Lieutenant Commander David Allen Winston’s (Win to his friends) meteoric rise through the ranks in the US Navy is nothing short of astonishing. At just thirty-two, Win is the youngest officer to be promoted to the rank of Lt. Commander. Everything changes in an instant when his only sister is murdered in a botched mob hit in her own nightclub. In his utter despair he is plunged into a dark spiral which leads him down a menacing path to vengeance. Taking unauthorized time off from the Navy ...

Every secret has a key.As a child worker of the December Mining Corporation, 18-year-old Jett’s plan has always been to earn a life outside the mines by selling her body—a plan she’s nearly fulfilled until she reluctantly takes on a new trainee from the outside world.The daughter of a government historian, and bartered into the slave trade by her own mother, Fiona is an outsider with a strange wealth of knowledge, and a secret worth dying—and killing—for. W...

Some pursue heroism, others are thrust into it.Superheroes. They live among us, some hidden in plain sight, others as well-known celebrities. All carry a burden and a purpose: to destroy the evils of this world and keep the common man safe from harm.But evil is a strong thread that refuses to be cut. How much sacrifice will be demanded to destroy that which seeks to destroy us, and are there enough heroes to do the job?Experience a collection of sho...

This volume presents Fra Bonvicino da Riva's *Fifty Courtesies for the Table*, a vivid witness to the moral and social discipline of medieval Italian urban life. More than a manual of manners, it belongs to the broader tradition of courtesy literature, where etiquette, religious instruction, and civic order converge. The bilingual Italian-English format, supplemented by translations and elucidations, makes the text especially valuable: readers encounter both the crisp didacticism of Bonves...

How Geometric Algebra can naturally serve for constructing solutions for pattern recognition, machine learning, data compression, games, robotics, quantum computing, data encoding, to cite a few. Moreover, there is ample evidence that further research on GA and related areas can significantly expand the number of real-world applications in a wide variety of areas. A mathematical system that is very easy to handle, highly robust and superior performance for engineering applications. Good th...

Power electronics, which is a rapidly growing area in terms of research and applications, uses modern electronics technology to convert electric power from one form to another, such as ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac with a variable output magnitude and frequency. Power electronics has many applications in our every day life such as air-conditioners, electric cars, sub-way trains, motor drives, renewable energy sources and power supplies for computers. This book covers all aspects of switch...

This Open Access book presents the current state of the art knowledge on social and affective neuroscience based on empirical findings. This volume is divided into several sections first guiding the reader through important theoretical topics within affective neuroscience, social neuroscience and moral emotions, and clinical neuroscience. Each chapter addresses everyday social interactions and various aspects of social interactions from a different angle taking the reader on a diverse jour...

The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals offers a complete introduction to the basis of the finite element method, covering fundamental theory and worked examples in the detail required for readers to apply the knowledge to their own engineering problems and understand more advanced applications. This edition sees a significant rearrangement of the book's content to enable clearer development of the finite element method, with major new chapters and sections added to cover: - ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERMy nightmare: it’s the same every time. I’m trapped in my bedroom with an inferno blazing around me.It started eight months ago, when my sister was killed in a house fire. Her death was written off as an accident, but I know she was murdered.There have been dozens of ‘accidental’ fires across the US over the past year that are all too similar to be coincidental.I’ve never been more sure of anything.

Numerical Methods using MATLAB, 3e, is an extensive reference offering hundreds of useful and important numerical algorithms that can be implemented into MATLAB for a graphical interpretation to help researchers analyze a particular outcome. Many worked examples are given together with exercises and solutions to illustrate how numerical methods can be used to study problems that have applications in the biosciences, chaos, optimization, engineering and science across the board. - Over 500 ...

A woman sets off on what could be her last joyride, with a man who is killing more than just time, in this first of a five-part thriller serial.Nicki Janssen’s days are numbered, but the feisty seventeen-year-old is not going to face her future lying down. Instead of enduring another round of medical treatments, she hits the road with a pocketful of cash, a bus ticket—and a romantic fantasy of riding into the sunset with her childhood crush.Handsome, danger...

WINNER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2021AN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 'MUST READ'A TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK* * * * *Discover this astonishing work of fiction from award-winning, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jason Mott.'Powerful, timely and provocative' ABI DARÉ**, author of GIRL WITH A LOUDING VOICE**'Jason Mott truly has ...