The Synectic Snare

The Synectic Snare
Author: Marise Morland
Publisher: Fiction4All
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2024-08-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Celestra's once-peaceful allies, the Narvellans, have suddenly staged a coup, turning their hosts' planet into an industrialised police state and enslaving the population. It's rumoured that the Narvellan homeworlds are being controlled by a sinister group mind, but is this true? If so, how can it be found and shut down? Laura's inexperienced band of conspirators will endure danger, tragedy and personal sacrifice in their quest to liberate two civilisations.

The Stars Are Ours: Part 1 - Emergence

The Stars Are Ours: Part 1 - Emergence
Author: Marise Morland
Publisher: Fiction4All
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2024-08-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A military empire, an amnesiac stranger and a superweapon bequeathed to Celestra by its dying First Scientist. Three elements which portend disaster. To preserve their future, the peace-loving Celestrians must reluctantly declare war on the Eldorian Empire. And if they're to have any chance of victory, they're going to need some help. Help which is suspiciously close at hand...

The Resonance War

The Resonance War
Author: Marise Morland
Publisher: Fiction4All
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2024-08-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A time capsule, left by the remnants of Celestra's first civilsation, is found and deciphered. It contains a warning: the asteroid which decimated them was under propulsion, and whoever launched the unprovoked attack is still out there. After a freak communications glitch alerts this ancient enemy, Celestra is invaded by an invisible, synthetic bio-swarm. The Celestrians have but one defence. Their own children.

The Songs of Symerid Three

The Songs of Symerid Three
Author: Marise Morland
Publisher: Fiction4All and 4Play Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2021-07-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

How did Laura, a music student from an English village, find herself many light-years from Earth, alone on the stage of a meticulously copied Ancient Greek amphitheatre? This is her story. As she has the only singing voice on the planet Celestra, she isn’t worried about pleasing her audience. What concerns her is the future of the people who randomly chose her: technologically advanced yet disturbingly naïve, with a dwindling population, half-forgotten history, and an ambitious, music-hating First Citizen. No-one's asked Laura to do anything other than sing. No-one expects her to challenge Celestra’s corrupt leadership. But she’s going to.

The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time, Vol. 1 (light novel)

The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Author: Nero Kizuka
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2021-12-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975323718

LIFE AFTER DEATH ​Kaito Ukei was destined for greatness in his new world, landing himself the role of a hero and defeating the evil sorceress alongside a band of noble adventurers. When he's double crossed, though, and brutally murdered by his former allies, something inside him snaps. Death brings Kaito neither peace nor salvation. Rather, it instills in him a singular desire—to squeeze the life out of his blasted betrayers in the cruellest manner possible...! The strange twist of fate that gives him a second chance in the world with all his memories intact provides opportunity to do just that, and so begins his quest to stalk and torture the members of his former party in the bloodiest, unholiest, most sadistic ways imaginable!

Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka Vol. 14

Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka Vol. 14
Author: Makoto Fukami
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1638582335

ONE LAST BATTLE The true identity of the Brigadier has been revealed, and she’s used the power of the Disas Beast to transform Sayako into the most powerful Magical Girl yet–Sekhmet! Now the Magical Five, the M Squad, and all the other girls must fight for the very fate of the world. The final volume of Asuka’s story has arrived! FINAL VOLUME

Creativity and Crime

Creativity and Crime
Author: David H. Cropley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2013-07-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1107024854

Creative criminals commit highly effective, novel crimes. From consumer fraud to terrorism, how can these creative criminals be stopped?

Magnetic Surgery

Magnetic Surgery
Author: Michel Gagner
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2021-07-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030739473

The book encompasses the different concepts and designs using magnets for surgical purposes. It provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts. The text reviews new data about interventions in all medical and surgical fields. Written by experts in their fields, topics focus on endoluminal and laparoscopic operations, techniques from vascular and GI anastomosis. The book demonstrates the use of magnets to treat a variety of diseases such as reflux, back pain, and fecal incontinence. The reader will learn how to retract and gain exposure, dissect tissue planes, achieve hemostasis, and create anastomosis in a totally different way. Physical properties of external surface and internal magnets are discussed. The authors emphasize the importance of partnering with industry leaders to develop novel surgical tools. By harnessing the power of attraction, the energy and might of magnets, Magnetic Surgery serves as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers in biomedical engineering interested in this form of energy and physical metal properties. In utilizing these properties, the book seeks to improve surgical outcomes of patients worldwide.

Buyology

Buyology
Author: Martin Lindstrom
Publisher: Currency
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010-02-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0385523890

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating look at how consumers perceive logos, ads, commercials, brands, and products.”—Time How much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today’s message-cluttered world? In Buyology, Martin Lindstrom presents the astonishing findings from his groundbreaking three-year, seven-million-dollar neuromarketing study—a cutting-edge experiment that peered inside the brains of 2,000 volunteers from all around the world as they encountered various ads, logos, commercials, brands, and products. His startling results shatter much of what we have long believed about what captures our interest—and drives us to buy. Among the questions he explores: • Does sex actually sell? • Does subliminal advertising still surround us? • Can “cool” brands trigger our mating instincts? • Can our other senses—smell, touch, and sound—be aroused when we see a product? Buyology is a fascinating and shocking journey into the mind of today's consumer that will captivate anyone who's been seduced—or turned off—by marketers' relentless attempts to win our loyalty, our money, and our minds.