'A wonderful book... Delightfully varied... As with all the best science writing, this book doesn't just give answers, it also asks interesting questions.' Daily Mail'Captivating and intelligent! Who knew death could be this much fun?' Richard OsmanAsteroids, killer sharks, nuclear bombs, viruses, deadly robots, climate change, the apocalypse - why is Hollywood so obsessed with death and the end of the world? And how seriously shou...

• Wanting the latest BASC guidance?• Sudden invitation to a shoot and feeling a bit rusty?• New to shooting?• Shooting a different species to your usual one?The invaluable pocket book for everyone who shootsIt includes: up-to-date proofing law, game licences, despatch and carriage of game, shooting season dates.And for the relative newcomer, much invaluable advice: what to expect from a shooting day, your responsibiliti...

This book presents winning and shortlisted stories from past editions of the international Quantum Shorts competition. Inspired by the weird and wonderful world of quantum physics, the shorts range from bold imaginings of a quantum future to contemplations rooted in the everyday. They feature characters of all sorts: lovers beginning their lives together, an atom having an existential crisis, and, of course, cats. These Quantum Shorts will unleash in your mind a multiverse of ideas.

Ally's world was shattered the night she was attacked. Lost in addiction and haunted by pain, she wanders the streets of Baltimore searching for a way back to herself.Jason, torn between protecting Ally and confronting his own guilt, fights to hold them both together as the city around them begins to crack under pressure. As Charlie Mack return to the force with a buried past and Tracy Logan rises from the ruins of his family's tragedy, old wounds resurface and new dangers take shape. Thro...

This ebook will teach you how to create and sell your very first ebook. We will go from ideas to planning and publishing your ebook.We will plan our ideas using Trello boards, design our frontpage with Canva and write a complete ebook ready for selling with Google Docs.Every detail of how this exact ebook is created will be in here and it will be the only resource you will need.

A book of science like no other, about a scientist like no other.This is a landmark in science writing. It resurrects from the vaults of neglect the polymath Jerome Cardano, a Milanese of the sixteenth century. Who is he? A gambler and blasphemer, inventor and chancer, plagued by demons and anxieties, astrologer to kings, emperors and popes. This stubborn and unworldly man was the son of a lawyer and a brothel keeper, but also a gifted physician and the unacknowled...

The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds' inner workings.It turns out that nothing is as curious or as enlightening as nothingness itself. What is nothing? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling science magazine investigate—from the big bang, dark energy, and the void, to superconductors, vestigial organs, hypnosis, and the placebo effect. And they disco...

**A Sunday Times Book of the YearA New Scientist Gift Pick"Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it." Dara O Briain**Can we resurrect dinosaurs, Jurassic Park-style? Are we living in The Matrix's digital simulation? Do aliens with acid blood exist somewhere in the universe? Will we ever go back and visit 1955? And just why were the original Planet of the Ape movies so terrible?In Science(ish), Rick Ed...

How can Christians believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing and loving God whilst there is so much suffering in the world? Contemporary theology books refer to the problem of theodicy as a significant and unresolved problem. Engaging with theology, biblical study, physics and biology, and philosophy and producing a cohesive synthesis of these subjects, Good God offers an answer that has the potential to re-integrate Christian theology with science and philosophy for the first time ...

Imagine how great it would be to cut costs and grow your business beyond your wildest expectations by "remoting it" with outstanding global freelance talent? Yes, you can eliminate the expense of maintaining an office and many other costs with this approach.Think about the freedom this offers you and your workers—to be productive, efficient, and innovative from any location in the world. REMOTE iT! by Michael Brooks describes how to achieve this result at a fractio...

Talent, skill, and a passion to compete: These are the characteristics that define elite-level swimmers. But as the sport’s best coaches know, even the most gifted of athletes won’t develop these traits without a plan—one that recognizes talent, develops skills, and nurtures success.Developing Swimmers is the only book to offer a comprehensive, long-term plan beginning at an age-group level. Renowned coach Michael Brooks shares the insights, secrets, and strategies that ha...

This book is recommended reading for planners preparing to take the AICP exam. In this new book, the author bridges the gap between theory and practice. The author describes an original approach-Feedback Strategy-that builds on the strengths of previous planning theories with one big difference: it not only acknowledges but welcomes politics-the bogeyman of real-world planning. Don't hold your nose or look the other way, the author advises planners, but use politics to your own advantage. ...