Bronze art is one of the manifestations of African genius. An activity confined to the palace and controlled by the leading class from the constitution of states to the nineteenth-century, a period during which it finally left the court to enter to a process of democratization and popularization. The multiplication of the workshops induced justifies the abundant and diversified production. The works created reflect the social, cultural, political, religious, and spiritual life of the peopl...

Lucifer, the Son of the Morning and the worship leader of Heaven, has been subverting the angels of the celestial kingdom with his destiny doctrine. He plans to overthrow the Creator and usurp His throne, but he needs to know what the Father is planning. There is only one way. One of the rebel angels needs to be in a position of trust within the Fathers inner circle to keep Lucifer informed of any moves against him. As the rebellious angel leader plans his mutiny, he realizes that a newly ...

This volume set provides critical strategies for sustainable environmental management and biodiversity conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. They address key conservation issues in the region such as habitat loss, fragmentation, rangeland degradation, and human-wildlife conflicts. Innovative approaches in ecological modelling, climate change adaptation, and circular water systems, enhancing conservation efforts and ensuring resilience in the face of environmental changes are further examined...

Advances in Cold Spray: A Coating Deposition and Additive Manufacturing Process, Second Edition reviews the fundamental processes and recent advances made in the field of cold spray. This fully updated edition now includes a special chapter on Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing, along with advancements in impact modeling and simulation that allow a better understanding of the cold spray bonding mechanisms, powder synthesis and predictive modeling to improve the engineering of cold spray pow...

The War of the Methi is about an ancient war that was fought between two brother princes when there were only two supercontinents in the world. And this was when it was only these two supercontinents then seen well floating upon the waters of the great ocean after a massive homogeneous Earth had first become broken into two in the primordial times, before it then continued to splinter up as time went on. And this was as this war had caused an unheard-of evolution of a great grievous fracti...

The War of the Methi is about an ancient war that was fought between two brother princes when there were only two supercontinents in the world. And this was when it was only these two supercontinents then seen well floating upon the waters of the great ocean after a massive homogeneous Earth had first become broken into two in the primordial times, before it then continued to splinter up as time went on. And this was as this war had caused an unheard-of evolution of a great grievous fracti...

The War of the Methi is about an ancient war that was fought between two brother princes when there were only two supercontinents in the world. And this was when it was only these two supercontinents then seen well floating upon the waters of the great ocean after a massive homogeneous Earth had first become broken into two in the primordial times, before it then continued to splinter up as time went on. And this was as this war had caused an unheard-of evolution of a great grievous fracti...

Aircraft Sustainment and Repair is a one-stop-shop for practitioners and researchers in the field of aircraft sustainment, adhesively bonded aircraft joints, bonded composites repairs, and the application of cold spray to military and civil aircraft. Outlining the state-of-the-art in aircraft sustainment, this book covers the use of quantitative fractography to determine the in-service crack length versus flight hours curve, the effect of intergranular cracking on structural integrity and ...

Portuguese Literature and the Environment explores the relationship between Portuguese literature and the environment from Medieval times to the present. From the centrality of nature in Medieval poetry, through the bucolic verse of the Renaissance, all the way to the Romantic and post-Romantic nostalgia for a pristine natural or rural landscape under threat in the wake of industrialization, Portuguese literature has frequently reflected on the connection between humans and the na...

In 1993 three institutes belonging respectively to the Heidelberg Academy for Humanities and Sciences, to the Russian Academy of Sciences, and to the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, launched a cooperative research project. The main aim of the project is to develop mathematical methodologies needed for better information support in health policy decision-making in the area of primary health care provision for the Russian populations affected by radiation due to the Chernobyl accident. ...

A study of the legacy of nuclear contamination in the Soviet Union. It gives the location and characteristics of the accumulated radioactive material and wastes by each sector, from ore and mining to use and disposal. It describes types of storage, capacity and utilization, age and location. It gives information on the territories and locations contaminated, by normal operations and by accidents, from which strategic plans for remediation can be formulated.

For those who love their short stories spicy, welcome to Duck Prints Press's debut explicit anthology. In this collection of brand-new stories, we celebrate many flavors of polyamory. Orgy? Yes please! Ménage à trois? C'est magnifique! Foursomes and moresomes? Delighted to attend! We asked our 15 contributors to blow our minds with their fun combinations, unusual settings, favorite trope usage, and (of course) super sexy smut—and they didn't disappoint. From a vampire free-for-all to a hea...