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In 2050 there will be 9.3 billion people alive - compared with 7 billion today - and the number will still be rising. The population aged over 65 will have more than doubled, to more than 16 percent; China's GDP will be 80 percent more than America's; and the number of cars on India's roads will have increased by 3,880 percent. And, in 2050 it should be clear whether we are alone in the universe.What other megachanges can we expect - and what will their impact be? This comprehensive and compelling book will cover the most significant trends that are shaping the coming decades.

In this stellar collection, written by John Bear Ross, Frank Schildiner, H. Jarrod Courtemanche and Andrew Salmon, the Man of a Thousand Faces once again defends America from all manner of evil threats. From a secret new weapon hidden in the jungles of the Far East to an ancient mythological mask able to turn men into stone, Secret Agent X is challenged at every turn in these fast paced, gun-blazing pulp adventures.

In this volume, what you will find in the sections that follow are twenty-one amazing stories of death and wealth set around a wandering cousin far out in the cold edges of our solar system. You will find Vikings, knights, warriors defending home and hearth, of triumph and tragedy, and, yes, even the god himself. You will listen to tales of great courage and great loss. Of sacrifice for a greater good and of justice delivered to the overly greedy. You will even find the aforementioned Walt Disney himself.

Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age is an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation.

The Caroline era was dominated by the growing religious, political and social conflict between the King and his supporters; the Royalists and it's Puritan opposition; the Roundheads. In contrast to the wars raging across Europe at the time, the Caroline period in Britain was an uneasy peace, as a dark shadow of civil conflict between the King and Parliament worsened toward the latter part of Charles’ reign. Whilst theatre unquestionably fell from its glittering peak achievements of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, in poetry the standard was perhaps only just shy of this bar.

Get ready to blast off for futuristic action and adventure as Captain Mars McCoy and the space rangers fight to bring law and order to the far flung galaxies of the universe. These are three old-fashioned space thrillers by Andrew Salmon, Greg Gick, and John Bear Ross that will delight any fan of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.

Everyone has superpowers when they are a child. We tend to lose them as we grow up, but they’re always there, right below the surface, ready for us to reactivate them and fully manifest our human potential.

In this book, you will see what people are doing every day, consciously or unconsciously, and how to recognize it faster. The human being is a mysterious object. You cannot know their correct intentions toward you completely, but this will help to teach you a few techniques to read their minds through their body language and actions.

If you happened to have an illegal telescope, or proxied your galaxynet address well enough to pirate your way to satellite images of Mars, you might glimpse a damaged but operational Mars Orbiter 1 alive with "rebels". You could also see clusters of superheated propellant burning beyond Earth space, as the EFF (Earth First Faction) sends armed planetary shuttles on an attack route to relieve the rebels of their existence. If so, you’d be witnessing Mars Wars.

[Contains explicit content] A picture is worth a thousand words, but we're an audio show, so your picture's worth nothing around here. In fact, for this episode, it's "Just Words." So, enjoy as James Adomian and John Roy shower your ears with an embarrassment of glorious words.

Battle-hardened Captain Ry Devans and his crew of the Mars Orbiting Station-1 are part of a bold plan: resurrect the active molten cores of the Red Planet with synchronized thermonuclear explosions, and terraform the hell out of that iron-oxide rock for future generations. It'll change history. So will the strands of carbon-based Martian cells that have hitched a ride on the ship. Dr. Karen Wagner knows the microbes' resistance to virus is incredible. It's the unknowable that's dicey. Her orders: blow them into space. But orders can be undermined.

When Ezra Quinn, a San Francisco techie, gets a call one Saturday morning, he has no idea that his life is about to change beyond his wildest imaginings. Quinn is offered a lucrative position in the Middle East in his field of wearable tech. A week later, he's on a flight to Dubai.

3. 2. 1. This is Bebop Tabletop: The podcast that’s turning each episode of Cowboy Bebop into a new tabletop RPG. Think Dungeons and Dragons with space cowboys! Each week, join Lijo John and Andrew Wu, as they remix the characters, music, and themes of the beloved anime classic into a game you can play. Let’s Jam! Cover art by https://www.twitter.com/ecokitti (@ecokitti) Follow us on Twitter for Cowboy Bebop and RPG news, announcements, and more https://www.twitter.com/beboptabletop (@BebopTabletop) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://...

Tales of Vengeance is a collection of short stories based in the same world as the five star fantasy novel Spirits of Vengeance: The Stone of Spirits. While set during the same period as events in that book, the themes and issues in Tales are decidedly different, offering expanded views on minor characters, as well as hints at what lies in store in the sequel, Spirits of Vengeance: The Assassin of Araneque.

Sex, science and spirituality! These were the triad of influences on the poetry of the seventeenth century. Following the golden age of Elizabeth I this century was to be one of great tensions; between Parliament and the Monarchy, Canterbury and Rome, science and religion; a civil war, the beheading of a King, The Republic, The Restoration, and finally, the Glorious Revolution which deposed a King and firmly reasserted the Protestant ascendancy.

You'd think Captain Ry Devans was a hero when he jumpstarted the cores of Mars, giving the previously dormant planet a fresh start at harboring life. But he's also the host of a life-saving alien microbe, and the most wanted man within 33 million miles - courtesy of the terrorist global juggernaut the Earth First Faction, and its sociopathic agent Paton Schiflet. They're doing everything in their power to quash the organized inhabitation of space and keep the last humans under control.

Freemason Files tells the stories of masonry from historical events, famous people, or significant moments that define freemasonry.

"So, What're We Watchin?" is a film podcast hosted by Andrew Campbell and John-Paul Derwent, following a three-act structure including some films they've recently seen, film news, and a topic of the week! Andrew Campbell is a journalist for MancMuse and a horror film enthusiast. John-Paul Derwent is a student at Bangor University, and a massive fan of fantasy and science fiction. Created by Andrew Campbell and J. Pollitt Property of BH9 Media

You're listening to the Deal Lawyer podcast with lawyer John Andrews from JMW Solicitors LLP. John is a leading corporate lawyer and has been advising SME businesses for more than 30 years. John specialises in M&A deals. In this podcast John shares some hints, tips and things to avoid when buying and selling a business. Thank you for listening and if you would like to contact JohnTel: 07768 266 036 Email: john.andrews@jmw.co.uk

Cotney Consulting Group Presents "The World of Roofing". John Kenney & Andrew Rowley get together to interview and uncover some of the best-told stories from individuals throughout the roofing industry.