Queen Peydra ascends to the throne, but has a mere 12 years until Ruling Council will murder her.Can she escape the "Curse of Royalty"?Peydra must decide what she will do as she nears her coronation in a kingdom whose ruling body has used something they call the Protection Dictum to justify murdering the royal family for more than two centuries. Instead of being the warning against tyranny it was intended to be, the practice has become commonplace and threatens not only her...

"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy" by Sir J. A. Fleming is a pioneering work that explores the principles and applications of wireless telegraphy, a revolutionary technology that transformed communication in the early 20th century. Fleming, a prominent physicist and electrical engineer, delves into the theoretical foundations of electromagnetic waves and their practical uses in transmitting information without wires. His insights laid the groundwork for future advancements in radio techno...

In "Waves and Ripples in Water, Air, and Æther," J. A. Sir Fleming offers an intricate exploration of the phenomena of wave propagation across various mediums. Employing a meticulous analytical style that combines theoretical physics with empirical observation, Fleming navigates the complex landscape of acoustics, hydrodynamics, and electromagnetic theory. The book's structure reflects a progressive unraveling of concepts; it spans from the fundamental principles of wave mechanics to their...

The Natural WayHow to Stop Committing Suicide with a Fork!Discover The Natural Way to Health, Vitality and Longer Life!Did You Know That Three Out of Four Ailments Are Preventable?THAT'S AN AMAZING 75%!• If less pain, fewer trips to the doctor, lower medical bills, decreased medications and fewer surgeries sounds appealing, then this program of alternative medicine is definit...

Nutrition Made E-ZLearn The Basics In A Weekend!!!Things you need to know about the fundamentals of eating right for optimum health.Offering helpful hints that can prevent ills, shed pounds, make you look better, feel better, and live a longer, healthier & happier life!If you are confused abou****t nutrition this book offers quick facts at a glance, information on nutrients,...

In recent years, new paradigms have emerged to replace-or augment-the traditional, mathematically based approaches to optimization. The most powerful of these are genetic algorithms (GA), inspired by natural selection, and genetic programming, an extension of GAs based on the optimization of symbolic codes.Robust Control Systems with Genetic Algorithms builds a bridge between genetic algorithms and the design of robust control systems. After laying a foundation in ...

You're sitting around the campfire; it's dark, the moon is high in the sky, the wind is whistling through the trees, and the sense of isolation is pervasive. You hear a twig snap in the darkness, everyone is tense. What's the story you tell your friends to terrify them? What's in the dark, stalking the camp: an ax murderer, a werewolf, or something so far beyond our mortal understanding that just the sight of it will drive each of us insane?

One of the most important questions of our previous common volumes about affective, schizoaffective, and schizophrenic disorders was the question of what connects and what separates psychotic disorders (Marneros and Tsuang, Schizo affective Psychoses, Springer-Verlag, 1986; Marneros and Tsuang Affective and Schizoaffective Disorders, Springer-Verlag, 1990; Marneros, Andreasen, and Tsuang, Negative and Positive Schizophrenia, Springer-Verlag 1993). The boundaries between various psychotic d...

Reviews advances in understanding how breeding and growth affects the development of quality attributes such as fat content and tenderness;Summarises recent research on how management of cattle and carcass handling affects sensory properties;Discusses current research on measuring and optimising quality traits such as colour, flavour and tenderness

The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film...

In By the Word Worked, Fleming Rutledge exhibits a lifetime of wisdom gained from reflection upon the power of the Word of God to address, convict, comfort, and exhort the church. Rutledge contends that the Word of God is the very lifeblood of the church, with preaching, based upon Holy Scripture, calling the church into existence, determining its identity, providing its calling and commission, and enabling its faith in the ultimate triumph of its Lord. Despite Satan's interferenc...

In a near-future world where hurricanes are weekly events, Eleanor escapes with her family to an abandoned beach town on Shadow Key after a storm destroys her school. There, she stumbles upon a strange and eerie discovery—a small colony of ghosts, each with their own peculiar story: a homesick pirate, a lovesick countess, the mysterious Nameless Mute Gentleman, and The Fabulous Singing Siren Sisters.But the ghosts are in danger. Tentacled sea monsters called Oldies are stalking thei...