Valin Derojan looks up at the sky some nights and wonders if he will ever get away from his hard life as a nomad, under his older brother's thumb, scorned by the rest of the tribe, expected to wear himself out every day on hard chores under the scorching sun at the edge of the desert. He's heard rumours of a great conflict, with ruthless forces struggling to enslave and destroy, out there among the stars. But his life seems destined to remain tethered to the flocks and herds his family own...

The Red Planet Beckons!Not far into the future, the first steps have been taken on Mars. A corporation named NewSpace has landed a crew of six on the plains of Arcadia Planitia.Many other companies have pitched to the investors and recruited their teams, and are building the systems and technologies they will need for a lasting settlement in unforgiving conditions.Nowal No'man is the CEO and majority shareholder of Sabir Space Industries. Her goal is to build an ind...

Valin and Mertyl have just finished training with the Telarine Squadron and are flung straight into a daring attempt to rescue the helpless victims of the enemy's heartless experiments. Now Valin has a chance to prove his amazing skills with the T-ring! Is it possible that he is the hero that everyone is waiting for? But when their nomad clan faces a crisis back home on Elmarune, can he risk disobeying orders to get involved? And will Mertyl ever recover from her loss of nerve following th...

This is the cautionary tale of Rashad Stevens. He finds himself in a troubled Cairo during the infamous protests aimed at rallying what was left of the European and Mediterranean nations against their alien conquerors. Turbulent times. Despair is catching; poverty is killing.Rashad and his Egyptian friend Hany are undecided: should they invest what little they have in a huge alien-run scheme to green the Sahara? Or trust their lives and their savings into the hands of the people sm...

Called Out Of Darkness throws the story of Valin, Mertyl and Zewip into top gear.As the rebels of Thame City fight to throw off the oppression of their alien overlords, Valin and his friends listen to Elha as he describes a different way to find freedom. But very soon Valin has to decide whether he will do his own thing or follow the way of his new master, who saved his life.Mertyl is convinced that she must stay with Elha and not return to Telarine Squadron. But she, too, ...

In this collection the author takes us on three journeys.In one, a young man paddles off across the lake to escape the pain that's erupted in his family. But he discovers that the pain comes with him, and he must take an honest look at himself in order to deal with it.In the second, we join a traveller as he takes a day trip up into the mountains of an exotic island. In his attempt to visit a friend, he is invited in by a poor man living in a tiny stone hut. Can the outsider ...

`Ageing in Society brings forth exciting new questions, fresh perspectives, and a necessary critical approach to key issues - this is indeed an authoritative introduction. The authors not only have made significant contributions to gerontology, but offer the reader considerations for what could be, not just what is, the design of old age in society. The book will inform students in ways that so many texts in the area, satisfied with comfortable bromides, do not′ - Jabe...

Partnering is the most effective way of tackling construction projects. This book explains how clients and construction firms using partnering can achieve ever higher levels of efficiency and certainty to provide world class buildings and infrastructure of all kinds. Detailed guidance about the actions that clients and professionals new to partnering need to take is given followed by advice about the actions individual firms can take to get the maximum benefits from partnering. Finally the...

In 1974 the brilliant and controversial Brian Clough made perhaps his most eccentric decision: he accepted the Leeds United Manager's job. As successor to Don Revie, his bitter adversary, he was to last only fourty-four days. In one of the most acclaimed novels of this or any other year, David Peace takes un into the mind and thoughts of Ol' Big 'Ead himself, and brings vividly to life one of post-war Britain's most complex and fascinating characters.

It seems like any other day in the e-office for Private Investigator Ghamdan Shamiri. An embattled worker needs legal leverage, claiming he's been framed: that kind of ordinary. Then he's hired by Helena Szychter, poker-faced agent for a murder victim's father.Before the morning's out he and she are hot on the trail of a man who witnessed the murder, a man so afraid of the alleged murderer that he appears to have taken on the identity of a convicted criminal so he could be transpor...

All about Sex in the Bible is based exclusively on Biblical quotations, which are related to sexual activity, rules, metaphorical meanings of sexual language, and scientific knowledge on this subject. Traditionally, the Bible viewed as a religious book. Surprisingly, it is overloaded with countless verses on the topic of sexuality, including a description of depravity of God of Old Testament, Patriarchs and Kings, all kind of sexual pleasures and seduction, and cruelty triggered by sexual ...

Based exclusively on the biblical verses, the book Modern Technology and Sciences in the Bible reveals outstanding facts that modern discoveries are actually a rediscovery of remote ancient knowledge practically in all major fields of technology and sciences.Each biblical quotation on these subjects has been analyzed, comparing them with modern knowledge in technology, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, biology, medicine, and metaphysical philosophy.It proves that this h...