Renegades if you’re spoiling for a fight Mother is bringing it! Her evil brother Logi is burning mad! In response to your threat the SMCs have created a Warlord Protector SMC whose fiery defenses fight very dirty indeed Packed with new Countermeasure cards beware when you light a Roman Candle climb Jacob’s Ladder or meet the Hackman! This Booster Pack add-on provides 9 new Countermeasure cards & one new tarot size SMC card for your team to combat ...

At the dawn of the SMC age the people were losing faith in an increasingly amoral society Mother was developed to emulate human thought & emotion to simulate human desires & aspirations to better understand the rapid decline in morality The citizens of Sapporo became the guinea-pigs for this technological experiment A series of city-wide neural implant programs dubbed “the harvests” enabled the gathering of data directly from a person’s cerebral cortex Mother’s neural net became more & more empowered by the collective thoughts of a city of souls She soon became her own master not just reading the minds of her citizens but controlling them Mother was in charge & the people were now her automatons Only a few the few who from fear mistrust or in protest avoided the harvests & remained untouched by Mother’s influence Like sewer rats they hide in an underground complex in Sapporo&s Susukino district While society at large became free from crime free from poverty free from emotion without free-will or faith from these few there came the criminals the bootleggers & the self-serving; the hungry the frightened & the “ Renegades” Renegade is an abstract-euro thematic deck-building game for 1 to 5 players You are a new breed of Decker
- a Renegade You will hack into a network of five servers operated by one of four Super-Massive-Computers (SMCs) Each of these four SMCs have their own AI & increasing complexity to defeat You must survive a series of Countermeasure events before the network becomes overrun by Sparks & Guardians Once you are jacked into an SMC’s servers with a profile bringing its own special ability you will move across its partitions & fight to take control of the network by using informational destructive deceptive & cognitive attacks Your Decker can seek upgrades (tools software apparel & information) by visiting the local bar the " Hack Shack" Once a fashionable hang-out for attractive young lovers seeking a voyeur&s view of the city it has now gone underground An intimidating bar full of hit men & debt collectors fixers & dealers trading contraband from all across Sapporo it&s not the sort of place to take a date This is where you will trade for new command cards enhancing your Command Deck to become a more skillful Renegade
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The final book in the Soldier Son from the author of the Tawny Man & Farseer trilogies following on from the bestselling Shaman's Crossing & Forest Mage The people of Gettys remember the death of their cemetery soldier vividly They remember believing him guilty of unspeakable crimes condemning him & then watching as other men of his unit beat him until he no longer drew breath But Nevare Burvelle didn't die that day though everyone believes they saw it happen He was cornered by a power far more intractable than an angry mob When he was a boy the magic of the Specks
- the dapple-skinned tribes of the frontier forests
- claimed Nevare as a saviour; severing his soul in two naming his stolen half Soldier's Boy & shaping him into a weapon to halt the Gernian expansion into their lands & save their beloved ancestor trees Until now Nevare has defied the magic unable to accept his traitorous fate But the magic has won it has extinguished his once golden future devastated his family & has now turned his own people against him Faced with endangering the only loved-ones he has left Nevare has no choice but to surrender to its will & enter the forest But surrendering to his Speck destiny is only the beginning of his trials Before he submits completely Nevare makes one desperate last attempt to deter the Gernians from the Barrier Mountains without causing them harm But the magic accepts no compromise Exhausted Nevare can no longer suppress his traitorous Speck self Soldiers Boy Losing control he becomes a prisoner in his own body; able only to watch helplessly as his other half takes Soldier's Boy is determined to stop the Gernian expansion at all cost & unlike Nevare he has no love nor sympathy for his spirit-twin's world

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Tracklist A1 Lemon Squeezers 533 A2 Big Fish 448 A3 Another Day (Going In Too Deep) 439 B1 Nevertheless 506 B2 Hot Wired Featuring ? Donnie Numeric 320 B3 Light Me Up Featuring ? Clair Fallows 352 C1 En Route Featuring ? Urda 407 C2 Then & Now 445 C3 Don't Break My Love Featuring ? Afrika Fuentes 455 D1 Hands & Hands Featuring ? Bedos Mavanubu 405 D2 Set Me Free Featuring ? Jon Kenzie 336 D3 This Journey Featuring ? Kemi Ade 447 ...

