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A Kind of Tide is an eclectic mix of poetry and prose from Carl Norman. The author's first book-length collection, Tide was written and published entirely from prison in 2008. Because the book was released -and has been available- with zero advertising, fanfare, or advance warning, few people even knew it existed. In spite of this, it become a kind of underground classic, particularly among students at the college & university levels. Now, for the first time ever, Carl has full control of the book, and is finally embarking on a marketing campaign to drum up support for Tide. A follow-up collection is also in the works.

Banana farming is the basis for commercial fruit trading. Every banana plant generates waste biomass nearly ten times the quantity of its fruits. Disposal of waste biomass is a burden for the farmers. Economical use of the waste biomass can bring financial benefit to banana farmers. Use of organic potash in lieu of inorganic potash affords higher yield and also helps to preserve the ecosphere of soil for subsequent crops. Agricultural Benefits of Postharvest Banana Plants details the use of postharvest banana plants for agriculture and trade. Eleven chapters explain both traditional and modern uses of banana plants. The reader is informed how bio-waste from postharvest banana plants (including their stems) can be used as organic potash to replace inorganic potash (muriate of potash) in fertilizer. Experimental uses of banana plant pseudo-stem juice for growing different crops along with chemical analysis of the pseudo-stems are explained in separate chapters. Isolations of potassium chloride and potassium carbonate have also been discussed in the latter part of the book. This book is an ideal handbook for professionals and trainees interested in utilizing postharvest banana plants for sustainable agriculture and trade. The information is also useful for students and teachers involved in agricultural biotechnology and traditional agriculture courses.

Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Anti-Cancer Agents is a book series intended for pharmaceutical scientists, postgraduate students and researchers seeking updated and critical information for developing clinical trials and devising research plans in anti-cancer research. Reviews in each volume are written by experts in medical oncology and clinical trials research and compile the latest information available on special topics of interest to oncology and pharmaceutical chemistry researchers. The sixth volume of the book features reviews on these topics: - Immunomodulating Agents in The Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Potential Natural Products for Prostate Cancer Management - Inhibition of Key Protein-Protein Interactions by Small Molecules for Cancer Drug Design - Efficacy of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy (HAIC) For Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Targeting Cancer Stem Cells: Implications in Health and Disease

Church Investigator Ross Blakely visits West Virginia to check out an overzealous Pentecostal preacher, who is hell bent on casting out demons and eliminating evil in a small secluded village. But Ross soon discovers that most of the townsfolk are part of the pastor's loyal congregation - and they are "Pent Up" to protect their maniacal minister. Will Ross be able to close his investigation? Or will it all boil down to a fiery Judgment Call?

How to Optimally Sample and Resample Images: Theory and Methods Using MATLAB provides updated formulations of image sampling theory and practical algorithms of image sampling with sampling rates close to the theoretical minimum, and also introduces interpolation error-free methods of image resampling. Readers will be informed about relevant principles and applications of image sampling with the help of MATLAB(c). The information presented in the book, across 9 chapters, will help readers to understand processes that make analog to digital signal conversion efficient for modern imaging devices.Key Features: - Introduces readers to classical sampling theorems- Presents updated information about image sampling and resampling formulations with reference to theoretical minimums- Presents information on practical and fast sampling algorithms- Presents information about interpolation error-free methods of image resampling- Presents examples of applications of the described methods- Is supplemented by a MATLAB(c) program package for exercising knowledge.The book is a suitable handbook for engineers and technicians involved in imaging engineering and related applications as well as engineering students learning about digital signal processing techniques.

The town of Belaphone is a depressing little town in Leon County, upper Michigan. Half abandoned and neglected, it has only two things going for it. One is a women's prison and the second is a shelter for abandoned and neglected kids in the western side of the Upper Peninsula, bring in much needed Federal Dollars.But the Town is turned upside-down a few days before Christmas when a newborn girl is found in Grisham's Correctional. The baby is sent to Belaphone Home, she comes into contact with Amos, a Muslim American working as a social worker at the home. The two bond, but the as Amos tries to find out where she comes from, the more mysterious events come up, as something seems to be haunting the child, and strange events happen around her.Meanwhile, Pastor Anthony Dean finds out about the child and believes that she is a miracle and is determined to take the child away from Amos, even at the cost of his soul.

