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The book presents twelve state of the art contributions in the
field of numerical modeling of materials subjected to large strain,
high strain rates, large pressure and high stress triaxialities,
organized into two sections. The first part is focused on high
strain rate-high pressures such as those occurring in impact
dynamics and shock compression related phenomena, dealing with
material response identification, advanced modeling incorporating
microstructure and damage, stress waves propagation in solids and
structures response under impact. The latter part is focused on
large strain-low strain rates applications such as those occurring
in technological material processing, dealing with microstructure
and texture evolution, material response at elevated temperatures,
structural behavior under large strain and multi axial state of
stress.
Helix is a fast-paced action adventure novel following the plight
of four humans when they crashland on what they think is a
desolate, ice-bound planet. Daylight brings the discovery that the
planet is one of thousands arranged in a vast spiral wound about a
central sun. They set off to discover a more habitable, Earth-like
world and come across strange races of aliens, and life-threatening
perils, on their way.
In December 1943, a top secret contract (E.24/43) was awarded to
Miles Aircraft. The contract was to build the world's first
supersonic jet capable of 1000mph. The only reliable source of data
on supersonic objects came from the Armament Research Dept and
their wind tunnel tests on ammunition. From this, Miles developed
an exceptionally thin-winged, bullet-shaped aircraft. the research
was inexplicably passed to the Americans in 1944. By December 1945,
one prototype was virtually complete. The second, destined for an
attempt at the sound barrier was 80 per cent complete. In February
1946, Capt Eric Brown was confirmed as the test pilot and October
1946 was set for the supersonic trials. However, on 12 February
1946, Miles were ordered to stop production. No plausible
explanation was given for the cancellation when Britain was within
six months of breaking the sound barrier. Eric Brown and others
directly involved including Dennis Bancroft, the Chief
Aerodynamicist on the M.52, have now come together to try and
finally solve the mystery behind the cancellation.
Donald Langham and Maria Dupre must navigate a rocky road to find a
killer when a body is found next to a standing stone. Newlyweds
Donald Langham and Maria Dupre have moved to the country. They're
excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of
Ingoldby-over-Water - and about meeting their new neighbours. But
they've barely moved into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour
at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw, invites Donald
over to discuss some 'fishy business'. Shortly after, a body is
found by the professor's precious standing stone in the manor
grounds. Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and
resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but
can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?
And then there was one . . . can Donald Langham and Maria Dupre
stop a killer who's picking off victims one by one? December, 1956.
Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupre receives a chilling invitation to
attend a death at the home of Maxwell Falwell Fenton in Essex. The
once-prominent artist has a number of enemies, and has faded into
obscurity since the war ended. Is the invitation to his own death
or someone else's? Arriving at Winterfield on a cold winter
evening, Donald and Maria meet five strangers who have also
received numbered invitations. They all had a reason to hate or
fear Maxwell - including Maria, who reveals a secret from her own
past. But is she telling the whole truth? The soiree produces a
gruesome and dramatic twist, but it's about to get much worse when
someone starts picking off the six, one by one. Can Donald untangle
lies, betrayal, and incredible revelations to identify the killer
before Maria becomes the next victim?
Donald Langham and Maria Dupre must navigate a rocky road to find a
killer when a body is found next to a standing stone. Newlyweds
Donald Langham and Maria Dupre have moved to the country. They're
excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of
Ingoldby-over-Water - and about meeting their new neighbours. But
they've barely moved into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour
at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw, invites Donald
over to discuss some 'fishy business'. Shortly after, a body is
found by the professor's precious standing stone in the manor
grounds. Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and
resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but
can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?
In 2025, the Serene arrive from Delta Pavonis V, and change
mankind's destiny forever. The gentle aliens bring peace to an
ailing world - a world riven by war, terrorism and poverty, by
rising conflicts over natural resources - and offer an end to need
and violence. But not everyone supports the seemingly benign
invasion. There are those who benefit from conflict, who cherish
chaos, and they will stop at nothing to bring back the old days.
When Sally Walsh is kidnapped by terrorists and threatened with
death, it seems that only a miracle can save her life. Geoff Allen,
photo-journalist, is contacted by the Serene and offered the
opportunity to work with the aliens in their mission. For Sally,
Geoff, and billions of other citizens of Earth, nothing will ever
be the same again...
"It's time to let bygones be bygones. Water under the bridge,
right? What happened . happened a long time ago." When Langham's
literary agent receives a cryptic letter inviting him to spend the
weekend at the grand Cornish home of successful novelist Denbigh
Connaught, Charles Elder seems reluctant to attend. What really
happened between Elder and Connaught during the summer of 1917,
nearly forty years before - and why has it had such a devastating
effect on Charles? Accompanying his agent to Connaught House,
Langham and his wife Maria discover that Charles is not the only
one to have received a letter. But why has Denbigh Connaught
gathered together a group of people who each bear him a grudge?
When a body is discovered in Connaught's study, the ensuing
investigation uncovers dark secrets that haunt the past of each and
every guest - including Charles Elder himself .
