The Erotic Muse is the story of K, a young porn-addicted college-dropout who shies away from relationships and harbors dreams of becoming a writer. Full of anguish, he is given to self-abuse. One evening, while masturbating to his favorite erotic muse, Fanny Leone, sprawled on the cover of an underground porn magazine, K finds himself magically transported to a parallel world where all sexual desires and perversions are fulfilled, although with the price that he might remain trapp...

Map to Desire will entice and disturb your innermost erotic appetites. It will viciously twist and taunt your imagination. And it will tug and gnaw at your tethers for adventure. This anthology includes nine short stories from a diverse group of talented authors who span the globe, an introduction from Black Quill Editing and a closing poem from a young and upcoming writer. WARNING: THIS IS AN EXTREME AND GRAPHIC NOVEL; you will not close this book unscathed.Each story includes a m...

ग़ालिब उसे हिन्दुस्तान का क़ाबा कहते हैं, तो कबीर कहते हैं, ‘चोवा चंदन अगर पान, घर घर सुमृति होत पुरान’, तुलसी के लिए वह ‘परमारथ की खान’ है। भारतेन्दु के लिए वहाँ के ‘लोग निकम्मे भंगी गंजड़, लुच्चे बे-बिसवासी’ हैं तो बेढब बनारसी कहते हैं कि बनारस की कोई शान ही नहीं रह जाएगी जिस दिन गलियों में पान की दुकानें नहीं दिखेंगी। श्रीकान्त वर्मा की काशी में ‘जिस रास्ते जाते हैं शिव, उसी रास्ते आता है शव’, तो वली दकनी का दिल जोगी बनकर इसी बनारस में वास करना चाहता है।यह काशी है, वाराणसी, बनारस ज...

Explore in-depth the relationships between biological contaminants and human health found in diverse settings such as homes, hospitals, businesses, and schoolsIndoor air quality has an immense impact on human health and well-being. Indoor air environments can contain a huge range of biological contaminants, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, insects, and their various harmful byproducts. Indoor biocontamination has been under-studied as an aspect of public and occ...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Human Activity Detection or Recognition (HADR) systems. Detection or recognition of human activities is a prominent research area in the fields of computer vision and artificial intelligence because of its many applications in daily life, including monitoring in public transport areas, health monitoring, anomaly detection in traffic, and smart homes. This book divides different activities according to their criticality, then discusses the vari...

SELF-POWERED CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMSThis cutting-edge new volume provides a comprehensive exploration of emerging technologies and trends in energy management, self-powered devices, and cyber-physical systems, offering valuable insights into the future of autonomous systems and addressing the urgent need for energy-efficient solutions in a world that is increasingly data-driven and sensor-rich.This book is an attempt to aim at a very futuris...

RF CIRCUITS FOR 5G APPLICATIONSThis book addresses FinFET-based analog IC designing for fifth generation (5G) communication networks and highlights the latest advances, problems, and challenges while presenting the latest research results in the field of mmwave integrated circuits designing.The wireless communication sector is experiencing exponential expansion, particularly in the areas of mobile data and the 5G mobile network, creating fr...

This book addresses multiple focus areas identified and provides solutions with respect to the circular economy, water pollution, potable water availability, reducing population impact on the environment, and better health by integrated waste management. It explains techniques to handle waste generation, characterization, minimization, collection, separation, treatment, and disposal, and includes chapters that address waste management policy, education, and economic and environmental asses...

कलकत्ता में जन्मे, जिसे अक्सर भारत की साहित्यिक राजधानी माना जाता है, राजीव केजड़ीवाल पेशे से एक उद्योगपति हैं, परंतु दिल से एक लेखक हैं। बचपन में ही उनके लेखन के प्रति प्रेम की शुरुआत हुई, जिसे उनकी उत्साही पठन की आदतों ने पोषित किया। समय के साथ, उनके व्यक्तिगत अनुभव और भावनाएँ शब्दों में ढल गईं, जिन्होंने उनकी कविता यात्रा को आकार दिया। प्रारंभ में केवल शौक के रूप में शुरू हुई यह यात्रा, दोस्तों और परिवार की सराहना से गति पकड़कर अंततः प्रकाशित संग्रहों में परिवर्तित हुई। उनकी लेखन शैली सं...

This volume is second part of the five-part set on bioenergy research. This book provides new insight about the latest development in bioenergy research. It presents the various bioenergy options which are further explored for practical viability, their progress and utility in the industry. The main objective of the book is to provide insights into the opportunities and required actions for the development of an economically viable bioenergy industry for practical replacement of fossil fue...

This contributed volume covers a comprehensive account of the sources, toxic biological as well as environmental impacts, and possible remediation strategies for contamination by heavy metals. In biological systems, toxic metals affect the integrity of cellular organelles and act as carcinogens causing chromosomal aberrations or as systemic toxicants leading to cardiovascular, neurobehavioral, and immunological disorders. In plants, they interfere with photosynthesis, fertility, metabolite...

This new volume explores recent research on advanced technologies and methods in production engineering, emphasizing effective overall process control and enhanced optimization. The authors include real-life case studies on advanced machining methods, traditional manufacturing technologies, advanced composite materials, processing with hybrid manufacturing techniques, various joining processes and their applications, micro-structure analysis, and more.