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'The text provides an interesting history of previous and anticipated accomplishments, ending with a chapter on the relationship of fusion power to nuclear weaponry. They conclude on an optimistic note, well worth being understood by the general public.'CHOICEThe gap between the state of fusion energy research and public understanding is vast. In an entertaining and engaging narrative, this popular science book gives readers the basic tools to understand how fusion works, its potential, and contemporary research problems.Written by two young researchers in the field, The Future of Fusion Energy explains how physical laws and the Earth's energy resources motivate the current fusion program — a program that is approaching a critical point. The world's largest science project and biggest ever fusion reactor, ITER, is nearing completion. Its success could trigger a worldwide race to build a power plant, but failure could delay fusion by decades. To these ends, this book details how ITER's results could be used to design an economically competitive power plant as well as some of the many alternative fusion concepts.
What happened next would remain imprinted in their memories for the rest of their lives. Quite suddenly, each became conscious of the noise of vibration. As their eyes came to rest on Maria’s glass on the table in front of where she was sitting, each quickly realised that it was vibrating against the glass of the table. Then Paul said, ‘Look at the wall, Daddy, it has a big diagonal crack.’ Philip Mason, a civil aviation expert, takes early retirement and buys a cattle farm in the Highlands of Kenya at the time of Kenya’s independence in 1965. He and his beautiful, fun-loving Austrian wife Maria love one another, their cattle farm and their idyllic surroundings. But fate deals them a...
Terms of the Will To keep her cherished childhood home, Samantha Everard must marry by her twenty-fifth birthday. Yet she refuses to marry on a whim, not even to save her fortune. When she returns to Dallsten Manor to say goodbye, the last person she expects to see is her handsome, disapproving neighbor William Wentworth, Earl of Kendrick. Will is certain the scandalous Everard family is nothing but trouble. He shouldn't care about Samantha's predicament, but her feistiness and kindheartedness intrigue him--as does her refusal to wed. He wants to help, especially when he perceives the threat that surrounds her. Soon his greatest wish is to persuade Samantha that her true home is with him.
This comprehensive English book provides lessons and exercises for a wide range of students, including primary pupils in Grades 5 and 6, intermediate to advanced ESL students, and remedial pupils needing revision of basic skills. This second book in the series extends students' knowledge of grammar and punctuation, and provides more advanced exercises in comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, conversation and writing technique. This is an ideal book for home study, but is also suitable for the mixed-ability, multicultural classroom.
Retribution takes place in Sacramento, California, in the late 1990s. The story details the crises the main character, Werner Manheim--the sixty-five-year-old owner of the largest structural engineering firm in the city--goes through personally and professionally after losing an arbitration proceeding to the architects GBA, who hired his firm on a new local high school project. His maneuverings to overcome the effects of he and his wife, Georgina, having to pay off the arbitration award and interest to the architects and his legal expenses to his long-time friend, Brent Bannock, who represented him during the arbitration, are detailed. The drama of adversaries and others on both sides and how they affect the escalating series of events, adding additional monetary stress, progresses to a surprising conclusion.
Puerto Rican revolutionaries terrorize South Florida in this thriller with global ramifications. One of the team sent to stop them is an ATF agent of Puerto Rican heritage. Terror has underscored the recent aspirations of many groups in the world seeking influence and power. But they are not all Muslims. In A Man Called Bravo, a group of Puerto Rican fanatics are violently expressing their desire for their country’s independence. They want emancipation from what they consider the exploitation of the United States. In a raid on a weapons arsenal in South Florida, the extremists obtain guns, ammo, and explosives. They then threaten to blow up a government building. A task force to stop them consists of federal agents, local police, and an ATF agent. The agent, born in New York, is the son of Puerto Rican immigrants, and while he understands the terrorists’ yearning for independence, he knows his duty is to stop them by any means possible.
An impulsive offer to help locate a missing horse draws Brent Travis unwillingly into the affairs of the Parker family. Are they the gracious, God-fearing Christians they appear to be, or are they the hypocrites of Brent's past experience? He has lost his faith in God, in honor, and in loyalty. Caught in a battle between the forces of depression telling him he has nothing to live for and the opportunity to build a new life for himself in rural Orchard Springs, Arkansas, Brent is forced to re-examine everything he believes.
This comprehensive English course is designed for children in Grades 5 to 7, for intermediate ESL students, for pupils in higher grades who need more practice with basic skills, and for students who study at home. Every chapter consists of grammar, reading comprehension, phonic spelling, vocabulary, conversation, writing practice, and general knowledge. At the back of the book are several extra sections including conversation topics for ESL students, extra writing topics, a phonics summary, dictations, a booklist, and answers to all the exercises. This book is based on the Essential English series, but is an updated version, in a better-bound, larger format, and with the addition of general knowledge.
The emotional battle is not an easy road. We all face issues everyday. Emotions can get the best of you or you can learn in time to get the best of them. To focus on the bad side and react can cause a lot of harm to yourself or others. Don't do anything that you will regret later. Stop and think about what your feeling. Learn to turn it around and find the best way. God is there to help you with everything that you go through. He was there for me and helped me to deal with each emotion. As you read this I hope that it will help you to find the right way and make the right choices. Never let go of God's hand through each step.
For 150 years, America has been controlled by a dangerous group of men--the Brotherhood. Using the legal masterminds of a corrupt law firm, the Brotherhood has crafted a complex system of dummy corporations to hide their illegal activity, but their fears are realized when an unsuspecting young attorney exposes their future plans.