JazmineBeing a thief was never my life's ambition, but there's something I need to find, and I'll go to any length to do it.It's a matter of life and death. And no one is willing to help.A few mishaps later, I find myself in trouble with the feline king and it's time to RUN.But I don't get very far. A handsome humanoid is wanting company for a long trip and he's offering just the help I need.For a cost…Marek

Featuring leading scientists acting as consultants on the stories, and writing scientific afterwords, bringing the theory featured in the stories to life, including Prof. Sarah Bridle (Jodrell Bank), Prof. Jonathan Wolff and Prof. Frank Jackson (the inventor of the 'Mary's Room' thought experiment).Science is always telling stories. Whether in the creation myths of evolution or the Big Bang, or in the eureka moments of science history, narrative – just as much as metaphor – is a ke...

Independence brings self-determination, but also threats from without and withinThe city of Marek rests on newly-independent laurels. Their ties to Teren, the land-locked nation for which they served as sole trade link to the world, are cut; Teren’s Lieutenant, Selene, has been expelled, and her seat rests empty in the Marekhill Council chambers.But Selene, fresh from her political defeat, threatened to return – next time, not with honeyed words or veiled threats, but with...

Decisions, decisions...Should Lady Anne Milhaven marry the wealthy and handsome young marquess, or should she resign herself to living out her life in poverty and disgrace, exiled from the world she was born to?Should Philip Tremaine, the new Marquess
of Penworth, redeem his honor and marry the proud and beautiful earl's daughter whom he has unintentionally compromised, or should he prove himself as dissolute as his contemptible family?They are not fools, but marria...

Award-winning novel***** One of the best modern Czech novels *****Annotation:The autobiographical hero of the novel embarks on a promising career in the not-so-moral world of door-to-door sales. Success seems easy and tempting, but halfway through becoming the perfect "scumbag" the young man finds he has no stomach for this world and begins to look for another life. He starts working as an autopsy photographer. The novel is both a kind of personal literary confessio...

"Describ[es] the Type VII and its place in the history of warfare . . . probably the finest book on German submarines of WWII available in print."— Firetrenc hFirst conceived in the mid–1930s, the Type VII was still in production in the closing stages of the Second World War a decade later. Subject to continuous improvement through six major variants and with around 650 completed, it was built in larger numbers than any other subma...

A brief, clear, and faithful exposition of Marx's major premises, with particular attention to historical context.

This manual from the French school of aromatherapy is a comprehensive guide to 100 essential oils offering practical and rigorous information for integrative and complementary health practitioners. Everything you need to know in terms of botany, quality criteria, biochemistry and toxicity is explained, alongside guidance on therapeutic application to improve health and wellbeing.Due to their diverse and varied properties, essential oils can be used across many different complementa...

It's time to break free from our Sunday-centric, formulaic versions of church and instead architect fresh kingdom ecosystems as an ancient yet new frontier for sustainable mission.The temptation for many church leaders is to take what's worked elsewhere and use it as a paint-by-number. Yet Jesus showed us a different way. Every word he spoke and everything he did utterly broke the molds, rules, and laws that people had created to confine God and his kingdom.

Kuba is a cocaine dealer in the dark, electric streets of Warsaw, believing he is smart enough to stay in control, unlike the top lawyers, doctors, and TV personalities who are his client base. However, after calling in the debt of a failing nightclub owner, breaking his own rules on other people’s property, and being caught in the consequences of his clients’ actions, all control starts to slip from his grasp. Now suffering under the glare of the spotlight and getting dragged into the dar...

Christ’s Body, Human FleshIf we’re honest, no one really cares about theology unless it reveals a gut-level view of God’s presence. According to pastor and ministry leader Hugh Halter, only the incarnational power of Jesus satisfies what we truly crave, and once we taste it, we’re never the same. God understands how hard it is to be human, and the incarnation—God with us—enables us to be fully alive. With refreshing, raw candor, Flesh reveals the ...

This monograph is a detailed introduction to the nascent and ever-evolving fields of metamaterials and nanophotonics, with key techniques and applications needed for a comprehensive understanding of these fields all detailed. These include the 'standard' and high-accuracy 'nonstandard' FDTD techniques, finite-difference frequency-domain mode solvers, the transfer matrix method, analytic calculations for dielectric and plasmonic waveguides, dispersion, Maxwell-Bloch and density functional t...