Lex: 192 books

Lovers Regan and Emmeline are the sole survivors in a post-apocalyptic world. They roam freely through the deserted cities in Great Britain, scavenging what they can, trying to survive in a world that is no more than ash. After a quarrel, Emmeline goes off on her own. But with Regan’s mind being on the verge of insanity, will a little accident mean the end for both women?

"Neither as Christians or Jews, nor simply as intellectually responsible individuals," says Hixon, "have members of Western civilization been sensitively educated or even accurately informed about Islam." As tensions between America and the Middle East grow, we should promote cross-cultural...

Muchas personas se pierden las pequeñas alegrías esperando encontrar la gran felicidad. Mitad género narrativo, mitad género de autoayuda, este libro descubrirá al lector, mediante capítulos cortos a modo de cartas, cómo centrarse en aquello que es realmente importante en la vida y cómo...

The book addresses a crucial issue for all involved in education and training: the transfer of learning to new and different contexts. Educators, employers and learners face the problem of ensuring that what is learnt in the classroom is able to be adapted and used in the workplace. It focuses on...

Everyone wishes they were dead when wandering the purgatory of a home furnishings store, but these guys actually are. Benji Goss is the quintessential good guy. When his boyfriend dumps him and moves out, Benji obligingly keeps the cat—even though he’s allergic—because his ex’s new...

This monograph presents some theoretical and computational aspects of the parameterization method for invariant manifolds, focusing on the following contexts: invariant manifolds associated with fixed points, invariant tori in quasi-periodically forced systems, invariant tori in Hamiltonian systems...

This unique book offers an introduction to the development of renewable energy in Australia in the early 2000s. Examining the rise of dispersed, embedded solar energy systems in Western Australia, it looks specifically at the Solex project in Carnarvon, WA, which pioneered the harvest of solar energy...

"In an age of big data, data journalism and with a wealth of quantitative information around us, it is not enough for students to be taught only 100 year old statistical methods using 'out of the box' software. They need to have 21st-century analytical skills too. This is an excellent and student-friendly...

Se você sempre acreditou que a sorte é uma questão de acaso, esta história inspiradora vai lhe mostrar que ela nada tem a ver com um acontecimento fortuito e que cabe a nós criarmos as condições para que ela aconteça em nossa vida. A Boa Sorte começa com o reencontro de dois amigos de infância...

What would you do to become a bestselling author? Would there be any limit to your obsession to get what you desperately craved?James Baldwin, a thirty-five year old writer of horror and dark fantasy fiction, finds himself in an awkward situation when he hastily resigns from his regular job to pursue...

La autoestima es la herramienta más importante con la que contamos para circular felices por la montaña rusa de la vida. Las 35 historias que integran este libro enseñan a cultivar este poder desde la infancia, despertando la imaginación, el humor, la resiliencia, el amor y la aceptación...

Christmas is a special time on the Forbes Ranch on the Central Coast of California. In two MM Christmas Eve stories set on the ranch we find cowboy Grayson Forbes helping former Air Force pilot Mitch Caulfield get over his nightmares of being shot down in Afghanistan the previous Christmas and the...

Christmas is a special time on the Forbes Ranch on the Central Coast of California. In three Christmas Eve stories set on the ranch we find cowboy supermodel Riley Forbes meeting Elle McAndrews for the first time for a Christmas Hookup, Elle’s assistant Devon Marsh is having a Christmas in Hell...

Function literals, Monads, Lazy evaluation, Currying, and more About This Book Write concise and maintainable code with streams and high-order functions Understand the benefits of currying your Golang functions Learn the most effective design patterns for functional programming and learn when...