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Second poetry work by Bebe Oliver exploring love and loss.
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Fantasy, Romance
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Welcome to the spicy sequel of Shadowed Moonlight, the urban romantasy series filled with witches and werewolves.Kane and Briar are…
back . . . but so is the danger.Briar and Kane have solved Cambria's murder, but the trouble keeps coming: Briar's stepfather was the one pulling their strings all along. Now he's compelling her to protect his secrets while he uses her as a pawn in his torturous game.Torn between her stepfather's commands and her own heart, Briar struggles with her new role as her coven's second. And with Kane as Alpha of the Northern Pack, duty threatens to rip them apart.Then Kane's old flame reappears, igniting Briar's jealousy and throwing another wrench into their suddenly complicated relationship.With secrets, suspicions, and powerful forces working to tear them apart, can Kane and Briar weather this storm?READERS LOVE IT'An unforgettable urban romantasy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A compelling blend of mystery and romance' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book had me on my KNEES' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The romance was incredible had me audibly squealing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A gritty urban fantasy that will sink its claws into you from page one' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Law and crime biography, Journals and memoirs, European history, True crime
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A mother's fight to bring her daughter's killer, Christopher Halliwell, to justice'I have lived every parent's worst nightmare. On what…
would have been my daughter's 29th birthday, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher knocked on the door and told me my beautiful Becky was dead. Found buried in a shallow grave in a remote field, Becky had been brutally murdered.'When Becky Godden-Edwards was killed, her mother Karen awoke to a world where the truth was never guaranteed; where taxi driver Christopher Halliwell got away with murder and the police officer who found her daughter was punished instead. This is Karen's story. Despite unimaginable tragedy, her love for her daughter has been unbreakable: from her despair through Becky's troubled teenage years, to the agonising eight years when Becky was missing, and then the dramatic story of how a killer's confession led to a terrible discovery. The one constant has been Karen's determination to fight for Becky, tirelessly campaigning for the truth about what happened to be heard and for Halliwell to face the consequences of his evil actions. *The murders of Becky Godden-Edwards and Sian O'Callaghan will soon be the focus of major new ITV series A Confession starring Martin Freeman as Stephen Fulcher and Imelda Staunton as Karen Edwards*
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Dinosaurs, Science and technology
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How scientists are unravelling one of the most tantalizing questions in paleontologyOur understanding of dinosaur behavior has long been hampered…
by the inevitable lack of evidence from animals that went extinct more than sixty-five million years ago and whose daily behaviors are rarely reflected by the fossil record. Today, with the discovery of new specimens and the development of new and cutting-edge techniques, paleontologists are making major advances in reconstructing how dinosaurs lived and acted. Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior provides an unparalleled look at this emerging field of science, presenting the latest findings on dinosaur behavior and explaining how researchers interpret the often minimal and even conflicting information available to them.David Hone begins by introducing readers to the fundamentals of dinosaur biology, diversity, and evolution, and goes on to describe behaviors across the whole range of species and groups, from feeding and communication to reproduction, sociality, and combat. Speculation about dinosaur behavior goes back to the earliest scientific studies of these &“terrible lizards.&” Hone traces how pioneering science is opening a window into prehistoric life as never before, and discusses future directions of research in this thrilling and rapidly growing area of paleontology.Written by one of the world&’s leading dinosaur experts and featuring accurate color recreations by paleoartist Gabriel Ugueto along with a wealth of photos and diagrams, Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior is a foundational work on the subject and an invaluable reference for anyone interested in these amazing creatures.
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Animals and wildlife, Nature, Philosophy, Religion, Science and technology
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This open access book offers a comprehensive understanding of yoga theory and practice as it bears on several dimensions of…
animal-related ethical reflection and action. "Yoga" has become a household word in recent decades and, increasingly, has drawn physical yoga practitioners to explore its philosophy; significantly, classical yoga philosophy and praxis are deeply grounded in realizing the self in relation with all beings as non-material selves. Therefore yoga provides an ideal entry-way into contemporary animal ethics discourse, contributing particularly in its appeal to the experiential dimension of human self-understanding in relation to nonhuman animals.
