It's Christmastime in New York, in the year 2000. Dave Carter is a teen boy in New York when he stumbles on a conspiracy involving a large corporation conducting genetic experiments. Soon he finds himself captured, transformed into a dragon and then on the run with four other victims as the company desperately tracks them. Along with his new friends Jack, Frank, Miguel and Jennifer as they play a game of cat and mouse through the city, all while the FBI investigates strange goings on with ...

Frank Adharc has just been hired to find the daughter of a missing industrialist. Fortunately, as an anthropomorphic triceratops, he's the perfect person to enter the world of dinosaurs the girl has gotten mixed up in; and begins an odyssey that brings him in the midsts of gangster utahraptors, grieving stegosaurs, the friendly but evasive mother of the girl whose not sharing everything and a certain dilophosaurus hitwoman whose team of war veterans are looking to stop Frank's investigatio...

The adventure continues—bigger, bolder, and more unpredictable than ever.Following the events of My Own Little Place – Volume 1: Adventures in the Quest to Find One’s Place in Life, this second installment takes listeners deeper into the extraordinary lives of Bronagh, Finn, and their eclectic team. While newcomers can dive into this volume on its own, returning listeners will find richer meaning and continuity by starting with Volume 1.In The Show Must Go On, life doesn't ...

From the depths of despair, her adventures bring to life curious mysteries, rising the Phoenix in Bronagh’s life. A brainy young woman, she needs her questions answered, like she needs gold dust. Finn’s life is barren. Does he believe romance applies to him? No he does not.Rich Celtic culture in Ireland and beyond has underlying secrets. We are lured in and want to know more.Weaving through the mazes and baffling laid down codes unlocks the doors to secrets that will empowe...

This Brief provides a comprehensive introduction to the control of blood flow in the brain. Beginning with the basic physiology of autoregulation, the author goes on to discuss measurement techniques, mathematical models, methods of analysis, and relevant clinical conditions, all within this single volume. The author draws together this disparate field, and lays the groundwork for future research directions.The text gives an up-to-date review of the state of the art in cerebral aut...

Coming of age love story set in bucolic Greensboro, Vermont in the 1970s. Luke Simms is a farm boy with a low draft number awaiting his Army induction notice. Working for the local saw mill, he delivers a load of posts and beams to a fancy new cabin being built on the shore of Caspian Lake by a powerful federal judge. When he arrives, he meets the judge's daughter, Sarah, sitting cross-legged on the warm hood of her red 1967 Mustang convertible, and both of their lives are changed forever....

With big dreams and steadfast determination, 15-year-old figure skater, Rachael Cohen, sets her sights on making the US Olympic Team. Then tragedy strikes her family and Rachael's life is completely upended. Finding herself alone in a small Vermont town, she is rescued by the venerable county Sheriff, Harry Thurber, his kind-hearted wife, Bea, and their handsome young farmhand, Tommy Couture. Filled with emotional suspense and the healing power of love, Almost April is a dramatic coming-of...

Set on the rocky and at times unforgiving coast of Maine, Stephen Russell Payne’s emotionally powerful debut novel, Cliff Walking, shares a poignant tale of loss and love that weaves together the lives of three desperate people who struggle mightily to find a way to save each other. Kate Johnson is a recovering addict from California, married to a cunning, cruel man named Leland Johnson. When she gathers the strength to escape her hellish life, she leaves with her bright, artistic twelve-y...

Life On A Cliff is the highly-anticipated sequel to Payne’s award-winning novel Cliff Walking. Famous seascape artist Francis Monroe has come to love Kate Johnson and her artistic son Stringer, who were tracked from California to Maine by their abusive husband and father, Leland. After surviving a brutal attack and a subsequent grueling trial, Francis assumes they can all enjoy a normal life together. Kate, however, is anything but settled as her old demons of addiction a...

This book describes the way in which the human brain is supplied with blood and how the brain uses this to provide nutrients, primarily oxygen and glucose, to brain cells in order to maintain healthy brain function. In particular, it focuses on the quantitative nature of blood flow and metabolism. The book covers models of blood flow and metabolism and how these can be measured using a variety of imaging and non-imaging techniques. It also examines how cerebral blood flow is controlled in ...

This book provides an introduction to qualitative and quantitative aspects of human physiology. It looks at biological and physiological processes and phenomena, including a selection of mathematical models, showing how physiological problems can be mathematically formulated and studied. It also illustrates how a wide range of engineering and physics topics, including electronics, fluid dynamics, solid mechanics and control theory can be used to describe and understand physiological proces...

This book introduces both qualitative and quantitative aspects of human physiology through language and concepts familiar to engineers and other physical scientists. It looks at biological and physiological processes and phenomena, including a selection of mathematical models, showing how physiological problems can be mathematically formulated and studied. It also illustrates how a wide range of engineering and physics topics, including electronics, fluid dynamics, solid mechanics and cont...