Another high action SF dystopia perfect for fans of Richard Morgan and Alfred Bester alike. The follow-up to the acclaimed Barricade, this is another short, sharp, and kinetic SF thriller. Kenstibec is a Ficial—a genetically engineered artificial life form; tough, skilled, hard to kill. Or at least he was. He's lost the nanotech that constantly repaired him. Life just got real. Just like it is for the few remaining humans in this blighted world—the Reals; locked in a fight over a ruined world with the Ficials they created to make Utopia. And now Kestibec must take a trip to the pinnicle of our failed civilization. The Steeple is a 1,000-story tower that looms over the wreckage of London. It is worshipped, feared, and haunted by attack droids and cannibals. And the location of a secret that just might save Kenstibec's life.The only way is up.

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Finn Blackstone is in trouble. A mission to find out the truth about her mysteriously absent father has morphed into a perilous game of cat and mouse. Now Finn and her friends must navigate a terrifying futuristic landscape filled with machines intent on the group’s annihilation.As Finn struggles against external forces, she faces an imminent threat as she grapples with her alter ego, Infinity. By accessing her memories, Finn catches a glimpse of Infinity’s capabilities and feels a growing sense of horror at her past. But the more Finn and Infinity interact, the more the game shifts under their feet. In a world where it’s hard to tell your friends from your enemies, Finn’s past rears its ugly head to trip her up in unthinkable ways.Finn must summon every ounce of strength she has to overpower her adversaries in a bone-rattling roller-coaster ride hurtling her toward an unknown future.

This introductory text presents the core concepts of human biology in an engaging manner. Noted for its lucid presentation style, it contains hundreds of educational illustrations and photographs in full color that work together with text to make difficult processes easier to grasp. The Third Edition contains many new concept spreads and visual summaries-unique in-book learning aids designed to help students visualize difficult concepts and complicated biological structures. With the help of 300 researchers, the third edition has also undergone an extensive chapter-by-chapter revision, to keep it current with latest changes in the field. Supported by over 40 print and electronic supplements, including a CD-ROM, a Web site, and many unique online resources.

In the near future, one corporation, Blackstone Technologies, has changed the world: no disasters, no poverty, and life-altering technology. Blackstone has the impunity to destroy―or create―as it sees fit.Infinity “Finn” Blackstone is the seventeen-year-old daughter of Blackstone’s reclusive CEO―but she’s never even met him. When disturbing dreams about a past she doesn’t remember begin to torment her, Finn knows there’s only one person who can provide answers: her father.After Finn and an elite group of peers are invited to Blackstone’s top-secret HQ, Finn realizes she may have a chance to confront her father. But when a highly sophisticated company AI morphs into a killing machine, the trip descends into chaos. Trapped inside shape-shifting walls, Finn and her friends are at the mercy of an all-seeing intelligence that will destroy everything to get to her.With no hope of help, Finn’s dream-memories may be the only chance of survival. But will she remember in time to save her own life and the lives of those around her?

COMMUNITY NUTRITION IN ACTION incorporates an entrepreneurial approach to community nutrition. Successful practitioners in community nutrition have a mind and skill set that opens them up to new ideas and ventures. The text encourages students to take risks, try new technologies, and use fresh approaches to improving the public's nutrition and health status. The text also delivers the core material important to students who will be active in solving the nutritional and health problems, public health policy, program delivery, nutrition education, nutrition assessment and planning nutrition interventions.

Combining clear, accessible prose and many primary sources, Velasquez provides a complete introduction to philosophy in an engaging and meaningful way. He provides attention to topics not always covered in other texts, including feminist theory, continental philosophy, diversity, and aesthetics. The chapter organization encourages thinking and studying in amounts students can master while examples and questions help connect philosophy to their personal experiences. In addition to the chapter-end readings, which permit students to work with primary source material, Historical Showcases readings put development of ideas into context for a "big picture" view.

This text is the most comprehensive on the market, giving students a firm grasp of the counseling profession a well as the skills, theories and day-to-day realities of the job. Thorough and research based, it clearly presents the key concepts and material about the counseling profession yet keeps readers engaged through the many case examples and personal narratives. It is structured around the eight core CACREP (The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs) curriculum areas and also includes topics about specializations within counseling, finding a counseling job, and future trends in counseling.

Product Description: Shawn Cole and his robot brother, Cyrus, are getting along great. But Shawn's dad wants Cyrus to live at the lab. Cyrus and Shawn come up with a plan to keep Cyrus at home.

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