Commander Jonathan Radec is a man desperately trying to escape from the mistakes of his past.Now the owner of Vanguard Shipping, his primary concerns are trying to keep his ships flying and his crew alive. However, the shadowy Syndicate organisation has set their sights on the Commander and his business, having sent a beautiful assassin to kill him. To make matters worse, she's become the target of his infatuation, much to the dismay of his ex-girlfriend. Recently elevated to Presi...

A fun-packed space adventure – with lots of funny details for little readers to spot, and a BIG fold-out rocket ending!Buckle up and blast into space with Ivy the inventor, and her trusty canine sidekick, Eddie...But when Ivy meets some very messy aliens, can she help them clean up their planet?And, of course, help them fix their super-duper hundred decker rocket?!A brilliantly inventive story with a subtle message about keeping our p...

Jake McAlister uproots the world's foremost problem.Who is he? What is his motive?And what is the motive of his friend Chad Bingham, handicapped and hardened young veteran of the Iran War? And of Bingham's only love, Greta Ondráková, beautiful and damaged movie star?Why must they confront a world gone mad—where Great Apes are considered equal to humans—and one mysterious group named "The Nameless" is bent on killing humanity?You will find the answers to thes...

The Collins Cambridge International AS & A Level Biology course promotes a rich and deep understanding of the 9700 syllabus (for examination from 2022) and development of practical skills.This Student’s Book provides in depth coverage of the Cambridge International AS & A Level Biology syllabus. This text was written by experts in their field and allows students to develop practical skills in a range of contexts, deepen understanding of key concepts and make links between topics. S...

Gods walk among us.Indomitable, all knowing and long-lived, they guide us, nurture us and protect us. They are answerable to nobody, beholden to nothing. They are the High-Lords of the Imperium. For over five hundred years they have ruled over us, their Mandate of Heaven gone unquestioned.Until now.Only one man, Alex Grey, dared to rise up and challenge them. He confronted them and won, but in return they cast him from the heavens. Banished forever to an underworld,...

Commander Jonathan Radec is dead. However, the Commander has already died once before, and for some death is but a doorway..."For whoever has lived unjustly and impiously goes to the dungeon of requital and penance which, you know, they call Tartarus." - PlatoAfter making a shocking discovery that reveals the truth about a long-held misconception, the crew launch a desperate rescue mission to Tartarus. The only way to reach there, aboard The Sunfire, which was once the Conf...

Your circuit works on the breadboard. Now learn the concepts that turn it into a board ready for production.Moving from a breadboard to a finished circuit board introduces a new set of constraints. Parts need footprints, traces compete for room, and connectors have to fit, all within the manufacturer’s design rules. A mistake that’s a quick fix on a breadboard means another fabrication run once it’s committed to copper.With Practical PCB Design, yo...

Every nation tells itself a story about why it succeeds or fails. Some blame geography, others blame culture, and still others blame historical misfortune. But these stories share a common flaw: they are wrong. Geography did not change dramatically between 1950 and 2000, yet South Korea raced past North Korea from identical poverty to become one of the most advanced economies on earth. The colonial histories of Singapore and Sierra Leone are nearly identical in origin, but their trajectori...

You have been told a lie about job security your entire career. The lie is simple and seductive: if you work hard, stay loyal, deliver results, and keep your head down, your employer will take care of you. This lie persisted because it felt true for a generation that watched their parents collect pensions after thirty years of service. But that world no longer exists, and pretending it does is the fastest way to make yourself vulnerable. The employment contract has been rewritten, and most...

Welcome to Delaware County or as the residents call it DELCO. A quiet suburban county where nothing strange or exciting ever happens. Until one day a teenage girl has gone missing and weeks later her body is found floating in the Delaware River. She was the first of several girls to disappear. Fast-forward 16 years and Delco is experiencing strange activities. Some unexplainable events lead local police officers to believe they are dealing with ghosts. Ghosts who are on a mission of reveng...

Every day, millions of people open a chat with a language model, type a question, and receive an answer that is almost good enough, but missing something essential. The quality of what you receive from an AI is determined almost entirely by the quality of what you send into it. The gap between a mediocre response and an exceptional one is not about the model you use; it is about how well you ask. This book is your guide to transforming that gap.This is not a collection of copy-past...

You want something from government. A decision. A policy change. A contract. Project approval. Protection from a bad outcome.Lobbying has long been seen as a murky, insider game - dominated by big corporations, political operators and those with the loudest voices. But done properly, lobbying is neither sinister nor mysterious. It is a legitimate, ethical and often essential part of how good decisions are made.Mike Smith's decades of experience inside gover...