Systems Science

Marco trained his whole life to become a captain. He maxed every childhood achievement the System would let him, from diving, to rigging, to outrunning couriers up mountains. But when classing day finally comes, the system doesn’t just make him a captain, it makes him a Gluttonous Marauder. On the plus side, it’s a unique class with combat perks, shipwright skills, and captain material. On the negative side, it comes with a reputation so bad he’s arrested on the spot.

Sept épreuves. Un boss final à éliminer. Pour Derek Hunt, le donjon de raid ne devait être qu'une formalité. Mais les anomalies se multiplient. Des notifications qu'il est le seul à recevoir. Des récompenses qui disparaissent sans explication. Des mécaniques qui échappent à toute logique. Derek a toujours joué selon ses propres règles, mais un nouveau système s'immisce dans la partie.

Fight, survive, adapt, and rely only on yourself. That is Derek’s creed and what's got him through the System Integration on Earth. Everything changed when the System came. Cute bunnies and beautiful butterflies became savage killing machines. Then the Invaders arrived with a single goal: to obtain ownership of this new habitable planet. War has raged ever since. None of this mattered much to Derek, aside from making living a little more perilous.

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

In preparation for things to come, Derek spent most of his time in Cydaria making it safe for all of his friends and companions. He saw Thomas off to the Academy, helped Brandi with materials for crafting, and more. Once he had Savanna to his liking, he chose to adventure with Alanah. They traveled to the other continent and explored different kingdoms before ending up in Linderis—Alanah’s birthplace. Alanah had no good memories of there, save for her mother.

All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.

Dans cet ouvrage de synthèse, fruit de toute une vie de recherche aux confins de la psychologie et de l’économie, le prix Nobel Daniel Kahneman nous emmène à la rencontre des deux "personnages" qui se partagent notre esprit, régissant notre façon de penser et de prendre des décisions. Le "Système 1" est rapide, intuitif et émotionnel ; le "Système 2" est plus lent, plus réfléchi, plus contrôlé et plus logique.

Sloan Park has spent his whole second life building toward a fight like this. He's killed gods and kept their power. He's dragged monsters out of the deepest Rifts and bound them to his will. He's taken thousands of ordinary, terrified people and forged them into Hunters strong enough to stand on their own. Now the harvest is here, and everything he's ever taken stands with him.

After a successful auction, the young Prince Edgar requested Derek’s help on an issue that concerned the safety of the entire Kingdom of Cydaria. A new, level 250 raid dungeon appeared, and Edgar needed the kingdom’s elite to help clear it before the unstable dungeon overflowed, or even worse, broke. Leaving his shop in the trusting hands of Malorie, and with everyone’s insistence that he go, Derek agreed to the prince’s request and joined him and the others on the raid. However, the dungeon wasn’t what anyone was expecting, and when they went inside, they found that it was a trial dungeon.

It's been over a year since the System came to Earth, bringing blood and monsters in equal measure. Having left Whitehorse, John and his team travel down to British Columbia, running into new dangers from aliens and humans alike. Faced with new challenges and new enemies, John and his friends seek to free human settlements from Galactic control in North America.

What if humanity’s next stage of evolution wasn’t discovered…But engineered? Elliot Voss spent decades pursuing a singular vision. Until he found a way to rewrite the rules of life itself.

Melvin Murphy is your average everyday teen... until he finds the System. Melvin has normal problems. High School. Tests. Trying to find a girlfriend (and failing... miserably). But one day he awakens with access to a System that governs all magic. In his attempt to summon a teacher to show him the ropes, he botches the ritual and accidentally summons a magic-wielding girl named Kalliphae. Sure, she's powerful and deadly. A femme fatale who's more intimidating than even the most popular girls at school.

Indigenous Justice is Book 10 in the Durvile True Cases series. In the spirit of truth and reconciliation and respectful of Indigenous cultural integrity, judges, lawyers, and law enforcement officers write about working with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples through their trials and tribulations with the criminal justice system. The stories are a mix of previously published essays from the True Cases anthologies with an equal number of new chapters by legal and law enforcement professionals.

Leveling up was the easy part. Surviving what comes next is not. In The System Arrives – Book 4, Robert faces his toughest challenges yet as the System unleashes new monsters, new foes that threaten every Kingdom and Empire. With enemies evolving at terrifying speed, Robert must master his skills and spells, and outsmart foes who refuse to stay predictable. The quests are harder. The stakes are higher.

From the author of, The Anatomy of Awakening, this bestselling revolutionary, and accessible seven-step guide—grounded in energy medicine, neurobiology, and quantum physics— will help you transform your life by allowing you to awaken your true health and potential through energy healing...

In this concluding volume of Neal Stephenson’s epic work, “Half-Cocked Jack” Shaftoe must escape the noose of Jack Ketch; the rivalry between Newton and Leibniz comes to a head; and Daniel Waterhouse pursues his dream to build the Logic Mill

When the Doom System appeared, it shattered reality overnight. People took superhuman abilities, their only defense against a world that no longer made sense. But just as humanity began to adapt, the System changed the rules. Now, survival isn’t just a struggle. It’s a competition. For Hiro Johnson, staying alive has become a full-time job. The System twists the streets of New York into death traps, pitting survivors against monsters, hunters, and each other yet rewarding them with powerful skills and weapons.

My life took a turn I never expected on the day the world ended. Suddenly forced to fight in a bloody arena by a faceless System, I find the only way to survive is to win. I’m told that ten victories in the arena will give me my freedom, but if I’m going to get there, I’ll need a crack team of hardened allies to fight with me. What I got instead was a bratty college girl with a jealousy streak, a momma’s boy roommate who now inhabits the body of a piglet, and a devastatingly gorgeous teacher whose sword is as sharp as her tongue.

Cal Bennett runs on one rule: Never stay in one place longer than eleven days. It's not paranoia—it's math. Ever since he struck Softbiotics, he's been a marked man. Their enforcers don't negotiate. They don't quit. And they're always one jump behind. His only edge is Byte, a cutting-edge AI...

What's the biggest planet in our solar system? How does the Sun keep us warm? What are black holes and why do they exist? Kids Encyclopedia of the Solar System is the perfect guide to the stars, planets, galaxies, and all the incredible wonders of space! With fun facts, colorful illustrations, and clear explanations, this audiobook answers all the big questions about our solar system and beyond.