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Leviticus
A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree Leviticus Radix is a gifted computational engineer whose perceptions are unique and powerful. He’s part of a team of graduate students who have developed a new technology that garners the unwanted attention of mysterious opposing factions. To make matters worse, Leviticus is manifesting abilities that haven’t been seen for over 1700 years. One ancient order wants to enslave him, the other says he’s the chosen one who will save the world from a prophesied flood. This is all news to him, but it’s starting to look like it’s not a coincidence. As Leviticus learns more about his abilities, it becomes apparent that he will play a pivotal role in the coming cataclysm. His future and the lives of his friends are forever altered as they discover the world is a very different place than they thought. The group will have to set aside personal conflicts and work together in an attempt to prevent the end of everything they hold dear. The decisions they make could lead the world to safety, or hasten its doom. “A well-crafted story set in a high-tech antediluvian era. A compelling, multilayered tale of good vs. Evil.” Read more$0.00$0.99 -
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The Hunted
Lights out. Keep still. Pray for morning. Joule and Cage Mazur feel like prisoners in their home. With something new stalking the streets at night, their family’s only protection is bolting the door and embracing the darkness. And even though they manage to trap and kill one of the monsters, their locks won’t hold forever… Dealing with rising panic and rage in the neighborhood, the free-spirited survivors hatch a plan to undermine the killers. But with the night hunters picking off everyone they can, Joule and Cage know time is ticking toward humanity’s extinction. Can they kill the Night Hunters and reclaim the top of the food chain? The Hunted is the first book in the fast-paced Black Carbon apocalyptic thriller series by a USA Today bestselling author. If you like resourceful heroes, world-ending catastrophes, and breathtaking action, you’ll love AJ Scudiere’s spine-tingling novel. Buy The Hunted to battle the savage onslaught today! Read more$0.00$2.99 -
Regulating Coastal Zones
Regulating Coastal Zones addresses the knowledge gap concerning the legal and regulatory challenges of managing land in coastal zones across a broad range of political and socio-economic contexts. In recent years, coastal zone management has gained increasing attention from environmentalists, land use planners, and decision-makers across a broad spectrum of fields. Development pressures along coasts such as high-end tourism projects, luxury housing, ports, energy generation, military outposts, heavy industry, and large-scale enterprise compete with landscape preservation and threaten local history and culture. Leading experts present fifteen case studies among advanced-economy countries, selected to represent three groups of legal contexts: signatories to the 2008 Mediterranean ICZM Protocol, parties to the 2002 EU Recommendation on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, and the USA and Australia. This book is the first to address the legal-regulatory aspects of coastal land management from a systematic cross-national comparative perspective. By including both successful and less-effective strategies, it aims to inform professionals, graduate students, policy makers, and NGOs of the legal and socio-political challenges as well as the better practices from which others could learn. Read more$0.00$56.95 -
Vienna
This book explores and debates the urban transformations that have taken place in Vienna over the past 30 years and their consequences in policy fields such as labour and housing, political and social participation and the environment. Historically, European cities have been characterised by a strong association between social cohesion, quality of life, economic ambition and a robust State. Vienna is an excellent example for that. In more recent years, however, cities were pressured to change policy principles and mechanisms in the context of demographic shifts, post-industrial transformations and welfare recalibration which have led to worsened social conditions in many cities. Each chapter in this volume discusses Vienna’s responses to these pressures in key policy arenas, looking at outcomes from the context-specific local arrangements. Against a theoretical framework debating the European city as a model of inclusion and social justice, authors explore the local capacity to innovate urban policies and to address new social risks, while paying attention to potential trade-offs. The book questions and assesses the city’s resilience using time series and an institutional analysis of four key dimensions that characterise the European city model within the context of post-industrial transition: redistribution, recognition, representation and sustainability. It offers a multiscalar perspective of urban governance through labour, housing, participatory and environmental policies, bringing together different levels and public policy types. Vienna: Still a Just City? is aimed at academics, researchers and policy-makers in urban studies, including urban sociology, ecology, geography and welfare. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Read more$0.00$24.95 -
