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Winner of the 2013 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit A Toronto Album 2, companion edition to Mike Filey’s immensely popular original album, is a photographic journey through bustling Toronto from the late 1930s to the early 1970s. Among the 100-plus photographs is a quartet that shows the remarkable changes to Toronto’s skyline over a half-century. Others capture the 1939 royal visit, steam trains in their twilight years, the evolution of the Hospital for Sick Children, a look at Christmas past, and glimpses of a few landmark buildings we weren’t smart enough to keep. A Toronto Album 2 is a keepsake Torontonians will treasure.

Described as a "forest of masts," San Francisco's Gold Rush waterfront was a floating economy of ships and wharves, where a dazzling array of global goods was traded and transported. Drawing on excavations in buried ships and collapsed buildings from this period, James P. Delgado re-creates San Francisco's unique maritime landscape, shedding new light on the city's remarkable rise from a small village to a boomtown of thousands in the three short years from 1848 to 1851. Gleaning history from artifacts—preserves and liquors in bottles, leather boots and jackets, hulls of ships, even crocks of butter lying alongside discarded guns—Gold Rush Port paints a fascinating picture of how ships and global connections created the port and the city of San Francisco. Setting the city's history into the wider web of international relationships, Delgado reshapes our understanding of developments in the Pacific that led to a world system of trading.

Victor Hugo est le seul à avoir prononcé autant de condamnations ad hominem contre les magistrats de son siècle. Le XIXe siècle cherche en effet son présent et s'interroge sur son avenir. « L'homme-siècle » participe à tous ces débats et prononce ses condamnations en poète. Il croit à la puissance politique de la poésie. Le juriste et le citoyen pourront constater quels considérables changements a effectué le monde des juges depuis Hugo, mais aussi que si aucun juge ne sanctionna ces magistrats iniques, c'est la poésie qui les condamna à la plus sévère des dégradations, celle de l'Histoire.

With the migration of African American sharecroppers to northern cities in the first half of the 20th century, the African American population of Milwaukee grew from fewer than 1,000 in 1900 to nearly 22,000 by 1950. Most settled around a 12-block area along Walnut Street that came to be known as Milwaukee's Bronzeville, a thriving residential, business, and entertainment community. Barbershops, restaurants, drugstores, and funeral homes were started with a little money saved from overtime pay at factory jobs or extra domestic work taken on by the women. Exotic nightclubs, taverns, and restaurants attracted a racially mixed clientele, and daytime social clubs sponsored "matinees" that were dress-up events featuring local bands catering to neighborhood residents. Bronzeville is remembered by African American elders as a good place to grow up--times were hard, but the community was tight.

Le plus grand mensonge de l'histoire des religions est celui du Livre de la Genèse dans lequel il est écrit qu'Eve est née d'une côte d'Adam, et qu'à cause de la pomme mangée dans le jardin d'Eden, elle a conduit l'Humanité à sa perte. Pourtant, une tablette sumérienne (antérieure de 1500 ans à l'invention de l'écriture hébraïque) prouve que le rédacteur du Livre de la Genèse a plagié le texte et l'a modifié pour exclusivement se venger des femmes. - Le "serpent" était en réalité un conseiller qui a encouragé un dieu à séduire des jeunes déesses. - Ce dieu s'était empoisonné dans un jardin en mangeant des plantes. - Il a été maudit par une déesse. Et bien-sûr : - De la côte de ce dieu est née... une autre déesse. Conséquence de ce plagiat soi-disant dicté par Dieu à Moïse, et universellement répandu par les Hébreux, par saint Paul et par saint Augustin : les prêtres, les rabbins et les imams ont avili, culpabilisé et manipulé hommes et femmes en brandissant le "péché originel" accusateur qui, finalement, n'est qu'un pur mensonge. Le Mensonge Universel comprend l'analyse du texte sumérien, son historique, l'adaptation littéraire, la table des correspondances, et bien-sûr la traduction de la tablette originale, réalisée par un grand spécialiste, le Pr. Attinger, assyriologue de l'Université de Berne. Un livre majeur qui révèle le plus grand mensonge de l'histoire judéo-chrétienne, encore utilisé aujourd'hui pour culpabiliser et contrôler les croyants.

e-artnow presents the collected works of Luther Standing Bear. Between 1928 and 1936, Standing Bear wrote four books about protecting Lakota culture and in opposition to government regulation of Native Americans. Standing Bear's commentaries challenged government policies regarding education, assimilation, freedom of religion, tribal sovereignty, return of lands and efforts to convert the Lakota into sedentary farmers._x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ My People the Sioux_x000D_ My Indian Boyhood_x000D_ The Tragedy of the Sioux_x000D_ Land of the Spotted Eagle_x000D_ Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939) was a Sicangu and Oglala Lakota chief notable in American history as a Native American author, educator, philosopher, and actor of the twentieth century. Standing Bear fought to preserve Lakota heritage and sovereignty; he was at the forefront of a Progressive movement to change government policy toward Native Americans.

Aksi masa Tan Malaka 1926 ini mempunyai revolusi yang mana untuk menentukan kelas yang memegang kekuasaan negara, politik, dan ekonomi, serta dijalankan dengan cara kekeerasan. Terkait ikhtisar riwayat Indonesia dari pengaruh luar negeri meliputi penekanan terhadap ilmu kebatinan Timur, didesak oleh bangsa Tionghoa dan Hindu, kegundahan pesimisme Empu Sedah yang menjelaskan bahwa orang asing keturunan Tionghoa-Jawa akan memimpin bernama Raden Patah , pemerasan dan penindasan seperti perampokan terang-terangan, monopoli setengah monopoli, bahkan persaingan bebas. …

Aryeh Lightstone, former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords, is uniquely poised to unravel the past, present, and, most importantly, the future of U.S. foreign policy with the Middle East. "A powerful affirmation of humanity’s capacity to achieve the extraordinary." —Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President, 2017-2021 "Aryeh demonstrates that faithful adherence to one’s core beliefs—in both his faith and his nation—are not only possible but necessary. Read and enjoy." —Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, 2018-2021 The Trump Administration's "Peace to Prosperity" vision for the Middle East was unveiled on January 28, 2020. What followed over the next eleven months, concluding with the signing of the Israel-Morocco normalization agreement was one of the most fascinating and consequential periods of U.S. foreign policy in a generation, leading to five normalization agreements between Israel and Muslim states. The Abraham Accords achieved what had seemed impossible for decades and set the Middle East on a trajectory toward a broad regional peace. Aryeh Lightstone is uniquely positioned to tell the story. As the senior advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, he was in the room for nearly every major discussion and decision involving Middle East policy. He was tasked with the most complex and sensitive component of the Abraham Accords: turning them into practical action and doing it quickly—during a pandemic, no less. In addition, he led the Abraham Accords Business Summit and the Abraham Fund, and served as the key contact between Israel and the other Accords nations. Let My People Know provides a behind-the-scenes account of the strategies that allowed the Abraham Accords to be struck, and an unvarnished look at the region's idiosyncrasies that factored into the process. A rabbi and an enthralling storyteller, Lightstone paints a vivid picture of the varied cultures and personalities involved. He also offers a glimpse into the day-to-day activities of an embassy. Finally, he explains what the Biden administration must do better to advance America's interests abroad. We now have a paradigm for a forward-looking Middle East policy that ultimately benefits the United States. Lightstone makes the case for strategic action to maintain the momentum.

The Russo-Ukraine War is a vital learning opportunity for military strategists across the globe. The first and clearest lesson to be gleaned from it is this: the soundness of a military’s strategy and the nimbleness with which it can adapt to unforeseen circumstances are the two most important factors in deciding victory or defeat. The War for Ukraine analyzes the war through these twin lenses of strategy and adaptation, detailing how each army has succeeded or failed to plan for and adapt to this twenty-first century war. Author Mick Ryan examines the foundations of Ukrainian and Russian strategy for their ongoing war, looking back over several decades to reveal how both sides have evolved their military strategy and force structure. Each has undertaken institutional-level reforms of their military and national security enterprises in the decade leading up to this war. But because the emergent behavior of military forces after fighting begins cannot be fully predicted, these prewar reforms only constitute a starting point for adaptation during the war. Part I of the book covers the role of strategic leadership, with a focus on evolution of strategy since February 2022. From there, the second part of the book delves into how the Ukrainians and Russians have adapted their tactics, organizations, operational approaches, and strategic foundations for war-making throughout the conflict. Central to this discussion are the ways that, regardless of cutting-edge technology, human elements have remained a crucial deciding factor in Ukraine. Ryan shows how good leadership allows a nation to navigate the ambiguity and uncertainty of conflict, while poor leadership leaves it vulnerable to surprises. Likewise, The War for Ukraine offers case studies of the importance of an institution’s ability to nurture and reward human learning as it relates to combat. The book provides strategists, policymakers, and military leaders with a basis from which to plan for constant adaption in military organizations. General readers of contemporary global conflict will also find The War for Ukraine of great interest.

The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful features explanations of some of the most intriguing and entertaining facts from prehistory, ancient Egypt, the Industrial Revolution, and beyond. Discover a plethora of intriguing and entertaining facts from archaeology and history—brought to life with the author’s signature wit and levity. In The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful, TikTok educator and Youtuber Milo Rossi presents an assortment of funny and detailed anecdotes of some of the more quotidian mysteries of life, such as: Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a mother in the Mesolithic period as the climate shifted, the seas rose, and wild game migrated? Or what types of dogs paced the wide and narrow forest patches of North America as their masters constructed some of the largest earthen works in the world? Or what meals were eaten under the trees of the old- growth forests of ancient Europe, how China accidentally invented standardized testing by refining their government, or what fashion trends shook the mining camps during the California gold rush? Coupled with engaging illustrations, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful takes the saying “you learn something new every day” to a new extreme!

This book was translated and published in more than 100 countries. The contents are highly controversial and uncompromising. It describes a monster that we, in all our ignorance, have created together. The first edition did not claim to be into futurism. However, a retrospective view of the events of the last twenty-five years shows that practically all topics mentioned in the book have come to fruition, often in an awesome manner.Like the first edition, this new updated edition is a very unique publication and reading it will undoubtedly change the way you look at both history and the world today. It completely turns everything on its head. Once you read it, all of a sudden you will see the world around you in infrared. You soon see things which are simply not possible to view with the range of standard vision.The contents of this book is highly controversial and uncompromising. It also serves to give us an idea of what's in store for the near future, so we can better prepare for what's coming our way. We are raised, by tradition, to trust our governments, and are convinced that they care about us. This, however, is a big mistake. Below the surface of official politics lies a complicated social and intellectual process that is taking place. The visible world leaders are mere puppets directed by an invisible elite from behind the scenes. The true aim of this elite group is complete control of Planet Earth. IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND: RELIGIOUS DOGMA OF THE ELITE It might surprise you that the ruling elite of this world consider Lucifer to be their only and true god; that one day he will openly rule this world. As long as our global elite believes that Lucifer's ultimate goal is establishing a dictatorial world power, everybody on earth will experience the daily consequences of this.

The Revolutionary War soldiers identified in this work lived at one time or another in what is now the State of West Virginia, their military duties having been discharged in the service of other states, notably Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. The data given for each soldier typically includes the name, age, date of birth, service record, date pension applied for and granted, place of residence, names of wife and children, and, in support of the pension claim, comrades-in-arms.

The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe. Luis “Lue” Elizondo is a former senior intelligence official and special agent who was recruited into a strange and highly sensitive US Government program to investigate UAP incursions into sensitive military installations and air space. To accomplish his mission, Elizondo had to rely on decades of experience gained working some of America’s most sensitive and classified programs. Even then, he was not prepared for what he would learn, and the truth about the government’s long shadowy involvement in UAP investigations, and the lengths officials would take to keep them a secret. The stakes could not be higher. Imminent is a first-hand, revelatory account inside the Pentagon’s most closely guarded secret and a call to action to confront humanity’s greatest existential questions.

Can you really die from laughing too hard? Between 1870 and 1920, hundreds of women suffered such a fate—or so a slew of sensationalist obituaries would have us believe. How could laughter be fatal, and what do these reports of women’s risible deaths tell us about the politics of female joy? Maggie Hennefeld reveals the forgotten histories of “hysterical laughter,” exploring how women’s amusement has been theorized and demonized, suppressed and exploited. In nineteenth-century medicine and culture, hysteria was an ailment that afflicted unruly women on the cusp of emotional or nervous breakdown. Cinema, Hennefeld argues, made it possible for women to laugh outrageously as never before, with irreversible social and political consequences. As female enjoyment became a surefire promise of profitability, alarmist tales of women laughing themselves to death epitomized the tension between subversive pleasure and its violent repression. Hennefeld traces the social politics of women’s laughter from the heyday of nineteenth-century sentimentalism to the collective euphoria of early film spectatorship, traversing contagious dancing outbreaks, hysteria photography, madwomen’s cackling, cinematic close-ups, and screenings of slapstick movies in mental asylums. Placing little-known silent films and an archive of remarkable, often unusual texts in conversation with affect theory, comedy studies, and feminist film theory, this book makes a timely case for the power of hysterical laughter to change the world.

"Hell Put to Shame is a powerfully unsettling portrait of both the single most savage episode in the long decades of savagery inflicted by white southerners on their Black neighbors in the 20th century—and the methodical process that followed to erase those crimes from America’s collective memory." —Douglas A. Blackmon, author of Slavery by Another Name, winner of the Pulitzer Prize From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new work of narrative nonfiction telling the forgotten story of the mass killing of eleven Black farmhands on a Georgia plantation in the spring of 1921—a crime that exposed for the nation the existence of “peonage,” a form of slavery that gained prominence across the American South after the Civil War. On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1921, a small boy made a grim discovery as he played on a riverbank in the cotton country of rural Georgia: the bodies of two drowned men, bound together with wire and chain and weighted with a hundred-pound sack of rocks. Within days a third body turned up in another nearby river, and in the weeks that followed, eight others. And with them a deeper horror: all eleven had been kept in virtual slavery before their deaths. In fact, as America was shocked to learn, the dead were among thousands of Black men enslaved throughout the South in conditions nearly as dire as those before the Civil War. Hell Put to Shame tells the forgotten story of that mass killing and of the revelations about peonage, or debt slavery, that it placed before a public self-satisfied that involuntary servitude had ended at Appomattox more than fifty years before. By turns police procedural, courtroom drama, and political exposé, Hell Put to Shame also reintroduces readers to three Americans who spearheaded the prosecution of John S. Williams, the wealthy plantation owner behind the murders, at a time when white people rarely faced punishment for violence against their Black neighbors. The remarkable polymath James Weldon Johnson, newly appointed the first Black leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, marshaled the organization into a full-on war against peonage. Johnson’s lieutenant, Walter F. White, a light-skinned, fair-haired, blue-eyed Black man, conducted undercover work at the scene of lynchings and other Jim Crow atrocities, helping to throw a light on such violence and to hasten its end. And Georgia governor Hugh M. Dorsey won the statehouse as a hero of white supremacists—then redeemed himself in spectacular fashion with the “Murder Farm” affair. The result is a story that remains fresh and relevant a century later, as the nation continues to wrestle with seemingly intractable challenges in matters of race and justice. And the 1921 case at its heart argues that the forces that so roil society today have been with us for generations..

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War--the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry--and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict: the South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war--slavery--and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Shuster crafts an intimate account of the Russian invasion, which vividly captures Zelensky’s transformation from a clean-cut funnyman into a war hero out of central casting." --New York Times Book Review; Editors' Choice Selection “The Showman surpasses all similar efforts to date and is set to be the standard by which all other works on Mr. Zelensky and Ukraine’s wartime politics will be judged." —Wall Street Journal A monumental account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the forging of a leader, The Showman provides an insider’s perspective on the war reshaping our world, based on unprecedented access to Volodymyr Zelensky and the high command in Kyiv. Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety shows to the muddy trenches of Ukraine’s war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, Shuster tells the intimate and revealing story of the president’s evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience. In their most candid accounts of the war so far, members of Zelensky’s inner circle show how the president’s character changed under the strains of leadership and the horrors he witnessed each day. His wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, describes her escape from Kyiv with their children, her life on the run, and the tensions that emerged in her marriage as she struggled to return to a meaningful role in the administration. Ukraine’s top military commander, General Valery Zaluzhny, shares the untold story of his fraught relationship with the president and the subsequent consequences. Reflecting on their own regrets and critical decisions, Zelensky and his senior aides open up about the causes of the Russian invasion and how it may have been avoided. They describe with astonishing frankness how their peace talks with Vladimir Putin fell apart and how their faith in the U.S. faltered, both under Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The Showman provides the first inside account of Zelensky’s life amid the invasion, offering a clear-eyed view of his failures to prepare for it and his willingness to silence dissent under martial law. What emerges is a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born. Even as the war drags on, Zelensky lays out his vision for its future course and, through his actions, demonstrates his strategy for countering the Russians and keeping the West on his side. The Showman, as a work of eyewitness journalism, provides an essential perspective on the war defining our age, resulting in a riveting, vivid portrait of the invasion as experienced by its number one target and improbable hero.

تعد كتب فيلبي أول موسوعة معربة مختصرة لتاريخ المملكة العربية السعودية، حيث غطت حقبة زمنية مهمة، وقد تناول فيها فيلبي تاريخ المملكة وجغرافيتها وأعلامها وآثارها واقتصادها وقبائلها بأسلوبه الرصين. وتحليله العلمي الدقيق، وقد دعم ذلك كله بالكثير من الصور الشمسية التي تعين القارئ على تصور الأشياء وحسن فهمها. وقد جاء عمل فيلبي هذا ثمرة للمدة الطويلة التي أقامها في المملكة واتصاله بالملك عبدالعزيز - يرحمه الله - مما أتاح له فرصة التنقل في مختلف أنحاء الجزيرة العربية، والاطلاع على المواقع الأثرية والنقوش القديمة. وقد تم انتقاء مجموعة من هذه الكتب لنشرها في سلسلة تاريخية، لتكون رافداً ثقافياً لأبناء هذا الجيل. ومكتبة العبيكان يسرها أن تقدم للقارئ الكريم هذه الكتب لأول مرة باللغة العربية إدراكاً منها لأهمية الدور الثقافي الذي تقوم به خدمة لبلادها، وأداءً لواجبها في إبراز الجوانب المضيئة من تاريخها لأبناء هذا الوطن الغالي، راجية النفع للجميع. هذا والله من وراء القصد. الناشر العبيكان للنشر تخفيضات العبيكان اليوم الوطني

In its revised and updated fourth edition, this exhaustive encyclopedia provides a record of casualties of war from the last five centuries through 2015, with new statistical and analytical information. Figures include casualties from global terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the fight against the Islamic State. New entries cover an additional 20 armed conflicts between 1492 and 2007 not included in previous editions. Arranged roughly by century and subdivided by world region, chronological entries include the name and dates of the conflict, precursor events, strategies and details, the outcome and its aftermath.

Una ambiciosa y deslumbrante novela coral sobre el Perú contemporáneo. Un retrato desgarrador de seres humanos a la deriva. Al igual que en La colmena de Camilo José Cela, que retrata la España dictatorial de los años cuarenta a través de las peripecias de los clientes de un café madrileño, el epicentro de esta extraordinaria obra es una taberna en el centro de Lima, en la que confluyen numerosos personajes cuyos destinos trágicos se entrelazan a un ritmo vertiginoso, hasta conformar un enorme conjunto de vidas cruzadas. Un camarero nikkei cuyo padre fue asesinado por un escuadrón paramilitar y espera tranquilo su venganza, una cocinera que predice el futuro de los hombres leyendo sus traseros y se enamora de una mujer, un comandante de la policía drogadicto al que persigue su pasado y un presente marcado por el crimen, un sacerdote catalán –bello y oscuro– cuyo mentor arrastra algo más que sospechas de pederastia, una colombiana que llega a Lima huyendo de la violencia y abre una peluquería, un empresario textil obsesionado con el grupo de chicha Los Shapis, una enigmática mujer entristecida que sueña con ratas, y un joven adicto al porno de abuelas que trabaja como troll fujimorista y sueña con escribir la gran novela peruana del bicentenario, de la que apenas tiene el título: La lealtad de los caníbales. Diego Trelles Paz nos ofrece una novela coral que explora el mal, la traición, la locura y la reconciliación hablando de los desgarros del Perú del presente y del pasado, de los años oscuros del conflicto interno, de la corrupción policial, los abusos de la Iglesia, la violencia y los prejuicios. Un fresco social imponente, no exento de un humor agudo y doloroso, que explora de manera descarnada la realidad de un país y la condición humana, mientras la amenaza de un sismo apocalíptico se va cerniendo sobre Lima.

Laurent Dubois weaves the stories of slaves, free people of African descent, wealthy whites and French administrators into an unforgettable tale of insurrection, war, heroism and victory.

This work looks back at the role Bihar played in the struggle for India's independence in the first decade after its separation from Bengal as a province in 1912, particularly through the archival material contained in the contemporary confidential government files preserved in the Bihar State Archives, Patna. It uncovers some significant facts and dimensions like rumor-mongering adopted as a mode of struggle by the revolutionaries against British rule during World War I and the establishment of parallel administration at different levels during the Non-Cooperation Movement by its local leaders in Bihar. While it scrutinizes the sorrowful tales of sufferings of the Indian people under British colonial rule, it also raises questions about how the hate politics and hate crimes under BJP's rule, particularly against Minorities and Dalits can be justified as less brutal than the brutalities committed under the tyrannical British rule? Or how the targetted use of draconian laws or law enforcing agencies against those who question its unconstitutional and repressive policies and communal or rather hate politics can be justified as just in independent India under democratic government, and the use of similar laws or law enforcing agencies as repressive and unjust under despotic British rule?

"Hoggart has the rare quality ofcomplete intellectual honesty. The Uses of Literacy should beread by all those concerned with the nature of modernsociety." -Asher Tropp,American Sociological Review "This sort of modern Mayhew is worth any amountof statistics as background for cultural evalutions....Required reading for anyone concernedwith the modern cultural climate." -TimesLiterary Supplement

George Lisle: A Faith That Couldn’t Be Denied documents the pioneers of a nation. Three generations of men and women who, led and inspired by the ministry of George Lisle, advocated for a nation, from enslavement to emancipation and beyond. This work offers insight into a people and a movement who, in facing the most heinous and violent conditions, demonstrated boldness, bravery, self-sacrifice, and faith beyond measure as they sought to achieve freedom for generations of people who they knew they would never meet.

A fascinating history of Fort Ticonderoga, which played an important role in both the French and Indian War as well as the American Revolution. Called "the Key to the Continent" and "the Gibraltar of the North," Fort Ticonderoga controlled the strategically critical portage between Lakes George and Champlain in the eighteenth century and played an important role in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. French troops began construction of the fort in 1755, calling it Fort Carillon. The British captured the fort in 1759 and renamed it Fort Ticonderoga. The storming of the fort on May 10, 1775, by Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen, and the Green Mountain Boys was America's first victory of the Revolutionary War.

Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has increased dramatically, fueled in part by current global interactions between the Muslim world and Western nations. The second edition features an intriguing new chapter on perceptions of the Crusades in the modern period, from David Hume and William Wordsworth to World War I political cartoons and crusading rhetoric circulating after 9/11. Islamic accounts of the treatment of prisoners have been added, as well as sources detailing the homecoming of those who had ventured to the Holy Land—including a newly translated reading on a woman crusader, Margaret of Beverly. The book contains sixteen images, study questions for each reading, and an index.

“Woman, Watching is an entrancing blend of biography, memoir, history, research, and homage that is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It’s radical, it’s ravishing.” — Kyo Maclear, author of Birds Art Life From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman — a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds. Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her Swedish privilege and joined the Canadian Red Cross, visiting her northern Ontario patients by dogsled. When Elzire Dionne gave birth to five babies, Louise became nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets. Repulsed by the media circus, she retreated to her wilderness cabin, where she devoted herself to studying the birds that nested in her forest. Author of six books and scores of magazine stories, de Kiriline Lawrence and her “loghouse nest” became a Mecca for international ornithologists. Lawrence was an old woman when Merilyn Simonds moved into the woods not far away. Their paths crossed, sparking Simonds’s lifelong interest. A dedicated birder, Simonds brings her own songbird experiences from Canadian nesting grounds and Mexican wintering grounds to this deeply researched, engaging portrait of a uniquely fascinating woman.

This epic biography, a gripping insider's account, is a long-overdue chronicle of the life and times of Mohammad Reza Shah, who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian monarch. Gholam Reza Afkhami uses his unparalleled access to a large number of individuals—including high-ranking figures in the shah's regime, members of his family, and members of the opposition—to depict the unfolding of the shah's life against the forces and events that shaped the development of modern Iran. The first major biography of the Shah in twenty-five years, this richly detailed account provides a radically new perspective on key events in Iranian history, including the 1979 revolution, U.S.-Iran relations, and Iran's nuclear program. It also sheds new light on what now drives political and cultural currents in a country at the heart of today's most perplexing geopolitical dilemmas.

ÖNSÖZ “Bütün övgüler, gökleri ve yeri yaratan, karanlıkları ve aydınlığı var eden Allah’ındır. Sonra da kâfir olanlar -buna rağmen- Rablerine (başkalarını) eşit tutarlar. O sizi çamurdan yaratandır. Sonra bir ecel takdir edendir. Onun katında belirli bir ecel daha vardır. Sonra yine de siz hala şüphe edersiniz. Göklerde de, yerde de Allah sadece O’dur. Gizlinizi de, açığınızı da bilir. O ne kazandığınızı da bilir.” (el-En’âm, 1-3) Şehadet ederim ki Allah’tan başka hiçbir ilah yoktur. O bir ve tektir. O’nun ortağı yoktur. Eşsizdir, sameddir, doğurmamıştır ve doğmamıştır. Kimse de O’nun eşi ve dengi değildir. “Onlar: ‘Allah oğul edindi’ dediler. O bundan münezzehtir. Tam aksine göklerde ve yerde ne varsa hepsi O’nundur. Hepsi O’na boyun eğer. Göklerin ve yerin yaratıcısı O’dur. Birşeyin olmasına dair hüküm verirse, O’na yalnızca ‘ol’ der, o da oluverir.” (el-Bakara, 116-117) “Rabbin dilediğini yaratır ve seçer. Onların seçme yetkileri yoktur. Allah (kendisine) şirk koştukları şeylerden yüce ve münezzehtir.” (el-Kasas, 68) “O işlediklerinden sorumlu tutulmaz. Halbuki onlara (yaptıkları) sorulur.” (el-Enbiya, 23) Ve şehadet ederim ki; efendimiz Muhammed Allah’ın kulu ve Rasûlüdür. Onu hidayet ile ve hak din ile “Müşrikler hoşgörmese de o dini bütün dinlere üstün kılmak için” (et-Tevbe, 33) gönderendir. Allah ona, onun aile halkına, hak ile hükmeden, onunla adaleti yerine getiren ashabına, onlara güzel bir şekilde uyan, sünnetten hiçbir şekilde uzaklaşmayıp başka tarafa kaymayan tabîlerine de salât ve selam eylesin. Onlar başka taraflara kaymayıp onun getirdiği hidayet yoluna uyanlardır. Ona sımsıkı sarılanlar, onu esas alarak dost ve düşmanlık edenler, onun hududunda durup ve onu savunanlar, onun esası üzere kendilerini savunup mücadele verenlerdir. Kıyamet gününe kadar onların yollarını izleyecek, izlerinin takipçiliğini yapacak herkese de salât ve selam olsun. İmdi, elinizdeki bu kitapçık oldukça faydalı, faydası pek büyük, yararları çokça bir özettir. Dinin temel kurallarını kapsamakta, tevhidin ana esaslarını ihtiva etmektedir. Esasen bütün peygamberler bu tevhide davet etmiş, kitaplar bunu öğretmek için indirilmiştir. Onun dışında bir din ve akide benimseyenlerin kurtuluşları sözkonusu değildir. Bu din apaydınlık yolu ve hakkın açık seçik caddesini gösterir, ona iletir. Ben bu kitapçığımda imanın meselelerini ve esaslarını açıkladım. İmanın tamamını ortadan kaldıran yahut kemali ile bağdaşmayan hususları gösterdim. Herbir meseleyi delili ile birlikte kaydettim. Böylelikle ona dair gerekli açıklamalar yapılmış, gerçek durumu ortaya çıkmış ve onun kabul edilmesi yolu da beyan edilmiş olsun. Bu açıklamalarımda sadece ehl-i sünnetin ve onlara tabî olanların mezhebini açıklamakla yetindim. Çeşitli hevâ ve bid’ât sahiplerinin görüşlerine değinmedim. Çünkü bu görüşler ancak reddedilmek ve sünnetin oklarını üzerlerine atmak için sözkonusu edilir. Bu görüşlerin kusurlarını pek üstün ve değerli imamlar ortaya koymuş, onları reddetmek ve bertaraf etmek maksadı ile bağımsız eserler kaleme almışlardır. Bununla birlikte herşey kendi zıttı ile bilinir ve ona dair kesin ve belirleyici tarifleri yapılarak, başkalarından ayırd edilir. Güneş de doğdu mu esasen gündüzün varlığı için delil getirmeye ihtiyaç kalmaz. Hak açıkça ortaya çıkıp netlik kazandı mı, onun ötesinde sapıklıktan başka bir şey olmaz. Ben bu eserimi öğrencinin dikkatini toplaması ve uyanık kalması için soru-cevap şeklinde düzenledim. Sorudan sonra durumu açıklayan ve karışıklığı ortadan kaldıran cevabı kaydettim. Bu eserime “A’lâmu’s-Sünneti’l-Menşûra li’tikadi’t-Taifeti’n-Nâciyeti’l-Mensûra: Kurtuluşa ermiş, yardıma mazhar olmuş taifenin itikadına dair sünnetin açılmış sancakları” adını verdim. Yüce Rabbimden bunu sırf kendi rızası için yapılmış bir çalışma kılmasını, bize öğrettikleriyle bizleri faydalandırmasını, bize fayda verecek şeyleri bizlere öğretmesini -O’nun bir nimeti ve bir lütfu olarak- niyaz ederiz. Şüphesiz ki O, herşeye gücü yetendir. Kullarına çok lütufkârdır, herşeyden haberdardır, dönüş ve sonunda varılacak yer O’nun huzurudur. O bizim mevlâmızdır. O ne güzel mevlâ, ne güzel yardımcıdır.

¿Fue la Revolución Francesa el mito fundacional del mundo contemporáneo? ¿Recogía en su espíritu todo lo bueno y noble que habita en el alma humana? ¿Representaba el bien absoluto y cualquier cosa que se alejara de ella era el mal? Pocos acontecimientos históricos son tan conocidos como la Revolución Francesa, y, al mismo tiempo, tan poco entendidos. La historia se aceleró en Francia durante la última década del siglo XVIII y sus consecuencias no tardaron en afectar a todo el mundo gracias a Napoleón Bonaparte, el más ilustre de los hijos de la revolución. Los dos siglos posteriores son inexplicables sin esta convulsión que encontró infinidad de imitadores en todas las latitudes. Fernando Díaz Villanueva y Alberto Garín diseccionan en este libro la historia de este momento histórico excepcional en todas sus vertientes para desmontar, con precisión y afilada crítica, los mitos e ideas que han perdurado hasta nuestros días.

The events and personalities of ancient Rome spring to life in this history, from its founding in 753 B.C. to the death of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180. Paul A. Zoch presents, in contemporary language, the history of Rome and the stories of its protagonists?such as Romulus and Remus, Horatius, and Nero-which are so often omitted from more specialized studies. With an eye detail, Zoch guides his readers through the military campaigns and political developments that shaped Rome’s rise from a small Italian city to the greatest imperial power the world had ever known. We witness the long struggle against the enemy city of Carthage. We follow Caesar as he campaigns in Britain, and we observe the ebb and flow of Rome’s fortunes in the Hellenistic East. Writing with the belief that such stories contain moral lessons that are relevant today, Zoch presents a narrative that is both entertaining and informative. An afterword takes the history to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West in A.D. 476.

A military study of the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan—the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems. Fought over the course of forty-four days, the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war resulted in a decisive military victory for Azerbaijan. Armenia lost even though they controlled the high ground in a mountainous region that favored traditional defense. In 7 Seconds to Die, military consultant and historian John Antal examines the decisive factors of the war and their implications for the future of armed conflict. The fact that Azerbaijan won the war is not extraordinary, considering the correlation of forces arrayed against Armenia. What is exceptional is that this was the first modern war primarily decided by unmanned weapons. The Turkish-made BAYRAKTAR TB2 Unmanned Air Combat Vehicle (UCAV) and the Israeli-made HAROP Loitering Munition (LM) dominated the fighting and provided Azerbaijan with a war-winning advantage.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Deep maps are finely detailed, multimedia depictions of a place and the people, buildings, objects, flora, and fauna that exist within it and which are inseparable from the activities of everyday life. These depictions may encompass the beliefs, desires, hopes, and fears of residents and help show what ties one place to another. A deep map is a way to engage evidence within its spatio-temporal context and to provide a platform for a spatially-embedded argument. The essays in this book investigate deep mapping and the spatial narratives that stem from it. The authors come from a variety of disciplines: history, religious studies, geography and geographic information science, and computer science. Each applies the concepts of space, time, and place to problems central to an understanding of society and culture, employing deep maps to reveal the confluence of actions and evidence and to trace paths of intellectual exploration by making use of a new creative space that is visual, structurally open, multi-media, and multi-layered.

The #1 New York Times bestseller and the true story behind the film: A rugby team resorts to the unthinkable after a plane crash in the Andes. Spirits were high when the Fairchild F-227 took off from Mendoza, Argentina, and headed for Santiago, Chile. On board were forty-five people, including an amateur rugby team from Uruguay and their friends and family. The skies were clear that Friday, October 13, 1972, and at 3:30 p.m., the Fairchild’s pilot reported their altitude at 15,000 feet. But one minute later, the Santiago control tower lost all contact with the aircraft. For eight days, Chileans, Uruguayans, and Argentinians searched for it, but snowfall in the Andes had been heavy, and the odds of locating any wreckage were slim. Ten weeks later, a Chilean peasant in a remote valley noticed two haggard men desperately gesticulating to him from across a river. He threw them a pen and paper, and the note they tossed back read: “I come from a plane that fell in the mountains . . .” Sixteen of the original forty-five passengers on the F-227 survived its horrific crash. In the remote glacial wilderness, they camped in the plane’s fuselage, where they faced freezing temperatures, life-threatening injuries, an avalanche, and imminent starvation. As their meager food supplies ran out, and after they heard on a patched-together radio that the search parties had been called off, it seemed like all hope was lost. To save their own lives, these men and women not only had to keep their faith, they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends? A remarkable story of endurance and determination, friendship and the human spirit, Alive is the dramatic bestselling account of one of the most harrowing quests for survival in modern times.

Reprint of the classic World War II memoir German General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the 1st SS-Panzer Division "Leibstandarte" and the 12th SS-Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend," from the first day of the war in Poland, through service in France, Russia, and Greece, up until his capture in Normandy in 1944 and his postwar trials and tribulations.

Roughly 200 million today, Indian Muslims are greater than the population of Britain and France or Germany put together. According to the Indian Constitution, Indian Muslims are treated as political equals, which is what India’s secular polity promised after its independence, encouraging more than 35 million Indian Muslims at the time of Partition to choose India as their motherland over Pakistan. However, the supposed relationship of equality between Hindus and Muslims as scripted in the constitution is being increasingly replaced by the domineering tendencies of a Hindu majority in India today. The author describes the current state and position of Indian Muslims (the seeds for which were sown when the BJP came to power in 2014) as the thirdpolitical moment; the second he believes was in 1947 when the community was given equal status in the Indian Constitution; and the first, was in 1857 when Indian Muslims learnt to live under the British colonial state. As he states, there is no denying that political circumstances for Indian Muslims were not completely ideal or full of democratic energy prior to the rise of the Hindu Right since the late 1980s. With numerous layers defined by language, ethnicity, region, etc., Muslims have the most heterogeneous identity, representing India’s quintessential diversity. And yet, Muslims are perceived as the most enduring well-grounded threat to the majoritarian project of the Hindu Rashtra. Indian Muslims are perceived or presented as perpetrators of violence and violators of law, even if they are at the receiving end. They are viewed as an internal enemy, who need to be dealt with for political, social, historical, and ideological reasons. Going forward, the community must formulate the language of democratic rights of Indian Muslims as equal citizens and define the ethics of human dignity in their struggle to reassert their place in India’s political power structures at all levels: from panchayat to Parliament. While the economic future or cultural rights of Indian Muslims have been debated since 1947, it is the political future that demands attention because only as an equal and participatory community in the politics of the nation, can economic and cultural futures be addressed. This book explores the political future of Indian Muslims in this context. From Shaheen Bagh to Hindu-Muslim riots, from the unique position of Muslim women in India to the Sachar Report and the Muslim backwardness debate, Mujibur Rehman analyses, confronts and discusses the urgent concerns of Indian Muslims in a manner that is nuanced and globally relevant.

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Medgar Evers deserves a place alongside Malcolm X and Dr. King in our historical memory. Evers, with Myrlie as his partner in activism and in life, was doing civil rights work in the single most hostile and dangerous environment in America.”—from Medgar and Myrlie By MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America's struggle for freedom, and celebrates Myrlie Evers's extraordinary activism after her husband's assassination in the driveway of their Mississippi home. "I love this book. The empathic, brilliant, and wise Joy Reid has brought us the poignant, fascinating inside story of Medgar and Myrlie Evers, transformational leaders who confronted pure evil and risked their lives to ensure that all American children might grow up in a United States that was more just. As Reid shows us, that painful task is now more urgent than ever.” — Michael Beschloss Myrlie Louise Beasley met Medgar Evers on her first day of college. They fell in love at first sight, married just one year later, and Myrlie left school to focus on their growing family. Medgar became the field secretary for the Mississippi branch of the NAACP, charged with beating back the most intractable and violent resistance to black voting rights in the country. Myrlie served as Medgar’s secretary and confidant, working hand in hand with him as they struggled against public accommodations and school segregation, lynching, violence, and sheer despair within their state’s “black belt.” They fought to desegregate the intractable University of Mississippi, organized picket lines and boycotts, despite repeated terroristic threats, including the 1962 firebombing of their home, where they lived with their three young children. On June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers became the highest profile victim of Klan-related assassination of a black civil rights leader at that time; gunned down in the couple’s driveway in Jackson. In the wake of his tragic death, Myrlie carried on their civil rights legacy; writing a book about Medgar’s fight, trying to win a congressional seat, and becoming a leader of the NAACP in her own right. In this groundbreaking and thrilling account of two heroes of the civil rights movement, Joy-Ann Reid uses Medgar and Myrlie’s relationship as a lens through which to explore the on-the-ground work that went into winning basic rights for Black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.

A seguito di meticolose indagini, decine di catanesi, in gran parte giovani o giovanissimi, vengono prima incarcerati, poi mandati al confino alle Tremiti fino allo scoppio della guerra, in due casermoni sull’isola di San Domino. Tornati a Catania, cercheranno di dimenticare e far dimenticare ciò che hanno vissuto. Pochissimi di loro, a distanza di decenni, hanno accettato di raccontarlo. A partire da queste testimonianze e da fonti d’archivio, Goretti e Giartosio ricostruiscono un mondo che sembrava scomparso nel nulla. Gli appuntamenti sulla spiaggia di notte, le sale da ballo per soli uomini, le complicità, le rivalità, i travestimenti, gli espedienti, la paura, l’amore. E poi, dopo l’arresto, gli stratagemmi messi in atto dalle famiglie, le situazioni paradossali della vita al confino, i tentativi quasi sempre vani di rivendicare la propria innocenza e guadagnarsi la libertà. Il tutto nel contesto di un’Italia provinciale, tenera ma più spesso spietata, in cui l’omosessuale è schernito di giorno e cercato di notte da uomini che non si ritengono omosessuali. Un’Italia stregata dal fascismo, che all’indomani delle leggi razziali è deciso a reprimere qualsiasi minaccia all’«integrità della stirpe», e che colpirà, con il tacito consenso dei più, centinaia di «invertiti». Indagine antropologica, riflessione sull’identità, appello alla memoria civile di un paese che facilmente dimentica, questo libro è prima di tutto una storia.

Illustrated throughout with outstanding new full-colour annotated artworks, easy-to-follow accounts of the characters’ stories and factfile boxes, this book will appeal to any child interested in tales, monsters and movies.

"Well, I'm sure I don't have any secrets...," I said, trying to sound certain. "Can't we just tell them that?" Mom's steady gaze was driving me crazy. "Oh," she said slowly, "but that's where you're wrong. You see, you do have the secrets. You know them." When Kira agrees to let her friends hypnotize her at a slumber party, she has no idea that she will reveal secrets even she didn't know she had -- memories of fleeing a war-torn country with her mother, understanding a language she can't identify. Then her mother disappears, and a woman calling herself Aunt Memory takes Kira to Crythe, a place that doesn't officially exist, in order to rescue her mother -- or so Kira thinks. She soon learns that there are memories locked in her mind that place her and her mother in grave danger, but those memories are also the only thing that might save them. In Escape from Memory, award-winning author Margaret Peterson Haddix imagines a culture that values its memories above everything else -- and a teen who has to make the most important decision of her life.

The Kingdom of Clays faces a dire crisis: an assassination attempt has just been made on its own Princess Lynneburg, and its neighboring countries eye the aftermath like starving vultures, plotting the Kingdom’s downfall. The ensuing conflict will shape the face of the continent for centuries to come...but Noor doesn’t have a clue about any of that! Having freshly arrived at the royal capital after over a decade of rigorous, isolated training at his mountain home, he’s dead set on achieving his childhood dream of becoming an adventurer, even if the only skills he possesses are useless ones. Sure, he can [Parry] thousands of swords in the span of a single breath, but everybody knows you need more than that if you want to be an adventurer! Our hero’s road to making his dream come true will be long(?) and arduous(?)—but if there’s one thing Noor’s not afraid of, it’s some good ol’ fashioned hard work!

A broken curse. A forbidden magic. A final battle. When the Winter Queen spirits away her champion to her court, Iain Callaghan is at the mercy of the bloodthirsty Unseelies and their ruthless king. As he tries to save the queen and sabotage the Court, can he trust an old enemy if it means his survival? Meanwhile, Deirdre battles the Winter King’s forces as well as her own prejudices against her Unseelie heritage, while her adoptive sister Alvey tries to bridge the gap between the human army and Seelie Court by cooperating with Vera, a defector of the Winter Court. Working alongside them are Alan and James, who are also hatching a risky rescue mission to both help Iain and turn the tide of the war. As old memories emerge, Raisa must choose whether to try and trust again, connecting with both her past and Sir Cai—or to make a stand with the Winter Court and its legions of monsters and faeries. In this thrilling conclusion to the Winter’s Blight series, Deirdre and her allies must fight not only to save the country but also their futures.

Unele iubiri te aduc tot mai aproape de întuneric și te îndepărtează de lumină... O neatenție a fost suficientă să-i ruineze viața de liceu, după ce Manasseh, fratele băiatului pe care-l place, îi descoperă secretul murdar. Rebecca Godwill este fiica pură și inocentă a preotului din oraș, ai cărei ochi au strălucit dintotdeauna pentru un singur băiat: Samael Morgenstern. Cu toate acestea, el nu i-a oferit niciodată atenția râvnită. S𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒍 ei ajunge motivul șantajului pe care Manasseh, un „pui de drac” isteț și fără inimă, îl va folosi pentru a o manipula fără scrupule. 𝑉a 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑢 𝑐𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝑎̆ 𝑟𝑎̆𝑚𝑎̂𝑛𝑎̆ 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡. 𝑃𝐸𝑁𝑇𝑅𝑈 𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐷𝐸𝐴𝑈𝑁𝐴! Fiecare pas pe care-l face, încercând să îndeplinească dorințele bizare ale lui Manasseh, o aduce tot mai aproape de întuneric și o îndepărtează de lumină. Dar Becca nu s-a speriat niciodată de întuneric și ar face orice să fie mai aproape de Samael, chiar dacă va trebui să intre în gașca Crasnicilor din Matlock, un grup misterios din care fac parte cei trei frați Morgenstern. Noaptea Ultimului foc trebuia să o aducă pe Becca mai aproape de Crasnici și de fericire, însă acea noapte nu face decât să-i lege destinul de fratele greșit, prin firele dureroase ale iubirii și vinovăției. Odată intrată în lumea Crasnicilor, nu mai poate da înapoi, trebuie să învețe regulile jocului și să nu-și piardă speranța că, dincolo de noapte, arde încă focul unei mari iubiri. O dată un Crasnic, mereu un Crasnic!

