This book describes methodologies for developing semantic applications. Semantic applications are software applications which explicitly or implicitly use the semantics, i.e. the meaning of a domain terminology, in order to improve usability, correctness, and completeness. An example is semantic search, where synonyms and related terms are used for enriching the results of a simple text-based search. Ontologies, thesauri or controlled vocabularies are the centerpiece of semantic applicatio...

Something tragic has happened at Purgatory Crater on the far side of the moon. Three astronauts are dead and a fourth is trapped inside Purgatory Moon Base. Commander David Holtz, leader of the rescue and recovery mission, expects to confront the horrors of asphyxiation in the vacuum of space. But what he and his team find is worse than they could have imagined. As they piece together the chaotic puzzle, it becomes clear the survivor, George Dobson, has gone mad in his months of solo confi...

The Neah Virus, previously unknown to science, has arisen in the dense rainforests surrounding Neah Bay, the Makah Tribe's home village. Its victims develop a zombie-like raving mania, then succumb to high fevers and convulsions. Incomprehensibly, the virus strikes only non-Makahs, leaving tribal members untouched while people of other races are stricken down.McKean traces one possible origin to the recently-opened grave of a Spanish colonist of the 1700s. Exploring the tomb, he en...

THE GREAT SEATTLE EARTHQUAKE vividly portrays electrifying moments when the land shakes, buildings and bridges crumble, and lives are changed forever. Skyscrapers shed thundering debris on people below. High in the Space Needle, a young couple watches powerful groundswells ripple like the serpent god A'yahos of native legends. A tsunami arrives minutes later. Beaches are inundated and crowds in a baseball stadium are threatened with horrible death. Brave first-responders in helicopters and...

This volume addresses renewable energy communities, and in particular renewable energy cooperatives (REScoops), in the context of the revised EU Renewables Directive. It provides a comprehensive account of the history and development of the renewable energy community movement in over six different countries of continental Europe. It addresses their visions, strategy, organisation, agency, and more particularly the challenges they encounter. This is of particular importance to gain more und...

This audiobook is partially narrated by an AI voice.Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995) was one of the most influential defenders of liberty and one of the defining social theorists of the twentieth century.Published to commemorate Rothbard’s 100th birthday, Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment brings together leading scholars, economists, historians, libertarian thinkers, colleagues, students, and friends whose work has been shaped by Rothbard’s ideas and legacy.Ed...

The Kra, dinosaurian invaders from space, have no place for humanity except on the menu! An action packed adventure, Counterattack is filled with huge beasts of the past, US tanks and submarines, and two young heroes who may find love—if they survive long enough! The action rolls from start to finish, with well-researched dinosaurs, including a human-sized intelligent species, the Kra. This near-future military science fiction thriller has elements of space exploration, alien invasion, alt...

The heroes of the Dinosaur Wars saga confront their greatest nemesis, the dinosaurian leader Saurgon, in his base at Phaeon Crater where he commands a stupendous energy beam targeting Earth. As if Chase Armstrong and Kit Daniels haven't faced enough challenges, they now must directly confront Saurgon inside his lunar stronghold. The young heroes and their dinosaur ally, Gar the Kra, lead a military strike force tasked with saving humanity from imminent destruction. Blood on the Moon follow...

The bestselling epic first book in the science fiction saga 'Battle Earth' is back, and better than ever. Re-mastered and with over five thousand words of additional material. Battle Earth tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.A distress transmission from Mars research colony warns of an advanced and unknown enemy approaching the heavily populated lunar colony. An elite marine unit commanded by Major Mitch Taylor is dispatched to p...

A young ensign, recently graduated from the Northern Hemisphere Space Academy, is awakened abruptly in the middle of the night by alarms, flashing lights, and dire messages to abandon ship. The petite blonde pulls on some clothes and races through the spaceship in a desperate search for an available life pod-- but it appears all have already departed. So begins the epic story of Jenetta Carver. Get a tight grip on your book and prepare for an exciting adventure like few others because Jene...

DI John Hunter is not every day confronted with the corpse of a senior Government minister, nor that of an extra-terrestrial noble lord. This one seems to be both. John knows what problems the political implications will bring to the case. There are no marks on the body apart from the 'ALIEN' inscription on the forehead, and nothing to show how the death occurred. Both the dead man's phones are missing. Like all ministers, Sir Duncan received many death threats, and one of them reads, 'Dea...

To the hard-boiled story of violence and death, J.C. Simmons has brought substance and depth of characterization. It is often said that he follows in the tradition of Kenneth Millar and John D. MacDonald, but Simmons has actually broken new ground. His novels have a social range and moral dimension that, in combination with a striking prose style and first person narrative drive, provide the reader with a rewarding experience.In this new and moving novel, Jay Leicester (pronounced "Lester"...