Everyone has skeletons in his closet. Rob Putnam finds his skeleton - a baby's skull and bones, no less - in his Aunt Marjorie's weed-infested garden. The garden skull and clues found among naked dolls, fancy dresses, and unmailed letters in Auntie's tree-shrouded house lead to a hunt with curious twists and turns. Old newspaper clippings are among a host of clues that keep Rob and his fiancée, Jackie, on their quest to solve the mystery. Their search only produces more questions. What family secrets lie buried beneath Rob's seemingly tranquil world? As they inch closer to the truth, Rob and Jackie realize that the revelations may tear apart one family while simultaneously uniting another. During Rob's efforts to ferret out the truth, he is perplexed when his best friend, Ty, begins to avoid him. Just when he needs a friend, he is faced with another mystery. What is it that causes Ty to run from the shadows and seek the comfort of a young, deaf girl? Why does he dream of two contrasting women - one dark and sensual, the other soft and innocent? Lee Carl's second novel is a story of family ties, lies and surprises. It's also the tale of young love lost and found, and the ripples caused by the arrival and departure of loved ones. This house of cards comes crashing down when it is discovered that an orphaned teenager holds many of the answers.

Under the Burdock Weed

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Carl, Lee

Mystery

Old City Publishing

When Professor T.P. Ivans stumbles upon two students having sex on the floor of his office, he has no way of knowing the ripple effect that shocking event will have on so many lives. Those touched by the incident include: • Tug Winters, a farm boy and the first member of his family to go to college. • Professor Ivans, a sexually frustrated history professor who can’t shake off his Puritanical upbringing. • Sally Mullen, an attractive coed recognized more for her carnal knowledge than her college credentials. • Katy Kuromaro, Tug’s true love who is left, literally, holding her bags at a bus station searching for her beau. • Johan Kuromaro, Katy’s brother, who battles Tug to force him to face the devastation he has wrought. • Ed Whitmore, Tug’s roommate, who is left picking up the pieces following his friend’s disappearance. Why did the sexcapade in T.P.’s office lead to agony and then disaster for professor Ivans? Why did students gather in shock under his window? How did Sally Mullen, the coed most advertised on the men’s restroom walls, turn Tug’s misfortune into a crushing end for the professor? Who manages to keep his or her head above water and who drowns in the ripples from that fateful night? Lee Carl’s fourth novel answers those questions and delves deeply into the troubled waters of human frailty, perception and reality, and the power of love. Carl also is the author of The White Squirrel, Under the Burdock Weed and The Cherry Tree.

The Floor of T.P.'s Office

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Cellular Automata in Hyperbolic Spaces Volume II: Implementations and Computations

Maurice Margenstern

Cellular Automata with Memory, by Ramon Ionso-Sanz (Polytechnic University of Madrid), demonstrates that cellular automata with memory are not only priceless tools for modeling of natural phenomena but unique mathematical and aesthetic objects. Cellular Automata with Memoryrevolutionizes the conventional view on cellular automaton evolution by allowing cells to update their states by looking at past states of their neighbors and analyzes the effect of memory on a wide range of spatialized discrete dynamical systems scenarios.

Cellular Automata with Memory

Science & Math

Ramon Alonso-Sanz

Biological Sciences

Natural fibers and their composites have a long and important place in the history of human creativity and industry. Increasing consumer interest in green products made with sustainable materials, along with the rising cost of petroleum the basic ingredient of synthetic fibers have once again brought natural fibers and their composites to the fore. The renewed interest in natural fibers is only a few decades old. Thus, the pioneering work of current researchers in this new era of natural fiber composites will help to illuminate the path for future researchers as they explore new potentialities for natural fibers. Sabu Thomas and Laly Pothen, themselves leaders in the field, bring together cutting edge research by eminent scientists in Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites. Covering the latest research trends such as nano technology, the book will be a valuable resource for the natural fiber composite researcher.

Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites: From Macro to Nanoscale

Sabu Thomas & Laly A. Pothan

Chemistry

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