The Secret Science of Superheroes looks at the underpinning chemistry, physics and biology needed for their superpowers. Individual chapters look at synthesising elements on demand, genetic evolution and what superhero suits could be made

The result of over thirty years of research and lecturing, Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes is a ground-breaking study of Paul\'s first epistle to the Corinthians. Bailey examines this canonical letter through the lenses of Paul\'s Jewish socio-cultural and rhetorical background and the Mediterranean context of the Corinthian

Turn your setbacks to breakthroughs and fears to power with this guidebook on developing a growth mindset - become a responsible and resilient adult! You are no longer a child, but not yet an adult. As a teen, you are in a period in your life where more is expected of you as adulthood draws near. What if I fail? What if I don\'t know how to be an adult? What if my parents are going to be disappointed

In a context of disciplinary division between human and physical geography, the book seeks to reassert the unity of the field through an emphasis on a shared focus on the geographic configuration of things and how and why configuration is important.It first examines previous approaches to re-establishing unity, and why they have failed, before moving on to an explanation of fundamental differences

A crash course into 8086/8088 assembler programming, in an easy way with practice at each step. You will learn how to use the registers, move data, do arithmetic, and handle text and graphics. You can run these programs on any PC machine and no program exceeds 512 bytes of executable code The example programs include: - Guess the number. - Tic-Tac-Toe game. - Text graphics. - Mandelbrot set. - F-Bird

Crafted to be an easy-to-carry large print Bible allowing this Bible to be an ideal choice to take with you wherever you go. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size.The Premier Collection edition of Thomas Nelson\'s KJV Large Print Thinline Bible combines fine craftsmanship with the easy-to-carry

Free Will: An Opinionated Guide offers a clear and straightforward introduction to a vexing topic, from an internationally recognized authority on free will. What did you do a moment ago? What will you do after you read this? Are you deciding as we speak, or is something else going on in your brain or elsewhere in your body that is determining your actions? Stopping to think this way can freeze us

Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters Payton and Ani have grown up in a hospital. When Ani stumbles upon an imprisoned boy who turns everything he touches to gold, her world is turned upside-down. The sisters find themselves outside the hospital for the first time, a dark mystery unravelling

\"A frothy confection of sea-foam, young love, and derring-do.\" --NPR A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his coming-of-age tour in this swoony adventure that is The Gentleman\'s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Pirates of the Caribbean. Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace

This is the 4th edition of \"Vegetarian NOSH for Students\", written as a sequel to \"NOSH for Students\" which was originally inspired by the author\'s son, Ben, who left for university, but was clueless in the kitchen. Joy has helped over half a million students get cooking with her straightforward and simple

Told for the first time in graphic novel form, the story of Francis Bacon\'s life is as complex, colorful, and highly charged as his paintings. Drawn in shades of mauve, red, yellow, and blue that distinguished his palette, these illustrations weave together a troubling but compassionate narrative, one that draws on the tragic events of Bacon\'s childhood and youth, as well as reflecting the profoundly

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THE RELUCTANT WITNESS Class D has conquered the midterms, but their celebration is cut short when three Class C students falsely accuse Sudou of assaulting them! With their friend facing expulsion, and the class\'s points on the line, Ayanokouji, Horikita, and Kikyou must team up to gather evidence to prove his

Introducing New Orleans homicide detective Quentin Archer in the first of a brand-new mystery series. When a prominent New Orleans judge is brutally murdered, former Detroit cop Quentin Archer is handed the case. His enquiries will lead him into a world of darkness and mysticism which underpins the carefree atmosphere of the Big Easy. Interrogating crooked police officers, a pickpocket, a bartender

Look for Queen Charlotte, the new Bridgerton story by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes, inspired by the Netflix series. A #1 New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Daphne Bridgerton, in the first of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. In the ballrooms

The second edition of Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry: A Practical Guide follows the highly successful first edition by F.G. Kitson, B.S. Larsen, and C.N. McEwen (1996), which was designed as an indispensible resource for GC/MS practitioners regardless of whether they are a novice or well experienced. The Fundamentals section has been extensively reworked from the original edition to give

\"\'The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America, \' Ms. Gallagher\'s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.\"--Wall Street Journal A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation\'s political, social, economic, and physical

A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker

No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the sensuous tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. In myth and image, in visionary experience and ritual representation, the Greeks possessed a complete expression of indestructible life, the essence of Dionysos. In this work, the noted mythologist and historian of religion Carl Ker nyi presents a historical