A child of abuse and neglect, Arthur Gilliam finds solace in the yawning arches and resounding melodies of the church. But the broken healer leaves a wake of failure and disappointment until he faces the most ominous trial of his life. From the lush forests of Oregon and the ebbing tides of Washington’s majestic waterways, Arthur’s journey leads to an exotic Rwandan jungle that grows darker each day with growing unrest. Feeding on the worst of human impulses, can genocide draw something better out of Arthur? From the Dark Domain is the first published book in the Luke Thomas Series by Keith Potter.

The Dark Domain Martin Winter first meets the Auber twins on holiday beside Derwentwater - where their great and mysterious house looms over the lakeside. They strike up an immediate friendship... and when they come together again as adults, the old bonds seem to remain. Geoffrey is now a leading figure in the glamorous London art world, and Martin's earlier passion for the beautiful Leila now matures into an adult love affair. But an ancient curse shadows the Auber family. And when Martin steps over the threshold dividing past from present, the worldly from the supernatural, he understands at last the danger threatening the doomed House of Auber - and himself.

Eugénio de Andrade (born 1923) is Portugal's best-known living poet. The four classical elements are never absent from his work. Nor is the human body whose sensuality and sexuality lie at the heart of Dark Domain.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information Systems Security, ICISS 2017, held in Mumbai, India, in December 2017. The 17 revised full papers and 7 short papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 73 submissions. The papers address the following topics: privacy/cryptography, systems security, security analysis, identity management and access control, security attacks and detection, network security.

The only reference book which discusses the usage of nanoprobes for structure determination, in an industry where miniaturisation is the main focus. Designed for newcomers as well as professionals already in the industry.

STUCK IN A VIDEO GAME and facing certain death, Flynn takes his only option. He steps through a portal. . . The second book in the series, Flynn's Log 2: Thorn's Lair, finds Flynn on the other side of the portal. Flynn and friends travel into a terrifying place and face never before seen masses of mobs! Flynn discovers why he is in the game and learns how to exit, but it will not be easy. To fulfill his destiny he must make a dangerous journey. With the help of his friends both digital and physical, will Flynn get out? About the Flynn's Log series: In the near future, video games begin to change and evolve. Random bits of data create a virtual intelligence that takes over the digital world. A digital crisis is born, bringing the real world to a halt. The only person who can save the world is Flynn, but he needs help from his friends, the Hackers. “Very thrilling idea and plot.” -Michelle Au “One of the best books since the 'The Lost Hero'. With one-liners, cliff hangers, and a super-intelligent ultra spider” -Tayo Fafunwa “My son really enjoys this series so far, keeps him reading every day! After he finished this book he was even interested in reading other subjects because he felt more confident to read a chapter book.” -Montana Mom

By recirculating light in a nonlinear propagation medium, the nonlinear optical cavity allows for countless options of light transformation and manipulation. In passive media, optical bistability and frequency conversion are central figures. In active media, laser light can be generated with versatile underlying dynamics. Emphasizing on ultrafast dynamics, the vital arena for the information technology, the soliton is a common conceptual keyword, thriving into its modern developments with the closely related denominations of dissipative solitons and cavity solitons. Recent technological breakthroughs in optical cavities, from micro-resonators to ultra-long fiber cavities, have entitled the exploration of nonlinear optical dynamics over unprecedented spatial and temporal orders of magnitude. By gathering key contributions by renowned experts, this book aims at bridging the gap between recent research topics with a view to foster cross-fertilization between research areas and stimulating creative optical engineering design.

For thousands of years it has been assumed that the core teaching of the Buddha - the Middle Way - has been understood - But has it? In this book an Immortal who was the beloved disciple of Siddhartha reveals otherwise - that there is a lost key to restore the teaching of the master.