Marius: 222 books

The Future of Religious Minorities in the Middle East addresses the domestic and international politics that have created conditions for contemporary religious cleansing in the Middle East. It provides a platform for a host of distinguished scholars, journalists, human rights activists, and political...

William and Luke continue their investigation into who was really behind the events that led to William's exile, and become ever more convinced that the person in question is from the future.  But before they can discover anything further, unknown alien entities start swarming the time stations,...

In the year 2509, over sixty years since the invention of time travel, the timeline is monitored and policed by Temporal Security. During his routine end-of-shift checks, Commander William Herschel, a vampire with an outstanding career in the organisation, discovers that someone is using the time...

In the year 2511, nearly two years after the destruction of Earth, the last human colony is thriving on the desert planet Copernicus.  But its hopeful prosperity is threatened when Muteki finds a way to return from the dead, with the help of a few of his loyal followers.  While taking refuge in...

Having just escaped from the events at Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds in 1779, William and the mortally wounded Larissa have been taken from their intended destination and land on the planet Melhandur; a world trapped in the medieval era where technology cannot function.  Immediately upon their arrival...

Reunited after their separation at Kirkstall Abbey in 1779, William, Larissa, Luke and Cerah set out to investigate the earliest appearance of the Sapphirus Tempus, curious as to why Talamayn told William that it was the last remaining artefact from an alternative timeline when William recently discovered...

Earth is being conquered by the Centaurs in multiple timelines, some of Valentinian's crew have already been lost, and the Sapphirus Tempus has been destroyed.  The Centaurs' human-like androids have infiltrated human society in each timeline, and their simultaneous attacks across the world precede...

This book provides a pedagogical examination of the way in which stochastic models are encountered in applied sciences and techniques such as physics, engineering, biology and genetics, economics and social sciences. It covers Markov and semi-Markov models, as well as their particular cases: Poisson,...

The world as we have known it for the past century would have been very different without petroleum. Petroleum, particularly in the form of crude oil and its refined products, has been central to all aspects of modern industrial society and has been a major strategic geopolitical objective for nations....

In the past decade, there has been a substantial increase of grid-feeding photovoltaic applications, thus raising the importance of solar electricity in the energy mix. This trend is expected to continue and may even increase. Apart from the high initial investment cost, the fluctuating nature of...

Reckoning with mass crimes perpetrated by an ideologically driven regime entails engaging in a thorough-going exploration of its utopian foundations. In the case of Romania, such an analysis requires an interpretation of the role of personality in the construction of a uniquely grotesque and unrepentant...

This book offers a critical overview of established and emerging manifestations of domestic violence across Europe. It describes how countries within and outside the EU are responding to the problem in policy, practice and research. Eminent academics and professionals from a range of European...

Après une jeunesse un peu aventurière, Pierre Sic est devenu photographe. Il est tombé fou amoureux de Leia, une ravissante métisse au tempérament bien trempé avec qui il est parti en lune de miel sur l’île paradisiaque de Saint-Martin, dans les Antilles. Le dernier jour, au cours d’un...

The VAT Carousel Fraud has seriously undermined the financial integrity of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This timely book is the first to give an overview of fraud in the carbon market. Written by a former broker, it presents unique material on the carbon fraud mechanics and...