A gothic fantasy debut steeped in vampires, prophecy, betrayal, and a second chance that comes with a deadly price.It begins with a storm, and a voice that answers when no one else will.When tragedy shatters Gary's life, something ancient listens. What it offers is not salvation, but a second chance that pulls him into a hidden world of dark magic and bloodbound legacies.In a realm where vampires rule behind masks of nobility and werewolves are bound by forgotten ri...

#PostWorkout is a book about TRANSFORMATION. In this book, Christopher Oliver also known as "Jolly B the Trainer," shares reflections, life lessons and experiences from his life journey that will inspire anyone who reads this book to grow!In this short but insightful book, readers and listeners will be able to reflect on the lessons learned from his short comings and be able to use his strategies and tools to help strengthen their own mind and bo...

In 1649, French colonizers greet the generous Carib people of Grenada with open arms—and secret orders for genocide. From the ashes of a massacre and a desperate, sacrificial leap from a cliff, a curse is born into the soil.Years later, enslaved Africans are brought to work the conquered land, their suffering a constant, brutal offering. With each lash of the whip, each act of defilement, a shadow gathers on Hill Piton, drinking their pain. It is a passive, growing hunger born of u...

A king's fury shakes a kingdom.A musician's song can calm the storm.A young woman's voice may change the fate of nations.When King Lazal of Tarzul rages at the birth of another daughter, the palace trembles beneath the weight of his despair. His dynasty is failing, his bloodline thinning, and the ancient laws meant to protect his people now threaten to unravel the realm. Only Zu Enki, the king's quiet musician and master of the world's hidden harmonics, dares to inter...

There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that “jobless recoveries” could become a permanent feature of Western economies.This illuminating book focuses on the employment futures of advanced industrial countries, providing readers with the sociological imagination to appreci...

Esta obra da la oportunidad de conocer aproximaciones a la comunicación de la ciencia. El interés común de los autores es sumar perspectivas para una mejor comprensión de los aspectos teóricosprácticos en la divulgación del conocimiento científicotecnológico en nuestra sociedad.Este libro, fruto de la convicción de académicos, investigadores y estudiosos de la comunicación, está estructurado en tres partes: la primera, con ensayos sobre la profesionalización de la comunicación públi...

In sun-drenched St. John's, Grenada, Oliver Jaloubi tries to maintain order in a house ruled by his three mischievous daughters: responsible Bondy (18), impressionable Dona (8), and Dinka (14), the petite trouble-devising genius. When trusted to guard a prized mango tree, Dinka convinces her sisters that tasting the fruit is "quality control," not stealing. The resulting disaster of pulpy evidence, elaborate lies, and a stern reckoning teaches them that honesty, earned through hard work, i...

Long considered ground zero for global climate change in the United States, Florida presents the perfect case study for disaster risk and prevention. Building on the idea that disasters are produced by historical and contemporary social processes as well as natural phenomena, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Florida’s public and private sector development policies. Contrib...

Wieder haben Deutschlands beste Krimiautoren zugeschlagen: Am Bahnhof Zoo, am Brandenburger Tor oder am Alex. Einfach überall. In der Hauptstadt türmen sich die Leichen. Die Bestsellerautoren Sebastian Fitzek und Michel Birbæk haben die Messer gewetzt, der Friedrich-Glauser-Preisträger Christoph Spielberg und der Deutsche Krimipreisträger Oliver Bottini die Lunten gelegt. Tatort-Kommissar Jochen Senf und Tatort-Autorin Ulrike Bliefert haben die Pumpgun geladen. Die Thrillerspezialisten Ste...

Improve your game's code with design patterns to make it more readable, reusable, modular, and optimized, guided by an Unreal Authorized Instructor to enhance your overall use of C++ with Unreal EngineKey FeaturesExplore programming patterns, structures, and principles and their applications in Unreal Engine 5 game developmentTranslate code from Blueprint to C++ to implement performant solutions in game developmentBuild a decoupled communicatio...

Nach einem geflügelten Wort wird die »Geschichte von den Siegern geschrieben«. Demgegenüber steht die These Reinhart Kosellecks, dass Niederlagen und ihre Verarbeitung die Entstehung von Erklärungs- und Kompensationsmustern bedingen: Die Erfahrung des Besiegtwerdens könne einen »Erfahrungsgewinn« ermöglichen; Sieger hingegen müssten ihre Denkmodelle nicht hinterfragen, da sie gerade durch kurzfristige Erfolge bestätigt wurden. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen ein breites Spektrum an ...

Klassischerweise bezeichnet Öffentlichkeit eine Sphäre, in der Menschen Argumente austauschen. Dieser Band hingegen denkt Öffentlichkeiten performativ als gleichermaßen politisch und ästhetisch. Er versammelt historische Fallstudien und theoretische Konzeptionen vom 18. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert. Die Fallstudien reichen von ästhetischen Simulationen von Öffentlichkeit über Rhetorikdebatten um 1800 bis zu Zensur in der Gegenwartsliteratur oder Internetaktivismus.