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Having played the role of a student, postdoc, researcher, research faculty member, author, reviewer, and editor, Kasthurirangan "Rangan" Gopalakrishnan, PhD, fully understands and empathizes with the struggles and pleasures of academic work. In this book, his goal is to assist you to do what you are already doing more effectively and efficiently with minimal stress and possibly to identify and eliminate those activities and habits that interfere with your academic writing productivity.

The skills, knowledge, and attributes that you need to be successful as the leader of an information technology team are often considerably different from the skills, knowledge, and attributes needed to excel in traditional business leadership roles. In most companies, IT is a critical catalyst for empowering the rest of the functional groups in the business to be successful.

It is a curious thing that at my age, "55 last birthday", I should find myself taking up a pen to try to write a history. I wonder what sort of a history it will be when I have finished it, if ever I come to the end of the trip! I have done a good many things in my life, which seems a long one to me, owing to my having begun work so young, perhaps. At an age when other boys are at school, I was earning my living as a trader in the old colony.

After visiting Martin Shaw, Barnard and Claudia's attorney, Alex and Karen make their way to the Melbourne Space Port, where Barnard's Commercant is parked. As they board the ship, and begin exploring, they find out exactly who and what Barnard's "First Girl" really is: Cygna....

This is a summary and analysis of It Can't Happen Here and not the original book. With news of the dictatorship Adolph Hitler is building in Germany and the fascist regime taking root in Italy, Lewis Sinclair attacks the basic American precept that something of that magnitude cannot happen here.

Detective Ryan O'Clery agrees to meet a noted historian claiming to have discovered information about his ancestors, but when he arrives he finds her murdered and her computer stolen. His investigation will lead him back to 12th century Ireland, to a time of Viking invaders and conquests, to an albino known as The White Devil of Dublin, and to a secret his family kept hidden for more than 800 years. It will also bring him face to face with a serial killer intent on finishing the job he started.

Intended primarily for aspiring and beginning writers, Efficient Book Writing helps you develop a strategic and systematic approach to start and complete your writing project with the least amount of stress and frustration, whether you are writing an article, blog, or book.

Cillian is a Shade, a man who walks among the world of Other Realm, spreading the seeds of discord and chaos into the Dreams of mortals as punishment for a life ill-lived. As he casts the sands of Nightmares into Everly Whitcombe's dreams, he finds himself taken with the haunted beauty. He defies his vocation by visiting her Dreams more often than he should and trying to comfort when he should destroy. As he commits his transgressions, he puts them both in danger.

At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a fantasy novel, the first in his series about the fictional "hollow earth" land of Pellucidar.

In 2012 especially there was a renewed focus on the Mayans, whose advanced calendar led many to speculate the world would end on the same date the Mayan calendar ends. The focus on the doomsday scenario, however, has overshadowed the Mayans' true contributions to astronomy, language, sports, and art.

Over the centuries the West has become fascinated by the Vikings, one of the most mysterious and interesting European civilizations. In addition to being perceived as a remarkably unique culture among its European counterparts, what's known and not known about the Vikings' accomplishments has added an intriguing aura to the historical narrative. Were they fierce and fearsome warriors? Were they the first Europeans to visit North America?

Open it and see what ye are dreaming of, a bit of adventure, drama, fear, horror, or mystery - 'tis but a small sampling of the other side fer just a touch - a touch of the magic in yer amusement and fear. So come along ye to the moment of sleep and dreams, traveling frights, and the contemplations of a generation in flux.

Would you like to improve your writing skills and become the writer you know you should be? Are you simply frustrated with your own writing, knowing deep inside you could be, and should be, producing much better work? Does the fear of writing, or perceived lack of ability, cause you to break into a cold sweat when you have been assigned a project due in a few days? Do you want to become a professional writer? If your answers to any of these questions is yes, then you need to hear about how to write almost anything better and faster!

Commander Donald Castillo is the commander of the Virginia-class fast attack nuclear submarine, Kansas. It is the latest and best that the US Navy has to offer. He is asked to test a new ground-breaking countermeasure that will revolutionize naval warfare. Its code name is Apparition. This is game-changing technology born of the Hadron Collider, and the Navy brass are hungry for it.

In 1560, General Pedro de Ursua led an expedition through the Amazon in search of El Dorado. Three months later, Ursua was murdered. His replacement, Fernando de Guzman, was also murdered. Emerging from the chaos was the Biscayan Lope de Aguirre, who turned away from El Dorado and led his men to Peru to overthrow the royal forces and declare independence from the Spanish Crown. When Aguirre was finally killed, the aftermath was astonishing: hundreds dead, entire towns depopulated, and a nascent revolution quashed.

A New Beginning is set in an era when man has just begun colonizing space stations and a few planets. Earth is controlled by mega-corporations that rule the planet's political bodies and economies, much as ancient kings ruled their realms. The story centers on how a young indentured worker, Kristin Hayes, gains her freedom and happiness, and how her actions intertwine with the policies of Earth and the Federation.

The year is 2054. A ambitious and elite young man's comfortable existence is overturned when he is called on to play a critical role in stopping a growing evil. Miles Dawson, a young man immersed in a dystopian world on the brink of global conflict, wants nothing more than to be recognized and admired by his peers and fellow employees of the Emerson Corporation on their man-made island of Haven.

Johnny has a terrible nightmare. He's soaking wet. It's only a dream, he thinks. As Johnny gets ready to go to school, there's a very weird thing going on. There's no one on the school bus or at school. The only people that are there are Monster Zombies, and they are out to take over the town - and Johnny!

Alonso Truylos and his three friends are out to find adventure wherever it exists. As soldiers, these men sail to the New World. As time goes on, events and occurrences reshape their relationships. Alonso Truylos finds himself going deeper into this strange New World, eventually, joining a galleon in the hopes of attaining riches, only to discover how life really works.

An otherworldly friendship is forged under stress and fear. Wyatt, a recently unemployed camper, is looking for an escape from responsibilities. Thunder Born is a wind esper looking to escape from those who want to murder him. Together they start something surpassing both of them.