Deep in Venezuela's mist‑shrouded tabletop mountains, biologist Dr. Aris Thorne uncovers an ancient fungus that does more than kill—it learns. Ant colonies move with terrible precision; ecosystems begin to change in ways science cannot explain.In the dusty frontier town of Santa Elena, Dr. Lena Hanson treats patients suffering crippling confusion, sensory hallucinations, and bruise‑like rashes under which victims claim to feel insects crawling. Tests show nothing—and people are dyi...

This book introduces the reader to each phase of the subject, step-by-step to enable one to use the various automated drafting devices, instruments and technique of application. It shows the way to produce acceptable drafting in the framework of high productivity.

In an ordinary high school campus, Shen Ran, Su Wei and Cheng Yize are inseparable good friends. Shen Ran is a top student who pursues perfection and bears tremendous pressure from his family and self-requirements; Su Wei is an art student who dreams of becoming a painter, but her family does not support her choice; Cheng Yize is a poor student who bears the burden of the family. In order to take care of his sick grandfather, he has to give up his studies and choose to work.As the c...

To stop a mafia war, I'm being forced to marry my sworn enemy.A brutal, domineering, and lethally beautiful monster with a body built for violence, Ares Drakos—new king of the Drakos Mafia family—is every inch the God of War he's named after.And now, I belong to him.Our unholy union is meant to end the bloodshed between the Irish and Greeks. A rising tide to lift all ships.A match made in hell. And if we can't stop killing each other, "until...

Are you looking for concise, practical answers to those questions that are often left unanswered by traditional pediatric neurology references? Are you seeking brief, evidence-based advice for complicated cases or controversial decisions? Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Neurology: 49 Clinical Questions provides quick answers to the tricky questions most commonly posed during a “curbside consultation” between pediatricians.Dr. Daniel Licht and Dr. Nicole...

On a restless morning, the narrator wakes consumed by an aching desire, her thoughts clouded with lingering images of intimacy. Frustrated by her partner's absence due to a business trip, she traces the remnants of a sleepless night—her discarded camisole and the telltale signs of her longing. A shower offers brief clarity, but the weight of her emotions persists as she slips into a bold, black backless dress and delicate high-heeled sandals. Stepping out to face the workday, she carries a...

He saw what I did. Now, he owns me.Brutal, formidably gorgeous, and head of a vicious Bratva organization. They call Gavan Tsarenko a king. I call him a tyrant. But now, the man with the gun-metal gray eyes and scarred past has come to conquer me.You see, I screwed up. I traded my good-girl status for a bad grad-school prank that went horribly wrong. And now, for six months, I'm Gavan's.My enemy. My monster. My dark fantasy.The savagely beau...

My first mistake was sleeping with the most dangerous man in New York, without him knowing who I was. My second was believing he never would...It was supposed to be easy: one night of sin with a beautiful stranger to forever cut ties with my Bratva past. But I didn't pick a stranger. I picked him.Hades Drakos, the dark prince of the Drakos Mafia family, is a lethally beautiful psychopath with a trail of broken hearts and bloodshed in his wake. Oh, ...

I'm caught in the psychopath's web.Cold, heartless, and as dangerous as he is beautiful, Deimos Drakos is both Greek mafia royalty and a chameleon hiding a true monster in plain sight.No one sees the villain behind those dark, lethally gorgeous eyes. No one but me.You see, I know his worst secrets. But he knows my darkest fantasies. And he'll use them to trap me. To toy with me. To own me.We're blurring the lines between fantasy and reality....

I stole a kiss that wasn't mine to take.From a man cloaked in pain, scars, and mystery. Deadly and beautiful, twelve years my senior, a killer for the Irish Mafia... and my best friend's older brother.But if we're going to point fingers, I refuse to take the full blame. You see, I may have stolen the first kiss. But that's only because he stole my heart.Neither was ours for the taking. Both come with a no-return policy.I'm supposed to forget...

In a male-dominated workplace, women are particularly scarce, and those with even a hint of beauty are the center of attention. The cashier at the company supermarket—in her early thirties, slender and tall, always wearing low-cut or backless dresses, exudes charm in every gesture. She smiles and has a gentle voice, and even her darker complexion and facial blemishes do not diminish her allure.In this ambiguous and undercurrent-filled daily routine, newlywed Wu Yong and his wife ar...