The Frightened Land
An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this book includes the spatial, political and cultural landscape practices of the apartheid government and also refers to contemporary work done in Australia, England and the US. It probes the uncertainty and ambiguity of identities and cultures in post-apartheid society in order to gain a deep understanding of the history that individuals and society now confront. Drawing on a wealth of research materials including literature, maps, newspapers, monuments, architectural drawings, government legislation, tourist brochures, political writing and oral histories, this book is well illustrated throughout and is a unique commentary on the spatial politics of a time of enormous change. Read more$0.00$52.95 -
Experimenting for Sustainable Transport
Technological change is a central feature of modern societies and a powerful source for social change. There is an urgent task to direct these new technologies towards sustainability, but society lacks perspectives, instruments and policies to accomplish this. There is no blueprint for a sustainable future, and it is necessary to experiment with alternative paths that seem promising. Various new transport technologies promise to bring sustainability benefits. But as this book shows, important lessons are often overlooked because the experiments are not designed to challenge the basic assumptions about established patterns of transport choices. Learning how to organise the process of innovation implementation is essential if the maximum impact is to be achieved – it is here that strategic niche management offers new perspectives. The book uses a series of eight recent experiments with electric vehicles, carsharing schemes, bicycle pools and fleet management to illustrate the means by which technological change must be closely linked to social change if successful implementation is to take place. The basic divide between proponents of technological fixes and those in favour of behavioural change needs to be bridged, perhaps indicating a third way. Read more$0.00$69.95 -
Flowscapes
Flowscapes explores concepts, methods and techniques for design-related research on landscape infrastructures. Their main objective is to engage environmental and societal issues by means of integrative and design oriented approaches. Through focusing on interdisciplinary design-related research of landscape infrastructures they provide important clues for the development of spatial armatures that can guide urban and rural development and have cultural and civic significance. The geographical context of the papers covers Europe, Africa, Asia and Northern America. Read more$0.00$40.00 -
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Greening the Greyfields
This open access book outlines new concepts, development models, governance and implementation processes capable of addressing the challenges of transformative urban regeneration of cities at precinct scale. Read more$0.00$49.99 -
Critical Landscape Planning During the Belt and Road Initiative
This open access book traces the development of landscapes along the 414-kilometer China–Laos Railway, one of the first infrastructure projects implemented under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and which is due for completion at the end of 2021. Written from the perspective of landscape architecture and intended for planners and related professionals engaged in the development and conservation of these landscapes, this book provides history, planning pedagogy and interdisciplinary framing for working alongside the often-opaque planning, design and implementation processes of large-scale infrastructure. It complicates simplistic notions of development and urbanization frequently reproduced in the Laos–China frontier region. Many of the projects and sites investigated in this book are recent “firsts” in Laos: Laos’s first wildlife sanctuary for trafficked endangered species, its first botanical garden and its first planting plan for a community forest. Most often the agents and accomplices of neoliberal development, the planning and design professions, including landscape architecture, have little dialogue with either the mainstream natural sciences or critical social sciences that form the discourse of projects in Laos and comparable contexts. Covering diverse conceptions and issues of development, including cultural and scientific knowledge exchanges between Laos and China, nature tourism, connectivity and new town planning, this book also features nine planning proposals for Laos generated through this research initiative since the railway’s groundbreaking in 2016. Each proposal promotes a wider “landscape approach” to development and deploys landscape architecture’s spatial and ecological acumen to synthesize critical development studies with the planner’s capacity, if not naive predilection, to intervene on the ground. Ultimately, this book advocates the cautious engagement of the professionally oriented built-environment disciplines, such as regional planning, civil engineering and landscape architecture, with the landscapes of development institutions and environmental NGOs. Read more$0.00$49.99 -
Mapping Urban Spaces
