So you’re interested in writing romance novels?Why?Is it because you want your piece of the most financially lucrative genre in all of fiction?Or, is it because of something perhaps more meaningful? After all, a book about love can endure for centuries.Well, whatever your reasons, you should know ahead of time that writing a terrific romance novel is difficult.There are so many components involved in crafting a successful story....

This textbook provides an exciting new addition to the area of network science featuring a stronger and more methodical link of models to their mathematical origin and explains how these relate to each other with special focus on epidemic spread on networks. The content of the book is at the interface of graph theory, stochastic processes and dynamical systems. The authors set out to make a significant contribution to closing the gap between model development and the supporting mathematics...

This textbook provides an exciting new addition to the area of network science featuring a stronger and more methodical link of models to their mathematical origin and explains how these relate to each other with special focus on epidemic spread on networks. The book’s content lies at the interface of epidemiology, graph theory, stochastic processes and dynamical systems. This second edition has been substantially expanded from 11 to 15 chapters, adding comprehensive coverage of stochastic...

Public Sector Leadership in Assessing and Addressing Risk explores risk management in practice, taking a specific focus on the identification of risks in the European public sector while contextualising its Eurocentric analysis within a global setting.The volume lays important groundwork for understanding the main philosophical premises of risk management. Navigating the text's philosophical underpinnings such as 'Risk Management is a misnomer', the editors provide deep in...

The Impact of CLIMATE CHANGE and SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS on the INSURANCE MARKETThe book explores the role of the insurance industry in contributing and responding to the harms that climate change has brought.This book delves into the physical and logical impacts, both direct and indirect, on the insurance industry. Subjects discussed include new technology such as big data, artificial intelligence, machine learn...

When night falls, a dance of death begins…A realtor desperately tries to sell a haunted house before it consumes her body and soul. A young couple’s vacation at a campground takes an ominous turn when something menacing lurks nearby. And a haunting melody leads a curious girl to a bittersweet tale of love and loss…Grab your partner and join the spirits on the dance floor. Scare Street’s latest collection of supernatural horror is a grand ball of fear and nightmar...

Tillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation. This book reviews research and development initiatives in Africa aimed at building resilient farming systems. It summarises the status of conservation agriculture today, discusses prospects for future development and provides case studies showing its performance in Africa.

This is a compilation of personally written verses and quotes with the sole purpose of giving inspiration and motivation to people who need it and to those who think they don’t.

Letter's of Peter are two ancient letters written by Jesus right-hand man Peter Simon.In Peter's first letter he tell his followers to live good lives and follow the law. He admits that it's a shame that their good deeds are not rewarded by God, but that the reward will come eventually, perhaps in the next life.In Peter's second letter he suspects that he won't live much longer and he warn people against switching from Christianity to another religion as that's a one way ti...

Born half a century ago, predating the internet and named WAVE in its infantry, the Spatial Grasp Model has been tested on numerous applications: graph and network theory, collective robotics, crisis management, security and defense, social systems, and space-based systems. The Spatial Grasp Model confirms the potential applicability of the developed paradigm, language, and technology for solving much broader classes of problems, especially those related to large and unknown world...

In an era where the resilience of large-scale systems is paramount, Self-Healing and Self-Recovering Systems under the Spatial Grasp Model explores the transformative potential of self-recovery—often termed ‘self-healing’ or ‘remediation’. This essential feature is crucial for critical infrastructures that underpin global prosperity, security, and sustainability. Author Peter Simon Sapaty begins by establishing foundational definitions of self-healing systems and reviewing existin...

Governmental agencies and private companies of different countries are actively moving into space around Earth with the aim to provide smart communication and industry, security, and defense solutions. This often involves massive launches of small, cheap satellites in low earth orbits, which is also contributing to the growth of space debris. The book offers a high-level holistic system philosophy, model, and technology that can effectively organize distributed space-based systems, startin...