Predator One

Author : Jonathan Maberry
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250033444

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Predator One by Jonathan Maberry Pdf

On opening day of the new baseball season a small model-kit airplane flies down from the stands and buzzes the mound, where a decorated veteran pilot is about to throw out the first ball. The toy plane is the exact replica of the one flown by the war hero. Everyone laughs, thinking it's a prank or a publicity stunt. Until it explodes, killing dozens. Seconds later a swarm of killer drones descend upon the picnicked crowd, each one carrying a powerful bomb. All across the country artificial intelligence drive systems in cars, commuter trains and even fighter planes go out of control. The death toll soars as the machines we depend upon every day are turned into engines of destruction. Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences go on the hunt for whoever is controlling these machines, but the every step of the way they are met with traps and shocks that strike to the very heart of the DMS. No one is safe. Nowhere is safe. Enemies old and new rise as America burns. Joe Ledger and his team are back in Jonathan Maberry's seventh book in the series. They begin a desperate search for the secret to this new technology and the madmen behind it. But before they can close in the enemy virus infects Air Force One. The president is trapped aboard as the jet heads toward the heart of New York City. It has become PREDATOR ONE.

Author : RuNyx
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1087931762

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The Predator by RuNyx Pdf

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object in the field of death? In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has been an anomaly. As the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, he is an enigma to all - his skills unparalleled, his morality questionable, and his motives unknown. He is lethal and he knows it. As does Morana Vitalio, the genius extraordinaire daughter of the rival family. What Caine does with weapons, Morana does with computers. When a twenty-year old mystery resurfaces, Morana infiltrates Caine's house, intent on killing him, unaware of a tie that binds them together. Hate, heat, and history clash together with unexpected sparks. But something bigger, something worse is happening in their world. And despite their animosity, only they can fight it down. The Predator is an enemies-to-lovers, dark, contemporary romance set in a fictional universe with mafia, passion and incredible storytelling.

Author : Thomas John Hossie,Dennis Murray
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832530627

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New perspectives and emerging directions in predator–prey functional response research: Hommage to C.S. Holling (1930– 2019) by Thomas John Hossie,Dennis Murray Pdf

Author : Michael Patrick Hassell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691209968

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The Dynamics of Arthopod Predator-Prey Systems. (MPB-13), Volume 13 by Michael Patrick Hassell Pdf

In this study of arthropod predador-prey systems Michael Hassell shows how many of the components of predation may be simply modeled in order to reveal their effects on the overall dynamics of the interacting populations. Arthropods, particularly insects, make ideal subjects for such a study because their generation times are characteristically short and many have relatively discrete generations, inviting the use of difference equation models to describe population changes. Using analytical models framed in difference equations, Dr. Hassell is able to show how the detailed biological processes of insect predator-prey (including host-parasitoid) interactions may be understood. Emphasizing the development and subsequent stability analysis of general models, the author considers in detail several crucial components of predator-prey models: the prey's rate of increase as a function of density, non-random search, mutual interference, and the predator's rate of increase as a function of predator survival and fecundity. Drawing on the correspondence between the models and field and laboratory data, Dr. Hassell then discusses the practical implications for biological pest control and suggests how such models may help to formulate a theoretical basis for biological control practices.

Author : Christine Feehan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101547724

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Dark Predator by Christine Feehan Pdf

An immortal comes to the end of a long and violent journey and finds a far more dangerous threat in this dark and thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. As brutal as the undead he hunted, executioner Zacarias De La Cruz’s savage journey is over. After a thousand years in a gray world, he has accomplished everything he set out to do. His brothers are safeguarded, and each has a woman who completes them. But with centuries as a killing machine now left to the past and without a hunt to define him, Zacarias wonders, for the first time in his life, who he really is. The answer awaits him in the vengeance of an old enemy, in the consequences of a bloody family legacy, and in Marguarita, a woman he once saved—his lifemate, his deliverance, and the greatest risk yet to both their lives. INCLUDES BONUS CONTENT!

Author : Ander Monson
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644451847

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Predator by Ander Monson Pdf

A searching memoir of a life lived in the flicker of an action film, by the author of I Will Take the Answer In his first memoir, Ander Monson guides readers through a scene-by-scene exploration of the 1987 film Predator, which he has watched 146 times. Some fighters might not have time to bleed, but Monson has the patience to consider their adventure, one frame at a time. He turns his obsession into a lens through which he poignantly examines his own life, formed by mainstream, white, male American culture. Between scenes, Monson delves deeply into his adolescence in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Riyadh, his role as a father and the loss of his own mother, and his friendships with men bound by the troubled camaraderie depicted in action and sci-fi blockbusters. Along with excursions into the conflicted pleasures of cosplay and first-person shooters, he imagines himself beside the poet and memoirist Paul Monette, who wrote the novelization of the movie while his partner was dying of AIDS. A sincere and playful book that lovingly dissects the film, Predator also offers questions and critiques of masculinity, fandom, and their interrelation with acts of mass violence. In a stirring reversal, one chapter exposes Monson through the Predator’s heat-seeking vision, asking him, “What do you know about the workings of the hidden world?” As Monson brings us into the brilliant depths of the film and its universe, the hunt begins.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environmental and Consumer Protection
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Eagles
ISBN : LOC:00171234955

