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This book has great detail of the different types of worms. The pictures/photos are clear and of an accurate size. It explains Life cycles, Treatment and Control for each different type of worm. The book is written in general plain english (for the normal person to understand) not techincal veterinary terminology, although this is also available through this book. It also covers pasture management, skin conditions, bacterial and fungal diseases, plus heaps more.This is a must for every concern horse owner/trainer.

Peacekeeping On The Plains: Army Operations In Bleeding Kansas by Tony R. Mullis (Assistant Professor of History, United States Air Force/Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, Alabama) examines a violent microcosm of American history that served as a precursor to the civil war. Examining the useage of the army to conduct police and peacekeeping duties in the newly formed Kansas and Nebraska territories, Peacekeeping On The Plains offers a meticulous analysis of facts and records, regarding the true story of human greed, desperation, ruthlessness, and military efforts to contain potential riots with a strictly scholarly tone. Highly recommended, especially for American history and reference shelves.

This book is meant to help non-professionals learn to help others with personal problems. It breaks down the components of peer counseling, how to develop as a peer counseling trainer, how to set up a peer counseling program, and much more.

Book # 23 of this Space Opera continues the first huge story arc, which began in book # 21 "The Cosmic Decoy", and concludes in Book # 41, "The Earth Dies".

These mega-stories are called "bands" in the original German. This band deals with the first true encounter between the fledgling fleet of Terra and the might of the galactic empire.

Cadet Tifflor, who escaped from the Springers in "episode" # 22, now faces even more peril. Rhodan sends the mouse-beaver, Pucky, to "Snowball" - the icy planet where Tifflor and what remains of his crew are awaiting rescue. Pucky has his usual brand of 'fun' with the Springer ships looking for Tifflor - with the expected result of the Springers moving away from the ice bound world. Tifflor and his band of mostly cadets of the Space Academy must remain behind on Snowball as a sort of rear guard. Pucky remains behind as well, just in case the Springers get the bright idea to return while the Terranian fleet is off on another mission. Rhodan learns why the Springer agents are undetectable to his Mutant Corps - they are robots!

Next "episode" - Number 24 - "Infinity Flight".

I've never been this impressed by a series. I'm reminded of old cliffhanger serials like "Buck Rodgers" or "Flash Gordon" when reading these marvelous books. This series is still being published in Germany and is now well over 2,000 stories. It's too bad American publishers stopped after only about 120 books. I had to learn to speak, read, and write German in order to continue reading Perry Rhodan.

This book contains another editorial, another science fiction movie section, and another letters column. There are also extra stories - one continuing adventure, similar to a serial, and some "Shock Shorts" - continuing a series of SF short stories at the end of each book. Although these stories have nothing to do with Perry Rhodan, they are worth looking at.

It's well worth reading the entire Rhodan series.

This book goes into the real world of business by examining the basic cause of most business failures--a breakup of the partnership among those who started or joined the business. It does not matter what form the business has--corporation, limited liability, partnership, or whatever. When things go wrong, members of the firm can involve others in crimes, tax liabilities, and other personal asset robbing schemes even when the victims have no idea what's happening. This book tells what to look for when joining with others, how to protect personal assets against government, creditors, and others who punch right through the corporate shield to strip personal bank accounts, houses, and other assets from their owners. Even if those assets had been in the family years before the business was started.

Tells what to do in setting up a company, how to use a "Key Indicator" approach to running it so as to catch malfeasance before it even affects the firm, and to keep everyone on the right track to make the firm grow.

This is an immense undertaking, and to pull it off requires some considerable level of talent. Going by his other stories, Swanwick has this. However, 118 vignettes, or short-shorts or whatever you want to call theme, and keeping it entertaining? Even harder.

Rating this is a little different I suppose, as generally it is very unlikely that you get a 4.5 or 5 for such a piece, could happen, but didn't here. To average 3.32 over 118 pieces by one author at such short length is very impressive.

However, you get some scientific background in chemistry, and a lot of amusement, from sf to superhero in this collection.

Reading and rating them is a long enough task, writing them is a mind boggling feat to contemplate. Bonus points for audacity and verve I think.

A genre for everyone here even if you don't want to read them all. Well worth having a look at online.

Symbol given in the list, actual name of the element with the rating to include both.

Periodic Table : H - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : He - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Li - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Be - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : B - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : C - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : N - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : O - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : F - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ne - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Na - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Mg - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Al - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Si - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : P - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : S - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cl - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ar - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : K - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ca - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sc - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ti - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : V - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Mn - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Fe - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Co - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ni - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Zn - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ga - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ge - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : As - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Se - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Br - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Kr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Rb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Y - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Zr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Nb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Mo - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Tc - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ru - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Rh - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pd - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ag - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cd - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : In - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sn - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Te - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : I - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Xe - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cs - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ba - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : La - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ce - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Nd - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Eu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Gd - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Tb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Dy - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ho - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Er - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Tm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Yb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Lu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Hf - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ta - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : W - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Re - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Os - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ir - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pt - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Au - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Hg - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Tl - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Bi - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Po - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : At - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Rn - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Fr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ra - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ac - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Th - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pa - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : U - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Np - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Am - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Bk - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cf - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Es - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Fm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Md - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : No - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Lr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Rf - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Db - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sg - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Bh - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Hs - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Mt - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ds - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uuu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uub - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uut - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uuq - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uup - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uuh - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uus - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uuo - Michael Swanwick

Hydrogen

Flaming zeppelin time.

