How do I develop a deep, loving relationship with God? Martinez, author of The Sanctifier, encourages us to trust in the love and concern God has for us in all that we do. Without glossing over the reality of sin and suffering, he reminds us that the Holy Spirit guides us in our struggle to grow in union with Jesus.

Before history was written, we already had masters.Thousands of years ago, in the vast plains of ancient Mesopotamia, humanity was never meant to be free. We were tools—slaves engineered to mine the gold a dying race of gods needed to sustain their own world.But the harvest is over. The final shipment is complete. And now, the gods have made a final, devastating decision: abandon Earth and erase every trace of their presence.Arad, a human technician tasked with main...

The Middle East and North Africa region has been plagued with civil wars, international interventions, and increasing militarization, making it one of the most war-affected areas in the world today. Despite numerous mediation processes and initiatives for conflict resolution, most have failed to transform conflicts from war to peace. Seeking to learn from these past efforts and apply new research, Fraihat and Svensson present the first comprehensive approach to mediation in the Arab world,...

Latin America has been a place of radical political inspiration providing an alternative to the neoliberal model. Religion without Redemption looks at the sociology of religion, political philosophy and the history of ideas of the continent, in an attempt to show how Western understanding fails to come close to a correct analysis of how and why political and economic characteristics work as they do.It focuses on how the centrality of religion for the people of Latin America has inf...

In one of the most fascinating books on the Holy Spirit ever written, Archbishop Martinez reveals to readers the secret of holiness, guiding us step-by-step to understand the gentle ways the Spirit acts in our lives, guiding us to the Father and Son—especially through the virtues of faith, hope, and charity. He then explores the seven gifts, which make us attentive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit; the consoling fruits of the Spirit; and the Beatitudes, the summit of the Christian life...

Millions of years ago, Earth was notabandoned.It was watched.When the Troodon Sapiens—an ancient civilization—return to their world after a cataclysm, they discover their home has been invaded by the Anunnaki: a race that does not conquer… but harvests. They seek no territory. They seek something deeper.Essence.For thousands of years, humanity has been designed, manipulated, and exploited without knowing it. But a flaw in the system changes everythin...

Thousands of miles away from the Kropotkin mine, in the absolute darkness of space, the object known as the "Black Knight" rotated just a few millimeters. The pulse sent from Siberia had reached its destination.There were no lights or sounds, only an exchange of data on a frequency that human technology still could not comprehend. The awakening was not a threat; it was a process. Humanity's time as the sole voice on the planet was drawing to a close.Below, on the surface, t...

This two-volume set, LNCS 16238 and LNCS 16239, constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, IDEAL 2025, which was held in Jaén, Spain, during November 13–15, 2025.The 83 full papers and 12 short papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 146 submissions. The core themes of IDEAL 2025 included Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI, Aenetic AI, LLMs, Federate...

The Chaco War was the first modern conflict in South America. Over time, it became the topic of many volumes published in both Bolivia and Paraguay – first by veterans, such as the commanders-in-chief, and the commanders of army corps’, regiments or battalions, and by other ranks, in the form of personal memoirs or wider histories, and using a wide variety of sources. Subsequently, the conflict attracted attention of many foreign writers, foremost from the United States of America and Euro...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Conference on Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies in Nuclear Science, FLINS 2026, and 21st International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering, ISKE 2026, held in Sydney, NSW, Australia, during July 15–19, 2026.The 152 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 275 submissions. These papers have been organized in the following topical sections:

Intermedial Agencies: The Crucial Role of the Arts in Shaping Media Dynamics explores how the arts continuously redefine and facilitate cross-media transformation through intermedial interactions. Drawing primarily on semiotics and neomaterialist approaches, López-Varela Azcárate and Martínez-Falero examine the symbiotic relationship between artistic innovation, material change, and evolving technologies, particularly digital media and AI. Through diverse case studies spanning his...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting industries worldwide by introducing new methods and altering traditional practices. This book examines AI’s diverse effects, providing insights into its applications, challenges, and future prospects across education, healthcare, finance, and more.The chapters explore how AI technologies, such as large language models, enhance feedback in higher education and influence legal studies while upholding academic integrity. A review of key techni...