This is the story of Stan, a brilliant young graduate student, his girlfriend, and his AI companion united by a daring mission: to change the world, one act of Virtual Justice at a time.At the heart of their work is Stan's groundbreaking invention: a neural patch. Placed at the base of the neck, it allows thoughts to flow in and out of the brain and true telecommunication between minds.Stan and his team intend to use this device in a radical way: to confron...

At 71, John Simon shares a life shaped by war, exile, and determination.From his childhood in Abadan, Iran, to the chaos of the Iranian Revolution, and his escape to Germany as a refugee, this memoir captures the emotional and physical struggles of starting over.Rebuilding his life in the United States, John's journey reflects resilience, identity, and the courage to keep moving forward.This book explores:• Life before and after revolution• The refugee...

A succession of Chinese emperors constructed over the course of a century a fantastical garden, the basis of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan,” to which governing of the country was in time transferred from nearby Peking. A microcosm of China, with palaces, pavilions, and other edifices set among hills and valleys and a network of rivers and lakes, the reality of this garden is employed as the setting for two fictional stories of unrequited love, one between a Jesuit missionary and an...

Haiti is a land shrouded in mystery, its history marked by chains and revolutions, its spirit veiled by layers of suffering and destiny. The Veil of Haiti lifts these coverings to reveal the deeper truths hidden beneath: the karmic roots of the nation's turmoil, the corruption and decline of its religious institutions, and the forgotten wisdom of Vodou before it was distorted by fear and superstition.Blending history, spirituality, and esoteric science, John Simon, spiritu...

Reports Relating to the Sanitary Condition of the City of London is a comprehensive collection of official documents and detailed observations that shed light on the public health challenges faced by London during the 19th century. Compiled by various medical officers, inspectors, and public health officials, the book provides an in-depth examination of the living conditions, environmental hazards, and health crises that plagued the rapidly growing metropolis. Through meticulous reports, r...

When Adam Bradford's sister goes missing he drops everything to assist the police, travelling up to the isolated village where she lived.When he arrives at her cottage, however, he discovers a life in disarray and a bedroom filled with cryptic notes and mysterious blurred photographs.At first he puts this obsession down to some kind of psychological disorder, but after he experiences a series of disturbing events he begins to question whether there is any truth to the myth ...

An analysis of the Taegeuk patterns of Kukki Taekwondo, discussing the context of their creation, realistic applications for practical self-defence including grappling and close-range striking, and the development of a pattern-based self-defence syllabus.

Folk Narratives: Rituals and Performances reflects the world-view of the traditional societies and it is considered as an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of a particular community or society. This study investigates the culture, in a particular sociocultural context, of the multifaceted Tamil society through numerous rituals, offerings, vows, customs, practices, belief systems, performing folk arts, fairs and festivals, dance and music, material culture, etc. which are deeply rooted in ...

This book offers a new appraisal of the ancestry and career of Godfrey of Bouillon (c.1060-1100), a leading participant in the First Crusade (1096-99), and the first ruler of Latin Jerusalem (1099-1100), the polity established by the crusaders after they captured the Holy City. While previous studies of Godfrey’s life have tended to focus on his career from the point at which he joined the crusade, this book adopts a more holistic approach, situating his involvement in the expedition in th...

This book presents and describes an innovative method to simulate the growth of natural fractural networks in different geological environments, based on their geological history and fundamental geomechanical principles.The book develops techniques to simulate the growth and interaction of large populations of layer-bound fracture directly, based on linear elastic fracture mechanics and subcritical propagation theory. It demonstrates how to use these techniques to model the nucleat...

When three university friends travel to an isolated lake to investigate reported sightings of an alien big cat they expect yet another hoax, but when footage from their remote cameras appears to show someone emerging from the water in the dead of night they realise that the lake may hold stranger secrets than a phantom panther.In a local history book they read the tale of a sunken village lurking forgotten deep beneath the surface, and when they dive the lake to investigate they di...

The technology behind the TV show Quantum Leap is real, a black project run by the Pentagon in the 1980s to embed its spies directly into the minds of America's enemies. Shut down due to test subjects going out of control when inhabiting other bodies, the technology has been stolen by North Korea and the program resurrected by Kim, Jong-il. But someone has gone missing inside the machine, and Dr Hwang, Ji-hoon's whole existence rests on bringing that person back.