Chirag Patel

Sometimes, honour and bravery can win a reprieve from destiny. A story of hope and despair, as Artificial intelligences, posthumans, and other minds struggle against their fates. Amongst other events... The too-biological Zee leaves, feeling the call of an older blessing than the ones her peers have received. An old man, who knows more than he should, arrives at the school, to try and show Zu that here is a path other than the one others have demanded...

A collection of comic articles, collecting humorous travelogues as a Brit wanders the wilds of Africa and Asia. Includes... • A rock diary following a gigging band in London in the mid 2000s, who might be any aspirant post student band you've ever known • Travels around Asia on the modern Grand Tour, back in the years before the crisis hit • Strange journeys and getting attacked at a go kart track in India • The ruminations of an Englishman...

New recording of the epic Science Fantasy tale. Three who become legend rise in the ranks. The first full volume of Still Light. Covers the birth of AI and posthumanity, and the hidden cabal of mystical powers that control humanity's fate. The three begin their rise to power, joining the mystical ranks of Abraxas. We begin an age of war unlike any known before, as individual soldiers are given the ability to change nations. An old rival is reborn...

For a few years, I ran a student support service at a university. Over that time, I discovered that most students were tripping up for easily avoidable reasons, and came in with the same problems each time. Contained herein are solutions for the most common student difficulties, including: • How should I prepare to write my essay? How much time should I leave? • What am I being asked to do? Shouldn't I Just read everything I can and then start? •...

The pros, cons, and issues of different education systems. Education related articles, from child development and homeschooling to university study and a writing guide. Includes a section to help you or your students get the best grades from exams and essays.

This is not a self-help book, or a book of specific guidance. In fact, it was written because too many works that claim to help you find your way either disappear into meaningless abstraction or are so petty and particular they fall at the first hurdle, teaching control instead of acceptance. There are a lot of spiritual self help books out there, but most of them either pretend to be enlightened or provide such specific direction that you'll never...

Sports psychology advice for surviving school. Tips on mental health, dealing with peer, coach and spectator pressure, getting back into condition, and even some advice for parents. Feeling the push of being part of a sports team? If you need help getting your head right, and coping with all the spectators, this is for you. Written by Greg Wilmot.

Truly radical "Machiavellianism", in the popular sense of that word, is classically expressed in Indian literature in the Arthashastra of Kautilya (written long before the birth of Christ, ostensibly in the time of Chandragupta): compared to it, Machiavelli's The Prince is harmless. Max Weber, Politics as a Vocation (1919) Chanakya's treatise, written while turning a farmhand into the emperor of the largest empire India had ever seen, focuses on...

Now that the Second World War has ended, what's a heroic fighter pilot to do? fortunately for Captain Bigglesworth, he doesn't have long to wait to find out. Comandeered into a newly fomed division of Scotland Yard, join Biggles, Algy, Ginger and the gang as they go on a merry chase that takes them to Africa and Asia in search of devious villains and strange plots.

Some problems solved by Air Detective-Inspector Bigglesworth, C.I.D., and his Air Police Nine stories of Biggles' adventures with the Air Police. Join Biggles, Algy, Ginger and the gang as Raymond sends them searching for Uranium thieves in the Cairngorms, arms dealers in Malaysia, diamond smugglers in Africa, nefarious murderers, and the cause of strange aircraft crashes. Also includes the tale of a dangerous bet from Captain Bigglesworth's days...