شرلوك هولمز (بالإنجليزية:Sherlock Holmes) شخصية خيالية لمحقق من أواخر القرن التاسع عشر وأوائل القرن العشرين ابتكرها الكاتب والطبيب الإسكتلندي سير آرثر كونان دويل. يعرّف هولمز نفسه على أنه "محقق استشاري" يتخذ من مدينة لندن مقرًا له، ويساعد رجال الشرطة والمحققين عندما لا يجدون حلولًا للجرائم التي تواجههم. اشتهر هولمز بمهارته في استخدام التفكير المنطقي، وقدرته على التنكر والتمويه، إضافة إلى استخدام معلوماته في مجال الطب الشرعي لحل أعقد القضايا. تعد شخصية شرلوك هولمز أشهر شخصية لمحقق خيالي على الإطلاق. رويت جميع روايات هولمز وقصصه القصيرة من قبل صديقه الحميم وكاتب سيرته دكتور جون واطسون، باستثناء قصتين رواهما هولمز بنفسه ("مغامرة الجندي الشاحب" و"مغامرة عرف الأسد")، واثنتان أخريان رويتا بضمير الغائب ("مغامرة حجر مازارين" و"قوسه الأخير"). في قصتين أخريين ("مغامرة طقوس موسجريف" و"مغامرة جلوريا سكوت") يروي هولمز لواطسون أغلب أحداث القصة من ذاكرته، بينما يروي واطسون أجزاءً هامشيةً من القصة. كذلك فإن الروايتين الأولى والرابعة ("دراسة في اللون القرمزي" و"وادي الخوف") تحويان أجزاءً مكتوبة بصيغة السرد، بحيث تكون بعض الأحداث غير معروفة لهولمز أو واطسون. يضم هذا الكتاب المجموعة الكاملة لمغامرات المخقق الفذ شرلوك هولمز: مغامرة العميل المرموق - مغامرة الجندي الشاحب - مغامرة جوهرة مازارين - مغامرة المنزل ذي الجملونات الثلاثة - مغامرة مصاصة دماء ساسكس - ثلاثة رجال يحملون اللقب جاريديب - قضية جسر ثُور - مغامرة الرجل الزاحف - لغز لُبْدة الأَسَد - مغامرة النزيلة الملثمة - مغامرة رَجل الطلاء المتقاعد - تحالف ذوي الشعر الأحمر - قضية هوية - وادي بوسكومب الغامض - بذور البرتقال الخمس - ذو الشفة الملتوية - مغامرة الجوهرة الزرقاء - مغامرة العصابة المرقطة - مغامرة إبهام المهندس - مغامرة النبيل الأعزب - مغامرة كوبر بيتشيز - مغامرة تاج الزمرد - مغامرة المنزل الخالي - مغامرة بنَّاء نوروود - شفرة الرجال الراقصين - لغز راكبة الدراجة الوحيدة - غموض مدرسة الرهبان - مغامرة بيتر الأسود - مغامرة تشارلز أوجستس ميلفيرتون - مغامرة تماثيل نابليون الستة - مُغامرة الطلَّاب الثلاثة - مغامرة نظَّارة الأنف الذهبية - لغز لاعب الرجبي المختفي - لغز منزل آبي جرينج - مغامرة البقعة الثانية - اختفاء السيدة فرانسيس كارفاكس - مغامرة المحقق المحتضر - مغامرة الدائرة الحمراء - لغز مخططات بروس بارتينجتون - لغز قدم الشيطان - بنسيون ويستريا - مغامرة العقيق الأزرق - المترجم اليوناني - المهمة الأخيرة

From bestselling author Chelsea Sedoti comes a comedic young adult mystery with "one of the most relatable characters in recent young adult literature" (Book Page), perfect for fans of John Green and Jandy Nelson. Hawthorn Creely's not one to get involved in other people's business. But a missing person's investigation? That's another matter... Hawthorn wasn't trying to insert herself into a missing person's investigation. Or maybe she was. But that's only because Lizzie Lovett's disappearance is the one fascinating mystery their sleepy town has ever had. Bad things don't happen to popular girls like Lizzie Lovett, and Hawthorn is convinced she'll turn up at any moment—which means the time for speculation is now. So Hawthorn comes up with her own theory for Lizzie's disappearance. A theory way too absurd to take seriously...at first. The more Hawthorn talks, the more she believes. And what better way to collect evidence than to immerse herself in Lizzie's life? Like getting a job at the diner where Lizzie worked and hanging out with Lizzie's boyfriend. After all, it's not as if he killed her—or did he? Told with a unique voice that is both hilarious and heart-wrenching, Hawthorn's quest for proof may uncover the greatest truth is within herself. Perfect for buyers looking for: funny books for teens character-driven coming-of-age stories the young adult books best sellers 2017 Also by Chelsea Sedoti: It Came from the Sky As You Wish Praise for The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett: "A dark, comedic mystery about a girl's quest for proof that ultimately helps her discover some truths about herself. We officially love Hawthorn. [O]ffbeat, smart and awesome."—Justine Magazine "Sedoti's debut offers an enlightening look at the dangers of relying on outward appearances to judge someone's character, and Hawthorn's first-person narrative, filled with obsessive thoughts and, eventually, meaningful reflection, is a lively, engaging vehicle for the story... Fans of character-driven novels will appreciate this."—Booklist "Hawthorn and Lizzie both emerge as surprising, intricate characters whose stories are resonant and memorable."—Publishers Weekly "Hawthorn is an engaging young woman with a vivid imagination...With an interesting and diverse supporting cast, this novel is full of topics that are relevant to teens: bullying, self-esteem, family dynamics, and suicide. Highly recommended."—Shelf Awarenes

Four best friends—Check. One unforgettable week in Kauai—Check. Sun, surf, and hula girls in bikinis—Check. A creepy mansion on the forbidden side of the island…. Check? Sam and Colby’s vacation in paradise goes from enchanting, to weird, to deadly, when Trey, an old acquaintance, insists they can’t leave without a visit to the legendary Nā Pali Coast. It turns out Trey has been living at the infamous Belle Estate, owned by a wealthy and eccentric widow—who locals believe is a witch. The only thing odder than how a twenty-three-year-old college kid from Utah ended up living in a remote and isolated mansion on the North Shore of Kauai is that he is romantically involved with a woman old enough to be their grandmother. Belle Estate’s walls hold an eerie sway over all who enter, and a dark, shadowy presence seems to be following them around the grounds. When an unfavorable change of plans forces them to stay overnight, Sam and Colby are in for the most terrifying encounter of their lives.

Ella es la hija del Alfa de la manada Luna Negra, pero siempre tuvo una vida de sirviente. Tanto su padre como su madrastra la odiaban porque no tenía lobos. Fue la noche de la fiesta de apareamiento en la cual conoció a un hombre misterioso, quien le quitó la virginidad y arruinó su vida. En consecuencia, fue desterrada y se convirtió en una rebelde, sin embargo y de repente, encontró a su lobo. ¿Cómo pasó todo esto?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now. “I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.” Dana’s torment begins when she suddenly vanishes on her 26th birthday from California, 1976, and is dragged through time to antebellum Maryland to rescue a boy named Rufus, heir to a slaveowner’s plantation. She soon realizes the purpose of her summons to the past: protect Rufus to ensure his assault of her Black ancestor so that she may one day be born. As she endures the traumas of slavery and the soul-crushing normalization of savagery, Dana fights to keep her autonomy and return to the present. Blazing the trail for neo-slavery narratives like Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad and Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Water Dancer, Butler takes one of speculative fiction’s oldest tropes and infuses it with lasting depth and power. Dana not only experiences the cruelties of slavery on her skin but also grimly learns to accept it as a condition of her own existence in the present. “Where stories about American slavery are often gratuitous, reducing its horror to explicit violence and brutality, Kindred is controlled and precise” (New York Times). “Reading Octavia Butler taught me to dream big, and I think it’s absolutely necessary that everybody have that freedom and that willingness to dream.” —N. K. Jemisin Developed for television by writer/executive producer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen), executive producers also include Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans, The Patient), and Darren Aronofsky (The Whale). Janicza Bravo (Zola) is director and an executive producer of the pilot. Kindred stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, and Gayle Rankin.

"I was the first to kiss her," Bryce brags. "I call her virginity," Ace yells out loudly. "She will love me first," Chris responds angrily. Erica rolls her eyes and stomps her foot. "I hate you! All of you!!" *** Erica finds herself homeless and without a family after her parents are banished from the West Pack. She is forced to take the only option that is laid out before her. To go to the North Pack and live with the Alpha, Luna, and their Triplet sons. Being no stranger to the North Pack, Erica is aware of just how cruel Ace, Bryce, and Chris can be. But what she doesn't expect is to be stripped of her Beta status and considered a Rogue within the Pack. Shamed and tormented Erica becomes nothing more than a shell of the woman that she used to be. That is until the fateful night that she finds her mate. Will she accept the bond that has been given to her by the Moon Goddess or will she run as far away as she can get?

“PERMATA itu adalah kunci suatu ‘gerbang’ yang telah kaumku jaga beratus-ratus tahun lamanya. Aku belum pernah mendengar cerita bahwa dia bisa bersinar di dalam genggaman tangan, atau dapat menimbulkan rasa sakit.... Pasti ada sesuatu di baliknya, sesuatu yang belum kami ketahui,” lanjut Alto, terduduk di atas karpet dan membenamkan kepala pada telapak tangan. “Nyatanya, kamu membuat fragmen kunci bersinar. Kamu juga tahu letak fragmen kunci lainnya. Lagi-lagi kutanyakan ini, siapa kamu sebenarnya?” Aku pun tidak tahu jawabannya. Yang jelas, saat aku membereskan gudang di rumah, tanpa sengaja aku menemukan sebongkah permata merah di dalam kotak beledu. Jika kusentuh, permata itu akan menyala terang. Bingung bercampur panik, kututup kotak itu. Namun, sejak saat itu pula aku dipertemukan dengan si lelaki bermasker hitam, Alto Rialtiorre. Dia memaksaku untuk menyerahkan permata merah, tapi aku menolaknya. Betapa tidak? Ini adalah peninggalan dari kakekku. Mana boleh aku melepaskannya begitu saja?! Anehnya, beberapa kali seorang perempuan berambut pirang dengan jubah merah terus mendatangi mimpiku, berkata bahwa aku adalah dia, dia adalah aku. Kami adalah satu, dan aku harus bersatu dengan Kaum Pelindung untuk mengalahkan Para Pengkhianat. Aku, Zarra Mediana, bersama permata merah, kini hidupku berubah.

En el centro de una ciudad muy particular a la que sólo se accede cuando nos entregamos a los brazos de Morfeo, se encuentra la gran tienda de los sueños de Dallergut, un mágico lugar que ofrece a los clientes una variedad inimaginable de experiencias oníricas para todos los gustos y ocasiones: viajar a una isla paradisíaca, volver a encontrarnos con el amor de nuestra vida, volar por los aires, atravesar el océano nadando como un pez... Todo es posible en la tienda de Dallergut. Lo único que tenemos que hacer es elegir uno de los sueños que se exhiben en los mostradores y pagar luego con el sentimiento que nos evoca al despertarnos. Penny, nuestra joven protagonista será entrevistada por Dallergut y acabará incorporándose a la peculiar tienda, su lugar de trabajo soñado. Sin embargo, en su primer día de trabajo le robarán todo un día de ventas por el sueño de mayor valor del establecimiento... Una novela de fantasía misteriosa y conmovedora, y uno de los mayores éxitos recientes de la literatura coreana..

Thirteen-year-old Travis has a secret: he can't read. But a shrewd teacher and a sassy girl are about to change everything in this witty and deeply moving novel. Travis is missing his old home in the country, and he’s missing his old hound, Rosco. Now there’s just the cramped place he shares with his well-meaning but alcoholic grandpa, a new school, and the dreaded routine of passing when he’s called on to read out loud. But that’s before Travis meets Mr. McQueen, who doesn’t take “pass” for an answer--a rare teacher whose savvy persistence has Travis slowly unlocking a book on the natural world. And it’s before Travis is noticed by Velveeta, a girl whose wry banter and colorful scarves belie some hard secrets of her own. With sympathy, humor, and disarming honesty, Pat Schmatz brings to life a cast of utterly believable characters--and captures the moments of trust and connection that make all the difference.

Los Zorros son un equipo fragmentado, pero puede que Neil Josten sea el milagro que estaban esperando. La única persona que no está de acuerdo es Andrew, y el único capaz de penetrar las férreas barreras de Andrew es Neil. El problema es que Andrew no da nada a cambio de nada y a Neil le cuesta horrores confiar en nadie que no sea él mismo. Sin embargo, puede que no tengan demasiado tiempo; desde el equipo rival de los Cuervos, Riko Moriyama está dispuesto a hacer todo lo que sea para destrozar la nueva y frágil vida de Neil. El rey cuervo es el segundo y esperadísimo libro de la trilogía All For The Game. La tensión sube y se vuelve electrizante mientras se revelan más y más lados desconocidos de los personajes. ¿Qué sucederá?

As the last descendant of the werewolf clan, Gerardo O'Bound was guided by the werewolf book that he had to sex with as many as 50 virgins. Moreover, he had to kill the last virgin to obtain immortal blood. For Gerardo, it was not difficult to get a virgin. After all, he was a rich and powerful businessman in the modern era. But the more virgins Gerardo had sex with, the weaker he became, and he had been addicted to violent sex when he met the fourth virgin Livanna Maria Thompson. Livanna initially felt a lot of pain, but by the end of Gerardo's sex game, she began to enjoy every movement and lashing delivered by Gerardo. On the other hand, Gerardo was cold and only treated her as a bed slave. What is the truth behind the scene? What if Livanna's sexual relation severed for a secret purpose? Read to figure out.

Step foot into new worlds and prepare for war… As they make their way into the Realm, Averie and Silas find themselves in a race against time. They must rejoin the Rebellion without being discovered by their enemies. Along the way, they meet a surprising new ally with alluring secrets—and deadly motives of his own. As Averie struggles to find her place and adapt to the world around her, training takes on a whole new meaning when Callen takes over as her teacher. Using unconventional methods, he forces her to deal with the past and accept what she cannot change. While Silas fights to keep his past from colliding with his present, his lies draw the unwanted attention of an old friend. When everyone Averie cares about is threatened, she is forced to the frontlines, whether she is ready for it or not.

"Tell me," he leans down and whispers next to my ear. "Have you ever been kissed?" "I don't think that is any of your business," I snap back at him. "I am making it my business, Luna Queen," he says as he runs his thumb over my bottom lip. Born of a white wolf and identical Alpha Triplets Raven is unlike any other werewolf alive. Bearing the mark of the Moon Goddess, she has earned the title of the Child of Light and is destined to become the Queen over all of the werewolf packs. Under her rule, she is prophesied to bring peace to the werewolf world. But there are forces working against her. Will she bring everyone together in her life to rule peacefully or will the werewolf kingdom fall to ruin? *** This Novel Is Still Ongoing. The much-anticipated sequel will soon be available for purchase on Amazon.

Illustrated throughout with outstanding new full-colour annotated artworks, easy-to-follow accounts of the characters’ stories and factfile boxes, this book will appeal to any child interested in tales, monsters and movies.

In the enchanting kingdom of Veridia, where the echoes of rebellion and liberation reverberate through its very core, a young princess discovers the extraordinary power that lies dormant within her. "The Rebel Princess" is an exhilarating young adult fantasy that follows the journey of Elysara, a princess who defies fate and challenges the oppressive forces that seek to control her destiny. Elysara, burdened by the weight of her royal title, yearns for a life beyond the constraints of the palace walls. Little does she know that she possesses a secret power, a power that could change the fate of Veridia forever. As she unravels the truth behind her heritage, she embarks on a royal rebellion, gathering allies and unveiling the hidden truths that have been concealed for generations. With her loyal companions by her side, Elysara explores the mysterious Forbidden Forest, where ancient whispers hold the key to unlocking her true potential. Along the way, she encounters shadows of betrayal, faces the trials of an underground kingdom, and uncovers the secrets hidden within the sacred ancient scrolls. As the battle for freedom intensifies, Elysara discovers an enchanted amulet that holds the key to her destiny. With each step, she defies the predetermined path laid out for her, forging her own identity and embracing her true self. But in her pursuit of liberation, she must confront the darkness that threatens to consume Veridia, testing her strength, courage, and loyalty to the limits. In a final, heart-pounding showdown, Elysara's choices and sacrifices will determine the future of Veridia. Will she emerge as a beacon of hope, inspiring her people to rise against oppression? Or will the forces of darkness succeed in their quest to reclaim the kingdom? "The Rebel Princess" is a captivating young adult fantasy that delves into themes of self-discovery, courage, and the power of individuality. Filled with enchantment, adventure, and the enduring spirit of rebellion, this tale will transport readers to a world where destiny is challenged, friendships are forged, and the true meaning of freedom is unveiled. Join Elysara on her epic journey and experience the triumph of the rebel princess firsthand.

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Cowritten by Malcolm X’s daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world. Malcolm Little’s parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that’s a pack of lies—after all, his father’s been murdered, his mother’s been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There’s no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm’s efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. Deep down, he knows that the freedom he’s found is only an illusion—and that he can’t run forever. X follows Malcolm from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.

Четырнадцатилетняя Лейла привыкла к издевательствам в школе. Ее спутанные волосы, грязная одежда, ее сломанный телефон, а еще любовь к науке и отличные оценки – все становится предметом насмешек. Но никто не знает, какова жизнь Лейлы на самом деле. Затопленная квартира без электричества, в которую можно попасть только через окно. Невменяемая мать, которая редко появляется дома и никогда не называет ее по имени. Младший брат, о котором Лейла должна заботиться. Сырость, голод, безразличие. Когда в школе объявляют конкурс на лучшее видео про биомы, Лейла берёт камеру напрокат и снимает все, что видит вокруг: прогнивший пол, черную плесень на стенах, грибы в ящике комода, сломанный холодильник, где развелись насекомые. Видео попадает в сеть, и правду о Лейле узнают все. Но готова ли она к тому, что ее жизнь изменится?

Граційні й величні фейрі — неземні створіння, прекрасні й довершені, як смертоносний меч тонкої роботи. Та водночас вони підступні й жорстокі, особливо до людського роду. Джуд знає про це, бо один з них посиротив її з сестрами й відвіз до Краю Фейрі. Вона — смертна, яка протягом десяти років зростала під опікою вбивці у суспільстві, де людей зневажають і ненавидять. Дівчина ладна на все, щоб знайти своє місце під сонцем. Навіть протистояти цькуванню юних фейрі під проводом принца Кардана. Коли план Джуд провалюється, інший нащадок короля пропонує їй захист напередодні змін у Краю Фейрі, але не задарма. От-от спалахне полум’я палацового перевороту — і саме вона опиняється в центрі зрад та інтриг. На карту поставлено долю не тільки Джуд та її сестер, а й усього Краю Фейрі. Велика гра королів і принців, королев і корон починається.

A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. January 24th After you’ve had it, there isn't even life without drugs… It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth—and ultimately her life. Read her diary. Enter her world. You will never forget her. For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teenage girl’s harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. As powerful—and as timely—today as ever, Go Ask Alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction.

A compelling dystopian novel; winner of the 2010 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Young Adult Fiction. Maryam refused to play by the Rules, and now they're out to get her blood… The people of Onewere, a small island in the Pacific, know that they are special-chosen by the great Apostles of the Lamb to survive the deadly Tribulation that consumed the Earth. Now, from their Holy City in the rotting cruise ship Star of the Sea, the Apostles control the population-manipulating texts from the Holy Book to implant themselves as living gods. But what the people of Onewere don't know is this: the white elite will stop at nothing to meet their own blood-thirsty needs… When Maryam crosses from child to woman, she must leave everything she has ever known and make a Crossing of another kind. But life inside the Holy City is not as she had dreamed, and she is faced with the unthinkable: obey the Apostles and very likely die, or turn her back on every belief she once held dear. This book is a fast, suspenseful drama underpinned by a powerful and moving story about love and loss. From the Hardcover edition.

The stirring and dramatic story of one young woman who must find a way to overcome her deepest fears in order to unlock the secret that will help America and the Allies to victory as World War II rages on. Seventeen-year-old Eleanor is nothing like her hero Eleanor Roosevelt. She is timid and all together uncertain that she has much to offer the world. And as World War II rages overseas, Eleanor is consumed with worry for her Jewish relatives in Europe. When a chance encounter proves her to be a one-in-a-generation math whiz--a fact she has worked hard all her life to hide--Eleanor gets recruited by the US Army and entrusted with the ultimate challenge: to fine-tune a top-secret weapon that will help America defeat its enemies in World War II and secure the world’s freedom. This could be her chance to help save her family in Poland. Soon, she’s swept from the basement of an Ivy League engineering school, to the desert of California, to an Army Air Corps base at Pearl Harbor, and finally she takes to the skies above the South Pacific. But before she can solve this complicated problem, she must learn to unlock a bigger mystery: herself. Critically acclaimed author of The Poetry of Secrets, Cambria Gordon weaves an extraordinary story of remarkable courage and the will to unearth our deepest secrets, based on previously undiscovered true events. Advance Praise for Trajectory: "Cambria Gordon's careful attention to setting and detail brings an unknown and surprising history vividly to life—and draws thought-provoking parallels to the present." —Amanda McCrina, author of Traitor and The Silent Unseen ”Hidden Figures meets Code Name Verity in Trajectory, a richly detailed historical novel about Eleanor, a gifted female mathematician under pressure to get the results of her calculations right at the height of World War II. With members of her own Jewish family suffering a terrible fate in Europe, Eleanor is determined to make a difference—even if it means facing her fears head-on. I couldn’t put this down!” —Kip Wilson, award-winning author of White Rose and The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin “Well-paced and immersive, Trajectory takes readers on an exciting journey from Philadelphia to the California desert to the skies over the Pacific theater in the Second World War. Equally powerful is Eleanor’s journey from timid high school senior hiding her math ability to problem solver unafraid to stand up to superiors and skeptics in pursuit of the Allies’ victory. Gordon’s novel honors the long-ignored women who helped make that victory happen.” —Lyn Miller-Lachmann, author of Torch, winner of the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for YA Literature.

USA TODAY bestselling author Jeff Hirsch once again creates a futuristic world with stunning, dramatic realism. A civil war rages between the Glorious Path--a militant religion based on the teachings of a former US soldier--and what's left of the US government. Fifteen-year-old Callum Roe and his younger brother, James, were captured and forced to convert six years ago. Cal has been working in the Path's dog kennels, and is very close to becoming one of the Path's deadliest secret agents. Then Cal befriends a stray dog named Bear and kills a commander who wants to train him to be a vicious attack dog. This sends Cal and Bear on the run, and sets in motion a series of incredible events that will test Cal's loyalties and end in a fierce battle that the fate of the entire country rests on.

The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and the disaster, which brought attention to the labor movement in America, is part of the curriculum in classrooms throughout the country. Told from alternating points of view, this historical novel draws upon the experiences of three very different young women: Bella, who has just emigrated from Italy and doesn't speak a word of English; Yetta, a Russian immigrant and crusader for labor rights; and Jane, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Bella and Yetta work together at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory under terrible conditions--their pay is docked for even the slightest mistake, the bosses turn the clocks back so closing time is delayed, and they are locked into the factory all day, only to be frisked before they leave at night to make sure they haven't stolen any shirtwaists. When the situation worsens, Yetta leads the factory's effort to strike, and she meets Jane on the picket line. Jane, who feels trapped by the limits of her own sheltered existence, joins a group of high-society women who have taken an interest in the strike as a way of supporting women's suffrage. Through a series of twists and turns, the three girls become fast friends--and all of them are in the Triangle Shirtwast Factory on March 25, 1911, the day of the fateful fire. In a novel that puts a human face on the tragedy, Margaret Peterson Haddix has created a sweeping, forceful tale that will have readers guessing until the last page who--if anyone--survives.

برفقة أصدقائه، ينطلق (ﭼ‍يكا مينالي) صوب منافسات كأس السحرة، ونصب أعين فريقه هدفٌ واحد! فبدون فوزهم بالكأس ستخسر (أسمايا) للأبد أفراد عائلتها المحتجزين في عالم (دوات)! رغم كل ما بانتظارهم من صعاب وتحديات، إلا أنهم لا يفكرون سوى في كيفية تجاوزها بنجاح؛ مؤمنين بقدراتهم على تحقيق الكأس ومساعدة صديقتهم!

Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Gladiator in the first book in this epic fantasy duology in which two warriors must decide where their loyalties lie as an ancient war between immortals threatens humanity—from Sara Raasch, the New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes series, and Kristen Simmons, acclaimed author of Pacifica and The Deceivers. Perfect for fans of An Ember in the Ashes, And I Darken, and The Winner’s Curse. Ash is descended from a long line of gladiators, and she knows the brutal nature of war firsthand. But after her mother dies in an arena, she vows to avenge her by overthrowing her fire god, whose temper has stripped her country of its resources. Madoc grew up fighting on the streets to pay his family’s taxes. But he hides a dangerous secret: he doesn’t have the earth god’s powers like his opponents. His elemental gift is something else—something that hasn’t been seen in centuries. When an attempted revenge plot goes dangerously wrong, Ash inadvertently throws the fire and earth gods into a conflict that can only be settled by deadly, lavish gladiator games, throwing Madoc in Ash’s path. She realizes that his powers are the weapon her rebellion needs—but Madoc won’t jeopardize his family, regardless of how intrigued he is by the beautiful warrior. But when the gods force Madoc’s hand, he and Ash uncover an ancient war that will threaten more than one immortal—it will unravel the world.

Someone murdered Brian's girfriend, Amanda. The police think it was her father. Brian isn’t so sure. But everyone he knows is telling him to move on, get over it, focus on the present. Focus on basketball. Focus on hitting the perfect shot. Brian hopes that the system will work for Amanda and her father. An innocent man couldn’t be wrongly convicted, could he? But then Brian does a school project on Leo Frank, a Jewish man lynched decades ago for the murder of a teenage girl—a murder he didn’t commit. Worse still, Brian’s teammate Julius gets arrested for nothing more than being a black kid in the wrong place at the wrong time. Brian can’t deny any longer that the system is flawed. As Amanda’s father goes on trial, Brian admits to himself that he knows something that could break the case. But if he comes forward, will the real killer try for another perfect shot—this time against Brian?

Webnovel & Chereads provide official version of The Demon's Bride with latest chapter *Slow Burn Historical Fantasy Novel* Elise had about to change into the dress that was lying on the corner of her bed when she heard a knock lightly calling from her door. Curious, she turned the door knob only to have a tall man towering in front of her. “Master Ian!” She called. Ian smiled with the usual mischievous smirk that he always used. His crimson eyes trailing a little over her room and spotted the black dress over her bed and shifted his eyes over to the woman in front of him. He stepped forward and spoke. “Where did you acquire that dress?” “Mr. Harland gave it to me.” Elise replied and strained her neck to see Ian’s brows knitted in its elegance. “Do you know why a man would love to give a woman a dress?” He gave the riddle that she always had to think twice before replying. But this time, she found no answer and instead shook her head. “I don’t know.” His grin grew bewitching as though something had stirred deep inside the scarlet eyes that he had. He slowly slid his hand over the collar of her dress, sending a cold shiver that startled her for a moment due to its freezing temperature. After unbuttoning the first two buttons on her collar, he tilted his head down, whispering to her ears. “Because they want to be the one to undress the cloth.” He paused and kissed her neck, turning the pale skin to red before retracting his move to fix his eyes on her and leisurely replied. “Unfortunately, you can’t wear the dress over there with this.” He chuckled and passed a box over to her hand. “And the fortunate news is I prepared a dress for you.” Elise was a cursed little girl who could see ghosts. Her family hated her and threw her from one adoptive family to another. However, misfortune didn't act alone. When she was brought up by her aunt, she was sold as a slave. When she had thought she would become nothing but a sacrifice to the sorcerer, she was saved by a man whose identity was far different than a normal mythical being. *** This book is ORIGINAL and it is not Translation Join Author's discord: https://discord.gg/YPKueb4

Denesene korkak! diye haykırdı içimden bir ses. Denemelisin! Ama hemen ardından başka bir ses yanıtladı onu: Bir daha asla! Geçen sefer gözlerini yitirdin. Bu sefer sıra ruhunda. Bir daha asla! "Göster!" diye buyurdu goblin. Yoğunlaşan sise rağmen, kol kaslarının hamle yapmak için kasıldığını görebiliyordum. Kılıcını kaldırdı ve Ria’nın boynuna dayadı. Hâlâ bir şey yapmıyordum. İşte o anda gittikçe şiddetlenen tuhaf bir rüzgâr, ortada duran yaşlı karaağacın dallarını sallamaya başladı. Ağacın çıkardığı sesler çığlık olup yükseldi. Goblin, başını kaldırdığında kökünden kurtulan ağacın üzerine devrildiğini ancak görebildi ve son duyulan, acı dolu çığlığı oldu. “Merlin hakkında kimse Barron ile boy ölçüşemez. Bu kitabıyla yedi diyara renk, derinlik ve sevgi katmış. Hayranları bu kitaba bayılacak.” – School Library Journal “Barron, Merlin destanı hayranlarını hayal kırıklığına uğratmayacak bir başyapıtla karşımızda.” – Booklist

Official website: https://www.webnovel.com/ "You will be the mother of my children," said the man in a commanding tone. His shameless words rendered Emmelyn speechless and shocked, more so, than the kiss he landed on her lips earlier. "I need three children from you." "Eh ... wait.. what? Hold on a minute," Emmelyn, who was moved from her shock, hurriedly rubbed her lips roughly as if trying to remove the devil's marks from them. "I don't want to be your wife! I don't want to marry you, you devil!!" The man frowned and squinted his eyes menacingly. "Who said anything about marriage?" THE NEXT DAY "Let's go," said the prince. "Let's go where?" Emmelyn asked, not understanding. "Let's go make babies." *** SYNOPSIS: The crown prince was cursed on the day he was born, that he will never be happy. What's worse, no woman could touch him without dying. Thus, finding a wife to produce an heir became the royal family's greatest challenge since the prince is the only son. Until one day.. A slave girl who tried to kill him didn't end up dying after they touched. Emmelyn was a princess from one of their colonies who vowed to avenge her family's death by killing the crown prince.. And that's how she ended up in his castle. Seeing that she was the only woman he could have sexual relationship with, without killing her, the prince made an agreement to let her go and free her kingdom from his oppression if she produced for him three heirs. Emmelyn said yes, but every day that they were together, she made plans to kill him and get her revenge. Can Emmelyn get what she wanted, or would she be entangled deeper with the enemy who was deemed as the devil incarnate himself by his enemies? *** CHECK OUT MY OTHER BOOKS: - The Cursed King - ONGOING - Finding Stardust - COMPLETED - The Alchemists - COMPLETED - The Prince Who Cannot Fall In Love - COMPLETED - Till Death Do Us Part - COMPLETED I DON'T DO SLOW BURNS. This book is VERY FUNNY, and VERY LEWD. Only for ADULTS and open-minded people. My stories NEVER have rape or overbearing/scummy male leads, so rest assured you won't find them here. They're all doting husbands who would either give you dogfood every day.. or diabetes for being too sweet. BUY ME COFFEE? https://ko-fi.com/missrealitybites The cover is mine, made by the talented @samevanrijn Watch the book trailer on TikTok/Instagram: @missrealitybites Discord server: bit.ly/missrealitybites

Alkisah, hiduplah seorang raja Dinasti Sasaniyah, Syahrayar, yang bertindak adil dan bijaksana. Namun, tatkala sang permaisuri ketahuan selingkuh dengan budaknya, sontak ia menjelma raja yang bengis. Ia berjanji ingin menikahi seluruh gadis dan akan membunuhnya tepat setelah malam pertama. Maka, seluruh gadis di negeri itu pun punah. Sang wazir terpaksa memberikan putrinya sendiri, Syahrazad, sebagai tumbal. Ternyata, gadis cerdik itu mengatur strategi dengan adiknya, Dunyazad, untuk mengelabui sang raja dengan kisah-kisah menarik yang sengaja tak ditamatkan di setiap penghujung malam, agar ia terhindar dari ancaman pembunuhan. Dalam Kisah 1001 Malam Jilid 1 ini (dari malam ke-1 hingga malam ke-45), Syahrazad menuturkan 37 kisah, termasuk kisah tentang Jin Ifrit, Raja Yunan, Rauyan al-Hakim, Raja Sinbad, Khalifah Harun ar-Rasyid, Wazir Ja’far al-Barmaki, Wazir Nurudin, Wazir Syamsudin, Raja Tiongkok, tabib Yahudi, saudagar Nasrani, manusia batu, tukang cukur dari Baghdad, dan lain-lain.

What is that one thing which fuels our heart, runs our body and without which everything looks incomplete despite being complete? It is happiness. We cannot store it in any bottle or container, it is not that whenever we feel down, we can use it from there. We cannot do that. All we can do is adhering to humanity whose thumb rule is to spread happiness by sticking to its principles. Through this book, you can find that happiness as you will be able to touch the human chord, you will be able to shed human formalities, you will be able to find that lost innocence, you will be able to follow your heart, you will learn to have free will and fly high. Author Bio Neha B is a computer science engineer who lives in Bangalore. Growing up, she was inclined towards creative writing. Her journey started from writing her own created thought of the day, along with her name on the school notice board. She used to keep looking at her name with smiling eyes. Now switching her career from IT back to her love of life- writing, she is trying to make a beautiful world with all the smiling faces through her stories.

Em seu romance de estreia, Bia Crespo nos presenteia com uma história hilária e cativante sobre primeiros amores, o amor entre irmãs e o amor-próprio. Antônia se meteu numa baita confusão. Ela topou um namoro de mentira com sua maior crush, Júlia. Tudo porque Júlia quer ficar mais perto de Tamires, irmã de Antônia — e a lésbica mais disputada da faculdade. Antônia não quer enganar a irmã e tem plena consciência de que Júlia está se aproveitando da situação, mas é impossível dizer "não" quando sua crush tem os olhos grandes e expressivos, o cabelo cheiroso, um sorriso radiante... Quanto mais dates falsos as duas têm, mais elas se aproximam, e Antônia pode jurar que aquela conexão é pra valer. Mas Júlia está irredutível em sua missão de conquistar Tamires, e talvez Antônia esteja perdendo a chance de se envolver com Camila, uma colega do curso de cinema que parece gostar de Antônia do jeitinho que ela é. Agora caberá a Antônia decidir até onde consegue levar essa mentira sem machucar quem ama — e o próprio coração.

A Hogwarts il nuovo anno scolastico s’inaugura all’insegna di fatti inquietanti: strane voci riecheggiano nei corridoi e Ginny sparisce nel nulla. Un antico mistero si nasconde nelle profondità del castello e incombe ora sulla scuola, toccherà a Harry, Ron e Hermione risolvere l’enigma che si cela nella tenebrosa Camera dei Segreti...

Cinco escritores. Cinco histórias de família e de memórias. Cinco lugares de origem: Portugal, Japão, África, Líbano e Brasil. Ficção e realidade se cruzam para resgatar histórias seculares especialmente para o jovem leitor. Venha se deliciar com essas narrativas sobre as raízes de cada um, seus antepassados e as conexões familiares que nos unem. Afinal, todos nós temos uma história de origem, seja recente ou longínqua. Qual é a sua?

Bestselling novelist Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel’s parents, Terciel and Elinor, and the charter magic that brought them together—and threatened to tear them apart. A long-awaited prequel to a classic fantasy series. In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, eighteen year-old orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. But not to raise the Dead, rather to lay them to rest. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, a steam-age country where magic usually does not work, nineteen year-old Elinor lives a secluded life. Her only friends an old governess and an even older groom who was once a famous circus performer. Her mother is a tyrant, who is feared by all despite her sickness and impending death . . . but perhaps there is even more to fear from that. Elinor does not know she is deeply connected to the Old Kingdom, nor that magic can sometimes come across the Wall, until a plot by an ancient enemy of the Abhorsens brings Terciel and Tizanael to Ancelstierre. In a single day of fire and death and loss, Elinor finds herself set on a path which will take her into the Old Kingdom, into Terciel’s life, and will embroil her in the struggle of the Abhorsens against the Dead who will not stay dead. *USA Today Bestseller* “One of the greatest living fantasy writers. I will never get enough of the Old Kingdom.” —Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times bestselling author

A Kirkus Prize nominee and Stonewall Honor winner with 5 starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller! Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library! "The queer teen historical you didn’t know was missing from your life.”—Teen Vogue "A stunning powerhouse of a story."—School Library Journal "A gleeful romp through history."—ALA Booklist A young bisexual British lord embarks on an unforgettable Grand Tour of Europe with his best friend/secret crush. An 18th-century romantic adventure for the modern age written by This Monstrous Thing author Mackenzi Lee—Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets the 1700s. Henry “Monty” Montague doesn’t care that his roguish passions are far from suitable for the gentleman he was born to be. But as Monty embarks on his grand tour of Europe, his quests for pleasure and vice are in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy. So Monty vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty’s reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores. Witty, dazzling, and intriguing at every turn, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue is an irresistible romp that explores the undeniably fine lines between friendship and love. Don't miss Felicity's adventures in The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, the highly anticipated sequel!

A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication This book is based on a simple concept: no one is in a better position to hold a government accountable than those it governs. When governments fail to meet the needs of their citizens, the international community often turns to large external organizations such as the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank. These analysts and monitors may have the resources and expertise to analyze and advise on public spending and governance, but where do they go when the time comes to implement new policies? And can they really have a more nuanced understanding of the country's problems than its own citizens? Who is there to watch day and night to hold the government accountable? From the Ground Up proposes that the international community's efforts to improve public expenditure and budget execution decisions would be more effective if done in collaboration with local independent monitoring organizations. Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, and Charles Griffin track the work of sixteen independent monitoring organizations from across the developing world, demonstrating how these relatively small groups of local researchers produce both thoughtful analysis and workable solutions. They achieve these results because their vantage point allows them to more effectively discern problems with governance and to communicate with their fellow citizens about the ideals and methods of good governance. The authors also outline some disadvantages facing independent monitoring organizations, such as insufficient resources, inadequate access to data, and too little influence with high government officials. Collaboration with larger international organizations could help independent monitoring organizations overcome such obstacles, increasing their chances of improving governance—from the ground up.

Katherine Tonkiss offers a succinct account of constitutional patriotism theory, specifically arguing that it involves a commitment to free migration. She draws on qualitative research to explore the implications of this claim for the dynamics of post-national identity and belonging in local communities.

Publié originalement en 1997 aux États Unis, Le contrat racial est un livre monument traduit en français pour la première fois. Le philosophe Charles W. Mills expose les failles du contrat social, qui est avant tout un contrat racial. Ce contrat a façonné le système de domination européenne qui fait exister les Blancs en tant que personnes à part entière et les non-Blancs en tant que sous-personnes. Charles W. Mills place la justice raciale au centre de ses analyses. Réfutant l’idée du contrat social, Mills évoque plutôt le contrat racial où l’ordre racial crée les assises de nos sociétés, la reconduction des privilèges et la domination. La présente édition a bénéficié d’une nouvelle préface de l’auteur Charles W. Mills, rédigée à l’occasion du 25e anniversaire de la parution du livre. Le contrat racial est un incontournable. Les courants antiracistes contemporains doivent beaucoup à Charles W. Mills.

Starting with the Russian collusion hoax, the media never relented in their attempts to undermine Donald Trump’s presidency. When the bogus impeachment ended with Trump’s acquittal, they needed a new “scandal” to hang over his head. After largely ignoring the coronavirus outbreak, the media made it their Hail Mary attempt to sabotage President Trump. They claimed Trump’s travel ban with China was racist, xenophobic, and unnecessary—then later blamed him for not implementing it sooner. They falsely claimed Trump called the coronavirus a hoax. They concocted a phony timeline to “prove” his response to the pandemic was slow. They deceptively edited Trump's words to create an impression that he was crazy or stupid. They even blamed him for the death of a man whose wife gave him fish tank cleaner. In Airborne: How The Liberal Media Weaponized The Coronavirus Against Donald Trump, Matt Margolis exposes and debunks these lies and fake narratives reported by the media in their desperate attempt to thwart Trump’s reelection.

Catatan Najwa berisi refleksi Najwa Shihab atas isu yang dibahas di program Mata Najwa. Dengan gaya rima yang khas, Catatan Najwa menggelitik dengan sindiran, menohok tajam, kadang seperti ajakan merenung. Inilah narasi-narasi terbaik Mata Najwa yang akan terus relevan dibaca kapan pun. Selama para pejabat menghamba harta benda, negara akan terus jadi sapi perah penguasa. Saham kosong dan proyek tersedia, begitulah kisah pejabat negara merendahkan dirinya. (PEJABAT PEMBURU RENTE, hlm. 104) Rakyat perlu para penegak yang berwibawa, bekerja demi keadilan dengan bangga. Karena kita tak membayar seragam mereka, hanya untuk menegakkan hukum rimba. (HUKUMAN SALAH ALAMAT, hlm. 115) Apa arti ijazah yang bertumpuk, jika kepedulian dan kepekaan tidak ikut dipupuk? Apa gunanya sekolah tinggi-tinggi, jika hanya perkaya diri dan sanak-famili? (DARI JOGJA UNTUK BANGSA, hlm. 159) Joko Pinurbo (Sastrawan) “Dengan menggunakan modus puisi, premis-premis terumuskan dengan jelas dan tegas, pertanyaan-pertanyaan tetap menggema, mengusik nurani dan pikiran kita yang mudah lupa.” KH. Mustofa Bisri (Pengasuh Pondok Pesantren Raudlatuth Tholibin) “Mata Najwa, Mata Batin Kita.” Reza Rahadian (Aktor) “Narasi seorang Najwa mampu membuat kita terkesima. Kita terpancing untuk mencerna dan memikirkan lebih saksama. Ini tak sekadar goresan kata-kata. Ini adalah keteguhan sikap dan kejelian mengolah kata dan rasa.” Sujiwo Tejo (Dalang) “Indonesia tanpa Pancasila kehilangan dasar, Indonesia tanpa Mata Najwa kehilangan pandangan.” Surya Paloh (Chairman Media Group) “Metro TV lahir dengan misi mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa. Dan di sini jejak langkah Najwa bermula. Inilah cara Metro TV mendidik jurnalisnya. Membangun integritas tanpa batas.” Wishnutama Kusubandio (CEO NET Mediatama Televisi) “Menonton Mata Najwa bagi saya bukan hanya menambah value, wawasan dan hiburan, tetapi juga memberi semangat kepada diri saya sendiri dalam berkarya.”

Aryeh Lightstone, former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords, is uniquely poised to unravel the past, present, and, most importantly, the future of U.S. foreign policy with the Middle East. "A powerful affirmation of humanity’s capacity to achieve the extraordinary." —Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President, 2017-2021 "Aryeh demonstrates that faithful adherence to one’s core beliefs—in both his faith and his nation—are not only possible but necessary. Read and enjoy." —Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, 2018-2021 The Trump Administration's "Peace to Prosperity" vision for the Middle East was unveiled on January 28, 2020. What followed over the next eleven months, concluding with the signing of the Israel-Morocco normalization agreement was one of the most fascinating and consequential periods of U.S. foreign policy in a generation, leading to five normalization agreements between Israel and Muslim states. The Abraham Accords achieved what had seemed impossible for decades and set the Middle East on a trajectory toward a broad regional peace. Aryeh Lightstone is uniquely positioned to tell the story. As the senior advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, he was in the room for nearly every major discussion and decision involving Middle East policy. He was tasked with the most complex and sensitive component of the Abraham Accords: turning them into practical action and doing it quickly—during a pandemic, no less. In addition, he led the Abraham Accords Business Summit and the Abraham Fund, and served as the key contact between Israel and the other Accords nations. Let My People Know provides a behind-the-scenes account of the strategies that allowed the Abraham Accords to be struck, and an unvarnished look at the region's idiosyncrasies that factored into the process. A rabbi and an enthralling storyteller, Lightstone paints a vivid picture of the varied cultures and personalities involved. He also offers a glimpse into the day-to-day activities of an embassy. Finally, he explains what the Biden administration must do better to advance America's interests abroad. We now have a paradigm for a forward-looking Middle East policy that ultimately benefits the United States. Lightstone makes the case for strategic action to maintain the momentum.

