Robert Smith
1) The Annunaki
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The Annunaki are the stuff of legends. Their history and that of the earth are intertwined. The Sumerians speak of a race of aliens from the planet Niburu, other tales tell of how a wandering planet Niburu collided with a giant planet Tiamat giving rise to the Earth. Further stories tell of how Niburu is planet X; on an elliptical orbit around our sun every 3,600 years.
Legends of the Annunaki exist in the Atra-Hasis, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and in...
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In the late summer of 1834, a schooner fleeing the potato famine in Ireland beaches itself off the east coast of America, opposite the Chesapeake Bay. On board are hundreds of decomposing bodies that appear to have met their death while fighting each other. Only a malevolent spirit remains, one that reaches back in history to the bloody massacre of the Druids by the Romans under the command of Suetonius Paullinus in 60 A.D. A young girl, Mary, is...
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What if a king wanted to meet with you?
Would it be life-changing... or would it be disappointing?
It has been a life-long war that currently has no end in sight. A reluctant and weary soldier is invited to meet with a king under terms of peace from an opposing kingdom.
Out of everyone possible, why the soldier? Is it a trap? Does he deny the invitation to avoid his potential capture and execution? Or does he courageously risk accusations of...
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In the previous book in the series "2022; The Return of the Annunaki", the Annunaki mysteriously disappeared when they were on the cusp of deciding mankind's fate as custodians of Planet Earth. Their decision was based on whether mankind was the right species to ensure the survival of the planet into the future. Their concern was not for mankind, but for the long-term survival of the planet and whether we, as a species would be able to rectify the...
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This book tackles one of the scourges of our digital society, typically termed 'fake news', where false information is disseminated widely, often to promote extreme ideology or particular political views. Dr Smith picks apart the legal mechanisms used in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) that addresses fake news. Following discussions of the nature of fake news, the author provides a framework to assess the effectiveness of fake...
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Think you know a thing or two about zombies? Think again. If you're going to keep your wits — and your brains — about you during a zombie attack, you need expert advice. Braaaiiinnnsss!: From Academics to Zombies gathers together an irreverent group of scholars and writers to take a serious look at how zombies threaten almost every aspect of our lives. Spawned from the viral publication "When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical Modelling of an Outbreak...
7) Out of Time
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This study in the book of Revelation gives us the prophetic insight of the "end of days" called out throughout Scriptures. This book gives us notice that we are, in fact, "out of time." The letters to the seven churches that were called out give us the opportunity for personal introspection and repentance of our wayward activities. We are reminded that only the true "overcomers" will receive the crown of life. We are encouraged to remain true to our...
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"Robert Smith not only explains what it means to be a Quaker but also offers some very practical advice for Quakers and non-Quakers alike about how to achieve peace between people and within one's own mind. Here is a road map to reach the places in the soul which can give life meaning."
9) Purgatory
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IT IS THE EARLY 1980'S.
Greg Bowker is a young senior constable forcibly transferred to a one-officer station in a remote and dying Mallee town.
Welcomed by a brutal combination of heat, dust, isolation and primitive amenities, the new officer expects to waste years of his career in 'purgatory'.
He is greeted with warmth by the community but becomes increasingly worried by the behaviour of two delinquent teenagers, one of whose family...
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The general explanation for the cause of arthritis is that over time, our joints simply wear out - that is, the cartilage that lubricates the ends of the bones simply gets worn thinner and thinner until one bone wars directly on another, causing pain and lowering our quality of life. It stands to reason that wear and tear is responsible for some of the damage.
It is considered a progressive disease, meaning that once the symptoms arediagnosed, they...
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"A former Times White House and investigative correspondent, Robert M. Smith, discloses how some stories make it to print, some do not, how the filters work, and how the paper may have suppressed the most important U.S. political story of the day-Watergate"--
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The Frankenstein Condition is an engaging, self-deprecating and often funny look at our modern day tendency to construct our identities and expectations around what we see as the best of others. Much like Victor Frankenstein, we create our monsters from pieces of the people around us. People who we admire: celebrities, family, friends and social media. As with Victors creation, our monster is destructive and brings with it anxiety and depression....
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Combines history and biography to interpret the last half century of black politics in America as represented in the life and work of a pivotal African American public intellectual.
From his leadership of the first modern lunch counter sit-ins at age twenty to his work on African American reparations at the time of his death at age seventy-two, Ronald W. Walters (1938—2010) was at the cutting edge of African American politics. A preeminent scholar,...
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John's gospel does not record Thomas's doubt, as later generations of Christians have branded the story. Rather, John presents Thomas's faith. In this work, Robert H. Smith approaches Thomas as one who believes in the reality of incarnation: God has a body.
Too often, Smith argues, Christians read John's gospel for its lyrical discourses. The resulting portrait of Jesus is a cross-less Christ, a portrait that contributes powerfully to Christian...
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Robert Pepper-Smith's trilogy of novels chronicling the lives of those with deep roots in the orchard lands of British Columbia comes full circle with this volume, collecting newly revised editions of The Wheel Keeper and House of Spells with Sanctuary. The Wheel Keeper introduced readers to Michael Guzzo, raised in one of the many immigrant families who flocked to the vineyards and orchards of the Kootenays. When the government plans to flood his...
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The assault on the United States capitol on January 6, 2021, was entirely predictable-the anger, the conspiracy theories, the tribalism, even the violence. It was the culmination of decades of traumatic social and economic change that has awakened evolutionary fear and ancient bias. Fear of "others," of being left behind, and of the loss of sacred traditions and norms. Primal Fear describes the evolutionary roots and contemporaneous drivers of this...
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Thirty-one years ago, Bowker solved the brutal murder of a teenage schoolgirl as a senior constable in the one-copper Mallee town of Manangatang.
Now, he must return to the area to investigate another killing.
The victim: the original killer, who had just been released, following his lengthy prison sentence.
The scene of the crime: the exact location the schoolgirl had been murdered years earlier.
Bowker is sure the two murders are connected....
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Southern California's hidden treasure lies in the San Jacinto Mountains. Capped by the last 10,000-foot peaks on the way to Mexico, these mountains have enriched human lives for centuries. Discovered by loggers in 1876, partially stripped of their trees during California's first population boom in the 1880s, then protected by federal edict in 1897, these mountains attracted a special breed of settler. The uncommon village of Idyllwild was created...
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Fascinating look at the challenges faced by John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama in their quests to win the presidency.
Political analysts and journalists often draw analogies between John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic Irish president, and Barack Obama, the first African American president. Their election to the nation's highest office was historic, but for reasons not fully appreciated. In John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the Politics of Ethnic...
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Learn the secrets of Shaolin Temple boxing also known as Shaolin Kung Fu with this illustrated matrtial arts guide. Shaolin Temple boxing is the father of all boxing forms in China and is a close ancestor of Japanese karate. Despite the widespread study of Shaolin kung fu, however, the true origins and history of this exciting martial art have been obscured by wildly fanciful myths and legends that have arisen over the centuries, leading martial-arts...