"Finding a decades-old newspaper article detailing a tragic bus fire, which killed four tuberculosis patients, Maggie is fascinated by the reported sounds of disembodied spirits lurking around the accident site. Discovering the burned-out shell of the bus, in a forgotten corner of the woods, Maggie discovers something inside which dispels the notion that those killed were patients. They were actually students participating in a gifted-ch ..."
"Twenty-one stories exploring our world in the Near-Future! Smart phones, smart cars, smart toasters, where can this lead? Will our new, interconnected life deliver on its Bellamyian proph- esies, or will we find ourselves in an Uber-tech, Orwellian world? Such is the nature of the stories in this anthology. We asked our authors for stories envisioning life in the Near Future - a future recognizably related to the world in which we live ..."
"While setting coins on the train tracks, letting passing trains flatten them, Maggie and her friends are startled when a man, dressed in rags, races from a deserted box car into the woods. Wondering if he was homeless, they decide to follow him and see if he needs help, noticing a fifty-dollar bill on the ground. Why would a homeless man have a fifty-dollar bill?Moving through the woods, trying to track him, they come to a boarded-up tr ..."
"Welcome to the Campfire. Did you ever go camping as a kid and sit around the fire at night listening to scary stories? Creepy Campfire Quarterly features horror fiction from the most talented writers across the globe. Dark, disturbing, dramatic, or just down right creepy, these stories will entertain you. And perhaps the next time you are around a campfire, you’ll find yourself recounting a few of these haunting tales… Featuring works ..."
"For anyone who knows the history, Salem, Massachusetts has more than a few stories to tell. Travel to the Witch City within the pages of these collected short stories, and know the captivating nature of one of the oldest towns in America. Feel the summer breeze at Salem Willows and smell the scent of mulled cider drifting down Derby Street. See the wharf from a birds-eye-view, feel your toes in the sand while the sun sets over Dead Hor ..."
"Sustainability - with its promise of economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental integrity - is hardly a controversial goal. Yet scholars have generally overlooked the ways that policies aimed at promoting "sustainability" at local, national, and global scales have been shaped and constrained by capitalist social relations. This thought-provoking book reexamines sustainability conceptually and as it actually exists on the grou ..."
Mad Maggie Dupree by DavidJ. Gibbs Paperback, 186 Pages, Published 2018 by Clean Reads ISBN-13: 978-1-62135-772-8, ISBN: 1-62135-772-4
"When her dad's new job forces her family to live on the Stillwater Psychiatric Hospital grounds, twelve year old Mad Maggie Dupree resents everything about it. Between two brothers terrorizing the kids living on grounds and an annoying nerd, named Jackson, wanting to be her friend, she knows it'll be the worst summer of her life. But, when Maggie stumbles upon a secret, courtesy of the old suitcases left by discharged patients, things b ..."
Walking Man by DavidJ. Gibbs Paperback, 138 Pages, Published 1995 by Northwest Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-56901-662-6, ISBN: 1-56901-662-3
"Book by Gibb, David"
1 Oxford Anthology of Western Music: Volume One: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth Century by Robert R. Holzer, Richard Taruskin, Christopher H. Gibbs, DavidJ. Rothenberg Spiral, 544 Pages, Published 2012 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-976825-7, ISBN: 0-19-976825-0
"The Oxford Anthology of Western Music, Volume One: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth Century, accompanies chapters 1-11 of The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition*, by Richard Taruskin and Christopher H. Gibbs (9780195097627). From ancient Greek music and Christian plainchant to the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, this comprehensive volume includes a rich assortment of landmark musical scores. These inc ..."
Business Laid Bare by DavidJGibbs 270 Pages, Published 2023 by I2i Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-916732-16-2, ISBN: 1-916732-16-X
"The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the key aspects and component parts to consider regarding effective business operations, governance and the protection of company and client assets."
Empirical Knowledge on World Politics(Updated) A Summary of Quantitative Research, 1970-1991 (Bibliographies and Indexes in Law and Political Science) by Brian H. Gibbs, J. David Singer Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 1993 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27227-1, ISBN: 0-313-27227-1
"This research guide provides a comprehensive summary of all quantitative research in the World Politics field published in scholarly journals between 1970 and 1991. Each such article is summarized in terms of the central query or hypotheses, the spatial-temporal domain, the measurement of the predictor and outcome variables, the data analysis, and the findings. Article summaries are arranged alphabetically by first author. This guide co ..."
"Modern Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century: Global Experiences, edited by Jessica M. Bailey, Claudette Chin-Loy, Nikolaos Karagiannis, and Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, is a collection of essays which explores the relationships among many factors that can create and support success in a competitive environment. The authors link competitiveness with economic development, tertiary education, health insurance, socio-cultural and legal issu ..."
A Taste of The Grave Tales of The Unknown by DavidJ. Gibbs Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2014 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5007-8346-4, ISBN: 1-5007-8346-3
"A collection of 20 short stories taking the reader on a journey from following a reluctant serial killer, to a big brother who always looked out for his little brother, to an alchemist on the brink of a discovery each one of these stories of speculative fiction will not disappoint."
Once, Twice, Thrice... A Trio of Tales by DavidJ. Gibbs Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 2014 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5007-4915-6, ISBN: 1-5007-4915-X
"Three compelling tales of speculative fiction from one of Cincinnati's most imaginative authors. In the first story, a chance encounter on the street ends up becoming a fascinating journey for Everett as he finds himself a world away and entranced by the woman that he meets there. The second story is a harrowing tale of how a young boy's fascination in folklore and legend become imperative when the last outpost in the solar system ..."
"Sustainability - with its promise of economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental integrity - is hardly a controversial goal. Yet scholars have generally overlooked the ways that policies aimed at promoting "sustainability" at local, national, and global scales have been shaped and constrained by capitalist social relations. This thought-provoking book reexamines sustainability conceptually and as it actually exists on the grou ..."
Pentagram The Compendium; Thoughts, Essays, and Work of the Pentagram Partners in London, New..: Thoughts, Essays, and Work of the Pentagram Partners by Pentagram Partnership Staff, Editor DavidGibbs, DavidGibbs, Pentagram Design Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1993 by Phaidon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-2812-1, ISBN: 0-7148-2812-2
"All of the Pentagram Partners - many internationally famed in their own right - have contributed sections reflecting their own preoccupations and specialisms. The first part of the book examines the different forms that design thinking may take, from storytelling to parody, pun and metaphor. Historical examples and Pentagram projects are featured throughout to provide visual commentary. In part two, "Knowledge and Method", thought-provo ..."
"BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES OF REFERENCE Tricks and Amusements with
Coins, Cards, String, Paper and Matches R M Abraham Dover Publications Inc (
1964) Colour Perception: A Practical Approach to Colour Theory Tim Armstrong
Tarquin Publications (1991) Magic for Beginners Harry Baron Kaye & Ward Ltd. (
1967) Modem Coin Magic J B Bobo Dover Publications Inc. (1982) Abbott's
Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks for Magicians Stewart James Dover Publicati ..."
"This book documents the unique working methods and products of one of the world's best-known design companies from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. For the first time, a wide range of the Pentagram partners' internationally acclaimed work - from corporate identity to architecture and book design - is surveyed and used to illustrate the many different forms of thinking that design may take: from narrative to parody and pun. All the Pen ..."