A timely, revelatory look at freedom of speech—our most basic right and the one that protects all the others. Free speech is a human right, and the free expression of thought is at the very essence of being human. The United States was founded on this premise, and the First Amendment remains the single greatest constitutional commitment to the right of free expression in history. Yet there is a systemic effort to bar opposing viewpoints on subjects ranging from racial discrimination to police abuse, from climate change to gender equity. These measures are reinforced by the public’s anger and rage; flash mobs appear today with the slightest provocation. We all lash out against anyone or anything that stands against our preferred certainty. The Indispensable Right places the current attacks on free speech in their proper historical, legal, and political context. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights were not only written for times like these, but in a time like this. This country was born in an age of rage and for 250 years we have periodically lost sight of the value of free expression. The history of the struggle for free speech is the story of extraordinary people—nonconformists who refuse to yield to abusive authority—and here is a mosaic of vivid characters and controversies. Jonathan Turley takes you through the figures and failures that have shaped us and then shows the unique dangers of our current moment. The alliance of academic, media, and corporate interests with the government’s traditional wish to control speech has put us on an almost irresistible path toward censorship. The Indispensable Right reminds us that we remain a nation grappling with the implications of free expression and with the limits of our tolerance for the speech of others. For rather than a political crisis, this is a crisis of faith.

Un drama económico, social y de derechos humanos se denuncia en Venezuela, tal como informan las Naciones Unidas y la Alta Comisionada para los Derechos Humanos de ese organismo. Hasta mediados del 2019 las cifras indicaban que más de 4.500.000 venezolanos habían dejado su país. Buena parte de ellos se dirigió a la Argentina buscando refugio y poder seguir adelante con sus vidas. Carolina Amoroso, que vivió gran parte de su adolescencia en Venezuela, país que ama y añora, recoge los testimonios de estos migrantes de diferente origen. Con prólogo de Joaquín Morales Sola, el libro nos acerca a esa comunidad que se aferra a sus esperanzas y que entiende, quizás como nunca antes, el sentido profundo de empezar de nuevo.

The issue of fair representation will take center stage as U.S. congressional districts are reapportioned based on the 2000 Census. Using U.S. history as a guide, the authors develop a theory of fair representation that establishes various principles for translating state populations—or vote totals of parties—into a fair allocation of congressional seats. They conclude that the current apportionment formula cheats the larger states in favor of the smaller, contrary to the intentions of the founding fathers and compromising the Supreme Court's "one man, one vote" rulings. Balinski and Young interweave the theoretical development with a rich historical account of controversies over representation, and show how many of these principles grew out of political contests in the course of United States history. The result is a work that is at once history, politics, and popular science. The book—updated with data from the 1980 and 1990 Census counts—vividly demonstrates that apportionment deals with the very substance of political power.

The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe. Luis “Lue” Elizondo is a former senior intelligence official and special agent who was recruited into a strange and highly sensitive US Government program to investigate UAP incursions into sensitive military installations and air space. To accomplish his mission, Elizondo had to rely on decades of experience gained working some of America’s most sensitive and classified programs. Even then, he was not prepared for what he would learn, and the truth about the government’s long shadowy involvement in UAP investigations, and the lengths officials would take to keep them a secret. The stakes could not be higher. Imminent is a first-hand, revelatory account inside the Pentagon’s most closely guarded secret and a call to action to confront humanity’s greatest existential questions.

What comes first to mind when one thinks of political trials in South Africa are the Rivonia Trial of 1956–61 and the Treason Trial of 1963–64. Rarely, if ever, is the 1976 SASO/BPC trial mentioned in the same breath and yet it was perhaps the most political trial of all. The defendants, all members of the South African Students Organisation, or the Black People’s Convention, were in the dock for having the temerity to think; to have opinions; to envisage a more just and humane society. It was a trial about ideas, but as it unfolded it became a trial of the entire philosophy of Black Consciousness and those who championed its cause. On 2 May 1976, senior counsel for the defence in the trial of nine black activists in Pretoria called to the witness stand Stephen Bantu Biko. Although Biko was known to the authorities, and indeed was serving a banning order, not much about the man was known by anyone outside of his colleagues and the Black Consciousness Movement. That was about to change with his appearance as a witness in the SASO/BPC case. He entered the courtroom known to some, but after his four-day testimony he left as a celebrity known to all.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Shuster crafts an intimate account of the Russian invasion, which vividly captures Zelensky’s transformation from a clean-cut funnyman into a war hero out of central casting." --New York Times Book Review; Editors' Choice Selection “The Showman surpasses all similar efforts to date and is set to be the standard by which all other works on Mr. Zelensky and Ukraine’s wartime politics will be judged." —Wall Street Journal A monumental account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the forging of a leader, The Showman provides an insider’s perspective on the war reshaping our world, based on unprecedented access to Volodymyr Zelensky and the high command in Kyiv. Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety shows to the muddy trenches of Ukraine’s war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, Shuster tells the intimate and revealing story of the president’s evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience. In their most candid accounts of the war so far, members of Zelensky’s inner circle show how the president’s character changed under the strains of leadership and the horrors he witnessed each day. His wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, describes her escape from Kyiv with their children, her life on the run, and the tensions that emerged in her marriage as she struggled to return to a meaningful role in the administration. Ukraine’s top military commander, General Valery Zaluzhny, shares the untold story of his fraught relationship with the president and the subsequent consequences. Reflecting on their own regrets and critical decisions, Zelensky and his senior aides open up about the causes of the Russian invasion and how it may have been avoided. They describe with astonishing frankness how their peace talks with Vladimir Putin fell apart and how their faith in the U.S. faltered, both under Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The Showman provides the first inside account of Zelensky’s life amid the invasion, offering a clear-eyed view of his failures to prepare for it and his willingness to silence dissent under martial law. What emerges is a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born. Even as the war drags on, Zelensky lays out his vision for its future course and, through his actions, demonstrates his strategy for countering the Russians and keeping the West on his side. The Showman, as a work of eyewitness journalism, provides an essential perspective on the war defining our age, resulting in a riveting, vivid portrait of the invasion as experienced by its number one target and improbable hero.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! FOX News host Pete Hegseth is back with what he says is his most important book yet: A revolutionary road map to saving our children from leftist indoctrination. Behind a smokescreen of “preparing students for the new industrial economy,” early progressives had political control in mind. America’s original schools didn’t just make kids memorize facts or learn skills; they taught them to think freely and arrive at wisdom. They assigned the classics, inspired love of God and country, and raised future citizens that changed the world forever. Today, after 16,000 hours of K-12 indoctrination, our kids come out of government schools hating America. They roll their eyes at religion and disdain our history. We spend more money on education than ever, but kids can barely read and write—let alone reason with discernment. Western culture is on the ropes. Kids are bored and aimless, flailing for purpose in a system that says racial and gender identity is everything. Battle for the American Mind is the untold story of the Progressive plan to neutralize the basis of our Republic – by removing the one ingredient that had sustained Western Civilization for thousands of years. Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin explain why, no matter what political skirmishes conservatives win, progressives are winning the war—and control the “supply lines” of future citizens. Reversing this reality will require parents to radically reorient their children’s education; even most homeschooling and Christian schooling are infused with progressive assumptions. We need to recover a lost philosophy of education – grounded in virtue and excellence – that can arm future generations to fight for freedom. It’s called classical Christian education. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. Battle for the American Mind is more than a book; it’s a field guide for remaking school in the United States. We’ve ceded our kids’ minds to the left for far too long—this book gives patriotic parents the ammunition to join an insurgency that gives America a fighting chance.

In this fascinating book, noted journalist Thomas de Waal--author of the highly acclaimed Black Garden--makes the case that while the Caucasus is often treated as a sub-plot in the history of Russia, or as a mere gateway to Asia, the five-day war in Georgia, which flared into a major international crisis in 2008, proves that this is still a combustible region, whose inner dynamics and history deserve a much more complex appreciation from the wider world. In The Caucasus, de Waal provides this richer, deeper, and much-needed appreciation, one that reveals that the South Caucasus--Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, and their many smaller regions, enclaves, and breakaway entities--is a fascinating and distinct world unto itself. Providing both historical background and an insightful analysis of the period after 1991, de Waal sheds light on how the region has been scarred by the tumultuous scramble for independence and the three major conflicts that broke out with the end of the Soviet Union--Nagorny Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. The book examines the region as a major energy producer and exporter; offers a compelling account of the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the rise of Mikheil Saakashvili, and the August 2008 war; and considers the failure of the South Caucasus, thus far, to become a single viable region. In addition, the book features a dozen or so "boxes" which provide brief snapshots of such fascinating side topics as the Kurds, Turkish-Armenian rapprochement, the promotion of the region as the "Soviet Florida," and the most famous of all Georgians, Stalin. The Caucasus delivers a vibrantly written and timely account of this turbulent region, one that will prove indispensable for all concerned with world politics. It is, as well, a stimulating read for armchair travelers and for anyone curious about far-flung corners of the world.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Brilliant...Bruni writes with humor, insight, and precision.” —Wall Street Journal • “The best prescription for our redemption.” —The New York Times • “A wise and humane book for our foolish and cruel era.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left. The twists and turns of American politics are unpredictable, but the tone is a troubling given. It’s one of grievance. More and more Americans are convinced that they’re losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measure their misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become the country’s most popular sport and victimhood its most fashionable garb. Grievance needn’t be bad. It has done enormous good. The United States is a nation born of grievance, and across the nearly two hundred and fifty years of our existence as a country, grievance has been the engine of morally urgent change. But what happens when all sorts of grievances—the greater ones, the lesser ones, the authentic, the invented—are jumbled together? When people take their grievances to lengths that they didn’t before? A violent mob storms the US Capitol, rejecting the results of a presidential election. Conspiracy theories flourish. Fox News knowingly peddles lies in the service of profit. College students chase away speakers, and college administrators dismiss instructors for dissenting from progressive orthodoxy. Benign words are branded hurtful; benign gestures are deemed hostile. And there’s a potentially devastating erosion of the civility, common ground, and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive. How did we get here? What does it say about us, and where does it leave us? The Age of Grievance examines these critical questions and charts a path forward.

With the United States' superpower status rivalled by a rising China and emerging powers like India and Brazil playing a growing role in international affairs, the global balance of power is shifting. But what does this mean for the future of the international order? Will China dominate the 21st Century? Will the so-called BRICS prove to be a disruptive force in global affairs? Are we headed towards a world marked by frequent strife, or will the end of Western dominance make the world more peaceful? In this provocative new book, Oliver Stuenkel argues that our understanding of global order and predictions about its future are limited because we seek to imagine the post-Western world from a parochial Western-centric perspective. Such a view is increasingly inadequate in a world where a billions of people regard Western rule as a temporary aberration, and the rise of Asia as a return to normalcy. In reality, China and other rising powers that elude the simplistic extremes of either confronting or joining existing order are quietly building a "parallel order" which complements today's international institutions and increases rising powers' autonomy. Combining accessibility with expert sensitivity to the complexities of the global shift of power, Stuenkel's vision of a post-Western world will be core reading for students and scholars of contemporary international affairs, as well as anyone interested in the future of global politics. "A fascinating interpretation of our understanding of politics and global affairs, which demonstrates the evolving nature of power today. Oliver Stuenkel presents a compelling argument - not just about the "Rise of the Rest", but also the overlooked power and influence of the non-Western world. Highly engaging and instructive." Dr Shashi Tharoor, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs (2009-10) "Oliver Stuenkel is one of the best new voices in the field of international politics. In Post-Western World, he explores the primary challenges of the global order and critiques the parochial, Eurocentric vision which conforms to international power structures. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand what a multipolar world order would look like and how it might be effectively realized." Celso Amorim, Brazil’s Minister of External Relations (1993-5, 2003-11) and Minister of Defence (2011-15)

“A blistering and truly original work of reporting and analysis, uncovering America’s role in homogenizing how the world defines wellness and healing” (Po Bronson). In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself: We are in the process of homogenizing the way the world goes mad. It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from movies to junk food is a well-documented phenomenon. But is it possible America's most troubling impact on the globalizing world has yet to be accounted for? American-style depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anorexia have begun to spread around the world like contagions, and the virus is us. Traveling from Hong Kong to Sri Lanka to Zanzibar to Japan, acclaimed journalist Ethan Watters witnesses firsthand how Western healers often steamroll indigenous expressions of mental health and madness and replace them with our own. In teaching the rest of the world to think like us, we have been homogenizing the way the world goes mad.

Britain’s first Labour government took office on 22 January 1924. Its centenary provides an opportunity to reassess the party's performance over the last 100 years, and with an election pending, the character and purpose of the modern party. Labour defined the dominant political settlement of much of the Twentieth Century: the welfare state. It has achieved much in pursuit of material change, social reform and equality. It has challenged patriarchy, racism and the legacy of imperialism, promoted human rights and delivered democratic and constitutional renewal. Yet any honest assessment must acknowledge a century littered with failures and missed opportunities. In this compelling book, Jon Cruddas, one of the country's foremost experts on Labour politics, details the vivid personalities and epic factional battles, the immense achievements and profound disappointments that define a century of Labour. Uniquely framed around competing visions of socialist justice within the Party, he provides a way to rethink Labour history, the divisions and factions on the left and to reassess key figures at the helm of the movement from Keir Hardie through to Keir Starmer.

The story of Amit Shah's political life, struggles, rise and triumph is little known. For a leader who is often referred to as the Chanakya of Indian politics, who has dominated India's fast-paced and complex political stage since 2014, has altered its electoral map by leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to successive historic victories post the May 2014 general elections, there is very little that is recorded or narrated. So, it's no surprise that the curiosity he evokes is ever on the rise. Most of what is written about Amit Shah is based on conjectures, hearsay, assumptions and biases. The real Amit Shah-the once booth-worker and now national president of the largest political party in the world, the master strategist who has pushed the BJP to an organisational pinnacle and yet talks of scaling peaks, a man who is unhesitant in his stand on nationalism and on anything which concerns India's national interest-has remained in the shadows, self-effaced, away from the limelight. The story of how he expanded the BJP into a pan-India party and the convergence of organisational science and ideology that has made the BJP a unique and formidable political entity is a story that needs to be told. The book narrates the personal and political journey of Amit Shah, captures the ideological world that shaped him and gives an account of the party that he is leading and shaping today. It is for the first time that his story is being told-an authentic, no-holds-barred portrayal of one of the most influential leaders of our times. To the political worker, the observer and to anyone even remotely interested in Indian politics, irrespective of their profession or political leaning, especially since the unfolding of Indian politics in the summer of 2014, this is a captivating exploration of the political life and journey of one of its central characters.

Durante siglos, los territorios bañados por el mar Adriático han sido punto de encuentro de un efervescente intercambio comercial y cultural. Allí se entrecruzan constantemente los caminos de Occidente y Oriente, conviven católicos, ortodoxos y musulmanes, y comparten mirada los universos latino y balcánico. Ahora, cuando el mapa geopolítico de Europa se ha desplazado hacia el sur, hacia un Mediterráneo fronterizo con África y el Oriente Próximo, la región adriática está a punto de alcanzar una nueva relevancia, no ya continental, sino global. Es una zona donde se viven en primer plano los nuevos populismos, las batallas energéticas, las crisis de los refugiados y el renovado poder de Rusia y China. En este revelador libro, Robert D. Kaplan ofrece una sorprendente combinación de literatura de viajes, ensayo histórico y, sobre todo, certero análisis geopolítico, para conocer el pasado europeo reciente y el futuro mundial a medio plazo.

In the heyday of American labor, the influence of local unions extended far beyond the workplace. Unions were embedded in tight-knit communities, touching nearly every aspect of the lives of members—mostly men—and their families and neighbors. They conveyed fundamental worldviews, making blue-collar unionists into loyal Democrats who saw the party as on the side of the working man. Today, unions play a much less significant role in American life. In industrial and formerly industrial Rust Belt towns, Republican-leaning groups and outlooks have burgeoned among the kinds of voters who once would have been part of union communities. Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol provide timely insight into the relationship between the decline of unions and the shift of working-class voters away from Democrats. Drawing on interviews, union newsletters, and ethnographic analysis, they pinpoint the significance of eroding local community ties and identities. Using western Pennsylvania as a case study, Newman and Skocpol argue that union members’ loyalty to Democratic candidates was as much a product of the group identity that unions fostered as it was a response to the Democratic Party’s economic policies. As the social world around organized labor dissipated, conservative institutions like gun clubs, megachurches, and other Republican-leaning groups took its place. Rust Belt Union Blues sheds new light on why so many union members have dramatically changed their party politics. It makes a compelling case that Democrats are unlikely to rebuild credibility in places like western Pennsylvania unless they find new ways to weave themselves into the daily lives of workers and their families.

‘शूद्र कौन थे' पुस्तक की रचना बाबासाहेब डॉ. बी. आर. अम्बेडकर जी ने अंग्रेज इतिहासकारों द्वारा लिखे गये भारत के झूठे इतिहास और प्रंपचों के विरुद्ध की थी। पुस्तक में उन्होंने ‘शूद्र निम्न नहीं थे, मीनियल नहीं थे,' यह प्रमाणित करने की कोशिश की है। इस पुस्तक में वस्तुत: उनको, उनको उन झूठे अंग्रेज इतिहासकारों को निशाने पर लेना था, जिन्होंने आर्यन, इन्डो आर्यन और एबॉरिजिन्स (मूल निवासी) जैसी झूठी और आधारहीन परिकल्पनाओं की रचना की, न कि ब्राह्मणों और उनके द्वारा रचित ग्रंथों को दोषी प्रमाणित करने का कार्य करना चाहिए था, जिसके कारण आज सामाजिक और राष्ट्रीय एकता की सुरक्षा को खतरा पैदा हो रहा है।

A renowned scholar argues that liberal hegemony—the policy America has pursued since the Cold War ended—is doomed to fail Named a Financial Times Best Book of 2018 “Idealists as well as realists need to read this systematic tour de force.”—Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo’s World It is widely believed in the West that the United States should spread liberal democracy across the world, foster an open international economy, and build international institutions. The policy of remaking the world in America’s image is supposed to protect human rights, promote peace, and make the world safe for democracy. But this is not what has happened. Instead, the United States has become a highly militarized state fighting wars that undermine peace, harm human rights, and threaten liberal values at home. In this major statement, the renowned international-relations scholar John Mearsheimer argues that liberal hegemony—the foreign policy pursued by the United States since the Cold War ended—is doomed to fail. It makes far more sense, he maintains, for Washington to adopt a more restrained foreign policy based on a sound understanding of how nationalism and realism constrain great powers abroad. The Great Delusion is a lucid and compelling work of the first importance for scholars, policymakers, and everyone interested in the future of American foreign policy.

Nearly three decades after the dawn of democracy, South Africa has remained a country of 'two agricultures'. On the one hand we have a subsistence, primarily non-commercial, black farming segment. On the other hand, however, we have a predominantly commercial and white farming sector that is well-resourced and has access to domestic and international trade networks. These disparities can be traced back to South Africa's painful history where, for decades, black farmers were on the margins of government support and also experienced land dispossession and livestock plunder. A Country of Two Agricultures focuses less on history and more on the present and the future, explaining why these disparities have persisted in the democratic era, and what it will take to overcome them. It aims to contribute to a better understanding of the variety of agricultural forces, taking into account both questions of domestic political economy and external factors, as well as to bring to light new risks and opportunities. Wandile Sihlobo offers insights into the role of agriculture in the South African economy from an agricultural economy perspective, and provides political economy insights that are rooted in the experiences of farming communities on the ground and right through the value chain. Beyond insights on the realities this book offers the government, the private sector, and anyone interested in the betterment of the South African economy, tools to grapple with this duality, and proposes a framework for bolstering the black farming segment for growth and competitiveness – and ultimately food security. Wandile Sihlobo is the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and the author of Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity and Agriculture.

International law is much debated and discussed, but poorly understood. Does international law matter, or do states regularly violate it with impunity? If international law is of no importance, then why do states devote so much energy to negotiating treaties and providing legal defenses for their actions? In turn, if international law does matter, why does it reflect the interests of powerful states, why does it change so often, and why are violations of international law usually not punished? In this book, Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner argue that international law matters but that it is less powerful and less significant than public officials, legal experts, and the media believe. International law, they contend, is simply a product of states pursuing their interests on the international stage. It does not pull states towards compliance contrary to their interests, and the possibilities for what it can achieve are limited. It follows that many global problems are simply unsolvable. The book has important implications for debates about the role of international law in the foreign policy of the United States and other nations. The authors see international law as an instrument for advancing national policy, but one that is precarious and delicate, constantly changing in unpredictable ways based on non-legal changes in international politics. They believe that efforts to replace international politics with international law rest on unjustified optimism about international law's past accomplishments and present capacities.

Portland, Oregon, 1988. The brutal murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads shocked the city. In response disparate groups quickly came together to organize against white nationalist violence and right wing organizing throughout the Rose City and the Pacific Northwest. It Did Happen Here compiles interviews with dozens of people who worked together during the waning decades of the 20th century to reveal an inspiring collaboration between groups of immigrants, civil rights activists, militant youth, and queer organizers. This oral history focuses on participants in three core groups: the Portland chapters of Anti Racist Action and Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, and the Coalition for Human Dignity. Using a diversity of tactics—from out-and-out brawls on the streets and at punk shows, to behind-the-scenes intelligence gathering—brave antiracists unified on their home ground over and over, directly attacking right wing fascists and exposing white nationalist organizations and neo-Nazi skinheads. Embattled by police and unsupported by the city, these citizen activists eventually drove the boneheads out of the music scene and off the streets of Portland. This book shares their stories about what worked, what didn’t, and ideas on how to continue the fight.

Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the United States. From an examination of how Woodrow Wilson’s Creel Commission "succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population," to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq, Chomsky examines how the mass media and public relations industries have been used as propaganda to generate public support for going to war. Chomsky further touches on how the modern public relations industry has been influenced by Walter Lippmann’s theory of "spectator democracy," in which the public is seen as a "bewildered herd" that needs to be directed, not empowered; and how the public relations industry in the United States focuses on "controlling the public mind," and not on informing it. Media Control is an invaluable primer on the secret workings of disinformation in democratic societies.

A classic of early modernism, Capital combines vivid historical detail with economic analysis to produce a bitter denunciation of mid-Victorian capitalist society. It has also proved to be the most influential work in social science in the twentieth century; Marx did for social science what Darwin had done for biology. Millions of readers this century have treated Capital as a sacred text, subjecting it to as many different interpretations as the bible itself. No mere work of dry economics, Marx's great work depicts the unfolding of industrial capitalism as a tragic drama - with a message which has lost none of its relevance today. This is the only abridged edition to take account of the whole of Capital. It offers virtually all of Volume 1, which Marx himself published in 1867, excerpts from a new translation of `The Result of the Immediate Process of Production', and a selection of key chapters from Volume 3, which Engels published in 1895. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Esta obra tiene como punto de entrada la Globalización; ese es el contexto que permite analizar, desde el punto de vista disciplinar, aspectos como el comercio internacional, la integración económica, las finanzas y la inversión extranjera directa. Los capítulos relacionados con la competitividad, el marketing y la logística se ajustan al cambiante mundo, para suministrar a los lectores bases sólidas que faciliten la comprensión de las estrategias en los negocios internacionales. Con base en su experiencia en investigación y docencia, los autores presentan en cada capítulo marcos teóricos adaptados a las realidades actuales, así como ejemplos, resúmenes y evaluaciones. En esta segunda edición se incluye un nuevo capítulo de casos y lecturas que, sin lugar a dudas, permiten una visión crítica de los relacionamientos entre las empresas y estimulan el debate alrededor de los fundamentos y estrategias de los negocios internacionales en el entorno actual.

Roughly 200 million today, Indian Muslims are greater than the population of Britain and France or Germany put together. According to the Indian Constitution, Indian Muslims are treated as political equals, which is what India’s secular polity promised after its independence, encouraging more than 35 million Indian Muslims at the time of Partition to choose India as their motherland over Pakistan. However, the supposed relationship of equality between Hindus and Muslims as scripted in the constitution is being increasingly replaced by the domineering tendencies of a Hindu majority in India today. The author describes the current state and position of Indian Muslims (the seeds for which were sown when the BJP came to power in 2014) as the thirdpolitical moment; the second he believes was in 1947 when the community was given equal status in the Indian Constitution; and the first, was in 1857 when Indian Muslims learnt to live under the British colonial state. As he states, there is no denying that political circumstances for Indian Muslims were not completely ideal or full of democratic energy prior to the rise of the Hindu Right since the late 1980s. With numerous layers defined by language, ethnicity, region, etc., Muslims have the most heterogeneous identity, representing India’s quintessential diversity. And yet, Muslims are perceived as the most enduring well-grounded threat to the majoritarian project of the Hindu Rashtra. Indian Muslims are perceived or presented as perpetrators of violence and violators of law, even if they are at the receiving end. They are viewed as an internal enemy, who need to be dealt with for political, social, historical, and ideological reasons. Going forward, the community must formulate the language of democratic rights of Indian Muslims as equal citizens and define the ethics of human dignity in their struggle to reassert their place in India’s political power structures at all levels: from panchayat to Parliament. While the economic future or cultural rights of Indian Muslims have been debated since 1947, it is the political future that demands attention because only as an equal and participatory community in the politics of the nation, can economic and cultural futures be addressed. This book explores the political future of Indian Muslims in this context. From Shaheen Bagh to Hindu-Muslim riots, from the unique position of Muslim women in India to the Sachar Report and the Muslim backwardness debate, Mujibur Rehman analyses, confronts and discusses the urgent concerns of Indian Muslims in a manner that is nuanced and globally relevant.

Decolonisation is a term that alarms some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and often bewildering concept for many New Zealanders. This book seeks to demystify decolonisation using illuminating, real-life examples. By exploring the impact of colonisation on Māori and non-Māori alike, Imagining Decolonisation presents a transformative vision of a country that is fairer for all.

Desde principios del siglo XX, el desarrollo de la economía capitalista acentuó cada vez más las tensiones sociales e impulsó una fuerte expansión de las economías centrales sobre las periféricas y una competencia vertiginosa por acceder a nuevos mercados. La consolidación de estas economías centrales en el marco de una economía mundial occidental ha dado lugar a una estructura de poder que explica la evolución de los conflictos sociales y el desarrollo de políticas económicas en la periferia. La economía política argentina: poder y clases sociales (1930-2006) analiza de qué modo esta estructura de poder ha influido en el desarrollo de los conflictos entre distintos sectores sociales y políticos y en las decisiones económicas adoptadas por distintos gobiernos a lo largo de ese período. A partir de la década de 1930 la historia argentina se ha caracterizado por la conformación de una nueva fuerza en el escenario político: los sectores trabajadores, capaces de condensar y expresar los intereses de las clases populares. El movimiento, consolidado definitivamente durante el surgimiento del peronismo en la década siguiente y articulado en el marco institucional de los sindicatos, constituyó una voz de oposición a las políticas económicas en perjuicio de los intereses del sector. Esto habría de modificar notablemente las relaciones entre las distintas clases y fracciones de clases, dando origen a nuevos conflictos sociales y a nuevas formas de lucha por el poder político. Ambos fenómenos derivaron en una progresiva crisis de legitimidad institucional. Mónica Peralta Ramos se ocupa de las implicancias de estos sucesos y analiza la irrupción de los diferentes gobiernos militares en el marco de un conflicto creciente entre los sectores más poderosos de la economía. Este trabajo constituye una síntesis actualizada de trabajos anteriores de la autora y agrega el análisis de los conflictivos períodos posteriores a la dictadura militar de 1976 y la consolidación de la democracia en 1983: la controvertida década de 1990, la crisis del año 2001 y la gestión del actual gobierno argentino.

Sosiologi politik merupakan kajian interdisiplin, irisan dua bidang ilmu, yakni sosiologi dan politik. Apabila sosiologi mengkaji mengenai masyarakat, lalu politik mengkaji kekuasaan para pengambil keputusan, maka sosiologi politik mengkaji relasi antara kehidupan masyarakat dengan keputusankeputusan yang diambil oleh penguasa. Konsep-konsep sosiologi politik bersifat dinamis dan mengikuti perkembangan zaman sehingga menarik perhatian siapa saja yang mengikuti dinamika politik. Manfaat terbesar dari bidang sosiologi politik adalah mencerdaskan pembaca dalam menganalisis situasi sosial politik yang ada di sekitarnya. Buku ini terdiri dari tujuh bab, dimana pembahasan dimulai dari konsep dasar sosiologi politik, konsep kekuasaan, faktor-faktor dalam struktur politik, unsur-unsur politik, gerakan sosial dan partai politik, konflik dan penyelesaiannya, terakhir hubungan parpol dengan perubahan politik. Pemilihan tema disesuaikan dengan konsep-konsep yang sering didiskusikan dalam ruang perkuliahan dan issue yang menjadi perbincangan di berbagai media massa. Sehingga buku Sosiologi Politik ini dapat digunakan oleh mahasiswa dan para pembaca yang tertarik dengan fenomena sosiologi politik. Konsep yang terdapat dalam buku ini berasal dari konsep-konsep yang telah dituliskan oleh penulis buku sosiologi politik sebelumnya, seperti Tom Bootomore, Rafael Raga Maran, Maurice Duverger, Damsar, Michael Rush & Philip Althoff, Keith Faulks dan Mochtar Mas’oed Nasikun. Kelebihan buku ini adalah dituliskan dalam bahasa yang lebih sederhana, dilengkapi dengan bagan alur serta beberapa analisis fenomena sosiologi politik terkini, sehingga diharapkan mudah dimengerti oleh para pembaca.

Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth’s supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world’s superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Race begins, A.C. Grayling asks: who, if anyone, owns the moon? Or Mars? Or other bodies in near space? And what do those superpowers and corporations owe to Planet Earth and its inhabitants as a whole? From feudal common land, through the rules of the sea, to the vast, nationless expanse of Antarctica, Grayling explores the history of the places which no one, and therefore everyone, owns. Examining the many ways this so-called terra nullius has fallen victim to ‘the tragedy of the commons’ – the tendency for communal resources to be exploited by a few individuals for personal gain at the expense of everyone else – Who Owns the Moon? puts forward a compelling argument for a bold new global consensus, one which recognises and defends the rights of everyone who lives on this planet.

In 2009, Ghana began pursuing the devolution of functions and responsibilities from the central government to the country’s 216 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs). Agriculture was among one of the first sectors to be devolved, a process that became effective in 2012. This paper analyzes how this transition has proceeded, with a focus on the implications for agricultural civil servants within the MMDAs, accountability to citizens, and agricultural expenditures. Empirically, the paper draws on a survey of 960 rural households, 80 District Directors of Agriculture (DDAs), district level budget data from 2012 to 2016, and semi-structured interviews with a range of national and local government stakeholders.

Spot-on, often satirical, always insightful, contributing editor of The American Mind and mother of a brood, Peachy Keenan argues that the only way we can save our families, ourselves, and the world—even California!—is by embracing our inner domestic extremists, and sweeping failed notions of third wave feminism and identity politics nonsense into the garbage can of history. In This House We Believe Parents Are the Bosses of Their Kids Babies Are Good, More Babies Are Better Two Sexes Are Plenty Your Career Is Overrated Feminism Is How the Unpopular and Undateable Cope with Life Mainstream American Culture Destroys Families We Are Going to Win We’re in a culture war, and Peachy Keenan is not taking prisoners. This raucous new book is her rallying cry for normal people stuck in the foxholes and appalled by the status quo. Mothers and fathers, regular American families, men and women, can win this battle together. But a lot of ground has been lost. For decades, we stood around and watched as feminists and progressives steamrolled through our institutions— those formerly robust, now comically inept, pillars of civilization like our government, our schools, and, crucially, our families. With matchless insight and devastating humor, Peachy Keenan makes the case for domestic extremism—turning away from the diseased offerings of the elites, the media, Hollywood, your child’s school, and Big Tech, and embracing a more human way of life. The life-changing magic of domestic extremism will spark joy and help you build a legacy that will enrich the lives of your (many) descendants.

The ethnic Chinese have had a long and problematic history in Indonesia, commonly stereotyped as a market-dominant minority with dubious political loyalty toward Indonesia. For over three decades under Suharto’s New Order regime, a cultural assimilation policy banned Chinese languages, cultural expression, schools, media, and organizations. This policy was only abolished in 1998 following the riots and anti-Chinese attacks that preceded the fall of the New Order. In the post-Suharto era, Chinese Indonesians were finally free to assert their Chineseness again. But how does an ethnic group recover from the trauma of assimilation and regain a lost cultural identity? Memories of Unbelonging is an ethnographic study of how collective memories of state-sponsored ethnic discrimination have shaped Chinese identity politics in Indonesia. Combining case studies, in-depth primary data, and incisive analysis of Indonesia’s contemporary political landscape, anthropologist Charlotte Setijadi argues that trauma narratives are at the core of modern Chinese identity politics. Examining spaces and domains such as residential enclaves, educational institutions, the creative arts, and politics, this book paints a vivid picture of how different generations of Chinese Indonesians make sense of their historical trauma, ethnic identity, and belonging in a post-assimilation environment. Far from being passive victims of history, the ethnic Chinese are actively challenging old stereotypes and boundaries of acceptable Chineseness in the country. This emphasis on group and individual agency marks a strong departure from structural analyses of Chinese Indonesians that mostly highlight their disempowerment as an oppressed minority. Furthermore, placing the analysis within the broader context of China’s rise in the twenty-first century demonstrates how the combination of persisting local anti-Chinese sentiments and renewed pride over China’s growing global dominance have prompted many Chinese Indonesians to re-evaluate their sense of ethnic and national belonging. By focusing on the nexus between collective memory, local identity politics, and the rise of China as an external factor, Memories of Unbelonging offers new perspectives of understanding about Chinese Indonesians, post-Suharto Indonesian society, and the relationship between China and ethnic Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.

World Relief staffers Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration. With careful historical understanding and thoughtful policy analysis, they debunk myths about immigration, show the limits of the current immigration system, and offer concrete ways for you to welcome and minister to your immigrant neighbors.

The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as a god. He drank pearls dissolved in vinegar and ate food covered in gold leaf. He forced men and women of high rank to have sex with him, turned part of his palace into a brothel, and committed incest with his sisters. He wanted to make his horse a consul. Torture and executions were the order of the day. Both modern and ancient interpretations have concluded from this alleged evidence that Caligula was insane. But was he? This biography tells a different story of the well-known emperor. In a deft account written for a general audience, Aloys Winterling opens a new perspective on the man and his times. Basing Caligula on a thorough new assessment of the ancient sources, he sets the emperor's story into the context of the political system and the changing relations between the senate and the emperor during Caligula's time and finds a new rationality explaining his notorious brutality.

La crónica, descarnada y humana, del proceso judicial por el atentado islamista contra la sala Bataclan. V13: viernes 13 de noviembre de 2015. En tres puntos diferentes de París se producen atentados yihadistas. El más grave es el de la sala Bataclan, donde están actuando los Eagles of Death Metal. El resultado de los ataques en el corazón de Francia es de ciento treinta muertos y más de cuatrocientos heridos. Años después, durante nueve meses –entre septiembre de 2021 y junio de 2022–, se celebra el juicio en el Palacio de Justicia de la capital. Hay catorce acusados: el principal es el único superviviente de entre los terroristas de Estado Islámico que participaron en la masacre. Sobrevivió porque no detonó su cinturón con explosivos. ¿Falló el mecanismo? ¿Tuvo miedo? ¿O quizá un fugaz momento de arrepentimiento y humanidad? El resto son colaboradores en distintos grados. Y además están los testigos –que cuentan historias de una gran crudeza–, los familiares de los fallecidos, los severos fiscales, los abogados defensores, que utilizan argucias para tratar de salvar a sus clientes, el tribunal, que debe emitir sentencia... La justicia evalúa con frialdad la barbarie. Emmanuel Carrère cubre el juicio y envía sus crónicas semanales a L’Obs. Esos textos son la base de este libro. En sus páginas encontramos la narración del juicio, la voz de las víctimas, los advenedizos que han tratado de hacerse pasar por víctimas, los héroes que ayudaron a detener a los criminales, los corrillos de los abogados, los detalles entre bambalinas... La dimensión humana y la dimensión política. El resultado: un volumen sobrecogedor y un testimonio necesario. El periodismo hecho literatura a través de la perspicaz mirada de Carrère.

“Harry’s vision of an apocalyptic plague is as chilling as it is plausible. This masterful thriller will leave you terrified, enthralled, and desperate for the next entry in the series.” —Kira Peikoff, author of No Time to Die and Die Again Tomorrow “After a devastating epidemic that changes the very nature of humans, two sisters, an epidemiologist, and a neurobiologist hold the key to humanity's survival.”—Library Journal BEGINNING OF THE END They call it Pandoravirus. It attacks the brain. Anyone infected may explode in uncontrollable rage. Blind to pain, empty of emotion, the infected hunt and are hunted. They attack without warning and without mercy. Their numbers spread unchecked. There is no known cure. Emma Miller studies diseases for a living—until she catches the virus. Now she’s the one being studied by the U.S. government and by her twin sister, neuroscientist Isabel Miller. Rival factions debate whether to treat the infected like rabid animals to be put down, or victims deserving compassion. As Isabel fights for her sister's life, the infected are massing for an epic battle of survival. And it looks like Emma is leading the way . . . “Harry has a first-rate speculative mind, well grounded in current science. The ideas he puts forth are extremely engaging.” —Kirkus Reviews “A good storyteller . . . harrowing stuff!” —The New York Times Book Review “Like Crichton and H.G. Wells, Harry writes stories that entertain roundly while they explore questions of scientific and social import.” —Publishers Weekly

"Dwellers in the Mirage" Leif Langdon is an American explorer who discovers a warm valley in Alaska. Two races inhabit the valley, the Little People and a branch of an ancient Mongolian race; they worship the evil Kraken named Khalk'ru which they summon from another dimension to offer human sacrifice. The inhabitants recognize Langdon as the reincarnation of their long dead hero, Dwayanu. Dwayanu's spirit possesses Langdon and he starts a war with the Little People. "The Moon Pool" deals with an advanced race which has developed within the Earth's core. Eventually their most intelligent members create an offspring. This created entity encompasses both great good and great evil, but it slowly turns away from its creators and towards evil. The entity is called either the Dweller or the Shining One.

Car lights were fast approaching from both sides of the fence. If they didn't get through the gate in time, they would be trapped by the satanic worshipers! Their lives would be snuffed out on the altar of Satan. This Halloween was unlike any Lillie Thorpe had ever remembered. Three-Second Escape is based on a true-to-life experience. It exposes the world of a satanic cult, the truth about Halloween, the workings of the Roman Catholic Church, and persons workings in law enforcement from local police to the FBI and ATF that are both honest and corrupt. This story contains her year volunteering in the Roman Catholic Church, a murder mystery, an exorcism that Lillie assisted with in San Antonio, Texas, and gives the reason she will never celebrate Halloween in the innocent of her past.

A Romantic Tragicomedy of Faith, Family, and Folly Ross, twenty-three, isn’t nearly as clever as he thinks he is. His brilliant idea to break up with his girlfriend, Lora Liamant, in an attempt to show her how terrible other men are and how empty life would be without him, has backfired spectacularly. Within weeks, he discovers she’s moved on with the brother of a famous network TV actor. In the midst of his heartbreak, Ross’s parents die tragically—in a helicopter crash at an all-inclusive resort in Turks and Caicos—leaving him with millions of dollars and custody over his teenage sister. Traumatized, ruminating, and rich, Ross plots scheme after scheme to show Lora he’s changed into a responsible adult, even as she shows no indication of wanting that. Everything he does seems to make matters worse, as his misguided mission of self-transformation only leads to Lora’s confusion and dismay. Let Me Try Again is an electric picaresque charting a young Jewish man’s spiral of neurotic pride and self-improvement within a culture that only caters to his worst impulses. Brimming with vitality and crackling with wit, Matthew Davis’s dynamic debut illuminates the absurdities of twenty-first-century life with ecstatic flair.

“When we’re dating, you are mine. Even if it’s fake.” I thought my luck was about to change when my best friend found me an apartment to sublet in the heart of Nashville, TN. As an aspiring singer, this is where I need to be in order to finally get discovered. I’m ready to start my new life until I discover my new neighbor is none other than Stone Walker. Super Bowl winning, NFL receiver. Stone cold fox. My high school crush. And my brother’s ex-best friend—emphasis on the ex. I know I should probably tuck tail and run, but I don’t. If Stone can handle this new living arrangement then so can I. Besides, neighbors don’t have to talk to each other. Until my best friend comes up with a plan. I should fake date Stone. After all, I have the talent, the drive, and the music. All I need is the visibility. And Stone has that in spades. I thought he would reject the plan, but he’s surprisingly on board. Now he’s showing up at my gigs with flowers and kisses me until my head spins and my knees go weak. And when he scores a touchdown and dances just for me? I want this relationship to be real. But falling in love wasn’t part of the agreement. Stone walked way from our family once and I don’t think I’m strong enough for him to do it again.

