Lauren Beckwith, scientist and oncologist, works tirelessly to identify corporations responsible for industrial pollution. When pollution shows up in the pristine Colorado wilderness where she lives, her friends challenge her to do something more than merely identify it. With her judgment and professional ethics questioned, Lauren ponders her life choices and her role in preserving the fragile ecosystem. Alexandra Aoeron Aonwyn, Queen of Fuar Ćala, is dealing with the aftereffects of a heinous bioweapon released on her world that causes the children ...

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Ekonomiya topliva, motornogo masla i snizhenie metalloemkosti dizel'nykh dvigateley mozhet dostigat'sya ikh forsirovaniem. Odnim iz parametrov ogranichivayushchikh stepen' forsirovaniya yavlyaetsya dopustimyy uroven' temperatury porshnya, opredelyaemyy materialom, konstruktsiey porshnya i kachestvom ispol'zuemogo motornogo masla. Opisany metody issledovaniy i vozdeystviya na temperaturu porshnya i tsilindra, ispol'zuemye v otechestvennom i zarubezhnom dvigatelestroenii, a takzhe opyt i dostizheniya v etoy oblasti Yaroslavskogo motornogo zavoda. Privedeny ...

Not Angels but Anglicans traces the history and development of Christianity in Britain from Roman times through twenty often turbulent centuries. Learned, yet accessible, witty in style and attractively illustrated throughout, this is popular history at its best. When the earlier editions were in print, 9/11 had not happened, Iraq had not been invaded, Rowan Williams was not yet Archbishop of Canterbury. No-one could have foreseen the escalation of religious conflict, how the issue of homosexuality was to dominate the churches' public agenda, that ...

Alexi Venice's second novel, 'Svea's Sins,' is a thriller about a 2018 terrorist plot against the United States with nerve gas and drones, perpetuated by a beautiful Swedish woman who partners with the Russian President Vadik Volkov. Venice amps up the action and sophistication in her second novel featuring the brilliant and broken Pepper McCallan, a consultant to the U.S. Counterterrorism Agency. Venice swiftly drives a complex plot that traverses the world, using science and technology that are easily within reach, leveraging the absence of drone ...

Most postgraduates feel confused, off-balance and without guidance coming out of college. Especially if they haven't secured a job. With this guide, you will discover that you are capable of everything you set your mind to achieve. This book is the ultimate tool to help you gain the confidence you need to apply for a job, start a business, start a project and, most of all, take care of yourself while building a life you love. Re-route: Post Grad Guide to Success discusses how to navigate post-graduate life and provides tips and tricks on job ...

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La rapide avancée des technologies numériques a permis d'améliorer les méthodes d'acquisition et de rendu de modèles 3D. Les bases de données d'objets 3D sont aujourd'hui présentes dans beaucoup de domaines qu'ils soient ludiques (jeux, multimédia) ou scientifiques (applications médicales, industrielles, héritage culturel, etc.). La facilité d'acquisition et de modélisation des modèles 3D permet de créer de grandes bases de données. Cependant ...

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The author of this technical study, an engineer and specialist in industrial heating systems, developed this work from his interest in temperature conditions in ancient buildings that were heated by early types of central heating with hypocausts and tubuli, warming floors and walls with hot air from wood-fuelled fires outside the building. The author applies technical processes and related mathematical formulae used today for the caloric calculation.