In “The Prize of Peril,” everyone lives on . . . because when someone is about to die, the emergency squad is always there to bring that person back—whether he or she wants it or not. The seven other stories in this collection are “The Humours,” “Triplication,” “The Minimum Man,” “If the Red Slayer,” “The Store of the Worlds,” “The Gun Without a Bang,” and “The Deaths of Ben Baxter.” From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was “a precursor to Douglas Adams.”

The book's introduction is written by a fictional editor and compiler working at a future time after 3000 AD, narrating the adventures of Joenes, a semi-legendary figure of the 21st Century whose philosophy has permeated the world until a few years before the time of writing. From the introduction, the reader learns that this future civilization is dominated by Polynesians; that some great cataclysm overtook the world during Joenes' lifetime; that only fragmentary information of that time has survived, mostly by oral tradition carried on by story-tellers on various Pacific islands, being compiled and written down after a thousand years; and that the people of that future find it difficult to understand our time - and while knowing that it possessed some technological achievements they don't have, they don't feel envious nor are they eager to re-discover these secrets.

A mysterious alien woman persuades Bashir to gamble for her at Quarks, but the more he wins the more things go wrong in the Federation ships missing suns go nova. When Bashir tries to stop gambling a warfleet appears and forces him to continue ....

Først utgitt 1961. Noveller. The resourceful vacuum cleaner that falls in love with a suburban wife ... A mechanical permieter guard that nearly kills his controller ... The mild mannered man who, thatnks to the god Thoth-Hermes, need never again be pushed around by authority ... A quintessential collection of sixteen tales to delight and intrigue every SF enthusiast.

GENOCIDE by David Bischoff. The alien queen is dead, the hive mind left to flounder...and on a world bereft of its leader two strains of Alien divide their forces for world-shattering, acid-drenched war. On Earth, in the wake of alien infestation, athletes are flocking to humanity's Goodwill Games. But some come with a deadly new tool: a drug called Fire, distilled from the very essence of the Aliens' body chemistry.The military wants it. Pharmaceutical kingpin Daniel Grant wants it. But the only place the essential ingredient can be found is on that terrible world, convulsed by Alien holocaust. ALIEN HARVEST by Robert Sheckley. Royal jelly, the most illicit of Alien by-products, is keeping Dr Stan Myakovsky alive. A once-famous scientist fallen on hard times, Stan is fighting off the repo-men and trying hard to patent the cybernetic ant that will reinstate his reputation. Julie Lish is beautiful, mysterious, and totally amoral. She has a plan so outrageous that there might be one chance in a million to pull it off.Together they make an attempt to grab the ultimate treasure-royal jelly from an Alien hive.

Stories by David Drake, Peter Morwood, Robert Sheckley, Steve Perry, and Bill Fawcett highlight a shared-concept anthology about a far distant group of space colonists who are facing the threat of the Gerins, a merciless race of alien invaders bent on total destruction

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The notion that intelligence is somehow related to race is a notoriously tenacious issue in America. Anthropologist Alexander Alland provides the most comprehensive overview of the recent history of research on race and IQ, offering critiques of the biological determinism of Carlton Coon, Arthur Jensen, Cyril Burt, Robert Ardrey, Konrad Lorenz, William Shockley, Michael Levin, and others. This reasoned, authoritative history also explains the basis of evolutionary genetics for the general reader, concluding that biologically, race cannot explain human variation. Written in a lively, conversational style, Alland imparts real, substantive scientific arguments, cuts through the ideological posturing and jargon that so often characterizes discussions about race, and shows us a more nuanced and scientifically valid way to understand the diversity that is the human condition.

This hugely popular textbook has established itself as the topically organized textbook teachers and researchers trust for the most up-to-date perspectives on child and adolescent development.

