PSI-Battles: The Ascension is a thrilling, thought provoking fantasy. Victor, a graduate student at Grace University, is only concerned about getting good grades and getting Rose’s attention. Then suddenly it starts to happen…people across the campus are suddenly and inexplicably psychically attacked by a mysterious assailant—with devastating effects. Victor never really believed in ESP before, but now he’s not so sure. Will our hero discover the identity of this unknown telepathic attacker? How can someone even dream of stopping assaults caused by something so fantastic? More importantly, how will our untried hero respond to the call to complete a mystical transformation that could reveal the blissful, inner Power and Wisdom that might save them all, if only he completes it in time? PSI-Battles: The Ascension is intensely fascinating to people interested in exciting fantasy and remarkable extrasensory experiences. A definite “must read”.
At the heart of the parapsychology (psi) battle are two types of phenomena: extra-sensory perception and psycho-kinesis. Neither effect can be explained by ordinary science, so parapsychologists with evidence that they are real are accused of bad scienceor bad faith or both.
The Flash of a silver sided space ship in flight or the zap or a well aimed laser shot. A slobbering space mutant lurks in a forgotten colonies ruins while the lure of the unknown voids of space awaits. Terra Nova explores the space lanes of a Sol system recently torn apart by a solar civil war. Earth and Mars holds to an unsteady peace while the surviving settlements in space struggle to recover. Would you play a Space Ranger, charged with maintaining the fragile peace, a Scientist explore the unknown or a Psion in search of adventure. Herein you will find a simple set of rules, versatile in their simplicity and waiting for your group to explore the planets of the Sol system of the future. Included also, a short solitary T&T adventure. You awake from stasis to find a ship in decay and your memories gone. Time as passed and you are left to find out not only what has happened but clues to your own past. This T&T solo is playable by any newly created Terra Nova Hero.
How do state parties react to the challenge of peripheral parties demanding political power to be devolved to their culturally distinct territories? Is devolution the best response to these demands? Why do national governments implement devolution given the high risk that devolution will encourage peripheral parties to demand ever more devolved powers? The aim of this book is to answer these questions through a comparative analysis of devolution in four European countries: Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The author argues that electoral competition between state and peripheral parties pushes some state parties to prefer devolution at some particular point in time. Devolution is an electoral strategy adopted in order to make it more difficult in the long term for peripheral parties to increase their electoral support by claiming the monopoly of representation of the peripheral territory and the people in it. The strategy of devolution is preferred over short-term tactics of convergence towards the peripheral programmatic agenda because the pro-periphery tactics of state parties in unitary centralised states are not credible in the eyes of voters. The price that state parties pay for making their electoral tactics credible is the 'entrenchment' of the devolution programmatic agenda in the electoral arena. The final implication of this argument is that in democratic systems devolution is not a decision to protect the state from the secessionist threat. It is, instead, a decision by state parties to protect their needed electoral majorities. Comparative Politics is a series for students, teachers, and researchers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The Comparative Politics series is edited by Professor David M. Farrell, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Kenneth Carty, Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia, and Professor Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Institute of Political Science, Philipps University, Marburg.
When Steve Rogers accompanies a congressional delegation to Eastern Europe, he is confronted by memories from the Second World War, and when the peaceful tour of the region is upended by a series of seemingly random attacks by super-powered opponents, Captain America is forced back on the offensive. Accompanied by Black Widow, Cap undertakes an investigation that uncovers a nefarious plan that could have devastating consequences for the world. Captain America: The Never-Ending Battle takes the Star-Spangled Avenger on a whirlwind tour that forces him to come to terms with his past as he struggles to establish peace for the future. Written by writer and veteran comics editor Robert Greenberger, this novel puts Cap to the test in surprising and unexpected ways that bring his life full circle.
How philosophical differences between Eurozone nations led to the Euro crisis—and where to go from here Why is Europe’s great monetary endeavor, the Euro, in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Eurozone nations has left observers wondering whether the currency union can survive. In this book, Markus Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre Landau argue that the core problem with the Euro lies in the philosophical differences between the founding countries of the Eurozone, particularly Germany and France. But the authors also show how these seemingly incompatible differences can be reconciled to ensure Europe’s survival. Weaving together economic analysis and historical reflection, The Euro and the Battle of Ideas provides a forensic investigation and a road map for Europe’s future.
This report examines Mali’s counterterrorism requirements in light of recent evolutions in the country’s security environment: The terrorist threat in Mali is growing, but Mali’s military remains largely ineffective. It is not possible to strengthen Mali’s counterterrorism capabilities in isolation from its general military capabilities, which are in need of fundamental reform.
