James Rodger Fleming est un historien des sciences et des technologies dont le travail explore la relation complexe et fascinante entre l'humanité et les éléments. Son écriture examine les implications profondes de notre volonté de contrôler le temps et le climat, des premières aspirations aux efforts technologiques contemporains. L'analyse de Fleming révèle les dimensions éthiques, sociétales et environnementales de ces ambitions, offrant aux lecteurs un examen stimulant de ce domaine dynamique de l'entreprise humaine.
The Russian Revolution is breaking out around him, but Charlie Doig has a private war to fight. With rumours of the Tsar's gold reserves nearby, Charlie resolves once he has revenged Elizaveta to attempt to seize a barge of gold from under the watchful eyes of four different armies.
The Temple of Optimism tells the tale of the relationships of two men and one woman in Derbyshire in 1788. Superficially, the plot is simple: Anthony Apreece covets the land of his young neighbour, Edward Horne. Edward covets Daisy, Anthony's wife.