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The effects of climate change are reshaping the Arctic profoundly. Landscapes are being radically transformed, animal habitats are disappearing, and natural resources are being revealed to an energy-starved world. Veteran Arctic journalist Ed Struzik took eleven trips throughout the north to document this rapidly changing land, gaining unprecedented access to scientific expeditions, native communities and security and sovereignty experts. The product...
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Fear: The public, media and politicians are told the planet is warming at an "accelerated" rate, that humans are the principal cause of this warming, and the results will be 'oblivion'. Fact: The planet hasn't warmed appreciably since 1998 (apart from the El Nino warming of 2014-15), humanity's role in warming is less than natural variation, and past warming has even been called 'paradise'. False Alarm is for readers who want to go beyond fears to...
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In this era of technological advancement and sustainability, an in-depth exploration of lithium-ion batteries unfolds in this book. It covers key aspects such as historical evolution, operational mechanisms, composition, manufacturing processes, applications, challenges, environmental impact, and economic and social implications. The book caters to a diverse audience, including students, researchers, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, policymakers,...
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Canadians everywhere are asking: what's wrong with the Conservative Party? The Liberal Party of Canada has held power for 70 of the past 100 years-a feat unrivaled by any other political party in the Western hemisphere. This dominance has caused a great deal of frustration on all political fronts, especially on the right, and the long-awaited merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives has not achieved the results many were expecting....
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The text below is an excerpt from Friendly Fire. It is the early morning of April 18, 2002, following the mayhem of a bomb attack on a section of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, outside Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Edmonton-based soldiers were conducting a live-fire training exercise at a former al-Qaeda compound when a U.S. fighter pilot mistook them for the enemy. At Tarnak Farm, A Company begins to board the trucks that will take...
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Excerpt: "The subject dealt with in this book is one of great, and one may say growing, importance. Whether it is that the present period is one of large increase in the numbers of men and women of an intermediate or mixed temperament, or whether it merely is that it is a period in which more than usual attention happens to be accorded to them, the fact certainly remains that the subject has great actuality and is pressing upon us from all sides....
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In almost the blink of an eye, Canada's east coast cod fishery collapsed completely. The famous Grand Banks fishery was dead. First sounded by European explorers in the late 15th century, the banks were internationally known to be a famous fishing ground for the Northern cod. Sadly, this is no longer the case. While many theories abound surrounding its destruction, including over-fishing, weak scientific fishery modeling, and foreign rapaciousness,...
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A prize-winning journalist tells the troubling story of Canadian Omar Khadr, who has spent a quarter of his life growing up in Guantanamo Bay. Khadr was captured in Afghanistan in July 2002 at the age of 15. Accused by the Pentagon of throwing a grenade that killed U.S. soldier Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer, Khadr faces charges of conspiracy and murder. His case is set to be the first war crimes trial since World War II. In Guantanamo's Child,...
9) The Fireman
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Fahrenheit 451 comes true in the life of "1337" (elite) hacker Mason Grant who works for a government agency called Department 451. His job is to seek out, crack, and destroy banned ebooks from websites that still host such digital contraband. He and his coworkers are called The Firemen, responsible for the cyber enforcement of literary censorship laws. While he begins to doubt the morality of what his department is doing, he becomes the victim of...
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In a smart city that monitors your every move, finding the killer of a young girl should have been easy.Detective Sergeant Louisa Bennett is assigned to investigate the murder. Following an attack on London's network, private data on every city resident is leaked. In the ensuing chaos, when Louisa uncovers a connection between her own case and the data breach, she becomes a target herself.To save her own life Louisa must uncover the truth behind the...
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In The Martyr's Oath, Stewart Bell, Canada's most respected journalist covering terrorism, tells how Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, a teenaged Canadian, was selected by the Al Qaeda leadership to coordinate a powerful attack in Southeast Asia that would have led to more destruction than 9/11. There is no better way to understand how Western youth are being drawn to terrorism than to read this story of the rise of a new generation of terrorist.
12) Equimedian
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Jason Velez lives a mundane existence installing EmuX virtual reality machines-scraping together just enough money to pay for his increasingly unsustainable science fiction collection-when he begins having strange dreams. He knows he has to make some personal changes if he hopes to get his life in order.
Except change is exactly what's happening to those around him. His roommate's personality suddenly shifts. Jill, his closest single friend, retroactively...
13) Olympos
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Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before twenty-first-century scholar Thomas Hockenberry stirred the bloody brew, causing an enraged Achilles to join forces with his archenemy Hector and turn his murderous wrath on Zeus and the entire pantheon of divine manipulators; before the swift and terrible...
14) In Our Own Image
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When Dr. Marcus Tao created CAAN to reverse aging and store both a person's genetic code and unique neuronal pattern, he knew his invention would relegate death to a choice for every human being to make in his own time, and that he would one day have to make that choice for himself.In Our Own Image, a novella, is a glimpse into the lives of nine characters--the scholar, the father, the daughter, the lovers, the faithful, the sociopath, and the savior--as...
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Essays in International Relations I and II are two volumes that cover the following essays or books:Volume IFortifying the Borders: Effective Strategies for Home SecurityGeopolitics in the 21st Century: A Scholar's PerspectiveLessons from COVID-19: International Cooperation in Global PandemicsChina's Economic Miracle: The Rise of a Global PowerThe Humanitarian and Political Dimensions of the Refugee Crisis: A Scholarly AnalysisGlobal Cybersecurity...
16) A Titanium Smile
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Planet XimoX, in the time of the novel, has recovered from an almost life extincting event -- the Cataclysm. A terrible accident brings two unlikely people together. They tear open the veil of illusion which has hidden the true cost of surviving the Cataclysm.The couple rebel at their dark destinies and attempt to escape the design. In the process the couple set in motion events which could lead to the extinction of all citizens of the 13 remaining...
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Susan saved the world from aliens disguised as bolts of fabric, but that was last year. Now there's an assassin from space looking to even the score. Susan, her daughter Cecily and mother Edna must once again save humanity - and themselves - from creatures from another planet who have an inordinate fondness for quilt shops and lavender.
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A representative of space faring ETs recruits a 60-ish retired gentleman farmer to start up an agriculture enterprise. This group of ETs love food. Food has become their art and reason to be. They forage the stars of heaven to find delectable morsels.While entertaining his very tall ET visitor, the retired gentleman farmer (Jonus) prepares a simple snack which uses lots of garlic, sesame and chick pea paste. The ET (T'Lanette Traos) goes nuts over...
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increasingly wild weather, violent storms, and massive floods are symptoms of the world struggling to reach equilibrium with global warming.located in an un-named city, harold, an elderly man is convinced radical change is upon us and decides to build a boat in his front yard. the amusement of neighbours and opposition of his wife does not faze him or dint his determination to succeed. joe, a stringer for global tv news netweorks travels widely, reporting...
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Get the Summary of Jonathan Kennedy's Pathogenesis in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Pathogenesis" by Jonathan Kennedy delves into the historical interplay between human evolution, migration, and infectious diseases. It explores the coexistence and eventual dominance of Homo sapiens over other human species, attributing the spread of Homo sapiens to their cognitive abilities and interbreeding with Neanderthals...
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