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Echo of Kings, An

A Short Story

by Melissa Delport ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Huntsman E, Digital Voice Lisbeth E, Digital Voice Beck E, Digital Voice Narrator E, Digital Voice Milana Varis E ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Dreams & Chaos
Unabridged

13 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Dystopia collide in the DREAMS & CHAOS collection: a gripping collection of 12 short stories by award-winning author, Melissa Delport.Though they can be consumed in any order, AN ECHO OF KINGS is tale number 1:A fallen queen. A hunted heir. A legendary warrior with nothing left to lose.With assassins closing in and the b... ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Dystopia collide in the DREAMS & CHAOS collection: a gripping collection of 12 short stories by award-winning author, Melissa Delport.Though they can be consumed in any order, AN ECHO OF KINGS is tale number 1:A fallen queen. A hunted heir. A legendary warrior with nothing left to lose.With assassins closing in and the b...
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Me & Lee

How I Came to Know, Love and Lose Lee Harvey Oswald

by Jim Marrs, Judyth Vary Baker ...

Judyth Vary was once a promising science student who dreamed of finding a cure for cancer; this exposé is her account of how she strayed from a path of mainstream scholarship at the University of Florida to a life of espionage in New Orleans with Lee Harvey Oswald. In her narrative she offers extensive documentation on how she came to be a cancer expert at such a young age, the personalities who ... Read more

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Judyth Vary was once a promising science student who dreamed of finding a cure for cancer; this exposé is her account of how she strayed from a path of mainstream scholarship at the University of Florida to a life of espionage in New Orleans with Lee Harvey Oswald. In her narrative she offers extensive documentation on how she came to be a cancer expert at such a young age, the personalities who
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Reconfiguring Human, Nonhuman and Posthuman in Literature and Culture

Edited by Sanna Karkulehto, Aino-Kaisa Koistinen, Essi Varis ...

Series series Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture
The time has come for human cultures to seriously think, to severely conceptualize, and to earnestly fabulate about all the nonhuman critters we share our world with, and to consider how to strive for more ethical cohabitation. Reconfiguring Human, Nonhuman and Posthuman in Literature and Culture tackles this severe matter within the framework of literary and cultural studies. The emphasis of the ... Read more

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The time has come for human cultures to seriously think, to severely conceptualize, and to earnestly fabulate about all the nonhuman critters we share our world with, and to consider how to strive for more ethical cohabitation. Reconfiguring Human, Nonhuman and Posthuman in Literature and Culture tackles this severe matter within the framework of literary and cultural studies. The emphasis of the
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LLRW Disposal Facility Siting

Successes and Failures in Six Countries

by J.L. Mumpower, A. Vari, Patricia Reagan-Cirincione ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Planning for the management of nuclear wastes -- whatever their level of radioactivity -- is one of the most important environmental problems for all societies that produce utility, industrial, medical, or other radioactive waste products. Attemps to site low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in Western industrial societies, however, have repeatedly engendered conflicts between ... Read more

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Planning for the management of nuclear wastes -- whatever their level of radioactivity -- is one of the most important environmental problems for all societies that produce utility, industrial, medical, or other radioactive waste products. Attemps to site low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in Western industrial societies, however, have repeatedly engendered conflicts between
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Socialist Escapes

Breaking Away from Ideology and Everyday Routine in Eastern Europe, 1945-1989

Edited by Cathleen M. Giustino, Catherine J. Plum, Alexander Vari ...

During much of the Cold War, physical escape from countries in the Eastern Bloc was a nearly impossible act. There remained, however, possibilities for other socialist escapes, particularly time spent free from party ideology and the mundane routines of everyday life. The essays in this volume examine sites of socialist escapes, such as beaches, campgrounds, nightclubs, concerts, castles, cars, ... Read more

$21.99 USD

During much of the Cold War, physical escape from countries in the Eastern Bloc was a nearly impossible act. There remained, however, possibilities for other socialist escapes, particularly time spent free from party ideology and the mundane routines of everyday life. The essays in this volume examine sites of socialist escapes, such as beaches, campgrounds, nightclubs, concerts, castles, cars,
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Urban Popular Culture and Entertainment

Experiences from Northern, East-Central, and Southern Europe, 1870s–1930s

Edited by Antje Dietze, Alexander Vari ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
This book is part of an ongoing transnational turn in cultural history. Studies on the history of urban popular culture and the entertainment industries increasingly engage with the European or global circulation of genres, actors, and shows, especially during the period of massive growth and expansion of the sector from the 1870s to the 1930s. Nevertheless, a large part of this research remains ... Read more

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This book is part of an ongoing transnational turn in cultural history. Studies on the history of urban popular culture and the entertainment industries increasingly engage with the European or global circulation of genres, actors, and shows, especially during the period of massive growth and expansion of the sector from the 1870s to the 1930s. Nevertheless, a large part of this research remains
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Water and Security in Central Asia

Solving a Rubik's Cube

Edited by Virpi Stucki, Kai Wegerich, Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, Olli Varis ...

Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
Examining the water, development and security linkages in Central Asia can feel a bit like solving a Rubik’s cube. The Rubik’s cube starts to usually find structure and the different pieces find their places when its solver adopts a systematic approach. Still, solving the whole cube takes time and perseverance. This is also the case with water and security in Central Asia as demonstrated by the ... Read more

$70.99 USD

Examining the water, development and security linkages in Central Asia can feel a bit like solving a Rubik’s cube. The Rubik’s cube starts to usually find structure and the different pieces find their places when its solver adopts a systematic approach. Still, solving the whole cube takes time and perseverance. This is also the case with water and security in Central Asia as demonstrated by the
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Environment and Democratic Transition:

Policy and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe

Edited by A. Vari, Pal Tamas ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Recent democratization and the accompanied liberalization of the media in Central and Eastern Europe has brought the devastating environmental impacts of the intensive and careless industrialization of the last 40 years to the surface. Less is known, however, about the social, political and institutional background of environmental risk management which led to the present situation, as well as ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Recent democratization and the accompanied liberalization of the media in Central and Eastern Europe has brought the devastating environmental impacts of the intensive and careless industrialization of the last 40 years to the surface. Less is known, however, about the social, political and institutional background of environmental risk management which led to the present situation, as well as
... Read more
Water Management in Megacities

Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Olli Varis, Jan Lundqvist, Asit Biswas ...

Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task. The special issue will focus on water management in its totality for megacities, including their technical, social, economic, legal, institutional and environmental dimensions through a series of specially invited case studies from different megacities of the world.At ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task. The special issue will focus on water management in its totality for megacities, including their technical, social, economic, legal, institutional and environmental dimensions through a series of specially invited case studies from different megacities of the world.At
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Killing the Shadows

by Val McDermid ...

Narrated by Vari Sylvester ...

Unabridged

16 hours 24 min

A killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction. His prey—the writers of crime novels who have turned psychological profilers into the heroes of the nineties. But this killer is like no other. His bloodlust shatters all the conventional wisdom surrounding the motives and mechanics of how serial killers operate. And for one woman, the desperate hunt to uncover his identity ... Read more

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A killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction. His prey—the writers of crime novels who have turned psychological profilers into the heroes of the nineties. But this killer is like no other. His bloodlust shatters all the conventional wisdom surrounding the motives and mechanics of how serial killers operate. And for one woman, the desperate hunt to uncover his identity
... Read more

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The Final Vaccine

A Science Fiction Novella

by Judyth Vary Baker ...

In a world teetering on the edge of collapse, where humans merge with machines and a deadly virus spreads, can hope survive?The Final Vaccine plunges into a dystopian future where Jackson, a 40% cyborg, confronts a mutant strain of leprosy linked to genetic engineering. As society crumbles and mutated humans crave meat, Jackson races against time to find a cure, battling both the virus and his own ... Read more

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In a world teetering on the edge of collapse, where humans merge with machines and a deadly virus spreads, can hope survive?The Final Vaccine plunges into a dystopian future where Jackson, a 40% cyborg, confronts a mutant strain of leprosy linked to genetic engineering. As society crumbles and mutated humans crave meat, Jackson races against time to find a cure, battling both the virus and his own
... Read more
Akito Arima Memorial Volume

by Thomas T S Kuo, Takaharu Otsuka, KK Phua, James Vary ...

This memorial volume honors the life and work of Akito Arima (1930–2020), a distinguished physicist and educator who made significant contributions to nuclear physics and beyond. Through a series of heartfelt essays, personal recollections, and scientific papers, this book reflects Arima's profound influence on the field and his legacy in shaping global scientific discourse. Arima is best known ... Read more

$77.99 USD

This memorial volume honors the life and work of Akito Arima (1930–2020), a distinguished physicist and educator who made significant contributions to nuclear physics and beyond. Through a series of heartfelt essays, personal recollections, and scientific papers, this book reflects Arima's profound influence on the field and his legacy in shaping global scientific discourse. Arima is best known
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