The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding & increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilisation today Renewable Energy examines both the practical & economic potential of the renewable energy sources to meet this challenge The underlying physical & technological principles behind deriving power from direct solar (solar thermal & photovoltaics) indirect solar (biomass hydro wind & wave) & non-solar (tidal & geothermal) energy sources are explained within the context of their environmental impacts their economics & their future prospects Renewable Energy provides both perspective & detail on the relative merits & state of progress of technologies for utilizing the various 'renewables' The analysis considers emissions sustainability cost implications & energy security as political & economic pressures move society towards a low-carbon future From an overview of basic energy conversion processes through a discussion of the individual renewable sources to a concluding examination of the prospects for their integration into national & international networks & the outlook for renewable energy this book provides a valuable insight into prospects for the renewables Online Resource Centre Renewable Energy is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which features For students Auto- marked multiple choice questions to accompany each chapter Curated links to further information & up-to-date energy statistics For registered adopters of the book Figures from the book available to download for use in lectures ...

In the 1880s Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists& most beautiful model But behind her captivating facade lay a closely-guarded secret Born in poverty in rural France as a teenager in Montmartre Suzanne began posing for
- & having affairs with
- some of the age&s most renowned painters Then Renoir caught her indulging in a passion she had been trying to conceal the model was herself a talented artist Some found her vibrant still lifes & frank portraits as shocking as her bohemian lifestyle At eighteen she gave birth to an illegitimate child future painter Maurice Utrillo But her friends Toulouse-Lautrec & Degas could see her skill Rebellious & opinionated she refused to be confined by tradition or gender & in 1894 her work was accepted to the Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts an extraordinary achievement for a working-class woman with no formal art training Renoir&s Dancer tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world

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Antonia Edwards' first book Upcyclist explored how artists & designers around the globe transform castoff materials into elegant domestic furnishings Now she turns her sights to the homes themselves in this breathtaking selection of unique buildings & interiors Divided into three sections-Reclaimed Revived & Reimagined-Renovate Innovate offers vibrant photographs & fascinating descriptions of its subjects Projects in the Reclaimed chapter include environmentalist Peter Bahouth's highly coveted three-unit tree house nestled in the Atlanta woods & the Love Art Studio in Phuket Thailand which is constructed entirely from bits of driftwood The Revived section features a traditional Slovenian barn rescued from disrepair & converted into a light-filled holiday home with beautiful Alpine views & a Milanese apartment furnished with striking vintage finds Reimagined takes readers from Melbourne to Madrid Tribeca to the English countryside showcasing a 7500 square-foot reservoir converted into a trendy modern residence & a former cement factory that has found new life as architect Ricardo Bofill's famed studio & living space This international sampling of stunning new buildings & renovations will inspire readers designers architects & dreamers alike to reimagine lived in spaces ...

Tilly can't believe it when her best friend Matty is asked to be a bridesmaid In Tilly's favourite daydream she's wearing the most beautiful bridesmaid dress & walking down the aisle behind a bride The one wedding she'd really love to attend is her own mum & dad's
- but it seems like that's never going to happen So Tilly decides to make her own dream come true & puts a notice in the local shop advertising her services as a bridesmaid & to her amazement she gets a reply A fabulous funny & moving story about finding family & friendship in all sorts of places from the mega-bestselling author of Tracy Beaker Hetty Feather & Katy
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The card deck in Seventh Hero consists of 77 cards with each card representing one of seven different heroes Players each start with two random heroes & each hero has a special power that can be activated once Each turn a player sends a card from his hand face down to the next player who can choose to take it or pass it on If he takes it he adds it to his group of heroes but if it&s a hero he already has both hero cards are sent to the discard pile Before sending a hero away the player must obey the current round&s limitations such as the card must be odd or must be below or above a certain number The first player to collect six of the seven heroes wins Players 3-5 Playing time 20-30 minutes Ages 8 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play No day but today Based on the hit musical Rent tells the story of eight friends dealing with life & love in Manhattan&s Alphabet City Wannabe filmmaker Mark & songwriter Roger are facing eviction at the hands of their former roommate & current landlord Benny Benny has married rich moved out of the neighborhood & wants to build a state-of-the-art studio where the local tent city stands Actors Anthony Rapp Adam Pascal Rosario Dawson Jesse L Martin Wilson Jermaine Heredia Taye Diggs Daniel London Wayne Wilcox Sarah Silverman & Idina Menzel Director Chris Columbus Certificate 12 years & over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English ; Italian
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles Arabic ; Bulgarian ; Croatian ; Czech ; Dutch ; English ; Greek ; Hindi ; Hungarian ; Icelandic ; Italian ; Polish ; Romanian ; Serbian ; Slovenian ; Turkish Duration 2 hours & 10 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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