This revised and updated second edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1990, the year when the horror boom finally went bust. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Poppy Z. Brite, Jonathan Carroll, Harlan Ellison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Gahan Wilson and Gene Wolfe, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightm...

The secret notebooks of Thout' Nielsporte, prince of the MetaverseHis rebellion built a digital utopia. Their patch turned it into a prison for the soul.Thout', prince of the metaverse and leader of the gamer rebellion, lost everything. After hacking the biggest games to create a libertarian galaxy nicknamed "Big Pizza" – a massive bug threw millions of players back into the real world. Sheltering in an abandoned warehouse, Thout' records t...

THE LEDGER - BOOK ONE - TEAM OF EIGHT - BACK OF BOOK DESCRIPTION:In a world where DNA is the ultimate weapon, secrets are deadlier than bullets.Lilliane Gryffon's life revolves around safeguarding the world's most dangerous secrets, encoded within humanity's genetic code. When ruthless ex-compatriate weaponizes groundbreaking genetic research, unleashing a new breed of enhanced soldiers, Lilliane and her elite Team of Eight are huma...

The Book of Esther is one of the five Megillot. It tells the story of a Jewish girl in Persia, who becomes queen and saves her people from a genocide. The story of Esther forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim. The commentary presents a literary analysis of the text, taking into account the inclusion and arrangement of different pericopes, and an analysis of the narration. Likewise, it will discuss the style, the syntax, and the vocabulary. The examination of the intellectual conte...

In early 2004, filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond (Salam Iran, a Persian Letter) and author Fred A. Reed (Persian Postcards: Iran after Khomeini) returned to Iran after a two-year absence—on the eve of the parliamentary elections that were to seal the political defeat of the Reform movement. They had come to interview several of the men and women who had propelled Mohammad Khatami to the presidency in 1997, with a mission to rebuild a civil society in Iran under the banner of h...

Geometric and topological inference deals with the retrieval of information about a geometric object using only a finite set of possibly noisy sample points. It has connections to manifold learning and provides the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of the rapidly evolving field of topological data analysis. Building on a rigorous treatment of simplicial complexes and distance functions, this self-contained book covers key aspects of the field, from data representation and combinator...

Humanity's survival hinges on secrets hidden within one man's DNA in the deadly aftermath of genetic warfare.Haunted by his past under Dr. Lui's ruthless control, David Conrad is thrust back into a world of covert operations and genetic manipulation. When Lui resurfaces with a sinister new agenda involving groundbreaking genetic replicas, David joins forces with the elite Team of Eight to prevent a catastrophic threat.As the lines blur between human and replica, trust and b...

In "Holistic Health Within Reach," Dr. Jean Daniel Francois provides a comprehensive guide to natural and holistic approaches to managing stress, enhancing your performance, and achieving balance in your life. Drawing on his extensive experience as a leading doctor in the field of holistic health, Dr. Francois shares practical tips and advice to help you unlock your full potential. This book is your ultimate resource for achieving optimal health and wellness. Dr. Francois explains the scie...

Drawing on a broad range of approaches in the fields of sociology, anthropology, political science, history, philosophy, medicine and nursing, Power and the Psychiatric Apparatus exposes psychiatric practices that are mobilized along the continuum of repression, transformation and assistance. It critically examines taken for granted psychiatric practices both past and current, shedding light on the often political nature of psychiatry and reconceptualizing its central and sensitive issues ...

Quantum physics started in the 1920's with wave mechanics and the wave-particle duality. However, the last 20 years have seen a second quantum revolution, centered around non-locality and quantum correlations between measurement outcomes. The associated key property, entanglement, is recognized today as the signature of quantumness. This second revolution opened the possibility of studying quantum correlations without any assumption on the internal functioning of the measurement apparata, ...

Abstraction is a fundamental mechanism underlying both human and artificial perception, representation of knowledge, reasoning and learning. This mechanism plays a crucial role in many disciplines, notably Computer Programming, Natural and Artificial Vision, Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Art, and Cognitive Sciences. This book first provides the reader with an overview of the notions of abstraction proposed in various disciplines by comparing both commonalit...

Ever wonder about the untold stories of Jesus' early years? This book dives deep into the Bible, unraveling mysteries like the Trinity and the proof of God's existence. It's like unlocking the ultimate cheat code to life's biggest questions. Quick read, packed with insights— perfect for those late-night existential crises. Felt like chatting with an old friend who just gets it. Don't miss out -grab copies for you and your family now and get enlightened!