Lieutenant Commander David Allen Winston’s (Win to his friends) meteoric rise through the ranks in the US Navy is nothing short of astonishing. At just thirty-two, Win is the youngest officer to be promoted to the rank of Lt. Commander. Everything changes in an instant when his only sister is murdered in a botched mob hit in her own nightclub. In his utter despair he is plunged into a dark spiral which leads him down a menacing path to vengeance. Taking unauthorized time off from the Navy ...

Every secret has a key.As a child worker of the December Mining Corporation, 18-year-old Jett’s plan has always been to earn a life outside the mines by selling her body—a plan she’s nearly fulfilled until she reluctantly takes on a new trainee from the outside world.The daughter of a government historian, and bartered into the slave trade by her own mother, Fiona is an outsider with a strange wealth of knowledge, and a secret worth dying—and killing—for. W...

Soul Qualities: The Art of Becoming With Study Guide lists forty spiritual principles, tools to cultivate the fruits of the Spirit - wisdom, peace, courage, forgiveness, patience, love, kindness, humility, purpose, faith, gratitude, and mindfulness are the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Soul Qualities – the qualities of the Spirit, are cultivated in the mind and heart through practice by walking in the Spirit. Soul Qualities is a life journey toolbox that includes the book Soul Qualities: The ...

Five arguments to defend your faith. In an increasingly secular world, Christians face more pressure to justify their beliefs. Confronted by confident atheists, can you be sure your faith in God is reasonable? In How Do We Know God Exists?, William Lane Craig offers five air--tight arguments for God's existence. Not only are these arguments rational, but they have not been disproven--let alone adequately challenged. You can have confidence that your faith is grounded.

Some pursue heroism, others are thrust into it.Superheroes. They live among us, some hidden in plain sight, others as well-known celebrities. All carry a burden and a purpose: to destroy the evils of this world and keep the common man safe from harm.But evil is a strong thread that refuses to be cut. How much sacrifice will be demanded to destroy that which seeks to destroy us, and are there enough heroes to do the job?Experience a collection of sho...

Across the globe, patients are no longer passive recipients of care — they are active participants, decision-makers and collaborators.This timely volume explores the evolving landscape of patient and public involvement (PPI) in healthcare, focusing on its intersection with the healthcare professions. Drawing on international perspectives, the book examines how patients and professionals navigate changing roles, peer support networks and complex healthcare systems. It considers the ...

This Open Access book presents the current state of the art knowledge on social and affective neuroscience based on empirical findings. This volume is divided into several sections first guiding the reader through important theoretical topics within affective neuroscience, social neuroscience and moral emotions, and clinical neuroscience. Each chapter addresses everyday social interactions and various aspects of social interactions from a different angle taking the reader on a diverse jour...

How Geometric Algebra can naturally serve for constructing solutions for pattern recognition, machine learning, data compression, games, robotics, quantum computing, data encoding, to cite a few. Moreover, there is ample evidence that further research on GA and related areas can significantly expand the number of real-world applications in a wide variety of areas. A mathematical system that is very easy to handle, highly robust and superior performance for engineering applications. Good th...

This book provides insight on the concept of social value and social return on investment (SROI) - or measures to evaluate the social outcomes from interventions, beyond simply jobs and income. It offers a new and holistic perspective on the values generated from environmental stewardship and forest governance, and focuses on the methods, approaches and outcomes for understanding social value and SROI. The book offers new directions in social value and SROI, including cultural and spiritua...

Dust is widespread in the galaxy. To astronomers studying stars it may be just an irritating fog, but it is becoming widely recognized that cosmic dust plays an active role in astrochemistry. Without dust, the galaxy would have evolved differently, and planetary systems like ours would not have occurred. To explore and consolidate this active area of research, Dust and Chemistry in Astronomy covers the role of dust in the formation of molecules in the interstellar medium, with the exceptio...

Power electronics, which is a rapidly growing area in terms of research and applications, uses modern electronics technology to convert electric power from one form to another, such as ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac with a variable output magnitude and frequency. Power electronics has many applications in our every day life such as air-conditioners, electric cars, sub-way trains, motor drives, renewable energy sources and power supplies for computers. This book covers all aspects of switch...

The first translation, produced by a team of eight scholars, of the Declamations and Preliminary Talks of the sixth-century sophist Choricius of Gaza. Declamations, deliberative or judicial orations on fictitious themes, were the fundamental advanced exercises of the rhetorical schools of the Roman Empire, of interest also to audiences outside the schools. Some of Choricius' declamations are on generic themes (e.g. a tyrannicide, a war-hero), while others are based on specific motifs from ...