In an attempt to engage with the modern understanding of such a fertile enterprise as Byzantine Philosophy, Analogia offers this first collection of distinguished essays written by promising experts of the younger generation. Table of Contents: 1. Themistius on ‘Prime Matter’, Aristotle, and the ‘Unwritten Doctrines’ ascribed to Plato, ELISA CODA 2. Aristotelian attraction and repulsion in Byzantium, PANTELIS GOLITSIS 3. Simplicius on the principal meaning of physis in Aristotle’s Physics ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Therapeutic Harvest delves into the transformative power of gardening on mental well-being in the face of a rapidly changing climate. With expert insights and practical tips, this book explores how tending to plants can cultivate mindfulness, reduce stress, and enhance overall mental health. Readers will learn how to navigate the shifting environmental conditions and adapt their gardening practices to optimize therapeutic benefits. From...

The ego-net approach to social network analysis, which takes discrete individual actors and their contacts as its starting point, is one of the most widely used approaches in the field. This is the first textbook to take readers through each stage of ego-net research, from conception, through research design and data gathering to analysis.It starts with the basics, assuming no prior knowledge of social network analysis, but then moves on to introduce cutting edge innovations, cover...

In a quiet corner of Canada, in the picturesque town of Kingston Creek, unfolds a story of death, deception, and shocking revelations. Dr. Steven Beckett, a respected emergency room physician, is found lifeless in a cottage at Crystal Lake. The arrest of Jordan Norton, the doctor's former partner, seems to close the case. But Detective Barry Chandler, Dr. Beckett's current partner, is not convinced of Norton's guilt.Despite pressures and difficulties, Chand...

One bad night will change everything...Officer Lexie Sarconi is preparing for the detective's exam and finding her footing with a new unit. However, everything that she's worked so hard to achieve is about to crash and burn. The criminals have declared war on the police. No one is safe, and when Lexie ends up trapped in an ambush, nothing will ever be the same again.But as a police officer, Lexie knows the risks. She swore an oath to uphold the law...

The morning Detective Michael Riley sauntered into my life with his fitted t-shirt, two days' worth of stubble, and that shiny badge, I knew he was trouble with a capital T. And trouble always found me.Officer Lexie Sarconi has spent years working as a decoy for vice. But after helping bust a serial killer, she wants to transfer back to patrol to sort some things out, except Detective Riley needs her help.A string of robberies and home invasions ha...

Hal gets swept up in investigating a jewel theft - perfect for fans of the Charlie Thorne series!When eleven-year-old Harrison "Hal" Beck is forced to accompany his travel-writer uncle on the last journey of a royal train, he expects a boring trip spent away from video games and children his age.But then Hal spots a girl who should not be on board, and he quickly makes friends with the stowaway, Lenny. Things get even more interesting when the royal prince ...

**When a boy travels with his uncle, he stumbles on the disappearance of a billionaire's daughter!An Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile Fiction!**After his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. This time, they're set to ride the historic California Comet from Chicago to San Francisco.Hal mostly keeps to himself on the trip, feeling homesick and out of place in America....

This fifth standalone book in the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman finds young sleuth Hal Beck hurtling across the Australian Outback while trying to figure out who sabotaged the maiden voyage of a new train before it explodes!When artist, train enthusiast, and sleuth, Hal Beck, and his travel journalist uncle, Nat, are invited to be on the first ever ride of the Solar Express train in Australia, he couldn’t be more excited!...

Hal travels to South Africa with his uncle to a ride a famous train...but stumbles onto a murder mystery!An Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile!Artist and amateur sleuth Hal Beck is looking forward to another railway journey with Nat, his journalist uncle—this time riding the historic Safari Star through South Africa. Then the already eventful journey becomes even more so when one of their fellow passengers dies on board!...

Hal is investigating a German family's curse and a possibly haunted railway line!Curses aren't real...are they?Hal Beck and his Uncle Nat have been invited by Baron Essenbach to help solve a mystery...a supernatural one. Because Essenbach thinks there might be something going on with his wife's family, the Kratzensteins. They are very rich and powerful German railway tycoons—who may be cursed.After all, legend says that an ancestor of the K...

Young sleuth and artist, Hal, is on his most dangerous adventure yet in this winter wonderland mystery perfect for the holiday season!All aboard for Hal’s most terrifying adventure!Harrison “Hal” Beck has been on countless adventures with Nat, his travel journalist uncle, and filled countless sketchbooks with his crime-solving art. This time, they’re off to travel the night train to see the northern lights in the Arctic—a Christmas present from Unc...