A sexy slow burn jungle romance with stolen artifacts, anacondas, and shamanic time travel. Get swept away by this contemporary adventure romance. She might be unsure about a lot of things-her relationship with Irene, the state of her doctorate work, the validity of Magee's Moon Tablet-but one was crystal clear. If she relaxed her guard with alcohol, she'd be in Magee's bed before the sun set. Who knew a broody Scotsman could be so sexy? Brynn Galloway doesn't know it, but her academic career in archaeology is about to become a laughingstock. When a rare Sumerian artifact surfaces, her presence is requested in Bolivia, but nothing is as it seems. Soon, she's entangled in a desperate hunt not only for a valuable antiquity but also for answers to humanity that might stretch across time. And by her side is a sexy mercenary physicist with a maddening belief in space aliens. Dr. Tristan Magee is in a bad mood. When his latest acquisition-an unusual and as yet untranslated Sumerian cuneiform tablet-is stolen right out from under him and spirited away to the Bolivian jungle, he'll do whatever it takes to get it back. Unfortunately, that includes partnering with a female archaeologist who proves to be the kind of distraction that brought down civilizations. A combination of Indiana Jones and Romancing the Stone, with a dash of The X-Files ... get swept away in this romantic adventure. 2022 HOLT Medallion Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance "Ancient Winds grabbed me early and dragged me through the jungle right along with the characters .... As soon as I finished the book, I immediately wanted to read it again." Ann Charles, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Deadwood Humorous Mystery series "This book has everything: exotic setting, a strong hero and heroine, side characters who hold their own, humor, adventure, and a hint of the paranormal ...." Patti Sherry-Crews, author of His Unexpected Companion and Den of Thieves "... a fantastic journey full of suspense, romance and very interesting theories that are actually real theories! Definitely worth a read!" Rebecca Lyndsey, author/illustrator of Into the Ocean Each Pathway novel can be read as a stand-alone, but don't miss the other books. Book 1: Deep Blue (Dr. Grace Mann and Alec Galloway) Book 2: Cold Horizon (Lindsey Coulson and Tyler Galloway) Book 3: Ancient Winds (Dr. Tristan Magee and Brynn Galloway) Book 4: A Pathway Short Adventure Collection (more Grace and Alec) Includes Deep Blue Australia, Deep Blue Réunion Island, and Deep Blue Cocos Island Book 5: Cold Horizon Telluride (a Lindsey and Tyler short read) Book 6: Shark Reef (a great white shark short romance featuring Grace's friend, Dr. Jen Fairfield) Book 7: Sapphire Waves - A Novella (Dr. Missy Rembert and Dr. Josh McKittrick) Includes the bonus short Deep Blue Hawai'i Related novella: >*****Kristy McCaffrey writes romances with compelling heroes and determined heroines mixed with high adventure. Life is a wondrous endeavor and she strives to bring that sense of awe and joy into the tales she weaves. ANCIENT WINDS is a full-length HFN novel with medium spice, stolen artifacts, anacondas, and shamanic time travel. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

An Introduction to Investing for Kids! Did you know our habits with money are formed from zero to seven years of age! Stock Explore is here to help and show you valuable lifelong investing skills. Join Elle and Sam today on a financial exploration you don't want to miss! Where investing for kids is fun, magical, and most importantly, educational. Stock Explore, readers meet a young girl named Elle and her friend Sam the Owl, the latter of whom explains to the curious Elle what a stock is, the benefits of ownership, and the five "superpowers" that a stock picker holds such as competitive rivalry or threat of substitution. Through engaging painterly illustrations and using examples referencing companies kids can relate to such as Apple and Microsoft, the book's material is presented in an accessible way and shows young readers that stocks are related to nearly every product we interact with in our daily lives.Investing 101 - Get real-life company examples that you can relate to and explore investments that you EAT, SEE, & WEAR. Stock Explore is an entertaining and educational story for children. Giving kids a jumpstart on how to be a smart investor.STOCK EXPLORE(TM)