1950s Private Investigator Donald Langham discovers that truth is
stranger than fiction when he investigates a murder on an American
movie set. 1956. Having just started work as a professional private
investigator, Donald Langham's first client is American movie star
Suzie Reynard, currently shooting a murder mystery film at Marling
Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in the depths of the Norfolk
countryside. The film's director - Suzie's lover - has been
receiving threats and Suzie is convinced his life is in danger. On
arriving at Marling Hall with his fiancee Maria, Langham finds the
film set awash with clashing egos, petty jealousies, ill-advised
love affairs and seething resentments. Matters come to a head when
a body is discovered in the director's trailer. It would appear to
be an open-and-shut case when someone confesses to the murder.
Donald and Maria are not convinced - but why would someone confess
to a crime they haven't committed? If Langham is to uncover the
truth, he must delve into the past and another murder that took
place more than twenty years before .
The book presents twelve state of the art contributions in the
field of numerical modeling of materials subjected to large strain,
high strain rates, large pressure and high stress triaxialities,
organized into two sections. The first part is focused on high
strain rate-high pressures such as those occurring in impact
dynamics and shock compression related phenomena, dealing with
material response identification, advanced modeling incorporating
microstructure and damage, stress waves propagation in solids and
structures response under impact. The latter part is focused on
large strain-low strain rates applications such as those occurring
in technological material processing, dealing with microstructure
and texture evolution, material response at elevated temperatures,
structural behavior under large strain and multi axial state of
stress.
This historical mystery series represents an exciting new direction
for award-winning science fiction writer Eric Brown. London, 1955.
When crime writer Donald Langham's literary agent asks for his help
in sorting out 'a delicate matter', little does Langham realize
what he's getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads
inexorably to murder as London's literary establishment is rocked
by a series of increasingly bizarre deaths. With three members of
the London Crime Writers' Association coming to sudden and violent
ends, what at first appeared to be a series of suicides looks
suspiciously like murder - and there seems to be something horribly
familiar about the various methods of despatch. With the help of
his literary agent's assistant, the delectable Maria Dupre, Langham
finds himself drawing on the skills of his fictional detective hero
as he hunts a ruthless and fiendishly clever killer - a killer with
old scores to settle.
Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is invited to a remote Scottish
castle to solve an intriguing mystery. It's the bitterly cold
December of 1955, and Donald Langham has been asked by his friend,
private detective Ralph Ryland, to assist him on a case. Ryland has
been contacted by their old commanding officer, Major Cartwright,
who has reasons to believe that his life is under threat at his
remote castle in the Scottish Highlands. On arriving at the castle,
Langham and Ryland learn that Major Cartwright is attempting to
raise the wreck of a German fighter plane which crashed into the
loch in 1945. But it's not only the bad weather that has put a halt
to the progress of the salvage. Soon after Langham's arrival, one
of Cartwright's guests is brutally murdered - and the hunt is on to
stop a ruthless killer before he - or she - strikes again
Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is invited to a remote Scottish
castle to solve an intriguing mystery. It's the bitterly cold
December of 1955, and Donald Langham has been asked by his friend,
private detective Ralph Ryland, to assist him on a case. Ryland has
been contacted by their old commanding officer, Major Cartwright,
who has reasons to believe that his life is under threat at his
remote castle in the Scottish Highlands. On arriving at the castle,
Langham and Ryland learn that Major Cartwright is attempting to
raise the wreck of a German fighter plane which crashed into the
loch in 1945. But it's not only the bad weather that has put a halt
to the progress of the salvage. Soon after Langham's arrival, one
of Cartwright's guests is brutally murdered - and the hunt is on to
stop a ruthless killer before he - or she - strikes again
The search for a missing artist draws Donald Langham and Ralph
Ryland into London's criminal underworld, with deadly consequences.
London. April, 1957. Private investigator Donald Langham is
approached by retired businessman Vernon Lombard to find his
missing son, Christopher. But what appears to be a simple case of a
missing artist becomes far more alarming when Langham realizes
there's more to Christopher's disappearance than meets the eye, and
then makes a terrible discovery. Meanwhile, Langham's business
partner Ralph Ryland's search for a missing greyhound forces him to
confront a shameful secret from his own past, with terrifying
consequences. Can Langham navigate London's criminal underworld,
fascism and deception to track down a killer and save Ralph's life?
Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is faced with the classic
locked-room conundrum in this engaging historical mystery July,
1955. Donald Langham has interrupted his romantic break in rural
Suffolk with the delectable Maria Dupre to assist a fellow writer.
Alastair Endicott has requested Langham's help in discovering
what's happened to his father, Edward, who seems to have
disappeared without trace from inside his locked study. Before he
vanished, the elder Endicott had been researching a book on the
notorious Satanist Vivian Stafford. Could the proposed biography
have something to do with his disappearance? Does local resident
Stafford really possess supernatural powers, as some believe? As
Langham and Dupre question those around them, it becomes clear that
there have been strange goings-on in the sleepy village of Humble
Barton. But is the village really haunted - or does someone merely
want it to look that way? With a further shocking discovery, the
case takes a disturbing new twist.
Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is faced with the classic
locked-room conundrum in this engaging historical mystery July,
1955. Donald Langham has interrupted his romantic break in rural
Suffolk with the delectable Maria Dupre to assist a fellow writer.
Alastair Endicott has requested Langham's help in discovering
what's happened to his father, Edward, who seems to have
disappeared without trace from inside his locked study. Before he
vanished, the elder Endicott had been researching a book on the
notorious Satanist Vivian Stafford. Could the proposed biography
have something to do with his disappearance? Does local resident
Stafford really possess supernatural powers, as some believe? As
Langham and Dupre question those around them, it becomes clear that
there have been strange goings-on in the sleepy village of Humble
Barton. But is the village really haunted - or does someone merely
want it to look that way? With a further shocking discovery, the
case takes a disturbing new twist.
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Bengal Station: an exotic spaceport that dominates the ocean
between India and Burma. Jaded telepath, Jeff Vaughan, is employed
by the spaceport authorities to monitor incoming craft for refugees
from other worlds. When he discovers a sinister cult that worships
an mysterious alien god, he's drawn into an deadly investigation.
Not only must he attempt to solve the murders, but he has to save
himself from the psychopath out to kill him. Necropath is Eric
Brown's triumphant return to hard SF.
The theft of a painting takes crime-writer sleuth Donald Langham to
a country house full of seething tensions, resentment and dark
secrets. November, 1956. Lord Elsmere, an old friend of Donald
Langham's literary agent, Charles Elder, is in a pickle - his
favourite painting, a Gainsborough, has been stolen from under his
nose. What's more, there's no evidence of a break-in. The family
heirloom was recently re-insured for a hefty price, and Elsmere is
struggling financially. Could he have staged the theft, or was it
taken by one of the guests? Old Major Rutherford, evasive beauty
Rebecca Miles, Dutch war hero Patrick Verlinden, Elsmere's son
Dudley Mariner and his statuesque sculpture fiancee, Esmeralda
Bellamy, are all guests at the manor. But who would steal the
painting, and why? Private investigators Langham and Ralph Ryland
take on the case and soon uncover seething animosities, jealousy,
secrets and deception, before events take a shocking turn.
Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is invited to a remote Scottish
castle to solve an intriguing mystery. It's the bitterly cold
December of 1955, and Donald Langham has been asked by his friend,
private detective Ralph Ryland, to assist him on a case. Ryland has
been contacted by their old commanding officer, Major Cartwright,
who has reasons to believe that his life is under threat at his
remote castle in the Scottish Highlands. On arriving at the castle,
Langham and Ryland learn that Major Cartwright is attempting to
raise the wreck of a German fighter plane which crashed into the
loch in 1945. But it's not only the bad weather that has put a halt
to the progress of the salvage. Soon after Langham's arrival, one
of Cartwright's guests is brutally murdered - and the hunt is on to
stop a ruthless killer before he - or she - strikes again
Imagine the world if the Allies had lost the Second World War... Philip K. Dick trips the switches of our minds with his vision of the world as it might have been: the African continent virtually wiped out, the Mediterranean drained to make farmland, the United States divided between the Japanese and the Nazis...In the neutral zone that divides the rival superpowers in America lives the author of an underground best-seller. His book - a rallying cry for all those who dream of overthrowing the occupiers - offers an alternative theory of world history. Does 'reality' lie with him, or is his world just one among many others?
For ten years, Paul has scrabbled for survival among the
sand-shrouded ruins of the once-great city of Paris. The seas have
dried up, deserts cover much of the Earth's surface, and humanity
has been all but annihilated, as much by the drought as by the
nuclear and biological conflicts following the great Breakdown.
Desperate bands of humans still survive. Some scrape a living in
the remains of shattered cities; others resort to murder and
cannibalism to survive. When Paul is rescued from one such group of
killers, he joins his benefactors in their journey south in search
of water and salvation. Guardians of the Phoenix tells the story of
the last survivors on planet Earth, their desperate fight for
survival and their last hope to save the world.
NOW AN AMAZON ORIGINAL SERIES 'Truth, she thought. As terrible as
death. But harder to find.' America, fifteen years after the end of
the Second World War. The winning Axis powers have divided their
spoils: the Nazis control New York, while California is ruled by
the Japanese. But between these two states - locked in a cold war -
lies a neutal buffer zone in which legendary author Hawthorne
Abendsen is rumoured to live. Abendsen lives in fear of his life
for he has written a book in which World War Two was won by the
Allies. . .
Survival Is All In The Mind A downed terraforming ship. An ice
planet. A hostile alien race. Delia Kemp has had better
expeditions. Stranded, alone and hunted by the native Skelt for her
scientific knowledge, Delia is chased across the undiscovered world
of Valinda as its long winter comes to an end and a blistering
summer approaches. Strange new companions, phantasmagorical
landscapes, and a death-defying dash across Valinda's fiery equator
lead Delia ever close to the valley of Mahkanda - where salvation
just might be waiting...
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