By the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of RebirdingSpend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life.England's ancient orchards, collaborations between people and nature, are sources of hope for the future. Protecting them promises a far richer England for the centuries to come, for wildlife and for us.As the seasons turn, a wealth of animals and plants are revealed: Bumble and solitary bees apartment-...

By the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of RebirdingSpend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life.England's ancient orchards, collaborations between people and nature, are sources of hope for the future. Protecting them promises a far richer England for the centuries to come, for wildlife and for us.As the seasons turn, a wealth of animals and plants are revealed: Bumble and solitary bees apartment-...

2858 : L’humanité a fui la Terre désormais planète stérile, et s’est étendue à d’autres systèmes solaires. Un système de castes régit la société, dominée par une toute-puissante entité politico-religieuse appelé Consortium. Cette dernière règne d’une main de fer sur la plupart des activités humaines, contrôlant les ressources énergétiques et les matières premières. La liberté individuelle et le libre arbitre ne sont plus que des chimères brandies par les oligarques afin d...

During a span of a few years, two young mens lives may change forever. Growing up has challenged them with intellectual parents that have been offered separate opportunities to travel the world. The young men are giving the opportunity to be apart of these excursions on different parts of the planet. They decided to take on these opportunities presented, and discovered the power crystals that landed on the planet in unknown locations. They embrace these changes standing one-on-one against ...

Have you ever puzzled over how to perform Boolean logic at the atomic scale? Or wondered how you can carry out more general calculations in one single molecule or using a surface dangling bond atomic scale circuit? This volume gives you an update on the design of single molecule devices, such as recitfiers, switches and transistors, more advanced semi-classical and quantum boolean gates integrated in a single molecule or constructed atom by atom on a passivated semi-conductor surface and d...

A domestic dog attack on a child leads to a complex case - the macabre discovery of indiscernible body parts amongst bin bags littering a road on the outskirts of town. Meanwhile, a team of criminals spreads its tentacles across the sordid underworld of people trafficking, dog fighting, prostitution and murder. Is there a link between these cases and can DCI Bennett catch a twisted killer before he strikes again?