2024 SCWES BOOK AWARDS FOR BC AUTHORS WINNERAs the first month of 2016 rolled into the next, the death count continued to climb…Evann has no excuse to be living among the city’s destitute. When he reached into the medicine cabinet for that first dose of OxyContin, he didn’t consider everything the drug might take; he could only see the escape it might offer.Determined to prove himself as an artist, Evann moves to the city, only to d...

"Where is everybody?" The question became known as Fermi's Paradox. In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi asked this question while discussing the possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations. People reasoned that an advanced civilization able to travel at only a fifth the speed of light would be able to colonize the galaxy in a million years. Our Milky Way Galaxy is more than 13,000 million years old. On Earth, after its surface cooled from molten lava to solid rock, only a tiny part of its...

Dive deep into your imagination and immerse yourself in the wondrous world of midnight!Meet Me At Midnight is an anthology of tales from 36 authors that revolve around the bewitching hour, where magic, mystery, and untold possibilities converge. Presented in a variety of genres, including fantasy, comedy, mystery, contemporary, romance, paranormal, and thriller, this anthology invites you to explore the enigmatic realm that unfolds when the clock ...

This text/reference develops practical intuition into the art of RF circuit design and introduces users to the widely used simulation tool, Pathwave ADS, from Keysight Technologies. By using project-oriented assignments, it builds a strong foundation and focuses on practical applications illustrated by examples, simulation tutorials, and homework problems. Learning through doing has proven to be an effective preparatory tool for more advanced and complex applications, and this book is deve...

This book was written to tell the eleven-year story of how one of the largest mass prayers in history was added to the World War II Memorial. The D-Day Prayer was one of FDR's fireside chats, but it stands alone as an incredible moment in American history. The date was June 6th, 1944. Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion of western France, was already underway by the Allied nations. News reports throughout the day were released from General Eisenhower's headquarters with short statements...

Bobby Joe Long: Criminological and Forensic Analysis of the Classified Ad Serial KillerBetween March and November 1984, Bobby Joe Long murdered at least ten women in the Tampa Bay area, evolving from a serial rapist into one of Florida's most prolific killers. This comprehensive criminological analysis examines the devastating intersection of genetic abnormality, traumatic brain injury, and psychosexual trauma that created a predator, while chronicling the extraord...

Long-Eared Bats examines the biology, ecology and behaviour of two European bat species - Plecotus auritus and Plecotus austriacus.This book investigates their behaviour and considers the full range of conservation issues relating to the species.Topics covered include: identifying the species, foraging, reproductive biology, social organization, and the effects of man-made alterations to the environment and propos...

While TikTok was predominantly a Gen Z platform when it first gained popularity in the United States, it has aged more quickly than any other platform in history. According to a global study, TikTok users are fixated on their displays 99% of the time while an ad is playing, compared to 76% of the time on other platforms.Are you looking to make an impact with your marketing campaigns? Do you want to generate quality leads and convert them to long-term customers? If so, M...

In this world of financial crisis, institutional meltdowns, and leadership vacuums, Eric Garland, an expert in strategic forecasting and intelligence, has gone a little crazy from all the people saying "nobody could see [insert predictable disaster] coming." Now he wants to why, after fifty years of increasingly advanced intellectual techniques in forecasting and scenario planning, are we still unable to think about the future when in large groups? In How to Predict the Future...and WIN!!!...

The Long Journey Home follows the path of a young man that suffers hurt but rebounds to survive the Civil War. He travels West after the war and experiences life-changing adventures along the way. Finally, after many trials, he finds a home, friends, and love.About the AuthorBill MacVeigh was a history teacher for twenty-eight years in historical Lincoln County, New Mexico, where Billy the Kid once roamed. He grew up on stories told by his grandmother about White Oaks, a gol...

A cat's-eye view of maritime history: "Priceless historic photographs . . . deep and wide-ranging research . . . a ball of spellbinding and hilarious sea yarns." —Richard J. King, author of Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of "Moby-Dick"We remember the bold seafarers of yore—from Magellan to Shackleton—for their extraordinary exploits: new lands discovered, storms weathered, and battles won. But somehow history has neglected the stalwa...