Do you want to watch the awesome booktrailer? Write this on your web browser:youtu.be/QL2sYDwRficDo we know, or think we know, the truth about all those mysteries which surround us? Why does our society take so much time to evolve? Do secret organizations really hold so much influence? Do you want to know the truth?1497 ADSimone Di Benedetto is abbot of the Campanile Monastery and the last Grand Master of a secret society which was founded in back in the age...

Water systems are building blocks for poverty alleviation, shared growth, sustainable development, and green growth strategies. They require data from in-situ observation networks. Budgetary and other constraints have taken a toll on their operation and there are many regions in the world where the data are scarce or unreliable. Increasingly, remote sensing satellite-based earth observation is becoming an alternative. This book briefly describes some key global water challenges, perspectives ...

This book focuses on descriptions of the developments in legal frameworks and policies regarding the human rights of older persons. First, it covers the policies adopted and practices developed at the universal system, particularly within the sphere of the United Nations. Second, it includes a side-by-side comparison of the work of regional human rights mechanisms, which have picked up some momentum in the past decade. Through its inclusion of law, policy, and current processes, the widest...

'Biohacking Secrets' is made for those who want to 'hack' their mind & body with the use of modern technology to improve their quality of life!Biohacking is about optimizing your life & body through the use of biology, research & technology -- allowing you to increase your energy, enhance your focus, and boost your performance.This life-changing blueprint contains 10 biohacking strategies to help you achieve exceptional performance, such as:...

Martian Comics, written by Julian Darius, redefines world-building science fiction by telling the nearly 20,000-Earth-year story of an alien society set on Mars. This first oversized volume includes the 56-page "The Second Most Dangerous Game"; the 58-page "Letters from the Underworld," exploring ancient Martian beliefs about the afterlife; a glimpse into Martian science fiction in the classic "The Canals of Earth"; and 10 other wildly imaginative tales featuring dinosaurs on Mars, ancient...

Murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue combine into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel, the first in Stieg Larsson's thrilling Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander. Look for The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye featuring Lisbeth Salander, coming September 12th.Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle conti...

From the author of Rule 34 and Halting State, a tale of deception, engineering, and the most unlikely rocket propulsion technology imaginable."A Tall Tail" by award-winning science fiction author Charles Stross is a Tor.com Original set in a compelling alternative universe.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

In a technologically suppressed future, information demands to be free in the debut novel from Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Stross.In the twenty-first century, life as we know it changed. Faster-than-light travel was perfected, and the Eschaton, a superhuman artificial intelligence, was born. Four hundred years later, the far-flung colonies that arose as a result of these events—scattered over three thousand years of time and a thousand parsecs of space—are be...

In the far future, an indestructible and massive canal more than 2,000 miles long spans the mid-continent of Earth. Nothing can mar it, move it, or affect it in any fashion. At its western end, where it meets the sea, is an equally indestructible structure comprising three levels of seemingly empty chambers.Scientists from three different civilizations, separated in time by hundreds of thousands of years, are investigating the canal. In the most distant of these civilizations, reli...

“Stross’s work offers a potent reminder of why short stories used to be the preferred delivery method for science fiction.” – The A.V. ClubThis selection of speculative fiction runs the gamut—from “Palimpsest,” a decidedly nontraditional time-travel novella, to “Dawn on the Farm,” an adventure of hapless secret agent Bob Howard (star of the Laundry novels: The Atrocity Archives, The Jennifer Morgue, and The Fuller Memorandum). Also includ...

What would you do if you knew the government kept secret information about advanced ancient technology and Atlantis hidden away from the public? Don't you think the public deserve to know if the lost advanced civilization of Atlantis really existed? Author of "A Guide For Writing Hip Hop Lyrics" and "Jazz...For Those Who Don't Appreciate It", Richard Henry will open up your imagination of why Atlantis existed and what technological legacy it left behind. This ebook is short and to the poin...

After breaking the peaceful ways of the Joon and devastating the home world of the humans, the Anvil of Change must now begin the next stage of his desperate struggle to save his people. Having manipulated the destiny of two species, he must journey to the home world of the Rakan and subjugate a people who are selfish and cruel beyond belief. Their lust for death and destruction must be shackled and controlled, but only after the most vicious of all the Rakan rises to power. Only then can ...