Mapping Urban Spaces focuses on medium-sized European cities and more specifically on their open spaces from psychological, sociological, and aesthetic points of view. The chapters illustrate how the characteristics that make life in medium-sized European cities pleasant and sustainable – accessibility, ease of travel, urban sustainability, social inclusiveness – can be traced back to the nature of that space. The chapters develop from a phenomenological study of space to contributions on places and landscapes in the city. Centralities and their meaning are studied, as well as the social space and its complexity. The contributions focus on history and theory as well as concrete research and mapping approaches and the resulting design applications. The case studies come from countries around Europe including Poland, Italy, Greece, Germany, and France, among others. The book will be of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture. Read more$0.00$0.99 -
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Hunter’s Moon
Silvertip Shifters series Book 1“DEFINITELY A MUST READ!” ★★★★★ “Well written and filled with twists. Very good!” a crossover story in the Silvertip Shifters and Black Mesa Wolves worlds A wolf shifter fighting her heart’s desire…Abby Kenyon belongs to Quentin Walker heart, body, and soul. But she’s a wolf shifter from the pure Black Mesa Wolves Pack, and he’s one big brute of a bear shifter from the mixed Silvertip Shifters clan. She can’t have a bear as a mate. Or can she? A bear shifter determined to claim his mate… Quentin Walker knows down to his bones that Abby is his mate. But she’s never seen a mated wolf/bear pair and is certain it can’t work. The autumn full moon mating run is Quentin’s last chance to prove that only he can win the hunt for his mate’s heart… To the reader: This story is filled with heart-pounding romance, page-turning adventure, and some awesome hawt times. If you love big ole grizzly bear shifters who have a soft spot for their fated mates, the charming and funny details of a shifter-filled small town, and the beautiful power of true love to always save the day, this book is for you. Silvertip ShiftersHunter’s Moon: QuentinMountain Bear’s Baby: ShaneTaming Her Bear: BeckettRescue Bear: CortezRanger Bear: RileyFirefighter Bear: SladeSuperstar Bear: Bodhi Christmas Night Bear: Wyatt Read more$0.00$0.99 -
Highland Shift
Elena MacFarland wonders what everyone else knows about her new farm that she doesn’t, and whether she’ll live long enough to find out. Betrayed by her fiancé and the powerful Worthington family, Elena fights back and negotiates a comfortable settlement with one small caveat: she must live in Scotland for two years. One kidnapping and two attempts on her life later, the darkly arrogant Scot, Faolan MacGailtry declares himself her new protector and moves into her farmhouse. Major problem? He was present at all three incidents. Elena decides to follow the adage to keep her friends close and enemies closer—but which is he? One by one, Elena uncovers Faolan’s darkest secrets: his Druid heritage, his connection to her past, and finally, the deadly curse that is powerful enough to destroy them both. Reader notes: This is the first book of the Highland Destiny series and includes multiple paranormal elements, including Druidry, Fae, shapeshifting and magick. Heat level warning: slowly builds from extreme sexual tension toward full erotic romance. Read more$0.00$4.99 -
A Skeleton in Bone Creek
Harkin County has its share of skeletons. But when a previously hidden skeleton surfaces in Bone Creek, the assignment falls to the Special Operations division at the FBI. Buried deep in the section of California known as The Free State of Jefferson, the local office doesn’t want anything to do with Harkin County. Special Agent Nash Running Bear has her misgivings about returning to the small town she grew up in. But she only wants to think of two reasons she is right for the investigation. The vision she has been having, she doesn’t want to think about. She’s not her mother. Old racial slights and hatred for outsiders, don’t make looking for more bones any easier… nor does the appearance of an old high school fling. Read more$0.00$0.99 -
Full Moon Honeymoon and Danger
Janika and Toby are on honeymoon in Cornwall, staying in an isolated cottage on the coast. They arrived on Sunday, and a massive storm, combined with a full moon on Monday night, brings Janika face-to-face with a tragedy when she ventures down the cliff path onto the beach early on Tuesday morning. If someone had pushed Tom Jago over the cliff, why didn’t he tell her before she went to get help? Janika can’t stop wondering if someone else was involved in his death.Before long Janika hears the sad story of two brothers who fell out over a large lottery jackpot win. One brother lives in the white Art Deco house higher up the hill, but it seems he is far from happy. When Janika and Toby are invited to the house, Janika is amazed to see a large number of fine art pictures from various periods on the walls. She is fascinated by what seems to be a genuine Impressionist painting.With more than a hint of murder in the air, and Janika’s determination to discover if the pictures are genuine, fakes, or stolen, this is far from the peaceful getaway that she and Toby planned. But Janika admits she never can resist investigating a mystery ‒ even on honeymoon. She just doesn’t want to end up dead! Read more$0.00$0.99 -
Into the Maelstrom