Happiness is fleeting, pain is eternal...Everything is going Jason's way and he should be happy. He has slain his tormentors, returned home to his family, and his dream of being magical has finally been achieved. But with his return, so comes the news that his former love is still alive, and she is out to destroy not only Jason, but the entire Warlock nation. To make matters worse, she has now pitted Jason and the entire Warlock nation between two powerful forces. Forces that are preparing their armies for a war that could prove deadly to everyone on earth.Luck, for once, is on Jason's side as he adds a most unlikely member to his team. Someone who could be the secret weapon Jason needs to defeat his arch enemy and prevent war. The question he must now answer: To save his people can he kill the woman he may still love?

The Vertebrate Pigmentary System: From pigment cells to Disorders provides readers with fundamental knowledge of the structural and functional aspects of vertebrate pigment cells - melanophores and melanocytes - from their origin to different stages of development to related diseases. Chapters of the book explain the specific regulatory receptors and markers, signaling pathways of skin melanocytes along with the diseases (hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation) in humans associated with their disruption. Concurrently, the etiologies of pigmentary disorders and the various therapeutic approaches for their treatment are presented in focused chapters of the book with updated information from recent publications. A summary of natural product based treatment for hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation rounds up the contents.This reference is a basic guide for medical students and dermatology residents, and a handy source of information for students, researchers, academicians in the field of pigment cell biology, pharmacology and cosmetology.

Suggerisco caldamente che legga The Custodians [I Custodi] prima di affrontare le informazioni in questo libro. Questa è una continuazione dei contenuti di quel libero. The Custodians è un raccolta della mia ricerca su casi di abduzioni UFO che risalgono fino al 1986 e copre i miei progressi da quelli più semplici a quelli più complessi. Ho scoperto che le abduzioni e gli avvistamenti erano solo la punta dell'iceberg. Mentre il mio lavoro progrediva, mi venivano date informazioni sempre più complesse. Verso la fine della raccolta dati mi resi conto che il libro era troppo voluminoso e conteneva informazioni che si allontanavano dagli UFO e finivano in complessi concetti di metafisica.A quel punto decisi di rimuove alcune delle informazioni da quel libro per raccoglierle in un altro libro che avrebbe raccolto teorie molto più complicate. Questo libro ne è il risultato.Presumo (forse incorrettamente) che al momento in cui il lettore ha raggiunto questa fase nel mio lavoro, dovrebbe essere ben consapevole del mio passato d'investigatrice del paranormale attraverso l'uso dell'ipnosi. Le mie radici nell'ipnosi risalgono agli anni '60 quando ho iniziato a lavorare con l'ipnosi utilizzando vecchie metodologie. Dopo avere allevato una famiglia sono tornata all'ipnosi nel 1979. A quel punto volevo focalizzarmi sulle regressioni alle vite passate, cosi ho studiato le nuove metodologie d'induzione che erano più veloci e facevano uso delle immagini e della visualizzazione. Con gli anni di terapia ed investigazione ho sviluppato una mia tecnica che utilizza esclusivamente lo stato sonnambulistico di trance. Questo è il metodo che mi permette di raggiungere una vasta quantità d'informazioni connettendo direttamente con la mente subconscia.Mentre il mio lavoro progrediva altre entità spesso sfruttavano lo stato di profonda trance per comunicare con i miei soggetti. Dopo più di 20 anni questo accora succede e le informazioni continuano a fluire. Ne parlerò in libri futuri. Mi è stato detto di aver passato i test e che mi era permes-so ricevere risposte a qualsiasi domanda che desideravo fare. Questo perché ero rimasta onesta riguardo al materiale e non l'avevo cambiato o censurato. Considero me stessa come un reporter, un giornalista, un investigatore psichico e ricercatore di conoscenza "perduta". Cosi la ricerca non ha mai fine.Il lettore noterà nel mio lavoro che le altre entità utilizzano il vocabolario nella mente del soggetto e lo usano per offrire delle analogie nel tentativo di spiegare l'inesplicabile in modo comprensibile per gli umani. Quindi spesso usano parole che non sono corrette in Inglese. Creeranno neologismi, utilizzando nomi e verbi che riescono a trovare nella mente del soggetto. In qualsiasi modo lo faccia, funziona e riusciamo a comprendere ciò che stanno cercando di condividere.Dolores Cannon

