Debris disks are optically thin circumstellar disks around mainsequence stars, comprised of micron-sized grains. The dust is generated from destructive collisions of planetesimals, induced from gravitational perturbations by large planets. Debris disks can as signposts for planetary systems, through which, a universal picture can be obtained that encompasses the evolution and architecture of the Solar System's own dust disk and planetary syste...
The retreat of glaciers has revealed a Cold War secret that should have lain buried for centuries, with the power to bring down the communications and defence systems of every country on the planet. Including his own. Connor Montrose must find a way to take control of the destructive power and stop the global race towards Armegeddon.
Im Jahre 1971 wird Peter Waldhaus zum Wehrdienst eingezogen. Einer Welt aus Befehl und Gehorsam. Vorgesetzte benehmen sich wie 'Herrgötter'. Schikanen sind an der Tagesordnung. Der Unfalltod eines Kameraden nährt seine Zweifel am Sinn und Zweck des Ganzen. Er wird trotzdem Unteroffizier und Ausbilder in einer Grundausbildung. Seine Ablehnung wächst und veranlasst ihn und seine Freunde zu destruktiven Kurzschlusshandlungen. Die Diskriminierung ...
Mike has had an interesting life, ultimately triumphing despite the adverse conditions of his childhood in wartime docklands. With the death of his mother when he was five and his father's return to Germany to get remarried, he was left in the care of his father's eldest sister and her husband, the latter of whom believed that sparing the rod spoilt the child. Rescued four years later by other relatives, he became part of a family only to have...
Does it sometimes seem like your life is unreal? Perhaps it seems that your existence is more a nightmare than a dream. We never know about the private lives behind the façades people create for public consumption. Yet what shapes our lives is the raw, unvarnished, unstated, and camouflaged reality that defines our everyday existence. I grew up in such an illusion and suspected that my life was closer to the nightmare side than the dream. My d...
There is a secret police force whose members have the power to make their eyes glow and see into a person's soul. You know what that means? It means they can see for a fact who's good and who's bad. They can kill someone with an evil soul, knowing for a fact they deserved to die.
Problem is, in order to maintain this power, your life has to be on the outs. That's why every member of this secret police force is homeless. That's why they're ...
This Foundation Workbook is designed to support the development of key literacy and numeracy skills of students in the 1-3 grade range, as well as building confidence in answering open response questions. The amount of scaffolded support decreases throughout the workbook to encourage independent learning.
Have You Seen My Frog: ¿Haz Visto A Mi Rana? is a hilarious bilingual story about discovery, relationships, and an attempt to solve a problem when the clues provided don't seem to make sense.
When Duck went to the pond with Auntie Duck, she found a frog. She set him down for one tiny second and the next thing she knew, he was gone!
Everyone Duck talks to points her in a different direction. WHAT is going on?
And where, oh where has D...
Have You Seen My Frog: ¿Haz Visto A Mi Rana? is a hilarious bilingual story about discovery, relationships, and an attempt to solve a problem when the clues provided don't seem to make sense.
When Duck went to the pond with Auntie Duck, she found a frog. She set him down for one tiny second and the next thing she knew, he was gone!
Everyone Duck talks to points her in a different direction. WHAT is going on?
And where, oh where has D...
Moral Motivation provides a history of moral motivation by ten eminent scholars, covering Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Kant, the consequentialists and others. It shows the complexity of the historical treatment of moral motivation and, moreover, how intertwined discussion of moral motivation is with central aspects of ethical theory.
After nearly losing his mind in the abandon of 1960s America, young Danny finds his way again with the help of an enigmatic sensei. At a New Jersey karate dojo, he and other mislaid souls make their way back into the world, and Danny bumps into a woman called Lois. Meanwhile, in present-day Australia, Dannys long-lost grandchild has decided to become Patti Smith. From the marvellous mind of Lally Katz comes a modern romance about wanderlust, l...
