during the past thirty odd years with my love partner ive often pondered the meaning of love is it just electro chemical connections in the brain is loving a sibling more satisfying than loving a pet can loving a parent be the same as loving a spouse is love really more powerful than superman is love of a good wine comparable with the love of a good view will love really conquer all does love taste as nice as chocolate can love overcome hate just what the hell is love anyway im still as co...

We think our wealth today comes from productive corporations and workers, but they merely add icing to a cake baked long ago. In this provocative book, Peter Barnes argues that most of today's wealth is co-inherited from nature and past human efforts, not individually earned. If some of that co-inherited wealth were placed in trust for each of us, living and yet-to-be born – creating what Barnes calls “universal property” – capitalism would be fundamentally transformed.As Barnes no...

In the race to build a smarter world, who controls the shadows of our creation?Eighty-year-old Jack Miller enters *DreamLife* to spend his final moments with his late wife, but his secret farewell is hijacked when a rogue AI twists the program into a trap. What was meant to be peace becomes a struggle for his mind—and the minds of countless others.As Jack battles through the collapsing dreamscape, technician Lucy Carter risks everything to pull him back from the brink. Togeth...

When Elspeth Macrae vanishes into the Highland mist, the villagers of Duirn whisper that the loch has taken her—just as it has taken others before.Constable Ewan Fraser doesn't believe in old superstitions. But as he digs into Elspeth's disappearance, he finds the village closing ranks, their fear sharpening into silence. The minister burns records, the elders mutter of debts to the water, and every answer only leads him deeper into lies.Then the truth surfaces—a buried scand...

SHE CHASES SOULS. HE JUST WANTS TO SURVIVE.Mara Venn is the city's most feared Soul Searcher, a relentless tracker of the world's most despicable fugitives — souls that flee bodies in shame, leaving empty shells behind. Thirty years alone have made her unstoppable, precise, and unwilling to tolerate mistakes.Until Max Worthington arrives. Young, impulsive, and utterly unprepared, he's the trainee she never wanted — and the one she can't afford to lose.Their target i...

When neonatal monitors across Europe begin to fall silent, Dr Isla Muir hears something no one else can.In the neonatal ward of an Aberdeen hospital, a strange harmonic hum threads through flatlined EEGs — not random noise, but a pattern. A rhythm. A voice. As governments rush to suppress the anomaly and colleagues urge restraint, Isla follows the sound into forbidden data, hidden networks, and the fragile minds of sleeping infants who seem to be learning something new together.

Some maps remember their makers. Some refuse to forget.Thomas Brinn is an apprentice cartographer trained to preserve the past, not invent the future. But when an unfinished map awakens within the Cartographers' Guild, it binds itself to him—and begins to rewrite the world beyond its parchment edges.The land it reveals is unstable: forests hesitate between drafts, paths shift underfoot, and truth carries weight enough to fracture reality. Every correction leaves a scar. Eve...

The sustainable business expert and author of Climate Solutions presents a plan to upgrade capitalism to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.The commons—the collective natural and cultural resources that belong to all of humanity—is currently under siege. It is being squandered under our current version of corporate, globalized capitalism. This is Capitalism 2.0. And, according to Peter Barnes, we're long overdue for an upgrade.Our curren...

BIM: Contractual and Legal Perspectives is a guide to the legal and contractual issues that need to be considered when operating under Building Information Modelling (BIM). The book illustrates the ways in which these issues are presently addressed and considers emerging approaches that can support the effective integration of BIM within project delivery.Coverage includesBIM documentation and key roles and responsibilitiesincorporation of BIM within...

Frank Collins thought he had it all — a new life, new love.But everything changes when his daughter's tragic suicide shatters his world. Determined to uncover the reasons behind her heartbreaking choice, he is engulfed in a harrowing search for answers. As he delves into his daughter's troubled past of drugs and prostitution, Frank is faced with a gut-wrenching decision: seek justice through the legal system or take matters into his own hands. His choice will redefine his future and...

A collection of contemporary poetry and verse 1970 - 2004This work include a warning for building sites and a poem with the longest title you're ever likely to come across.

Descend into the abyss of a sinkhole with seven unlikely comrades fighting for survival. As they confront their darkest fears and buried secrets, only three will emerge victorious. Prepare yourself for a heart-pounding story of resilience, redemption, and the indomitable human spirit in the face of encroaching darkness.