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Nox A Hybrid Story Book 1

Author : Alexandria Knight

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 346 pages

File Size : 47,34 MB

Release : 2009-12-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0557230292

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A Hybrid Story: Bringing a new breed of Science Fiction to life.Being a Hybrid, Eclipse and her family have had a quiet life, as far as having to deal with humans that is. Even though no human can see the war between the Nox System and the Dei system, it's going on right under their noses and Eclipse's family is right in the middle of it. But there is one problem: Eclipse's family is the only one left to defend their leader. They still pose as normal humans in Cuyahoga Heights High School, hoping the Dei System won't pick up on their problem. Mathew Cross, the new kid, just transferred into Cuyahoga Heights, right into Eclipse's school. He moved in right after the death of his father and twin sister, Alisha. Now, it's just him and his mother. Until now, no one messed with Eclipse and her family. But that was before Mathew arrived. Will this new kid just cause more problems for Eclipse's family? Or will he be able to help them in the war, even though he is a human? www.ahybridstory.webs.com



Rodinsky's Room

Author : Iain Sinclair

Publisher : Granta Books

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 18,71 MB

Release : 2014-10-02

Category : Art

ISBN : 1783781440

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Rodinsky's world was that of the East European Jewry, cabbalistic speculation, an obsession with language as code and terrible loss. He touched the imagination of artist Rachel Lichtenstein, whose grandparents had left Poland in the 1930s. This text weaves together Lichtenstein's quest for Rodinsky - which took her to Poland, to Israel and around Jewish London - with Iain Sinclair's meditations on her journey into her own past and on the Whitechapel he has reinvented in his own writing. Rodinsky's Room is a testament to a world that has all but vanished, a homage to a unique culture and way of life.



Catalyst Gate

Author : Megan E. O'Keefe

Publisher : Orbit

Page : 576 pages

File Size : 48,74 MB

Release : 2021-06-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0316419680

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The universe is under threat and an ancient alien intelligence threatens to bring humanity down unless Major Sanda Greeve and her crew can stop it in the final book of this explosive Philip K. Dick award nominated space opera. The code has been cracked. The secrets of the Casimir gates have been revealed. But humanity still isn't safe. The alien intelligence known as Rainier and her clones are still out there, hell-bent on its destruction. And only Sanda can stop them. With the universe's most powerful ship under her command and some of the most skilled hackers, fighters, and spies on her team, it will still take everything she has to find the key to taking down an immortal enemy with seemingly limitless bodies, resources, and power.



Nox Philologiae

Author : Erik Gunderson

Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press

Page : 329 pages

File Size : 28,62 MB

Release : 2009-01-15

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0299229734

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In this strikingly original and playful work, Erik Gunderson examines questions of reading the past—an enterprise extending from antiquity to the present day. This esoteric and original study focuses on the equally singular work of Aulus Gellius—a Roman author and grammarian (ca. 120-180 A.D.), possibly of African origin. Gellius’s only work, the twenty-volume Noctes Atticae,is an exploding, sometimes seemingly random text-cum-diary in which Gellius jotted down everything of interest he heard in conversation or read in contemporary books. Comprising notes on Roman and classical grammar, geometry, philosophy, and history, it is a one-work overview of Latin scholarship, thought, and intellectual culture, a combination condensed library and cabinet of curiosities. Gunderson tackles Gellius with exuberance, placing him in the larger culture of antiquarian literature. Purposely echoing Gellius’s own swooping word-play and digressions, he explores the techniques by which knowledge was produced and consumed in Gellius’s day, as well as in our own time. The resulting book is as much pure creative fun as it is a major work of scholarship informed by the theories of Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Jacques Derrida.