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Philosophy, Politics and government, Psychology, Law and crime
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This book examines the cyber terrorist offender through social and biological theories. It critiques how traditional criminology theory falls short when applied to…
cyber-terrorism. Using a four-fold lens, it takes into analytical consideration a cluster of psychological, social, genetic and neurological variables. It uses multiple examples to show how this approach can be applied to selected aspects of cyber terrorism, including definitions of terrorism per se, forms of cyber terrorism, examples of counter terrorism and attempts to combat cyber terrorism, and the possible motivations for cyber terrorism. This Genetic-Social approach seeks to ‘build bridges’ between the biological and social sciences, providing an ontologically-flexible, more integrationalist conceptualisation of the phenomena of cyber terrorism. It includes a chapter explaining how the post-Covid era has changed the playing field in a way that advantages cyber-terrorists and it also discusses a blueprint for a potential predictive model of cyber terrorism.
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Computers and internet
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Algorithmic Aspects of Cloud Computing, ALGOCLOUD 2024, held in…
London, UK, during September 2024. The 9 full papers and 1 short paper presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions.They focus on various topics in the emerging area of algorithmic aspects of Computing and data management in modern Cloud-based systems.
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Business and economics, Computers and internet, General non-fiction
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This book presents peer-reviewed short papers on methodological and applied statistical research presented at the Italian Statistical Society&’s international conference…
on &“Statistics for Innovation&”, SIS 2025, held in Genoa, Italy, June 16-18, 2025. It is the first of four volumes, featuring invited contributions presented in the Plenary, Specialized and Solicited Sessions. Providing a comprehensive overview of innovations in modern statistical methods and applications, the volumes address a large number of topics of current interest, contributing to a rapid dissemination of quantitative methods for data analysis across the various fields of scientific research and social life. The volumes underpin the role of statistics and data science in fostering innovation in numerous fields, including business, industry, finance, technology, environment, health and medicine, official statistics, public policy, welfare, social issues and sustainable development. One of the aims of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) is to promote scientific activities for the development of statistical sciences. Together with the biennial international Scientific Meeting, the intermediate international statistical conferences on a particular topic of interest represent the Society&’s most important events which bring together national and international researchers and professionals to exchange ideas and discuss recent advances and developments in theoretical and applied statistics.
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Biography, Food and drink, History
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A revelatory history of the vast tequila empire born from the fires of the Mexican Revolution. At the dawn of…
the twentieth century, José Cuervo inherited his family’s humble distillery, La Rojeña, in the Tequila Valley. Within a decade, he had transformed it into a complex national enterprise that would become Mexico’s leading producer of tequila. Cuervo grew his kingdom of agave by acquiring thousands of acres of estates throughout the valley; he brought electricity and a railroad line to Tequila, so he could reach drinkers across the country. But when the Mexican Revolution erupted, a charge of treason and a death threat against him by Pancho Villa forced Cuervo to flee. His disappearance turned him into an obscure, shadowy historical figure—despite having one of the most famous names in Mexican history. In Tequila Wars, award-winning author Ted Genoways restores Cuervo to his place as a key player in Mexico’s formative period. Before the revolution, Cuervo’s acclaim spread worldwide, and once war broke out, Cuervo remained an impresario, kingmaker, and cultural force. In the face of his own government’s corruption and the nationalism of his northern neighbors, Cuervo reached American drinkers by establishing Mexico’s covert form of cross-border commerce with the United States. As the largest and most important distilleries in the Tequila Valley recognized the threat posed by Mexico’s unraveling, Cuervo also lobbied for suspending normal competition in favor of “a union of tequila makers”—what would become the first Mexican cartel. With extensive original research, including access to the secret archives of the Cuervo and Sauza families, Genoways follows the violent, unpredictable, and hugely profitable world of tequila through the story of its most successful maker. The first biography of Cuervo, Tequila Wars uncovers the history of the man who would forever change not only the business of tequila, but international relations between Mexico and the United States.
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Business and economics
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of corporate reputation, aiming to enhance understanding, management processes, and measurement methods associated with…
this crucial concept. By integrating perspectives from various disciplines such as strategic management, organizational theory, and accounting, the book presents a holistic framework for both enhancing and safeguarding corporate reputation. The book explores essential processes such as creating, acquiring, protecting, and repairing reputational capital, employing a stock and flow model to establish a robust framework for reputation management. Furthermore, the book studies the role of corporate communication and voluntary disclosure in establishing trust and credibility with stakeholders. It provides actionable strategies for reputational risk management and crisis management, emphasizing the critical importance of swift and transparent communication in safeguarding and restoring reputational capital. By addressing stakeholder-specific dynamics and offering detailed guidelines on reputation management, the book underscores the necessity of tailored efforts to meet the unique needs and concerns of diverse stakeholder groups. Designed for scholars, practitioners, business leaders, and students in business and management disciplines, this book aims to deepen their understanding of the strategic importance of corporate reputation.