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Predator Control and Related Problems by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environmental and Consumer Protection Pdf

Author : Michael R. Conover
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420009125

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Predator-Prey Dynamics by Michael R. Conover Pdf

Humans, being visually oriented, are well versed in camouflage and how animals hide from predators that use vision to locate prey. However, many predators do not hunt by sight; they hunt by scent. This raises the question: do survival mechanisms and behaviors exist which allow animals to hide from these olfactory predators? If so, what are they, and how do they work? Predator-Prey Dynamics: The Role of Olfaction examines environmental as well as biological and behavioral elements of both predators and prey to answer gaps in our current knowledge of the survival dynamics of species. Beginning with a thorough look at the mechanics of olfaction, the author explains how predators detect, locate, and track their prey using odor trails on the ground or odor plumes in the air. Understanding the physics of airflow is the next step to understanding the potential for manipulating and masking scent. While a bush may conceal an animal visually from a predator, it will not protect an animal from a predator using olfaction. To hide from the latter, an animal needs to hide in locations where turbulence and updrafts will disperse its scent. The book addresses tradeoffs that animals must make given their dual needs to hide from predators and to procure food and water. Studies of mammalian and avian behavior provide examples on the actual use and efficacy of olfactory camouflage tactics. The book concludes with a redefinition of ecological terms based on the physics of airflow and a summary of the theory and implications of olfactory predator--prey dynamics. Introducing the mechanics of olfaction and its influence on the behavior of both predators and prey, Predator-Prey Dynamics: The Role of Olfaction presents a new perception of the world and enables us to understand and more effectively manage the delicate survival dynamics of animals in the wild.

Author : Valeriy I. Bykov,Svetlana B. Tsybenova,Gregory Yablonsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783110464948

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Chemical Complexity via Simple Models by Valeriy I. Bykov,Svetlana B. Tsybenova,Gregory Yablonsky Pdf

This book is focused on mathematical modelling of chemical kinetics. The authors present the classification of basic models of chemical kinetics, thermokinetics and macrokinetics, as well as their application for the most important chemical transformations, such as combustion and catalysis. Readers will find a detailed description and analysis of different mathematical instruments which can be applied for simulation of reaction dynamics.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045079485

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Predator Control by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture Pdf

Author : Duong Anh Duc,Thuy Thi Bich Dong,Tu-bao Ho,Dinh Thuc Nguyen
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789814476836

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Ictacs 2006 - Proceedings Of The First International Conference On Theories And Applications Of Computer Science 2006 by Duong Anh Duc,Thuy Thi Bich Dong,Tu-bao Ho,Dinh Thuc Nguyen Pdf

This volume brings together many contributions from leading research scientists, engineers and practitioners in computer science. Selected by program committee members, the topics describe innovative research and new technologies in the following areas of interest: image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition; computational linguistics and natural language processing; artificial intelligence, machine learning and algorithms; software engineering; computer networks and security; and bioinformatics.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on the Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Predatory animals
ISBN : UOM:39015078167478

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Predator Control by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on the Environment Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Predator – The Original Comics Series – Concrete Jungle and Other Stories by Anonim Pdf

Celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of one of the great action movies of all time with this collection of original comics sequels to the film. Before Predator 2 was ever conceived as a film, writer Mark Verheiden and artist Chris Warner created an acclaimed comic-book sequel to Predator that took the alien trophy hunters from the jungles of Central America to the concrete jungle of New York City–where they face Dutch Schaefer’s big brother, who’s an NYPD detective! Also included in this volume are Verheiden’s two subsequent Predator stories–Cold War, which finds the Predators crash-landed in Siberia, and Dark River, in which the hero of Concrete Jungle traces the path of his younger brother to find out what really happened to him after the events in the movie Predator. Three now-classic tales in one over-sized, deluxe hard cover volume designed to sit on your bookshelf beside the Aliens 30th Anniversary edition! Collects: Predator: Concrete Jungle (#1-#4), Predator: Cold War (#1-#4), and Predator: Dark River

Author : Nick Naughton
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783755457916

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Predator - The Unofficial Guide to the Movie Franchise by Nick Naughton Pdf

Predator is a product of the last great era of Hollywood action films - the eighties. A decade of bone crunching blood splattered foul mouthed blockbuster epics (Robocop, The Terminator, Die Hard, Commando) that wouldn't know what a PG-13 rating was if it skewered them with a spear and ripped their spinal column out to keep as a trophy (as the Predator is apt to do on occasion). In this book we'll take a deep dive into the original Predator and all the sequels it spawned. We'll discuss all of these films in this book and we shall also - of course - discuss the two AvP pictures too. We'll look at the background of each film, the development of them, and discuss worked and what didn't in the actual movie.

Author : Hans Kruuk
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Birds
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Predators and Anti-predator Behaviour of the Black-headed Gull by Hans Kruuk Pdf