3.5


Helium

Jane Carter is reluctantly a chip off the old Dejah Thoris block.

4


Lithium

Bipolar god boo-hoo.

3.5


Beryllium

Paydirt.

3.5


Boron

Making a donkey out of yourself.

3


Carbon

Physically gross.

3.5


Nitrogen

Elf night stuff.

3


Oxygen

Breathers are cute.

3.5


Fluorine

Toothpaste nanovirus.

3


Neon

D*vil Vegas.

4


Sodium

Pickle power.

3.5


Magnesium

Space Force firing performance needs junk food.

4


Aluminum

Tinfoil hat precision.

3.5


Silicon

Retroform man.

3


Phosphorus

Story hoarding.

3


Sulfur

Vitriol rankings.

3


Chlorine

Pool life creation removal.

4


Argon

Weakness detection elf kill error.

3.5


Potassium

Banana longevity transformation, you ape.

3.5


Calcium

Atrocity archive materials.

3.5


Scandium

Accidental claim discovery.

3


Titanium

Mech mash style.

3.5


Vanadium

Chicken feed element.

3


Chromium

Top down pursuit.

3


Manganese

Drawing expedition.

2.5


Iron

Bikie war reserve.

3.5


Cobalt

Elementary obsolescence.

4


Nickel

No longer scarce.

3


Copper

Asteroid magnet.

3.5


Zinc

Weapon suspicions.

4


Gallium

Monk AI's pirate mirror meltdown.

4


Germanium

Gerrymandered?

2.5


Arsenic

N*croph*l*ac lengths.

3.5


Selenium

Cavorite career-ender.

3.5


Bromine

Handy analogy.

3


Krypton

Superspoof complications.

3


Rubidium

Negotiating leeway extreme.

4


Strontium

FF, Spider-Man, Flash, the Atom and the X-Men are all really Strontium Dogs.

4


Yttrium

Word hide.

2.5


Zirconium

Virtual Blacksox.

3.5


Niobium

Boasting outlook rocky.

3.5


Molybdenum

Missile putoff.

3


Technetium

Nova swing.

3.5


Ruthenium

Tough place stories.

3


Rhodium

Second place is torture.

3


Palladium

Areogasping mistake.

3


Silver

Werewolf no joke.

4


Cadmium

Artistic star receiver.

3


Indium

Continental drift.

3


Tin

Romance time, unfortunately.

2


Antimony

Cash removal important too.

3


Tellurium

Modelling effects severe.

3.5


Iodine

Pain necessary for liberty.

4


Xenon

Ship library defence is a gas.

4


Cesium

Volatile architecture fuel for thought.

3.5


Barium

Enema art.

3


Lanthanum

Drug war.

3.5


Cerium

Chemistry publicly entertaining.

3


Praseodymium

Universal coinflip.

3.5


Neodymium

Astronaut training.

3


Promethium

Titanic ingratitude.

3.5


Samarium

Destructive cycle.

3


Europium

Neanderthal takedown.

2.5


Gadolinium

Fluorotatts.

3


Terbium

Sexbot versatility.

3


Dysprosium

Weasel word supply.

3.5


Holmium

Sloppy will get you nanowar.

3.5


Erbium

Lars-Sven, Lord of the Chemists.

3.5


Thulium

Unalloyed wizard removal joy.

4


Ytterbium

Chemistry party has the usual results.

3


Lutetium

Rescue deal fine print.

4


Hafnium

Nuclear hero revenge plot.

3.5


Tantalum

Not this again, he treats me like furniture.

3.5


Tungsten

Filament maintenance longevity doubtful.

3


Rhenium

Dragon Lady designs.

3.5


Osmium

Mr. Steenky.

3


Iridium

Tourism impact.

4


Platinum

Beauty only electroplate deep.

4


Gold

Goldfinger's dream.

3


Mercury

Do the locomotion.

3.5


Thallium

Inkdrinker survival might be a killer.

3


Lead

No gun control termination.

3.5


Bismuth

Show that bad would need pepto.

3


Polonium

Updated advice.

2.5


Astatine

Brain burn samaritan effect worth peanuts.

3.5


Radon

Aunt had ugly forest, not just stick.

3.5


Francium

Savoir fare is everywhere.

3


Radium

Research remembrance.

3


Actinium

Robot Watson points the way to reveal.

3.5


Thorium

All-Fatherborg still gets Armageddon.

4


Protactinium

Dragon Lady demands.

4


Uranium

Hot dining.

