Welcome to the one unique and original High Fantasy Romance Series written this entire century! Nothing in Shimrah is ever a coincidence.... It is always penned with purpose.... A destiny.... Princess Saffrodel and her High-Lords, Jaraadhrin and Quinzafoor, race against time, age and space to grow into their adult selves among turbulant love lives and employing complex and original magical arrays, hitherto unknown to the fantasy world, to manage, overcome and eradicate the threat, Shimrah faces from the betrayal of her twin uncles, Princes Ifreeth and Ibreeth. They train and prepare for a darkness, the likes of which they had never dreamed in their murkiest nightmares as the evil Royal twins unleash the power and forces of a shadow realm named Delcrum, upon the fair light of Shimrah. EXTENDED A nature of powerful, original beings, hitherto unknown, a realm that hides more than it reveals, a reinvention of the higher power and purpose, of the force we know as love! The key to the survival of a world that resides in the blood of a King.... The Prophesied Princess of Darkness and Light.... A hallowed High Lord bred for his Princess alone…. A Knight with a lecherous past, mentored to protect them both…. The tale of Righteous and Forbidden love… of humour and mirth… of heartbreak and loss… of chivalry and valour… of martial elegance and sophisticated flair… of fidelity and patriotism… of the sacred bonds of comradeship and family… of horror, terror, magic and mystery…’ The saga of those worst wreckers of all strategies - Fate, Prophesy, Destiny and the Desperate Desolation of the twisted paths of existence it leads the Shimrans through! Will the Light and Love, they entrust their Lives to, lead them right? Will the Fate, that they fervently place Faith in, ensure their Fortunes are fair? Will the Destiny, that they Deify and Devote to, lead them to the Divinity they desire? Accompany the sublime Shimrans and the magnificent creatures of their enchanting world, both dark and light, as they wound through the shimmering threads of Space, Destiny, Time and Fate. Experience their love, terror, joy, thrill, anger, revenge and hate, while witnessing the blasphemy of Shimran sin as you travel hand in hand, along the many-hued ribbons of their souls, spirits and centres within the heavenly gardens of Shimrah... and beyond!’

Percy Jackson meets Tristan Strong in this hilarious middle grade “edge-of-your-seat adventure” (James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author of City Spies) that follows a young boy as he journeys across China to seal the underworld shut and save the mortal realm. Zachary Ying never had many opportunities to learn about his Chinese heritage. His single mom was busy enough making sure they got by, and his schools never taught anything except Western history and myths. So Zack is woefully unprepared when he discovers he was born to host the spirit of the First Emperor of China for a vital mission: sealing the leaking portal to the Chinese underworld before the upcoming Ghost Month blows it wide open. The mission takes an immediate wrong turn when the First Emperor botches his attempt to possess Zack’s body and binds to Zack’s AR gaming headset instead, leading to a battle where Zack’s mom’s soul gets taken by demons. Now, with one of history’s most infamous tyrants yapping in his headset, Zack must journey across China to heist magical artifacts and defeat figures from history and myth, all while learning to wield the emperor’s incredible water dragon powers. And if Zack can’t finish the mission in time, the spirits of the underworld will flood into the mortal realm, and he could lose his mom forever.

GSA Special Paper 492 consists of 35 papers that collectively synthesize the development and current uses of Google Earth and associated visualization media in geoscience education and research. Chapters focus on Google Earth and related tools, such as SketchUp, Google Fusion Tables, GigaPan, and LiDAR. Many of these papers include digital media that illustrate and highlight important themes of the texts. This volume is intended to document the state of the art for geoscience applications of geobrowsers, such as Google Earth, along with providing provocative examples of where this technology is headed in the future.

Originally published in 1988 Deforestation examines deforestation as a major environmental and development problem. It examines the issues of forests being cut in tropical and mountain areas, and how acid rain, pollution and disease wreak havoc in temperate zones. Some of the worst effects of deforestation have been changes in the world’s climate system, erosion and flooding, desertification, wood short-ages and the disappearance of some floral and fauna species. This book challenges the belief that deforestation is due to entirely rapid population growth and agricultural expansion and emphasises the effects of commercial exploitation and poor planning and management. In concludes with a programme for reforestation using agro-forestry, appropriate cottage industries, improved international programmes, local land reforms and community participation.

A student-friendly guide to learning all the important ideas of elementary real analysis, this resource is based on the author's many years of experience teaching the subject to typical undergraduate mathematics majors.

This book reviews the current state of knowledge on, recent advances in, and future prospects of Montenegrin river basins in the context of anthropogenic activities. Edited by three respected experts in the field, the book begins with an introduction to the specific hydrogeological conditions in Montenegro and critical reflections on the impact of hydropower projects. It then reviews the vulnerability of river ecosystems, exploring potential genotoxic effects and water quality, and explaining typology and monitoring of these aspects, and particularly highlighting mollusk assemblages and monitoring of intermittent rivers. The closing chapters focus on the impact of river flooding and discuss controversial projects aiming to find an approach mutually acceptable to all stakeholders. Given its scope, the book is an indispensable resource for scientists in academia and the water industry, as well as for decision-makers in the field investigating the interactions between land and water, limnology and biota, and natural and cultural resources.