Author: Chedlo De lushki
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664131671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Two more than average humans get turned into Immortals. Now as one must train non-stop to harness his newfound powers to use for peace and justice. The other is torn between his good side, and becoming a powerful and deadly blood servant to a seemingly even more powerful dark side creature, other than himself, and for the two to become allies once again, the two Newborn Immortals must mold what remains of their shattered lives to pave the way toward their new ones, but will it be enough to survive their encounters with powerful undead enemies, coming from every side.
Hybrid Wars: Immortal Revelations
Author: Chedlo De lushki
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664131671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Two more than average humans get turned into Immortals. Now as one must train non-stop to harness his newfound powers to use for peace and justice. The other is torn between his good side, and becoming a powerful and deadly blood servant to a seemingly even more powerful dark side creature, other than himself, and for the two to become allies once again, the two Newborn Immortals must mold what remains of their shattered lives to pave the way toward their new ones, but will it be enough to survive their encounters with powerful undead enemies, coming from every side.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664131671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Two more than average humans get turned into Immortals. Now as one must train non-stop to harness his newfound powers to use for peace and justice. The other is torn between his good side, and becoming a powerful and deadly blood servant to a seemingly even more powerful dark side creature, other than himself, and for the two to become allies once again, the two Newborn Immortals must mold what remains of their shattered lives to pave the way toward their new ones, but will it be enough to survive their encounters with powerful undead enemies, coming from every side.
Revelation Space
Author: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316462438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
This highly acclaimed first novel in the Revelation Space universe has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself . . . Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason, and if that reason is uncovered, the universe and reality itself could be irrevocably altered . . . "[A] tour de force... Ravishingly inventive." -- Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316462438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
This highly acclaimed first novel in the Revelation Space universe has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself . . . Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason, and if that reason is uncovered, the universe and reality itself could be irrevocably altered . . . "[A] tour de force... Ravishingly inventive." -- Publishers Weekly
Hybrid Warfare
Author: Mikael Weissmann
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9781350429093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Hybrid Warfare refers to a military strategy that blends conventional warfare, so-called 'irregular warfare' and cyber-attacks with other influencing methods, such as fake news, diplomacy and foreign political intervention. As Hybrid Warfare becomes increasingly commonplace, there is an imminent need for research bringing attention to how these challenges can be addressed in order to develop a comprehensive approach towards Hybrid Threats and Hybrid Warfare. This volume supports the development of such an approach by bringing together practitioners and scholarly perspectives on the topic and by covering the threats themselves, as well as the tools and means to counter them, together with a number of real-world case studies. The book covers numerous aspects of current Hybrid Warfare discourses including a discussion of the perspectives of key western actors such as NATO, the US and the EU; an analysis of Russia and China's Hybrid Warfare capabilities; and the growing threat of cyberwarfare. A range of global case studies - featuring specific examples from the Baltics, Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran and Catalonia - are drawn upon to demonstrate the employment of Hybrid Warfare tactics and how they have been countered in practice. Finally, the editors propose a new method through which to understand the dynamics of Hybrid Threats, Warfare and their countermeasures, termed the 'Hybridity Blizzard Model'. With a focus on practitioner insight and practicable International Relations theory, this volume is an essential guide to identifying, analysing and countering Hybrid Threats and Warfare.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9781350429093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Hybrid Warfare refers to a military strategy that blends conventional warfare, so-called 'irregular warfare' and cyber-attacks with other influencing methods, such as fake news, diplomacy and foreign political intervention. As Hybrid Warfare becomes increasingly commonplace, there is an imminent need for research bringing attention to how these challenges can be addressed in order to develop a comprehensive approach towards Hybrid Threats and Hybrid Warfare. This volume supports the development of such an approach by bringing together practitioners and scholarly perspectives on the topic and by covering the threats themselves, as well as the tools and means to counter them, together with a number of real-world case studies. The book covers numerous aspects of current Hybrid Warfare discourses including a discussion of the perspectives of key western actors such as NATO, the US and the EU; an analysis of Russia and China's Hybrid Warfare capabilities; and the growing threat of cyberwarfare. A range of global case studies - featuring specific examples from the Baltics, Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran and Catalonia - are drawn upon to demonstrate the employment of Hybrid Warfare tactics and how they have been countered in practice. Finally, the editors propose a new method through which to understand the dynamics of Hybrid Threats, Warfare and their countermeasures, termed the 'Hybridity Blizzard Model'. With a focus on practitioner insight and practicable International Relations theory, this volume is an essential guide to identifying, analysing and countering Hybrid Threats and Warfare.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: Rebecca Skloot
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307589382
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS • WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTION NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • NPR • Financial Times • New York • Independent (U.K.) • Times (U.K.) • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Globe and Mail Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance? Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307589382
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS • WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTION NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • NPR • Financial Times • New York • Independent (U.K.) • Times (U.K.) • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Globe and Mail Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance? Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.
