, the discussion indicates how much (and how little) business has changed, provides a clear picture of what business actually is, presents a model for understanding the social impact of business as a whole, and yields stimulating insights for public policy today.

A historian of the English Civil Wars shares a fascinating study of the seventeenth century New Model Army, examining its formation, tactics, and significance. The New Model Army was one of the best-known and most effective armies ever raised in England. Oliver Cromwell was both its greatest battlefield commander and the political leader whose position depended on its support. In this meticulously researched and accessible new study, Keith Roberts describes how Cromwell''s army was recruited, inspired, organized, trained, and equipped. He also sets its strategic and tactical operation in the context of the theory and practice of warfare in seventeenth-century Europe.

This book tells how on 23 October 1642 the Royalist and Parliamentary Armies met at Edgehill for their first major engagement. The battle did not prove decisive and the stage was set for a prolonged and bloody civil war.

The battle of Newbury was the turning point of the English Civil War. By August 1643 the King''s cause was very much in the ascent. Parliament armies had been crushed at Adwalton Moor and Roundway Down and the Royalists had taken Bristol. When they summoned Gloucester to surrender on 10 August, the city''s only hope was a Parliament relief army. The London Trained Bands joined the Earl of Essex''s expedition and when battle was joined at Newbury the Londoners more than held their own against the best of the King''s cavalry. With the citizens of London so firmly committed to Parliament''s cause and the King''s cavalry no longer invincible, the balance of power had shifted irretrievably. The battle of Newbury was the turning point of the English Civil War. By August 1643 the King''s cause was very much in the ascent. Parliament armies had been crushed at Adwalton Moor and Roundway Down and the Royalists had taken Bristol. When they summoned Gloucester to surrender on 10 August the city''s only hope was a Parliament relief army. The London Trained Bands joined the Earl of Essex''s expedition and when battle was joined at Newbury the Londoners more than held their own against the best of the King''s cavalry. With the citizens of London so firmly committed to Parliament''s cause and the King''s cavalry no longer invincible the balance of power had shifted irretrievably. This book details one of the decisive campaigns of the English Civil War, which marked a turning point in the course of the conflict.

Inspired by the Provisional Irish Republican Army assassination attempt on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government at Grand Hotel, Brighton England in 1984, this story is seen through the eyes of an embittered former British policeman, against the background of the Irish "troubles".

The military adventures and romantic escapades of a young Roman soldier early in the first century.