Based on real near-death experiences, After Death explores the afterlife with the guidance of New York Times bestselling authors, medical experts, scientists, and survivors that shed a light on what awaits us.
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Five strangers are invited to a high-stakes poker game, but as the night unfolds and buried secrets come to light, they discover the game isn’t about winning – it’s about survival.
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The Isle of Skye in Scotland has its fair share of myths and legends. One night, what appears to be a meteorite crashes down upon the island’s rocky hillside, cutting all power in the area. Then people start to vanish.
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Treason and magic were first linked together during the reign of Edward II. Theories of occult conspiracy then regularly led to major political scandals, such as the trial of Eleanor Cobham Duchess of Gloucester in 1441. While accusations of magical treason against high-ranking figures were indeed a staple of late medieval English power politics, they acquired new significance at the Reformation when the ‘superstition’ embodied by magic came to be associated with proscribed Catholic belief.
Starch is one of the main staples in human food, its consumption having both positive and negative aspects. The exploration and exploitation of starches from alternative botanical sources has been increasing recently due to interest in the economic and social development of tropical and sub-tropical regional economies and in support of sustainability. The book reviews existing research on various aspects of starch, including physicochemical, nutritional and functional properties, plus applications in addition to foods. Emphasis is on the various physical and chemical modifications, which are aimed at improving the properties and applicability of starch.
This timely volume examines resistance to natural resource extraction from a critical ethnographic perspective. Using a range of case studies from North, Central and South America, Australia, and Central Asia, the contributors explore how and why resistance movements seek to change extraction policies, evaluating their similarities, differences, successes and failures. A range of ongoing debates concerning environmental justice, risk and disaster, sacrifice zones, and the economic cycles of boom and bust are considered, and the roles of governments, free markets and civil society groups re-examined.
This book presents soft computing techniques and applications used in healthcare systems, along with the latest advancements. Written as a guide for assessing the roles that these techniques play, the book also highlights implementation strategies, lists problem-solving solutions, and paves the way for future research
endeavors in smart and next-generation healthcare systems.
VIXEN.com and Greg Lansky are proud to present our first feature film AFTER DARK, written and directed by celebrated visionary director, Kayden Kross. Tori Blackwell (Tori Black) plays a mysterious woman trawling the seedy nightlife of Los Angeles for planned and yet-to-be discovered thrills. Over the course of a single night, she lives faster and more dangerously than most would in a year, giving into all of her deepest, insatiable desires.
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After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
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The bloodthirsty baby is BACK. After being possessed by the powers of darkness and enabling Baby Oopsie’s grisly killing spree, Sybil snaps to her senses and vows to save her demon-possessed friend Ray-Ray while doing battle with two new tiny terrors hellbent on opening the gates of Toy Hell.
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Avatar Aang, the world’s last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands.
