Modern Age

A young girl awakens to find she has memories from two different pasts, fifty years apart, both of which ended tragically when eight years old. She feels different. She is different. She is alive! The Professor has taken charge of a secret government project, which April is the core part of. Li-Ming is assigned to be April’s ‘educator’ and is a a harsh disciplinarian, although as April develops, she softens. However, April is warned by 'Travis', someone who resides inside her head, to trust no-one. When April and Li-Ming begin the drive across America in a specially adapted RV (the ...

The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of The Age of Absurdity - a wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of well-being and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life.

Veteran astrologer Skye Alexander offers numerous ideas and inspiration for incorporating star power in rituals, celebrations, and everyday life. In addition to providing a historic overview of astrology's impact on architecture, the body, music, and language, Alexander thoroughly explains how to assess your birth chart and includes information on working with planetary cycles, transits, lunar energies, eclipses, and more.

Meet Luke, a single dad, grumpy billionaire cowboy, and my best friend's infuriatingly hot older brother. His piercing blue eyes might be mesmerizing, but his attitude? Absolutely insufferable. He seems determined to make my life difficult, yet I can't ignore the smoldering desire that flashes in his gaze whenever we're near each other. Despite the tension, it's clear; Luke wants me. And despite my resistance, I can't deny the magnetic pull between us. Our fiery exchanges and heated arguments only fan the flames of our undeniable attraction. When an unexpected moment turns into a passionate...

Amy Brown is ready to take on the important role of Love Springs' newest doctor. Unfortunately the current hot grumpy doctor, Chase Davis, wants nothing to do with her. Chase has been running the small town's family practice just fine since his father and the other older doctor he shared the place with retired a few years back. He doesn't need help, thank you very much. He especially doesn't need help from some eternally optimistic, absurdly beautiful, blonde city girl who's likely to leave as soon as she realizes Love Springs doesn't sell fancy pants skinny caramel mocha lattes at the ...

In The Drone Age, Michael J. Boyle addresses some of the biggest questions surrounding the impact of drones on our world today and the risks that we might face tomorrow. Will drones produce a safer world because they reduce risk to pilots, or will the prospect of clean, remote warfare lead governments to engage in more conflicts? Will drones begin to replace humans on the battlefield? Will they empower soldiers and peacekeepers to act more precisely and humanely in crisis zones? How will terrorist organizations turn this technology back on the governments that fight them?

Love in Hatfield: The Story Of Kgomotso By AS Davids Kgomotso, a bright and disciplined young woman from Hammanskraal, arrives in Pretoria full of dreams and ambition. She’s the first in her family to attend university, determined to become a chartered accountant and make her parents proud. But nothing could prepare her for the seductive chaos of life in Hatfield, where freedom, fast money, and false love walk the same streets. Navigating the temptations of blessers, the pressure of dating apps, academic stress, and painful betrayals, Kgomotso’s journey is one of survival, self-...

Don’t Share This Link: Creepypastas You’ll Wish You Never Read You clicked. You shouldn’t have. From haunted apps and cursed livestreams to group chats that resurrect the dead, this collection of digital-age horror stories will make you double-check every notification—and regret every click. Inside these thirteen terrifying tales, you’ll meet: A gamer whose face begins showing up in other people’s videos—smiling in places he’s never been. A girl who dreams of her favorite sleep streamer’s bedroom—until he starts dreaming of her too. A friend group haunted by an AI ...

In April 2020, the United States will embark on what has been called "the largest peacetime mobilization in American history": the decennial population census. It is part of a tradition of counting people that goes back at least three millennia and now spans the globe. In The Sum of the People, data scientist Andrew Whitby traces the remarkable history of the census, from ancient China and the Roman Empire, through revolutionary America and Nazi-occupied Europe, to the steps of the Supreme Court.

موسوعة جديدة للعقاد، واستكمال لسلسلة العبقريات. حياة المسيح، كتاب تاريخي صِيغ بلغة فلسفية، يرسم ملامح ما قبل ميلاد المسيح؛ الحياة السياسية والاجتماعية في بيت المقدس، وكيف كانت المذاهب والطوائف الدينية حينها.