''The story pulled me in straight off the bat and just consumed me. I was so invested in it and its characters, I lost time and could not bring myself to put it down.'' - Amazon Review''Un-PutDownable Keep You Up All Night Read!'' - Amazon Review''Full of twists and turns, parts where I was left speechless and in shock at where the author was taking the story.'' - Arti Manani, AuthorGripping suspense and shocking secrets lurk around every corner in this twisted story of revenge and friendship.Quinn Miller moves across the province to pursue her husband's lifelong dream of becoming a helicopter pilot, but the move only serves to heighten her postpartum depression. Desperate for help, Quinn turns to her elderly neighbour, Mrs. Westover. But what secrets does Mrs. Westover hold? And how far is Quinn willing to go to keep her own secret hidden?If you enjoyed the psychological thrillers of Gillian Flynn or the suspenseful stories of Mary Kubica, you'll love this nail-biting story full of horror and suspense.''A nail-biting story, full of suspense and horror.'' - Readers' Favorite Review''A very powerful, twisted read.'' - Krista Walsh, Author

With rapid progress being made in both theory and practical applications, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming every aspect of life and leading the world towards a sustainable future. AI technology is fundamentally and radically affecting agriculture with a move towards smart systems. The outcome of this transition is improved efficiency, reduced environmental pollution, and enhanced productivity of crops.Nondestructive Evaluation of Agro-products by Intelligent Sensing Techniques is a reference which provides readers timely updates in the progress of intelligent sensing techniques used for nondestructive evaluation of agro-products. Chapters, each contributed by experts in food safety and technology, describe existing and innovative techniques that could be or have been applied to agro-products quality and safety evaluation, processing, harvest, traceability, and so on. The book includes 11 individual chapters, with each chapter focusing on a specific aspect of intelligent sensing techniques applied in agriculture. Specifically, the first chapter introduces the reader to representative techniques and methods for nondestructive evaluation. Subsequent chapters present detailed information about the processing and quality evaluation of agro-products (e.g., fruits, and vegetables), food grading, food tracing, and the use of robots for harvesting specialty crops.Key Features: - 11 chapters, contributed by experts that cover basic and applied research in agriculture- introduces readers to nondestructive evaluation techniques- covers food quality evaluation processes- covers food grading and traceability systems- covers frontier topics that represent future trends (robots and UAVs used in agriculture)- familiarizes the readers with several intelligent sensing technologies used in the agricultural sector (including machine vision, near-infrared spectroscopy, hyperspectral/multispectral imaging, bio-sensing, multi-technology fusion detection)- provides bibliographic references for further reading- gives applied examples on both common and specialty cropsThis reference is intended as a source of updated information for consultants, students and academicians involved in agriculture, crops science and food biotechnology. Professionals involved in food safety and security planning and policymaking will also benefit from the information presented by the authors.

Diabetes and the Eye familiarize the readers with the relationship between diabetes mellitus and the visual system. It presents a discussion about the diabetes epidemic and the many ways the disease can cause vision loss, with several types of vision disorders covered in separate chapters. Information about new frontiers in the treatment of ophthalmic disorders is also presented to reflect the advances being made in the clinic.Key features: - presents detailed coverage of vision loss in diabetes in 12 organized and easy to read chapters- includes a discussion on the diabetes epidemic- covers a wide range of vision disorders, of different parts of the eye- includes information on current practices in eye care and management for diabetic patients- includes information about relevant diagnostic toolsThis book serves as a useful handbook for medical students, residents in ophthalmology, community and academic ophthalmologists, as well as members of the internal medicine and family practice communities.

