Recent advances suggest that the concept of information might hold the key to unravelling the mystery of life's nature and origin. Fresh insights from a broad and authoritative range of articulate and respected experts focus on the transition from matter to life, and hence reconcile the deep conceptual schism between the way we describe physical and biological systems. A unique cross-disciplinary perspective, drawing on expertise from philosophy, biology, chemistry, physics, and cognitive ...

Adventures among the stars need a ship to get you there.Stories Rule Press presents Space Opera Digest 2022: Have Ship, Will TravelSpace Opera heroes and heroines explore the stars and discover cool new places in ships which range from beat-up rust-buckets to sleek technologically advanced craft that are the envy of the galaxy. Space ships are quintessential for the adventures and challenges our favourite characters face.Come and e...

Welcome to The Oddment is the debut novella from Jake Horner. It is a whimsical, cozy fantasy about Elora Bramble. A highly anxious woman who is leaving her high stress job in the city to run a small tea shop in a magical town called Oakhaven. She learns to lean into found family and might even learn to relax a little bit. At least, that is, until her former life catches up with her in the form of a previous boss, a corporate tyrant, intent on draining the magic from Oakhaven. Elora must l...

Live out your most forbidden desires with explicit stories that make your skin tingle and your toes curl!So, if you’re looking to make your wildest fantasies come alive or relive the days when you lived in reckless abandon, then brace yourselves for the explicit sex stories in this Best Seller written by Theresa Reno.Nothing will stop you from fantasizing about them with this wide collection of topics and stories. This is what this book is made for. You will find different ...

All it took was one look, and my panties dropped—literally.Castor DeMatteo has been off-limits since I was a teenager. He used to be a nice jock who'd rustle my hair like I was his kid sister. Now? He's a capo of the Valentino crime family, lathered in ink and covered in gold rings… everywhere. How do I know? Because one night, at the restaurant where I work, he rented the back room and asked me to work it. There's only one problem… He's my brother's best friend.

In this stunning sequel to The Crimson Throne, Alyth and Samson must infiltrate the fae court to prepare to face the bloodthirsty army of the High Blade who is intent on destroying both the mortal and fae worlds. From the New York Times bestselling authors of the Witch and Hunter duology, Sara Raasch and Beth Revis, comes the conclusion to this incredible romantasy duology.Alyth and Samson finally know the identity of the High Blade, leader of the bloodthi...

This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. Together they report the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for individuals and society.This book concentrates on four major themes: autonomy and independence in later life, biology and ageing, food and nutrition and re...

An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges.What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like.In Life as No One Knows It, physicist and astrobiologi...

An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges.What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like.In Life as No One Knows It, physicist and astrobiologi...

"Finding the Unpredictable Good" is a collection of short stories and essays by four authors sharing their real-life experiences. The challenges they've faced reflect their pursuit of the unpredictable good each of us discovers as we move through life. The realization of this good shows up in the most amazing moments, in the most unpredictable ways. Life always provides a gift.

Marrying a mobster was the worst decision I ever made.Joey Lucrazi ratted on his entire family, and now because of it, I'm forced to live in fear of retaliation. I count down the days in witness protection until I'm caught, but it turns out reality is worse than imagination when Leandro Rigiano—the most ruthless hitman in the five families—comes knocking.Six feet of tattooed muscle stomps into our quiet house and takes his revenge, revealing that the rat I ...

This recording comprises chapters from two different works: How To Visit The English Cathedrals (1912) by Esther Singleton, and The Cathedral Churches Of England (1911) by Helen Marshall Pratt. Each book devotes a chapter to each cathedral, but this recording includes only the introductory chapters of general information.