SHORT STORY COLLECTIONThe Bright Green Futures: 2024 anthology is a collection of short solarpunk stories from guests of the Bright Green Futures podcast, where we lift up stories to build a better world. These hopeful climate-fiction stories include clicky space centipedes, sentient trees, a flooded future Rio de Janeiro and characters trying to find their place in a climate-impacted world. Each story imagines a way for us to survive the future, together.Brigh...

What if you wake up tomorrow morning and realise that you do not see your reflection in the mirror, but everyone else does?Would seeking for your reflection make you less and less of what you really are? Maybe you would become more of something else. Something that would make you discover your true self, that the mirror has always hidden behind its reflection.In this story, your absence becomes its own character and will constantly alter, dealing with myste...

In a world on the brink, love is the greatest act of rebellion. A gripping, lushly told sapphic dystopian tale about daring to resist and love during the darkest times.Untamed and wild, Cynda is an outdoorswoman holed up in the Appalachian backcountry. Her solitary existence is shattered when Kadija, a fierce freedom fighter, tracks her down. Kadija demands Cynda return to civilization to face the consequences of an out-of-control project Cynda worked on years ago....

Advanced methods for water consumption management can help save water and financial resources. This book introduces efficient methods and practical approaches for water consumption management through computational modeling to forecast water demand and optimization and through smart technology to help prevent or reduce water loss using the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Internet of Things (IoT).The book will be a useful for researchers and graduate students focusing on...

This is an overview of the principles and practical applications of small-scale hydropower and energy recovery using water hammer effects. It offers new insights for engineers, technicians, and students alike, bridging the gap between theory and practice. The book shows that the excessive working pressure of water transmission lines has led to an increase in water accidents and water loss and how this excessive pressure of water can be converted to electrical power.Inside this book...

Perfection was expected.We were Ares by name, ruin by birthright.A family built on power. Love. Lies.Until she came.The sister we didn’t want.The secret we couldn’t bury.The liar who smiled while everything burned.One night. Two caskets.And the truth? Still breathing.Now it’s on me to find it.And all roads lead back to her.Angelica.

I’ve been lied to, used, and played. The Order took something from me. My property. Vivienne. And now, she belongs to another man…Macoy Daniels.The moment he signed that contract, he signed his own death warrant. With the sons, we track her down. Only when we get there, we find something unexpected. Her…savage and full of fury. We don’t call her wildcat for no reason.I don’t know if I’m saving her from her abductor, or the other way around. All I know is I that want answers...

She's one defiant, forbidden, pain in my ass.One I can't touch.One I can’t train.But Vivienne is mine. Body. Soul…And most importantly, her bloodline.None of them understand how important she is.But I know.My sons and I will protect that information - her - to the death to keep it for ourselves. So, she’ll remain here, under my roof…obeying my rules.Resisting me at every goddamn opportunity.Playing her defiant little g...

Every Moment the Last is an uplifting story about a loving friendship between a young forest animal and her older, wiser bird friend. The story takes place in a beautiful jungle. The main character learns some valuable life lessons from the friendship she has formed.Every Moment the Last is a sweet story that can be read to children of any age by parents, older siblings, grandparents, babysitters and anyone else who cherishes spending quality time with a loved one; also, early read...

**One of the Books Barack Obama Is Reading This SummerOne of Vulture’s Best Books of 2023One of Goodreads’ Buzziest Debut Novels of 2023One of Essence’s 31 Books You Must ReadOne of the most anticipated books by Town & Country and ElleAmerica is seen through the eyes and ambitions of three characters with ties to Africa in this gripping novel**When siblings Jacob and Belinda Nti were growing up in Ghana, their ...

This new volume covers new advances in materials science and engineering technology, focusing on practical rather than theoretical aspects that are useful for the design, fabrication, testing, and industrial application of advanced materials and structures. It provides an overview of modern ferrites with special attention to their structure, types, and properties, discusses the impact of technological change upon the application of selected materials and energy resources, and presents case...

One of the major areas of emphasis in the field of in chemical science and engineering technology in recent years has been interdisciplinary research, a trend that promises new insights and innovations rooted in cross-disciplinary collaboration. This volume is designed for stepping beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries and applying knowledge and insights from multiple fields.This book, Chemical Science and Engineering Technology: Perspectives on Interdisciplinary ...