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Computers and internet, General non-fiction, Sports and games
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Dieses Fachbuch zeigt als eine der ersten deutschsprachigen Buchpublikationen in einer umfassenden Übersicht, wie künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und maschinelles Lernen…
(ML) im Kontext der sportwissenschaftlichen Forschung und Praxis zum Einsatz kommen. Neben den Grundlagen der KI und des ML werden verschiedene Anwendungen beschrieben, darunter selbstlernende Algorithmen zur Analyse von Bewegungsmustern von Athleten und intelligente Wearables, die Echtzeitdaten liefern. Durch die Integration von Big Data können Spielergebnisse, Fitnessparameter und individuelle Leistungen eingehend analysiert werden, was zu neuen Entwicklungen in der Forschung führt. Von der Leistungsanalyse bis hin zur Verletzungsprävention und personalisierten Trainingsmethoden bieten sich vielfältige Möglichkeiten für zukünftige Forschung und Praxis. Mehr als 25 Expertinnen und Experten tragen dazu bei, das große Themenspektrum von KI und ML abzubilden und den neuesten Forschungsstand prägnant zusammenzufassen. Hierbei werden in übergeordneten Buchsektionen verschiedene Themenkomplexe geclustert, darunter allgemeine Grundlagen, Metriken im Mannschaftssport, Metriken in Individualsportarten und Anwendungen in der Sportwissenschaft. In einem Ausblick werden zudem ethische Fragestellungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Einsatz von KI und ML im Sport sowie deren verantwortungsbewusste Anwendung behandelt. Insgesamt erhalten Fachkräfte und Forschende mit Bezug zur Sportinformatik, Sporttechnologie, Trainingswissenschaft und Sportmedizin ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk mit praxisnahen Beispielen zu einem innovativen Forschungsgebiet.
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Fantasy, Ghost and horror stories, Suspense and thrillers
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this ambitious, rich vampire novel of vision and power, the indomitable vampire hero, Lestat de Lioncourt, returns ...…
caught up in an urgent and fundamental quest to understand the origins of the Undead and the deeper meanings of existence for both mortals and immortals.&“In my dreams, I saw a city fall into the sea . . . And all the world was shaken . . .&”Now Lestat, Prince of the vast tribe of the undead, finds himself at war with a strange, ancient, otherworldly form that has somehow taken possession of his immortal body and spirit, and it is through this perilous and profound struggle that we come to be told the hypnotic tale of a great sea power of ancient times: a mysterious heaven on earth situated on a boundless continent in the Atlantic Ocean.As we learn of the mighty, resonant powers and perfections of this lost kingdom of Atalantaya, the lost realms of Atlantis, we come to understand how and why the vampire Lestat, indeed all the vampires, must reckon so many millennia later with the terrifying force of this ageless, all-powerful Atalantaya spirit. An exhilarating novel that deepens Rice&’s vampire mythology as it brings together the ancient worlds and beings of the Vampire Chronicles and opens up to us a whole new universe of characters, history, storytelling, and legend.
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Ghost and horror stories, Science fiction, Suspense and thrillers
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#1 BESTSELLER • NOW A PARAMOUNT+ LIMITED SERIES • Stephen King&’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an…
elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting—and eerily plausible—as when it was first published. One of The Atlantic&’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years! This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition.A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world&’s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious &“Dark Man,&” who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity."A master storyteller."—Los Angeles Times
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Computers and internet, General non-fiction, Science and technology
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This book consists of chapters that present the state-of-the-art research and applications of Virtual & Augmented Reality Technology-enhanced Learning (VARTeL).…
The chapters of the book present a multi-facet view on different approaches to deal with challenges that surround the uptake of educational applications of mixed reality, simulations, and serious games in various practices. The different approaches highlight challenges and potential solutions and provide future directions for mixed reality, simulation, and serious games research, for the design of learning material and for implementation. By doing so, the book is a useful resource for both students and scholars interested in research in this field, for designers of learning material, and for practitioners that want to embrace mixed reality, simulation, and/or serious games in their education.
