Throughout history, man has been digging in the dirt for many reasons. One of which has been to see what is there. Some found things that they could use, like rocks! After a while, they found different rocks for different uses. Some rocks made sparks when hit together, making fire and then some rocks (black ones) would burn, and the quest was on for more burning rocks to keep warm and cook. Mining quickly followed for special rocks and memorials. Digging for coal has been in practice for t...

British spy Leonard Flood is asked to investigate the poisoning in London of Willa Karlsson, a retired British secret service vetting officer suspected of being a Russian agent. British intelligence is terrified by the possibility that Moscow poisoned her upon her retirement since she was no longer useful to them. When Leonard discovers that he is also a suspect in the investigation and that Willa’s story is less a story of betrayal than one of friendship, he must decide whether to hand he...

"In everyone's life, there is a moment...a time...a decision you make or fail to make that changes the entire direction of your life. For me, it happened about thirty years ago when I was seven going on eight."Little did I know that it actually began long before I was born. A similar moment in time... a decision made that would define one legacy, and become the postscript for another. Through the eyes of a child... from one generation to the next... what path do we take?

Welcome to "Legal Blueprint for Innovators," your essential guide through the complex landscape of business law tailored for the visionary entrepreneur. This book, deeply rooted in the transformative influence of technology on society, serves as both a practical manual and a philosophical journey into the socio-legal fabric that underpins technological innovation. Foreworded with an eloquent discussion on how technological progress reshapes our world by guest author Peter Fiekowsky, author...

This book introduces the SP Theory of Intelligence (SPTI), a bold framework for understanding both natural and artificial intelligence via information compression (IC). The name 'SP' is short for Simplicity and Power—two ideas that mean IC as the basis for intelligence. Central in the SPTI is the concept of the SP-Multiple-Alignment, a major discovery with the potential to be as significant for an understanding of intelligence as DNA is for an understanding of biology. It may prove to be t...

All who have admired John Muir’s ruggedly individualistic lifestyle or who desire a greater appreciation of the history of environmental preservation in America, will be enthralled and enlightened by this Pulitzer Prize–winning biography.Following Muir from his ancestral home in Scotland, through his early years in the harsh Wisconsin wilderness, to his historic pilgrimage to California, Linnie Marsh Wolfe creates a full and rounded portrait of her subject—not only...

The winningest coach in NCAA history shares his lessons on building and coaching teams of champions.For 202 consecutive dual matches over the past eleven years, the Trinity men's squash team has gone unbeaten. No other team in any collegiate sport has achieved the same sustained level of greatness. Run to the Roar is the story of a coach who succeeds in recruiting young men from around the world, getting them to work as a team, managing personalities, calm...

Women have been pivotal in the country music scene since its inception, as Charles K. Wolfe and James E. Akenson make clear in The Women of Country Music. Their groundbreaking volume presents the best current scholarship and writing on female country musicians. Beginning with the 1920s career of teenage guitar picker Roba Stanley, the contributors go on to discuss Polly Jenkins and Her Musical Plowboys, 50s honky-tonker Rose Lee Maphis, superstar Faith Hill, the relationship betwe...

Meeting an old enemy will lead to a chain of unexpected discoveries, encounters, and a contract that you don't want, but you have to make, because evil never slumbers.High levels, ranks, and titles that the citizens of Drikar struggle to normally achieve are a tempting reward. Most importantly, they all belong to the same sect . . .It would be all right, because Raven has emerged victorious from bleaker fights before, but this time, the stakes are much, much higher.

It was supposed to be fun—a holiday break from studies in the Italian Alps. Yet when a remote college ski tour is shattered by a horrific avalanche, mild-mannered Morgan finds herself trapped in the frozen realm of an abandoned hotel . . . alongside three alpha fraternity brothers who hold a vendetta against each other.Enter Shane, the restless, brooding outdoorsman from Minnesota. Jeremy, his blue-eyed model of a fraternity brother, almost too gorgeous to look at. And finally Boon...

I wanted one thing just for me: a hot night with an anonymous masked man. And oh, did I get it.A shy, reserved woman like me, wearing a gold mask and spending the night with a stranger from a fantasy fulfillment app? Yep, I did that. And it was the perfect escape from the pressure of trying to save my failing company.Then, Roman Wells—ex-rugby star and new investor in my struggling business—walks into my office. Everyone else loves him: his easy laugh, rugg...

Three short novels by some of science fiction's greatest writers -- Ursula K. Le Guin, James Tiptree, Jr., and Gene Wolfe, edited by Robert Silverberg._The New Atlantis_, by Ursula K. Le Guin: In a dark near-future, global warming and a ruined ecology is causing the continents to sink into the oceans just as the towers of Atlantis re-emerge above the sea. Locus award winner and Hugo finalist._Silhouette_, by Gene Wolfe, and _A Momentary Taste of Being_, by James Tiptree, Jr.,...