For those people who loved Star Wars, Star Trek and science fiction in general but don’t take them too seriously. Every science fiction trope and cliché expertly mashed into one tale about a guy, his cat, his secret agent alien dancing girl and a talking 7 foot tall avocado. In the finest traditions of everything that was wrong with Star Wars, Star Trek, Aliens, Transformers and many more movies, television shows and video games all crammed into the day to day adventures of Will Campbell, ...

College archeology students rally around the dedicated Professor Smith, who seeks signs of Britain’s earliest residents. By studying them, he hopes to understand them—but Smith and his students are in for a surprise, as seeking their ancient ancestors leads them on an enlightening trail back to themselves. Lady Margarette Worthington is custodian of Worthington Manor Hall Estate. On the brink of bankruptcy, she welcomes the professor and his students to stay. She, too, finds illumination a...

Set in 1897 Prescott, Arizona Territory, The Prescott Murders follows Haseya, a determined Navajo woman trying to build her own investigative business in a society that sees her as an outsider. When a boy goes missing and a high-profile murder shocks the town during its annual parade, Haseya is reluctantly drawn into a complex mystery riddled with prejudice, hidden motives, and local politics. With the help of a spirited yet troublesome young assistant named Raymond, she must navi...

Takeo Yoshikawa (1912-1993) was an ensign in the Imperial Japanese Navy and a naval intelligence officer assigned the task of spying on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.Assuming the alias "Morimura" and the role of secretary at the Japanese Consulate-General in Honolulu in March of 1941, Yoshikawa was able to travel all over the Hawaiian Islands to gather intelligence. His reporting during the nine months preceding the outbreak of the Pacific War would help pave the way for J...

The philosopher presents a stimulating overview of his work, its intellectual roots, and its relationship to the work of other twentieth century thinkers.In Four Seminars, Heidegger reviews the entire trajectory of his thought and offers unique perspectives on fundamental aspects of his work. First published in French in 1976, these seminars were translated into German with Heidegger's approval and reissued in 1986 as part of his Gesamtausgabe, volume 15. T...

Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography are both key components to routine cardiology practice. This new edition of Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Intervention has been fully updated since the first edition, with new sections on primary percutaneous coronary intervention, trends in vascular access, bioabsorbable stents, optical coherence tomography, and more. Filled with over 150 clinical images and schematic illustrations, the handbook is an accessible 'how-to' gui...

During his early years in Basel, as professor of classical philology, Nietzsche develops an original understanding of ancient Greek poetry, philosophy, and culture, alongside a biting critique of contemporary German society and a call for its reform. These years see him publish his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, where tragic drama is understood as the harmonizing of Apollonian and Dionysian drives. In it, Nietzsche traces the rise of tragedy as an art form, diagnoses its demise...

Released in 2007 and the first handbook-sized practical training guide to provide easily accessible, detailed information on how to get good images, make key measurements and report findings, the first edition of Echocardiography rapidly become a bestselling echocardiography manual. Now in its second edition, and reflecting the most recent international cardiology and echocaridography society guidelines, the handbook has been extensively updated throughout and features new sections coveri...

This ten-session course broadens vocabulary for 8th graders in multiple ways including definitions of words, usage in context, stories, quiz questions and pairing of words with similar ones. This is an ideal way to foster vocabulary development. Vocabulary included in this 8th grade course includes terms such as juxtapose, velocity, technical, surmise, validate, abhor and many others. 8th grade is a target level for this course, but depending on a child's vocabulary development it may be u...

This course will expand a 7th grader's vocabulary by introducing new words in multiple ways, through explaining word definitions, using words in sentences, providing new words alongside words with similar meaning, telling stories involving the words and other games and activities to support vocabulary development. This repeated exposure to vocabulary in different contexts enables deeper comprehension of the meaning of vocabulary so that it can be applied appropriately in written and verbal...

A resource for learners of the English language to expand their vocabulary through 5 20-minute sessions of increasingly complex by commonly used English words. To help learning and retention of words are approached in multiple ways using definitions, sentence usage, questions, stories, opposites, similar words and other techniques. Session 1 starts with more basic words such as opponent, cable, additional, triumph and rare. Session 2 covers words like gingerly, upset, globe, shabby and act...

This recording has been digitally produced by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration.A war between Southern States hard men and Mexicana smallholders explodes when a suburban cop takes the job of sheriff in this lawless corner of Texas. She has to learn on the job. Murder and violence follow her every ...