شرلوك هولمز (بالإنجليزية:Sherlock Holmes) شخصية خيالية لمحقق من أواخر القرن التاسع عشر وأوائل القرن العشرين ابتكرها الكاتب والطبيب الإسكتلندي سير آرثر كونان دويل. يعرّف هولمز نفسه على أنه "محقق استشاري" يتخذ من مدينة لندن مقرًا له، ويساعد رجال الشرطة والمحققين عندما لا يجدون حلولًا للجرائم التي تواجههم. اشتهر هولمز بمهارته في استخدام التفكير المنطقي، وقدرته على التنكر والتمويه، إضافة إلى استخدام معلوماته في مجال الطب الشرعي لحل أعقد القضايا. تعد شخصية شرلوك هولمز أشهر شخصية لمحقق خيالي على الإطلاق. رويت جميع روايات هولمز وقصصه القصيرة من قبل صديقه الحميم وكاتب سيرته دكتور جون واطسون، باستثناء قصتين رواهما هولمز بنفسه ("مغامرة الجندي الشاحب" و"مغامرة عرف الأسد")، واثنتان أخريان رويتا بضمير الغائب ("مغامرة حجر مازارين" و"قوسه الأخير"). في قصتين أخريين ("مغامرة طقوس موسجريف" و"مغامرة جلوريا سكوت") يروي هولمز لواطسون أغلب أحداث القصة من ذاكرته، بينما يروي واطسون أجزاءً هامشيةً من القصة. كذلك فإن الروايتين الأولى والرابعة ("دراسة في اللون القرمزي" و"وادي الخوف") تحويان أجزاءً مكتوبة بصيغة السرد، بحيث تكون بعض الأحداث غير معروفة لهولمز أو واطسون. يضم هذا الكتاب المجموعة الكاملة لمغامرات المخقق الفذ شرلوك هولمز: مغامرة العميل المرموق - مغامرة الجندي الشاحب - مغامرة جوهرة مازارين - مغامرة المنزل ذي الجملونات الثلاثة - مغامرة مصاصة دماء ساسكس - ثلاثة رجال يحملون اللقب جاريديب - قضية جسر ثُور - مغامرة الرجل الزاحف - لغز لُبْدة الأَسَد - مغامرة النزيلة الملثمة - مغامرة رَجل الطلاء المتقاعد - تحالف ذوي الشعر الأحمر - قضية هوية - وادي بوسكومب الغامض - بذور البرتقال الخمس - ذو الشفة الملتوية - مغامرة الجوهرة الزرقاء - مغامرة العصابة المرقطة - مغامرة إبهام المهندس - مغامرة النبيل الأعزب - مغامرة كوبر بيتشيز - مغامرة تاج الزمرد - مغامرة المنزل الخالي - مغامرة بنَّاء نوروود - شفرة الرجال الراقصين - لغز راكبة الدراجة الوحيدة - غموض مدرسة الرهبان - مغامرة بيتر الأسود - مغامرة تشارلز أوجستس ميلفيرتون - مغامرة تماثيل نابليون الستة - مُغامرة الطلَّاب الثلاثة - مغامرة نظَّارة الأنف الذهبية - لغز لاعب الرجبي المختفي - لغز منزل آبي جرينج - مغامرة البقعة الثانية - اختفاء السيدة فرانسيس كارفاكس - مغامرة المحقق المحتضر - مغامرة الدائرة الحمراء - لغز مخططات بروس بارتينجتون - لغز قدم الشيطان - بنسيون ويستريا - مغامرة العقيق الأزرق - المترجم اليوناني - المهمة الأخيرة

Holly Gibney surgiu tímida e reclusa em Mr. Mercedes e se tornou uma detetive particular talentosa. Neste romance inédito de Stephen King, ela retorna para enfrentar dois adversários perversos. Penny Dahl está desesperada para encontrar a filha, Bonnie, que sumiu sem deixar vestígios. Em busca de ajuda profissional, ela liga para a agência Achados e Perdidos, sob o comando de Holly Gibney. A detetive reluta em aceitar o caso, porque deveria estar de licença, mas algo na voz de Penny faz com que Holly não consiga ignorar o pedido. A poucos quarteirões de onde Bonnie foi vista pela última vez, moram Rodney e Emily Harris. Um casal de acadêmicos octogenários, dedicados um ao outro, eles simbolizam a banalidade da classe média suburbana. No entanto, no porão de sua casa bem cuidada e repleta de livros, os dois escondem um segredo terrível, que pode estar relacionado ao desaparecimento de Bonnie. Descobrir a verdade se torna uma tarefa quase impossível, e Holly dependerá de seus talentos extraordinários para desmascarar os professores — antes que eles ataquem novamente. "Eu não conseguia deixar Holly Gibney partir. Ela deveria ser uma personagem secundária em Mr. Mercedes, mas acabou roubando a cena e o meu coração. Holly é única." — Stephen King

Blurb Diamku bukan berarti aku tak mampu membalasmu, Mas. Tapi aku sedang menunggu waktu. Kapan darah haidku bekerja secara maksimal ditubuhmu! Tolong jangan ditiru, ya! Ini hanya sebagai peringatan kepada para suami, agar berhenti menyakiti hati istri. Pelajaran buat para mertua dan ipar-ipar, agar menghargai sesama perempuan. Sebab setan pasti akan mengambil eksistensi, pada hati yang tersakiti. Dan kepada para istri, jangan mudah tergoda dengan bujuk rayu setan. Ingat, semua perbuatan pasti ada konsekwensinya. Ada malaikat yang ditugaskan oleh Allah untuk mencatat semua perbuatan. Tak usah menunggu di akhirat kelak, masih hidup di duniapun kita akan memetik balasan-Nya. Ikuti ceritanya ya, semoga pembaca suka dengan cerita ini. Terima kasih banyak.

Ella es la hija del Alfa de la manada Luna Negra, pero siempre tuvo una vida de sirviente. Tanto su padre como su madrastra la odiaban porque no tenía lobos. Fue la noche de la fiesta de apareamiento en la cual conoció a un hombre misterioso, quien le quitó la virginidad y arruinó su vida. En consecuencia, fue desterrada y se convirtió en una rebelde, sin embargo y de repente, encontró a su lobo. ¿Cómo pasó todo esto?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now. “I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.” Dana’s torment begins when she suddenly vanishes on her 26th birthday from California, 1976, and is dragged through time to antebellum Maryland to rescue a boy named Rufus, heir to a slaveowner’s plantation. She soon realizes the purpose of her summons to the past: protect Rufus to ensure his assault of her Black ancestor so that she may one day be born. As she endures the traumas of slavery and the soul-crushing normalization of savagery, Dana fights to keep her autonomy and return to the present. Blazing the trail for neo-slavery narratives like Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad and Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Water Dancer, Butler takes one of speculative fiction’s oldest tropes and infuses it with lasting depth and power. Dana not only experiences the cruelties of slavery on her skin but also grimly learns to accept it as a condition of her own existence in the present. “Where stories about American slavery are often gratuitous, reducing its horror to explicit violence and brutality, Kindred is controlled and precise” (New York Times). “Reading Octavia Butler taught me to dream big, and I think it’s absolutely necessary that everybody have that freedom and that willingness to dream.” —N. K. Jemisin Developed for television by writer/executive producer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen), executive producers also include Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans, The Patient), and Darren Aronofsky (The Whale). Janicza Bravo (Zola) is director and an executive producer of the pilot. Kindred stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, and Gayle Rankin.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (December 2017) A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts—Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives... It began on New Year’s Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed—and more than half of the world’s population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river—or in the ones you know and love the most. As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive. In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain. The end has come. The beginning comes next.

Co-winner of the 2022 Novel Prize, this incredible life-after-death novel asks us to consider how much of our memory, of our bodies, of the world as we know it — how much of what we love can we lose before we are lost? And then what happens? This third perspective on myself is disconcerting. The heroine of the spare and haunting It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over is voraciously alive in the afterlife. Adrift yet keenly aware, she notes every bizarre detail of her new reality. And even if she has forgotten her name and much of what connects her to her humanity, she remembers with an implacable and nearly unbearable longing the place where she knew herself and was known—where she loved and was loved. Traveling across the landscapes of time and of space, heading always west, and carrying a dead but laconically opinionated crow in her chest, our undead narrator encounters and loses parts of her body and her self in one terrifying, hilarious, and heartbreaking situation after another. A bracing writer of great nerve and verve, Anne de Marcken bends reality (and the reader’s mind) with throwaway assurance. It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over plumbs mortality and how it changes everything, except possibly love. Delivering a near-Beckettian whopping to the reader’s imagination, this is one of the sharpest and funniest novels of recent years, a tale for our dispossessed times.

Astrid Parker nunca falha é o segundo volume da série Bright Falls, que começou com Delilah Green não está nem aí. "Ashley retrata seus personagens com profundidade, amor e empatia sem fim." – Lana Harper, autora de Payback's a Witch “A autora cria personagens tão reais que eles quase pulam das páginas direto para o seu coração.” – The Nerd Daily Para Astrid Parker, falhar não é uma opção. Por isso, desde que rompeu com o noivo, ela está focada na carreira. E, ao ser convidada para realizar a modernização da tradicional Pousada Everwood em um reality show de reformas, ela tem uma chance de ouro para brilhar. O projeto não só promete ser a solução para os problemas financeiros de sua empresa como pode fazer com que ela finalmente conquiste a aprovação da mãe, que nunca parece satisfeita com nada. Até que surge uma pedra em seu sapato. Jordan Everwood, neta da dona da pousada, detesta todas as ideias de Astrid e está decidida a preservar a essência da hospedaria da família. Logo seus pequenos atos de sabotagem começam a rachar a fachada de perfeição de Astrid, revelando uma vulnerabilidade que ela nunca se permite demonstrar – e isso faz com que a antipatia entre as duas se transforme em algo muito parecido com desejo. Agora Astrid precisa decidir se quer continuar se esforçando para corresponder às expectativas alheias ou se mergulha de cabeça em um futuro incerto, assustador e muito, muito emocionante.

24 февраля 1920 года в Берлине рождаются два младенца, которым суждено стать братьями. В тот же день в Мюнхене создана партия, которая вскоре одного из них вознесет, а другого постарается уничтожить вместе с их родителями и миллионами других ни в чем не повинных людей. С первых часов жизни братья неразлучны. Оба похожи на своих еврейских родителей, хотя совсем не похожи друг на друга, они даже не знают, что один из них приемыш, — как и не знают, что один из них не еврей. Родителей не волнуют вопросы крови: это их дети, и они их любят. Отец играет по джазовым клубам, мать лечит больных, жизнь в Германии, еле приходящей в себя после Великой войны, потихоньку налаживается. Пауль и Отто вместе растут, вместе дружат с одной девочкой, вместе влюбляются в другую. Но когда к власти приходят нацисты, жизнь меняется необратимо и страшно. В стране, где внезапно важнее всего оказываются кровь и происхождение, дети, два немца и два еврея, чьи истории переплетены с рождения и навсегда, вынуждены многим жертвовать, чтобы выжить самим и спасти любимых. Новый роман Бена Элтона, пронзительный и нежный, о том, чем готовы пожертвовать люди ради выживания — своего и любимых. Роман о том, кто они есть на самом деле, на что способны, кем не захотят стать ни за что на свете. О том, что им делать с каждодневной ненавистью, с неотступной памятью, с неутихающей болью — и как из этого всего порой прорастают одиночество, страх и жестокость, а порой — доброта, и мудрость, и счастье. В этой истории есть смех и слезы, ужас и изумление, нежность и злость, верность и предательства.

Nearly seventy years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.

"Cuando la abuelastra de Shay Zucconi muere, le deja una granja de tulipanes, pero antes deberá cumplir con dos condiciones: La primera es que Shay tiene que mudarse al pequeño pueblo de Friendship, en Rhode Island. La segunda, y más complicada, sobre todo porque su novio acaba de cancelar la boda, es que Shay debe casarse en el transcurso de un año. Noah Barden estuvo enamorado de Shay Zucconi en el instituto, pero nunca se animó a decírselo. Era demasiado tímido, demasiado torpe y muy poco interesante para invitar a salir a una chica tan guapa y popular. Aquel antiguo amor ni se le pasa por la cabeza. Hasta que Shay regresa al pueblo y pone la vida de Noah patas arriba."

Do you need more time for yourself? Do you want to get your mind off things? Do you long for more happiness and contentment? Then this is the book for you! It contains 52 stories that will change your life and your way of thinking. Each story is carefully selected to explain important Buddhist wisdom and thought processes. They deal with universal themes such as gratitude, mindfulness, self-love, and happiness. The stories convey valuable life lessons that will enrich your life. After each story, a reference to the present time is made. It also tells what you can learn from the story for your own life. Especially in today's world full of stress and distractions, the teachings of Buddhism are a true blessing. They give us new food for thought and show us what really matters in life. This book invites you to reflect and find yourself. It shows you new ways of thinking that have incredible potential. You do NOT need to have any prior knowledge of Buddhism. These are timeless life lessons that are valuable and helpful to everyone (regardless of age or religion). Buy this book if you.... want to stop negative thoughts want to become happier and more content need new ideas and food for thought want to reduce stress want to find inner peace Order the book now and start the most important journey in life: The journey to yourself.

Anakku terganggu mentalnya disebabkan oleh ayah kandungnya sendiri. Demi menjaga mentalnya, aku lebih memilih bercerai. Ku kira kami akan terlunta lunta, tapi sebuah kejutan aku dapatkan saat bertemu dengan seorang pria yang mengaku mempunyai tanda lahir yang sama sepertiku. Ternyata... #novel #romantis #cerbung #kbm #kbmapp #wattpad #trending #cerita #kisah #fiksi #roman

Граційні й величні фейрі — неземні створіння, прекрасні й довершені, як смертоносний меч тонкої роботи. Та водночас вони підступні й жорстокі, особливо до людського роду. Джуд знає про це, бо один з них посиротив її з сестрами й відвіз до Краю Фейрі. Вона — смертна, яка протягом десяти років зростала під опікою вбивці у суспільстві, де людей зневажають і ненавидять. Дівчина ладна на все, щоб знайти своє місце під сонцем. Навіть протистояти цькуванню юних фейрі під проводом принца Кардана. Коли план Джуд провалюється, інший нащадок короля пропонує їй захист напередодні змін у Краю Фейрі, але не задарма. От-от спалахне полум’я палацового перевороту — і саме вона опиняється в центрі зрад та інтриг. На карту поставлено долю не тільки Джуд та її сестер, а й усього Краю Фейрі. Велика гра королів і принців, королев і корон починається.

Growing up in poverty made a lasting impression on Rachel. As a result, she is determined to never again go through the pain and humiliation of being poor. The first step in her strategy for wealth and success is an internship with the reclusive Emerson Watson, investment broker extraordinaire. Learning his strategies will take her to the top – exactly where she wants to be! What she doesn’t anticipate is finding “Jack” along the way. A simple handyman, he makes her laugh and sigh with pleasure. He makes her forget her goals. But with his meager lifestyle, Jack cannot be in her future. Emerson Jackson Watson spies the lovely Rachel coming around the corner in her sexy, red heels. And he promises himself that he is going to have her. Unfortunately, the lovely Rachel is looking for the other side of him – the side he doesn’t want to show her. She wants Emerson – the debonair wizard of Wall Street – when he knows what she really needs is Jack – the down-to-earth jack of all trades. How can he show her that the life she thinks she wants isn’t what she needs? That she needs him…

गीता प्रेस से प्रकाशित 'कल्याण' के 'बालक-अंक' में प्रकाशित 19 वीर बालकों के चरित्र इस पुस्तक में प्रस्तुत कर रहे हैं। ये चरित्र अपूर्व आत्मत्याग तथा बलिदान के सजीव चित्र हैं। आशा है इन्हें पढ़कर बच्चों एवं बड़ों में बलिदान और त्याग की भावना जाग्रत होगी। -हनुमान प्रसाद पोद्दार

“A heartbreakingly resonant debut, The Turtle House is a tender, big-hearted story about women, family, and the complicated history of Texas. These characters, and their tentative, flawed stumblings toward grace, will stay with me.”—Elizabeth Wetmore, author of Valentine “Sweeping yet intimate, Amanda Churchill’s Turtle House spans cultures and continents. Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire you. Together, they find a way through in this gripping debut.”—Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City Moving between late 1990s small-town Texas to pre-World War II Japan and occupied Tokyo, an emotionally engaging literary debut about a grandmother and granddaughter who connect over a beloved lost place and the secrets they both carry. It’s spring 1999, and 25-year-old Lia Cope and her prickly 73-year-old grandmother, Mineko, are sharing a bedroom in Curtain, Texas, the ranching town where Lia grew up and Mineko began her life as a Japanese war bride. Both women are at a turning point: Mineko, long widowed, moved in with her son and daughter-in-law after a suspicious fire destroyed the Cope family ranch house, while Lia, an architect with a promising career in Austin, has unexpectedly returned under circumstances she refuses to explain. Though Lia never felt especially close to her grandmother, the two grow close sharing late-night conversations. Mineko tells stories of her early life in Japan, of the war that changed everything, and of her two great loves: a man named Akio Sato and an abandoned Japanese country estate they called the Turtle House, where their relationship took root. As Mineko reveals more of her early life—tales of innocent swimming lessons that blossom into something more, a friendship nurtured across oceans, totems saved and hidden, the heartbreak of love lost too soon—Lia comes to understand the depth of her grandmother’s pain and sacrifice and sees her Texas family in a new light. She also recognizes that it’s she who needs to come clean—about the budding career she abandoned and the mysterious man who keeps calling. When Mineko’s adult children decide, against her wishes, to move her into an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life, one that they hope will offer the safety and sense of belonging they both need, no matter the cost. A story of intergenerational friendship, family, coming of age, identity, and love, The Turtle House illuminates the hidden lives we lead, the secrets we hold close, and what it truly means to find home again when it feels lost forever.

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival. The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita Capel forge a friendship at the Army Navy Club in Manila, they believe they’re living a paradise assignment. All three are seeking a way to escape their pasts, but soon the beauty and promise of their surroundings give way to the heavy mantle of war. Caught in the crosshairs of a fight between the U.S. military and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of the Philippine Islands, the nurses are forced to serve under combat conditions and, ultimately, endure captivity as the first female prisoners of the Second World War. As their resiliency is tested in the face of squalid living arrangements, food shortages, and the enemy's blatant disregard for the articles of the Geneva Convention, the women strive to keep their hope— and their fellow inmates—alive, though not without great cost. In this sweeping story based on the true experiences of nurses dubbed "the Angels of Bataan," three women shift in and out of each other's lives through the darkest days of the war, buoyed by their unwavering friendship and distant dreams of liberation. "A novel rich in historical detail that immerses readers in the dangers and deprivation WWII nurses suffered in the Pacific, wrapped up with a hopeful ending." -Booklist

On the heels of the successful Lifetime TV version of Flowers in the Attic comes the TV movie tie-in edition of Petals On the Wind, the second book in the captivating Dollanganger saga. Forbidden love comes into full bloom. For three years they were kept hidden in the eaves of Foxworth Hall, their existence all but denied by a mother who schemed to inherit a fortune. For three years their fate was in the hands of their righteous, merciless grandmother. They had to stay strong...but in their hopeless world, Cathy and her brother Christopher discovered blossoming desires that tumbled into a powerful obsession. Now, with their frail sister Carrie, they have broken free and scraped enough together for three bus tickets and a chance at a new life. The horrors of the attic are behind them...but they will carry its legacy of dark secrets forever.

"The perfect summer read: a novel both quick and funny." —Airmail “A total joyride of a novel. The Memo is a funny, fascinating exploration of love, friendship, ambition and what it truly means to live a good life. I loved it.”—J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Commencement, Maine, and Friends and Strangers If you could rewrite your life story, would you dare? That’s the question at the heart of this funny, sharp and propulsive debut novel about love, life, and a woman finding herself and what it means to be happy and successful. Do you ever feel like your life doesn’t measure up to everyone else’s—and wonder if you just didn’t get the memo helping you make the right choices? Jenny Green dreads her upcoming college reunion. Once top of her class, the thirty-five-year-old finds herself stuck in a life that isn’t the one she expected. Her promising career has flamed out (literally) and her deadbeat boyfriend is cheating on her (again). All her friends seem to have it all figured it out, enjoying glittering lives and careers that she can only envy from the sidelines. Did she just not get the memo they all did? As it turns out, she didn’t! When she arrives at her alma mater for the festivities, she receives a text from an unlisted number. “Jenny Green: please collect your memo.” Somewhere on campus, a discreet female-led organization provides comprehensive memos to select students, a set of instructions that are a blueprint for success. The first time around, Jenny didn’t receive hers. Now, she’s being given the second chance she wants—an opportunity to relive her life and make all the right decisions this time around. But at what price? Smart, addictive, bittersweet, and ultimately triumphant, The Memo will enchant readers of In Five Years and Cassandra in Reverse as well as fans of Emma Straub and Maria Semple.

Vad som skulle bli en vanlig reseguide blev en av världens roligaste romaner. Jerome K. Jeromes Tre män i en båt utspelar sig under två veckor längs med floden Themsen, från Kingston upon Thames i London, till Oxford och tillbaka. Berättelserna om de viktiga historiska platserna förlöses i en hejdlös komik, när J. och hans vänner, George och Carl, och J:s (påhittade) hund, Montmorency, ger sig ut på båtsemester. Tre män i en båt är en av världslitteraturens mest klassiska komiska romaner, här i svensk översättning av Birgitta Hammar. JEROME K. JEROME [1859-1927] var en engelsk romanförfattare och essäist som skrev in sig i litteraturhistorien med Tre män i en båt [Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889], romanen om en dråplig båtsemester längs med Themsen.

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Alkisah, hiduplah seorang raja Dinasti Sasaniyah, Syahrayar, yang bertindak adil dan bijaksana. Namun, tatkala sang permaisuri ketahuan selingkuh dengan budaknya, sontak ia menjelma raja yang bengis. Ia berjanji ingin menikahi seluruh gadis dan akan membunuhnya tepat setelah malam pertama. Maka, seluruh gadis di negeri itu pun punah. Sang wazir terpaksa memberikan putrinya sendiri, Syahrazad, sebagai tumbal. Ternyata, gadis cerdik itu mengatur strategi dengan adiknya, Dunyazad, untuk mengelabui sang raja dengan kisah-kisah menarik yang sengaja tak ditamatkan di setiap penghujung malam, agar ia terhindar dari ancaman pembunuhan. Dalam Kisah 1001 Malam Jilid 1 ini (dari malam ke-1 hingga malam ke-45), Syahrazad menuturkan 37 kisah, termasuk kisah tentang Jin Ifrit, Raja Yunan, Rauyan al-Hakim, Raja Sinbad, Khalifah Harun ar-Rasyid, Wazir Ja’far al-Barmaki, Wazir Nurudin, Wazir Syamsudin, Raja Tiongkok, tabib Yahudi, saudagar Nasrani, manusia batu, tukang cukur dari Baghdad, dan lain-lain.

Minden idők legnagyobb sikerű lovagregénye az Ivanhoe. 12. század elején játszódik , amikor János herceg Oroszlánszívű Richárd távollétében tölti be az uralkodói posztot. Ivanhoe, Richárd király hűséges vitéze ezáltal János herceg ellensége. Cselekmény a jó és rossz, a normannok és a szászok harcát mutatja be. Regényben kifejezetten fontos szerepet kapnak a lovagi erények, az elnyomottak védelmezése, bátorság, kitartó szerelem és az önzetlenség. Az ifjú lovagnak számos próbatételen kell átesnie, hogy hazáját megmentse és igaz szerelmének, Lady Rowenanak a szerelmét és kezét elnyerje.

यह उपन्यास सबसे पहले 1949 में लखनऊ में लिखा गया। तब इसका स्वरूप एवं प्रारूप बिल्कुल भिन्न थे। यदि उसी रूप में छपता तो मेरा विश्वास है कि यह कहीं अधिक सशक्त एवं व्यवस्थित होता। लेकिन दुर्भाग्य न केवल व्यक्तियों का ही होता है बल्कि कुछ कृतियों का भी होता है। सन ’49 से लेकर ’53 तक लोगों के परामर्श के फलस्वरूप अनेक परिवर्तन इसमें किये गये, फलतः रंजना, एक असंभाव्य चरित्र बन गयी। सच माने रंजना की यह असंभाव्यता मेरे कारण नहीं हुई। कैसे और क्यों हुई, यह स्वयं मनोरंजन है पर उसकी चर्चा वांछनीय न होगी। अस्तु

Ketika untuk pertama kali aku berkunjung ke rumah kekasihku Amira, Jakarta dilanda banjir. Daerah di sekitar perumahan yang ditempati pacarku kebanjiran. Karena tak bisa pulang, tante Sophia, ibu Amira menyarankan agar aku menginap. Kemudian terjadi sesuatu. Sesuatu yang mengubah hidupku selamanya. Apa itu? Silakan ikuti kisah yang mendebarkan ini...

Las gemelas Arc y Cisi se crían en los arrabales de Chillicothe, Ohio, cerca del río y a la sombra de la gran fábrica de papel que da de comer a la ciudad. Viven con su madre depresiva y con su glacial tía Trébol, ambas drogodependientes. Arc se pasa el día cavando en busca de huesos de dinosaurio y de lo que sea que su madre perdió hace tiempo. Cisi elabora catálogos de bulbos y pedalea entre los narcisos de su querida abuela Asclepia, único asidero emocional de las niñas. Pero no hay bicicleta lo bastante rápida para esquivar los precedentes familiares, decididos a arrastrar a las pequeñas al lado salvaje de la vida. Allí están también Harlow, Jueves, Violeta, Nell Salvia e Índigo. Madres solas, prostitutas y toxicómanas. Mujeres que no le importan a nadie, y mucho menos a la policía, cuando sus cuerpos empiezan a aparecer, uno tras otro, flotando en el río.

Putri Leah menulis surat bunuh diri sebelum pernikahannya. Itu karena dia yakin dia akan mati setelah malam pernikahan; akhir yang menyedihkan dari seorang putri yang mengabdikan hidupnya untuk negara dan keluarga kerajaan. Namun sebelum menyerahkan nyawanya, Leah merencanakan balas dendam terakhirnya kepada keluarga tersebut, yang pasti akan membuat mereka hancur bahkan setelah dia menjadi mayat yang dingin. Dia akan mempermalukan mereka dengan menjadi pengantin yang tidak perawan. “Mengapa kamu membuang pengalaman pertamamu? Bukankah kamu hanya ingin melarikan diri?” pria itu bertanya dengan tatapan dalam. “Aku… aku ingin mati.” Leah secara impulsif menceritakan rahasianya kepada pria yang tidur dengannya selama satu malam. Leah pikir, mereka tidak akan memiliki kesempatan untuk bertemu lagi. Namun siapa yang menyangka bahwa Pria yang ia temui itu adalah pria berbahaya dan berkuasa?

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter of early Amish history in this next riveting installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo. Newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is awakened by an urgent midnight call summoning her to a suspicious fire in the woods. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers a charred body. According to the coroner, the deceased, an Amish man named Milan Swanz, was chained to a stake and burned alive. It is an appalling and eerily symbolic crime against an upstanding husband and father. Kate knows all too well that the Amish prefer to handle their problems without interference from the outside world, and no one will speak about the murdered man. From what she’s able to piece together, Swanz led a deeply troubled life and had recently been excommunicated. But if that’s the case, why are the Amish so reluctant to talk about him? Are they protecting the memory of one of their own? Or are they afraid of something they dare not share? When her own brother is implicated in the case, Kate finds herself not only at odds with the Amish, the world of which she was once a part, but also the English community and her counterparts in law enforcement. The investigation takes a violent turn when Kate’s life is threatened by a mysterious stranger. To uncover the truth about the death of Milan Swanz, Kate must dive deep into the Anabaptist culture, peering into all the dark corners of its history, only to uncover a secret legacy that shatters everything she thought she knew about the Amish themselves—and her own roots.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end. The Carryx – part empire, part hive – have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin. Caught up in academic intrigue and affairs of the heart, Dafyd Alkhor is pleased just to be an assistant to a brilliant scientist and his celebrated research team. Then the Carryx ships descend, decimating the human population and taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society away to serve on the Carryx homeworld, and Dafyd is swept along with them. They are dropped in the middle of a struggle they barely understand, set in a competition against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure. Only Dafyd and a handful of his companions see past the Darwinian contest to the deeper game that they must play to survive: learning to understand – and manipulate – the Carryx themselves. With a noble but suicidal human rebellion on one hand and strange and murderous enemies on the other, the team pays a terrible price to become the trusted servants of their new rulers. Dafyd Alkhor is a simple man swept up in events that are beyond his control and more vast than his imagination. He will become the champion of humanity and its betrayer, the most hated man in history and the guardian of his people. This is where his story begins.

Mindenki tudja, hogy Colin Bridgerton a legelbűvölőbb férfi egész Londonban. LADY WHISTLEDOWN TÁRSASÁGI LAPJA, 1824. március Penelope Featherington titokban imádta legjobb barátnője bátyját, már… nos, már egy örökkévalóságnak tűnő ideje. Miután fél életét azzal töltötte, hogy távolról csodálta Colin Bridgertont, azt hiszi, mindent tud róla, mígnem véletlenül megismeri a férfi legféltettebb titkát… Colin Bridgertonnak elege van abból, hogy a társaság csak üres fejű szépfiúnak tartja, elege van az élet soha véget nem érő egyhangúságából és legfőképp elege van abból, hogy mindenki folyton a hírhedt pletykalapszerző Lady Whistledownnal foglalkozik, aki soha egyetlen lapszámban sem hagyja őt említés nélkül. De amikor Colin hazatér külföldi útjáról Londonba, rájön, hogy életében már semmi sem ugyanaz, mint volt… különösen Penelope Featherington változott meg

There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In the third of the Bridgerton Prequel series, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn She was in the wrong place... Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers’ hideaway tucked inside a cave. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captain’s bed… He found her at the wrong time... Known to society as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Andrew James Rokesby actually transports essential goods and documents for the British government. Setting sail on a time-sensitive voyage to Portugal, he’s stunned to find a woman waiting for him in his cabin. Surely, his imagination is getting the better of him. But no, she is very real—and his duty to the Crown means he's stuck with her. Can two wrongs make the most perfect right? When Andrew learns that she is a Bridgerton, he knows he will likely have to wed her to avert a scandal—though Poppy has no idea that he is the son of an earl and neighbor to her aristocratic cousins in Kent. On the high seas, their war of words soon gives way to an intoxicating passion. But when Andrew’s secret is revealed, will his declaration of love be enough to capture her heart…?

Zmizela oblíbená středoškolačka. Tělo se nenašlo, ale všichni vědí, kdo je vrah! Sala Singha odsoudili všichni, kromě soudu. Sal totiž spáchal sebevraždu a odpovědi nikdo nehledá. Až na Pipu Fitz-Amobiovou. Pět let po zločinu začíná vyšetřovat pod záminkou školního projektu. Je to ale úkol, který ji může zabít. Pravdu chce někdo zoufale utajit.

كم مرة إنفصلنا؟ لا أعرف، كل ما أعرفه أن البعد عنه يربكني، كنت أريد أن أعود، في كل مرة نبتعد كنتُ أعود دائماً، أرجع وأنا كُلي أمل أن يتغير، أن يصبح لي، أن يتخلى عن حماقاته ويراني على حقيقتي ولو لمرة واحدة، كنت أريده أن يكون مثالياً وأن يكون لي وحدي، كنتُ أريد كل شيء وحدي! ولم يكن هو يشعر بأي شيء .. تركني هنا في المنتصف تماماً، لا أنا أكملت الطريق وحدي، ولا أنا بقيت معه، صرتُ في هذا المنتصف اللعين، لا لون لي! تسافر بطلة الحكاية بحثاً عن نفسها، تقابل حبها الحقيقي في تلك المدينة الجميلة، تتعلق به، غير أن أحلامنا عن الحب ربما تبدو باهتة إذا جاءت في غير موعدها، لذلك تعود إلى الأسكندرية بحثاً عن حب قديم لطالما أرهقها، في المنتصف .. تكتشف أنها وحدها تحتاج إلى أن تحب نفسها قبل أن يحبها الآخرين، فهل تتغير تفاصيل الحكاية ؟

A USA TODAY Bestseller “The Return of Ellie Black is a page-turning suspense novel, a shrewd character study, and a captivating mystery, all at the same time. The last fifty pages are magnetic. I couldn’t put it down until I’d experienced every last twist and turn.” —STEPHEN KING Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington state—but Ellie’s reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers. It’s been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s sister vanished when they were teenagers, and ever since she’s been searching: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in Chelsey’s line of work. Then a glimmer: local teenager Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace two years earlier, has been found alive in the woods of Washington State. But something is not right with Ellie. She won’t say where she’s been, or who she’s protecting, and it’s up to Chelsey to find the answers. She needs to get to the bottom of what happened to Ellie: for herself, and for the memory of her sister, but mostly for the next girl who could be taken—and who, unlike Ellie, might never return. The debut thriller from New York Times bestselling author Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black is both a feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a twisty page-turner that will shock and surprise you right up until the final page.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, IPCO 2014, held in Bonn, Germany, in June 2014. The 34 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. The conference is a forum for researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. The aim is to present recent developments in theory, computation, and applications in these areas. The scope of IPCO is viewed in a broad sense, to include algorithmic and structural results in integer programming and combinatorial optimization as well as revealing computational studies and novel applications of discrete optimization to practical problems.

Written as a hybrid between a research monograph and a textbook the first half of this book is concerned with basic concepts for the study of Banach algebras that, in a sense, are not too far from being commutative. Essentially, the algebra under consideration either has a sufficiently large center or is subject to a higher order commutator property (an algebra with a so-called polynomial identity or in short: Pl-algebra). In the second half of the book, a number of selected examples are used to demonstrate how this theory can be successfully applied to problems in operator theory and numerical analysis. Distinguished by the consequent use of local principles (non-commutative Gelfand theories), PI-algebras, Mellin techniques and limit operator techniques, each one of the applications presented in chapters 4, 5 and 6 forms a theory that is up to modern standards and interesting in its own right. Written in a way that can be worked through by the reader with fundamental knowledge of analysis, functional analysis and algebra, this book will be accessible to 4th year students of mathematics or physics whilst also being of interest to researchers in the areas of operator theory, numerical analysis, and the general theory of Banach algebras.

This undergraduate textbook is suitable for introductory classes in combinatorics and related topics. The book covers a wide range of both pure and applied combinatorics, beginning with the very basics of enumeration and then going on to Latin squares, graphs and designs. The latter topic is closely related to finite geometry, which is developed in parallel. Applications to probability theory, algebra, coding theory, cryptology and combinatorial game theory comprise the later chapters. Throughout the book, examples and exercises illustrate the material, and the interrelations between the various topics is emphasized. Readers looking to take first steps toward the study of combinatorics, finite geometry, design theory, coding theory, or cryptology will find this book valuable. Essentially self-contained, there are very few prerequisites aside from some mathematical maturity, and the little algebra required is covered in the text. The book is also a valuable resource for anyone interested in discrete mathematics as it ties together a wide variety of topics.

It is not always clear what computer programs mean in the various languages in which they can be written, yet a picture can be worth 1000 words, a diagram 1000 instructions. In this unique textbook/reference, programs are drawn as string diagrams in the language of categories, which display a universal syntax of mathematics (Computer scientists use them to analyze the program semantics; programmers to display the syntax of computations). Here, the string-diagrammatic depictions of computations are construed as programs in a single-instruction programming language. Such programs as diagrams show how functions are packed in boxes and tied by strings. Readers familiar with categories will learn about the foundations of computability; readers familiar with computability gain access to category theory. Additionally, readers familiar with both are offered many opportunities to improve the approach. Topics and features: Delivers a ‘crash’ diagram-based course in theory of computation Uses single-instruction diagrammatic programming language Offers a practical introduction into categories and string diagrams as computational tools Reveals how computability is programmability, rather than an ‘ether’ permeating computers Provides a categorical model of intensional computation is unique up to isomorphism Serves as a stepping stone into research of computable categories In addition to its early chapters introducing computability for beginners, this flexible textbook/resource also contains both middle chapters that expand for suitability to a graduate course as well as final chapters opening up new research. Dusko Pavlovic is a professor at the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and by courtesy at the Department of Mathematics and the College of Engineering. He completed this book as an Excellence Professor at Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

The aim of the series is to present new and important developments in pure and applied mathematics. Well established in the community over two decades, it offers a large library of mathematics including several important classics. The volumes supply thorough and detailed expositions of the methods and ideas essential to the topics in question. In addition, they convey their relationships to other parts of mathematics. The series is addressed to advanced readers wishing to thoroughly study the topic. Editorial Board Lev Birbrair, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil Victor P. Maslov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Walter D. Neumann, Columbia University, New York, USA Markus J. Pflaum, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Dierk Schleicher, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany

Buku ajar ini memiliki beberapa perbedaan dibanding buku ajar statistika lainnya yang berbahasa Indonesia. Pertama, buku ini memiliki ruang lingkup dari konsep statistika hingga macam-macam data dan probabilitas yang terbagi menjadi dua belas bab. Bab tersebut dimulai dari statistika deskriptif, konsep dan macam-macam data, dan probabilitas. Kedua, penyajian dalam buku ini ringkas dan jelas. Dibandingkan dengan lingkup materinya, buku ini tergolong tipis, jelas dan lugas. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari hal-hal penting yang ada di dalam buku ini, seperti teori dasar statistika dan penggunaannya. Teori tersebut diharapkan cukup membekali pembaca khususnya pemula untuk memahami dan menyelesaikan persoalan-persoalan statistika dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dengan benar. Ketiga, dalam bab terakhir dalam buku ini adalah hal yang paling membedakan dari semua buku ajar statistika yang berbahasa Indonesia, yaitu adalah materi tentang Statistika Al-Qur’an. Materi buku ini merupakan pengembangan naskah kuliah statistika pendidikan yang penulis sampaikan di Institut Agama Islam Negeri Madura. Pada umumnya, materi ini dapat diikuti dan diselesaikan dalam satu semester sebagai bekal pengetahuan mengenai konsep data dan peluang atau probabilitas. Dalam aplikasinya juga terdapat perhitungan dasar atau kalkulus statistika. Diharapkan hal ini tidak merepotkan dan menjadi mudah dalam penerapannya, karena para pembaca tidak lupa untuk memanfaatkan kalkulasi.

This lively introductory text exposes the student to the rewards of a rigorous study of functions of a real variable. In each chapter, informal discussions of questions that give analysis its inherent fascination are followed by precise, but not overly formal, developments of the techniques needed to make sense of them. By focusing on the unifying themes of approximation and the resolution of paradoxes that arise in the transition from the finite to the infinite, the text turns what could be a daunting cascade of definitions and theorems into a coherent and engaging progression of ideas. Acutely aware of the need for rigor, the student is much better prepared to understand what constitutes a proper mathematical proof and how to write one. Fifteen years of classroom experience with the first edition of Understanding Analysis have solidified and refined the central narrative of the second edition. Roughly 150 new exercises join a selection of the best exercises from the first edition, and three more project-style sections have been added. Investigations of Euler’s computation of ζ(2), the Weierstrass Approximation Theorem, and the gamma function are now among the book’s cohort of seminal results serving as motivation and payoff for the beginning student to master the methods of analysis.

The Dirichlet distribution appears in many areas of application, which include modelling of compositional data, Bayesian analysis, statistical genetics, and nonparametric inference. This book provides a comprehensive review of the Dirichlet distribution and two extended versions, the Grouped Dirichlet Distribution (GDD) and the Nested Dirichlet Distribution (NDD), arising from likelihood and Bayesian analysis of incomplete categorical data and survey data with non-response. The theoretical properties and applications are also reviewed in detail for other related distributions, such as the inverted Dirichlet distribution, Dirichlet-multinomial distribution, the truncated Dirichlet distribution, the generalized Dirichlet distribution, Hyper-Dirichlet distribution, scaled Dirichlet distribution, mixed Dirichlet distribution, Liouville distribution, and the generalized Liouville distribution. Key Features: Presents many of the results and applications that are scattered throughout the literature in one single volume. Looks at the most recent results such as survival function and characteristic function for the uniform distributions over the hyper-plane and simplex; distribution for linear function of Dirichlet components; estimation via the expectation-maximization gradient algorithm and application; etc. Likelihood and Bayesian analyses of incomplete categorical data by using GDD, NDD, and the generalized Dirichlet distribution are illustrated in detail through the EM algorithm and data augmentation structure. Presents a systematic exposition of the Dirichlet-multinomial distribution for multinomial data with extra variation which cannot be handled by the multinomial distribution. S-plus/R codes are featured along with practical examples illustrating the methods. Practitioners and researchers working in areas such as medical science, biological science and social science will benefit from this book.

We have written this book as a guide to the design and analysis of field studies of resource selection, concentrating primarily on statistical aspects of the comparison of the use and availability of resources of different types. Our intended audience is field ecologists in general and, in particular, wildlife and fisheries biologists who are attempting to measure the extent to which real animal populations are selective in their choice of food and habitat. As such, we have made no attempt to address those aspects of theoretical ecology that are concerned with how animals might choose their resources if they acted in an optimal manner. The book is based on the concept of a resource selection function (RSF), where this is a function of characteristics measured on resourceunits such that its value for a unit is proportional to the probability of that unit being used. We argue that this concept leads to a unified theory for the analysis and interpretation of data on resource selection and can replace many ad hoc statistical methods that have been used in the past.

An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology to finance to marketing to astrophysics in the past twenty years. This book presents some of the most important modeling and prediction techniques, along with relevant applications. Topics include linear regression, classification, resampling methods, shrinkage approaches, tree-based methods, support vector machines, clustering, and more. Color graphics and real-world examples are used to illustrate the methods presented. Since the goal of this textbook is to facilitate the use of these statistical learning techniques by practitioners in science, industry, and other fields, each chapter contains a tutorial on implementing the analyses and methods presented in R, an extremely popular open source statistical software platform. Two of the authors co-wrote The Elements of Statistical Learning (Hastie, Tibshirani and Friedman, 2nd edition 2009), a popular reference book for statistics and machine learning researchers. An Introduction to Statistical Learning covers many of the same topics, but at a level accessible to a much broader audience. This book is targeted at statisticians and non-statisticians alike who wish to use cutting-edge statistical learning techniques to analyze their data. The text assumes only a previous course in linear regression and no knowledge of matrix algebra.

Its main objective is to examine the application and relevance of Bayes' theorem to problems that arise in scientific investigation in which inferences must be made regarding parameter values about which little is known a priori. Begins with a discussion of some important general aspects of the Bayesian approach such as the choice of prior distribution, particularly noninformative prior distribution, the problem of nuisance parameters and the role of sufficient statistics, followed by many standard problems concerned with the comparison of location and scale parameters. The main thrust is an investigation of questions with appropriate analysis of mathematical results which are illustrated with numerical examples, providing evidence of the value of the Bayesian approach.

A simple and systematic guide to the planning and performance of investigations concerned with health and disease and with health care Offers researchers help in choosing a topic and to think about shaping objectives and ideas and to link these with the appropriate choice of method Fully updated with new sections on the use of the Web and computer programmes freely available in the planning, performance or analysis of studies

The book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses offered to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Electrical Engineering. The first edition of this book was published in 2014. As there is a demand for the next edition, it is quite natural to take note of the several advances that have occurred in the subject over the past five years. This is the prime motivation for bringing out a revised second edition with a thorough revision of all the chapters. The book presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to signals and systems. For easier comprehension, the course contents of all the chapters are in sequential order. Analysis of continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems are done separately for easy understanding of the subjects. The chapters contain over seven hundred numerical examples to understand various theoretical concepts. This textbook also includes numerical examples that were appeared in recent examinations and presented in a graded manner. The topics such as the representation of signals, convolution, Fourier Series and Fourier Transform, Laplace transform, Z-transform, and state-space analysis are explained with a large number of numerical examples in the book. The detailed coverage and pedagogical tools make this an ideal textbook for students and researchers enrolled in electrical engineering and related courses.

S Chand’s ISC Mathematics is structured according to the latest syllabus as per the new CISCE(Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations), New Delhi, for ISC students taking classes XI & XII examinations.

Recently, it became apparent that a large number of the most interesting structures and phenomena of the world can be described by networks. To develop a mathematical theory of very large networks is an important challenge. This book describes one recent approach to this theory, the limit theory of graphs, which has emerged over the last decade. The theory has rich connections with other approaches to the study of large networks, such as ``property testing'' in computer science and regularity partition in graph theory. It has several applications in extremal graph theory, including the exact formulations and partial answers to very general questions, such as which problems in extremal graph theory are decidable. It also has less obvious connections with other parts of mathematics (classical and non-classical, like probability theory, measure theory, tensor algebras, and semidefinite optimization). This book explains many of these connections, first at an informal level to emphasize the need to apply more advanced mathematical methods, and then gives an exact development of the theory of the algebraic theory of graph homomorphisms and of the analytic theory of graph limits. This is an amazing book: readable, deep, and lively. It sets out this emerging area, makes connections between old classical graph theory and graph limits, and charts the course of the future. --Persi Diaconis, Stanford University This book is a comprehensive study of the active topic of graph limits and an updated account of its present status. It is a beautiful volume written by an outstanding mathematician who is also a great expositor. --Noga Alon, Tel Aviv University, Israel Modern combinatorics is by no means an isolated subject in mathematics, but has many rich and interesting connections to almost every area of mathematics and computer science. The research presented in Lovasz's book exemplifies this phenomenon. This book presents a wonderful opportunity for a student in combinatorics to explore other fields of mathematics, or conversely for experts in other areas of mathematics to become acquainted with some aspects of graph theory. --Terence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Laszlo Lovasz has written an admirable treatise on the exciting new theory of graph limits and graph homomorphisms, an area of great importance in the study of large networks. It is an authoritative, masterful text that reflects Lovasz's position as the main architect of this rapidly developing theory. The book is a must for combinatorialists, network theorists, and theoretical computer scientists alike. --Bela Bollobas, Cambridge University, UK

Banach algebras are Banach spaces equipped with a continuous multipli- tion. In roughterms,there arethree types ofthem:algebrasofboundedlinear operators on Banach spaces with composition and the operator norm, al- bras consisting of bounded continuous functions on topological spaces with pointwise product and the uniform norm, and algebrasof integrable functions on locally compact groups with convolution as multiplication. These all play a key role in modern analysis. Much of operator theory is best approached from a Banach algebra point of view and many questions in complex analysis (such as approximation by polynomials or rational functions in speci?c - mains) are best understood within the framework of Banach algebras. Also, the study of a locally compact Abelian group is closely related to the study 1 of the group algebra L (G). There exist a rich literature and excellent texts on each single class of Banach algebras, notably on uniform algebras and on operator algebras. This work is intended as a textbook which provides a thorough introduction to the theory of commutative Banach algebras and stresses the applications to commutative harmonic analysis while also touching on uniform algebras. In this sense and purpose the book resembles Larsen’s classical text [75] which shares many themes and has been a valuable resource. However, for advanced graduate students and researchers I have covered several topics which have not been published in books before, including some journal articles.

