Death is not an ending. It is a state.A moment where memory, consequence, and identity collapse into silence.This story begins there.The world has already moved on. Corporations still trade in shadows, ships still cut through cold orbits, and power still belongs to those who understand systems better than people. What remains is a civilization built on efficiency, control, and carefully managed decay—where nothing truly disappears, it only changes han...

A morte não é um fim.É um estado — um momento em que memória, identidade e consequência colapsam em silêncio.O mundo já seguiu em frente.As corporações continuam negociando nas sombras, as naves cortam órbitas frias, e o poder pertence àqueles que compreendem sistemas melhor do que pessoas. O que resta é uma civilização construída sobre eficiência, controle e decadência cuidadosamente administrada — onde nada realmente desaparece, apenas muda de mãos.No centro...

Metabolic engineering is a new field with applications in the production of chemicals, fuels, materials, pharmaceuticals, and medicine at the genetic level. The field's novelty is in the synthesis of molecular biology techniques and the tools of mathematical analysis, which allow rational selection of targets for genetic modification through measurements and control of metabolic fluxes. The objective is to identify specific genetics or environmental manipulations that result in improvement...

A who's who of space opera and military science fiction contribute brand new stories set in the universes of their most famous series. Space Opera and Military Science Fiction are cut from the same cloth, so this anthology merges the two to create a once-in-a-lifetime collection that includes:A new Honor Harrington Universe tale by David WeberA new Dune story by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set within the time frame of the original novel DuneA new Ender's Ga...

O despertar da Leoa:Uma leoa que se levanta do seu sono representa uma imagem magnífica de força, paixão e beleza. Sua simples presença define a paisagem, protege os seus filhotes e confere poder ao leão. Em grupos, as leoas se tornam uma força criativa e estratégica que não deve ser ignorada, prestes a mudar o mundo que as cerca.VOCÊ TAMBÉM É UMA LEOA.Mulheres, é hora de...DESPERTAR...Deus não salvou vocês para domá-las.DESPERTEM...Para u...

Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when death is nearly meaningless, Richard K. Morgan returns to his saga of betrayal, mystery, and revenge, as Takeshi Kovacs, in one fatal moment, joins forces with a mysterious woman who may have the power to shatter Harlan’s World forever.Once a gang member, then a marine, then a galaxy-hopping Envoy trained to wreak slaughter and suppression across the stars, a bleeding, wounded Kovacs ...

A CHAVE PARA TER ACESSOA UM ESTILO DE VIDA SOBRENATURAL“Este livro vai sacudir o seu barco e incendiar você com uma fé que transformará o mundo.”Muitos cristãos acreditam em milagres, mas não experimentam o sobrenatural como um modo de vida normal para eles. Isso descreve você? Você está pronto para entrar no estilo de vida de milagres que Jesus disponibilizou para você por causa da Cruz?Em O Poder Sobrenatural de uma Mente Transformada, o pastor Bill Johnson...

Two engineers hijack a spaceship to join some space pirates—only to discover the pirates are hiding from a malevolent AI. Now they have to outwit the AI if they want to join the pirate crew—and survive long enough to enjoy it.Adda and Iridian are newly minted engineers, but aren’t able to find any work in a solar system ruined by economic collapse after an interplanetary war. Desperate for employment, they hijack a colony ship and plan to join a famed pirate crew l...

Ben Bova's The Silent War is the breakneck continuation to The Asteroid Wars series that can end only in earth's salvation--or the annihilation of all that humankind has ever accomplished in space.When corporations go to war, standard business practice goes out the window. Astro Corporation is led by indomitable Texan Pancho Lane, Humphries Space Systems by the rich and ruthless Martin Humphries, and their fight is over nothing less than resources of the As...

Do you know what the hardest thing for a Portuguese learner is?Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book!Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes — it’s not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on ...

Valhalla: Book OneViolet MacRae is one of the aimless millions crowding northern Scotland. In the year 2230, where war is obsolete and only brilliant minds are valued, she emerges into adulthood with more brawn than brains and a propensity for violence. People dismiss her as a relic, but world peace is more fragile than they know.In Valhalla, a clandestine base hidden in an icy ravine, Violet connects with a group of outcasts just like her. There, ...