A compact, easy-to-carry reference guide packed with essential tips, techniques, and practical knowledge for artists of all levels and abilitiesQuick and clever tips together with practice projects will bring more life, soul and detail to your workA go-to resource for the studio, the book covers everything you need: from color mixing and brush strokes to composition tips and material essentialsCrammed with quick-reference tables, practice ...

Cali's pregnancy should be a blessing. Instead, it's a death sentence.A sea witch's bargain has accelerated her baby's growth - and claimed the child as payment. In mere days, Cali will give birth. And the moment she does, Undine Daray will take her daughter and sacrifice her in a ritual that will plunge the world into darkness. Bae would burn kingdoms to the ground before he'd let that happen. But with Cali's life magically tied to Undine's, there's no way to kill...

Exploratory Data Analysis Using R provides a classroom-tested introduction to exploratory data analysis (EDA), and this revised edition is accompanied by the R package ExploreTheData that implements many of the approaches described. As before, the primary focus of the book is on identifying "interesting" features - good, bad, and ugly - in a dataset, why it is important to find them, how to treat them, and more generally, the use of R to explore and explain datasets and the analys...

This book explores how emerging technologies are reshaping the landscape of higher education quality assurance. Focused on educator preparation programs (EPPs), this timely volume examines how AI tools can transform data-driven decision-making, streamline accreditation processes, and promote institutional equity and accountability.Written by accreditation experts, the book moves beyond technical explanations to address the human dimensions of AI-ethics, fairness, transparency, and ...

Acclaimed author P. O’Connell Pearson tells the inspiring story of the trailblazing women of the Progressive movement and their work that led to political, economic, and social change that impacts us to this very day in this nonfiction middle grade book.A country torn apart. A staggering gulf between rich and poor. Rampant inequality. The United States in the 1800s sounds a lot like it does today. But the actions taken by everyday citizens back then can empower us ...

Seventeen emerging and established authors from around the world reimagined clocks and wove them into beautiful speculative and dark stories.As you move from one narrative to the next, you'll find yourself lost in fog, grasping at a young love, risking it all to save a dying world. Pages will swallow you whole as you slip through time, challenge what it means to live, and create an automaton. With poignant representations of queerness, disability and mental health issues, grief, lo...

'Twisty, crackling with tension and emotionally taut' Hannah Brennan, author of NO SAFE PLACEWhen Aaron arrives on the Isle of Wight to start afresh as a therapist, he discovers his new workplace is implicated in suspicion and tragedy. His predecessor, Victor, killed a patient and then himself - or so the police claim. But Alba, one of Victor's ex-patients, is convinced something else went on, and orders Aaron to uncover the truth.He seems to be reluctantly...

'My favourite kind of grand space opera'BEN AARONOVITCHTrapped inside the mysterious Order of Legends, Asha is struggling to become the hero that the hundred worlds need. Her sister is dead, her mother won't wake up, Obi is gone, and Xavior keeps visiting her dreams.Unable to reach through the realm of heroes to summon the weapon that could change everything, she sets off to find the fabled gauntlet of Chasca, and meets new friends and old enemies......

History isn' t always made by those who are expected to lead. Connie and Marnie Howard know what it feels like to be on the sidelines: outdated books, mismatched cheer costumes, and the White kids sipping sodas while they watch from across the street. But when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.' s call for justice reaches Birmingham, Alabama, these young girls decide they will no longer wait for change— they will march. Their courage will challenge a city, a nation, and the world' s idea of who ha...

Inspired by the efforts of 1950s comic writer Alex Atkinson who wrote a travelogue about the USA without bothering to visit it, Harry Pearson embarks on an epic trip around the globe without leaving his office except for the obvious necessities (biscuits, lavatory breaks and removing an electrocuted mouse from inside the toaster).Using the Internet, he traverses an incredible virtual world where natural wonders are rendered all the more remarkable by the florid language of computer...

We tend to think we're in charge of our bodies. But beneath the surface lives a vast microbial world that shapes our health every single day. This is your microbiome - an inner metropolis so complex and influential that scientists are now linking its tiny decisions to cancer risk, autoimmune disease, inflammation and even brain function.In this pioneering book, Claire Pearson and Jethro Johnson, two world-leading researchers, delve into the latest scientific findings. In it, you'll...

Bring your data to life with the ultimate guide to Power BI, now featuring Microsoft Fabric, Copilot, and full-color visuals to make learning data modeling, storytelling, and dashboards easier and faster than everKey FeaturesGain data literacy and confidence using Power BI through beginner-friendly examplesLearn how to shape, clean, and model data using Power BI Desktop and Power Query -no prior experience requiredBuild vibrant, accurate report...