This book delves into the complex interplay between temperature regimes and rural landscapes, with a focused exploration of a small-scale river basin. It highlights the significance of microclimatic variations in rural areas, which are often overshadowed by urban heat studies.The book meticulously examines the factors contributing to temperature fluctuations in these landscapes, including land use patterns, water bodies, and vegetative cover, providing a wide-ranging understanding ...

An alternate Earth trapped in a perpetual Iron Age.An alien ship on the way to destroy all cities.One war band with the will to resist.Whenever the Lesser Race called humanity dares to build cities, an alien apocalypse descends from the skies. It has happened before, leaving only the legends of toppled empires to tell the tale.Unaware of the threat, the once nomadic Scythians have settled and built a capital. Arixa, leader of a war band called...

Human cloning.Technology evolves faster than we do.The law shields us from our worst temptations.But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach—perfection and ascension… or delusion and destruction.In this collection of clone-themed stories, ten of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality, our built-in societal restraints, and reflect upon our state of grace.Similar is not necessarily the same.“CLONES: The Antholog...

The Adventures of Jacktopus: In Search of HomeAn Action-Packed, Humorous Middle-Grade Adventure About Courage, Friendship, and Finding Where You BelongLooking for a laugh-out-loud adventure that sparks imagination, celebrates individuality, and keeps young readers turning the pages?The Adventures of Jacktopus: In Search of Home is a thrilling underwater journey about an octopus who desperately wants something his k...

“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.”- John F. KennedyUnderwater cities, lost civilizations, crops, climate change, and dead zones.In this collection of o...

Overcoming I.N.S.E.C.U.R.I.T.Y. is a transformative guide within the esteemed Live Life Lovely Book Series, providing invaluable tools and inspiring narratives that will help you navigate life's challenges with resilience and joy. The book stands as a powerful testament to the author's commitment to empowering others on their journey to self-discovery, offering essential insights to conquer inner doubts and thrive. Through poignant stories and practical advice, readers are guided towards e...

Barbarian born. Legion trained.Hostage. Symbol. Target.Matthi the Goth has spent six years inside a frontier military garrison, held hostage by the same Roman legions that saved him from an innocent boyhood mistake and the savage justice of the Angel of Death.He trains alongside highborn sons of the empire and sees his future within their ranks, but he is not a Roman citizen. He's called a savage--the teenage son of the only man who...

A ghost cannot tie a knot. A ghost cannot calibrate a voltage. But in the village of Jakpur, the dead are doing exactly that.Thirty years ago, the wealthy Chatterjee family buried a dark secret in the red earth. Now, their heirs are dying in impossible, "supernatural" accidents. The villagers fear a curse, but Inspector Sagar Mondal sees a blueprint.At every crime scene, Sagar finds a pattern: leverage, fulcrums, and chemical reactions. He ...

It took exactly 100 years from when communities in Paradise consistently sold hundreds of thousands of pounds of surplus food to British caravans, to when those same communities were fed cornmeal (animal feed) to keep them from starvation. Having broken the systems, the same institutions that claimed to be developing frontier markets were quietly running the oldest play in the colonial handbook: price the asset below its value, then buy it at the discount.Frontier Madness begins wit...

At the bottom of a crevice on a volcanic moon, a mysterious alien levels a curse on Clyde Tanner. Except maybe it happens in the underworld—or the empty streets of an abandoned city, the curse retribution from the devil himself. There is no dispute, however, that Clyde Tanner was involved in the Isolation Event when skipspace's puzzling collapse effectively broke faster-than-light travel, stranding humanity between disparate star systems. From there, the story diverges in dozens of ways, s...

Amidst the divisiveness of the latter stages which the 2020 pandemic presented in society, concerned citizen Alex Domingue takes it upon himself to become involved in local politics and affect positive change in his community. As a corporate professional, veteran, and well-educated man, Alex has developed an extensive resume of working with many people from different backgrounds and points of view to accomplish critical missions. He feels uniquely qualified to move the needle towards a bet...

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