All the Year Round
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Hybrid Child
Author: Mariko Ohara
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452957185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A classic of Japanese speculative fiction that blurs the line between consumption and creation when a cyborg assumes the form and spirit of a murdered child Until he escaped, he had been called “Sample B #3,” but he had never liked this name. That would surprise them—that he could feel one way or another about it. He was designed to reshape himself based on whatever life forms he ingested; he was not made to think, and certainly not to assume the shape of a repair technician whose cells he had sampled and then simply walk out of the secure compound. Artificial Intelligence is all too real in this classic of Japanese science fiction by Mariko Ōhara. Jonah, a child murdered by her mother, has become the spirit of an AI-controlled house where the rogue cyborg once known as Sample B #3 takes refuge and, making a meal of the dead girl buried under the house, takes Jonah’s form. On faraway Planet Caritas, an outpost of human civilization, the female AI system that governs society has become insane. Meanwhile, the threat of the Adiaptron Empire, the machine race that #3 was built to fight, remains. With the familiar strangeness of a fairy tale, Ōhara’s novel traverses the mysterious distance between body and mind, between the mechanics of life and the ghost in the machine, between the infinitesimal and infinity. The child as mother, the mother as monster, the monster as hero: this shape-shifting story of nourishment, nurture, and parturition is a rare feminist work of speculative fiction and received the prestigious Seiun (Nebula) Award in 1991. Hybrid Child is the first English translation of a major work of science fiction by a female Japanese author.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452957185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A classic of Japanese speculative fiction that blurs the line between consumption and creation when a cyborg assumes the form and spirit of a murdered child Until he escaped, he had been called “Sample B #3,” but he had never liked this name. That would surprise them—that he could feel one way or another about it. He was designed to reshape himself based on whatever life forms he ingested; he was not made to think, and certainly not to assume the shape of a repair technician whose cells he had sampled and then simply walk out of the secure compound. Artificial Intelligence is all too real in this classic of Japanese science fiction by Mariko Ōhara. Jonah, a child murdered by her mother, has become the spirit of an AI-controlled house where the rogue cyborg once known as Sample B #3 takes refuge and, making a meal of the dead girl buried under the house, takes Jonah’s form. On faraway Planet Caritas, an outpost of human civilization, the female AI system that governs society has become insane. Meanwhile, the threat of the Adiaptron Empire, the machine race that #3 was built to fight, remains. With the familiar strangeness of a fairy tale, Ōhara’s novel traverses the mysterious distance between body and mind, between the mechanics of life and the ghost in the machine, between the infinitesimal and infinity. The child as mother, the mother as monster, the monster as hero: this shape-shifting story of nourishment, nurture, and parturition is a rare feminist work of speculative fiction and received the prestigious Seiun (Nebula) Award in 1991. Hybrid Child is the first English translation of a major work of science fiction by a female Japanese author.
Unrestricted Warfare
Author: Liang Qiao
Publisher: NewsMax Media, Inc.
ISBN: 9780971680722
Category : Asymmetric warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Three years before the September 11 bombing of the World Trade Center-a Chinese military manual called Unrestricted Warfare touted such an attack-suggesting it would be difficult for the U.S. military to cope with. The events of September ll were not a random act perpetrated by independent agents. The doctrine of total war outlined in Unrestricted Warfare clearly demonstrates that the People's Republic of China is preparing to confront the United States and our allies by conducting "asymmetrical" or multidimensional attack on almost every aspect of our social, economic and political life.
Publisher: NewsMax Media, Inc.
ISBN: 9780971680722
Category : Asymmetric warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Three years before the September 11 bombing of the World Trade Center-a Chinese military manual called Unrestricted Warfare touted such an attack-suggesting it would be difficult for the U.S. military to cope with. The events of September ll were not a random act perpetrated by independent agents. The doctrine of total war outlined in Unrestricted Warfare clearly demonstrates that the People's Republic of China is preparing to confront the United States and our allies by conducting "asymmetrical" or multidimensional attack on almost every aspect of our social, economic and political life.
