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  • The Interview

    by William Petersen ...
    Investigative reporter Sasha Mendez gets the rare chance to confront a mysterious cult leader on live television and uncovers more than she could have ever imagined... ... Read more

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  • Mythical

    by William Petersen ...
    -Marcus is venturing out of his permanent shelter to check the day's traps and possibly hunt seals on the ice, when he discovers a nearly dead, young female whale researcher out on the ice alone and unconscious.After bringing her back from the frozen brink, she reveals some disturbing details of an armed takeover of her research facility, sounding like the earmarks of a terrorist attack, though ... Read more

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  • Teleporting While Intoxicated

    by William Petersen ...
    An advanced species with the ability to teleport at will seeks to claim our planet and its inhabitants for its own, but upon arriving they become hopelessly intoxicated from our atmosphere. ... Read more

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  • Peeping Tom

    by William Petersen ...
    Thomas likes to watch, but his clandestine pastime brings him to witness a horrific crime, and he can't report it without exposing his own dirty secret. Is he just as guilty as the perpetrator for not acting or reporting it? The victim thinks so... ... Read more

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  • Tycho Wept

    by William Petersen ...
    There may be life on other worlds. There may even be life on worlds close to our own. There are, without question, many unknown life forms right here on Earth, right now. Many of these are wiped out by our own actions long before they have the chance to be discovered.What secrets do they hold?There may be life forms on other worlds, maybe even on the moon. Will we find them, or will we trample ... Read more

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  • In Plain Sight

    by William Petersen ...
    What if a clever alien species, seeking to claim our planet and its inhabitants, was already here and walking among us? What if nothing more than our prejudices and sense of status were needed to blind us to their existence? What if their camouflage was so effective that it didn't just disguise them... it also disgusted us? What if it made us not want to look in the first place? ... Read more

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  • Errant Shot

    by William Petersen ...
    To think that there are no other sentient beings in the universe borders on vanity.-To think that other sentient beings would be any less prone to violence and war than humans borders on naivety.-Collateral damage is a reality with any conflict.-What if there is undelivered ordinance... stray bullets... from distant, cosmic conflicts floating through space like wandering asteroids or long-period ... Read more

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  • Malthus

    Founder of Modern Demography

    by William Petersen ...
    Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), one of the most influential of modern thinkers, is also one of the most misunderstood. Malthus' Essay on Population is a work that everyone cites but typically without having read it. This book offers a comprehensive and accurate exposition of his thought, integrating his better-known theory on population with his somewhat neglected analysis of economic ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Ethnicity Counts

    by William Petersen ...
    Official statistics about ethnicity in advanced societies are no better than those in less developed countries. An open industrial society is inherently fluid, and it is as hard to interpret social class and ethnic groups there as in a nearly static community. In consequence, the collection and interpretation of ethnic statistics is frequently a battleground where the groups being counted contest ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Lights of Ceres

    by William Petersen ...
    Enigmatic patches of light on the largest body in the asteroid belt, Ceres, now suspected to be the work of living organisms, prompts the first manned mission to another celestial body since the moon landing. However, the search for life outside of our planet is quickly eclipsed by something much bigger. ... Read more

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  • From Persons to People

    A Second Primer in Demography

    by William Petersen ...
    Problems associated with aggregation and classification are the underlying theme of this book. When data assembled from individuals are presented as group characteristics, this process has logical complications. Racial profiling and ethnic discrimination are obvious examples of the problem. Petersen's book analyzes in general how information from "persons" turns into statistics about specific ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Against the Stream

    Reflections of an Unconventional Demographer

    by William Petersen ...
    With the insight and clarity that mark all of Petersen's writings, Against the Stream brings together reflections of an unconventional demographer. Thirteen essays on various topics become a cohesive unit by virtue of the author's unique point of view, and the understanding of contemporary events he has gathered in his long mastery of demography is evident in this volume.In a brief introduction ... Read more

    $61.99 USD