This book explores the relationship between the increased frequency, types, and severity of natural disasters and the significant increase in the number of social and violent disorders. With natural disasters come feelings of a lack of control over one’s life and a fear of being helpless. Many times, people worry about providing for their families. While it is clear that there is a correlational relationship, we can’t predict the type of social disorders that will result from natural disas...

The video was everywhere – a viral sensation sweeping across social media.A golden retriever puppy in Bilbao, Spain. It was placed on a series of different rugs, its fur shifting in real time to match the colors and even the intricate patterns woven into the fabric. The internet was in a frenzy, with hundreds of thousands of comments debating whether it was an elaborate hoax, a genetic anomaly, or something else entirely.But Sam Reilly knew the truth the moment he saw it.

In the heart of an Atlantic superstorm, the Tahila fights to stay afloat.Amid the chaos, the ship’s collision-avoidance system blares a warning. Radar shows no ship. No signal. No lights. Just a strange silhouette beneath the waves. A searchlight is focussed into the raging sea and the crew spot something impossible: the slanted roof of a house with glass windows and solid walls… adrift in the open ocean more than a thousand miles from land.Lightning flashes – and ...

From The New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American history.From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy’s first convention, the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Bill O’Reilly’s Le...

The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historic series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we knowHow did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman-and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one of t...

In the Strait of Gibraltar, a pod of six orcas launch a coordinated attack on the Céleste Mistral, a 50-foot sailing vessel – sending it to the depths.Along the Amazon River, pink dolphins exhibit a never-before-seen behavior, forging an enigmatic bond with an ancient, isolated tribe.On the seabed of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone – a 2.32-million-square-mile stretch of ocean between Hawaii and Mexico – a deep-sea mining operation begins harvesting billions of tons of...

A secret project is about to be reactivated...In the middle of the Pacific Ocean in 1962, at the height of the cold war, the U.S. military experimented with electromagnetic pulses created by detonating high atmosphere nuclear bombs. The project was code named Starfish Prime.The primary objective was to develop the ability to produce an EMP with enough force to knock out an entire nation’s communication systems.The secondary objective, alo...

For web developers and other programmers interested in using JavaScript, this bestselling book provides the most comprehensive JavaScript material on the market. The seventh edition represents a significant update, with new information for ECMAScript 2020, and new chapters on language-specific features.JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is ideal for experienced programmers who want to learn the programming language of the web, and for current JavaScript programmers who want ...

Extreme weather conditions are wreaking havoc on the world, and baffled scientists are unable to discover the cause.The most powerful hurricane in history approaches New York, while at the same time atmospheric rivers flood Las Vegas.Wildfires spread through Canada, and Europe is wracked by powerful earthquakes.Most bizarre of all: a tempestuous mass of dark, foreboding sky seems to be spreading across the globe.In Arizona, an astronomer tries to decipher th...

If you need help writing programs in Python 3, or want to update older Python 2 code, this book is just the ticket. Packed with practical recipes written and tested with Python 3.3, this unique cookbook is for experienced Python programmers who want to focus on modern tools and idioms.Inside, you’ll find complete recipes for more than a dozen topics, covering the core Python language as well as tasks common to a wide variety of application domains. Each recipe contains code samples...

Books 25 to 28 in the Sam Reilly Action and Adventure Thriller series!25. Dragon's BreathIn 1974, local farmers outside Xi'an, China, discovered an army of more than 8,000 life-sized ancient terracotta warriors buried in a series of pits. Historians believed that the warriors were placed there to guard the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.The historians were wrong. The Terracotta Army was there to prevent the e...

Books 33–37 in the Sam Reilly Action and Adventure Thriller series!33. Abyss CodexOrcas attack a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar. Pink dolphins form a mysterious bond with an isolated Amazon tribe. Deep-sea miners harvest polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Three impossible events. One hidden code. Sam Reilly must decipher it before the balance of life on Earth is changed forever.34. Caliburn’s Fight