For As Long As Sebastian Could Remember, He Had Been Cursed It began with the tragic death of his parents when he inherited the modern art gallery. It continued every day when he looked in the mirror and saw a monster where a man should be. He’d tried everything without success. Then he happened upon her, his cure, the one who could give him a second chance at life, love and happiness. ˃˃˃ It Started As The Perfect Job, But Became Much More Complicated After years of repairing what her father destroyed during his drunken rampages, opening a shop for repurposed and redesigned furniture ...

Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. The hundred-meter sprint final at the 1924 Paris Games, featuring three of the world’s fastest swimmers—American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi—had the cultural impact of other milestone moments in Olympic history: Jesse Owens’s podiums in Berlin and John Carlos’s raised, black-gloved fist in Mexico City. Never before had an Olympic swimming final prominently featured athletes of different races, and never had it been broadcast live.

It is hard to find an island on the map more central than Sicily. It has rarely been governed as an independent, unified state. Nonetheless, the island has always occupied a front-row seat to some of the most important events in history, and nowhere is this more obvious than during antiquity. Modern Sicily: The History and Legacy of the Mediterranean Island Since the Middle Ages looks at one of the world’s most important and contested territories. You will learn about Sicily like never before.

Britain's most esteemed scholar of 16th and 17th century literature, Frank Kermode is also a noted author and professor. In this Modern Library Chronicle, he uses the context of the Elizabethan Era to link each of Shakespeare's plays to their probable years of creation. By portraying the bard's England in terms of its society, economy, and arts, Kermode provides an invaluable guide to understanding Shakespeare?s works.

There are plenty of other elements about real-life pirates that are simply fiction. But what about the real history of pirates - is it worth exploring, and why? The history of the Golden Age of Piracy, the one that has shaped the modern conception of a pirate, is complex and long, with lots of information to cover.

Uncover the harmonious blend of ancestral wisdom and cutting-edge science in "Primal Eating and Modern Science," the eBook that is redefining nutritional norms and directing you toward a life of optimal health. Step into a world where eating is both an art and a science, a past and a future, a challenge and a solution. Embark on an enlightening journey through the Paleo Principles, where you can excavate the historical context of the Paleolithic era and rediscover the diet that fueled our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Traverse the intricate landscape of evolutionary dietetics, and gain unique ...

Smart, funny and incisive, Material Girl, Mystical World invites listeners on a colourful journey to discover their own paths to personal enlightenment in every area of life from love, sex and relationships to fashion and beauty and health and wellness. Whether teaching listeners how to read the tarot the now age way, do a psychic closet clear out, date mindfully or weave the power of the divine feminine into their career and relationships, Warrington embraces the realities of modern life with intelligence and humour.

So connected, yet so desperately alone - this is the new way that we are all alone together in a technological cocoon that covers our real pain. Our true essence is hidden behind screens that we show to the world, bringing us out of a natural state of healthy balance. Speaking our inner truth becomes a huge hurdle to overcome the fear of being judged, criticized, and rejected.

The Boy, the Condor, the Monkey, and the Tortoise – A Magical Journey of Wisdom, Nature, and the Soul The Boy, the Condor, the Monkey, and the Tortoise is a brilliant, philosophical fable that blends poetic narrative with deep reflections on ecology, society, and the meaning of life. Written by acclaimed Colombian author Jaime Bedoya Martínez, this spiritual adventure follows George Mario, a brilliant young dreamer who yearns to fly—not just through the skies, but toward higher understanding and a more conscious, harmonious world. Guided by wise animal companions—a majestic Condor, a...

When Liv, Ellen and Håkon, along with their partners and children, arrive in Rome to celebrate their father’s 70th birthday, a quiet earthquake occurs: their parents have decided to divorce. Shocked and disbelieving, the siblings try to come to terms with their parents’ decision as it echoes through the homes they have built for themselves and forces them to reconstruct the shared narrative of their childhood and family history.