Welcome to "The Grimoire of Love," a captivating anthology that unveils the enchanting tapestry of love in all its forms. Within the pages of this magical grimoire, you will embark on a journey through realms where hearts entwine, destinies align, and love casts its irresistible spell. Each story is a testament to the enduring power of love, transcending time and space. Prepare to be bewitched by tales that dance on the delicate line between reality and fantasy, leaving an indelible mark o...

Aliens exist everywhere. They are android. They hide within the mind. They live on other planets. And they can even travel the universe using technology far beyond our understanding.Markey VI, an android on an orbiting space station, assists an artificial intelligence. David, the A.I., ponders the question of humanity's fate. The ultimate question is, "Should life be returned to Earth?" The answer is known as the Singular Conclusion. But the answer's impact reaches far deeper into ...

Two interwoven tales affect the destiny of a planetary population: a world leader's tenacious and concealed reliance on extrasensory abilities to govern a planet jeopardizes her position and challenges the sanctity of all she holds dear; generations later, her great-great-great granddaughter's personal search for courage pits her obvious physical accomplishments against her own unspoken paranormal gifts—the true source of her talent. When scientists verify that the planet has a rapidly dec...

Rio de Janeiro of beauties and counterpoints. A driver runs over a man who was stuck on the road. A teenager is shot inside a bus in broad daylight. Apparently, everything is weird, but no. Everyone meets in a hospital, where criminals transit freely. A journalist unveils a plot beyond what she imagines, when she falls in love with the last romantic boy in town. A perverted policeman, the good life enjoy the world woman, the drug dealer to the powered people, the intellectual from the comm...

Fox & Rabbit is the first in a graphic novel series from author Beth Ferry and illustrator Gergely Dudás for emerging readers about the simple magic of true friendship.Easygoing Fox and anxious Rabbit seem like total opposites. But, somehow, they make the perfect pair! Whether searching for hidden treasure or planting a garden in their own backyard, Fox and Rabbit find everyday magic at every turn.On this first adventure, the pair ...

This fascinating book brings together a multidisciplinary team of authors from a variety of backgrounds and lived experience who offer insight into the historical roots and current reasons for the hybrid natural and social scientific conceptual platform of psychiatry. The role of values in the development and recovery from mental illness are covered as well as progressive developments, outlining a novel research methodology. Demonstrating the importance of the integration of each main dime...

The “Technology Meets Testimony” network, funded by the DFG, merges history, education, computer science, and media studies. Running from June 2020 to August 2024, this international collaboration spans Germany, the USA, and the UK. The project aims to preserve and present Holocaust survivor testimonies through interactive digital 3D formats. Central to the project are testimonies from survivors like Pinchas Gutter, whose testimony was captured with 32 cameras and processed with advanced s...

Military science fiction with the throttle wide open. A powered exosuit. Four combat drones. One mercenary with no one left to trust.Earth won the alien invasion. What came after were the Functionaries: corporations that own whole sectors and everyone breathing in them. In Neocrest City, Tiberius Novak takes their contracts because the registry that keeps him legal is the same leash that keeps him owned. One extraction job. One scientist. Simple work, until the thing guarding that ...

One of the most commonly asked questions about Scientology is this: how can a person of sound mind believe any of it and fall into this very amateurish-looking trap? Why does it seem so valuable that people sacrifice all their energy, time and money for this system, which seems suspicious even at first glance? And how can such a seemingly primitive scam still exist after almost 70 years?The initial question is answered by the shocking story of Diana Dudas.The book was first...

**"Steve Duda, in River Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing, his first collection of essays, reminds us with attentive care to language and gloriously boisterous storytelling, why we keep coming back to rivers..." -- Flyfisherman Magazine"You won’t forget these stories. They’ll make you think about your relationship with fishing and perhaps make you look at it in a different way." -- Fly Culture Magazine"...this is the kind of writing--th...

Book #2 in the graphic novel series from New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry celebrates the magic of making believe and making new friends—now in paperback!Fox and Rabbit are very best buddies. They do everything together. Good things like getting ice cream and not-so-good things like getting bad haircuts. But when they meet a new friend, Owl, Fox isn’t so sure if there’s enough friendship to go around.Soon enough, Fox learns that it’s eas...

Visually engaging and easy to use, Human Histology: A Text and Atlas for Physicians and Scientists covers the normal histology of every organ in the human body. This book presents full-page high-definition photomicrographs for organs and tissues, followed by a compact and simple-to-read description of the structures identified on the micrographs, offering a clear, visual understanding of this complex subject. With over 300 outstanding images, this reference is an invaluable resource for ev...