It remained for Nazi Germany to design the most satanic psychological experi ment of all time, the independent variables consisting of brutality, bestiality, physical and mental torture on an unprecedented scale. What were the effects of this massive assault on the human spirit, on man's ability to assimilate such experiences, if he survived physically? While the terror of the Nazi concentration camps has been indelibly engraved in the history of Western civilization as its most shameful c...

The success of individual nation states today is often measured in terms of their ability to benefit from and contribute to a host of global economic, political, socio-cultural, technological, and educational networks. This increased multifaceted international inter-dependence represents an intuitively contradictory and an immensely complex situation. This scenario requires that national governments, whose primary responsibility is towards their citizenry, must relinquish a degree of contr...

Climate change is a key threat to agriculture. Modelling is fundamental to assessing its potential impacts. This collection summarises the wealth of research on improving climate impact models and their use in assessing impacts on different regions.Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems reviews research on developing models in areas such as improving data flows, incorporating genetic information and dealing with uncertainty. This collecti...

"The Origin and Deeds of the Goths" is a historical work by Jordanes, a 6th-century Roman bureaucrat and historian. This text serves as a crucial source for understanding the history and culture of the Goths, a significant Germanic tribe. Jordanes, drawing from earlier works, particularly that of Cassiodorus, provides insights into the origins of the Goths, their migrations, and their interactions with the Roman Empire. The narrative is rich with details about their legendary past, notable...

**The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!In The Shadow Rising, the fourth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor now wields the sword Callandor. He is both the Champion of Light and the Dragon Reborn. Now, he seeks answers to another prophecy that lies with the warrior people known as the Aiel to put him on the path of learning how...

Now a 2020 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award-Winner for Inspiration!---Stop Abandoning Goals and Actually Finish What You Start Without Losing HopeIn this inspiring and timely work, the author, Jordan Ring, shares how you can build a solid foundation for lifelong success with 9 powerful momentum strategies. Using this book as your guide, you will never again lose the drive needed to meet your goals once and for all!Whether it'...

John Harrow doesn't exist, and his job is to make sure that other things don't exist, too. At any given time, the government is running dozens of black book operations, experiments that aren't on any official record and are never acknowledged to exist. Some of these are innocuous. Some of them are monstrous beyond reason. And most of the time, they go as expected and the public is never the wiser. Most of the time. John Harrow's job is to handle them when things go wrong, and do anything t...

“At once an unflinchingly beautiful novel about queer desire, summer days, and casual sex that is also an elegy to friendship, grief, and lovers lost.****” —Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize–winning author of John of John"Slim but astonishing." —Christopher Bollen, The New York Times Book Review"Strange, sexy, and sad, The Living Re...

Explore the Land of 10,000 Lakes! Learn about Minnesota's history, geography, weather, people, and more in this book that's all about our 32nd state.

Heroes. Brave, righteous, pillars of society. They're the people we count on when in need. We expect them to uphold the laws and handle crises too dangerous for normal human beings. The Hero Society in charge of all activity around the world does its best to keep them in line.The Immortals Project will break all of these expectations.Jaxx, a.k.a Velocity, just wants to visit his family in Florida and see his friends. with the anniversary of his dad's death coming up, everyo...

A girl with her whole life ahead of her.A terrible accident.An inspiring story of triumph over trauma.Aged 15, Jordan was a happy-go-lucky girl; having fun with friends and loving life. In one fateful moment, everything changed. A car accident left her paralysed from the chest down and shocked her into deep depression. She was on the brink of giving up. But gradually Jordan realised there is hope beyond utter devastation, and life beyond disability.

An arranged marriage, a rejected bride-to-be, and a night of infernal fire that reduced a city to ash...Lady Nalia was raised to be a baron's perfect daughter—gentle, graceful, and promised to a political marriage meant to secure her father's power. She never expected rejection.On her eighteenth birthday, she meets her intended husband, Talen, a scarred ex–monster hunter sworn to protect the realm's citadels. To her surprise, he wants nothing to do with her...