Assault On The Afterlife
Author: Marsha Kuhnley
Publisher: Drezhn Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1947328484
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Prepare to be swept into a war that has raged for millennia--a war unlike any other. It spans the realms of heaven and earth, with the afterlife itself under siege. He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, his dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven. (Revelation 13:6) This is a war against heaven. The realm where God, the holy angels, and the deceased believers reside is under a relentless attack. Satan yearns to drag you into the depths of hell, to snatch your soul away from the embrace of salvation. It’s your default destination, the deceitful path he urges you to take. Have you succumbed to his treacherous lies about eternal life? Are you looking forward to the afterlife or do you tremble with fear at what lies ahead? Fear not, for the keys to heaven are within your grasp. If your faith is anchored in Jesus, then heaven is your everlasting home. Rise up, resolute and unyielding, refusing to let Satan steal your hope and plunder your heavenly rewards. Discover the truth about your eternal home and eagerly await the triumphant return of Jesus. Will you wear the impenetrable armor of God, shielding yourself against the relentless onslaught? Will you wield the razor-sharp sword of Truth, slashing through the dark forces that seek to devour your soul? Prepare yourself for an electrifying revelation. Assault On The Afterlife is not your typical book about heaven and the spiritual realm. It’s a mind-bending exposé of the diabolical schemes hidden in plain sight--Burning Man, The Great Reset, Psychics, The Simulation Hypothesis, Transhumanism, and so much more! Inside this book you will uncover: · The diabolical origins of Satan's assault in heaven and its continuation on earth against us. · Satan’s motives, cunning warfare tactics, and manipulative wartime propaganda. · Profound insights into the heavenly realm, your eternal body, and the breathtaking wonders awaiting you in the afterlife. · How Satan is assaulting those who dwell in heaven through demonic communication and unanswered prayers. · Modern lies about eternity--Christ consciousness, the Multiverse, Hybrids, and more! · The climactic showdown of Satan's war that will erupt during the tribulation period, culminating in the mass rejection of the afterlife by those deceived. · Empowering guidance to secure your place in heaven, evade Satan’s mark of the beast, and ascend in the Rapture! If you crave Bible-based wisdom, narratives inspired by popular culture, and an urgent call to unlock the mysteries of biblical prophecy, then you’ll love Assault On The Afterlife. The battle for the afterlife awaits. Get it now.
Publisher: Drezhn Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1947328484
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Prepare to be swept into a war that has raged for millennia--a war unlike any other. It spans the realms of heaven and earth, with the afterlife itself under siege. He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, his dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven. (Revelation 13:6) This is a war against heaven. The realm where God, the holy angels, and the deceased believers reside is under a relentless attack. Satan yearns to drag you into the depths of hell, to snatch your soul away from the embrace of salvation. It’s your default destination, the deceitful path he urges you to take. Have you succumbed to his treacherous lies about eternal life? Are you looking forward to the afterlife or do you tremble with fear at what lies ahead? Fear not, for the keys to heaven are within your grasp. If your faith is anchored in Jesus, then heaven is your everlasting home. Rise up, resolute and unyielding, refusing to let Satan steal your hope and plunder your heavenly rewards. Discover the truth about your eternal home and eagerly await the triumphant return of Jesus. Will you wear the impenetrable armor of God, shielding yourself against the relentless onslaught? Will you wield the razor-sharp sword of Truth, slashing through the dark forces that seek to devour your soul? Prepare yourself for an electrifying revelation. Assault On The Afterlife is not your typical book about heaven and the spiritual realm. It’s a mind-bending exposé of the diabolical schemes hidden in plain sight--Burning Man, The Great Reset, Psychics, The Simulation Hypothesis, Transhumanism, and so much more! Inside this book you will uncover: · The diabolical origins of Satan's assault in heaven and its continuation on earth against us. · Satan’s motives, cunning warfare tactics, and manipulative wartime propaganda. · Profound insights into the heavenly realm, your eternal body, and the breathtaking wonders awaiting you in the afterlife. · How Satan is assaulting those who dwell in heaven through demonic communication and unanswered prayers. · Modern lies about eternity--Christ consciousness, the Multiverse, Hybrids, and more! · The climactic showdown of Satan's war that will erupt during the tribulation period, culminating in the mass rejection of the afterlife by those deceived. · Empowering guidance to secure your place in heaven, evade Satan’s mark of the beast, and ascend in the Rapture! If you crave Bible-based wisdom, narratives inspired by popular culture, and an urgent call to unlock the mysteries of biblical prophecy, then you’ll love Assault On The Afterlife. The battle for the afterlife awaits. Get it now.
The Bloodless Revolution
Author: Tristram Stuart
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393052206
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
How Western Christianity and Eastern philosophy merged to spawn a political movement that had the prohibition of meat at its core.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393052206
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
How Western Christianity and Eastern philosophy merged to spawn a political movement that had the prohibition of meat at its core.
The Easterling
Author: Linda Thackeray
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In a dream, Watch Guard Melia hears her mother screaming. When she sets out to find her, the elf Prince Aeron joins to guide her across his homeland. They are heading for Tor Iolan: the abandoned fortress where Disciples of the Shadow Lord tortured and maimed innocents for the sake of their master. Within its cruel walls, Melia hopes to find truth about her past, while pondering a future with a prince who has yet to learn that falling for a mortal may cost him more than a broken heart. This is a tale of darkness, romance and loss, where Melia and Aeron face the reality that sometimes love may not be enough, and sacrifice may be the only course left to them.
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In a dream, Watch Guard Melia hears her mother screaming. When she sets out to find her, the elf Prince Aeron joins to guide her across his homeland. They are heading for Tor Iolan: the abandoned fortress where Disciples of the Shadow Lord tortured and maimed innocents for the sake of their master. Within its cruel walls, Melia hopes to find truth about her past, while pondering a future with a prince who has yet to learn that falling for a mortal may cost him more than a broken heart. This is a tale of darkness, romance and loss, where Melia and Aeron face the reality that sometimes love may not be enough, and sacrifice may be the only course left to them.