3


Neptunium

What's that song? Oh yeah, hit me with your laser beams.

3.5


Plutonium

Discovery ending preferable.

3.5


Americium

Bomb trade.

3


Curium

Heretically Inquisitive.

2


Berkelium

Zen pickup.

2.5


Californium

Paranoia Cone Rifle, but in handgun package.

3.5


Einsteinium

Unified female theory.

3


Fermium

Enrico undersupply puzzling.

3.5


Mendelevium

Boom boom celebration.

3


Nobelium

A real prize scenario that one.

3


Lawrencium

Galactic war hero.

3


Rutherfordium

Presidential quality.

3


Dubnium

Commie wya.

3


Seaborgium

Trekworld.

4


Bohrium

Splendiferous discourse.

3


Hassium

Record speaks. Lucky us.

3


Meitnerium

Fission pioneer.

4


Darmstadtium

Gang claims.

3


Unununium

Are you anticomplimenting me?

4


Ununbium

Centre cannot hold without enough hair spray.

3.5


Ununtrium

Undiscovered country. Same in for city, park, paddock, stream, lake, river, asteroid belt, epsilon eridani...

3


Ununquadium

A real stayer, transuranically speaking.

3.5


Ununpentium

Antigrav conspiracy is expensive.

3


Ununhexium

Bum's rush, witchiepoo.

3


Ununseptium

Here she comes now sayin' monad monad
Shoot 'em down turn around crunch 'em monad

4


Ununoctium

Six of one, half-life dozen of the other. Either way could be negative.

3.5

excelentes reflexiones sobre la existencia humana.
El ser humano ha crecido desde siempre con la idea de que es superior a todas las especias vivas del planeta, sin ponerlo en duda.
El ser humano es la cúspide de la evolución y no hay marcha atrás en este pensamiento.
Pero no es así ... ¿por qué no podemos aceptar la idea de que tal vez no seamos eso? ... tal vez somos solo una especie viviente más, con sus virtudes, pero también con miles de defectos.
La raza humana puede ser considerada como la plaga más grande que ha caido en la tierra. La raza humana es la peor especie viviente que se pudo desarrollar sobre el planeta.
No somos más que animales en nada superiores a otros animales o seres vivientes.
Aceptar estas reflexiones no es sencillo, es tirar por la borda toda la historia de la humanidad, es a fin de cuentas, aceptarnos como lo que somos.
Jhon Gray reflexiona profundamente en este sentido y nos da importantes argumentos para sustentar su idea. Lo hace desde una perspectiva que no es muy común y que rompe miles y miles de años de prejuicios absolutamente aceptados por todos.
Es mu interesante y realmente invita a una reflexión profunda

In book 16 of this Space Opera, we're in the middle of a short quartet of adventures on Venus.

Thora, beautiful Arkonide military commander, is still in the hands of the rebels against Perry Rhodan's New Power government. Perry takes a spaceship and attempt to rescue her, only to realize that the ship he has flown has no radio code for the secret Venusian base. Accordingly, the super computer turns on all Venusian defenses, effectively sealing the planet against any further landings. Perry and his small crew must fight on land - a land swarming with Venusian monsters and storms.

Thora's group is eventually captured by a second rebel group - a group that does not like the first rebel group, nor do they like the rule of the New Power. Perry allows Thora to remain in their camp - not only to teach her a lesson, but to allow her to cause confusion and strife among the rebels. The story concludes in #17 - "The Venus Trap".

I've never been this impressed by a series. I'm reminded of old cliffhangers like "Buck Rodgers" or "Flash Gordon" when reading these marvelous books. This series is still being published in Germany and is now well over 1,800 volumes. It's too bad American publishers stopped these after only about 120 books. I had to learn to speak, read, and write German in order to continue reading Perry Rhodan.

This book also contains another editorial, and another science fiction movie section. There is no fan letters page in this volume. But there are two stories - one continuing adventure, and one short story - beginning a series of science fiction shorts at the end of each volume of Rhodan stories. Although these stories have nothing to do with Perry Rhodan, they are worth looking at. Well worth reading the entire series.

This book consists of 2 stories from the German science fiction series. In the first, Rhodan and his 3rd Power group must stave off the world's attempts to stop his plan to bring peace to the earth before it even starts. He's forced to call on the Arkonide pilot Thora to help which leaves the Arkonide moon ship unguarded.

In the 2nd story, the story of the Mutant Corps is started as Perry leaves his base to obtain supplies. Written about 2 years before the original X-men run, the story postulates the existence of mutant humans fostered by the first A Bomb tests.

Persephone, Descending is one of those books that you immediately visualize as a movie. The author paints a narrative that is almost too real. The characters come alive, the setting is terrifying, and the conclusion blind sides you right off the path you think you're on. At a time when most horror writers are relying on aliens and science to create their monsters, this author revisits an old horror in a fresh and unique way. Set in the future, this book should appeal to sci-fi fans as well as horror. While I wouldn't recommend this book for children, adults will definitely find it to be a tour-de-force or horror.