"Although the tiniest bacterial cells are incredibly small, each is, in effect, a veritable microminiaturized factory containing thousands of exquisitely designed pieces of intricate molecular machinery and made up of 100,000,000,000 atoms, far more complicated than any machine built by man and absolutely without parallel in the nonliving world." (Biochemist Michael Denton). What is the most absurd myth of our culture? Are we really the result of a series of cosmic accidents? Can we explai...

Library Makerspaces: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive road map for libraries of any size, with any budget, seeking to redesign or repurpose space or to develop creative, hands-on maker-style programming. It features guidance on:Holding stakeholder discovery sessions for community-driven space and program developmentEvaluating existing library spaces for the most cost-effective and user-friendly facilities design and programmingAsset mapping for developing community partnership...

Whether you’re a total novice or a programmer shifting to C#, the newest version of this programming language is full of cool features you’ll want to use. With its Visual Studio compatibility, C# is the perfect language for building Windows Vista applications. And the 2008 version works with LINQ, a query language with syntax similar to SQL but which simplifies database code and can also write queries on XML files.For the best basic C# how-to, it’s hard to beat C# 2008 For Dumm...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Have we entered an era where AI programs, like xAI’s Grok 4, combined with Quantum Computing power, have made it impossible to discern truth and reality from their sophisticated creations, clever deceptions and outright forgeries?Have many prominent members of the traditional media succumbed to political interference in their honest presentation of the news?Has absolute truth suffered a fatal wound with the forceful advent of subjective truth into every area of life?

Liar ['l─½-╔Ör] (n): 1. A person who tells lies. 2. A writer."Lying is essential to good storytelling. Daily, we writers sit at our computers—or legal tablets or Underwoods—and write down a bunch of untruths, piling one on top of the other, page after paltering page. We compound them, massage them, edit them, spin them, cut-and-paste them, until we're satisfied that, despite how outlandish or otherworldly these lies are, you, the reader, will swallow them. "In that, we're ...

Prescient and chilling, DeMille's #1 New York Times bestselling novel takes us into the heart of a new Cold War with a clock-ticking plot that has Manhattan in its crosshairs.After a showdown with the notorious Yemeni terrorist known as The Panther, John Corey has left the Anti-Terrorist Task Force and returned home to New York City, taking a job with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Although Corey's new assignment with the DSG-surveilling Russian diplom...

**From #1 New York Times bestselling author and the world’s most popular storyteller, for Alex Cross, the toughest cases hit close to home—and in this deadly thrill ride, he's trying to solve the most personal mystery of his life.The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross.**When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin's innoce...

The world's greatest assassins are on a high-risk mission for the President—but a powerful mastermind wants them dead in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. ...

**In this twisted thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius—and forced to play the deadliest game of his career.The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross.**Cross's family-his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children-have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important p...

**From #1 New York Times bestselling author and the world’s most popular storyteller, the stakes are higher than ever for Alex Cross as he faces his most personal enemy yet—a dangerous criminal with a target on his family.The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross.**Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart: nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is his anchor, and gives him the s...

Fast-paced and intriguing, Mightier than the Sword is the fifth novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer’s the Clifton Chronicles. It moves towards the end of the 1960s, as the Cliftons and the Barringtons come up against sworn enemies and new foes . . .Following the explosion of an IRA bomb on board the Barrington’s flagship MV Buckingham, Emma Clifton must deal with the repercussions on her family’s shipping business. Meanwhile her old a...