"A fresh look at what is perhaps the most famous battle of the Russo-German War from the Soviet perspective." — The NYMAS ReviewMuch has been written about the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet victory that turned the tide of the Second World War. Yet our knowledge and understanding continues to evolve, and this engrossing account by Alexey Isaev brings together previously unpublished Russian archive material—strategic directives and orders, after-action rep...

Future-proof your applications with best practices and design patterns in KotlinKey FeaturesUnderstand traditional and modern design patterns to improve the design of your applicationCombine the benefits of object-oriented, functional, reactive, and concurrent programmingChoose the best microservices architecture and frameworks for your web applicationBook DescriptionThis book shows you how easy it can be...

Solve complex business problems by understanding users better, finding the right problem to solve, and building lean event-driven systems to give your customers what they really wantKey FeaturesApply DDD principles using modern tools such as EventStorming, Event Sourcing, and CQRSLearn how DDD applies directly to various architectural styles such as REST, reactive systems, and microservicesEmpower teams to work flexibly with improved services a...

They rated her four-tenths and set her aside. It was their first mistake.On Vesh there is no weather, only maintenance. The rim world's core was tapped centuries ago, its warmth pushed up the veins to buy some paying world an early spring, and the linewalkers keep the lastlines open by hand so the town does not die in the dark.Veya Marn should have been her family's pride. A childhood assay accident half-burned her; she healed miswired, and the Guild...

This installment of a "SYCL Sparkler" explores in depth a way to implement a reasonably efficient implementation for Homomorphic Encryption using modern C++ with SYCL. As a result of their work, the authors learned some valuable optimization techniques and insights that they have taken time to share in this very interesting and detailed piece.A key value of using C++ with SYCL, is the ability to be portable while supporting the ability to optimize at a lower level when it is deemed...

In a former life, Jack was gifted, meaning he possessed peculiar abilities. If rich folks found themselves in a jam, Jack could use his talents to get them out of it. Where others were sure to fail, Jack’s aristocratic clientele could always count on him to finish jobs cleanly, efficiently, and leave no trace, for which his services commanded a hefty fee.But one day, Jack picked a fight with the wrong man and his old life came to an end. But, as it turned out, his story was far fro...

"Photographs (p77-216) offers visual details of the vehicles as well as extensive captions about the vehicle or the photo itself." – Historical Miniatures Gaming Society Among all the branches of the Red Army during the Second World War, self-propelled artillery is probably the most overlooked and misinterpreted. Attention has focused on the tanks the Red Army deployed against the Germans on the Eastern Front, the T-34 in particular; the self-propelled guns, which played an increasingly im...

'Fortresses must carry out the same tasks as the fortresses of old….They must allow themselves to be surrounded and thus tie down as many enemy forces as possible.' So Hitler directed in March 1944 and, in so doing, sealed the fate of Ternopol', Kovel', Poznan and Breslau, cities in the Ukraine and Poland that were in the path of the Red Army's advance towards Nazi Germany. German forces, under orders to resist at all costs, adopted all-round defence and struggled to hold out while waiting...

Description: "Sea Dreams: Adventures of the Little Sea Girl" is a captivating tale of exploration and discovery set against the backdrop of the vast ocean. Follow the journey of Emily, a young girl with an insatiable thirst for adventure, as she embarks on an extraordinary voyage aboard an ancient ship.Driven by her boundless curiosity and longing for the unknown, Emily sets sail into uncharted waters, encountering mystical sea creatures, navigating treacherous storms, and discover...

Description: "Arctic Adventures" invites young readers to embark on an enchanting journey through the icy landscapes of the Arctic, where a cast of lovable animal characters awaits. In this captivating collection of stories, children will discover the magic of friendship, resilience, and the wonders of the natural world.From the frosty plains inhabited by majestic polar bears to the icy waters teeming with playful seals and graceful whales, each chapter of "Arctic Adventures" bring...

Learn to build neural rendering systems from scratch, turning 2D images into interactive 3D scenes with differentiable rendering, NeRFs, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and diffusion modelsKey FeaturesBuild complete implementations of differentiable renderers, NeRFs, and Gaussian SplattingLearn inverse rendering, neural scene representations, and generative 3D models from text promptsMaster Slang shaders and neural compression with practical recipes for...

No one knows for certain what caused the Shadow to come into existence. Clerics say it was the gods laying a curse upon this world. Philosophers maintain that the Shadow of Strix is nothing short of a blessing and new milestone in human progress. But both sides agree that the Shadow will eventually swallow up this world and change it beyond recognition.However, there are also the mages, and they think the whole debate is just so much hot air. They accept the Shadow as is with all i...