Ian Stevens, director of the Deep Space Research Institute, isn't interested in conducting research just for the sake of research. While the rest of the world—including the U.S. government—thinks that's the DSRI's sole mission, Stevens is actually interested in more—he wants manned space travel and the colonization of the moon.With NASA defunct, few scientific probes are being launched, and no one even talks about human spaceflight anymore. Stevens is out to change that. A billiona...

TRAIN HARD. FEEL YOUR BEST. PERFORM AT YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL—WITHOUT PAIN, SETBACKS, OR BREAKING DOWN AS YOU AGE.If you’ve ever pushed yourself in the gym only to find yourself sidelined by persistent pain, nagging injuries, or frustrating plateaus...If you've watched your progress stall despite your best efforts, leaving your body feeling tight, fatigued, and older than it should...Or if you’re tired of being told that aches, stiffness, and breakd...

Meet Thomas Noble Townsend III, the Trillion Dollar Kid. Money can't buy everything but for a teen with unlimited resources and wealth, the unbelievable is never out of reach. On a search for those across the world who possess remarkable and sometimes unconceivable abilities and origins, Tommy's adventures begin as his hunt leads him to a pair of cosmic youngsters destined to rule heaven and hell, and a family from the far future hiding in our present. But as Tommy unlocks more of the unim...

The Seventh Charter is a gripping techno-thriller where cutting-edge technology, forgotten history, and hidden power structures collide.When ethical hacker Xara uncovers a series of seemingly inexplicable disruptions within critical digital infrastructure, her investigation leads to a centuries-old secret that was never meant to be found. What begins as a technical anomaly quickly evolves into an international conspiracy linking historical archives...

THE LAW HAS FAILED THEM. SEBASTIAN RUDD WILL NOT.Sebastian Rudd take the cases no one else wants.As a result, his last office was firebombed - either by drug dealers or cops. And things are about to get even more complicated.Arch Swanger is a criminal lowlife and the prime suspect in the abduction and presumed murder of the daughter of the assistant chief of police. When Rudd agrees to represent him, Swanger lets him in on a terrible secret....

Have you experienced the heartache of rejection? Do you wonder why you don't fit it? Do you crave the approval of others? Everyone experiences rejection, but not everyone has to be damaged by its painful consequences. In this compassionate and spiritually insightful book, John Paul Jackson explains what happens when rejection rules our lives. He helps to identify weaknesses that reveal the many faces of rejection. Discover how to harness the power of rejection, find healing for the scars o...

The title says it all: this book will help you permanently banish your back pain. In two logical volumes, it shows you how to feel better.The first volume makes it easy for you to understand your back pain. Using simple, clear language, it explains the structure of your spine, and demystifies many common pain-provoking conditions.This second book offers a unique quiz that will help you to classify your injury into one of four types. In this way, you will learn how to cure y...

An anthology about pirates and the open seas.Stories included:Alongside the Coasts of Sumatra by Sergio PalumboCaptain Bs By Pyle HazardLa Conquista by Rob NesbitIn the Name of Free Enterprise by HL DowlessOf Squalls and Sailors by John ToresPirates and Mutiny by Laura NelsonRiders to the Sea by Prabir Kumar RathSail Away by Mariah LyndeThe Salt Cartographer by Ky-oh RangiPoetry By:Dr. Thomas S....

"For the Military Enthusiast- an intriguing view of the war through the eyes of a contemporary Western Military Officer." — ARGunners.com On 24 February 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine, intending to overthrow the Zelensky government and bring the former Soviet republic back into the Russian sphere of control. Vladimir Putin clearly expected a quick victory and many in the West also predicted that Kiev would fall in a few days. But they hadn't counted on the skilled, courageous and det...

The Silence of the Word explores the intersection of Christology and contemplation in a synthesis culminating in theosis: our deification by grace.Jesus Christ is the union of God and humanity.Contemplation is our mode of living that Mystery.In a world saturated with noise, distraction and spiritual exhaustion, many are left wondering: How does the Gospel restore our fractured humanity? The Silence of the Word offe...

AI Through the Experts’ Eyes reveals the humanity behind artificial intelligence. John R. Gallagher foregrounds practitioners’ stories and the real-life culture from which these disruptive technologies emerge. Representing reality to computers is at the heart of AI, and Gallagher spotlights the challenges of doing so under the combined pressures of the break-neck pace of these technologies’ growth and ever-present hype, both external and internal. Drawing on more than 100 intervie...

A powerfully evocative photographic chronicle of the high desert of the American WestSpanning almost all of Nevada and Utah and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming, the sparsely populated regions of the Great Basin and the Basin and Range Province have stories to tell—stories intimate and vast, familial, historical, and geological. In Silence So Deep It Rings, renowned landscape photographer Laura McPhee challenges the tradition of nineteent...