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A fascinating look at extraterrestrial volcanoes in our Solar System. The volcano – among the most familiar and perhaps the most terrifying of all geological phenomena. However, Earth isn't the only planet to harbour volcanoes. In fact, the Solar System, and probably the entire Universe, is littered with them. Our own Moon, which is now a dormant piece of rock, had lava flowing across its surface billions of years ago, while Mars can be credited with the largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, which stands 25km high. While Mars's volcanoes are long dead, volcanic activity continues in almost every other corner of the Solar System, in the most unexpected of locations. We tend to think of Earth volcanoes as erupting hot, molten lava and emitting huge, billowing clouds of incandescent ash. However, it isn't necessarily the same across the rest of the Solar System. For a start, some volcanoes aren't even particularly hot. Those on Pluto, for example, erupt an icy slush of substances such as water, methane, nitrogen or ammonia, that freeze to form ice mountains as hard as rock. While others, like the volcanoes on one of Jupiter's moons, Io, erupt the hottest lavas in the Solar System onto a surface covered in a frosty coating of sulphur. Whether they are formed of fire or ice, volcanoes are of huge importance for scientists trying to picture the inner workings of a planet or moon. Volcanoes dredge up materials from the otherwise inaccessible depths and helpfully deliver them to the surface. The way in which they erupt, and the products they generate, can even help scientists ponder bigger questions on the possibility of life elsewhere in the Solar System. Fire and Ice is an exploration of the Solar System's volcanoes, from the highest peaks of Mars to the intensely inhospitable surface of Venus and the red-hot summits of Io, to the coldest, seemingly dormant icy carapaces of Enceladus and Europa, an unusual look at how these cosmic features are made, and whether such active planetary systems might host life.
Danny Patterson never promised that he was a good man, and despite the tough exterior he has often exhibited as a result of his experiences living in Leigh Park, he is actually quite vulnerable. But with Stacy Ryan at his side, he is finally beginning to find some closure. He has fought for what he believes in on many occasions, and when he finds himself the prey of Alistair Carter and a sinister group known as The Rogues, he is inadvertently pulled into a grotesque game of cat and mouse from which he may not survive. With Carter slowly striking at the heart of everything he holds dear, Danny knows that in order to stop the bloodshed, he must learn to fight fire with fire and draw a line in the sand in order to protect the girl he loves. What is the connection between The Rogues and a failed military operation in Iraq? Why is Carter trying to spark an underground street war between two deadly enemies? And why is Danny about to meet his fate in the hills and mountains of Cumbria? Today, the fall begins
A shaman hunts a silver fox through the frosted snow. A brave little robin defies a polar bear. The blind Viking god of winter plays a dangerous game with his brother, the god of summer. . . Explore wintertime through the eyes of cultures around the world with this chilly collection of traditional tales. From the frozen tundra of Canada to the far off islands in the Pacific Ocean, explore how diverse peoples have told the story of winter.
Fire and Ice A Science fiction romantic thriller that will leave everyone waiting in suspense with each page they turn in this first novel by Connie R. Vejar. Dillon lane had given up on love and had remained single for years, now and was looking forward to taking her first vacation since her children left home. She never expected to fall in love again, especially with a vampire and Nicholas Logan had spent centuries walking this earth alone, given up on finding his soul mate until he found Dillon Lane. Dillon also had no idea that lying in her own cellular makeup lay the power to bring life back into vampire’s with just her touch but would they survive to give this super natural love affair a fighting chance.
Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers. Four flashes of light erupt, and from them emerge the unmistakable shapes of incredible beasts - a wolf, a leopard, a panda, a falcon. Suddenly the paths of these children - and the world - have been changed for ever.