DacianaJe suis une offrande. Un test. Un pion, dans un accord dont je ne sais presque rien.Envole-toi pour le Secteur Andorra.Laisse-les faire leurs expériences.Accouple-toi avec un Loup Alpha X-Clan.Espère que tout se passera bien.Voilà mes ordres. Mon destin. Mon existence actuelle. Je n'ai nulle part où fuir, et la lune est une horloge que je ne peux pas ignorer. L'un de ces Alphas va me revendiquer, en supposant que nos génétiques soient compatibles. Et sinon, eh bien, ce sera un sort pire que la mort.Tic-tac.Fais ton choix.Ton avenir en dépend.EliasLa jolie petite louve blonde a déjà connu bien trop de douleurs pour son si jeune âge.J'ai envie de la réparer.De l'adorer.De lui montrer ce qu'il y a de bon dans ce monde.Mais notre futur dépend d'une expérience.Selon qu'elle est compatible ou non. La lune décidera de notre avenir, ou peut-être que mon loup décidera pour nous. Parce qu'à chaque seconde qui passe, il me devient plus difficile de ne pas revendiquer la femme dont je sais, au plus profond de mon coeur, qu'elle est mienne.Cours, cours, petite.Et ne te retourne pas.Parce que si je t'attrape, Je te mords.Note: Il s'agit d'un roman unitaire, mettant en scène des personnages du Secteur Andorra, premier livre de la Série X-Clan. Il comporte des éléments de l'univers Oméga, et une fin heureuse.

"Our House of the Sacred Heart is a moving 33-day consecration to the Sacred Heart complete with prayers, devotions, art, poetry, and reflections within a groundbreaking collection of 33 true stories of five generations of a family forged in the Sacred Heart of Jesus through their connection to an unforgettable house"--

This volume brings current knowledge of proteomics technologies and related developments with special reference to diseases caused by microbes. The editor has compiled chapters written by expert academicians which distill the information about useful methods in microbial proteomics for the benefit of readers. Chapters cover several methods used to investigate the microbial proteome and special topics such as antimicrobial drug resistance mechanisms, biomarker developments, post translational modifications.Key Features: -overview of several biochemical methods in proteomics-full-color, high quality images of the most frequent technologies and applications-concise, well organized, and didactic format-updates in basic applied information-bibliographic references-information on proteomics for tuberculosis treatmentThis reference work is intended for researchers seeking information on laboratory techniques applied in proteomics research and microbiology.

Natural Feed Additives Used in the Poultry Industry addresses recent information on the use of different natural feed additives in poultry nutrition. Chapters in the book focus on the growth, production, reproduction and health of poultry.Key Features: - 15 chapters contributed by more than 30 experts and scientists involved in animal and poultry nutrition, physiology, toxicology, pharmacology, and pathology- Chapters highlight the significance of a variety of herbal plant extracts and derivatives, cold pressed and essential oils, fruits by-products, immunomodulators, organic acids, probiotics, nanoparticles and their role in poultry industry instead of the growth promoter antibiotics.- Provides details about the use of antibiotic as growth promoters in poultry and the development of bacterial resistance.- Provides a holistic approach on how natural feed additives can provide an efficient solution to animal health, - Covers the main categories of poultry, including broiler chickens, laying hens, quails, geese, ducks, and turkey.- References in each chapter for further readingThis handbook represents an up-to-date review of the existing knowledge on natural feed additives, both in vitro and in vivo and the basis for future research. The text is useful to students of poultry sciences, nutritionists, scientists, veterinarians, pharmacologists, poultry breeders, and animal husbandry extension workers.

These poems aptly show the poet's preference for spontaneous language and diversity of ideas. In these poems we are attracted by the poet's profound feelings recollected in tranquility.