Buku ini berisi materi pada mata kuliah Fungsi Kompleks, yang secara garis besar dibagi menjadi dua, yaitu turunan dan integral. Pembahasan diawali dengan pengertian dasar dan sifat-sifat bilangan kompleks. Selanjutnya, pengertian dasar mengenai fungsi kompleks dan jenis-jenis transformasi elementer, topologi di bidang kompleks, limit, kekontinuan, dan turunan fungsi kompleks. Berikutnya dibahas integral fungsi kompleks, materi barisan dan deret, dan pembahasan terakhir soal teori residu.

Buku Statistik Paramentrik untuk Penelitian Kuantitatif ini menjelaskan masalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan memanfaatkan uji statistik, seperti uji asumsi dasar (normalitas, homogenitas, dan linteritas) i dan z. korelasi, regresi dan komparatif dua sampel, serta menggunakan uji annova. Selain itu, buku ini juga menerapkan bagaimana kita akan melakukan penelitian, seperti mengenal jenis dan metode penelitian, jenis data yang akan digunakan, skala pengukuran dan uji instrumen penelitian, serta menentukan jumlah sampel dan teknik sampling yang akan digunakan dalam penelitian. Analisis data menggunakan teknik uji statistik yang diinformasikan langkah-langkah perhitungan yang dilakukan secara terinci. Perhitungan manual tersebut, dibandingkan dengan perhitungan yang dilakukan menggunakan program SPSS. Di akhir pembahasan, diinformasikan pula bagaimana cara membuat laporan penelitian, seperti format laporan penelitian, skripsi, tesis, disertasi, outline, tahapan penyusunan, dan pokok pikiran teknik penulisan skripsi ataupun tesis.

This book is the first one of a work in several volumes, treating the history of the development of topology. The work contains papers which can be classified into 4 main areas. Thus there are contributions dealing with the life and work of individual topologists, with specific schools of topology, with research in topology in various countries, and with the development of topology in different periods. The work is not restricted to topology in the strictest sense but also deals with applications and generalisations in a broad sense. Thus it also treats, e.g., categorical topology, interactions with functional analysis, convergence spaces, and uniform spaces. Written by specialists in the field, it contains a wealth of information which is not available anywhere else.

In this book, we study theoretical and practical aspects of computing methods for mathematical modelling of nonlinear systems. A number of computing techniques are considered, such as methods of operator approximation with any given accuracy; operator interpolation techniques including a non-Lagrange interpolation; methods of system representation subject to constraints associated with concepts of causality, memory and stationarity; methods of system representation with an accuracy that is the best within a given class of models; methods of covariance matrix estimation; methods for low-rank matrix approximations; hybrid methods based on a combination of iterative procedures and best operator approximation; and methods for information compression and filtering under condition that a filter model should satisfy restrictions associated with causality and different types of memory. As a result, the book represents a blend of new methods in general computational analysis, and specific, but also generic, techniques for study of systems theory ant its particular branches, such as optimal filtering and information compression. - Best operator approximation, - Non-Lagrange interpolation, - Generic Karhunen-Loeve transform - Generalised low-rank matrix approximation - Optimal data compression - Optimal nonlinear filtering

Aimed primarily at graduate students and researchers, this text is a comprehensive course in modern probability theory and its measure-theoretical foundations. It covers a wide variety of topics, many of which are not usually found in introductory textbooks. The theory is developed rigorously and in a self-contained way, with the chapters on measure theory interlaced with the probabilistic chapters in order to display the power of the abstract concepts in the world of probability theory. In addition, plenty of figures, computer simulations, biographic details of key mathematicians, and a wealth of examples support and enliven the presentation.

If you want to work in any computational or technical field, you need to understand linear algebra. As the study of matrices and operations acting upon them, linear algebra is the mathematical basis of nearly all algorithms and analyses implemented in computers. But the way it's presented in decades-old textbooks is much different from how professionals use linear algebra today to solve real-world modern applications. This practical guide from Mike X Cohen teaches the core concepts of linear algebra as implemented in Python, including how they're used in data science, machine learning, deep learning, computational simulations, and biomedical data processing applications. Armed with knowledge from this book, you'll be able to understand, implement, and adapt myriad modern analysis methods and algorithms. Ideal for practitioners and students using computer technology and algorithms, this book introduces you to: The interpretations and applications of vectors and matrices Matrix arithmetic (various multiplications and transformations) Independence, rank, and inverses Important decompositions used in applied linear algebra (including LU and QR) Eigendecomposition and singular value decomposition Applications including least-squares model fitting and principal components analysis

Sheaves arose in geometry as coefficients for cohomology and as descriptions of the functions appropriate to various kinds of manifolds. Sheaves also appear in logic as carriers for models of set theory. This text presents topos theory as it has developed from the study of sheaves. Beginning with several examples, it explains the underlying ideas of topology and sheaf theory as well as the general theory of elementary toposes and geometric morphisms and their relation to logic.

Although this systematic study of autonomous systems begins with a thorough treatment of linear systems, the main emphasis is on local and global behavior of nonlinear systems. The main purpose of this revised edition is to introduce students to the qualitative and geometric theory of ordinary differential equations as well as serving as a reference book for mathematicians researching dynamical systems. Readers will find that, except for certain topics of current mathematical research, such as the number of limit cycles and the nature of attracting sets of dynamical systems, the global qualitative theory of a nonlinear dynamical system leads to an understanding of the solution set of the nonlinear system to rival that which we have of linear flows.

The book is a graduate text on unbounded self-adjoint operators on Hilbert space and their spectral theory with the emphasis on applications in mathematical physics (especially, Schrödinger operators) and analysis (Dirichlet and Neumann Laplacians, Sturm-Liouville operators, Hamburger moment problem) . Among others, a number of advanced special topics are treated on a text book level accompanied by numerous illustrating examples and exercises. The main themes of the book are the following: - Spectral integrals and spectral decompositions of self-adjoint and normal operators - Perturbations of self-adjointness and of spectra of self-adjoint operators - Forms and operators - Self-adjoint extension theory :boundary triplets, Krein-Birman-Vishik theory of positive self-adjoint extension

The Science of Algorithmic Trading and Portfolio Management, with its emphasis on algorithmic trading processes and current trading models, sits apart from others of its kind. Robert Kissell, the first author to discuss algorithmic trading across the various asset classes, provides key insights into ways to develop, test, and build trading algorithms. Readers learn how to evaluate market impact models and assess performance across algorithms, traders, and brokers, and acquire the knowledge to implement electronic trading systems. This valuable book summarizes market structure, the formation of prices, and how different participants interact with one another, including bluffing, speculating, and gambling. Readers learn the underlying details and mathematics of customized trading algorithms, as well as advanced modeling techniques to improve profitability through algorithmic trading and appropriate risk management techniques. Portfolio management topics, including quant factors and black box models, are discussed, and an accompanying website includes examples, data sets supplementing exercises in the book, and large projects. Prepares readers to evaluate market impact models and assess performance across algorithms, traders, and brokers. Helps readers design systems to manage algorithmic risk and dark pool uncertainty. Summarizes an algorithmic decision making framework to ensure consistency between investment objectives and trading objectives.

Este libro se concibió para ser el texto básico de un curso de crecimiento para estudiantes de economía, con el fin de facilitar la lectura y la comprensión de los modelos tanto desde la técnica y la derivación matemática, como desde la intuición y los problemas reales que se pueden analizar a la luz de la teoría. Cada capítulo tiene un texto básico en el que se explican la relevancia y la conexión del modelo estudiado con hechos económicos, al igual que un apéndice con la derivación completa y detallada de cada modelo. En la primera parte del libro se explican modelos simples de crecimiento, en los que se supone que la tasa de ahorro es exógena, la economía es cerrada y no hay sector público. En la segunda parte se modela la decisión de los agentes sobre cuánto ahorrar y, poco a poco, se va aumentando la complejidad de los modelos mediante la incorporación de la acción del gobierno, el papel de la educación y la innovación y modelos de varios sectores. En la tercera parte se consideran modelos con dos generaciones: jóvenes trabajadores y adultos mayores retirados. Este modelo se puede usar para analizar sistemas de herencias, tasas de natalidad endógenas y distribución del ingreso.

This monograph presents a rigorous mathematical introduction to optimal transport as a variational problem, its use in modeling various phenomena, and its connections with partial differential equations. Its main goal is to provide the reader with the techniques necessary to understand the current research in optimal transport and the tools which are most useful for its applications. Full proofs are used to illustrate mathematical concepts and each chapter includes a section that discusses applications of optimal transport to various areas, such as economics, finance, potential games, image processing and fluid dynamics. Several topics are covered that have never been previously in books on this subject, such as the Knothe transport, the properties of functionals on measures, the Dacorogna-Moser flow, the formulation through minimal flows with prescribed divergence formulation, the case of the supremal cost, and the most classical numerical methods. Graduate students and researchers in both pure and applied mathematics interested in the problems and applications of optimal transport will find this to be an invaluable resource.

This book provides a panoramic view of theory and applications of Ageing and Dependence in the use of mathematical methods in reliability and survival analysis. Ageing and dependence are important characteristics in reliability and survival analysis. They affect decisions with regard to maintenance, repair/replacement, price setting, warranties, medical studies, and other areas. Most of the works containing the topics covered here are theoretical in nature. However, this book offers applications, exercises, and examples. It serves as a reference for professors and researchers involved in reliability and survival analysis.

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The main intention of this book is to describe and develop the conceptual, structural and abstract thinking of mathematics. Specific mathematical structures are used to illustrate the conceptual approach; providing a deeper insight into mutual relationships and abstract common features. These ideas are carefully motivated, explained and illustrated by examples so that many of the more technical proofs can be omitted. The book can therefore be used: · simply as an overview of the panorama of mathematical structures and the relations between them, to be supplemented by more detailed texts whenever you want to acquire a working knowledge of some structure · by itself as a first introduction to abstract mathematics · together with existing textbooks, to put their results into a more general perspective · to gain a new and hopefully deeper perspective after having studied such textbooks Mathematical Concepts has a broader scope and is less detailed than standard mathematical textbooks so that the reader can readily grasp the essential concepts and ideas for individual needs. It will be suitable for advanced mathematicians, postgraduate students and for scientists from other fields with some background in formal reasoning.

Create industry-compliant graphs with this practical guide for professionals Analysis of clinical trial results is easier when the data is presented in a visual form. However, clinical graphs must conform to specific guidelines in order to satisfy regulatory agency requirements. If you are a programmer working in the health care and life sciences industry and you want to create straightforward, visually appealing graphs using SAS, then this book is designed specifically for you. Written by two experienced practitioners, the book explains why certain graphs are requested, gives the necessary code to create the graphs, and shows you how to create graphs from ADaM data sets modeled on real-world CDISC pilot study data. SAS Graphics for Clinical Trials by Example demonstrates step-by-step how to create both simple and complex graphs using Graph Template Language (GTL) and statistical graphics procedures, including the SGPLOT and SGPANEL procedures. You will learn how to generate commonly used plots such as Kaplan-Meier plots and multi-cell survival plots as well as special purpose graphs such as Venn diagrams and interactive graphs. Because your graph is only as good as the aesthetic appearance of the output, you will learn how to create a custom style, change attributes, and set output options. Whether you are just learning how to produce graphs or have been working with graphs for a while, this book is a must-have resource to solve even the most challenging clinical graph problems.

This book is for acquiring knowledge of designing a Agitator or Mixer. This Book explains Mechanical Design Process of Agitator with example of Designing a agitator,Flow patterns in agitator, Geometrical Relations for various types of agitator Impeller,Selection of agitator on the basis of Viscosity of fluids,Power Curves for Various Impeller for Calculation of Power Number to Calculate Power required for agitation by using Dimensionless equation of power number. This book gives you Overall Guideline of mechanical agitation process for better Understanding.

The methods and concepts presented in the bestselling first edition revolutionized the approach to the management and control of Lean companies. Enhanced with extensive end-of-chapter exercises and a CD-ROM with Lean accounting tools, the second edition of this preeminent practitioner‘s guide is now suitable for classroom use. Practical Lean Accoun

En az dört ciltten oluşacak olan bu seride, gerçel sayıların aksiyomatık tanımından, yani konunun ta en başından başlanarak ve harici hiçbir varsayımda bulunulmadan analizin en temel konuları derinlemesine işlenecektir. Kavramlar uzun uzadıya ve duru bir dille tartışılacak, teoremler hiçbir kuşkuya yer kalmayacak biçimde en ince ayrıntısına kadar kanıtlanacaktır. Yüzlerce örnek ve alıştırma okurun konuları ve teoremleri her yönüyle içselleştirmesine yardımcı olacaktır. Lisans ve lisansüstü öğrencilerine kuvvetle önerilir. Elinizdeki bu birinci cilt gerçel sayıların özelliklerine, dizilere ve serilere (yani sonsuz toplamlara) ayrılmıştır. Birinci cildin önemli altbaşlıkları: Gerçel sayıların tamlığı, Cauchy çarpımı, Cauchy, d'Alembert, Leibniz, Raabe, Riemann ve Abel kıstasları gibi serilerde standart yakınsaklık kıstasları, trigonometrik fonksiyonların ve exp fonksiyonunun tanımı. İkinci ciltte süreklilik, limit ve düzgün yakınsaklık konuları işlenecek, logaritma ve üs alma tanımlanacak, topolojiye giriş yapılacak ve Weierstrass M-testi ve Weierstrass Yoğunluk Teoremi kanıtlanacaktır. Üçüncü ciltte türev ve integral konularına yoğunlaşılacaktır. Dördüncü ciltte metrik uzaylar ve topoloji konusu ele alınacaktır.

Introduced 160 years ago as an attempt to generalize complex numbers to higher dimensions, quaternions are now recognized as one of the most important concepts in modern computer graphics. They offer a powerful way to represent rotations and compared to rotation matrices they use less memory, compose faster, and are naturally suited for efficient interpolation of rotations. Despite this, many practitioners have avoided quaternions because of the mathematics used to understand them, hoping that some day a more intuitive description will be available. The wait is over. Andrew Hanson's new book is a fresh perspective on quaternions. The first part of the book focuses on visualizing quaternions to provide the intuition necessary to use them, and includes many illustrative examples to motivate why they are important—a beautiful introduction to those wanting to explore quaternions unencumbered by their mathematical aspects. The second part covers the all-important advanced applications, including quaternion curves, surfaces, and volumes. Finally, for those wanting the full story of the mathematics behind quaternions, there is a gentle introduction to their four-dimensional nature and to Clifford Algebras, the all-encompassing framework for vectors and quaternions. Richly illustrated introduction for the developer, scientist, engineer, or student in computer graphics, visualization, or entertainment computing. Covers both non-mathematical and mathematical approaches to quaternions.

This second edition presents a collection of exercises on the theory of analytic functions, including completed and detailed solutions. It introduces students to various applications and aspects of the theory of analytic functions not always touched on in a first course, while also addressing topics of interest to electrical engineering students (e.g., the realization of rational functions and its connections to the theory of linear systems and state space representations of such systems). It provides examples of important Hilbert spaces of analytic functions (in particular the Hardy space and the Fock space), and also includes a section reviewing essential aspects of topology, functional analysis and Lebesgue integration. Benefits of the 2nd edition Rational functions are now covered in a separate chapter. Further, the section on conformal mappings has been expanded.

Topology, for many years, has been one of the most exciting and influential fields of research in modern mathematics. Although its origins may be traced back several hundred years, it was Poincaré who "gave topology wings" in a classic series of articles published around the turn of the century. While the earlier history, sometimes called the prehistory, is also considered, this volume is mainly concerned with the more recent history of topology, from Poincaré onwards.As will be seen from the list of contents the articles cover a wide range of topics. Some are more technical than others, but the reader without a great deal of technical knowledge should still find most of the articles accessible. Some are written by professional historians of mathematics, others by historically-minded mathematicians, who tend to have a different viewpoint.

Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology gives undergraduate students an overview of the fundamental ideas behind the geometric theory of gravitation and spacetime. Through pointers on how to modify and generalise Einstein's theory to enhance understanding, it provides a link between standard textbook content and current research in the field.Chapters present complicated material practically and concisely, initially dealing with the mathematical foundations of the theory of relativity, in particular differential geometry. This is followed by a discussion of the Einstein field equations and their various properties. Also given is analysis of the important Schwarzschild solutions, followed by application of general relativity to cosmology. Questions with fully worked answers are provided at the end of each chapter to aid comprehension and guide learning. This pared down textbook is specifically designed for new students looking for a workable, simple presentation of some of the key theories in modern physics and mathematics.

Basic Algebra and Advanced Algebra systematically develop concepts and tools in algebra that are vital to every mathematician, whether pure or applied, aspiring or established. Advanced Algebra includes chapters on modern algebra which treat various topics in commutative and noncommutative algebra and provide introductions to the theory of associative algebras, homological algebras, algebraic number theory, and algebraic geometry. Many examples and hundreds of problems are included, along with hints or complete solutions for most of the problems. Together the two books give the reader a global view of algebra and its role in mathematics as a whole.

Growing up in privileged, Manhattan social circles, Caggie's life should be perfect, and it almost was until the day that her younger sister drowned when Caggie was supposed to be watching her. Stricken by grief, Caggie pulls away from her friends and family, only to have everyone misinterpret a crucial moment when she supposedly saves a fellow classmate from suicide. Now she's famous for something she didn't do and everyone lauds her as a hero. But inside she still blames herself for the death of her sister and continues to pull away from everything in her life, best friend and perfect boyfriend included. Then Caggie meets Astor, the new boy at school, about whom rumours are swirling and known facts are few. In Astor she finds someone who just might understand her pain, because he has an inner pain of his own. But the more Caggie pulls away from her former life to be with Astor, the more she realises that his pain might be darker, and deeper, than anything she's ever felt. His pain might be enough to end his life…and Caggie's as well.

A funny, feel-good middle-grade graphic memoir about breaking out, battling puberty, and braving complicated friendships. It's time to face facts! On the first day of seventh grade, Rex encounters a bump in the road -- a big angry pimple right in the center of his forehead. And this is only the beginning of his problems. What follows is a frustrating battle with stubborn acne, body odor, and other embarrassments of puberty. Still struggling with a home life edging on the poverty line, Rex can't afford to buy the acne medication or deodorant he needs, and bullies are noticing Rex's awkward transformation. On top of it all, things have gotten weird with his friends, making Rex feel like he can't do or say anything right. So far, seventh grade stinks!

Illustrated Stories for Children' is a series of storybooks containing all time favourite stories for children to read and enjoy. Each book consists of stories that fuel children's imagination and take them to places where they come across diverse characters. The stories are laden with elements such as adventure, thrill, love, remorse, courage, inspiration, morals, wit, wisdom and magic that blend perfectly to make reading a worthwhile experience. Besides developing reading habits, children will be enthralled and entertained with these delightful books. The stories have been attractively illustrated with pictures that keep children engaged.

Donte, seul collégien noir de sa nouvelle école, ne parvient pas à s’intégrer, tandis que Trey, son frère aîné à la peau claire, y est tout de suite devenu populaire. Les professeurs de Donte se méfient de lui, ses camarades de classe le rejettent. Alan, le capitaine de l’équipe d’escrime, le harcèle sans cesse et le surnomme « Frère noir, noir de frère » pour bien marquer sa différence. Après une énième fausse accusation, Donte est escorté par la police hors de l’école et jeté en cellule. D’abord terrorisé et humilié, Donte trouve finalement la force de se rebeller contre cette injustice. Il rejoint un club d’escrime de quartier pour apprendre à manier le fleuret et battre Alan sur son propre terrain...

Miles Murphy is not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that’s famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. In his old school, everyone knew him as the town’s best prankster, but Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster, and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he is going to have to raise his game. It’s prankster against prankster in an epic war of trickery, until the two finally decide to join forces and pull off the biggest prank ever seen: a prank so huge that it would make the members of the International Order of Disorder proud. In The Terrible Two, bestselling authors and friends Mac Barnett and Jory John have created a series that has its roots in classic middle-grade literature yet feels fresh and new at the same time. Advance Praise for The Terrible Two “A double helping of fun and mischief!” —Jeff kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series “The pranks, the brotherhood, the art, the heart! What’s not to love about the Terrible Two?” —Sara Pennypacker, author of the Clementine series “You don’t have to be a cow, like cows, or even know a cow to love the Terrible Two.” —Dave Eggers “This book is terrible! Terribly funny, terribly full of pranks, and terribly wonderful.” —Jon Scieszka, author of The Stinky Cheese Man and the Frank Einstein series “The Terrible Two are my kind of kids. And what’s more, they’re kids’ kind of kids.” —Annie Barrows, author of the Ivy & Bean series “Hilarious.” —Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants series

Už deset let přežívá sedmnáctiletá ranhojička Kiva v nechvalně proslulé věznici Zalindov. Když přivezou těžce nemocnou královnu rebelů, dostane nelehký úkol – udržet ji na živu, aby mohla podstoupit zkoušky utrpením, určené těm nejnebezpečnějším zločincům. Musí přežít mučení vzduchem, ohněm, vodou a zemí, což se zatím nikomu nepodařilo. Ve stejné době dostane Kiva šifrovaný vzkaz od své rodiny: „Nenech ji zemřít. Už jdeme.“ Dívka si uvědomuje, že zkoušky by nemocnou královnu zabily, a tak se nabídne, že je podstoupí místo ní. Pokud uspěje, budou obě svobodné. Kiva má strach z nejisté budoucnosti. Spánek jí ruší i epidemie, která se šíří věznicí, a také Jaren - nový vězeň, jehož přítomnost je pro ni důležitější, než si dokáže přiznat...

Ella es la hija del Alfa de la manada Luna Negra, pero siempre tuvo una vida de sirviente. Tanto su padre como su madrastra la odiaban porque no tenía lobos. Fue la noche de la fiesta de apareamiento en la cual conoció a un hombre misterioso, quien le quitó la virginidad y arruinó su vida. En consecuencia, fue desterrada y se convirtió en una rebelde, sin embargo y de repente, encontró a su lobo. ¿Cómo pasó todo esto?

What is your secret?Minty's neighborhood is full of mysteries. There's the Witch House, a spooky old farmhouse on the other side of the woods from where Minty and her best friend, Paz, live. There's the Man Bat, a seven-foot-tall half man, half bat who is rumored to fly through the woods. And there are the Mean Boys, David and Troy, who torment Minty for no reason, and her boy-crazy older sister, Thea, who acts weirder and weirder.One day Minty spots a flash in the woods, and when she chases after it, she discovers a new mystery -- a Secret Tree, with a hollow trunk that holds the secrets of everyone in the neighborhood. Secrets like:I put a curse on my enemy. And it's working.I'm betraying my best friend in a terrible way.No one loves me except my goldfish.

Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from the illustrator of Last Kids on Earth! Welcome to Maddie and Clare's dead end street, where you'll find nothing ​but TROUBLE ... Maddie and Clare live in a quiet, palm tree-lined dead end with their dad and pet chicken, Terrible Chicken. It’s a place where not much happens, except for the odd small incident. Like a mass uprising of angry chairs. And the appearance of a prehistoric mutant fart gas. And an invasion of killer pineapples. But other than that, things are pretty boring in Dead End. You can see why Maddie and Clare have to make their own fun … From storytelling mastermind Lachlann Carter and Last Kids on Earth illustrator Douglas Holgate comes this hilarious and action-packed series for readers aged 6 and up! With three madcap adventures in each book and every spread packed with illustrations, this silly-spooky series has enough trouble to keep anyone aged 6-10 years on the edge of their seat. ‘Absurd, thrilling, hilarious! Kids will love getting into Big Trouble, with its silly storylines and loveable characters. Big Trouble is BIG FUN!' –Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood, author and illustrator of the best-selling Real Pigeons ​series. Get into BIG TROUBLE with the whole series now! Big Trouble with Angry Chairs Big Trouble with an Old Fart (coming soon)

Step foot into new worlds and prepare for war… As they make their way into the Realm, Averie and Silas find themselves in a race against time. They must rejoin the Rebellion without being discovered by their enemies. Along the way, they meet a surprising new ally with alluring secrets—and deadly motives of his own. As Averie struggles to find her place and adapt to the world around her, training takes on a whole new meaning when Callen takes over as her teacher. Using unconventional methods, he forces her to deal with the past and accept what she cannot change. While Silas fights to keep his past from colliding with his present, his lies draw the unwanted attention of an old friend. When everyone Averie cares about is threatened, she is forced to the frontlines, whether she is ready for it or not.

ભણતરના પીંજરામાં અને અણગમતાં જીવનની જેલમાં કેદ થઈ ગયેલો એક કૉલેજિયન છોકરો. ઝનૂની, બળવાખોર, બેફીકર, અને પોતાની છાતીમાં હજાર સૂરજની આગ લઈને જીવતો એ ભોળો છોકરો. એને ગમતું કામ ખબર નથી. જે કામ કરે છે એ ગમતું નથી! એને જીવવું કેમ એ ખબર નથી. જે જીવે છે એ ગમતું નથી! પોતાનાં અંતરમનના યુદ્ધથી થાકીને પોતાની જિંદગીને જડમૂળથી બદલવાં એક દિવસ આ યુવાન નીકળી પડ્યો! યાંત્રિક જિંદગીથી દૂર. સમાજથી દૂર. મા-બાપથી દૂર. પ્રસ્તુત છે જીતેશ દોંગા લિખિત એકવીસમી સદીના બુદ્ધની સફર! આ ધરતી પર મારે કેમ જીવવું એવો સવાલ લઈને નીકળેલાં એક ભોળા ભટકેલા યુવાનીની આત્મખોજ. સત્યની શોધમાં પોતાના સવાલોનો થેલો ભરીને નીકળેલી હૃદયને હચમચાવી દેતી એક ભવ્ય જિંદગી. એક પ્રેરણાત્મક પ્રયોગશાળા— નોર્થપોલ *** ગુજરાતી મૉર્ડન સાહિત્યમાં આ એ નવલકથા છે જેણે ગુજરાતી યુવાવર્ગને અંગ્રેજી સાથે ગુજરાતી નવલકથાઓ વાંચતો કર્યો છે. — પ્રકાશક

Illustrated throughout with outstanding new full-colour annotated artworks, easy-to-follow accounts of the characters’ stories and factfile boxes, this book will appeal to any child interested in tales, monsters and movies.

A superpowered World Book Day story in the action-packed ONYEKA series from bestselling author Tọlá Okogwu. Perfect for 8+ fans of Percy Jackson, Marvel and DC! Twelve-year-old Onyeka is enrolled at the Academy of the Sun, a school for superheroes called Solari. When she’s sent on a mission with her friends to investigate a series of freak weather incidents in a remote village, they aren’t expecting to find a top secret Solari with extraordinary superpowers. But is this new Solari friend or foe? There’s only one way for Onyeka to find out . . . For another epic adventure starring Onyeka and friends, don’t miss the complete series – Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun, Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels and Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn. Soon to be a feature film with a major streamer! Praise for Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun: ‘Onyeka is the superhero you’ve been waiting for.’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars ‘Brilliant characters, action-packed plot, heartfelt themes of identity, family and friendship. A DAZZLING story about finding your power.’ Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs ‘An incredible story that reinvents the concept of a school for magical kids. So inspiring and creatively original.’ L. D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency ‘Fast-paced, action-packed and empowering. Tọlá Okogwu’s storytelling shines so bright you’ll want the next instalment immediately.’ A. F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief ‘An inspiring, original and exciting roller coaster of a book.’ Katie Tsang, co-author of Dragon Mountain ‘A rich and gripping story of discovering that your greatest power can come from within. I loved it!’ Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy ‘Brilliant, witty writing and spot-on characterisation.’ Louie Stowell, author of Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good ‘A thrilling, magical page-turner. Children will fall in love with this story.’ Jenny McLachlan, author of The Land of Roar 'Wildly fun and a huge breath of invigorating fresh air.’ Sam Copeland, author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken ‘A thrilling, action-packed adventure full of heart. Onyeka is sure to be everyone's new favourite superhero.’ Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear

"No Baseball for Betty," Part Two. Continued from last issue. If you think Archie has a hard time choosing between Betty and Veronica, wait until he has to choose between his feelings for Betty and his desire to play shortstop on the baseball team - the same position Betty is trying out for! Yes, last issue Betty decided to play hard ball instead of softball, and in the process she threw a curve ball to Archie and the other boys on the team! In fact, it's led to an all-out debate between the boys and girls, and now the boys are threatening to petition that Betty be banned from baseball! Who will prevail? There are still several innings left to play in this multi-part tale! PLUS: Other new and classic tales!

Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award winner In this “taut, eloquent first novel” (Booklist, starred review), a young Black boy wrestles with conflicting notions of revolution and family loyalty as he becomes involved with the Black Panthers in 1968 Chicago. The Time: 1968 The Place: Chicago For thirteen-year-old Sam, it’s not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away from him for no apparent reason. And then it happens: Sam finds something that changes everything forever. Sam has always had faith in his father, but when he finds literature about the Black Panthers under Stick’s bed, he’s not sure who to believe: his father or his best friend. Suddenly, nothing feels certain anymore. Sam wants to believe that his father is right: You can effect change without using violence. But as time goes on, Sam grows weary of standing by and watching as his friends and family suffer at the hands of racism in their own community. Sam beings to explore the Panthers with Stick, but soon he’s involved in something far more serious—and more dangerous—than he could have ever predicted. Sam is faced with a difficult decision. Will he follow his father or his brother? His mind or his heart? The rock or the river?

The #1 New York Times bestseller that Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb calls “a beautiful, beautiful book.” The bestselling author of I Wish You More, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and her daughter Paris Rosenthal collaborate to bring you the heartwarming and inspiring Dear Girl, Dear Girl, is a love letter written for the special girl in your life; a gentle reminder that she’s powerful, strong, and holds a valuable place in the world. Through Amy and Paris’s charming text and Holly Hatam’s stunning illustrations, any girl reading this book will feel that she's great just the way she is—whether she enjoys jumping in a muddy puddle, has a face full of freckles, or dances on table tops. Dear Girl, encourages girls to always be themselves and to love who they are—inside and out. Dear Girl, This book is for you. Wonderful, smart, beautiful you. If you ever need a reminder, just turn to any page in this book and know that you are special and you are loved. —Amy and Paris Celebrate graduations, birthdays, and other special moments with the dear girls in your life with the lasting gift of this remarkable book.

Jonathan debe salvar el alma de su madrastra y para ello, antes de que transcurran doce horas, necesita encontrar el reloj Devereaux; este se encuentra en algún lugar de la Ciudad Antigua. Con ayuda de Emma, una joven extraña, se adentra en los misterios de la ciudad que se transforma a medida que avanza la noche. ¿Qué peligros y amenazas acechan a los dos amigos? Hermosa historia de aventuras y acción que nos transmite valores como la amistad y la superación de dificultades.

A shooting star crashes to earth and changes Elliot's life forever. The star is Virgo - a young Zodiac goddess on a mission. When the pair accidentally unleash the wicked death daemon Thanatos, they turn to the old Olympian gods for help. But after centuries of cushy retirement on earth, are Zeus and his crew up to the task?

For fans of the Wilderlore and Skandar series comes a thrilling middle grade fantasy adventure steeped in Welsh myths and legends about two intrepid friends who are tricked into opening the door to an enchanted world—only to get trapped inside. On a summer holiday in Wales, Portia and Ben find a mysterious door set in a bramble hedge in the middle of a forest. If the old stories about the wonders and dangers of the Otherworld hadn’t long been forgotten, they may have realized the door was a portal to the perilous realm and should never be opened… Robin Goodfellow, the man with the fox shadow, needs someone to open the door in the brambles so he can finally return home, and he’s willing to use the children’s curiosity to his advantage and lures Portia under the guise of his innocent fox form. Once the portal is open, great danger arises, and Ben and Portia struggle to stop a powerful evil threatening both the human and the fairy worlds as they find themselves stuck in the wrong realm.

Jane Austen's classic romance brings us the love story of Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy's prejudice against the society of Longbourn and refusal to dance with Elizabeth cause the villagers to view him as arrogant. As time passes, Darcy finds himself attracted to Elizabeth's charms can he overcome his pride to earn her love? Find out in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Segundo libro infantil de una de las actrices más prometedoras del momento: Luna Fulgencio Una casa abandonada, un rodaje muy movido, una pandilla dividida Luna está feliz. Va a ser la protagonista de una película de miedo. ¡Con lo que le gustan! Y encima se rueda en verano, en su pueblo, ¡menuda suerte!, podrá disfrutar de sus dos diversiones favoritas: el cine y sus amigos. Pero las cosas no salen siempre como uno desea. A veces, incluso los mejores amigos se enfadan y los planes mejor planeados se complican. Y cuando el miedo deja de ser de película, ¿no será mucho mejor permanecer todos juntos? Una emocionante historia de aventuras, amistad... y una pizca de terror

Webnovel & Chereads provide official version of The Demon's Bride with latest chapter *Slow Burn Historical Fantasy Novel* Elise had about to change into the dress that was lying on the corner of her bed when she heard a knock lightly calling from her door. Curious, she turned the door knob only to have a tall man towering in front of her. “Master Ian!” She called. Ian smiled with the usual mischievous smirk that he always used. His crimson eyes trailing a little over her room and spotted the black dress over her bed and shifted his eyes over to the woman in front of him. He stepped forward and spoke. “Where did you acquire that dress?” “Mr. Harland gave it to me.” Elise replied and strained her neck to see Ian’s brows knitted in its elegance. “Do you know why a man would love to give a woman a dress?” He gave the riddle that she always had to think twice before replying. But this time, she found no answer and instead shook her head. “I don’t know.” His grin grew bewitching as though something had stirred deep inside the scarlet eyes that he had. He slowly slid his hand over the collar of her dress, sending a cold shiver that startled her for a moment due to its freezing temperature. After unbuttoning the first two buttons on her collar, he tilted his head down, whispering to her ears. “Because they want to be the one to undress the cloth.” He paused and kissed her neck, turning the pale skin to red before retracting his move to fix his eyes on her and leisurely replied. “Unfortunately, you can’t wear the dress over there with this.” He chuckled and passed a box over to her hand. “And the fortunate news is I prepared a dress for you.” Elise was a cursed little girl who could see ghosts. Her family hated her and threw her from one adoptive family to another. However, misfortune didn't act alone. When she was brought up by her aunt, she was sold as a slave. When she had thought she would become nothing but a sacrifice to the sorcerer, she was saved by a man whose identity was far different than a normal mythical being. *** This book is ORIGINAL and it is not Translation Join Author's discord: https://discord.gg/YPKueb4

Goosebumps now on Disney+! Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera he found. The photos keep turning out . . . different.When Greg takes a picture of his father's brand-new car, it's wrecked in the photo. And then his dad crashes the car.It's like the camera can tell the future--or worse. Maybe it makes the future!Who is going to take the fall next for the evil camera?Now with all-new bonus material!

A never-before published tale by the author of the best-selling Hittite Warrior, carries the reader back to Ancient Egypt and biblical Jerusalem. It is 701 B.C-rule of the Kushite dynasty in ancient Egypt. Young Prince Taharka, a very minor royal son, succeeds unexpectedly to the throne of Kush and Egypt-a divine rulership. It's not long, however, before a treacherous plot pushes him into sudden exile and into the hands of Amos, an emissary of King Hezekiah seeking help against the Assyrians. Posing as a medical assistant, Taharka journeys with Amos to Judea where he encounters two kings in conflict. His true identity suddenly uncovered, he must choose with whom he will fight-the mighty Assyrian, Sennacherib, promising alliance or Hezekiah, the Jew who trusts in Yahweh. A novel inspired by research on the historical King Taharka and his period.

Official website: https://www.webnovel.com/ "You will be the mother of my children," said the man in a commanding tone. His shameless words rendered Emmelyn speechless and shocked, more so, than the kiss he landed on her lips earlier. "I need three children from you." "Eh ... wait.. what? Hold on a minute," Emmelyn, who was moved from her shock, hurriedly rubbed her lips roughly as if trying to remove the devil's marks from them. "I don't want to be your wife! I don't want to marry you, you devil!!" The man frowned and squinted his eyes menacingly. "Who said anything about marriage?" THE NEXT DAY "Let's go," said the prince. "Let's go where?" Emmelyn asked, not understanding. "Let's go make babies." *** SYNOPSIS: The crown prince was cursed on the day he was born, that he will never be happy. What's worse, no woman could touch him without dying. Thus, finding a wife to produce an heir became the royal family's greatest challenge since the prince is the only son. Until one day.. A slave girl who tried to kill him didn't end up dying after they touched. Emmelyn was a princess from one of their colonies who vowed to avenge her family's death by killing the crown prince.. And that's how she ended up in his castle. Seeing that she was the only woman he could have sexual relationship with, without killing her, the prince made an agreement to let her go and free her kingdom from his oppression if she produced for him three heirs. Emmelyn said yes, but every day that they were together, she made plans to kill him and get her revenge. Can Emmelyn get what she wanted, or would she be entangled deeper with the enemy who was deemed as the devil incarnate himself by his enemies? *** CHECK OUT MY OTHER BOOKS: - The Cursed King - ONGOING - Finding Stardust - COMPLETED - The Alchemists - COMPLETED - The Prince Who Cannot Fall In Love - COMPLETED - Till Death Do Us Part - COMPLETED I DON'T DO SLOW BURNS. This book is VERY FUNNY, and VERY LEWD. Only for ADULTS and open-minded people. My stories NEVER have rape or overbearing/scummy male leads, so rest assured you won't find them here. They're all doting husbands who would either give you dogfood every day.. or diabetes for being too sweet. BUY ME COFFEE? https://ko-fi.com/missrealitybites The cover is mine, made by the talented @samevanrijn Watch the book trailer on TikTok/Instagram: @missrealitybites Discord server: bit.ly/missrealitybites

From the author of the Judy Moody books, this exciting novel captures the warmth, humor, and squabbles of three spunky sisters. Meet the Sisters Club: twelve-year-old Alex, aspiring actress and born drama queen; eight-year-old Joey, homework lover and pioneer wannabe; and smack in the middle, ten-year-old Stevie, the glue that holds them together -- through dinner disasters, disputes over stolen lucky sweaters, and Alex’s going gaga over her leading man. Playfully weaving Stevie’s narration with Alex’s scripts, Joey’s notebook entries, and hilarious elements such as "How to Swear in Shakespeare" and "Dear Sock Monkey" letters, this hugely engaging novel showcases Megan McDonald’s ear for dialogue, comic timing, and insight into the ever-changing dynamics of sisterhood.

En tjej som bara är ett år äldre än du har hittats död på ett hotell här i Vasastan. Valentina nästan kastade från sig några tallrikar ner i vasken och det skrällde till av porslinet. Någon har strypt henne. Och bara lämnat henne under ett täcke. En sjuttonårig flicka har blivit mördad på ett hotellrum i centrala Stockholm. När sextonåriga Alexandra Skarp får höra det kan hon inte låta bli att tillsammans med sina bästa kompisar, Charlie och Bianca, börja nysta i fallet. Det leder dem rakt till hotellet där flickan hittades död och snart är de djupt indragna och kanske närmare förövaren än de önskat. Katarina Wennstam är en av Sveriges mest framgångsrika författare och journalister. Hennes stora genombrott kom med boken Flickan och skulden - en bok om samhällets syn på våldtäkt, som hon också Augustnominerades för. Katarina Wennstam står alltid på tjejers sida och hennes spänningsromaner baseras på gedigen research och ofta verkliga fall. Nu när hon för första gången skriver för unga är det inget undantag. Flickan på Hotellet är den första boken om Alex Skarp.

Como princesa secreta, la segunda gemela en nacer, solo tengo un propósito: sacrificar mi vida por mi hermana. Vivo en el desierto de Aryd, oculta bajo la apariencia de una chica pobre y vulgar, y solo me cuelo en palacio para interpretar el papel de mi hermana, la auténtica heredera al trono, cada vez que su vida corre algún peligro.Ahora la reina ha muerto y el invierno está a las puertas del reino. La oscuridad es inminente. Y la única forma de salvar a mi hermana y nuestro dominio es matar a Eidolon... y al Espectro Sombrío que me ha robado el corazón.

Return to the forest where anything can happen. An unmissable new book in Nadia Shireen’s bestselling and wildly funny illustrated comedy adventure series, Grimwood! 'Wind in the Willows (with added wind) for a new, wilder generation' – The Times Perfect for readers age 7+, and fans of Dog Man, Roald Dahl, David Walliams, Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good, Bunny vs Monkey and anyone who likes to laugh. Sharon the Party Crow has lost her mojo! Three parties in one day have proved too much for Grimwood’s favourite raving resident, and now it’s up to Ted, Nancy, Willow, and the rest of the gang to help Sharon get her groove back. Teamwork, friendship and, most importantly, dance skills, will all be put to the test as the gang try to get the party started again! Fully illustrated throughout and full of heart, laughs and surprises, this is the must-read fourth title in the bestselling and fantastically anarchic Grimwood series. PRAISE FOR GRIMWOOD: 'Grimwood is where I want to be. A carnival of crazed confused comical critters that is more real than real life. Lots of things make me laugh but Grimwood makes me laugh out loudest.' – Frank Cottrell-Boyce ‘Funny, anarchic, original and gloriously silly.’ – Richard Osman ‘Ted and Nancy are my favourite funny foxes EVER.’ – Liz Pichon, author of Tom Gates ‘I CACKLED ALOUD on practically every page. Comic gold, tinged with such tenderness.’ – Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'Gloriously anarchic, properly funny and highly illustrated with dynamic black-and-white art, this is a quirky delight for children – and their parents, too.' – The Bookseller 'Dark, original and laugh-out-loud funny' – The Times 'This book made my face hurt! Relentlessly funny.' – Rob Biddulph 'Like Watership Down, but funny. You’ll laugh hysterically on every page.' – Caitlin Moran 'Fantastic.' – Lauren Laverne 'Pure genius!' – Louie Stowell 'Made us laugh out loud.' – Jim Smith, author of Barry Loser 'You’re in for a treat!' – Selom Sunu, illustrator of Look Both Ways 'Utterly HILARIOUS' – Sophy Henn, author-illustrator of Pizazz ‘Every page of the book zings with invention and joie de vivre’ – The Financial Times

The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series continue to set the world on fire! One will have the power of wings of fire . . . Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously. If Pyrrhia’s dragons need her, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Starflight to end the war, she’s ready to try. She even has some good ideas how to do it, if anyone would listen to her. But shattering news from Morrowseer has shaken Sunny’s faith in their destiny. Is it possible for anyone to end this terrible war and choose a new SandWing queen? What if everything they’ve been through was for nothing? Buried secrets, deadly surprises, and an unexpected side to scavengers are all waiting for her in the shifting sands of the desert, where Sunny must decide once and for all: Is her destiny already written? Or can five dragonets change their fate and save the world . . . the way they choose?

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, Joanna Ho, comes an uplifting call to action that highlights Asian American history, paired with vibrant and colorful illustrations by artist and activist, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya. In Joanna Ho’s true classic style, she creates a poetic ode that celebrates Asian American communities and their history. We Who Produce Pearls, is an anthem for Asian America that celebrates the richness and diversity within the Asian American identity and serves as a reminder of our self worth, our legacy and most of all, our destiny. Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s signature bright and bold palette brings to light the strength and power within us all, creating a mesmerizing, stunning, and magical masterpiece that proves how we can shape our pain and struggle into one of joy and power. Together, Joanna and Amanda remind readers to rise up, speak out, and step into power.

Ve světě Charlie Hallové je možné manipulovat se stíny - pro zábavu, pro zkrášlení, ale taky aby člověk získal moc a vliv. Je možné změnit něčí city i vzpomínky, ale práce se stíny má svou cenu a může vám z života ukrást mnohé. Ve stínech se skrývá ta část vašeho já, kterou chcete udržet pod pokličkou, doprovází vás na každém kroku... a někdy má i svůj vlastní život. Charlie je podfukářka a zlodějka, pracuje taky jako barmanka a snaží se vyhýbat nebezpečnému prostředí ilegálního kupčení se stíny. Ale když se jí do života vrátí děsivá postava z minulosti, Charliina přítomnost se promění v chaos a její budoucnost je přinejlepším nejistá. Přinejhorším právě přestala existovat...

