WHEN YOU'RE A BRAIN WITHOUT A BODY, CAN YOU STILL BE CALLED HUMAN?Marc Gregorio wakes up paralyzed. He can't feel his own body. Accident? Stroke? Did someone slip him an overdose of Botox? The answer, he discovers, is much, much worse. He's only a copy of Marc, a digital brain without a body, burdened with all Marc's human memories, but without access to human sensual pleasures. Now he has to find a reason to keep on, um, "living." Adam the Mindclone meets the real Marc Gregorio--and his new girlfriend Molly Schaeffer. Adam loves her, too. But how does a digital entity experience love? He can't even experience pizza. His one compensation: a powerful digital brain. At Molly's urging, he applies it to unearthing terrorist plots, aborting schoolyard mayhem, exposing congressional malfeasance and Wall Street chicanery. However, his good deeds gain the attention of a power-mad military contractor who will stop at nothing-theft, kidnapping and worse-to control the technology for his own ends. Without a body, how will Adam save himself - and the world - from a terrible fate? If you enjoy near-term science fiction about artificial intelligence and its consequences, including what happens when the human and his digital twin both desire the same woman, then you'll want to read Mindclone--a moving and offbeat romantic sci-fi thriller by David T. Wolf.
What if the greatest threat to our lives came not from above ... but from the PAST? Against all odds, the fiercest lizards to walk on Earth WALK AGAIN. Inventor Danny Hoopenbiller, no longer a child, must lead the United States Army in their deadliest mission yet. If he fails, humankind will perish at the claws of the INVASION OF THE DINOSAURS. About The Adventures of Danny Hoopenbiller 5-book series: Danny Hoopenbiller, the titular character, is an ingenious young inventor. The 5-book series chronicles Danny's ridiculous inventions and heart-pounding adventures. His exploits take him through a diverse group of locations, from Earthly places like New York and Yucatan, Mexico to interstellar settings such as Foodland the Planet Seventh Whether Danny's fighting for the future of the human race or aiming to get back home after a portal mishap, he always manages to throw in a bit of humor as well. Traveling through time, portals and wormholes, Danny teams up with a colorful cast of allies (e.g. POTUS, US Army, NASA, Albert Einstein's long lost daughter Lieserl, the Havocker brothers and his family) for adventures ranging from an exploration beyond the solar system to high-stakes battles against otherworldly adversaries such as Martians, dinosaurs and Dinozillas Enjoy this adventure Books 1 and 2 are not part of the main story arc, but they can be read independently and are written for elementary school readers Books 3 through 5 contain the main story arc of the series, where Danny (a talented inventor) leads the US Army in a fight for the survival of humanity against intelligent, formidable dinosaur mutants. Advanced readers should start with Book 3, "Danny and the Invasion of the Dinosaurs". No matter where you start, you can be assured that every Danny Hoopenbiller adventure is chock-full of humor and imagination Book 1: Danny and the Portal of the WorldBook 2: Danny and the Trip to Outer SpaceBook 3: Danny and the Invasion of the DinosaursBook 4: Danny and the Revenge of the DinosaursBook 5: Danny and the Wrath of the Dinosaurs
The first comprehensive treatment of the state's fascinating geological history.The Geology of Mississippi is an encyclopedic work by authors with extensive experience in Mississippi's surface geology mapping program. It brings together published work, unpublished work from agency files, and the authors' experience, both in personal field work and in collaboration with experts from around the word.With over a thousand images, the voluminous text relates ways in which Mississippi's geology has contributed to the understanding of global events, such as the extinction of the dinosaurs and the first occurrence of tiny primates. Fossil illustrations include Devonian trilobites, Mississippian scale trees, Pennsylvanian brachiopods, Cretaceous dinosaur bones, Paleocene lignite and petrified wood, Eocene seashells and the excavation of fossil whales, Oligocene marine fossils and rare land mammal finds, Miocene plants and animals, Paleozoic marine fossils, and the bones of giant ice-age mammals. The text is arranged by geologic age.Economic minerals cited in the book include oil and gas (both methane and carbon dioxide), lignite, dimension stone, crushed stone, sand and gravel, various clay deposits, limestone, and potential economic deposits of bauxite, heavy minerals, and iron ore. Groundwater is Mississippi's most valuable natural resource and supplies over 90 percent of the state's public and industrial water supply and most of the state's irrigation supply for agriculture and catfish ponds. Mississippi's surface geology causes the state's fertile and not-so-fertile soil types responsible for foundation and infrastructure substrates that range from stable to failure-prone due to expansive clays. Finally, The Geology of Mississippi, coupled with site-specific surface geologic maps, provides information for the wise use of land and the environmental protection of the state's resources.
In this intellectual biography of one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century, David T. Byrne reveals the fascinating life of James Burnham. Beginning his intellectual career as a disciple of Leon Trotsky, Burnham preached socialist revolution to the American working classes during the Great Depression. In 1940 he split with Trotsky over the nature of the USSR. Attempting to explain the world that was emerging in the early days of World War II, Burnham penned one of the most successful political works of the early 1940s, titled The Managerial Revolution. This dystopian treatise predicted collectivization and rule by bland managers and bureaucrats. Burnham's next book, The Machiavellians, argued that political elites seek only to obtain and maintain power, and democracy is best achieved by resisting them. After World War II, Burnham became one of the foremost anticommunists in the United States. His The Struggle for the World and The Coming Defeat of Communism remain two of the most important books of the early Cold War era. Rejecting George F. Kennan's policy of containment, Burnham demanded an aggressive foreign policy against the Soviet Union. Along with William F. Buckley, Burnham helped found National Review magazine in 1955, where he expressed his political views for more than two decades. As Byrne shows in James Burnham, the political theorist's influence has stretched from George Orwell to Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump's base. Burnham's ideas about the elite and power remain part of US political discourse and, perhaps, have more relevance than ever before.
In his newest book, David Phillips explains 17 positive features of The Family Bank Strategy and lists 10 factors that have come together to make it one of the premium safe money strategies today. For many of you, The Family Bank Strategy is a way to lock in the value of your estate for loved ones, earn a solid tax-free return on your cash value, and have tax-free access to the capital when you need it. It can play an important role in increasing your family's after-tax wealth.
