This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the Unified Human-Supernatural Territories, survival comes down to a single number on your wristband: your Human Score. Fail to blend in, fail to act human, and the system eliminates you.Enter Mira Thornfield, a Licensed Supernatural Integration Specialist—which is just a fancy way of saying she babysits monsters who can’t figure out the 21st century.Her latest nightmare assignment? Lucian. He’s a devastatingly handsome, ancient...

Hunchbacks don't get love. They get ridicule and scorn. That suits Wyrn just fine. As the son of a warlord, he resolves to die earning his father's respect in a tournament instead. The plan backfires and he's forced to marry a princess against his will.She's 18, beautiful, and suspicious. There is no way a king would give away his ONLY child to a random man much less a hunchback. Something must be wrong with her. And so, Wyrn decides to give her back.The only problem? She w...

Discover the Reality-Warping Wizardry of Chaos MagicJoin Thumper Forge, a Chaos Witch extraordinaire and Gardnerian Wiccan, on the wildest magical ride this side of the multiverse. He serves as your witty tour guide through the topsy-turvy realms of Chaos Witchcraft and Discordianism, where you can dance with Eris, the cosmic trickster herself.Learn to bend belief like a spoon, craft sigils that make the universe giggle, and summon parking spots with the gr...

Sister Imperator, the mysterious and powerful figure from official Ghost lore, has her origins revealed!Delve into the lore of the band Ghost with Sister Imperator’s mysterious origins.Integral to the band’s story since its founding, Sister Imperator is a representative of the Clergy, and has been shrouded in secrecy—until now. Discover her clandestine history and the disturbing events that led her to becoming the woman both loved and feared by so many, fro...

Jesus said, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Look around. The needs of the world are great. How will they all possibly be met?The only way the great needs of the world can be met is through more Kingdom laborers. And Jesus' prayer request for more laborers will only be answered through movements of disciples in action!Are you ready for action but not sure where to...

What happens when one of America's best-known haiku poets joins forces with her psychologist husband to write a book? The answer: "Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace" -- a unique collection of guided meditations, drawn from and experienced through the appreciation of haiku. In today's fast-paced, high-pressure world, "Take a Deep Breath" can help anyone learn to slow down and take stock, relax and focus on the present moment, and find poetry and depth in their own lives.

Blending the cosmic giggles of Discordianism with the reality-warping wizardry of Chaos Magic, this book is your ticket to the wildest magical ride this side of the multiverse.Step into the swirling vortex of Chaos Witchcraft with Thumper Forge's mind-bending guide and prepare to have your magical reality turned inside out as you dance with Eris, the cosmic trickster herself. Forge, a Chaos Witch extraordinaire and Gardnerian Wiccan, serves as your witty tour guide...

Detailed coverage of the latest research on plant physiology, including flowering and pollination in trees, apple fruit development and ripening;Reviews current best practice in tree training, pruning and thinning operations, including the use of growth regulators and new areas such as mechanisation and automation;Discusses the range of fungal and viral diseases affecting apples

Global Soil Security: Towards More Science-Society Interfaces contains contributions presented at the 2nd Global Soil Security conference, held 5-6 December 2016 in Paris. These chapters focus on how to achieve soil security. This involves scientific, economic, industrial and political engagement to inform soil-users, policy makers and citizens with the objective of implementing appropriate actions. The contributions to this book address the five dimensions of soil security, namel...

GlobalSoilMap: Basis of the global spatial soil information system contains contributions that were presented at the 1st GlobalSoilMap conference, held 7-9 October 2013 in Orl‘s, France. These contributions demonstrate the latest developments in the GlobalSoilMap project and digital soil mapping technology for which the ultimate aim is to produce a

"Is this guy here to survive... or is he on some kind of five star wilderness vacation?!"A violent tropical storm tears through the primeval forests of Tongyun Mountain. Elite special forces veterans, seasoned outdoorsmen, and world famous survival experts are freezing in the mud, desperately searching for clean water while their mental states slowly collapse.Meanwhile, an eighteen year old college freshman is relaxing inside a flawless bamboo fortress he built himself, cas...

"The selection of remembered events from a cross section of Germans provides a very human account of instances in war." — FiretrenchThe first in a series of books, I Somehow Survived is an extraordinary collection of true stories giving testimony to those who survived World War II. Based on interviews with numerous veterans from across the spectrum of wartime experience, the book documents and reflects upon one of the most gruesome times in history...