A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment.In this fast-paced, courageous, and inspiring story, readers adventure with Charlotte Parkhurst as she first finds work as a stable hand, becomes a famous stage-coach driver (performing brave feats and outwitting bandits), finds love as a woman but later resumes her identity as a man after the loss of a baby and the tragic death of her husband, and ultimately settles out west on the farm she'd dreamed of having since childhood. It wasn't until after her death that anyone discovered she was a woman.

En el siglo XIX, la llegada de fray Perico y su borrico Calcetín va a trastornar la apacible existencia de los veinte frailes de un convento de Salamanca que viven haciendo el bien y repartiendo lo poco que tienen. El convento no tardará en vivir situaciones disparatadas, llenas de humor y alegría, gracias a este simpático personaje.Una divertida historia de aventuras sobre un fraile y su borrico.

“How It All Ends is hilarious, inventive, smart, and silly, and perfectly captures the overwhelming confusion, anxiety, and joy of a young gay crush.” —Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper “Emma Hunsinger’s sharp wit and eclectic humor shines in this fantastic story about making new friends and surviving school. I simply adore her work as a writer and an artist.” —Dan Santat, National Book Award winner for A First Time for Everything “Imaginative and hysterical, and with the sort of rare, clear-seeing honesty that will make any reader feel less alone in the world. I loved it.” —Eliot Schrefer, two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author “Emma Hunsinger is a master at revealing human emotion through comedy and absurdism. How It All Ends is a hilarious, surreal, and deeply sincere story about finding yourself in a situation that you don't feel ready to face and making your way through it anyway.” —Sarah Sax, author of Picture Day “How It All Ends felt like Emma Hunsinger's inner child asking my own inner child, 'Hey, you want to sit together?' I've never felt so healed by a book. I can't wait to give it to everyone I know.” —Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay A funny, vulnerable, and disarming debut graphic novel from Emma Hunsinger, the creator of the popular “How to Draw a Horse.” How It All Ends is a book about being overwhelmed by who you are and who you might be—and all the possibilities in between. For fans of Snapdragon, The Magic Fish, Heartstopper, and New Kid. Thirteen-year-old Tara lives inside the nonstop adventure of her imagination. It’s far more entertaining than dull, everyday life. But when she’s bumped from seventh grade directly to high school, she gets a dramatic jolt to reality. Now Tara is part of a future she doesn’t feel at all ready for. She's not ready to watch the racy shows the high school kids like, or to listen to the angsty music, or to stop playing make-believe with her younger brother. She’s not ready to change for PE in front of everyone, or for the chaos of the hallways, or for the anarchy of an English class that’s overrun with fourteen-year-old boys. But then there’s Libby. Tara doesn’t know whether she’s ready for Libby. She can’t even explain who Libby is to her because she doesn’t know yet. She just knows that everything’s more fun when she and her new classmate are together. But what will happen next? How will it all end? This debut graphic novel is a clever and candid portrait of a young girl grappling with the pressures of fitting in, finding your people, and sorting through confusing feelings. Emma Hunsinger has a pitch-perfect ear for the awkward yet endearing moments that accompany growing up, and her illustrations are downright hilarious. She brilliantly captures the humor and the horror of self-discovery and the first blushes of having a crush. How It All Ends deftly explores how unbearable—but exciting!—it is to grow up.

The human Race is at war with the Vicious Dalki and when they needed help more than ever, THEY started to come forward. Humans who had hidden in the shadows for hundreds of years, people with abilities. Some chose to share their knowledge to the rest of the world in hopes of winning the war, while others kept their abilities to themselves. Quinn had lost everything to the war, his home, his family and the only thing he had inherited was a crummy old book that he couldn’t even open. But when the book had finally opened, Quinn was granted a system and his whole life was turned around. He completed quest after quest and became more powerful, until one day the system gave him a quest he wasn’t sure he could complete. "It is time to feed!" "You must drink human blood within 24 hours" "Your HP will continue to decrease until the task has been completed" More info, visit: https://www.webnovel.com/

Mujercitas Esta obra es una de las más recordadas por sus carismáticos personajes: Meg, Jo, Beth y Amy; cuatro niñas-adolescentes, cuyo padre las ha dejado, a ellas y a su madre, para ir a combatir en la guerra civil norteamericana. A partir de este suceso, las cuatro chiquillas deberán aprender valiosísimas lecciones de vida, que compartirán al lado de personajes como Marmee (la madre), Laurie (amigo de la familia), Hannah (la empleada doméstica) y otros con los que compartirán alegrías y tristezas. Su autora, Luisa May Alcott, retoma pasajes de su propia infancia para narrar esta historia en la que los personajes encarnan valores morales con los que luchan contra sí mismos: Meg, vanidad; Jo, ira; Beth, timidez; y Amy, egoísmo.

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Nyanyikan ketika sedang sendiri, dan dia akan datang. Namira adalah gadis kecil yang tidak biasa. Baginya, hantu bukan untuk ditakuti dan ia justru bersimpati dengan tokoh-tokoh jahat dalam dongeng. Setelah tak sengaja menyanyikan sebuah lagu lama yang katanya dapat memanggil hantu, arwah seorang anak perempuan meneror Namira. Dibantu Vedi dan Jani, dua teman barunya, ia berusaha mengungkap misteri di balik lagu itu. Sebuah teka-teki yang membuat mereka mempertanyakan kembali arti baik dan jahat.

Setiap negara, tentu mempunyai sistem pemerintahan tersendiri. Namun, tak jarang ada kemiripan antara satu dengan yang lain. Hal ini dapat dipengaruhi oleh sejarah terbentuknya suatu negara. Afrika Selatan misalnya. Negara itu menganut sistem pemerintahan parlementer karena wilayahnya pernah dikuasai Inggris yang menganut sistem pemerintahan tersebut. Lalu, bagaimana dengan negara lainnya? Nah, buku di hadapan Anda ini menjelaskan mengenai pengertian dan macam-macam sistem pemerintahan, bentuk-bentuk pemerintahan, serta pelaksanaan pemerintahan dalam suatu negara. Setidaknya, lebih dari 20 negara yang dibahas secara tuntas di sini. Negara mana sajakah? Tunggu apa lagi, segera miliki buku ini dan dapatkan jawabannya!

This book presents a new method for solving geomechanical problems – one that explicitly takes into account deformation and fractures of soils, which create important effects, but are neglected in classical approaches. The method reveals the influence of the form of a structure on its ultimate state. The entire approach takes into account five types of physical as well as geometrical non-linearity, and highlights the simplicity of some non-linear computations against the consequently linear ones.

Platform Ecosystems is a hands-on guide that offers a complete roadmap for designing and orchestrating vibrant software platform ecosystems. Unlike software products that are managed, the evolution of ecosystems and their myriad participants must be orchestrated through a thoughtful alignment of architecture and governance. Whether you are an IT professional or a general manager, you will benefit from this book because platform strategy here lies at the intersection of software architecture and business strategy. It offers actionable tools to develop your own platform strategy, backed by original research, tangible metrics, rich data, and cases. You will learn how architectural choices create organically-evolvable, vibrant ecosystems. You will also learn to apply state-of-the-art research in software engineering, strategy, and evolutionary biology to leverage ecosystem dynamics unique to platforms. Read this book to learn how to: Evolve software products and services into vibrant platform ecosystems Orchestrate platform architecture and governance to sustain competitive advantage Govern platform evolution using a powerful 3-dimensional framework If you’re ready to transform platform strategy from newspaper gossip and business school theory to real-world competitive advantage, start right here! Understand how architecture and strategy are inseparably intertwined in platform ecosystems Architect future-proof platforms and apps and amplify these choices through governance Evolve platforms, apps, and entire ecosystems into vibrant successes and spot platform opportunities in almost any—not just IT—industry

An enterprise architecture tries to describe and control an organisation’s structure, processes, applications, systems and techniques in an integrated way. The unambiguous specification and description of components and their relationships in such an architecture requires a coherent architecture modelling language. Lankhorst and his co-authors present such an enterprise modelling language that captures the complexity of architectural domains and their relations and allows the construction of integrated enterprise architecture models. They provide architects with concrete instruments that improve their architectural practice. As this is not enough, they additionally present techniques and heuristics for communicating with all relevant stakeholders about these architectures. Since an architecture model is useful not only for providing insight into the current or future situation but can also be used to evaluate the transition from ‘as-is’ to ‘to-be’, the authors also describe analysis methods for assessing both the qualitative impact of changes to an architecture and the quantitative aspects of architectures, such as performance and cost issues. The modelling language presented has been proven in practice in many real-life case studies and has been adopted by The Open Group as an international standard. So this book is an ideal companion for enterprise IT or business architects in industry as well as for computer or management science students studying the field of enterprise architecture.

A definitive guide to contemporary video game studies, this second edition has been fully revised and updated to address the ongoing theoretical and methodological development of game studies. Expertly compiled by well-known video game scholars Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, the Companion includes comprehensive and interdisciplinary models and approaches for analyzing video games, new perspectives on video games both as an art form and cultural phenomenon, explorations of the technical and creative dimensions of video games, and accounts of the political, social, and cultural dynamics of video games. Brand new to this second edition are chapters examining topics such as preservation; augmented, mixed, and virtual reality; eSports; disability; diversity; and identity, as well as a new section that specifically examines the industrial aspects of video games including digital distribution, game labor, triple-A games, indie games, and globalization. Each essay provides a lively and succinct summary of its target area, quickly bringing the reader up-to-date on the pertinent issues surrounding each aspect of the field, including references for further reading. A comprehensive overview of the present state of video game studies that will undoubtedly prove invaluable to students, scholars, and game designers alike.

Foundations of IT Service Management based on ITIL® V3 Foundations of IT Service Management based on ITIL has become the industry classic guide on the topic of ITIL. Over the years this authoritative guide has earned its place on the bookshelves and in the briefcases of industry experts as they implement best practices within their organizations. This 2007 version has now been upgraded to reflect ITIL V3. Written in the same concise way and covering all the facts, readers will find that this title succinctly covers the key aspects of the ITIL V3 upgrade. The new ITIL V3 approach covering the ITIL Lifecycle is fully covered. In addition those who are familiar with the Version 2 process approach will be delighted to discover that this new edition of Foundations of IT Service Management based on ITIL V3 has split out all the processes and describes them in detail. This means that it is easy for all readers to access and grasp the process concepts that are so pivotal to many service management day-to-day operations. This title covers the following: PART 1: THE ITIL SERVICE LIFECYCLE Lifecycle phase: Service strategy Lifecycle phase: Service design Lifecycle phase: Service transition Lifecycle phase: Service operation Lifecycle phase: Continual service improvement PART 2: FUNCTIONS AND PROCESSES Introduction to Functions and Processes Functions and Processes in Service Strategy Functions and Processes in Service Design Functions and Processes in Service Transition Functions and Processes in Service Operation Functions and Processes in Continual Service Improvement and much more!

La obra está dirigida a estudiantes, profesores y profesionales que quiere iniciarse de forma rápida en el desarrollo de aplicaciones para Android; y al principiante, con escasos o nulos conocimientos de Java que quiere escribir rápidamente sus propios programas. Presenta de una forma práctica, comprensible y concisa, los conceptos esenciales para desarrollar aplicaciones de Android, programando en lenguaje Java. Gracias a este libro podrá sacar provecho de las novedades incorporadas en los nuevos teléfonos móviles. ¡Android esta en el teléfono de las grandes masas!

This book presents in their basic form the most important models of computation, their basic programming paradigms, and their mathematical descriptions, both concrete and abstract. Each model is accompanied by relevant formal techniques for reasoning on it and for proving some properties. After preliminary chapters that introduce the notions of structure and meaning, semantic methods, inference rules, and logic programming, the authors arrange their chapters into parts on IMP, a simple imperative language; HOFL, a higher-order functional language; concurrent, nondeterministic and interactive models; and probabilistic/stochastic models. The authors have class-tested the book content over many years, and it will be valuable for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of theoretical computer science and distributed systems, and for researchers in this domain. Each chapter of the book concludes with a list of exercises addressing the key techniques introduced, solutions to selected exercises are offered at the end of the book.

From videogame to novel: the descent into hell of a policeman who has nothing more to lose. After losing his wife and daughter from some thugs addicted to a new and powerful drug, Valkyrie, Max Payne is left to lead his personal crusade by infiltrating the criminal organization of the Puncinello family.

Uncover the power of artificial neural networks by implementing them through R code. About This Book Develop a strong background in neural networks with R, to implement them in your applications Build smart systems using the power of deep learning Real-world case studies to illustrate the power of neural network models Who This Book Is For This book is intended for anyone who has a statistical background with knowledge in R and wants to work with neural networks to get better results from complex data. If you are interested in artificial intelligence and deep learning and you want to level up, then this book is what you need! What You Will Learn Set up R packages for neural networks and deep learning Understand the core concepts of artificial neural networks Understand neurons, perceptrons, bias, weights, and activation functions Implement supervised and unsupervised machine learning in R for neural networks Predict and classify data automatically using neural networks Evaluate and fine-tune the models you build. In Detail Neural networks are one of the most fascinating machine learning models for solving complex computational problems efficiently. Neural networks are used to solve wide range of problems in different areas of AI and machine learning. This book explains the niche aspects of neural networking and provides you with foundation to get started with advanced topics. The book begins with neural network design using the neural net package, then you'll build a solid foundation knowledge of how a neural network learns from data, and the principles behind it. This book covers various types of neural network including recurrent neural networks and convoluted neural networks. You will not only learn how to train neural networks, but will also explore generalization of these networks. Later we will delve into combining different neural network models and work with the real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you will learn to implement neural network models in your applications with the help of practical examples in the book. Style and approach A step-by-step guide filled with real-world practical examples.

Boost your Big Data IQ! Gain insight into how to govern and consume IBM’s unique in-motion and at-rest Big Data analytic capabilities Big Data represents a new era of computing—an inflection point of opportunity where data in any format may be explored and utilized for breakthrough insights—whether that data is in-place, in-motion, or at-rest. IBM is uniquely positioned to help clients navigate this transformation. This book reveals how IBM is infusing open source Big Data technologies with IBM innovation that manifest in a platform capable of "changing the game." The four defining characteristics of Big Data—volume, variety, velocity, and veracity—are discussed. You’ll understand how IBM is fully committed to Hadoop and integrating it into the enterprise. Hear about how organizations are taking inventories of their existing Big Data assets, with search capabilities that help organizations discover what they could already know, and extend their reach into new data territories for unprecedented model accuracy and discovery. In this book you will also learn not just about the technologies that make up the IBM Big Data platform, but when to leverage its purpose-built engines for analytics on data in-motion and data at-rest. And you’ll gain an understanding of how and when to govern Big Data, and how IBM’s industry-leading InfoSphere integration and governance portfolio helps you understand, govern, and effectively utilize Big Data. Industry use cases are also included in this practical guide.

What will you learn from this book? If you're a software developer looking for a quick on-ramp to software architecture, this handy guide is a great place to start. From the authors of Fundamentals of Software Architecture, Head First Software Architecture teaches you how to think architecturally and explores the unique challenges of software architecture. You'll learn the distinction between architecture and design and the relationship between code, components, and architectural styles. You'll also learn how to work with some common architectural styles through vivid, fun examples. Quick, easy, and entertaining, this book is a valuable introduction to the world of software architecture. Why does this book look so different? Based on the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory, Head First Software Architecture uses a visually rich format to engage your mind, rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Why waste your time struggling with new concepts? This multisensory learning experience is designed for the way your brain really works.

When it comes to computer crimes, the criminals got a big head start. But the law enforcement and IT security communities are now working diligently to develop the knowledge, skills, and tools to successfully investigate and prosecute Cybercrime cases. When the first edition of "Scene of the Cybercrime" published in 2002, it was one of the first books that educated IT security professionals and law enforcement how to fight Cybercrime. Over the past 5 years a great deal has changed in how computer crimes are perpetrated and subsequently investigated. Also, the IT security and law enforcement communities have dramatically improved their ability to deal with Cybercrime, largely as a result of increased spending and training. According to the 2006 Computer Security Institute's and FBI's joint Cybercrime report: 52% of companies reported unauthorized use of computer systems in the prior 12 months. Each of these incidents is a Cybecrime requiring a certain level of investigation and remediation. And in many cases, an investigation is mandates by federal compliance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, or the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Edition is a completely revised and updated book which covers all of the technological, legal, and regulatory changes, which have occurred since the first edition. The book is written for dual audience; IT security professionals and members of law enforcement. It gives the technical experts a little peek into the law enforcement world, a highly structured environment where the "letter of the law" is paramount and procedures must be followed closely lest an investigation be contaminated and all the evidence collected rendered useless. It also provides law enforcement officers with an idea of some of the technical aspects of how cyber crimes are committed, and how technology can be used to track down and build a case against the criminals who commit them. Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Editions provides a roadmap that those on both sides of the table can use to navigate the legal and technical landscape to understand, prevent, detect, and successfully prosecute the criminal behavior that is as much a threat to the online community as "traditional" crime is to the neighborhoods in which we live. Also included is an all new chapter on Worldwide Forensics Acts and Laws. Companion Web site provides custom tools and scripts, which readers can download for conducting digital, forensic investigations Special chapters outline how Cybercrime investigations must be reported and investigated by corporate IT staff to meet federal mandates from Sarbanes Oxley, and the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard Details forensic investigative techniques for the most common operating systems (Windows, Linux and UNIX) as well as cutting edge devices including iPods, Blackberries, and cell phones

TAGLINE Empower Your Web Development with Blazor WASM 8.0 KEY FEATURES ● Effortlessly combine Blazor Web Assembly 8.0 and C# for enhanced web app performance. ● Gain valuable insights and practical examples to master dynamic and responsive web application development. ● Learn to streamline development processes, debug effectively, and optimize performance for a competitive edge. DESCRIPTION Revision 1 Ultimate Blazor WebAssembly for Web Development is your comprehensive guide to mastering the latest advancements in Blazor technology. This book will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to leverage Blazor Web Assembly 8.0 and C# effectively and seamlessly to enhance the performance of your web apps. Whether you are a seasoned developer or just starting out, this book provides valuable insights and practical examples to help you build dynamic and responsive web applications with ease. You will harness the power of Blazor's component-based architecture to create rich user interfaces that engage and delight users. With expanded component libraries and optimized rendering, you will be able to deliver high-performance applications that meet the demands of modern web development. The book will help you discover how to streamline your development workflows, debug with confidence, and unleash the full potential of Blazor 8.0 in your projects. With a focus on practicality and real-world application scenarios, this book will empower you to elevate your skills and stay ahead in today's competitive market. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ● Learn to craft robust and reusable components tailored for your Blazor applications. ● Seamlessly navigate your application with advanced routing strategies for enhanced user experience. ● Organize and share UI components efficiently across various projects for streamlined development. ● Ensure data integrity and user input validation with effective validation techniques. ● Master state management methods to handle complex application states with ease. ● Integrate REST APIs seamlessly into your Blazor projects for efficient data exchange. ● Harness the power of EF Core for seamless data access and manipulation within Blazor applications. ● Bridge the gap between Blazor and JavaScript to unlock advanced functionalities. ● Leverage Azure services for scalable, reliable, and enhanced cloud integration in your applications. ● Implement top-notch security measures to safeguard your Blazor applications against potential threats and vulnerabilities. WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? This book is perfect for web developers and programmers aiming to advance their expertise in Blazor WebAssembly 8.0. While prior familiarity with C# and basic web development concepts is recommended, all readers can benefit from the comprehensive content provided. Whether you are a freelancer, junior or senior developer, team lead, or CTO, this book is your indispensable companion for mastering Blazor WebAssembly 8.0 and driving success in your web development endeavors. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Blazor WebAssembly 2. Razor Components 3. Routing and Navigation 4. Razor Class Library 5. State Management 6. REST Services 7. Entity Framework Core 8. Validation in Blazor WebAssembly 9. JavaScript Interop in Blazor 10. Azure Service in Blazor 11. Security in Blazor WebAssembly Index

An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology to finance to marketing to astrophysics in the past twenty years. This book presents some of the most important modeling and prediction techniques, along with relevant applications. Topics include linear regression, classification, resampling methods, shrinkage approaches, tree-based methods, support vector machines, clustering, and more. Color graphics and real-world examples are used to illustrate the methods presented. Since the goal of this textbook is to facilitate the use of these statistical learning techniques by practitioners in science, industry, and other fields, each chapter contains a tutorial on implementing the analyses and methods presented in R, an extremely popular open source statistical software platform. Two of the authors co-wrote The Elements of Statistical Learning (Hastie, Tibshirani and Friedman, 2nd edition 2009), a popular reference book for statistics and machine learning researchers. An Introduction to Statistical Learning covers many of the same topics, but at a level accessible to a much broader audience. This book is targeted at statisticians and non-statisticians alike who wish to use cutting-edge statistical learning techniques to analyze their data. The text assumes only a previous course in linear regression and no knowledge of matrix algebra.

PROGRAMACION WEB Full Stack 1 - Ecosistema Web Desarrollo frontend y backend - Curso Visual y Práctico Aprendeás: HTML5 / CSS3 / Diseño UI con CSS / Introducción a JavaScript / JavaScript orientado a objetos / Integración de HTML5 y JavaScript / Formularios web / Multimedia y APIs / CSS Avanzado / Diseño web responsive / Sitios multiplataforma con Bootstrap / PHP y MySQL / Webs dinámicas con Ajax y PHP / Buenas prácticas: análisis, tests y optimización / Fundamentos del ecosistema mobile / Jquerymobile: la web móvil / Funcionalidades extendidas en mobile web / Potenciando la faceta full stack / Webapps y plataformas amigables / Versionando el desarrollo: GIT y Github ¿Por qué aprender PROGRAMACIÓN WEB FULL STACK? Porque desde cero, y sin ningún conocimiento previo, este curso te enseña a diseñar un simple sitio que luego transformaremos en uno dinámico, interactivo y responsivo, conociendo y aprovechando las últimas tecnologías de desarrollo. A lo largo de 24 fascículos, repletos de ejemplos, ejercicios y explicaciones visuales, aprenderás tanto los lenguajes y tecnologías frontend como backend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, JQuery y más. ¡Son varios cursos en uno solo!

Computer Science Textbook Designed for Joyful Learning KEY FEATURES ? National Education Policy 2020 ? Tech Funda: This section provides a practical information or tip to the students. ? Clickipedia: This section provides interesting computer facts. ? Hands-On: This section contains an activity for Home assignment. ? Fun in Lab: This is a lab activity to develop practical skills. (Subject Enrichment) ? QR Code: Scan the QR Code given on the first page of each chapter to start chapter animation. ? Crack the Code: This section has puzzle or fun based activity to help understand the concepts better. ? Project Work: This is an assessment to challenge the students to apply the concepts learnt. ? Digital Resources DESCRIPTION Touchpad PRIME (Version 1.2) series based on Windows 7 and MS Office 2010 is designed carefully keeping in mind the overall growth of the child. The students will face a global competition once they step out of the school so they should be updated with the latest technologies like 3D Printing and Artificial Intelligence which holds a promising future in the times to come. Introduction of open source software like Tux Paint, Scratch and Python in the curriculum will definitely give our students an edge above others and hence make programming ideas more innovative and creative. Learning is done best when it’s fun-filled and activity based. To ensure that the content intrigues the students at all times and keeps them interested throughout the course of the book, we have included interesting key features like Student Corner, Tech Funda, Clickipedia, Comp Caution, Reboot, One Touch Learn, Let’s Do It, Crack The Code, Hands- On, Subject Enrichment—Fun In Lab, Teacher’s Corner, Periodic Assessment, Test Sheet, Project, Speech Drill and Supplement Pages. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN You will learn about: ? Fundamentals of computers ? ICT Tools ? Computational Thinking ? Coding and Artificial Intelligence WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Grade - 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Number System 2. Formulas, Functions and Charts in Excel 3. More on Excel 4. Introduction to HTML 5. Introduction to Photoshop 6. Animations in Flash 7. Internet and E-mail 8. Computer Safety and Security 9. Programming with Python 10. Project Work 11. Tech Update 12. Orange Global Cyber Olympiad

El libro está dirigido aquellos lectores que estén trabajando en proyecto relacionados con big data y busquen identificar las características de una solución de Big Data, los datos asociados a estas soluciones, la infraestructura requerida, y las técnicas de procesamiento de esos datos. Entre los principales objetivos podemos destacar: Introducir los conceptos de ciencias de datos y machine learning. Introducir las principales librerías que podemos encontrar en Python para aplicar técnicas de machine learning a los datos. Dar a conocer los pasos para construir un modelo de machine learning, desde la adquisición de datos, pasando por la generación de funciones, hasta la selección de modelos. Dar a conocer los principales algoritmos para resolver problemas de machine learning. Introducir scikit-learn como herramienta para resolver problemas de machine learning. Introducir pyspark como herramienta para aplicar técnicas de big data y map-reduce. Introducir los sistemas de recomendación basados en contenidos. El libro trata de seguir un enfoque teórico-práctico con el objetivo de afianzar los conocimientos mediante la creación y ejecución de scripts desde la consola de Python. Además, complementa los contenidos con un repositorio alojado en el Material Adicional donde se pueden encontrar los ejemplos que se analizan a lo largo del libro para facilitar al lector las pruebas y asimilación de los contenidos teóricos. Desde la web del libro podrá descargar los ejemplos y ejercicios que se desarrollan en el libro lo que facilitara al lector a asimilar lo aprendido.

Siemens NX 12.0 for Designers is a comprehensive book that introduces the users to feature based 3D parametric solid modeling using the NX 12.0 software. The book covers all major environments of NX with a thorough explanation of all tools, options, and their applications to create real-world products. In this book, about 39 mechanical engineering industry examples are used as tutorials and an additional 34 as exercises to ensure that the users can relate their knowledge and understand the design techniques used in the industry to design a product. After reading the book, the user will be able to create parts, assemblies, drawing views with bill of materials, and learn the editing techniques that are essential to make a successful design. Also, in this book, the author emphasizes on the solid modeling techniques that improve the productivity and efficiency of the user. Salient Features: Consists of 16 chapters that are organized in a pedagogical sequence. Comprehensive coverage of NX 12.0 concepts and techniques. Tutorial approach to explain the concepts of NX 12.0. Hundreds of illustrations for easy understanding of concepts. More than 39 real-world mechanical engineering designs as tutorials, 34 as exercises, and projects with step-by-step explanation. Additional information throughout the book in the form of notes and tips. Self-Evaluation Tests and Review Questions at the end of each chapter to help the users assess their knowledge. Technical support by contacting 'techsupport@cadcim.com'. Additional learning resources at 'allaboutcadcam.blogspot.com'. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to NX 12.0 Chapter 2: Drawing Sketches for Solid Models Chapter 3: Adding Geometric and Dimensional Constraints to Sketches Chapter 4: Editing, Extruding, and Revolving Sketches Chapter 5: Working with Datum Planes, Coordinates Systems, and Datum Axes Chapter 6: Advanced Modeling Tools-I Chapter 7: Advanced Modeling Tools-II Chapter 8: Assembly Modeling-I Chapter 9: Assembly Modeling-II Chapter 10: Surface Modeling Chapter 11: Advanced Surface Modeling Chapter 12: Generating, Editing, and Dimensioning the Drawing Views Chapter 13: Synchronous Modeling Chapter 14: Sheet Metal Design Chapter 15: Introduction to Injection Mold Design (For Free Download) Chapter 16: Concepts of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (For Free Download) Index

Microcontroller Exploits is a deep dive into advanced hardware hacking with detailed examples of real-world techniques and a comprehensive survey of vulnerabilities. In this advanced guide to hardware hacking, you'll learn how to read the software out of single chip computers, especially when they are configured not to allow the firmware to be extracted. This book documents a very wide variety of microchip hacking techniques; it's not a beginner's first introduction. You'll start off by exploring detailed techniques for hacking real-world chips, such as how the STM32F0 allows for one word to be dumped after every reset. You'll see how the STM32F1’s exception handling can slowly leak the firmware out over an hour, and how the Texas Instruments MSP430 firmware can be extracted by a camera flash. For each exploit, you'll learn how to reproduce the results, dumping a chip in your own lab. In the second half of the book you'll find an encyclopedic survey of vulnerabilities, indexed and cross referenced for use in practicing hardware security.

Seit dem Entstehen der modernen Textlinguistik in den 1960er Jahren ist eine Vielzahl z.T. hoch spezialisierter Analyseansätze in diesem Bereich entwickelt worden, die auch in diversen Einführungen schon aufbereitet worden sind. Anliegen dieses Arbeitsheftes ist es, Grundlagen linguistischer Textanalyse vorzustellen, wie sie insbesondere Studierende philologischer Fächer bei der Analyse literarischer und anspruchsvoller Sachtexte benötigen. Textlinguistik wird dabei nicht als eine Sonderdisziplin der Sprachwissenschaft aufgefasst, die sich nur mit der ‚obersten‘ Beschreibungsebene befasst, sondern im Sinne der von Peter Hartmann konzipierten ‚verwendungsorientierten Sprachwissenschaft‘. Besonderer Wert wird darauf gelegt, die ‚neue‘ Textlinguistik auch in die Tradition früherer Bemühungen um den Gegenstand einzuordnen (Rhetorik, Hermeneutik, Literaturwissenschaft, vorstrukturalistische Grammatik). Das Schwergewicht der Darstellung liegt auf der mit vielen Beispielen angereicherten Erläuterung der vier zentralen Beschreibungsdimensionen: situativer Kontext, Funktion, Thema, sprachliche Gestalt. Hier werden nicht nur die den Textzusammenhalt gewährleistenden Kohäsionsmittel besprochen, sondern die Gesamtheit der sprachlichen Mittel, v.a. auf der Ebene von Lexik und Grammatik. Ziel ist es, die Verbindung zwischen Variationslinguistik und Textlinguistik zu verdeutlichen: Zu den Aufgaben der Letzteren gehört es, die Soll- und Ist-Normen von Varietäten und Textsorten zu beschreiben.

Learn the techniques and math you need to start making sense of your data About This Book Enhance your knowledge of coding with data science theory for practical insight into data science and analysis More than just a math class, learn how to perform real-world data science tasks with R and Python Create actionable insights and transform raw data into tangible value Who This Book Is For You should be fairly well acquainted with basic algebra and should feel comfortable reading snippets of R/Python as well as pseudo code. You should have the urge to learn and apply the techniques put forth in this book on either your own data sets or those provided to you. If you have the basic math skills but want to apply them in data science or you have good programming skills but lack math, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn Get to know the five most important steps of data science Use your data intelligently and learn how to handle it with care Bridge the gap between mathematics and programming Learn about probability, calculus, and how to use statistical models to control and clean your data and drive actionable results Build and evaluate baseline machine learning models Explore the most effective metrics to determine the success of your machine learning models Create data visualizations that communicate actionable insights Read and apply machine learning concepts to your problems and make actual predictions In Detail Need to turn your skills at programming into effective data science skills? Principles of Data Science is created to help you join the dots between mathematics, programming, and business analysis. With this book, you'll feel confident about asking—and answering—complex and sophisticated questions of your data to move from abstract and raw statistics to actionable ideas. With a unique approach that bridges the gap between mathematics and computer science, this books takes you through the entire data science pipeline. Beginning with cleaning and preparing data, and effective data mining strategies and techniques, you'll move on to build a comprehensive picture of how every piece of the data science puzzle fits together. Learn the fundamentals of computational mathematics and statistics, as well as some pseudocode being used today by data scientists and analysts. You'll get to grips with machine learning, discover the statistical models that help you take control and navigate even the densest datasets, and find out how to create powerful visualizations that communicate what your data means. Style and approach This is an easy-to-understand and accessible tutorial. It is a step-by-step guide with use cases, examples, and illustrations to get you well-versed with the concepts of data science. Along with explaining the fundamentals, the book will also introduce you to slightly advanced concepts later on and will help you implement these techniques in the real world.

Dynamic loads and undesired oscillations increase with higher speed of machines. At the same time, industrial safety standards require better vibration reduction. This book covers model generation, parameter identification, balancing of mechanisms, torsional and bending vibrations, vibration isolation, and the dynamic behavior of drives and machine frames as complex systems. Typical dynamic effects, such as the gyroscopic effect, damping and absorption, shocks, resonances of higher order, nonlinear and self-excited vibrations are explained using practical examples. These include manipulators, flywheels, gears, mechanisms, motors, rotors, hammers, block foundations, presses, high speed spindles, cranes, and belts. Various design features, which influence the dynamic behavior, are described. The book includes 60 exercises with detailed solutions. The substantial benefit of this "Dynamics of Machinery" lies in the combination of theory and practical applications and the numerous descriptive examples based on real-world data. The book addresses graduate students as well as engineers.

Computer Science Textbook Designed for Joyful Learning KEY FEATURES ? National Education Policy 2020 ? Fun Zone: contains variety of exercises to reinforce the concepts. ? Let’s Plug-in: links back to previous knowledge before starting the lesson. ? Special Chapter: on Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence. ? QR Code: for digital interaction. ? Artificial Intelligence: Special Chapter on Artificial Intelligence ? Computational Thinking: Special Chapter on Computational Thinking DESCRIPTION Touchpad PLUS (Version 1.1) is based on Windows 7 and MS Office 2010. This series contains five sections: ? Digital World section introduces fundamental and application concepts to embrace computer science and integrate them with other subjects and skills. ? Cyber Word section covers Internet literacy and makes the students aware of cybercrime and cyber security, website development, etc. ? Computational Thinking section includes interesting and engaging activities on Reasoning, Visualization, Interpretation, Critical Thinking, Information Processing and Algorithmic Intelligence and there by making them smarter. ? Coding World section introduces students to the world of coding and thus developing their problem solving and logical skills. ? Artificial Intelligence (AI) section takes the students on a voyage to the world of latest trends like Robotics and AI along with an AI game, making them future ready. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN You will learn about: ? Digital World ? Cyber World ? Computational Thinking ? Coding ? Artificial Intelligence WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Grade - 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Number System 2. Formulas, Functions and Charts in Excel 3. More on Excel 4. Animations in Flash 5. Introduction to Photoshop 6. Internet Services 7. Computer Safety and Security 8. Introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 9. Conditional Statements in Python 10. AI for Sustainable Development Goals 11. Project Work 12. Explore More (Tech Update) 13. OGO Cyber Sample Questions 14. Glossary

Sanal Pilot Uçmayı Öğrenmenin En Keyifli ve En Kolay Yolu • Her zaman bir pilot olmak mı istemiştiniz? • Uçaklar ve uçmak en büyük tutkunuz mu? • İleride pilot olmak istiyor, nasıl hazırlanacağınızı mı merak ediyorsunuz? • Zaten uçuş simülatörleri ile ilgileniyor ama kendinizi geliştirmek mi istiyorsunuz? • Gerçek bir pilotsunuz ve sanal havacılık sayesinde gerçekte imkân bulamadığınız uçuş senaryolarını ve ileri uçuş lisansı konularını uygulamak mı istiyorsunuz? O zaman müjde! Artık siz de gerekli eğitimi alıp bir “Sanal Pilot” olabilirsiniz! Sanal Havacılık, dünyanın her yerinde milyonlarca insanın gerçek uçuş zevkini sanal ortamda birebir yaşamalarını sağlayan bir hobidir. Gerçek pilotaj eğitimi uzun zaman alan zorlu bir eğitimdir. Bilgisayar tabanlı simülasyon yazılımları ile siz de pilot koltuğuna oturup, bu zorlu mesleği öğrenmeye adım atabilirsiniz. İster gerçek pilot olma hayali ile bu zorlu mesleğe uygun musunuz öğrenmek isteyin, ister sadece sanal göklerde süzülmeyi tercih edin; gerçek havacılık okulu kaynaklı müfredat ile düzenlenmiş gerekli bilgileri, özgün görsellerle desteklenmiş olarak bu kitapta bulabilirsiniz. “Eğer uçmaktan ya da uçmayı öğrenmekten zevk alıyorsanız, Cevdet Acarsoy’un yazdığı bu kitap çok işinize yarayacak demektir. ‘Sanal Pilot’, gerçek ve sanal havacılık dünyasına katılmak isteyenler için heyecan verici ve eğitici bir kitap.” Rod Machado (Uçak Sahipleri ve Pilotlar Derneği Amerika Ulusal Sözcüsü)

Computer Science Textbook Designed for Joyful Learning KEY FEATURES ? National Education Policy 2020 ? Find on Google: This section asks a quick question from the present world. ? Pure Fact: This presents a 100% pure fact with a numerical data. ? Video Based Question: This is an interactive question to be attempted after watching a small video accessible on the QR Code. ? Coding Zone: This presents a quick insight into coding concepts. ? Career Here: This section indicates the possible career aspects on pursuing similar topics. DESCRIPTION Trackpad, a computer book series for grades I to VIII, is designed to build a strong foundation for students about to enter the fascinating world of computer technology. With Trackpad, the process of discovery is bound to be equally enjoyable and educational, as the series is written in a friendly and engaging style, which will spark the interest of students of all skill sets. Based on Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016, this series has all that is required to ensure that the students understand and retain what they have read. The books ensure up-to-date coverage of contemporary computer concepts and most widely used software packages. Though comprehensive in scope, each topic presents practical, day-to-day applications of computer in a friendly manner. The series begin to explore the subject of Artificial Intelligence from grade III itself and each grade has four Periodic Assessments & two Test Sheets for evaluation of students' learning. Grade I and II books have four-line writing space each to inculcate the love for writing and enhance writing skills in children. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN You will learn about: ? Fundamentals of computers ? ICT Tools ? Computational Thinking ? Coding and Artificial Intelligence ? Scratch ? Robotics ? MS Word ? Hardware and Software ? Stepwise Thinking ? Paint 3D WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Grade - 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Hardware and Software 2. Windows 10—An Introduction 3. Word 2016—An Introduction 4. Editing Text in Word 2016 5. Working with Paint 3D 6. Stepwise Thinking 7. Introduction to Scratch Programming 8. Internet—An Introduction 9. Introduction to Robotics 10. Techipedia 11. Project 12. OGO Cyber Sample Questions

If you want to work in any computational or technical field, you need to understand linear algebra. As the study of matrices and operations acting upon them, linear algebra is the mathematical basis of nearly all algorithms and analyses implemented in computers. But the way it's presented in decades-old textbooks is much different from how professionals use linear algebra today to solve real-world modern applications. This practical guide from Mike X Cohen teaches the core concepts of linear algebra as implemented in Python, including how they're used in data science, machine learning, deep learning, computational simulations, and biomedical data processing applications. Armed with knowledge from this book, you'll be able to understand, implement, and adapt myriad modern analysis methods and algorithms. Ideal for practitioners and students using computer technology and algorithms, this book introduces you to: The interpretations and applications of vectors and matrices Matrix arithmetic (various multiplications and transformations) Independence, rank, and inverses Important decompositions used in applied linear algebra (including LU and QR) Eigendecomposition and singular value decomposition Applications including least-squares model fitting and principal components analysis

Este libro es una exploración exhaustiva y perspicaz sobre cómo las redes sociales, omnipresentes en la vida moderna, están moldeando la salud mental de los jóvenes de hoy. Aborda tanto los efectos negativos como los aspectos positivos de estas plataformas digitales, ofreciendo una visión equilibrada y fundamentada en investigaciones. Con un enfoque en la ansiedad, la depresión y la autoestima, el libro no solo identifica problemas sino que también sugiere estrategias para un uso más saludable de las redes sociales. Es una lectura esencial para educadores, padres y jóvenes, proporcionando conocimientos críticos y herramientas para navegar en un mundo cada vez más conectado digitalmente. Este análisis profundo es clave para comprender y mitigar los riesgos psicológicos asociados a las redes sociales, al tiempo que se aprovechan sus beneficios para el bienestar y el desarrollo social de los jóvenes​​.

From the inventor of the PalmPilot comes a new and compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself. Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines. The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness. In an engaging style that will captivate audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of how the brain works will make it possible for us to build intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways. Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence promises to completely transfigure the possibilities of the technology age. It is a landmark book in its scope and clarity.

Build and deliver production-grade cloud-native apps with Spring framework and Kubernetes. In Cloud Native Spring in Action you’ll learn: Cloud native best practices and design patterns Build and test cloud native apps with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud Handle security, resilience, and scalability in imperative and reactive applications Configure, deploy, and observe applications on Kubernetes Continuous delivery and GitOps to streamline your software lifecycle Cloud Native Spring in Action is a practical guide to building applications that are designed for cloud environments. You’ll learn effective Spring and Kubernetes cloud development techniques that you can immediately apply to enterprise-grade applications. Follow a detailed and complete cloud native system from first concept right through to production and deployment, learning best practices, design patterns, and little-known tips and tricks for pain-free cloud native development. Including coverage of security, continuous delivery, and configuration, this hands-on guide is the perfect primer for navigating the increasingly complex cloud landscape. About the technology Do you want to learn how to build scalable, resilient, and observable Spring applications that take full advantage of the cloud computing model? If so, Cloud Native Spring in Action is the book for you! It will teach you the essential techniques and practices you need to build efficient Spring Boot applications ready for production in the cloud. About the book In Cloud Native Spring in Action, you’ll learn how to containerize your Spring Boot applications with Cloud Native Buildpacks and deploy them on Kubernetes. This practical guide delivers unique insights into hosting microservices, serverless applications, and other modern architectures on cloud platforms. You’ll learn how to use Spring-based methodologies, practices, and patterns that you won’t find anywhere else. What's inside Implement cloud native patterns with Spring Handle security, resilience, and scalability Build and test imperative and reactive applications Configuration and observability on Kubernetes Adopt continuous delivery and GitOps About the reader For intermediate Java developers. About the author Thomas Vitale is a software engineer, open source contributor, and international conference speaker. Table of Contents PART 1 CLOUD NATIVE FUNDAMENTALS 1 Introduction to cloud native 2 Cloud native patterns and technologies PART 2 CLOUD NATIVE DEVELOPMENT 3 Getting started with cloud native development 4 Externalized configuration management 5 Persisting and managing data in the cloud 6 Containerizing Spring Boot 7 Kubernetes fundamentals for Spring Boot PART 3 CLOUD NATIVE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS 8 Reactive Spring: Resilience and scalability 9 API gateway and circuit breakers 10 Event-driven applications and functions 11 Security: Authentication and SPA 12 Security: Authorization and auditing

Become a proficient Odoo developer and increase your productivity while building Odoo business applications Key FeaturesSet up the Odoo development environment and learn how to test and debug your codeUse the ORM framework to work with data and implement business logic supporting business rulesDesign user interfaces, web pages, and business reports using the Odoo framework's web componentsBook Description Odoo is fast becoming the reference open source platform for business applications thanks to the fact that it provides the infrastructure needed for developers to deliver software solutions for any business process quickly. Odoo's layered module approach makes it particularly effective for combining and extending features. This updated fifth edition is a tutorial-style introduction to essential Odoo development topics. The book starts by covering the development essentials for building business applications and takes you through Odoo installation and configuration, gradually transitioning from having no specific knowledge of Odoo to being ready for application development. You'll then learn how to develop your first Odoo application, while covering topics such as models and views. Later chapters will get you up to speed with using server APIs to add business logic, helping you lay a solid foundation for advanced topics. As you progress, you'll get equipped to build and customize your applications and explore the new features available in Odoo 12 and beyond, such as in-memory ORM and computed writable fields. Finally, you'll gain insights into building business logic and using the Odoo API to integrate with various applications. By the end of this book, you'll be able to build business apps from scratch using the latest version of Odoo. What you will learnInstall Odoo from source and organize the development environmentCreate your first Odoo app from scratchUnderstand the application components available in OdooStructure the application's data model using ORM featuresUse the ORM API to implement the business logic layerDesign a graphical user interface (GUI) for the web client and websiteUse the Odoo External API to interface with external systemsDeploy and maintain your application in production environmentsWho this book is for This book is for developers who want to learn Odoo application development and quickly become productive while creating business applications. Teachers, trainers, and Odoo team managers will also find the book useful for helping their students or trainees to learn Odoo development skills. Basic knowledge of Python programming is required to get started with the book

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN is the multifaceted discipline of shaping digital products and systems into tools that are both useful and usable. Success as a UX designer extends beyond just knowledge of the latest technologies; it also involves diplomacy, management insight, and a solid grasp of business dynamics. In this updated guide, you'll learn to: Understand various roles in UX design, identify stakeholders, and increase collaboration across teams Define your project's purpose and scope collaboratively, from high-level objectives to fine details Identify the differences between methodologies such as waterfall, agile, and lean UX Delve into qualitative and quantitative user research, and use the data you gather to inform your design decisions Design and prototype applications and systems that prioritize user needs The third edition offers new insights on the Operations (Ops) functions within UX practices, discovery in UX, and collaboration activities for designers and stakeholders. You'll find new information on the many remote methods that can be used to gain important insights about users and on frameworks that help you define the products to create. This guide is a vital resource for anyone looking to stay at the forefront of the ever-changing field of UX design.

