
What begins as a harmless night between friends spirals into a dark, twisted game of survival when Candace (London “Deelishis” Charles) sets out to find her husband’s (Oshea Russell) mistress.

What begins as a harmless night between friends spirals into a dark, twisted game of survival when Candace (London “Deelishis” Charles) sets out to find her husband’s (Oshea Russell) mistress.

Only two of them left. In a small village cut off from electricity, in the ‘grey zone’ that formed in Donbas after the Russian invasion in 2014. Childhood enemies, later mine workers, and now pensioners. Their windows and views of life look in the opposite directions, one to the east, the other – to the west, and their lives did not run as desired each in their own way. But then a Russian sniper appears in the village, and the threat of a large offensive is looming. Every day brings the neighbors closer to the inevitable choice – adapt or resist.

Opening in the summer of 1991, young Canadian surfer Nick is called into a cartel’s hideout and tasked with committing a murder on the drug lord’s behalf. Speeding off on his mission along the dark road and hardly able to keep his breath, Nick is stuck in a conundrum that only becomes clear as it flashes back to 1983. Arriving on the Colombian coast to run a surf camp with his eager brother (Corbet), Nick meets the smarmy Maria (Traisac), and quickly falls for her. The sunny beaches provide a notable visual contrast to the murkier scenes that follow, as Nick gradually realizes the extent of Escobar’s power. At social gatherings, Escobar’s domineering personality leaves Nick in a confused state about his priorities.

The floating paradise of Goola is in big trouble when the island begins to sink. An unlikely team of rival monkeys, a smart bunny and a jolly pig must put aside their differences to save the day while learning about friendship and bravery

In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. She shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time.

A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created – which she doesn’t realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she’s helping.

Penelope obsessed with finding her children world crumbles as she succumbs to emotional stress and the silent voices of her new reality. Her husband believes she has lost her mind and watches her deteriorate into a world of darkness.

A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records. In Top Incomes: A Global Perspective New York Times best-selling author Thomas Piketty and noted member of the Conseil d’Analyse Economique, A. B. Atkinson brings together studies of top incomes for twelve countries from around the world, including China, India, Japan, Argentina and Indonesia. Together with the first volume, published in 2007, the studies cover twenty two countries.

Precision medicine is a topical subject that attracts tremendous attention from scientific and medical communities, being set to transform health care in the future. This book will be among the first to cover the detection methods for precision medicine. The first section provides an overview of the biomarkers used for precision medicine, such as proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites. The coverage then turns to sequencing techniques and their applications, and other bioanalytical techniques, including mass spectrometry for proteome and phosphoproteome analysis, immunological methods and droplet technologies. The final sections include biosensors applied to precision medicine and clinical applications.

Reviewing the analytical strategies used in the study of cultural heritage assets such as movable artworks and archaeological items, and immovable objects like mural paintings, archaeological sites and historical buildings, this book pays particular attention to analytical methodology. It is not always necessary to use new and sophisticated instrumentation, what is important is how the instruments are used to obtain reliable, reproducible and repetitive results in view of the problems to be solved. The book considers the influence of the environment on the conservation state including degradation and how modern analytical methods have improved the analysis of materials. It emphasizes multi-method approaches on a range of materials, an approach that is of keen interest to those working in conservation practice.

This book presents the select proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Advances in Metrology (AdMet 2021) organized by Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India. The main theme of the conference was “Sensors and Advance Materials for Measurement and Quality Improvement”. The book highlights and discusses the technological developments in the areas of sensor technology, measurement, advance material for industrial application, automation and quality control. This book is aimed for all the personnel engaged in conformity assessment, quality system management, calibration and testing in all sectors of industry. The book will be a valuable reference for metrologists, scientists, engineers, academicians and students from research institutes and industrial establishments to explore the future directions in the areas of sensors, advance materials, measurement and quality improvement.

Rhea, a charismatic bus conductor attracted to all genders, feels a spark with a shy passenger. As bodies press together on packed buses, desire intensifies and love gets complicated.