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BOOK 2 OF THE CONTINUUM (the Osirians return to our universe) Am-mit, has seized the Busiris throne and made himself the absolute ruler of an entire universe. Foremost among Am-mit's evil host is, Isis, a power hungry Admiral - every inch as cruel as Am-mit. Isis has pursued the insurgent leader, Neter, into this universe. Isis has been here before and her technology is millennia ahead of ours. The Armageddon which has just completed repairs i...

What do Madonna, Ray Charles, Mount Rushmore, suburbia, the banjo, and the Ford Mustang have in common? Whether we adore, ignore, or deplore them, they all influence our culture, and color the way America is perceived by the world. In this A-to-Z collection of essays scholars explore more than one hundred people, places, and phenomena as they seek to discover what it means to be labeled "icon." From the Alamo to Muhammad Ali, from John Wayne t...

This book considers the foundation of the science of ballistics in the seventeenth century as a mathematical interpretation based on exact experimental investigation.

(Book 1) Charged with the future planning of their country, the shadowy, all-powerful, Baka Aho Manuke have plotted a course that has carried Japan from the ashes of defeat to the very pinnacle of industrial power. But now economic might isn't enough. There are those want to bring back the old days of Japan's military glory. Kokoro, is a story of espionage, betrayal and murder. The year is 1986, and someone is attempting to tap into the heart ...

PROLOGUE TO THE CONTINUUM (The beginning of the Hykonian wars) The year is 6700 A.D. and a disarmed and disillusioned human race is lost in stagnation. Yet, there are a few humans in whom the primitive flame still burns. The ISMU miners sail the uncharted waters of their time. They are a rough crude lot governed only by the dictates of their union. The Diva is an ISMU superminer and her captain is Raef Maclear. Somewhere near the M31 galaxy, R...

Septins are an evolutionarily conserved group of GTP-binding and filament-forming proteins that were originally discovered in yeast. Once the preserve of a small band of yeast biologists, the field has grown rapidly in the past few years and now encompasses the whole of animal and fungal biology. Furthermore, septins are nowadays recognized to be involved in a variety of disease processes from neoplasia to neurodegenerative conditions. The Se...

This new report on excavations in the city of York focuses on three sites in the Coppergate area, close to the heart of the medieval town investigated between 1976 and 1982, and again in 1987, in advance of re-development. The report is introduced with a discussion of the site's history, previous study of this area and an outline of the methodology of the most recent research. The excavation also revealed the presence of four tenement plots at...