Ruler of a kingdom lost to time, love was the last thing the centaur king expected... Uriel's journey to the isolated Silvermane kingdom to visit his brother and Tarsus, his brother's mate, turns deadly when he's ambushed by enemy minotaurs. Although Uriel is captured, he manages to escape with the help of a tanuso—a timid minotaur kept as a slave for the needs of cruel warrior minotaurs. He is soon rescued by his brother and Arhanyin, king of the Silvermane centaurs and Tarsus's father. Arhanyin reluctantly agrees to allow Uriel and the minotaur into the safety of his reclusive kingdom. But Uriel is a thrill seeker, an adventurous soul who revels in all things pleasurable. The lure of a king who has locked himself away from any love or pleasure is a temptation Uriel cannot resist. He's determined to warm the heart and the bed of this icy centaur king. But what begins as a simple challenge soon becomes something deeper and more perilous when Uriel finds himself wanting, needing, far more... King Arhanyin knows love is only part of his past, lost long ago when his mate died. To have the joy of finding his long-lost son, Tarsus, seemed all he could wish for now. Then Uriel, a brazen, charismatic centaur from the southern lands, blows into his life like a sudden storm. Arhanyin has lived a life of duty and responsibility, aging him before his time. He cannot imagine why this young centaur, so handsome and vital, would find him the least bit attractive. But Uriel does something to him, makes him feel as if all things are possible again. He's in danger of opening his heart to the bold southern centaur even as everything around Arhanyin is changing rapidly. A minotaur is living inside the Silvermane kingdom, Tarsus is finding his way as a true prince to his people, and Arhanyin just might find happiness again—if duty does not destroy it first...
The adventure continues from the first book NaLee. Dragons become humans to protect Frances. The sheriff becomes more sinister, and heads down a dangerous path leaving him to become deranged, and vanish. Ashantis Aunt Evangeline give Frances a taste of the secret world of Voodoo, while NaLee receives her blue pearl. Frances gets to see the majestic world of Atlantis and find the recherch it holds, a world that has never been touched by man. More danger, more mystery, brings you to wanting more!!! The third and last book of the series will be available some time in the next 2 years.
High in the Himalayan valley of Zanskar in northwest India sits a village as isolated as the legendary Shangri-La. Long fed by runoff from glaciers and lofty snowfields, Kumik—a settlement of thirty nine mud brick homes—has survived and thrived in one of the world's most challenging settings for a thousand years. But now its people confront an existential threat: chronic, crippling drought, which leaves the village canal dry and threatens to end their ancient culture of farming and animal husbandry. Fire and Ice weaves together the story of Kumik's inspiring response to this calamity with the story of black carbon. Black carbon from inefficient fires - the particulate residue that makes soot dark - is the second largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. It's also a key ingredient of the air pollution that public health experts regard as humanity's greatest environmental health risk worldwide: soot-laden smoke from household hearth fires and outdoor sources combine to kill over seven million people around the world every year. Jonathan Mingle describes the joys and struggles of daily life in the Zanskar Valley, where villagers are buffeted by powerful environmental and economic forces, while also tracing black carbon's dark fingerprints outward from Kumik and around the world. Mingle investigates its impacts on snow, ice, and water from Mt. Everest to California, and the silent health epidemic it fuels from New York to New Delhi. Combining cultural history, detailed reportage, climate and energy science and dramatic storytelling, Fire and Ice is a profound examination of the global challenges of averting climate chaos and lifting billions out of energy poverty and water scarcity. Can Kumik's people come together to reinvent fire, harness what remains of their life-sustaining ice, and reinvigorate their traditions of solidarity, in time to save themselves? Can the rest of us rise to the same challenge? Fire and Ice connects these questions with the work of enterprising scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and activists around the world, in a narrative that combines mythology, reason, humor, persistence, and hope in a race against a global clock.
Ocean had it all. Or so she thought. She has her dream job and a man who loves and adores her more than life itself. Just when she thinks that she has it all figured out she comes face to face with a handsome man like no other that she's ever crossed paths with and although her task is to bring him and his dynasty to its knees, her heart pulls her in a direction that just may cost her everything that she's worked so hard to obtain. Xavier has it all. Or so he thought. When he meets Ocean he swears its love at first sight. Xavier is drawn to Ocean in the worst way. Little does he know that his dream girl is nothing but trouble wrapped in a pretty package that could cost him everything in the end.
He can start fires with his mind. She’s in danger from the Russian mob. They will both learn trust should be earned, not given. Marine Ruben Velasquez has been tortured, degraded, and humiliated by the very government he vowed to serve. While working on his boss’ quiet ranch, the solitude brings him peace and relative happiness. He’s also learned to control the supernatural ability of starting fires with his mind. Katherine McCoy, a federal prosecutor in Washington D.C., is gearing up for the biggest case of her life: to prosecute Russian mob boss, Sergio Bogrov. However, when she is attacked before the start of the trial, it becomes clear that her involvement in the litigation has put her in mortal danger. Hoping to keep her safe, her uncle enlists help to protect her, and Katherine finds herself under the care of the seductive and secretive cowboy, Ruben. At first, their vast differences has them at odds, yet an intense attraction develops. When a treachery is revealed, their trust is put to the test as they strive to unravel who committed the betrayal… and why.