Haunted by blood. Driven by vengeance. Consumed by shadows.Dimitri lives for one purpose... to destroy Prism, the black-market organization that shattered his past. His hunt is merciless, his hands stained with the lives he's taken to get closer to his target. But when his obsession leads him to Serena, the only light in his darkness, everything changes.Serena is fire to his ice, an unexpected innocence tangled in danger. When Prism marks her as their next ...

The second book in a laugh-out-loud new series of hilarious, action-packed spy adventures from number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author, David Solomons. If you like James Bond with a dash of Johnny English, this is for you...It's winter at GoldenCliff Holiday Park. Adam's parents hope to pull in the Christmas crowds with their latest event. But something very strange has happened to the weather and, with temperatures soaring, Adam faces a holiday of mendi...

Biomedical Data Science: A Step-by-Step Guide to Analysis and Interpretation is a practical roadmap for transforming complex biomedical data into reliable insights. Designed for readers at the crossroads of biology, medicine, and computation, the book walks readers through the entire lifecycle of analysis, from formulating clear questions to designing robust studies, quantifying uncertainty, building and validating models, and interpreting results responsibly.Instead of overwhelmin...

Desmond and Andres confront a timely mischief-maker: an AI that’s a little too eager to help in the Ghost Patrol’s twenty-eighth adventure!Having scientists as parents has its perks. Like being the first to test out the top secret, cutting-edge AI that your parents have invented! At least, that’s what Andres thinks. But turns out this AI wants to do anything and everything, and it’s creeping into every corner of Andres’s life! Is there such a thing as bein...

Desmond and Andres get beamed up by aliens from outer space in this twenty-ninth installment of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!Wouldn’t it be cool to travel through outer space? You could see all the stars and planets way up close! But you know what’s not so cool? Traveling through space on a UFO full of creepy aliens…with no way of getting home! How can Desmond and Andres escape the out-of-this-world danger?With easy-to-read language and illustration...

A former Washington lobbyist tells all.Misadventures on K Street recounts Riva Levinson’s decade embedded with high-powered Washington lobbyists—Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly—from its rise in 1985 to its shuttering a decade later. At twenty-four years old, Riva was the lone woman in the room at a firm that operated as a privatized, rogue Department of State. While her partners pulled the strings from their offices on the Potomac, Riva was on the front lin...

An uncanny puppet has Desmond and Andres dancing to its tune in the Ghost Patrol’s thirtieth adventure!Lights, camera, terror! Who doesn’t love a puppet show? They’re silly and fun to watch. But what happens when a puppet starts running wild through the streets of Kersville? It’s up to the Ghost Patrol to pull a few strings and get it back on stage before the puppet show becomes a horror show!With easy-to-read language and illustra...

How to speak Spanish with just 12 minutes a day — even if you've tried before and nothing stuck.Are you interested in learning to speak Spanish but looking for the right teacher? Have you tried learning before, only to have none of it stick? Do you want to learn but feel like you don't have time to practice for an hour a day?Maybe you took Spanish in school, memorized word lists, and regurgitated phrases just to pass a test — and forgot it all soon after....

Have you always wanted to learn another language but never had the time or resources to take a class? Have you tried Spanish before, but nothing ever stuck? Do you love to travel and want to speak the local language when you visit new places?Rather than cramming information, this course teaches you how the language works through short, guided daily lessons that fit around your life.A 2012 article in the British Journal of General Practice reveals the power of building daily...

What if you could learn Spanish in small daily doses that finally stick, even if every past attempt fizzled out?You have wanted to speak Spanish for years. Maybe you bought the app, sat through a class, or tried to cram, and watched it all evaporate within weeks. The problem was never you. It was a method that dumped everything on you at once and expected fluency by Friday.You do not have hours a day to give, and you are tired of starting over with nothin...

It is the summer of 1936, the early months of the agonising civil war that engulfs Spain and shakes the rest of the world. In a prison in the pilgrim city of Santiago de Compostela, an artist sketches the famous porch of the cathedral, the Portico da Gloria. He uses a carpenter's pencil. But instead of reproducing the sculptured faces of the prophets and elders, he draws the faces of his fellow Republican prisoners.Many years later in post-Franco Spain, a survivor of that period, D...

Manuel Rivas delivers a literary masterpiece about three young friends growing up in a community which is bound by a conspiracy of silenceFins and Brinco are best friends, and they both adore the wild and beautiful Leda. The three young friends spend their days exploring the dunes and picking through the treasures that the sea washes on to the shores of Galicia. One day, as they are playing in the abandoned school on the edge of the village, they come across treasu...