From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Seven Devils'Dark, smart, fast-paced & sexy' – Samantha ShannonTo save her twin, she must take her identity.One night Tila stumbles home, terrified and covered in blood. She’s then arrested for murder, the first by a civilian in decades. The San Francisco police suspect that the drug Verve is involved, and offer her siste...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Seven Devils'A gripping, fast-paced high tech thriller' **–**GuardianShe can uncover the truth, if she defeats her demonsEx-neuroscientist Carina struggles with a drug problem, her conscience, and urges to kill. She satisfies her cravings in dreams, fuelled by the addictive drug ‘Zeal’. Now she’s heading for self-destruction – un...

Laura Lam returns to the near-future SF world of False Hearts with the speculative thriller Shattered Minds.Carina used to be one of the best biohackers in Pacifica. But when she worked for Sudice and saw what the company's experiments on brain recording were doing to their subjects, it disturbed her—especially because she found herself enjoying giving pain and contemplating murder. She quit and soon grew addicted to the drug Zeal, spending most o...

Die Zukunft der Menschheit entscheidet sich im Weltall – – und zwischen zwei Frauen, von denen eine ein tödliches Geheimnis bewahrtIn einer nahen Zukunft steht die Erde kurz vor dem endgültigen Kollaps. Einen anderen bewohnbaren Planeten zu finden, ist die letzte Chance fürs Überleben der Menschheit. An diesem Projekt arbeiten die Biologin Naomi Black und ihre Adoptivmutter, die visionäre Tech-Pionierin Valerie, praktisch Tag und Nacht.Doch als Valerie durch eine politische I...

Laura Lam's adult sci-fi debut False Hearts: Two formerly conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a sinister cult.Raised in the closed cult of Mana's Hearth and denied access to modern technology, conjoined sisters Taema and Tila dream of a life beyond the walls of the compound. When the heart they share begins to fail, the twins escape to San Francisco, where they are surgically separated and gi...

Laura Lam's adult sci-fi debut False Hearts: Two formerly conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a sinister cult.Raised in the closed cult of Mana's Hearth and denied access to modern technology, conjoined sisters Taema and Tila dream of a life beyond the walls of the compound. When the heart they share begins to fail, the twins escape to San Francisco, where they are surgically separated and g...

Die Zukunft der Menschheit entscheidet sich im Weltall – und zwischen zwei Frauen, von denen eine ein tödliches Geheimnis bewahrtIn einer nahen Zukunft steht die Erde kurz vor dem endgültigen Kollaps. Einen anderen bewohnbaren Planeten zu finden, ist die letzte Chance fürs Überleben der Menschheit. An diesem Projekt arbeiten die Biologin Naomi Lovelace und ihre Adoptivmutter, die visionäre Tech-Pionierin Valerie Black, praktisch Tag und Nacht.Doch als Valerie durch eine poli...

To save her twin, she must take her identityOne night Tila stumbles home, terrified and covered in blood. She's then arrested for murder, the first by a civilian in decades. The San Francisco police suspect involvement with Verve, a powerful drug, and offer her twin sister Taema a chilling deal. Taema must assume Tila's identity and gather information to bring down the drug syndicate. The police may then let her sister live. However, Taema's investigation raises gh...

Considers the role of fertiliser use in agriculture as a major contributor to the imbalance of the global nitrogen cycleReviews the effectiveness of inorganic nitrogen fertilisers and organic sources of nitrogen in optimising nitrogen use efficiencyHighlights recent developments in the use of enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilisers to reduce nitrous oxide emissions

The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the fastest growing segments of the student population. However, classroom material often does not include their version of the American experience. Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was created to address this void. This resource guide provides interactive activities, assignments, and strategies for classrooms or workshops. Those new to the field of Asian Am...

After twelve years in Hawaii, I was ready for a new start. Six months later, I was in San Diego.I felt like a new woman. I was ready to be a new woman. For the first time in eight years I was ready to give up drugs—not just put them away for a pregnancy or ignore them while I was visiting my parents. For the first time since I’d started using cocaine, I was ready to be done.And for the first time in eight years, I was in a place where I felt like I could be done. T...

Les addictions sans drogue, encore appelées addictions comportementales, ont pris une place de plus en plus importante dans le champ addictologique au cours des vingt dernières années. Elles viennent nous rappeler que les propriétés des toxiques divers consommés dans les addictions plus classiques, longtemps aveuglantes, ne sont pas l'élément central du processus addictif, qui se construit et s'entretient à travers la rencontre entre un objet (plus ou moins addictogène) et des facteurs de ...