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Business and economics
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Der vorliegende Band enthält drei sich einander ergänzende Studien zur Praxis der Kapitalmarktkommunikation (Investor Relations). Neben einem knapp gefassten Überblick…
über das Berufsfeld selbst wird die Qualität der finanziellen Berichterstattung dargestellt und danach auf das bisher noch in der Entwicklung steckende Feld der Ermittlung und Messung nichtfinanzieller Leistungsindikatoren eingegangen; im Weiteren, wie Unternehmen ihre Position am Kapitalmarkt darstellen sowie welche Ziele sich die Kapitalmarktkommunikation selbst setzt. Die von den Autoren über die Jahre hinweg zusammengetragenen Zitate aus den jährlichen Geschäfts- und Nachhaltigkeitsberichten spiegelt die Sicht der jeweiligen Unternehmen wider. Sie haben teilweise auffällige Gemeinsamkeiten, differieren jedoch abhängig von Branche, Markstellung und Aktionärsstruktur.
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Computers and internet, General non-fiction
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The evolving landscape of technology has presented numerous opportunities for addressing some of the most critical challenges in high-stakes domains…
such as medicine, law, and finance. These fields, where the stakes are exceptionally high, have increasingly turned to Natural Language Processing (NLP) to manage, interpret, and utilize vast amounts of unstructured linguistic data. The complexities and subtleties inherent in human language pose significant challenges in these sectors, where precision and clarity are paramount. Misinterpretation or ambiguity can lead to far-reaching consequences, making the need for advanced NLP techniques crucial. This book aims to bridge the gap between state-of-the-art NLP technologies and their practical applications in medicine, law, and finance. By focusing on the specific challenges and advancements within these sectors, the publication intends to highlight innovative approaches, methodologies, and technologies that are shaping the future of NLP. It discusses the integration of NLP with other technological advancements, the development of new tools and techniques, and the ethical considerations involved in deploying NLP solutions in high-stakes domains. Moreover, the book provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to share their experiences, insights, and research findings. Through comprehensive reviews, case studies, and empirical research, it covers a range of topics including but not limited to handling uncertainty in clinical notes, approaches for dealing with ambiguity in legal documents, sentiment analysis in financial markets, and ethical considerations in the use of NLP for sensitive data.
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Physics, Science and technology
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This book is divided into 12 chapters, including introduction, multi-aperture transmit/receive technology in turbulent atmosphere, channel model and channel capacity,…
orthogonal space-time block coding, layered space-time coding, hybrid space-time coding, space-time trellis coding, differential space-time coding, unitary space-time coding, adaptive layered space-time coding, performance analysis of indoor MIMO-VLC system, and detection algorithm of MIMO technology. The key technologies of wireless optical MIMO systems are introduced, and the basic framework of space-time coding of wireless optical MIMO systems is proposed.
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Computers and internet, Science and technology
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This book includes peer reviews articles from the First International Conference on Engineering Structures (ICES2024), held at Guangzhou, China, on…
8-11 November 2024. The conference is an international multi-disciplinary forum for scientists and engineers to disseminate the latest innovations and achievements, discuss current trends and emerging issues in structural engineering and structural mechanics communities, and promote information exchange within multidisciplinary field. The book focuses on new developments and innovative applications of structural and mechanics principles and digital technologies for the analysis and design of engineering structures.
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Computers and internet, Science and technology
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This book is about the Arduino microcontroller and the Arduino concept. The visionary Arduino represented a new innovation in microcontroller…
hardware in 2005, the concept of open source hardware, making a broad range of computing accessible for all. This book, &“Arduino VIII: Portenta Machine Control,&” is an accessible primer on industrial control and programmable logic controller concepts for those without a deep instrumentation background. An understanding of basic circuit theory is an appropriate prerequisite for the book. The three main goals for the book are: explore accessible Arduino Portenta Machine Control industrial control products; learn the fundamentals of programming using ladder logic; and explore related sensors and interface concepts. We use multiple examples throughout the book and conclude with an instrumented greenhouse project.
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General non-fiction, Writing, Politics and government
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Der vorliegende Band befasst sich mit der Definition, Geschichte und Bedeutung alternativer Medien für die Gesellschaft. Dabei wird insbesondere den…
folgenden Fragen nachgegangen: Wie gelingt eine Abgrenzung zu etablierten Medien? Welche Rolle spielen alternative Medien beim Aufstieg des Rechtspopulismus? Und sind sie Ausdruck einer pluralistischen Medienlandschaft oder gefährden sie womöglich die Demokratie?