Atlantis Academy

Author : Autumn Kalquist

Publisher :

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 23,58 MB

Release : 2019-08-22

Category :

ISBN : 9781687222152

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Humanity is one secret society away from extinction.The children of Atlantis use magic to keep us safe.If they make it through the Academy.Hi, I'm Lyric. And I'm kind of a mess.ADHD, that's me.I'm a high school drop-out, late everywhere I go, and one screw-up away from being homeless.I'm a loner, and I like it that way. Who needs friends when you have a Redwood forest nearby? Trees never bully me like the kids did at school. Or get drunk and throw things at my head.After my mom died, I figured life couldn't get much worse.I thought it might even get better.Ha.The universe has a great sense of humor.I should've listened to the rumors about evil spirits. About the angry, ancient magical creatures haunting our small Oregon Coast town. But did I?No. That was my first mistake. And it might be my last. 'Cause now I'm in a battle for my life.A whole new world has opened up... a magical world I don't understand. And the blood in my veins says I belong here. But I have to prove myself to save myself.And when have I ever done that?Atlantis Academy is a unique new series that weaves together an elite college of magic with the ancient myth of Atlantis. If you love quirky characters, magic, fantasy, and a story filled with plenty of mystery, thrills, and a romance, you'll love going on this adventure with Lyric!



The Biodiesel Handbook

Author : Gerhard Knothe

Publisher : Elsevier

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 21,66 MB

Release : 2015-08-13

Category : Science

ISBN : 0983507260

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Book Description

The second edition of this invaluable handbook covers converting vegetable oils, animal fats, and used oils into biodiesel fuel. The Biodiesel Handbook delivers solutions to issues associated with biodiesel feedstocks, production issues, quality control, viscosity, stability, applications, emissions, and other environmental impacts, as well as the status of the biodiesel industry worldwide. - Incorporates the major research and other developments in the world of biodiesel in a comprehensive and practical format - Includes reference materials and tables on biodiesel standards, unit conversions, and technical details in four appendices - Presents details on other uses of biodiesel and other alternative diesel fuels from oils and fats



Lunar Sourcebook

Author : Grant Heiken

Publisher : CUP Archive

Page : 796 pages

File Size : 26,5 MB

Release : 1991-04-26

Category : Science

ISBN : 9780521334440

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The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.



Advanced Hybrid Powertrains for Commercial Vehicles

Author : Simon Basely

Publisher : SAE International

Page : 422 pages

File Size : 11,21 MB

Release : 2012-08-06

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 0768077273

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This book provides a broad and comprehensive look at hybrid powertrain technologies for commercial vehicles. It begins with the fundamentals of hybrid powertrain systems, government regulations, and driving cycles, then provides design guidelines and key components of hybrid powertrains for commercial vehicles. It was written for vehicle and component engineers and developers, researchers, students, policymakers, and business executives in the commercial vehicle and transportation industries to help them understand the fundamentals of hybrid powertrain technologies and market requirements for commercial vehicles. It is useful for anyone who designs or is interested in hybrid powertrains and their key components. The term ‘commercial vehicle’ applies to everything from light delivery vehicles to class 8 long haul trucks, buses, and coaches. These vehicles are used for a wide range of duties, including transporting goods or people and infrastructure service.



Red Doc>

Author : Anne Carson

Publisher : McClelland & Stewart

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 31,63 MB

Release : 2013-03-05

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 0771018223

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A literary event: a follow-up to the internationally acclaimed poetry bestseller Autobiography of Red ("Amazing" -- Alice Munro) that takes its mythic boy-hero into the twenty-first century to tell a story all its own of love, loss, and the power of memory. In a stunningly original mix of poetry, drama, and narrative, Anne Carson brings the red-winged Geryon from Autobiography of Red, now called "G," into manhood, and through the complex labyrinths of the modern age. We join him as he travels with his friend and lover "Sad" (short for Sad But Great), a haunted war veteran; and with Ida, an artist, across a geography that ranges from plains of glacial ice to idyllic green pastures; from a psychiatric clinic to the somber housewhere G's mother must face her death. Haunted by Proust, juxtaposing the hunger for flight with the longing for family and home, this deeply powerful verse picaresque invites readers on an extraordinary journey of intellect, imagination, and soul.