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Examines how the music in Val Lewton's horror films enhanced the films' aesthetics and visual style

As America prepares to pull out of the “forever war” in Afghanistan, chaotic forces are unleashed. Against this turbulent background, infantryman Private Scott Good, narrowly escaping an ambush of his patrol convoy by militants, flees up into the forbidding mountains in the north-east of the country. As winter approaches, how long can he survive, living from hand-to-mouth with such scarce resources, and in complete isolation?When he finds a mysterious and beautiful alexandrite gemstone, he comes to believe it might be his ticket out of poverty, especially as it has a transformative effect on the people and animals he meets in the valleys. But soon events beyond the former soldier’s control overtake him and the whole nation, and he is plunged, once again, into a new struggle for escape, this time in the direction of India-controlled Kashmir.

Focusing on the theme of travel and exploration, this collection features a total of 112 descriptive poems. Sixty-four of these poems reflect the poet's experiences in South Africa, while the remaining forty-eight capture the essence of various locations across Africa, Europe, the UK, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and the United States. Each poem vividly evokes the beauty and diversity of these places, offering readers a journey through the poet's personal encounters and observations.

Set against the backdrop of Roman rule in the Holy Land, this historical novel explores the formative years of Jesus, known as Yeshua in Aramaic. The narrative weaves together biblical accounts from the gospels of Luke and Matthew with rich, researched details about the era, including the Star of Bethlehem and King Herod's reign. Enhanced by a poetic prologue, an extensive glossary, and original illustrations, the story immerses readers in the challenges faced by the Holy Family during a tumultuous time in history.

Set in a dystopian Tokyo of the 2040s, unenhanced humans struggle against the overwhelming dominance of superhuman cyborgs and robots. As society shifts towards automation, the human population dwindles due to depopulation, prompting a desperate fight for survival and the reclamation of their rights. The narrative explores themes of resistance, identity, and the consequences of technological advancement, highlighting the stark contrast between human vulnerability and machine efficiency in a rapidly changing world.

E pluribus unum was suggested for the national seal in 1776, but national oneness has been haunted by its opposite ever since. We Are Not One People demonstrates how the persistence of separatist movements in American history reveals as much about the nation's politics as it does the would-be separatists. Each chapter explores how great swaths of Americans of every ideological stripe, in good times and bad, in and beyond the South, have disputed the nation's oneness and stressed its divisibility. Trumpeted in American myths, mottos, movies, and songs, separatism is omnipresent in American political culture. Separatist rhetoric has shaped Americans' experience of what it means to be an American, and we can learn much about the durable appeal and enduring fragility of the United States from those who tried to leave it. As one Vermont separatist quips, leaving is as American "as apple pie."We Are Not One People is a bold, pathbreaking, and far-reaching account of disunionists from 1776 to the present who wanted, as phrased in the Declaration of Independence, "to dissolve the political bands" connecting them to other Americans.

Within us, cells are dying and being recycled each day, while Earth itself renews each Spring. Mentally, we can be renewed, too, when second chances present themselves, or when we turn over a new page, or just make some small, but positive, change. In the spiritual life, there's the idea of being born again, or simply enjoying a time of refreshing of the spirit. In health, there's a constant search for healing, wellness and wholeness. In Rebirths, his third and final volume of haiku, Michael J. Lee focuses on the forces of rejuvenation throughout creation and in the human world. Simple and strong verses share moments of transient inspiration in experiences with God, nature, the African bush and in interactions with significant others. SUMMER EVE Under moon and stars, in the pool, I feel so real: held up by water. ON DUST Dust can be stardust, Walk humbly over Earth's crust: cosmos of powder.

Heartbeat is a work of science faction describing in painstaking detail the true events, both dramatic and intense, of the world’s first human heart transplant carried out by Professor Christiaan Barnard and his heart team at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, in the early hours of the 3rd of December 1967.The story recreates the textures and emotions of this extraordinary episode in medical history and depicts the pioneering operation as a race against time to save a man’s life and, at the same time, to give lasting meaning to a loving young woman’s tragic demise.Get your copy today!

In Michael J. Lee’s second volume of haiku, the poet presents 355 new poems in his highly personal style, including impressions of the world and nature passing him by, reflections of single insights or statements of ideas and principles of life. Vivid and authentic expressions, Lee’s haiku encapsulate thoughts and experiences with an unexpected force achieved through clarity of vision, intensity of feeling and precision of language.Haiku in Not Yet in Heaven capture moments in time when living seemed to be at its most real for the poet. From commenting on current social issues to observing the four seasons at work, and from providing local colour about life in Cape Town to encapsulating speculative thoughts about God, these miniature verses will stimulate the reader’s own perceptions and thinking.In a universe made up of atoms and other particles endlessly recycling, life comes to us mostly in small, but potent, moments.SunbirdSpring must be near, a ruby red blossom brings a green sunbird here.