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  • Cold-Water Corals

    The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats

    by J. Murray Roberts, Andrew Wheeler, André Freiwald, Stephen Cairns ...
    There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral, covering their ecology, biology, palaeontology and geology. Beginning with a history of research in the field, the authors describe the approaches needed to study corals in the deep sea. They consider coral ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • My Life and Lens

    The Story of a Marine Corps Combat Correspondent

    by Robert L. Bowen, Robin Kern ...
    Journalists possess critical responsibilities—one is simply to inform, another is to explain. As a military photojournalist during the Vietnam Era, Bob Bowen has captured visually with his camera and explained eloquently with his written words, the horrors and the honorable service of that period. In his new book My Life and Lens, Bowen articulates not only high action combat but the artful ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • At the Helm: Volume 4: A Sci-Fi Bridge Anthology

    At The Helm, #4

    by A.K. Duboff, Amy J. Murphy, Benjamin Wallace, Chris Reher, Christopher Boore, David Adams, David Bruns, Felix R. Savage, Marilyn Peake, J.G. Cressey, Michael Robertson, Nathan Van Coops, Paul Antony Jones, Ralph Kern, Robert Jeschonek ...
    Series Book 4 - At The Helm
    Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined.Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this fourth collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at the farthest reaches of our galaxy and beyond, our writers examine the human experience from within and ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Developmental Science and the Holistic Approach

    Edited by Lars R. Bergman, Robert B. Cairns, Lars-Goran Nilsson, Lars Nystedt ...
    This book is the outcome of a symposium where leading researchers, mainly in developmental psychology, came together to discuss the implications of the emerging developmental science and the holistic approach. In doing this, the authors wanted to honor a distinguished colleague, David Magnusson, and his career-long contributions to this field.The purpose of the book is to discuss the profound ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Aggression and Violence

    Genetic, Neurobiological, and Biosocial Perspectives

    Edited by David M. Stoff, Robert B. Cairns ...
    Conceived at a time when biological research on aggression and violence was drawn into controversy because of sociopolitical questions about its study, this volume provides an up-to-date account of recent biological studies performed -- mostly on humans. A group of scientists recognized the importance of freedom of inquiry and deemed it vital to address the most promising biological research in ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Secret Vision

    by Robert Kern ...
    This is a story which takes the reader through a quarter of a century leading up to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. It begins as a love story between a soldier, Luke Champion, and a news reporter, Cindy Manners. The couple marries, and after the birth of their very spiritually gifted twins, David and Dawn, the Champion family encounter one traumatic event after another over the years. The twins ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Dynamic Quality Management for Cloud Labor Services

    Methods and Applications for Gaining Reliable Work Results with an On-Demand Workforce

    by Robert Kern ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    How can a scalable and efficient quality management mechanism for cloud labor services be designed in a way that it delivers results with a well-defined level of quality to the requester?Cloud labor services are a specific form of crowdsourcing: A coordination platform serves as an interface between requesters who need to get work done and a large crowd of workers who want to perform work. An ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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  • At The Helm: Volume 2: A Sci-Fi Bridge Anthology

    At The Helm, #2

    by Rhett C. Bruno, Steve Beaulieu, Jason Anspach, Nick Cole, Andreas Christensen, E.E. Giorgi, Philip Harris, Mark R. Healy, Isaac Hooke, Robert Jeschonek, Will McIntosh, Chris Pourteau, Josi Russell, Felix R. Savage, Will Swardstrom, Vincent Trigili, Christopher J. Valin, Rysa Walker, David Adams, Jay Allan ...
    Series Book 2 - At The Helm
    Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Artificial Intelligence's longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending...Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its second collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories span the near and far future. They transport you to worlds unknown. They examine today's fears amid tomorrow's technologies. From the far corners of the galaxy ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Newcomer

    Twelve Sci-fi Short Stories

    by Alasdair Shaw, James S. Aaron, Laura Greenwood, Jonathan C. Gillespie, Griffin Carmichael, Cherise Kelley, Alec Hutson, Tom Germann, Richard Crawford, JJ Green, Cindy Carroll, J. Naomi Ay ...
    Series Book 1 - Scifi Anthologies
    From a young couple struggling to look after their baby to a new captain's reluctance to take command of her ship, and from a sun-addled stranger's appearance in town to the emergence of a sentient AI, the twelve tales presented here explore the central theme of an arrival by someone or something new.There's even an alien puppy. ... Read more

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  • The 46th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: Chester S. Geier (Vol. 4)

    by Chester S. Geier ...
    Chester S. Geier (1921-1990) was a U.S. author and editor whose first work, “A Length of Rope” appeared in Unknown in April 1941. Editor Ray Palmer recruited him to write for the Ziff-Davis group of pulp magazines, where he became a frequent contributor to Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, and less frequently to mystery and western pulps. He published under his own name and several ... Read more

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  • The 14th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®

    by Joe W. Haldeman, Poul Anderson, Lloyd Biggle Jr., Larry NIven ...
    The 14th Science Fiction MEGAPACK® collects 28 science fiction stories, 1 novel, and interviews with Larry Niven and Joe W. Haldeman. Included are:A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHERINTERVIEW WITH LARRY NIVENINTERVIEW WITH JOE W. HALDEMANTHE AUTUMN VISITORS, by Frank Belknap LongADVANCE AGENT, by Christopher AnvilINNOCENT AT LARGE, by Poul and Karen AndersonA COLD NIGHT FOR CRYING, by Milton LesserESCAPE ... Read more

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  • The 36th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: George O. Smith

    by Smith ...
    George Oliver Smith (1911–1981) (not to be confused with George H. Smith) was an American science fiction author. Smith was an active contributor to Astounding Science Fiction during the Golden Age of Science Fiction in the 1940s. His collaboration with the magazine’s editor, John W. Campbell, Jr., was interrupted when Campbell’s first wife, Doña, left him in 1949 and married Smith.Smith continued ... Read more

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