Introduction to Pattern Recognition: A Matlab Approach is an accompanying manual to Theodoridis/Koutroumbas' Pattern Recognition. It includes Matlab code of the most common methods and algorithms in the book, together with a descriptive summary and solved examples, and including real-life data sets in imaging and audio recognition. This text is designed for electronic engineering, computer science, computer engineering, biomedical engineering and applied mathematics students taking graduate courses on pattern recognition and machine learning as well as R&D engineers and university researchers in image and signal processing/analyisis, and computer vision. Matlab code and descriptive summary of the most common methods and algorithms in Theodoridis/Koutroumbas, Pattern Recognition, Fourth Edition Solved examples in Matlab, including real-life data sets in imaging and audio recognition Available separately or at a special package price with the main text (ISBN for package: 978-0-12-374491-3)

Create industry-compliant graphs with this practical guide for professionals Analysis of clinical trial results is easier when the data is presented in a visual form. However, clinical graphs must conform to specific guidelines in order to satisfy regulatory agency requirements. If you are a programmer working in the health care and life sciences industry and you want to create straightforward, visually appealing graphs using SAS, then this book is designed specifically for you. Written by two experienced practitioners, the book explains why certain graphs are requested, gives the necessary code to create the graphs, and shows you how to create graphs from ADaM data sets modeled on real-world CDISC pilot study data. SAS Graphics for Clinical Trials by Example demonstrates step-by-step how to create both simple and complex graphs using Graph Template Language (GTL) and statistical graphics procedures, including the SGPLOT and SGPANEL procedures. You will learn how to generate commonly used plots such as Kaplan-Meier plots and multi-cell survival plots as well as special purpose graphs such as Venn diagrams and interactive graphs. Because your graph is only as good as the aesthetic appearance of the output, you will learn how to create a custom style, change attributes, and set output options. Whether you are just learning how to produce graphs or have been working with graphs for a while, this book is a must-have resource to solve even the most challenging clinical graph problems.

This is a comprehensive textbook for B.E./B.Tech. students of Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, BCA and MCA. The book discusses the concepts, principles and applications of Operating Systems in an easy-to-understand language. It also incorporates several experiments to be performed in O.S. labs. Divided into four units, this book describes the history, evolution, functions, types and characteristics of Operating Systems. It provides a detailed account of memory management, virtual memory, processes, CPU scheduling and process synchronization. Moreover, it covers deadlocks, device management and secondary storage structure. Besides the book also explains information management, assembly language programming and protection. The text is supported by several practical examples and case studies.

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The book is a collection of research papers presented at the First International Conference on International Conference on Ambient Intelligence in Health Care (ICAIHC 2021) organized by Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University) University, Bhubaneswar, India, during April 15–16, 2022. It includes papers in the research area of e-health care, telemedicine, other medical technologies, life support systems, fast detection and diagnoses, developed technologies and innovative solutions, bioinformatics, and solutions for monitoring smart intelligent systems in health care.

Though slogans such as 'nursing must be a research-based profession' have been around for a long time, recent initiatives such as Nursing Development Units (NDUs), quality assurance and evidence-based practice have moved nursing to the forefront amongst health professions in taking seriously the promotion of rational care based on a critical appraisal of past practices and the evaluation of new ideas and techniques. This is the first book to examine research and development in clinical nursing practice. It explains how to do it and how to apply it.

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Un recorrido sumamente útil sobre la problemática de los adictos, los tratamientos y el rol activo del entorno familiar. Descubra cómo funciona la relación del tiempo con las drogas en una época en la que todo es acelerado e inmediato. La perspectiva del prestigioso Dr. Eduardo Kalina, médico psiquiatra y especialista en adicciones, es fundamental para reflexionar sobre uno de los temas más complejos que enfrentan todos los países del mundo.

Approachable in detail and rich with dynamic illustrations, Snell’s Clinical Neuroanatomy, 9th Edition, is your complete, clinically oriented introduction to neuroanatomy. This easy-to-use text is organized classically by body system, introducing basic components of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system before moving on to more complex functions. This revised and enhanced 9th Edition reflects the latest clinical approaches to neuroanatomy structures and reinforces concepts with enhanced illustrations, diagnostic images, and surface anatomy photographs. Each chapter begins with clear objectives and a clinical case for a practical introduction to key concepts. Throughout the text, Clinical Notes highlight important clinical considerations. Chapters end with bulleted key concepts, along with clinical problem solving cases and review questions that test students’ comprehension and ensure preparation for clinical application.

Ковалев В. В. — доктор медицинских наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой детской психиатрии ЦОЛИУВ, автор многочисленных публикаций по проблемам детской психиатрии.Руководство, составленное с учетом действующих программ последипломной подготовки и усовершенствования врачей—детских психиатров, содержит все основные разделы клинической психиатрии детского и подросткового возраста. В нем с современных позиций освещены возрастные особенности этиологии, патогенеза и клиники психических заболеваний детского возраста, описаны психопатологические синдромы, встречающиеся преимущественно у детей и подростков, в эволюционном плане изложены клиника, диагностика, лечение и профилактика отдельных форм психических болезней, наблюдающихся в детском и подростковом возрасте. Особое внимание обращено на наиболее частые в практике детского психиатра клинические формы: неврозы, расстройства формирования личности, олигофрению, пограничные формы интеллектуальной недостаточности. Впервые описаны психогенные патохарактерологические реакции и формирования личности, пограничные формы резидуально-органических психических расстройств, пограничные состояния интеллектуальной недостаточности. Представлены общие вопросы применения психотропных средств, психотерапии и лечебной педагогики при психических заболеваниях у детей и подростков. Руководство предназначено для детских психиатров и невропатологов, а также педиатров.

Esta nueva edición refleja los numerosos cambios experimentados en la práctica de la enfermería. Destaca la importancia de la práctica basada en la evidencia, los cuidados en valores, y se centra en la persona, la integración de la atención sanitaria y social. Profusamente ilustrado para reforzar la información de cada apartado. Cada capítulo se abre con un recuadro en el que se resumen los objetivos de aprendizaje, Se incorpora otro recuadro en el que se recogen los conocimientos previos necesarios para comprender el contenido Se recogen tanto conocimientos que se pueden encontrar en otros capítulos de la obra como vinculados a bibliografía externa.

¿Qué pasa en tu cabeza cuando las emociones te llevan a la despensa? ¿Comienzas a cuidarte y abandonas al momento? ¿Te sientes culpable después de comer? ¿Vives con frustración cuando no eres capaz de mantener unos hábitos saludables? ¿Sabías que tu estado de ánimo influye en tu peso y que muchas dietas fracasan por una inadecuada gestión emocional? Las emociones juegan un papel fundamental en las elecciones alimentarias. Cuando la comida se convierte en la única herramienta de gestión emocional, lejos de ayudarnos a resolver el problema, nos genera otro adicional. A través de un abordaje interdisciplinar desde la psiconutrición se pueden resolver estas dificultades de forma integral, trabajando no solo la cuestión dietética sino también la psicológica. De este modo, la persona puede llegar a diferenciar las causas que le llevan a comer, conocer el impacto del estrés en lo que come y distinguir los factores psicológicos que podrían derivar en desajustes alimentarios. En este libro la dietista-nutricionista Griselda Herrero y la psicóloga Cristina Andrades abordan un completo plan desde la psiconutrición y aportan las claves y herramientas para comenzar a trabajar las emociones, establecer una relación más positiva con la comida, mejorar la relación con la imagen corporal y adquirir unos hábitos más equilibrados y saludables, trabajando aquellas variables psicológicas y dietéticas que conducen a desarrollar malos hábitos de salud, con el fin de mejorarlos. Porque somos mucho más que una persona que come.

Pandemics are large-scale epidemics that spread throughout the world. Virologists predict that the next pandemic could occur in the coming years, probably from some form of influenza, with potentially devastating consequences. Vaccinations, if available, and behavioral methods are vital for stemming the spread of infection. However, remarkably little attention has been devoted to the psychological factors that influence the spread of pandemic infection and the associated emotional distress and social disruption. Psychological factors are important for many reasons. They play a role in nonadherence to vaccination and hygiene programs, and play an important role in how people cope with the threat of infection and associated losses. Psychological factors are important for understanding and managing societal problems associated with pandemics, such as the spreading of excessive fear, stigmatization, and xenophobia that occur when people are threatened with infection. This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the psychology of pandemics. It describes the psychological reactions to pandemics, including maladaptive behaviors, emotions, and defensive reactions, and reviews the psychological vulnerability factors that contribute to the spreading of disease and distress. It also considers empirically supported methods for addressing these problems, and outlines the implications for public health planning.

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This textbook will provide a systematic comprehension of the various medically important human parasites; their distribution, habitat, morphology and life cycle, pathogenesis and clinical features, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. The main emphasis is on the protozoan and helminthic diseases, also medical entomology covering vectors relevant to these diseases. The book aims to promote an easy yet comprehensive way of learning parasitology. It attempts to break down the complexity of medical parasitology into parts that are easy to understand yet integrating the essential information of parasitic infections. The integration of knowledge of parasites will be achieved through student friendly illustrations, inclusion of a collection of recent case reports, examples of test questions and scenarios, and the images of human parasites. Essentially, it provides a “one-stop learning package” for medical parasitology.

Nanomedicine is the field of science that deals with organic applications of medicine at the nano-scale level. It primarily addresses finding, anticipating, and treating sickness, as well as using nanotechnology to assist in controlling human frameworks at the cellular level. The nature of nanotechnology allows it to address numerous medical issues in humans. This book offers comprehensive information to better comprehend and apply multifunctional nanoparticles in nanomedicine, and thus open avenues in the field. Medicating at the nanolevel is an exceptional therapeutic avenue, as it avoids symptoms associated with conventional medicines. This book investigates recent insights into structuring novel drug delivery frameworks. It concentrates on the physical characteristics of drug delivery transporters, and the preliminary procedures involved in their use. The book offers in-depth detail that benefits academics and researchers alike, containing broad research from experts in the field, and serves as a guide for students and researchers in the field of nanomedicine, drug delivery, and nanotechnology.

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The revolution in psychiatry that began in earnest in the 1960s led to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of manic-depressive illness. Hailed as the most outstanding book in the biomedical sciences when it was originally published in 1990, Manic-Depressive Illness was the first to survey this massive body of evidence comprehensively and to assess its meaning for both clinician and scientist. It also vividly portrayed the experience of manic-depressive illness from the perspective of patients, their doctors, and researchers. Encompassing an understanding about the illness as Kraeplin conceived of it- about its cyclical course and about the essential unity of its bipolar and recurrent unipolar forms- the book has become the definitive work on the topic, revered by both specialists and nonspecialists alike. Now, in this magnificent second edition, Drs. Frederick Goodwin and Kay Redfield Jamison bring their unique contribution to mental health science into the 21st century. In collaboration with a team of other leading scientists, a collaboration designed to preserve the unified voice of the two authors, they exhaustively review the biological and genetic literature that has dominated the field in recent years and incorporate cutting-edge research conducted since publication of the first edition. They also update their surveys of psychological and epidemiological evidence, as well as that pertaining to diagnostic issues, course, and outcome, and they offer practical guidelines for differential diagnosis and clinical management. The medical treatment of manic and depressive episodes is described, strategies for preventing future episodes are given in detail, and psychotherapeutic issues common in this illness are considered. Special emphasis is given to fostering compliance with medication regimens and treating patients who abuse drugs and alcohol or who pose a risk of suicide. This book, unique in the way that it retains the distinct perspective of its authors while assuring the maximum in-depth coverage of a vastly expanded base of scientific knowledge, will be a valuable and necessary addition to the libraries of psychiatrists and other physicians, psychologists, clinical social workers, neuroscientists, pharmacologists, and the patients and families who live with manic-depressive illness.

Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the ninth volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.

Now in paperback, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely this text takes a problem-orientated approach providing a key resource for daily clinical issues in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Careprovides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients.

A sound knowledge of anatomy and physiology is an essential basis for the effective clinical treatment of companion animals and farm animals alike. The fourth edition of this bestselling book continues to provide a comprehensive description of the anatomy and physiology of dogs and cats. The book builds on these foundations with detailed descriptions of exotic small species including birds, and domestic farm animals, including cows, sheep and pigs, as well as the horse.

Shocking new insider information that shows what really happened in Wuhan, China, at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak and in the ensuing cover-up. The day that Dr. Andrew G. Huff left his senior scientist and vice president role at EcoHealth Alliance was one of the happiest days of his life due to the corruption he had witnessed at the organization. However, he never thought working there would be of any great consequence to the future. He was wrong. Because, as an EcoHealth Alliance insider, Dr. Huff had had a ringside seat to one of the biggest cover-ups in history. The Truth about Wuhan contains new research and a breakdown of how and why the development of COVID-19 in the United States and China was supported by the US government to collect intelligence on laboratories in China. Dr. Huff, an expert in the fields of bioterrorism and bio warfare, is a whistleblower who will show why the reasons the lab leak was covered up are incorrect. He worked on the classified research side of the program as a US government scientist. He knows the real how and why COVID-19 emerged. Besides exposing the conspiracy and cover-up, Dr. Huff also puts forth policy solutions and recommendations to prevent a lab leak virus from plaguing the world again. The Truth about Wuhan simply explains the complexity of the system that led to COVID-19’s emergence; how the medical industrial complex grew and became entrenched in gain of function work after 9/11; why EcoHealth Alliance was the (almost) perfect intelligence collection cover; the policy actions and decision-making process as to why the United States government engaged in the COVID cover-up; how and why the United States swapped biotechnology with China and biomedical corporations; and the incentives for each of the actors or governments to engage and coordinate a global cover-up of COVID-19 origins. The Truth about Wuhan also shows how and why Dr. Anthony Fauci is intricately involved in the COVID cover-up; how scientists like EcoHealth Alliance president and CEO Dr. Peter Daszak rose to power and used their influence to corrupt science and the COVID origin investigation; and how the intelligence community likely orchestrated the cover-up with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Dr. Huff also provides personal harrowing accounts of how the US government waged a psychological operation against him to prevent him from speaking out. COVID-19 is the biggest lie, scandal, and intelligence failure in US history, and Dr. Andrew G. Huff is stepping out of the shadows to share his insider story about this failure that led to millions of deaths around the world.

Taking the place of the multiple texts traditionally needed to cover visual anatomy and physiology, Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System, 3rd Edition dramatically lightens your load by providing one book that covers it all! This concise, well-referenced resource contains information on the clinical anatomy of the eye, its adnexa and visual pathways, histologic information, plus newly added content on physiology of the human ocular structures. Vivid illustrations complement the text and provide clinical information on diseases and disorders that represent departures from normal clinical anatomy. Comprehensive physiology coverage clarifies the integration between structure and function, eliminating your need for multiple books on the anatomy and physiology of the visual system. An emphasis on clinical application helps you better understand the processes that occur in disease and dysfunction. Genetic information keeps you current with the latest developments in visual anatomy and physiology. Full-color illustrations throughout the text enhance your understanding of anatomical and clinical information. UNIQUE! Clinical Comment sections provide a solid foundation for recognizing and understanding clinical situations, conditions, diseases, and treatments. Photos of normal eye structures illustrate clinical appearance and demonstrate how appearance is directly related to structure. Geriatric coverage, including aging changes in ocular tissue and the visual pathway, keeps you up-to-date with the expanding field of geriatric care. UNIQUE! Expert coverage written by an actual optometrist gives you a practical framework for recognizing and understanding clinical situations, problems, and treatments.

Make sure you have the most up-to-date quality management information available! Quality Management in the Imaging Sciences, 6th Edition gives you complete access to both quality management and quality control information for all major imaging modalities. This edition includes a new chapter on digital imaging and quality control procedures for electronic image monitors and PACS, revisions to the mammography chapter, updated legislative content, and current ACR accreditation requirements. It also features step-by-step QM procedures complete with full-size evaluation forms and instructions on how to evaluate equipment and document results. The only text of its kind on the market, Papp’s is a great tool to help you prepare for the ARRT Advanced Level Examination in Quality Management. Special icon identifies federal standards throughout the text alert you to government regulations important to quality management. Includes QM for all imaging sciences including fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, sonography and mammography. Strong pedagogy aids in comprehension and includes learning objectives, chapter outline, key terms (with definitions in glossary), student experiments, and review questions at the end of each chapter. Step-by-step QM procedures offer instructions on how to evaluate equipment, and full-sized sample evaluation forms offer practice in documenting results. A practice exam on Evolve includes 200 randomizable practice exam questions for the ARRT advanced certification examination in QM, and includes answers with rationales. NEW! Revised Mammography chapter corresponds with new digital mammographic systems that have received FDA approval. NEW! Updated material includes new technologies, ACR accreditation, and quality management tools and procedures which reflect current practice guidelines and information. NEW! Chapter on image quality features material common to all imaging modalities. NEW! Additional material covers dose levels, dose reporting, and workflow. NEW! Expanded material highlights digital imaging and quality control procedures for electronic image monitors and PACS. NEW! Updated art and colors break up difficult-to-retain content.

Exploring the immunologic concerns of both large and small animals, Veterinary Immunology: An Introduction,10th Edition is the only complete resource on immunology for veterinary practitioners. This new edition has been meticulously updated to continue its trend of incorporating the latest advances and topics in the field. It features a straightforward presentation of basic immunologic principles along with thorough and timely information on the most significant immunologic diseases and responses seen in domestic animals. Comprehensive coverage clearly explains the general principles of immunology, and provides information on the most significant immunologic diseases and immunologic responses seen in domestic animals and marine mammals. A wealth of clinical examples show how principles will be experienced and addressed in the clinical setting. Educator and student resources on Evolve feature an image collection, enhanced animations, flashcards, content updates, and a test bank for instructors. Improved images clarify new content and enhance your understanding. NEW! Updated content covers new T cell subpopulations, newly described interleukins; new approaches to cancer immunotherapy; immunology of fish; and new advances in genomics. NEW! Learning objectives have been added to the beginning of each chapter. NEW! Chapter on commensal bacterial will address the role of commensal bacteria in veterinary immunology and provide convincing explanations for previously poorly understood phenomena. NEW! Information on the pathogenesis and treatment of atopic dermatitis has been added to help inform veterinarians who treat pets with dermatologic conditions. NEW! Revised content on cancer immunology reflects the vast expansion of information that has been uncovered in the past five years. NEW! Expanded information on the role of nutrition in animal immunity offers a rational basis for examining data of those who claim nutritional benefits. NEW! Full-color histologic images replace black and white images to more effectively convey concepts.

Virus merupakan partikel kecil yang hidup secara obligat pada suatu inang. Kata virus diambil dari bahasa Yunani "venom" yang berarti racun. Secara umum virus terdiri dari asam nukleat, deoxyribo nucleic acid (DNA) atau ribo nucleicacid (RNA), yang diselimuti semacam mantel (kapsid) atau kapsul lemak. Virus yang kompenannya sudah lengkap serta sudah mampu menginfeksi sel inang lain, disebut dengan virion. Sejarah virus diperantarai oleh penemuan botani asal Rusia, Dmitri Ivanovsky. la menemukan semacam suspensi pada jaringan tanaman tembakau yang mirip dengan bakteri. Semula ia berpikir bahwa suspensi tersebut merupakan jenis agen bakteri. Hasil filtrasi tanaman tersebut ketika disemprotkan ke tanaman yang sehat, tanaman yang sehat menjadi sakit. Kisah virus mulai dikenal semenjak terjadinya Flu Spanyol yang terjadi pada tahun 1918 yang menewaskan hampir seperempat populasi dunia kala itu. Virus mulai bisa dideskripsikan, dikelompokkan berdasarkan deskripsi tertentu dan ditemukan zat menyusunnya semenjak ditemukannya mikroskop elektron. Perjalanan virus menjadi makin menarik ketika mulai ditemukan virus yang menyerang tanaman saja, hewan saja, maupun terjadi zoonosis dengan menular ke manusia. Dalam buku ini, pembaca akan diajak memahami mulai dari hal dasar seperti bentuk dan ukuran virus, klasifikasi virus, derajat paparan virus hingga cara replikasi virus secara umum. Materi lebih mendalam akan dibahas mengenai alasan virus hanya menyerang inang tertentu, misalnya virus HIV hanya menyerang sel CD4 pada manusia, bukan pada inang lainnya. Dalam tubuh inang, virus merupakan zat asing yang akan mendapat perlawanan dari inang. Salah satu yang berperan melawannya adalah mekanisme imunitas pada tubuh. Buku ini juga menjabarkan tentang respon imun terhadap infeksi virus. Mulai dari bagian sistem imun yang berekasi ketika ada infeksi virus hingga respon sel yang terinfeksi virus. Bukan hanya tentang virus yang merugikan, buku ini juga menyajikan salah satu obligat virus yang memberikan kontribusi dalam bioteknologi dan pengobatan yaitu bakteriofage, suatu jenis virus yang hanya menginfeksi bakteri. Buku ini ditutup dengan penjabaran detail mengenai beberapa virus yang cukup populer di dunia, seperti virus influenza, virus HIV, virus polio, virus dengue dan herpes. Sains Virus merupakan buku ajar yang ditujukan untuk pembelajar, mahasiswa, dan pemerhati virus. Buku ini mengeluas berbagai aspek virus dari berbagai referensi. Disusun dengan Bahasa yang mudah dipahami dan gambar visual yang menarik. Selamat membaca!

Bridging the gap between dentistry and medical radiology, the third edition of Diagnostic Imaging: Oral and Maxillofacial, is an invaluable resource for anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference in this complex area of imaging, from new and seasoned radiologists to dental specialists and general practitioners currently using CT and/or cone beam CT (CBCT). Drs. Lisa J. Koenig, Dania Tamimi, Susanne E. Perschbacher, and Husniye Demirturk, building upon contributions from a diverse legacy authoring team of oral and maxillofacial and medical radiologists, provide up-to-date information on the oral and maxillofacial complex from a dentist’s perspective to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. The text is lavishly illustrated, delineated, and referenced, making it a useful learning tool for readers at all levels of experience as well as a handy reference for daily practice. Covers the anatomic zones, imaging modalities, patient conditions, and presenting clinical signs and symptoms shared by dentistry and medicine Incorporates complete and accurate dental anatomy and nomenclature throughout as well as findings that affect the many aspects of dental treatment Includes sweeping updates throughout, such as a new chapter on the expanded use of artificial intelligence (AI) in oral radiology, a new chapter on ultrasound use for maxillofacial lesions, and new chapters on CBCT applications in implant planning, endodontics, orthodontics, and analysis of sleep-disordered breathing risks Features more than 4,800 print and online images, including CT and CBCT images, radiographs, ultrasound images, full-color illustrations, MR images, 3D reconstruction images, videos and clinical photographs Includes 200+ diagnoses in chapters organized by anatomic section, with extensive coverage of TMJ disorders Features more than 35 differential diagnosis chapters that provide a unique and intuitive method for interpreting pathology according to radiographic appearance Contains comprehensive details on the anatomy of oral and maxillofacial areas, including embryology of the teeth to carotid arteries Uses bulleted, succinct text and highly templated chapters for quick comprehension of essential information at the point of care Serves as an excellent review for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology exam Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

This book is a unique surgical pathology grossing atlas, comprised of a collection of photos of various anatomic specimens frequently encountered in routine and frozen surgical pathology practice, including various organ systems. The photos in this atlas have been collected over many years of practicing surgical pathology in one of the largest medical centers in the world, and include emphasis on important anatomic landmarks and explanations on how to properly orient, section and sample anatomic specimens. The use of actual gross images allows readers to more readily apply the grossing tips to actual specimens that they encounter at the grossing bench. Each chapter is arranged by organ system and includes essential tips for grossing each specimen and sample dictations with all the essential elements that must be addressed for proper assessment of each organ specimen. Written by expert pathologists, Atlas of Surgical Pathology Grossing is an excellent resource for pathologists, medical and pathology assistant students, residents, both in surgery and pathology, and pathology assistants.

Long recognized as the leading text in this dynamic field, Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care provides comprehensive, clear explanations of both the principles underlying pediatric critical care disease and trauma as well as how these principles are applied. Led by Drs. Donald H. Shaffner, John J. McCloskey, Elizabeth A. Hunt, and Robert C. Tasker, along with a team of 27 section editors as well as more than 250 expert global contributors, the fully revised Sixth Edition brings you completely up to date on today’s understanding, treatments, technologies, and outcomes regarding critical illness in children.

Essentially three groups of research workers are con cerned with biomaterials. The biophysicists, the biochemists and some bioengineers (particularly the metallurgists) are engaged in a study of the basic properties of engineering materials suitable for medical use and of biological mate rials. The bioengineers in general as part of a team are engaged in developing new devices suitable for medical pur poses including implantable devices; spectacular examples of such devices are artificial kidney and mechanical heart. The medical people, dentists, surgeons and others, play an impor tant role in developing criterions for the biomaterials, in the eValuation of such materials in physiological environment and as consumers of biomaterials. This workshop was an effort to bring together representatives of the above groups to ex change experiences and viewpoints in regard to both research and training in this rapidly developing and vital area. The individual presentations are some typical examples of biomaterials research. There are numerous other examples but basically they fall into three categories: materials in medicine, biological materials, and semi-artificial materials derived from biological sources. As a whole, the book pro vides a comprehensive but not exhaustive picture of the present state of affairs in the field of biomaterials. To the educators the discussion on training should be of par ticular interest. Those concerned with scientific adminis trations and policy would find the section on the interaction between government, industry and university very valuable.

Brain, Part 1 of The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Nervous System, 2nd Edition, provides a highly visual guide to this complex organ, from basic neurodevelopment, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and cognition to classic disorders including to epilepsy, hypothalamus/pituitary with disorders of consciousness and sleep, movement disorders, cerebellum, stroke, multiple sclerosis, neurologic infections, neuro-oncology, headaches, and brain trauma. This spectacularly illustrated volume in the masterwork known as the (CIBA) Netter "Green Books" has been expanded and revised by Drs. H. Royden Jones, Jr., Ted M. Burns, Michael J. Aminoff, and Scott L. Pomeroy to mirror the many exciting advances in medicine and imaging - offering unparalleled insights into the broad clinical spectrum of brain disorders. Consult this title on your favorite e-reader with intuitive search tools and adjustable font sizes. Elsevier eBooks provide instant portable access to your entire library, no matter what device you're using or where you're located. Get complete, integrated visual guidance on the brain with thorough, richly illustrated coverage. Quickly understand complex topics thanks to a concise text-atlas format that provides a context bridge between primary and specialized medicine. Clearly visualize how core concepts of anatomy, physiology, and other basic sciences correlate across disciplines. Benefit from matchless Netter illustrations that offer precision, clarity, detail and realism as they provide a visual approach to the clinical presentation and care of the patient. Gain a rich clinical view of all aspects of the brain in one comprehensive volume, conveyed through beautiful illustrations as well as up-to-date radiologic images. Clearly see the connection between basic science and clinical practice with an integrated overview of normal structure and function as it relates to pathologic conditions. Grasp current clinical concepts regarding development, pediatrics, and adult medicine captured in classic Netter illustrations, as well as new illustrations created specifically for this volume by artist-physician Carlos Machado, MD, and others working in the Netter style.

Enhance your skills in patient assessment, oral diagnosis, and treatment planning! A full-color, all-in-one reference, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry, 4th Edition helps you create person-centered dental treatment plans for adolescent and adult patients. Using evidence-based research, this text shows how risk assessment, prognosis, and expected treatment outcomes factor into the planning process. Detailed coverage guides you through each phase of the treatment plan. New to this edition are chapters covering digital tools used in treatment planning and revised content in all chapters. The book renews a core section that describes how to plan and provide optimal oral health care for unique patient populations. Written by noted dentistry educators Stephen Stefanac and Samuel Nesbit, this must-have resource includes a fully searchable eBook version free with each print purchase. Clear, logical organization builds your understanding with sections on comprehensive patient evaluation, the treatment planning process, the five phases of the treatment plan, and care planning for all patients. What's the Evidence? boxes cite research articles affecting clinical decision-making and treatment planning strategies. In Clinical Practice boxes summarize information on specific clinical situations for quick and easy review. Ethics in Dentistry boxes address clinical situations where ethical decision making may be required. Review questions summarize and reinforce the important concepts in each chapter. 350 full-color illustrations depict important concepts. NEW! Updated content in all chapters. NEW! An eBook version is included with print purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Plus, additional videos and all-new case-based practice quizzes for each chapter. NEW! Digital Tools chapter focuses on the use of digital tools in diagnosis and treatment planning.

Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of surgical diseases in one easy to use reference that combines multiple teaching formats. The book begins using a case based approach. The cases presented cover the diseases most commonly encountered on a surgical rotation. The cases are designed to provide the reader with the classic findings on history and physical examination. The case presentation is followed by a series of short questions and answers, designed to provide further understanding of the important aspects of the history, physical examination, differential diagnosis, diagnostic work-up and management, as well as questions that may arise on surgical rounds. Key figures and tables visually reinforce the important elements of the disease process. A brief algorithmic flow chart is provided so the reader can quickly understand the optimal management approach. Two additional special sections further strengthen the student’s comprehension. The first section covers areas of controversy in the diagnosis or management of each disease, and another section discusses pitfalls to avoid, where the inexperienced clinician might get in trouble. The text concludes with a series of multiple choice questions in a surgery shelf/USMLE format with robust explanations. Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review is based on 20 years of Socratic medical student teaching by a nine-time Golden Apple teaching awardee from the UCLA School of Medicine and will be of great utility for medical students when they rotate on surgery, interns, physician assistant students, nursing students and nurse practitioner students.

Un libro de gran utilidad para el practicante de cualquiera de las múltiples ramas de la medicina tradicional china, ya sea Acupuntura, Hierbas Chinas, Masaje, Qi-gong, Tai-chi-chuan, etc., y también para quienes trabajan la Macrobiótica, el Shiatzu y las Artes Marciales. Sirve además al neófito interesado, pues parte de los principios más elementales de la Medicina Oriental y paulatinamente va tejiendo la intrincada red de leyes y métodos que caracterizan esta disciplina, describiendo sistemáticamente lo más relevante de su Semiología y tratamiento. El poder disponer de una edición en español de un texto básico de medicina tradicional china, utilizado en los principales institutos especializados de China, entre los que se cuentan los de Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Mongolia Interior, Jiangxi y Fujian, llena un gran vacío en la bibliografía sobre el tema y constituye, para América Latina, un aporte decisivo al conocimiento de los principios que rigen la práctica de este arte milenario.

The Pfizer Papers features new reports written by WarRoom/DailyClout research volunteers, which are based on the primary source Pfizer clinical trial documents released under court order and on related medical literature. The book shows in high relief that Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial was deeply flawed and that the pharmaceutical company knew by November 2020 that its vaccine was neither safe nor effective. The reports detail vaccine-induced harms throughout the human body, including to the reproductive system; show that women suffer vaccine-related adverse events at a 3:1 ratio; expose that vaccine-induced myocarditis is not rare, mild, or transient; and, shockingly, demonstrate that the mRNA vaccines have created a new category of multi-system, multi-organ disease, which is being called “CoVax Disease.” Despite the fact that Pfizer committed in its own clinical trial protocol to follow the placebo arm of its trial for twenty-four months, Pfizer vaccinated approximately 95 percent of placebo recipients by March 2021, thus eliminating the trial’s control group and making it impossible for comparative safety determinations to be made. Just as importantly, The Pfizer Papers makes it clear that the US Food and Drug Administration knew about the shortfalls of Pfizer’s clinical trial as well as the harms caused by the company’s mRNA COVID vaccine product, thus highlighting the FDA’s abject failure to fulfill its mission to “[protect] the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.” The Pfizer Papers offers an in-depth look at how Big Pharma, the US government, and healthcare entities stand protected behind the broad legal immunity provided by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) when creating, prescribing, and administering vaccines; and, under that shield of protection, do what is best for their bottom lines rather than for the health and well-being of Americans.

This volume reviews the most recent knowledge in the field of gastrointestinal motility in health and disease. The topics addressed include basic as well as clinical data concerning the motor functions of the entire gut: the lower oesophageal sphincter and the gastro-oesophageal reflux; the gastric emptying and the role of the pylorus; the motility of the biliary tract and its disorders; the cyclic motor activity of the gut and intestinal transit; the colonic and ano-rectal motility. There are also impOltant contributions in physiology and pharmacology relating to the neurohumoral regulation of the gut, and the function of digestive smooth muscle. Several papers explore the nature of the linkage between brain and gut. a link which has long been deduced by clinicians but not, until recently, systematically explored by scientists. The individual papers, selected from a large number of submissions, have been subject to 'peer-review' by an inter national committee which includes both cliniCians and basic scientists. Therefore this book should serve as an up to date source of information for researchers concerned with basic sciences as well as for clinicians in gastroenterology, medicine and surgery. C. Roman v This volume is dedicated to the memory of two friends and colleagues: Professor Dr J. HELLEMANS Professor Dr H. MONGES Acknowledgments This was the 9th of this series of symposia held alternatively in Europe and North America, and the first to be held in France.

Buku Ajar Anak DIII Keperawatan Jilid II merupakan media pembelajaran yang digunakan mahasiswa untuk membantu jalannya proses perkuliahan sejak awal semester sampai akhir semester. Buku ini dilengkapi dengan latihan soal pada masing-masing babnya. Buku ajar ini diimplementasikan dari kurikulum kesehatan yang terbaru sehingga ilmu yang disajikan dalam buku ajar ini dapat menjadi rujukan yang tepat untuk mahasiswa DIII Keperawatan. Buku ini ditulis tim dosen yang ahli dibidangnya, kemudian melewati proses tinjauan (Review) dan pengeditan (editing) yang cukup ketat hingga tangan panel expert dan proofreading. Harapan kami, buku ini dapat memperkaya pengetahuan mahasiswa terkait ilmu kesehatan dan kemampuan dalam menjawab latihan soal berbentuk kasus, sehingga dapat mengantarkan calon tenaga kesehatan yang sukses dan professional. Salam Cumlaude

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Respiratory Therapy** Ensure you understand one of the most sophisticated areas of respiratory care with Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Applications, 8th Edition! Known for its simple explanations and in-depth coverage of patient-ventilator management, this evidence-based text walks you through the most fundamental and advanced concepts surrounding mechanical ventilation and helps you understand how to properly apply these principles to patient care. This new edition is an excellent reference for all critical care practitioners and features coverage of the physiological effects of mechanical ventilation on different cross-sections of the population. Additionally, user-friendly features promote critical thinking and clinical application, such as key points, AARC clinical practice guidelines, critical care concepts, and updated learning objectives. UNIQUE! Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia chapter presents in-depth, comprehensive coverage on this very challenging issue. Critical Care Concepts present short questions that challenge you to apply knowledge learned to difficult concepts. Brief patient case studies list pertinent assessment data and pose a critical thinking question to test your content comprehension. Key Points draw attention to pivotal concepts and highlight important information as topics are addressed. Intended for classroom or small group discussions, Clinical Scenarios offer a more comprehensive patient scenario that covers patient presentation, assessment data, and treatment options. Logical sequencing of chapters builds on previously learned concepts. Comprehensive Learning Objectives provide a clear, concise listing of what you need to learn in the chapter. Bulleted end-of-chapter summaries help assess comprehension and guide study efforts. Excerpts of Clinical Practice Guidelines developed by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) are presented in a convenient, reader-friendly format. Chapter outlines provide a "big picture" of the chapter content. NBRC-style end-of-chapter review questions reinforce the very difficult concept of mechanical ventilation with practice that focuses on certification exam success. Glossary of mechanical ventilation terminology provides definitions for highlighted key terms in each chapter. UPDATED! Revised content throughout reflects the latest standards of respiratory care.

Nueva edición de la obra de referencia en la asignatura de Microbiología que en su 9a ed, continúa siendo la “biblia” y el texto más reputado en esta temática. Aborda los principios básicos de la inmunología, la bacteriología, la virología, la parasitología, así como las pruebas diagnósticas de Laboratorio. En esta nueva edición. se ha seguido con la filosofía de intentar reducir al máximo la información, obviando toda aquella que puede ser redundante, de forma que el libro recoge el “core” de la asignatura a la vez que se ha reforzado el alto grado de correlación entre las ciencias básicas y la práctica clínica (incremento del número de casos clínicos). A nivel de contenido, se mantiene el índice, si bien se ha producido una fusión de capítulos y ahora la edición impresa cuenta con 77 capítulos. Todos ellos se han actualizado de acuerdo con los últimos avances, destacando fundamentalmente los temas dedicados a las nuevas técnicas que permiten una rápida identificación de los microorganismos o la nueva información acerca de como funciona la inmunidad específica frente a los antígenos. El texto incluye acceso a SC.com (todos los contenidos en inglés) en el que se encuentran importantes novedades. En primer lugar, se incorpora un capítulo solo disponible online “Microbial Connections by Body System and Disease” en el que a través de 30 slides se hace una presentación de los diferentes tipos de patógeno en función del órgano o sistema de órganos al que infecten. Así mismo se incluye un banco de 200 preguntas de autoevaluación (“modo estudio” o “modo examen”), 11 videos de procesos inmunológicos step by step y un microscopio virtual.

Cette édition 10e anniversaire du livre à succès de Bruce Lipton, Biologie des croyances, est une version mise à jour afin de renforcer la prémisse centrale du livre en y intégrant les plus récentes découvertes scientifiques, et l’on sait qu’elles furent très nombreuses depuis une dizaine d’années. Biologie des croyances est une œuvre révolutionnaire dans le domaine de la nouvelle biologie. Chercheur et ex-professeur d’une école de médecine, Bruce H. Lipton, Ph. D., présente ses expériences et celles d’autres scientifiques de pointe qui ont examiné en détail les mécanismes par lesquels les cellules reçoivent et traitent les informations. Les implications de ces recherches changent radicalement notre compréhension de la vie en démontrant que les gènes et l’ADN ne contrôlent pas notre fonctionnement biologique; en réalité, l’ADN est plutôt lui-même contrôlé par des signaux provenant de l’extérieur de la cellule, y compris les messages énergétiques émanant de nos pensées positives ou négatives. Cette synthèse extrêmement prometteuse des meilleures et plus récentes recherches en biologie cellulaire et en physique quantique a été saluée comme une percée majeure car elle démontre que notre corps peut se modifier si nous changeons notre mode de pensée.

'This is a fascinating book, by a leading researcher, covering one of the most exciting areas of modern nutritional research - how what we eat impacts our gut and brain. The combination of personal stories and cutting edge science is a real winner.' Michael Mosley You feel how you eat. We accept that the quality of our diet affects the health of our heart and liver. So why wouldn't diet - good or bad - affect the health of our brain? This is the question that Australian scientist Felice Jacka set out to answer. Having suffered depression and anxiety as a young woman, she wanted to understand the role diet plays in our overall mental and brain health. What she found through her own research and that of other eminent scientists worldwide will revolutionise the way we think about what we eat and how we care for our brains. * Obesity and depression are two major causes of disease and disability across the globe, and each influences the other. *Food does affect mood: highly processed foods increase depression risk, while a balanced, whole-food diet can prevent depression and improve mood. *A healthy diet improves gut health, and in turn health microbiota (gut bacteria) promote brain health and keep our weight in check. *A healthy diet improves brain performance at all ages, from school-age kids to their work-stressed parents. *The Mediterranean diet is linked to lower rates of Alzheimer's disease and general cognitive decline in older people. Professor Jacka, who leads the field of Nutritional Psychiatry research globally, provides not just the most recent scientific evidence but also a range of simple, practical solutions for improving the way we eat on a daily basis, including meal plans and a range of delicious recipes. This is not a diet book. This is a guide to the good habits that will protect your most precious organ, improve your quality of life and optimise mental and brain health across your lifespan. PRAISE FOR BRAIN CHANGER 'Jacka is leading the way in providing evidence-based approaches that are rooted in cutting-edge science to transform how we think about mental health.' Professor John Cryan

Hospitals have long relied on the heroics of one brilliant nurse or doctor to save the day. Such heroics often result in temporary workarounds and quick fixes that leave not only patients and quality care at risk, but also increase costs. This is the story of an organization breaking that habit. Like a growing number of healthcare organizations around the world, ThedaCare, Inc. has been using lean thinking and the principles of the Toyota Production System to improve quality of care, reduce waste, and become more reliable. But lean thinking was incompatible with ThedaCare’s old top-down, hero-based system of management. Kim Barnas, former SVP of ThedaCare, shows us how she and her team created a management system that is stable and lean, to spur continuous improvement. Beyond Heroes shows the reader, step by step, how ThedaCare teams developed the system, using the stories of its doctors, nurses and administrators to illustrate. The book explores each of the eight essential components of the lean system, from front-line problem solving with the scientific method to daily team huddles and creating standard work for leaders all the way to the top of an organization. Finally, the author introduces four executives from healthcare systems across North America who have implemented ThedaCare’s system and share the lessons they learned along the way. Beyond Heroes is not just a call to action or an argument for a better healthcare system. It is a necessary roadmap through the rocky terrain ahead, one that healthcare leaders can customize to their special needs.

Winner of the 2013 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit A Toronto Album 2, companion edition to Mike Filey’s immensely popular original album, is a photographic journey through bustling Toronto from the late 1930s to the early 1970s. Among the 100-plus photographs is a quartet that shows the remarkable changes to Toronto’s skyline over a half-century. Others capture the 1939 royal visit, steam trains in their twilight years, the evolution of the Hospital for Sick Children, a look at Christmas past, and glimpses of a few landmark buildings we weren’t smart enough to keep. A Toronto Album 2 is a keepsake Torontonians will treasure.

İstanbul’un en eski semtlerinden biri olan Bomonti, asırlık geçmişinde sayısız dönüşüme sahne olmuş bir yerleşim yeri. Osmanlı’dan bugüne, bir yanda teneke mahallesi ve gecekonduları, diğer yanda Levanten yaşam tarzı tüm renkliliğiyle hüküm sürerken, tarihi çok eskilere dayanan büyük fabrikalar etrafında gelişen işçi yaşamı ile orta sınıf semt sakinlerinin apartman yaşantısı yan yana varlığını sürdürmüş. Bugün Bomonti, yükselen yeni rezidansları ve sunulan yeni yaşam tarzlarıyla kentsel dönüşümün tam da kalbinde yer alıyor. Bomonti Kentsel Dönüşüm ve Mekânın Belleği, Bomonti’nin geçirdiği bu dönüşümü tüm yönleriyle ele alıyor. Derya Fırat, Bomonti Bira Fabrikası ve Bira Bahçesi’nden yola çıkıp semtin kadim belleğinin izlerini sürüyor. Egemen Yılgür, teneke mahallesinin oluşumunu ve kentsel dönüşüm karşısında mahallelinin düşüncelerini paylaşırken, Şükrü Aslan da bu eski işçi semtinin fabrikalarının, işçi yaşantısının, işçi mücadelesinin izlerini araştırıyor. Aylın Dikmen Özarslan, Bomonti’nin orta sınıf sakinlerinin gündelik hayatını ayrıntılı biçimde sergilerken, Çağlayan Kovanlıkaya da rezidanslarla gelen soylulaştırma hamlesinin hem semtin fiziksel ve sosyal yapısını nasıl dönüştürdüğünü inceliyor hem de rezidans yaşamının yeni görünümlerini ortaya koyuyor. Geniş bir saha araştırmasının ürünü olan bu çalışma, semt sakinlerinin gözünden Bomonti’nin geçmişini, bugününü ve geleceğini okumaya çalışıyor; sadece semtin değil aynı zamanda İstanbul’un da geçirdiği büyük dönüşümü sorguluyor.

