Industrial Mathematics and Complex Systems: Emerging Mathematical Models, Methods and Algorithms
Abul Hasan Siddiqi and Pammy Manchanda
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The book discusses essential topics in industrial and applied mathematics such as image processing...
Nanomaterials for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell
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Direct alcohol fuel cells, such as methanol and ethanol, are very promising advanced power systems...
TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated Summer Flash Burn (Worthington Investigations, #2) in Books
Feb 23, 2021
I love the cover of this book. It becomes more intriguing the longer I look at it. Summer Flash Burn is the second book in Erin Unger’s Worthington Agency series. The stories (so far) follow a group of friends in a detective agency, kind of reminds me of Charles Angels . I had not read the first book in the series before this one. I would definitely say this book can be read as a stand-alone, it does make reference to the first book but not in a way that makes you feel lost.
Based on the description I thought I knew what I was getting in to with this book. However, it took me on some unique twists and turns leading to an ending that was a good surprise. The main characters Christopher and Shauna deal with issues of self-worth, body image, grief, decision making, reliance on God… So many different emotions in this book. They all flow together quite seamlessly to make a good storyline. I loved Shauna’s military backround and her struggles with civilian life, they made her really come to life. I also liked how Christopher worked for the railroad! I have never met anyone who does that. The only thing I didn’t particularly care for was that the characters seemed to be overdramatized in their reactions to the things that happen. Otherwise, it was a fun read and I will definitely be going back to read the first book in the series. Thank you, Erin Unger, for being another new to me author .
Global Thinking and Local Action: Agriculture, Tropical Forest Loss and Conservation in Southeast Nigeria
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This title was first published in 2001. Based on extensive local field research undertaken in and...
Future Cities Laboratory: Indicia 01
Stephen Cairns and Devisari Tunas
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This book, the rst in a planned series, reports on the Future Cities Laboratory and its ambitious...
Star Wars Omnibus: Droids and Ewoks
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Based on the two children's television cartoon series of the same names, Ewoks and Droids explore...
Ross (3284 KP) rated Malice: Book One of the Faithful and the Fallen in Books
Dec 1, 2017
The book moves between different character PoVs, which is fairly common these days, but I found some of the characters to be indistinguishable. For the first third of the book, if the PoV was Camlin, Kastell or Veradis I struggled to remember who he was or what he had been doing. This did start to improve around the halfway mark, but it is quite a slog at times to remember the events preceding this chapter.
The bulk of the book, however, follows Corban, a young blacksmith's son hoping to become a warrior some day, but is stuck working his da's forge, helping stablemaster Gar or apprenticing to healer Brina. His development over the book is well told, he doesn't suddenly become a master swordsman but at the same time we don't have to sit through chapter after chapter of him learning sword forms (Rand al Thor could learn a lot from Corban!).
Along the way, Corban has also become friends with a wild wolven (giant wolves hunted near extinction), whom he raised from a pup. Yes, exactly like the Stark children in GoT. Leave it.
The political intrigue and manoeuvring throughout the book is great as events seeming to be based on one king/queen's ambitions actually turn out to be based on another's treachery.
The battle scenes are well told and believable without the main characters always escaping unscathed.
The book finished with a number of deceptions uncovered and the main group of characters fleeing for their lives, with more secrets to be uncovered.
Associations: Creative Practice and Research
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Associations is a collection of essays on creative practice-as-research that have emerged from a...
Geometry of Mobius Transformations: Elliptic, Parabolic and Hyperbolic Actions of Sl2(R)
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This book is a unique exposition of rich and inspiring geometries associated with Mobius...
Drawing in the Design Process: Characterising Industrial and Educational Practice
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In the early days of the digital revolution in graphic design, many designers and teachers of design...