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<p>This book makes basic pricing concepts more accessible to business students through a simple unified system for the setting and management of prices. Robert M. Schindler demystifies the formulas used in pricing and shows students how they can do the math necessary for making effective price-related decisions. He demonstrates how pricing should be guided by the marketing concept, focusing on the needs and sensitivities of the customer, showing that an understanding of consumer behavior is central to core pricing questions. Chapters end with discussion questions and exercises to help reinforce what students have learned.</p><p><p><b>Key Features</b></p><p><b></b></p><p><p><b>* Provides a simple, consistent framework for setting and managing prices, applying Thomas Nagle's idea of a price-change breakeven analysis</b></p><p><b>* Uses intuitive mathematical techniques and only a small number of formulas and mathematical concepts, to reduce student anxiety and reinforce understanding</b></p><p><b>* Focuses on consumer needs and behavior, showing how the practice of pricing benefits from a customer focus as much as do marketing practices such as advertising or product design</b></p><p><b>* Includes examples and illustrations that students can relate to from retail businesses and small businesses that are easy to understand and illustrate basic pricing principles</b></p><p><b>* Grounds pricing discussion in practical theory, making consistent use of a small number of key concepts that students can master and therefore use </b></p><p><b></b></p><p><b>An Instructor Teaching Site at www.sagepub.com/schindler provides password-protected resources including PowerPoint slides, answers to chapter questions, full-text SAGE journal articles, teaching tips, and figures and tables from the book in any easily-downloadable format.</b></p>

Robert Marks lykkes i denne boka i å skrive både lettlest og grundig om intet mindre enn verdens utvikling - og han gjør det i et genuint globalt perspektiv. Boka viser for det første at globalisering ikke er noe som startet sent i forrige århundre, men at det har røtter langt tilbake. Han forklarer ikke Vestens forsprang som noe naturgitt, som er en beskrivelse med fordommer mot andre deler av verden, men viser at andre kontinenter og kulturer har vært minst like framstående. Marks eminente sammenfatning av moderne, global forskning på historieområdet burde derfor mane til ettertanke om Vestens fortreffelighet. Dette er en bok for alle som ønsker å forstå den verden vi lever i.

I 1995 forsvinner 17 år gamle Isabell Lilleng fra Rømskog. Robert Taule er nylig løslatt etter en voldtektsdom og blir straks hovedmistenkt. Så forsvinner også han. Etter at lensmannen går av med pensjon, blir han besatt av å løse saken. En livstruende sykdom gjør at tiden hans er knapp. Hvor nær sannheten rekker han å komme før han blir borte for alltid? I nåtid blir Isabells levninger funnet. Anton Brekke blir engasjert av truecrimejournalist Kristian Bolstad, som vil lage podkast om forsvinningen. De begynner å tråkke opp en ny, ukjent sti for å løse saken før politiet gjør det. Men Isabells morder er villig til å gjøre alt for å holde seg skjult.

Denne boka gir leseren et første innblikk i Det gamle testamentets teologi og virkningshistorie. I stedet for å gi en tradisjonell innledning til Det gamle testamentet – med en innføring i alle skriftene og drøfting av forfatterspørsmål og datering – står synet på Gud, verden og mennesket sentralt i fremstillingen. Det gamle testamentet utgjør første del av den kristne Bibel, og sammenhengen mellom Det gamle og Det nye testamentet kommenteres gjennom boken. Det gamle testamentet og den kristne Bibel har vært en inspirasjonskilde for musikk, billedkunst og skulptur gjennom flere hundre år. Menneskets forhold til Gud, tro og tvil, skyld og soning er evige i kunsten. Moderne artister som Nick Cave, Bono, Svein Tindberg, Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Suzanne Vega og Ingvar Ambjørnsen bruker også Bibelen i sine uttrykk. Boken gir oss et innblikk i Bibelens innflytelse på både kulturen vi er en del av, og språket vårt. Boken er spennende og aktuell og er primært rettet mot lærerutdanningen og dem som underviser i faget religion, livssyn og etikk (RLE). Robert W. Kvalvaag er cand.theol. og har også studert religionshistorie og vært stipendiat i bibelfag ved Menighetsfakultetet. Han har undervisningserfaring fra ungdomsskolen og er nå førstelektor ved Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus. Kvalvaag har også skrevet boken Det guddommelige jeg og publisert en rekke artikler i norske og utenlandske tidsskrifter.