The Shahari Menace : Part 1, Book 1 by Trevor Brown."Battle against the stars, love, lust, loss, death and a few twists and turns along the way."The planet gobbling Shahari have been on the march for over a decade and no-one has be able stand up to them. One the verge of losing the war a single spaceship has been able to finally produce a new weapon that can destroy the menacing Shahari Battle Cruisers but is it enough?Captain Vaga take his ship to ...

I Still Believe is a heartfelt journey through the sovereignty of God, the design of humanity, the gift of free will, and the lifelong call to discipleship. Blending Scripture, theology, and honest reflection, Trevor Myles Brown invites readers to wrestle with the big questions—Who is God? Why did He make us? Why do some walk away? And how do we return?Structured as a spiritual pilgrimage, this book guides seekers, skeptics, and believers through doubt, identity, purpose, and legac...

The Fire Within, A devotional journey of breath, flame, and sacred struggle. The Fire Within is a gentle companion for those who carry a flickering flame in a world of wind and weight. Through poetic reflections and Scripture-infused meditations, this devotional explores the sacred rhythm of breath and battle—the quiet tension between divine calling and human vulnerability. Each chapter invites readers to linger, reflect, and rekindle the spark within. The tone is tender and invitational, ...

The Headstone and the Horizon is a devotional journey through twelve images of faith — the flame, the scroll, the crack, the compass, the wind, the table, the mantle, the lamp, and the headstone. Each chapter blends theology with story, offering prayerful reflections that invite readers to pause, listen, and respond. Trevor Myles Brown writes not as a distant scholar, but as a son, father, and friend who has walked through both gardens and graves. His voice is gentle, honest, and deeply pa...

The Flame That Walks is a devotional call to embodied obedience. In a world that prefers smoke, this book invites flame-bearers to walk lit—through workplaces, injustice, silence, and suffering. With poetic rhythm and theological depth, Trevor Myles Brown commissions readers to live as breath-carriers and blessing-givers in every space they enter. This is not theory—it's incarnation. Not performance—it's presence. Not heresy—it's hunger. The flame still walks. And so will you.

This Element presents a framework for analyzing the complexities of contracting, how these vary across circumstances, the ways contract managers can address challenges, and the skills of contract managers. The framework is grounded on central concepts. Market frictions are underlying imperfections that cause common contracting problems; contract management activities are the tasks and procedures that contract managers perform to prepare and execute the purchase; and skills are the ability ...

This book offers a comprehensive survey of shared-memory synchronization, with an emphasis on “systems-level” issues. It includes sufficient coverage of architectural details to understand correctness and performance on modern multicore machines, and sufficient coverage of higher-level issues to understand how synchronization is embedded in modern programming languages.The primary intended audience for this book is “systems programmers”—the authors of operating systems, library pac...

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are arrangements between government and private actors with the objective of providing public infrastructure, facilities and services. Three fundamental questions frame the use of PPPs at the local level: What do PPPs look like? What gives rise to the use of PPPs? And, what are the outcomes of PPPs? The articles in this book provide insightful answers to these questions. In addition, the contributions in the book identify lines of research that invite fur...

This Brief discusses the current policy environment in which the United States space program operates and proposes an industry-government partnership as a long-term policy solution. Since the Reagan administration, American space policy has increasingly sought to involve private sector operators for space. The culmination of this trend has been the Obama administration’s policy of private sector transportation of crew and cargo to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA. This boo...

One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and international financial institutions such as the World Bank allocate their deve...

A thought-provoking and humorous collection on NASA and the future of space travel.Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold—with a five- or possibly ten-year delay until the next launch of astronauts from U.S. soil—Tyson’s views on the future of space travel and America’s role in that future are especially tim...

An international approach to the study and teaching of real estate is increasingly important in today’s global market. With chapters covering numerous countries and every continent, International Approaches to Real Estate Development introduces real estate development theory and practice to students and professionals in the comparative international context. The book provides readers with a global compendium written by an international team of experts and includes key features suc...