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Max Florschutz, M. K. Hutchins, Scott R. Parkin, Jaleta Clegg, Christopher Baxter, Michaelene Pendleton, S. E. Page, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Jodi L. Milner, Josh Brown, Hannah Marie, Sam Knight, Julia H. West, John D. Payne, Wendy Nikel, Gerri Leen, David VonAllmen, Melva Gifford, Alex Shvartsman, Mercedes Lackey, Elisabeth Waters

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LTUE Benefit Anthologies

LTUE Benefit Anthologies, Volume 2.Everyone knows dragon tales make for the best adventure stories. Throw in women who actively seek what they want—a little intrigue, exciting battles, and hard decisions—to get these twenty excellent adventures by some of today's best fantasy writers!This collection celebrates Linda Hunter Adams, a truly amazing mentor and role model for many in our Life, the Universe, & Everything writing community. Proceeds from this volume suppo...

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Christopher Baxter

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Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

This book offers readers a fantastic introduction into creating CareKit based applications using the Swift language. It starts with the basics and provides a step-by-step guide to learning all aspects of creating a CareKit iOS application that could serve as the basis for a patient care plan.Beginning Carekit Development introduces the key modules and concepts of CareKit starting off by installing and building the open source framework. Developers will then dive deeper, le...

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Christopher Nordstrom, George Rendel, Luke Baxter

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Mastering

This is the first BMAT theory and practice book on the market, providing not only practice questions but breaking down the BMAT exam step-by-step. The authors, both leading specialists in BMAT training, focus on each section in turn, using many sample questions to carefully illustrate the theory rather than simply testing rote learning. A concluding mock exam allows candidates to consolidate learning through self-assessment, with model answers to refer to at the end.

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Christopher T. Conner, Nicholas M. Baxter, David R. Dickens, Eugene Halton, Mary Jo Deegan, Stacy L. Smith, Christine Bucior, Diane M. Rodgers, Harvey A. Farberman, Lukas Szrot, Shing-Ling S. Chen, Alan Sica, Lawrence T. Nichols, Michael A. Katovich, Thaddeus Müller

This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorist’s work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues. While other similar texts tend to focus primarily on intellectual biography, our emph...

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Stephen Baxter

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Christopher Ragland, Penelope Rawlins

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World Engines

Hundreds of years in the future, on a stagnating and almost empty Earth, a space shuttle pilot from the early days of the 21st century is awoken from the cryogenic sleep he entered after a devastating accident.As he comes to terms with this new world, he begins to realise that their history does not match what he remembers - and that only he may be able to stop the coming catastrophe destined to destroy the planet.Until he meets a young woman who seems to have a drive of he...

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Christopher Benjamin

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Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Nicholas Briggs

The stars of Jago & Litefoot, Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter, prove immensely endearing raconteurs as they chat with Nicholas Briggs about their long and varied careers, covering their first appearance as Jago & Litefoot in Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang and a rich tapestry of other tales from their lives...NOTE: Benjamin & Baxter contains some adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.

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Fady Alnajjar, Christoph Bartneck, Paul Baxter, Tony Belpaeme, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Cinzia Di Dio, Friederike Eyssel, Jürgen Handke, Omar Mubin, Mohammad Obaid, Natalia Reich-Stiebert

Robots in Education is an accessible introduction to the use of robotics in formal learning, encompassing pedagogical and psychological theories as well as implementation in curricula. Today, a variety of communities across education are increasingly using robots as general classroom tutors, tools in STEM projects, and subjects of study. This volume explores how the unique physical and social-interactive capabilities of educational robots can generate bonds with students while fre...

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Ian Whates, Adrian Tchaikovsky, M.R. Carey, Tade Thompson, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian McDonald, Adam Roberts, Jaine Fenn, Tim Pears, Frances Hardinge, Lesley Glaister, Stephen Baxter, Christopher Priest, Lauren Beukes, Lavie Tidhar, Jane Rogers, Emmi Itäranta, Ian Watson, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, Priya Sharma, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Robert Shearman, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Mark Lawrence, Tim Lebbon, RJ Barker, Blake Morrison

An anthology released to raise funds for the NHS and UK Healtcare workers. Fifty-three stories, 253,000 words of fiction, including several pieces that are original to this volume. A treasury of stories from some of the finest writers of science fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, horror, and more.Introduction by Ian WhatesLast Contact – Stephen BaxterSlink-Thinking – Frances HardingeGossamer – Ian WhatesThe Feather Dress – Lisa TuttleThe...

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Barry Johnston

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Barry Johnston, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Peter Baxter, Robert Powell

From the producers of the Number One bestselling CD 'The Wit of Cricket', here is their latest collection of the funniest cricket stories at home and abroad, recorded live at Great Brickhill Cricket Club in Bedfordshire.Featuring a rare live recording by the late cricket commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins, who was a brilliant after-dinner speaker, here are dozens of hilarious anecdotes about the Ashes, overseas tours, sledging, Test Match Special, and much more!Christop...

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Stephen Baxter

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Christopher Ragland, Damian Lynch, Penelope Rawlins, Stephanie Racine

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World Engines

Trapped on an alternate Earth, the combined crews of a crashed Russian spaceship, a British expeditionary force and a group of strays from the future must work together to survive, escape, and discover what led them to this point. All are from parallel universes where small changes in history led to different realities, and the tensions between the groups are rising.But some changes were not small. The solar system has been altered, changed, shaped in the various realities, and the...

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Matthew Sweet

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Colin Baker, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Philip Pope, Ramon Tikaram, Mark Lockyer, Emerald O'Hanrahan

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Jago & Litefoot

Roanoke Island, 1590.The TARDIS materializes in the past, and the Doctor’s companions, Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago, find themselves prisoners of the natives in the New World.But there’s something something strange here – stranger than even the colonists, led by Englishman John White.What are the ghostly children? And who is the Old Man of Croaton?The travelers are about to discover the secret of the lost colony... and it may cos...

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Nigel Fairs, John Dorney, Justin Richards, Matthew Sweet

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Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Colin Baker, Lisa Bowerman, Louise Jameson

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Jago & Litefoot

Four more stories featuring the investigators of infernal incidents, with an extra hour of behind the scenes interviews.Jago and Litefoot have been busy saving the world, so they haven't noticed the enigmatic Professor Claudius Dark trailing their every move, and manipulating from the shadows. Until now. A trip to the seaside and a night at the theatre hide a darker purpose, and as deadly foes gather Jago, Litefoot, Leela, Ellie and Sergeant Quick must stand together. Because the s...