Caught up in a space station turf war between gangs and corrupt law, a lone asteroid miner decides to take them all down.When an asteroid miner comes to Station 35 looking to sell her cargo and get back to the solitude she craves, she gets swept up in a three-way standoff with gangs and crooked cops. Faced with either taking sides or cleaning out the Augean Stables, she breaks out the flamethrower.

Embark on a journey through the soulful poetry of Mark P. Murphy, who reflects on the essence of existence, the complexities of pain, love, faith, and the quietude of life's unspoken moments. Witness the intertwining of celestial destinies and human experiences, drawing on deep spiritual introspection and the undeniable ties that bind us to one another. Murphy's verses reach into the depths of the human heart, exploring the nuanced dance of sin and redemption, the sanctity of union and the...

The illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance. Now, Caroline Murphy vividly captures the untold story of a rare woman who moved with confidence through a world of popes and princes. Using a wide variety of sources, including Felice's personal correspondence, as well as diaries, account books, and chronicles of Renaissance Rome, Murphy skillfully weaves a compelling portrait of this remarkab...

What do we choose when the world burns—silence, spectacle, or something stranger?In Forbidden Fruit, speculative and literary voices gather at the edge of the unspeakable. These are stories of trespass and transformation, mystery and myth, curated by Newton Press.Inside you'll find:Hidden histories and surreal futuresSecret societies, spiritual schisms, and soft apocalypseQueer hauntings, monstrous tenderness, and things that were never mea...

Completely revised to reflect recent, rapid changes in the field of interventional radiology (IR), Image-Guided Interventions, 4th Edition, offers comprehensive coverage of vascular and nonvascular interventional imaging―ideal for IR subspecialists as well as residents and fellows in IR. This award-winning title provides clear guidance from global experts, helping you formulate effective treatment strategies, communicate with patients, avoid complications, and put today's newest technology...

It's no secret that the U.S. health care system is in a state of disrepair, but the rabbit hole goes deeper than even the staunchest critics may realize. In Primal Prescription, authors Doug McGuff, MD and Robert P. Murphy, PhD, combine their expertise in economics and medicine to offer a shocking, disturbing, and ultimately enlightening view into America's health care system. You'll discover the real history of what went wrong with U.S. health care and insurance, and why...

Over 85 recipes to help you complete real-world data science projects in R and PythonKey Features\[\*\] Tackle every step in the data science pipeline and use it to acquire, clean, analyze, and visualize your data\[\*\] Get beyond the theory and implement real-world projects in data science using R and Python\[\*\] Easy-to-follow recipes will help you understand and implement the numerical computing conceptsBook DescriptionAs...

What will the end of the world be like?Plague or nuclear fire? Asteroids or floods?Divine wrath or people meddling with what should have been left alone?The apocalypse may come in the future, but what apocalypses might have occurred if history had played out differently? What if nukes had flown during the Cuban Missile Crisis? What if an asteroid had been on a collision course with Earth before the first person could set foot on the Moon? What if humanity destroyed it...

What if Marvel bought out DC?What if the Dandy survived as a digital comic?What if the Authority were never published?WHAT IF DREDD TOOK HIS HAT OFF?Sea Lion Press presents a collection of over a dozen essays on how American and British comic history could have ended up taking very different paths. Inside are characters from Spider-Man to Sonic the Hedgehog, from Alan Moore shaping the DC Universe to Jack Kirby being absent from it, from how to save Acclaim Co...

Ireland is a country that is, in many ways, still defined by the British occupation and the nature of its partition and independence and so there is much room to explore how it could have evolved differently in different circumstances.What would home rule have looked like in practice? What struggles would an Ireland that won independence in the late 18th century have faced? How would Ireland have positioned itself if the Nazis had won the Second World War?In this collection, thirteen talen...

At a crucial moment in the war, Neville Chamberlain – Britain's greatest Prime Minister – resigns?Impossible as that seems, it could have happened.In this collection of essays, we look at six ways that the European Great War and the world it made could have gone very differently. From that old standby, "what if Germany had invaded Ireland", to new counterfactuals such as "what if Japan had joined the war", we aim to challenge what we all think we know.Are our ideas ...

In Murder of a Medici Princess Caroline Murphy illuminates the brilliant life and tragic death of Isabella de Medici one of the brightest stars in the dazzling world of Renaissance Italy the daughter of Duke Cosimo I ruler of Florence and Tuscany. Murphy is a superb storyteller and her fast-paced narrative captures the intrigue the scandal the romantic affairs and the violence that were commonplace in the Florentine court. She brings to life an extraordinary woman fluent in five languages ...