If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound-or was the tree ever there at all?This book unfolds as a dialogue between two minds: Gene, the realist, and Abraham, the idealist. Across sixteen conversations, they wrestle with one of philosophy's oldest questions: is reality made of matter or of mind? Are trees and cappuccinos truly physical objects composed of atoms or are they manifestations of consciousness itself?As Gene and Abraham pr...

My play is a play of ideas, as I suppose all plays are, however, it is one in which nothing happens. It's a play about the English language and Shakespeare, sex, THC, television shows, music, art as well as technology, mental illness, BDSM, crossdressing, and other things. It is also a cautionary tale of sorts.A play on words, a play on gender and the tricks the mind plays: it is an answer to and a play on Percy B. Shelley's Prometheus Unbound, George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superma...

Bestselling football biographer Luca Caioli tackles his most controversial subject yet - Barcelona, Uruguay and former Liverpool forward Luis Suárez.When in late September 2013 Luis Suárez returned from a landmark ten-match ban for biting an opponent, one in a long line of high-profile misdemeanours, it seemed unlikely that he would ever win over his critics.In the months that followed he scored an astonishing 31 times, propelling Liverpool back into the Champions League foll...

Ares is a one-of-a-kind dog who prefers swimming to playing fetch. Despite the teasing from the other animals in the neighborhood, Ares stays happy and proud of his love for the water. However, everything changes when an accident sends chaos through the community. Will Ares rise to the occasion and save the day? Or will his love for swimming be put to the ultimate test?About the AuthorElizabeth B. Suarez is a dedicated and decorated police officer residing in Miami, Florida...

For a long time the morphologic diagnosis of diseases of the pancreas - which is the most hidden organ of the abdomen - by means of radiologic methods was inade quate. Diagnostic radiology of pancreatic diseases has been revolutionized by new cross-sectional methods such as computed tomography with volume CT scanning, further progress in ultrasonography in the form of color duplex Doppler, and magnetic resonance imaging. Therefore we had the idea of publishing an up-to-date treatise on rad...

Daniel Suarez’s New York Times bestselling debut high-tech thriller is “so frightening even the government has taken note” (Entertainment Weekly).Daemons: computer programs that silently run in the background, waiting for a specific event or time to execute. They power almost every service. They make our networked world possible. But they also make it vulnerable...When the obituary of legendary computer game architect Matthew Sobol appears...

A man is found brutally murdered - and the only possible perpetrator happens to be dead. As more killings follow, it becomes clear that mass carnage is being planned and organised from beyond the grave.The Daemon - a lethal and seemingly unstoppable computer program - is responsible and murder is the least of its capabilities. Masterminded by a twisted genius, the Daemon inhabits the systems on which society depends. In a world where everyone and everything is online, nothing is ou...

The bestselling author of Daemon returns with a near-future technological thriller, in which a charismatic billionaire recruits a team of adventurers to launch the first deep space mining operation--a mission that could alter the trajectory of human civilization.When itinerant cave diver James Tighe receives an invitation to billionaire Nathan Joyce's private island, he thinks it must be a mistake. But Tighe's unique skill set makes him a prime candidate f...

Nadie puede enterrar el pasado para siempre.El plan de Anne parecía perfecto: un verano en la vieja casa familiar de la Ribera Navarra para aclararse las ideas, reencontrarse con los amigos de la infancia y bailar hasta el amanecer en un festival de música.Pero el destino guarda sorpresas que pueden ser muy peligrosas.Cuando llega a su tan ansiado refugio, Anne se entera de que han aparecido enterrados unos extraños huesos en el jardín de la casa. Y...

'Thrilling…has the snap of a Hollywood script…compelling.' Wall Street JournalThe gripping true story, that reads like fiction, of how legendary FBI Special Agent Martin Suarez went deep undercover – and lived a double-life for years – to infiltrate Colombia's most insidious drug cartels.Martin Suarez, a legend within the FBI who specialised in Colombian drug cartels, holds the record for the longest time spent continuously underco...

The New York Times bestseller Daemon unleashed a terrifying technological vision of an all-powerful, malicious computer program. Now, our world is the Daemon's world—unless someone stops it once and for all...The Daemon is in absolute control, using an expanded network of shadowy operatives to tear apart civilization and build it anew. Even as civil war breaks out in the American Midwest in a wave of nightmarish violence, former detective Pete Seb...

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez imagines a chilling future where technological advances are held hostage by the government in this thriller that perfectly blends “nail-biting suspense with accessible science” (Publishers Weekly).Physicist Jon Grady and his team have discovered a device that can reflect gravity—a triumph that will revolutionize the field of physics and change the future. But instead of acclaim, Grady’s lab is locked...