AUTOMATED VEHICLES AND MaaSA topical overview of the issues facing automated driving systems and Mobility as a Service, identifies the obstacles to implementation and offers potential solutionsAdvances in cooperative and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies, cultural and socio-economic shifts, measures to combat climate change, social pressures to reduce road deaths and injuries, and changing attitudes toward self-driving cars, are creating...

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), examining their advantages and the challenges they face in today's rapidly changing world.As the planet warms and human actions are scrutinized, BEVs emerge as a potential solution. However, despite initial growth fueled by government subsidies, the momentum is waning, and manufacturers are struggling to meet imposed targets. This book delves into the shortcomings of BEVs and explor...

In the middle of the 1970s, West Coast pastor John Preechet accepts a call to a church in Pleasanttown, N.C. The challenges he faces will test both his faith and that of his new congregation.Pastor John learns to navigate clashes of culture and race relations while trying to help the church heal wounds from its former pastor's sins.He'll need the love and support of his family and fellow pastors, as well as a lot of prayer, to get him and the church through.

The adventure that began in An Elephant in the Window continues with this comic-book style story. The children return to find their friends the toys have been thrown out. After another adventure they rescue them and smuggle them home to safety.An Elephant in the Window is a charming story in which children learn the value of nature and kindness, and enjoy a daring adventure with their friends the stuffed toys from the windowledge. In this sequel, presented in comic-book gr...

‘A masterful intervention that is particularly pertinent for an age of austerity, pandemic, and rising living costs’ Robert Chapman, author of Empire of Normality‘A brilliant and much-needed contribution to current debates’ Ioana Cerasella Chis, University of Birmingham‘A comprehensive analysis which also intelligently looks at how disability can fit into the modern world’ Joshua Hepple, activist, writer and disabi...

This book brings together selected texts by a longstanding disabled political activist. The aim of the book is to enable its readers to gain insights into theoretical, political, social, and personal issues Bob has explored along with others. From how disabled people are viewed and treated, through to revealing some of the consequences of facing disablism, the book challenges our thinking. The importance of this short book is that it captures the political struggle by disabled people over ...

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Systems Concepts in Action: A Practitioner's Toolkit explores the application of systems ideas to investigate, evaluate, and intervene in complex and messy situations. The text serves as a field guide, with each chapter representing a method for describing and analyzing; learning about; or changing and managing a challenge or set of problems.The book is the first to cover in detail such a wide range of methods from so many different parts of the systems field. The book's I...

To read Cuddlewick is nothing less than a subtle but glorious mantra for a way of life. The main theme continues to be the intersection between humans and the natural world, a true voice for children and adults, alike. It invites anyone looking to detach themselves from their own reality and explore what life is like in the characters' shoes. Set on the outskirts of a small village, where a pastoral way of living and community spirit are still in evidence. It is gentle, charming, almost wi...

The cousins are headed to the sandy beaches off the Gulf Coast for their yearly family vacation. The four older boys, Hudson, Jackson, Colt, and Griffin join Addie on a large float in the ocean having fun in the sun and surf. They are unaware, however, that the riptide is carrying them further out to sea. Far from the beach the cousins find themselves surrounded by several large ocean predators. Their hopes are sinking fast.

Cousins Hudson, Colt, Jackson, Griffin, and Jude are helping Pop Pop with some duties out on the property. The goats need their yearly vaccinations and tagging. But nothing out on the property is ever uninteresting. Snakes and dark forests are only precursors to what Jack Jack faces. While the other four cousins and Pop Pop are herding up the goats for vaccinations, Jack Jack pursues a lost kid only to find himself up against one of the more dangerous predators on the ranch. Jack Jack is d...

This issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of three sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from two of todays top speculative fiction writers.In the first story TESLA performs an experiment to prove he can provide electric WI FI to the world. In the BLUE ORB we learn the result of that century old Shoreham test.Then a BONUS story from Bob Williams.Looking to get in out of a brutally cold night. Enter the club "SMOKE." What he discovers ...