Giantkiller
Giantkiller

Author: Ariele Sieling

Publisher: Ariele Sieling

Published:

Total Pages: 132

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Jack has finally arrived on Rove City, after spending three months on a ship overflowing with other refugees from Jord. The only problem is, Rove City was not expecting them, and is not prepared to manage the influx of people fleeing the destruction of their home. In addition, Jack is still struggling with the affects of the Stalk's intrusion into her mind—rather than decreasing, the symptoms seem to have gotten worse throughout the journey. To compound all this, when Jack seeks out the family she left behind years ago, she learns that her mother is dead and her sister has been imprisoned for crimes against the queen. And when Ace asks Jack to testify to finish bringing down the Solv Company, Jack starts to think that her only option is to leave Rove City again, this time forever. As Jack tries to navigate this new world on board Rove City, manage the worsening symptoms of the Stalk's influence, and figure out what's going on with her sister, she begins to realize that though the Stalk might be gone, there are much, much worse things to take its place.

Metal and Flesh
Metal and Flesh

Author: Ollivier Dyens

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2001-10-12

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780262262422

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A poetic exploration of the new world created by the collision of the biological body with technology and culture. For more than 3,000 years, humans have explored uncharted geographic and spiritual realms. Present-day explorers face new territories born from the coupling of living tissue and metal, strange lifeforms that are intelligent but unconscious, neither completely alive nor dead. Our bodies are now made of machines, images, and information. We are becoming cultural bodies in a world inhabited by cyborgs, clones, genetically modified animals, and innumerable species of human/information symbionts. Ollivier Dyens's Metal and Flesh is about two closely related phenomena: the technologically induced transformation of our perceptions of the world and the emergence of a cultural biology. Culture, according to Dyens, is taking control of the biosphere. Focusing on the twentieth century—which will be remembered as the century in which the living body was blurred, molded, and transformed by technology and culture—Dyens ruminates on the undeniable and irreversible human/machine entanglement that is changing the very nature of our lives.

The Silver Skull
The Silver Skull

Author: Ariele Sieling

Publisher: Ariele Sieling

Published: 2023-10-06

Total Pages: 121

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It's been one year since Amarok offered Maybelle a job aboard his vessel, and she hasn't heard from him since. Anger, concern, and irritation towards him have plagued her, but now all she feels is worried—and bored. Her father has been on the straight and narrow, has a new job, and is taking care of Maybelle's sisters competently. And Maybelle feels adrift and unsure of what her future holds. In one last effort to reach out to Amarok, Maybelle agrees to a strange task: collect a mysterious item hidden in a bot sent to the mechanic's shop where she works, and deliver it to the resistance. Maybelle has heard of the resistance, and after some initial hesitation, she decides it's worth the risk, especially if it leads her to finding out what happened to Amarok. But one task for the resistance leads to another, and Maybelle finds herself dragged into a web and of intrigue and danger far more complex than she ever could have imagined. This is the tenth book in the Rove City series, and the second installment of Maybelle's story.

Max
Max

Author: Dutch Medford

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2023-01-16

Total Pages: 747

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Max By: Dutch Medford The idea for this book came in the form of a dream that spurred the author into writing “Max,” a spellbinding tale of a man finding a 7’ tall black metal statue and a small black box made of the same unique material in a debris mound in a strangely formed gulch in Colorado. Later he discovers that the little black box was the power source that brought the statue to life. This is the story of David and Max’s fearful first encounter and their eventual bond of friendship that leads the two to journey through the dark side of our Government’s power and determination to capture the alien and David with the goal to discover and take position of the two alien crafts, hidden somewhere in a chamber in the Colorado mountains. This is book one of two books planned in this series. Warning, once you start reading this book, you will not want to put it down.

Inorganic and Organometallic Transition Metal Complexes with Biological Molecules and Living Cells
Inorganic and Organometallic Transition Metal Complexes with Biological Molecules and Living Cells

Author: Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2016-12-30

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 012803887X

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Inorganic and Organometallic Transition Metal Complexes with Biological Molecules and Living Cells provides a complete overview of this important research area that is perfect for both newcomers and expert researchers in the field. Through concise chapters written and edited by esteemed experts, this book brings together a comprehensive treatment of the area previously only available through scattered, lengthy review articles in the literature. Advanced topics of research are covered, with particular focus on recent advances in the biological applications of transition metal complexes, including inorganic medicine, enzyme inhibitors, antiparasital agents, and biological imaging reagents. - Geared toward researchers and students who seek an introductory overview of the field, as well as researchers working in advanced areas - Focuses on the interactions of inorganic and organometallic transition metal complexes with biological molecules and live cells - Foscuses on the fundamentals and their potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications - Covers recent biological applications of transition metal complexes, such as anticancer drugs, enzyme inhibitors, bioconjugation agents, chemical biology tools, and bioimaging reagents

The Stalk
The Stalk

Author: Ariele Sieling

Publisher: Ariele Sieling

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 109

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Every year, members of Jack's community are invited to meet with the wealthy founders of the Stalk, the living space elevator that casts its massive shadow over every part of her life. Every few years, one of the chosen is a Digger like Jack--who returns to the community only to throw themselves to their death. Jack doesn't want to think about the Stalk. She doesn't want to think about the friends she's lost. But this year, it's her turn—and refusing the invitation isn't an option. When she arrives, she only has one goal: stay alive. But as she encounters a mix of people in the highest positions of power and other ordinary citizens like herself, she begins to realize that the truth about the Stalk is bigger than all of them--and darker than she could have imagined. And she's the only one with the power to stop it. The Stalk is a science fiction retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, and the second in the Rove City series.

Rattled
Rattled

Author: Ariele Sieling

Publisher: Ariele Sieling

Published:

Total Pages: 127

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Sophia’s life is a mess. She’s dating her boss. Working in a job she doesn’t want. And now, she’s being poached by the Queen’s Lab to work on a super-secret project she has no interest in. But when security shows up at her door to escort her to the Tower, she decides she might as well see what all the fuss is about. There she meets Thorne, a mysterious, enigmatic colleague whose position at the lab isn’t entirely clear. But only moments after meeting him, he offers her a cryptic warning: keep your morals to yourself. At first, she’s offended by this advice—but the reason quickly becomes clear: there’s nothing simple about trying to help people who are being eaten alive by living metal. In only a matter of days, Sophia is drawn into a world of mystery, excitement, and danger, and as far as she can tell, there’s no way out. This is a science fiction retelling of Rumpelstiltskin and Book 6 in the Rove City series.

Quonset Hut
Quonset Hut

Author: Julie Decker

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2005-10-06

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781568985190

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An unexpected architectural phenomenon-something like a halved tin can turned on its side-swept across the American landscape after World War II: the Quonset hut. Originally designed during the war for use as makeshift housing for soldiers and their families around the world, the seemingly ubiquitous Quonset hut housed a rapidly expanding nation in the 1940s and 1950s both at work and at play. From recording studios-a Quonset was responsible for the birth of the "Nashville sound"--To the 1948 congressional campaign headquarters of Gerald Ford, to an endless variety of incarnations including bars, movie theaters, classrooms, supermarkets, restaurants, and houses of worship, the Quonset hut was the shape of a nation in need of affordable, easy-to-build shelter. Quonset Hut: Metal Living for a Modern Age is a fascinating look at a surprising architectural sensation and offers a refreshing, revealing, and untold story of a true American icon.