How can one man succeed where an entire army has failed? Amarantis, a powerful Fire Mage, searches the battlefield, seeking his next victim. Giselle refuses to give in to defeat. Instead, she demands the surrender of her enemy, even in the face of imminent death. Cyric is not looking for a fight, wishing only to help those injured. All that changes when he sees the life-and-death struggle unfolding before him. Now, with nothing left in their arsenal, magic once again threatens them with its fiery fury. In a flash of inspiration, Cyric attempts to save Giselle, but is it enough to turn the tide of battle in their favour? Has Amarantis met his match when he crosses the path of Brother Cyric? Find out in Paul J Bennett’s Into the Maelstrom, A Chronicles of Cyric prequel story. Read more$0.00$0.99 -
When They Came
I was never afraid of monsters—at least, not until They came: the visitors from outer space. Six years later, at the age of seventeen, I’m just about to graduate from school and declare my career of choice. The Midnight Guard—who protect our community from the vicious things that lie outside our walls—calls to me, and a shortage of applicants instantly lands me a spot in their ranks. But when I am bitten by an alien on a supply run, I begin to dream of things not of this world—and will soon find that my life is about to change forever. Read more$0.00$4.99 -
Campfire Desire
When the paths of two lost souls collide in the vast embrace of a wild forest, passion, destiny, and desire ignite in a tale you won’t be able to put down. Sara, a vivacious nature enthusiast, embarks on a solo camping adventure, seeking solace in the embrace of the wilderness. But as night descends, she finds herself lost amidst the towering trees, her excitement replaced by encroaching fear. Just when darkness seems its most unforgiving, she stumbles upon a campfire’s warm glow and a stranger who draws her closer with each step she takes in the woods. Ryan, an enigmatic former soldier, sought refuge in the forest, yearning for peace from the memories of war. His world shifts when he encounters Sara, and together, they are pulled into a whirlwind night where secrets are shared, and desires awakened. In Campfire Desires, journey through a night where fate conspires, the woods whisper of possibilities, and two hearts find an unexpected connection. But with dawn comes decisions. Can one night change the course of their lives? Dive into this pulse-pounding romance and discover the magic of the wilderness and the power of love at first sight. For readers who believe in the serendipity of love and the enchanting tales nature can tell. Read more$0.00$0.99 -
Just One Date
Home for a family wedding, Chase Baron has a plan to avoid his grandfather’s matchmaking—hire an actress to be his date. No strings and no commitments is just the ticket for no complications. When CJ Lawson’s ditzy sister takes a last minute acting role out of town, CJ has to take over her sister’s local job —cozying up to a wealthy and sinfully handsome billionaire. What could possibly go wrong? USA Today bestselling author Chris Keniston is back with another page turning series set in the rolling hills of Texas Ranch country. Meet the Barons; handsome, beautiful, smart, ambitious, and did we mention wealthy? If you love big families, fast cars, romance, and puppies, then join us at Paradise Ridge, but be warned, once you fall in love with the Barons of Texas, you may never want to leave. More Books in the Billionaire Barons of Texas: Just One DateJust One SparkJust One DanceJust One TakeJust One TasteJust One ShotJust One Chance Read more$0.00$0.99 -
Ruger
A man with a mission, a woman on the run. Can they escape the past that haunts them both? Years ago, the local drug lord’s men kidnapped and killed Ruger’s sister, now his heart is dead to everything but revenge. Until Krissi walks into his bar. She’s sassy, sexy, and more than he can turn down. He’s already fallen too deep when she’s kidnapped. While she’s missing, Ruger’s club discovers her father killed his sister. Could the people who took Krissi be after her father or Ruger’s club? She’s already captured Ruger’s heart. But how can he ever trust her? Pick up your copy of Ruger now to find out if murder and regret will leave them longing and alone. Read more$0.00$0.99 -
Called by Darkness: a Young Adult Fantasy
How can she stop evil if she can’t even control her own dark magic? Skylar has a few problems: Getting out from under her famous mother’s shadow. Making it through the Academy of Magic without getting herself killed. And trying not to murder the devilishly handsome, so-infuriating-she-wants-to-strangle-him Asher once they’re partnered with each other. So when she discovers a new baddie gathering power in her city, someone with insane magic and a powerful grudge against her family, Skylar knows it’s her chance to stop them. The only problem? Skylar’s got dark magic of her own. Uncontrollable magic. Magic she has to keep hidden. As maddening as Asher is, she’ll have to work with him if she wants any chance at stopping this new threat. But with her darkness growing more powerful by the day, hiding what she is will likely be impossible. And soon, her biggest enemy just might be herself… Called by Darkness is the first book in the *now complete* YA fantasy Darkness Within series. If you like snarky, fast-paced fantasies full of magical academies, mysteries, and a slow-burn enemies-to lovers romance then you’ll love this series! Read more$0.00$3.99