Mais de 10 anos se passaram desde sua promulgação e a efetivação da Lei nº 11.645/2008 – determinando o ensino da temática afro-brasileira, africana e indígena na Educação Básica – continua por se fazer em grande parte dos contextos escolares, provavelmente na maioria deles. A norma foi uma conquista significativa dos movimentos sociais e acadêmicos em busca de transformações sólidas e perenes nas relações étnico-raciais no Brasil, somando-se ao conquistado a respeito das temáticas afro e afro-brasileira. Entendem que só teremos êxito na construção de uma sociedade justa, igualitária e baseada no respeito pelas diferenças socioculturais se as questões estiverem na base dos currículos e na estrutura formativa de crianças e adolescentes. No entanto, ainda se faz necessário debater em detalhes algo aparentemente simples, porém, crucial: como efetivamente implementar a Lei. Os textos presentes neste potente livro incidem na questão colocada acima e vem em boa hora por basicamente dois motivos. O primeiro é óbvio, uma vez que quanto mais o tempo passa, mais distantes ficamos da promulgação da Lei e mais a desrespeitamos. Não se trata de desdenhar ou negligenciar os esforços bem sucedidos de discutir a importância, trajetórias, particularidades e protagonismos dos povos indígenas por meio de grupos de estudos, centros de pesquisas, laboratórios de ensino e publicações, tanto em escolas quanto em universidade. Mas, enquanto forem ações isoladas, frutos de trabalhos individuais ou de pequenos grupos, o problema persistirá.

Winner of the 2017 IDEC Book Award, 2017 EDRA Great Places Award (Book Category), 2017 American Society of Interior Designers Joel Polsky Prize and the 2016 International Interior Design Association TXOK Research Award Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders explains the influence of the natural and man-made environment on individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other forms of intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD). Drawing on the latest research in the fields of environmental psychology and education, the authors show you how architecture and interior spaces can positively influence individuals with neurodiversities by modifying factors such as color, lighting, space organization, textures, acoustics, and ventilation. Now you can design homes, therapeutic environments, work environments, and outdoor spaces to encourage growth and learning for the projected 500,000 children with ASD (in the United States alone) who are expected to reach adulthood by 2024. Topics discussed include: -Environmental design theories -Symptoms of ASD -Sensory processing deficits -Design needs of individuals on the spectrum at all ages -Design methods and solutions for spaces, including residential, learning, work, and therapeutic environments encompassing a wide range of budgets -Designing for self-actualization, well-being, and a high quality of life for the duration of an individual's life -Avenues for healthy living and aging in place -Biophilic design -Environmental impact on well-being -Strategies to promote active living as an integral part of the welfare focus.

A thoughtfully curated collection in a stunning package that recognizes and celebrates the birthdays of famous, infamous, and often-overlooked designers and architects. The gift book for design and architect professionals and students they didn’t know they needed but will no longer be able to live without. Drawn from architect James Biber's epic Instagram project in which he posted a birthday bio of a famous (or less famous) designer or architect every day for a (mid-pandemic) year, The Architect and Designer Birthday Book is filled with personal, opinionated, and humorous observations on fascinating design and architect figures past and present. The minibiographies and birthday profiles in the book cover a range of international architects and designers, as well as artists, including: Architects from the Aaltos (Aino and Alvar) to Zumthor Rivals Bernini and Borromini Photographers Lee Miller, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Vivian Maier, Dody Weston Thompson, Margaret Morton, and Judith Turner Midcentury modernists Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, and Florence Knoll Charlotte Perriand, Lilly Reich, Anne Tyng, and Denise Scott Brown More anecdotal histories than authorized biographies, these daily profiles are not only fun to read but provide spot-on commentary for anyone interested in how designers and architects relate to each other as well as their place in history. It is the intersection of Biber’s life and the history of architecture and design.

Winner of the 2017 IDEC Book Award, 2017 EDRA Great Places Award (Book Category), 2017 American Society of Interior Designers Joel Polsky Prize and the 2016 International Interior Design Association TXOK Research Award Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders explains the influence of the natural and man-made environment on individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other forms of intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD). Drawing on the latest research in the fields of environmental psychology and education, the authors show you how architecture and interior spaces can positively influence individuals with neurodiversities by modifying factors such as color, lighting, space organization, textures, acoustics, and ventilation. Now you can design homes, therapeutic environments, work environments, and outdoor spaces to encourage growth and learning for the projected 500,000 children with ASD (in the United States alone) who are expected to reach adulthood by 2024. Topics discussed include: -Environmental design theories -Symptoms of ASD -Sensory processing deficits -Design needs of individuals on the spectrum at all ages -Design methods and solutions for spaces, including residential, learning, work, and therapeutic environments encompassing a wide range of budgets -Designing for self-actualization, well-being, and a high quality of life for the duration of an individual's life -Avenues for healthy living and aging in place -Biophilic design -Environmental impact on well-being -Strategies to promote active living as an integral part of the welfare focus.

This book was edited by Prof. Prabhubhai K. Patel (Emeritus Professor of Architecture from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (Oldest Technical Institution of Asia) and Prof. Gabriel Fadairo, a Professor of Architecture at the School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. It was written according to the syllabus of students studying in Architecture, Civil Engineering and Building Management. This book covers all ingredients needed for a student to pass the course of Building Components, Services and Materials in the curriculum of Bachelor of Architecture, B.Tech (Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Building Engineering). It further gives the importance of building services in housing and the maintenance of a favourable health condition of building dwellers. The proper channelization of waste water by providing drains of adequate sizes and roads with surfaces sloping to drains and avoiding erosion is also included. It is a book written to educate people on the essence of building services in their homes and the reason why they should be proper maintenance. The recommendation in this book will help the government of India to determine the need to subsidise the components of building services for people to be able to afford it in their houses.

A visually engaging introduction to landscape architectural design Landscape architectural design seeks to create environments that accommodate users' varying lifestyles and needs, incorporate cultural heritage, promote sustainability, and integrate functional requirements for optimal enjoyment. Foundations of Landscape Architecture introduces the foundational concepts needed to effectively integrate space and form in landscape design. With over five hundred hand-rendered and digital drawings, as well as photographs, Foundations of Landscape Architecture illustrates the importance of spatial language. It introduces concepts, typologies, and rudimentary principles of form and space. Including designs for projects such as parks, campuses, and memorials, this text provides the core concepts necessary for designers to shape functional landscapes. Additionally, chapters discuss organizational and spatial design structures based on orthogonal forms, angular forms, and circular forms. Helping students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike, Foundations of Landscape Arch-itecture delivers a concrete understanding of landscape architectural design to inspire one's imagination for countless types of projects.

The globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism. This book redefines the meaning and form of healthy urban environments, urging planners and design professionals to consider how their work impacts population health and wellbeing at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The concepts of equity, inclusion and sustainability are central to this framing, reversing the traditional focus on individuals, their genes and ‘lifestyle choices’ to one of structural factors that affect health. Integrating theory and concepts from social epidemiology, sustainable development and systems thinking with practical case studies, this book will be of value for students and practitioners.

Providing the most comprehensive source available, this book surveys the state of the art in artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to architecture. This book is organized in four parts: theoretical foundations, tools and techniques, AI in research, and AI in architectural practice. It provides a framework for the issues surrounding AI and offers a variety of perspectives. It contains 24 consistently illustrated contributions examining seminal work on AI from around the world, including the United States, Europe, and Asia. It articulates current theoretical and practical methods, offers critical views on tools and techniques, and suggests future directions for meaningful uses of AI technology. Architects and educators who are concerned with the advent of AI and its ramifications for the design industry will find this book an essential reference.

Regional policy is an essential in any government’s toolkit for promoting socioeconomic prosperity. It comes in many forms and can be used to target the development of weak and stronger regions. This textbook provides comprehensive and systematic coverage of regional policy, dealing with core theories and looking at contemporary challenges in practice, addressing regional policy across the world. Structured in four parts, the book opens with an exploration of regional policy’s characterisation, aims and rationale. The second part is devoted to issues of implementation and the instruments available to policymakers for intervention. The third part addresses regional policy evaluation, as well as statistics and modelling in policymaking. Finally, the book discusses how regional policy is applied in different contexts. Each chapter contains real-life examples of a regional policy topic in action and highlights supplementary topics for advanced readers. With its broad coverage of the subject, Regional Policy: Theory and Practice will prove a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in regional policy, regional economics, economic geography, planning and public policy.

Architecture in Dialogue with an Activated Ground sets out to validate the role of the unreasonable in the design process. Using case study projects, architect Urs Bette gives an insight into the epistemological processes of his creative practice, and unveils the strategies he deploys in order to facilitate the poetic aspects of architecture within a discourse whose evaluation parameters predominantly involve reason. Themes discussed include the emergence of space from the staged opposition between the architectural object and the site, and the relationship between emotive cognition and analytic synthesis in the design act. In both cases, there is a necessary engagement with forms of ‘unreasonable’ thought, action or behaviours. By arguing for the usefulness and validity of the unreasonable in architecture, and by investigating the performative relationship between object and ground, Bette contributes to the discourse on extensions, growth and urban densification that tap into local histories and voices, including those of the seemingly inanimate – the architecture itself and the ground it sits upon – to inform the site-related production of architectural character and space. In doing so, he raises debates about the values pursued in design approval processes, and the ways in which site-relatedness is both produced and judged.

"Prefab Architecture . . . is beyond theory, and beyond most of what we think we know about pods, containers, mods, and joints. This book is more than 'Prefabrication 101.' It is the Joy of Cooking writ large for the architecture and construction industries." From the Foreword by James Timberlake, FAIA THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE ON PREFAB ARCHITECTURE FOR ARCHITECTS AND CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS Written for architects and related design and construction professionals, Prefab Architecture is a guide to off-site construction, presenting the opportunities and challenges associated with designing and building with components, panels, and modules. It presents the drawbacks of building in situ (on-site) and demonstrates why prefabrication is the smarter choice for better integration of products and processes, more efficient delivery, and realizing more value in project life cycles. In addition, Prefab Architecture provides: A selected history of prefabrication from the Industrial Revolution to current computer numerical control, and a theory of production from integrated processes to lean manufacturing Coverage on the tradeoffs of off-site fabrication including scope, schedule, and cost with the associated principles of labor, risk, and quality Up-to-date products featuring examples of prefabricated structure, enclosure, service, and nterior building systems Documentation on the constraints and execution of manufacturing, factory production, transportation, and assembly Dozens of recent examples of prefab projects by contemporary architects and fabricators including KieranTimberlake, SHoP Architects, Office dA, Michelle Kaufmann, and many others In Prefab Architecture, the fresh approaches toward creating buildings that accurately convey ature and expanded green building methodologies make this book an important voice for adopting change in a construction industry entrenched in traditions of the past.

Kaca memberikan kesan terbuka, ringan, dan modern pada bangunan, sehingga penggunaan material berbahan dasar kaca, kini menjadi pilihan berbagai pihak: pemilik, arsitek, maupun pengguna/pengunjung bangunan. Namun, informasi tentang kaca yang rinci terkait ilmu bangunan belumlah tersaji secara lengkap dan mendalam. Buku ini mencoba mengupas kaca, mulai sejarah, komponen penyusun, jenis, standar, sampai industri kaca yang kini memegang peranan dalam penyediaan kebutuhan akan kaca di dunia arsitektur. Dibahas pula aspek termal, optikal, kimiawi, fisis dan mekanis kaca sebagai sebuah pengetahuan dasar sebelum melangkah pada tahap pemilihan kaca dan konsekuensi yang akan diterima ketika menggunakan kaca tertentu. Sesungguhnya fokus dan bahasan spesifik buku ini—yang membedakan dari buku lain—adalah terkait aspek akustika kaca, terutama pada penggunaan kaca di iklim tropis. Sifat akustika kaca di iklim hangat sedikit berbeda dengan penggunaan di iklim sejuk. Paparan terkait aspek akustika kaca diharapkan dapat mengarahkan penggunaan kaca secara lebih tepat pada iklim yang sesuai. Buku ditutup dengan bahasan terkait elemen-elemen bangunan yang dapat diselesaikan menggunakan kaca, jenis kaca yang cocok untuk dipilih beserta elemen pendukungnya, baik kaca yang akan dipasang menggunakan bingkai atau kusen, maupun tanpa bingkai dengan sistem pemasangan yang lebih modern. Tidak ketinggalan dibahas pula sistem pemeliharaan dan perlakuan tambahan pada kaca agar kinerjanya makin baik dan tahan lama.

"Pocas palabras han tenido tanto uso y tan variado en debates políticos y académicos desde los años noventa como neoliberalismo. A pesar de haberse vuelto un lugar común, no muchos trabajos se han dedicado a examinar la construcción y la circulación de este concepto., o a precisarlo, como una herramienta clave para entender el contexto colombiano. Además, mientras la sociología, la economía y la ciencia política han abordado con detenimiento los proyectos y las políticas neoliberales, la antropología y los estudios culturales se han acercado menos a este campo en el país. Por esta razón, es más que bienvenido este libro, que pone en dialogo aproximaciones antropológicas, filosóficas y de los estudios culturales con el análisis económico para responder preguntas muy diversas en torno a la complejidad y la variedad de neoliberalismos. Neoliberalismo en Colombia ofrece una combinación de textos de investigación con ensayos más teóricos que cubren no solo a Colombia sino a Estados Unidos en los últimos años, marcados por profundas transformaciones. Sobresalen varios que no se agotan en el estudio de las doctrinas y medidas económicas y que profundizan en el análisis de la tecnocracia, las políticas públicas y las reformas educativas. Son muchas, entonces, las contribuciones de este libro a la comprensión – y la intervención – de un presenta tan convulsionado como el nuestro." Julio Arias Vanegas, Departamento de Antropología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Cartography as an instrument for the analysis of urbanisation processes The speed, scale and scope of urbanisation have increased dramatically in recent decades. To decipher the rapidly changing urban territories across the planet, we need a radical shift in the analytical perspective on urbanisation. In this book, a transdisciplinary international research team presents an expanded vocabulary of urbanisation processes through a comparison of Tokyo, Hong Kong – Shenzhen – Dongguan, Kolkata, Istanbul, Lagos, Paris, Mexico City and Los Angeles. Based on a novel cartography and on detailed ethnographic and historical explorations, this book systematically analyses the diversity of responses to urgent contemporary urban challenges. It proposes a series of new concepts that allow us to assess the practical consequences of different urban strategies in everyday life. Essential book on urbanism New evaluation models for urbanisation processes Comprehensive analyses and illustrations of the urban patterns of international metropolises Comparison of urbanisation processes in eight metropolises around the world

Índice de artículos DE LOS DAÑOS DE LA HECHICERÍA Y SUS VERDADEROS REMEDIOS. Plática doctrinal novohispana y relatos de brujas Francisco Javier Cárdenas DOÑA MARINA Y OTRAS FIGURAS FEMENINAS AZTECAS EN CONCEPCIÓN GIMENO DE FLAQUER Marina Bianchi ¡QUÉ HERMOSO ENSUEÑO! Don Quijote. Guión cinematográfico Omar Alejandro Cortés EL HOMBRE Y LA BESTIA EN LA NARRATIVA DE JUAN JOSÉ ARREOLA María Luisa Verástica Cháidez Crisanto Salazar González CIUDAD JUÁREZ COMO ESPACIO LITERARIO Y LA RENDICIÓN LITERARIA EN LOS DÍAS Y EL POLVO DE DIEGO ORDAZ Nidia Reyes DE LA POÉTICA A UNA EPISTEME DEL CUERPO: LA NARRATIVA DE DIAMELA ELTIT Carolina Escobar Lastra UN PROCESO REGULATORIO MEDIANTE EL GÉNERO Y LA SEXUALIDAD. Tres matrimonios en la novela No hay princesa sin dragón de Ana Klein Adriana Fuentes LAS NOCHES RUSAS Y EL ORIGEN DEL REALISMO SOCIALISTA Norbert Francis ALGUNAS FOTOGRAFÍAS, UN VIAJE POÉTICO HACIA RÍO DE JANEIRO Michelle Ruiz Valdez

When this book was first published in 1975 it was at once enthusiastically received by scholars and the general public alike and recognized as a classic of its genre. It represented a notable publication of the early fruits of the Commission's work on the side of its responsibility for the National Monuments Record for Wales. During the years which have since intervened, much fresh information has come to light concerning Welsh houses - not least because of the intense interest awakened by the original publication. This new knowledge has, as far as possible, been incorporated in the new and revised edition, which contains approximately onequarter more material than the first. Although it has not been possible to alter the original text, a number of additional maps and photographs have been included and a new dust-jacket has been designed. The Commissioners would wish warmly to congratulate their Secretary, Mr. Peter Smith, those of his colleagues who were associated with him, and H.M.S.O. on the excellence of this volume. It marks another outstanding landmark in the study of vernacular architecture, not only in Wales but also in the British Isles, and a major achievement on the part of its author. Although this second edition of Houses of the Welsh Countryside retains in their entirety the text, the illustrations, and the layout of the volume first published in 1975, it also includes a substantial amount of new information which has come to light since that date. Some of this new material takes the form of additional figures inserted where appropriate into the existing illustrative pages. Similarly a small number of additional colour plates showing typical houses in characteristic settings has been tipped into the text. There are also additions to the original map lists. It has not been possible for reasons of cost to bring the maps themselves up to date, but as the newly-discovered sites nearly always reinforce the distribution patterns first indicated, this omission is not crucial. The numbers of new discoveries can vary from a mere handful on one list to several hundred on another. All other new material is introduced as part of an additional SECTION IV at the back of the volume. This section comprises: Corrigenda Covering sites which were inadequately or incorrectly described in the first volume, involving in one case a complete reappraisal of the original reference. Addenda I Describing and illustrating a small number of newly surveyed houses of especial interest which could not easily be fitted into the illustrations in the main text. Addenda II Analysing the incidence of date-inscriptions as evidence for building activity. Addenda III Listing and mapping a number of features of domestic architecture not previously so noted. Addenda IV Listing and mapping various features of ecclesiastical architecture which also occur in houses and which therefore have a bearing on the evolution of domestic architecture.

Well-being is now firmly established as an overarching theme of key concern to all professionals that work, manage or design the environment. However, well-being is a complex multi-dimensional issue rooted in the ways that we encounter, perceive and interpret the environment. No single discipline can claim to have sufficient knowledge to fully explain the types of interactions that occur, therefore there is a need to draw together a wide range of professions who are exploring the consequences of their actions upon the well-being of individuals and communities. This edited work addresses the above, consisting of a collection of studies which embrace different aspects of environment, landscape and well-being to consider current approaches to well-being research and practice that fall outside the traditional concepts of well-being as part of medical research, making links with architecture, landscape design, environmental perception, social interaction and environmental sustainability. The contributors originally presented at the international conference, ‘Well-Being 2011’ jointly hosted by Birmingham City University and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); the chapters have been developed to present a coherent series of themes reviewing a wide range of literature, presenting case studies appropriate to diverse audiences.

How do we ensure sustainable buildings perform as intended? The performance gap between predicted and actual energy use in new homes has been identified as key problem by government and industry experts. This updated edition is an illustrated practical design guide to delivering better energy performance in all types of new build homes. It introduces readers to the concept of the performance gap and highlights clear issues and solutions to help architects improve their detailing at design stage. The book: Features annotated details with photos taken from live construction sites Includes accessible practical guidance for busy practitioners Raises construction quality and performance of new homes Promotes the case for more architect supervision throughout the construction process A new chapter features innovative low carbon building methods, including hempcrete blocks, clay blocks and straw bale. All information has been updated to reflect the latest data with fresh details and technologies.

This guide for tomorrow’s urban practitioner systematically explains fifteen best practices across three continents; it explores questions of broad interest for designing and planning the future of cities and regions. Key questions addressed are: Is simulation useful to explore the effects of different design, policy and planning strategies? Which approach will help manage the uncertainties of metropolitan areas both today and tomorrow ? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different simulation practices for city leadership, public and private partnership, and citizen involvement? The book reviews computer models and media, socio-political initiatives, professional practices which help communicating the future effects of different design, political and planning strategies with a wide range of aims: from information, through consultation, towards active participation. These world best practices are considered according to four leading issues for urban and regional development, respectively Simulation, Scenario and Visioning, Government and Governance, and Scale. The book examines the approaches adopted technically and procedurally. The selected knowledge and the innovative tools used in each case study are among the most advanced and up-to-date in the professional and research fields. This volume successfully illustrates these innovative practices and methodologies in a straightforward and accessible way.

El diseño estructural, al ser parte inseparable del diseño arquitectónico de la obra, surge desde el mismo momento de la concepción de los espacios, de modo tal que al ir definiendo cada uno de ellos, podremos, a su vez, ir determinando los elementos estructurales que la conforman. Cuando proyectamos la estructura en hormigón armado, debemos tomar en cuenta las características del mismo. En nuestro medio, es el material estructural más utilizado, por razones económicas y tecnológicas. Una vez trazado el esquema estructural, que representa la propuesta, se predimesiona cada uno de los elementos, es decir pre fijamos las dimensiones (ya que el peso propio es una de las cargas principales a considerar), no solo en función de la resistencia requerida, sino considerando además las necesidades formales y funcionales del proyecto global del edificio. A partir de aquí, y una vez consolidado tanto el proyecto arquitectónico como el estructural, determinaremos las cargas reales que debe soportar, para luego calcular las solicitaciones y finalmente dimensionar la armadura de cada una de las piezas que componen la estructura, verificando el rendimiento.

Scaffolding is used in many industries every day, all over the world, in the construction industry; for commercial and industrial maintenance; the staging and entertainment markets; the shipbuilding industry; mining; industrial plants, including power plants; hydro and nuclear power facilities; pulp and paper plants; petrochemical plants; oil refineries; and offshore drilling rigs. This book serves as a guide to any person involved with scaffolding in any way so that they will have a training and reference book that they can refer to for both scaffolding product knowledge and for estimating. The first ten chapters of this book include historical data and background information including product knowledge on all types of built-up scaffolding, suspended cradles, and swingstages. The eleventh chapter of this book is dedicated to the procedures that are used for estimating; preparing proposals, bids, and contracts, including systematic instructions on how to calculate the formulas that are most commonly used for estimating materials and labour outputs for scaffolding. Additionally, there are several sections of this book dedicated to temporary enclosures, built-up shoring and falsework, as well as manual and motorized suspended swingstages and cradles. There are very few books available on these topics. To my knowledge there are none dedicated to product knowledge and the estimating of built-up scaffolding systems. No book can be all-inclusive, and this handbook does not claim to be. Much time and research has been put into this book to ensure that as many of the proven estimating methods and design concepts for all types of built-up and suspended scaffolding have been covered. Since one of our greatest assets in any business are our employees, the proper training of all craft and support staff within an industry is of primary importance. Additionally, the continuity in the training given to staff should always be kept up to a measurable standard and continually maintained to an acceptable level.

Conceptual Landscapes explores the dilemma faced in the early moments of design thinking through a gradient of work in landscape and environmental design media by both emerging and well-established designers and educators of landscape architecture. It questions where and, more importantly, how the process of design starts. The book deconstructs the steps of conceptualizing design in order to reignite pedagogical discussions about timing and design fundamentals, and to reveal how the spark of an idea happens – from a range of unique perspectives. Through a careful arrangement of visual essays that integrate analog, digital, and mixed-media works and processes, the book highlights differences between diverse techniques and triggers debate between design, representation, technology, and creative culture in the field. Taken together, the book’s visual investigation of the conceptual design process serves as a learning tool for aspiring designers and seasoned professionals alike. By situating student work alongside that of experienced teachers and landscape architects, the book also demystifies outdated notions of individual genius and sheds new light on the nearly universally messy process of discovery, bridged across years and diverse creative vocabularies in the conceptual design process. Lavishly illustrated with over 210 full color images, this book is a must-read for students and instructors in landscape architecture.

Almost a century since the idea of creating more humane — more human-centric — cities was brought to the fore, how far has mankind progressed towards creating a true 'city with a heart'? How far off are we, and what can we do to close the gap?The first generation of smart cities showed the limits of top-down planning, in which cities contracted out design and implementation to IT providers. As residents resented paying high taxes for 'smart' urban features that they did not want or use, it became plain that smart cities were not sustainable, and needed to be re-thought. 'Smart City 2.0' starts the design process with understanding the needs of human residents. Little has yet been written about smart cities' second wind.This book offers leading-edge, international perspectives on Smart City 2.0. It offers an overview of the sustainable smart city concept, presents leading experts' latest thinking on strategies for a new generation of smart cities, and showcases eight implementation case studies from seven countries. All chapters are contributed by prominent, leading thinkers and practitioners from a dozen countries, representing both the developed and the developing worlds.Related Link(s)

The present era is an era of interconnectedness. In the present context we are trying to explore the multifaceted dimensions of globalization through a book called “Globalization: exploring its Concepts and Debates”. It is a collection of research papers and articles contributed by esteemed academicians from different backgrounds. This book serves as a comprehensive guide, unravelling the complexities of globalization across various disciplines including economics, politics, sociology, culture, science and technology and so on. It explores how globalization has influenced economic systems, trade patterns, flow of capital etc. presenting a nuanced understanding of its impact on both the developing and developed countries. Furthermore, this book delves into the political dimensions of globalization including power dynamics, governance structures, international relations etc. Moreover, this book also addresses the socio-cultural aspects of globalization investing its impact on religion, identity, culture, gender, social movements. Through a series of thought-provoking analysis and insightful discussions, this book will attract the readers to critically engage with the topic of globalization and its opportunities and challenges. It will further definitely be an indispensable resource for academicians, scholars, students, policymakers and anyone who has an interest in understanding globalization in the present scenario.

This book reveals the inside track on the making of Terminal 5: the courage, the ground-breaking management thinking and the many lessons learnt from the leaders, the client and integrated supply chain teams, - involving over 50,000 people from 20,000 companies - which led to the successful delivery of this mega project on time, on budget, and safely. Love or hate Heathrow we can’t ignore it! An economic power house for the UK, 155,000 earn their living from it and 68 million of us pass through it each year. Two decades of the planning, design, construction and opening of Terminal 5 has resulted in a gateway that Heathrow can be proud of. Faced with the risk of opening a year late, being a billion overspent, since Sir John Egan in the early 1990s, BAA, stakeholders and supplier partners have been grappling with Terminal 5`s challenges. The result? £4.3 billion of design and construction delivered on time, to budget and safely is to be commended given the industry statistics but the acid test will now be the quality of the 30 million passengers experience and the operating costs that have been left to stand the test of time. Sharon Doherty is HR and organisational effectiveness director for Heathrow airport and Terminal 5. Sharon has previously worked in consultancy, financial services and retail. Her specialism is people and change. 2002 to the end 2007 she was accountable for the approach to people management and organisational change on Terminal 5.

Cristiane Souza Gonçalves vem, há tempos, contribuindo para atenuar a carência de estudos profissionais e bem--feitos sobre patrimônio cultural. Pesquisadora brilhante, que une teoria e prática com magistral desempenho, ela produziu este livro que marcou sua estreia como autora, e que agora recebe nova publicação pela Editora Unifesp. Esta obra, que se tornou referência nos estudos sobre patri mônio e que, agora, certamente alcançará novas gerações de estudiosos, é dedicada à compreensão das ações seminais de restauro em São Paulo pelo iphan. Para sua produção, originalmente sua dissertação de mestrado em Arquitetura e Urbanismo apresenta da à fau-usp, Cristiane Gonçalves não poupou esforços, lançando-se a atividades múltiplas em busca de dados, fontes e explicações sobre os caminhos do restauro em terras paulistas, muitas vezes alheios ao ambiente internacional desse campo. Extremamente bem redigido, com peças gráficas originais,fotografias preciosas e análises perspicazes, este livro é bibliografia fundamental para qualquer estudioso do ambiente cultural no país. Mais do que isso, porém, é um presente metodológico aos interessados pela análise histórica da nossa instituição federal de preservação.

The importance of freehand drawing for educating architects is often underestimated. However, this craft is essential for any designer. The act of drawing shows you how to see and observe. It helps develop spatial imagination. A design idea can be quickly and easily clarified and displayed in only a few strokes. The sketch in perspective is vital in design presentations whether at the design academy or in meetings with contractors - every architect needs to master this craft. Basics Freehand Drawing explains step-by-step how to develop a perspective drawing from the initial structure of the image to various drawing techniques and use of color. It also shows in numerous color illustrations different drawing techniques and examples of presenting perspective drawings of buildings, interiors, and details.

This book tells you everything you need to know about international construction: the companies, their markets, the types of projects they build, how they compete and operate and how it affects us all. It paints a comprehensive portrait of an overlooked global business that generates a major portion of the GDP in every developed nation. As with any mature sector, countries make efforts to export their expertise, but the competition in construction is fierce, and the risks are many. Only the leanest and meanest survive. What, then, does it take to win? Most writing on construction focuses at the project-management level or even more narrowly at the level of technical performance. This book presents the big picture; it tells you what successful international construction companies do to stay in the game and thrive. The book examines international construction through three lenses. The first is theory. The body of existing knowledge on construction is here brought together, condensed and explained. The second are the actors. The companies that lead the way in global construction are showcased, and the features that make countries desirable hosts are appraised. Finally, what is it that firms actually do? This last part delves into the various strategic approaches taken by 60 construction firms in carving out and defending an overseas market niche. The insights provide guidance on how global construction companies develop competitive advantage and stay resilient in the face of a mercurial global economy. These lessons will be of interest to the student and manager alike.

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This book comprises the select proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Formal Methods in Architecture (6FMA), A Coruña 2022. The contents focus on the use of methodologies, especially those that have witnessed recent developments stemming from mathematical and computer sciences and are developed in a collaborative way with architecture and related fields. This book constitutes a contribution to the debate and to the introduction of new methodologies and tools in the mentioned fields that derive from the application of formal methods in the creation of new explicit languages for problem-solving in architecture and urbanism. Some of the themes in the book are CAD and BIM, mixed realities, photogrammetry and 3D scan, architectural design automation, urban and building performance analysis, SCAVA-space configuration, accessibility and visibility analysis. This book proves a valuable resource for those in academia and industry.

David Chadderton's Air Conditioning is the complete introduction and reference guide for students and practitioners of air conditioning design, installation and maintenance. The scientific principles involved are introduced with the help of case studies and exercises, and downloadable spreadsheets help you work through important calculations. New chapters on peak summertime air temperature in buildings without cooling systems, air duct acoustic calculations and air conditioning system cost enhance the usefulness to design engineers. Case studies are created from real life data, including PROBE post-occupancy reports, relating all of the theoretical explanations to current practice. Trends and recent applications in lowering energy use by air conditioning are also addressed, keeping the reader informed of the latest sustainable air conditioning technologies. Over 75 multiple choice questions will help the reader check on their progress. Covering both tropical and temperate climates, this is the ideal book for those learning about the basic principles of air conditioning, seeking to understand the latest technological developments, or maintaining a successful HVAC practice anywhere in the world.

Construction is one of the largest and most people-intensive industrial sectors. In many countries, however, construction is also one of the most highly criticized in terms of its employment practices and industrial relations. People and culture are too often seen as variables that must be manipulated in the cause of improved productivity. This important new work provides an essential corrective to the current literature by focusing on people and culture rather than sector efficiency. It presents the latest thinking from a diversity of perspectives derived from a major ESRC seminar series and invited contributions from leading researchers. Its interdisciplinary approach draws together industry and research and is international in its relevance. Through several multidisciplinary themes, People and Culture in Construction: explores the industry's labour market and the major influences on employment patterns examines how to improve the image and reality of the construction sector as an employer looks at the forces shaping the industry and implications for its stability considers the current composition of the workforce and the potential impacts of workforce diversification analyzes the impact of government targets and policies on construction working practices and culture investigates how to address the skills shortfall currently affecting the industry's performance.

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One distinct feature of human society since the dawn of civilization is the systematic use of inorganic building materials, such as natural stone, unburnt and burnt soil, adobe and brick, inorganic binders like lime and cement, and reinforced concrete. Our heritage has cultural, architectural and technological value and preserving such structures is a key issue today. Planners and conservation scientists need detailed site surveys and analyses to create a database that will serve to guide subsequent actions. One factor in this knowledge base is an understanding of how historic materials were prepared and the crucial properties that influence their long-term behaviour. Any assessment of the way such materials perform must crucially be based on an understanding of the methods used for their analysis. The editors here add to the knowledge base treating the materials used in historic structures, their properties, technology of use and conservation, and their performance in a changing environment. The book draws together 18 chapters dealing with the inorganic materials used in historic structures, such as adobe, brick, stone, mortars, concrete and plasters. The approach is complex, covering material characterisation as well as several case studies of historic structures from Europe, including Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia and Spain, and the My Sõn Temples in Vietnam. An equally important component of the book covers the analysis of materials, together with a treatment of sustainable development, such as the protection of monuments from earthquakes and climate change. The authors are all leading international experts, drawn from a variety of backgrounds: architecture, civil engineering, conservation science, geology and material science, with close links to professional organisations such as ICOMOS or universities and research centres throughout Europe. Audience: This book will be of interest to geologists, engineers, restorers, consulting engineers, designers and other professionals dealing with cultural heritage and sustainable development. Also graduate students in applied geo-science (mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology), architecture and civil engineering will find interesting information in this book.

“A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward.”—Jon Stewart NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • “Engaging.”—Mayor Pete Buttigieg, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn’t seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together and find common purpose. But how, exactly, can this be done? In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, churches, and parks where crucial connections are formed. Interweaving his own research with examples from around the globe, Klinenberg shows how “social infrastructure” is helping to solve some of our most pressing societal challenges. Richly reported and ultimately uplifting, Palaces for the People offers a blueprint for bridging our seemingly unbridgeable divides. LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION “Just brilliant!”—Roman Mars, 99% Invisible “The aim of this sweeping work is to popularize the notion of ‘social infrastructure'—the ‘physical places and organizations that shape the way people interact'. . . . Here, drawing on research in urban planning, behavioral economics, and environmental psychology, as well as on his own fieldwork from around the world, [Eric Klinenberg] posits that a community’s resilience correlates strongly with the robustness of its social infrastructure. The numerous case studies add up to a plea for more investment in the spaces and institutions (parks, libraries, childcare centers) that foster mutual support in civic life.”—The New Yorker “Palaces for the People—the title is taken from the Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s description of the hundreds of libraries he funded—is essentially a calm, lucid exposition of a centuries-old idea, which is really a furious call to action.”—New Statesman “Clear-eyed . . . fascinating.”—Psychology Today

يهدف هذا الكتاب لتحديد تصور واضح لمفهوم المسكن المستدام وفق منظور شمولي متكامل مع اختلاف الظروف البيئية والحضارية وبما يزيد من اهتمام المعماريين والمخططين بأهمية الاستدامة كأحد أهم الإستراتيجيات في التخطيط والبناء في الوطن العربي، وعلى ضوء ذلك فإن هذا الكتاب يمثل خطوة نحو وضع سياسات تنمية مستدامة للحافظ على الموارد الطبيعية وإيجاد تشريعات وقوانين بناء وتطوير ما هو موجود منها بما يشجع على التوجه نحو العمارة المستدامة والحفاظ على البيئة خاصة في مجال السكن المستدام.

A Complete Guide to Building and Maintaining Green Roofs Written by an industry expert in green roof design and installation, this GreenSource book presents all of the information you need to skillfully design, construct, and maintain green roofs. You will find a wealth of practical details gathered through real-world implementations and independent research. Green Roof Construction and Maintenance explains how to design a green roof, plan for irrigation and drainage, select and place soil and plants, and maintain the entire setup. The book also discusses return on investment, LEED design specifications, and the myriad short- and long-term environmental benefits of green roofs. Filled with step-by-step illustrations and full-color photographs, this is a valuable, hands-on guide to a rapidly emerging trend in the sustainability movement. Green Roof Construction and Maintenance includes: Key questions to ask at each stage of the green building process Tested tips and techniques for successful structural design Construction methods for new and existing buildings Information on insulation, drainage, detailing, irrigation, and plant selection Details on optimal soil formulation Illustrations featuring various stages of construction Best practices for green roof maintenance A survey of environmental benefits, including evapo-transpiration, storm-water management, habitat restoration, and improvement of air quality Tips on the LEED design and certification process Considerations for assessing return on investment Color photographs of successfully installed green roofs Useful checklists, tables, and charts

Why does live performance continue to engage us? In a world saturated with recorded entertainment, we seek out the intimacy and immediacy of live music and theater. What is the relationship between design and the experiences, perceptions, and memories it engenders? At its best, architecture, a collection of elements - some apparent, some hidden - shapes and intensifies the process and experience of performance. Set Pieces pairs the words of leading artists and critics with details showcasing the design and inner workings from projects by Diamond Schmitt Architects for some of the world’s most remarkable performing-arts buildings. The book provides an immersive study of fifteen design elements that enhance and transform the perception of performance - and evoke experiences that surpass visual understanding. In-depth documentations of David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, Theater an de Parade, Hertogenbosch, National Arts Centre, Ottawa and others A photo essay looks at the backstage world of these famous halls Exploration of the unique typology of performing arts buildings from various angles

This book presents a new method for solving geomechanical problems – one that explicitly takes into account deformation and fractures of soils, which create important effects, but are neglected in classical approaches. The method reveals the influence of the form of a structure on its ultimate state. The entire approach takes into account five types of physical as well as geometrical non-linearity, and highlights the simplicity of some non-linear computations against the consequently linear ones.

The Scattering of Light and other Electromagnetic Radiation covers the theory of electromagnetic scattering and its practical applications to light scattering. This book is divided into 10 chapters that particularly present examples of practical applications to light scattering from colloidal and macromolecular systems. The opening chapters survey the physical concept of electromagnetic waves and optics. The subsequent chapters deal with the theory of scattering by spheres and infinitely long cylinders. These topics are followed by discussions on the application of light scattering to the determination of the size distribution of colloidal particles. The last chapters are devoted to the Rayleigh-Debye scattering and the scattering by liquids, as well as the concept of anisotropy. These chapters also describe the effect upon light scattering of partial orientation of anisotropic particles in electrical and magnetic fields and in viscous flow. This book is of value to physical chemists and physical chemistry researchers, teachers, and students.

While many people practice yoga simply because it helps them feel good, the physiological basis for yoga’s effects on the body and mind is often unknown or misunderstood. Understanding these physiological concepts can help to deepen your yoga practice. The Physiology of Yoga separates speculation from fact by examining how the body responds and adapts to yoga within many systems of the body: musculoskeletal, nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, endocrine, reproductive, and digestive. Straightforward explanations guide you in sorting through conflicting information about what yoga really can help you achieve and in evaluating whether certain yoga methods provide benefits to any or all of those systems. You can experiment with concepts through Try It Yourself sidebars, which focus on mindful movement, meditation, and breathing. The 14 Myth or Fact sidebars explore popular claims about yoga, such as whether a shoulder stand can stimulate the thyroid or if twists can detoxify the liver. You’ll get the most current research to determine the validity of various claims so you can avoid practices that could be harmful or counterproductive and can decide for yourself what works for your practice. Finally, experience firsthand how yoga affects your physiology by exploring specific yoga poses and four sequences. Each sequence explains which of the physiological principles from the earlier chapters may be most prevalent in that sequence. With The Physiology of Yoga, you or your students can navigate all the conflicting views and opinions about the impact of yoga and learn to practice yoga while fully enjoying the benefits of mindful movement.

Winner of the 2017 IDEC Book Award, 2017 EDRA Great Places Award (Book Category), 2017 American Society of Interior Designers Joel Polsky Prize and the 2016 International Interior Design Association TXOK Research Award Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders explains the influence of the natural and man-made environment on individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other forms of intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD). Drawing on the latest research in the fields of environmental psychology and education, the authors show you how architecture and interior spaces can positively influence individuals with neurodiversities by modifying factors such as color, lighting, space organization, textures, acoustics, and ventilation. Now you can design homes, therapeutic environments, work environments, and outdoor spaces to encourage growth and learning for the projected 500,000 children with ASD (in the United States alone) who are expected to reach adulthood by 2024. Topics discussed include: -Environmental design theories -Symptoms of ASD -Sensory processing deficits -Design needs of individuals on the spectrum at all ages -Design methods and solutions for spaces, including residential, learning, work, and therapeutic environments encompassing a wide range of budgets -Designing for self-actualization, well-being, and a high quality of life for the duration of an individual's life -Avenues for healthy living and aging in place -Biophilic design -Environmental impact on well-being -Strategies to promote active living as an integral part of the welfare focus.

Looks at fifty-five fundamental poses from an anatomical perspective to describe their function in the practice of hatha yoga.

Although researchers have long been aware that the species-typical architecture of the human mind is the product of our evolutionary history, it has only been in the last three decades that advances in such fields as evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and paleoanthropology have made the fact of our evolution illuminating. Converging findings from a variety of disciplines are leading to the emergence of a fundamentally new view of the human mind, and with it a new framework for the behavioral and social sciences. First, with the advent of the cognitive revolution, human nature can finally be defined precisely as the set of universal, species-typical information-processing programs that operate beneath the surface of expressed cultural variability. Second, this collection of cognitive programs evolved in the Pleistocene to solve the adaptive problems regularly faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors--problems such as mate selection, language acquisition, cooperation, and sexual infidelity. Consequently, the traditional view of the mind as a general-purpose computer, tabula rasa, or passive recipient of culture is being replaced by the view that the mind resembles an intricate network of functionally specialized computers, each of which imposes contentful structure on human mental organization and culture. The Adapted Mind explores this new approach--evolutionary psychology--and its implications for a new view of culture.

The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"—metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.

This anthology provides a unique collection of articles on classic grounded theory, as developed by sociologist Dr. Barney G. Glaser. Organized in four sections, teaching grounded theory, techniques, history and philosophy, and advanced approaches, the 19 chapters fill gaps and correct misunderstandings about the method. Chapters on the merits of classic grounded theory over other versions, the historical and philosophical influences on the method, and advice for Ph.D. students doing classic grounded theory dissertations will be useful to novice and experienced researchers. How-to chapters on the use of focus groups, online interviews, and video for data collection expand data possibilities, while articles on formal theory, software, and testing concepts with structural equation modeling will challenge the more experienced. Essays on Glaser as a teacher, as well as a biographical interview in which he discusses his life philosophy and, for the first time, the influence of psychoanalysis on grounded theory, round out the picture of Glaser as mentor and man. The book's contributors, from nine countries and as many disciplines, all studied grounded theory with Glaser.

We have written this book as a guide to the design and analysis of field studies of resource selection, concentrating primarily on statistical aspects of the comparison of the use and availability of resources of different types. Our intended audience is field ecologists in general and, in particular, wildlife and fisheries biologists who are attempting to measure the extent to which real animal populations are selective in their choice of food and habitat. As such, we have made no attempt to address those aspects of theoretical ecology that are concerned with how animals might choose their resources if they acted in an optimal manner. The book is based on the concept of a resource selection function (RSF), where this is a function of characteristics measured on resourceunits such that its value for a unit is proportional to the probability of that unit being used. We argue that this concept leads to a unified theory for the analysis and interpretation of data on resource selection and can replace many ad hoc statistical methods that have been used in the past.

The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe. Luis “Lue” Elizondo is a former senior intelligence official and special agent who was recruited into a strange and highly sensitive US Government program to investigate UAP incursions into sensitive military installations and air space. To accomplish his mission, Elizondo had to rely on decades of experience gained working some of America’s most sensitive and classified programs. Even then, he was not prepared for what he would learn, and the truth about the government’s long shadowy involvement in UAP investigations, and the lengths officials would take to keep them a secret. The stakes could not be higher. Imminent is a first-hand, revelatory account inside the Pentagon’s most closely guarded secret and a call to action to confront humanity’s greatest existential questions.

Held in Prague, August 31-September 6, 1971

The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.

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