The last great war has been fought – but you wouldn’t know it here in the deep desert of what was once America. The sun beats down as it always has and always will on this unforgiving landscape. The few inhabitants of this land - oblivious and uncaring about the greater events in what was once a more civilized world – all except one.Months after the disappearance of her daughter, Emily - Jess Flood has resigned herself to daily survival when the unexpected happens: a radio signal f...

Religion, Culture, and the Monstrous: Of Gods and Monsters explores the intersection of the emerging field of “monster theory” within religious studies. With case studies from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary valleys of the Himalayas to ghost tours in Savannah, Georgia, the volume examines the variegated nature of the monstrous as well as the cultural functions of monsters in shaping how we see the world and ourselves. In this, the authors constructively assess the state of the two fiel...

Iterative Learning CONTROL ALGORITHMS AND EXPERIMENTAL BENCHMARKINGIterative Learning Control Algorithms and Experimental BenchmarkingPresents key cutting edge research into the use of iterative learning controlThe book discusses the main methods of iterative learning control (ILC) and its interactions, as well as comparator performance that is so crucial to the end user. The book provides integrat...

Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathering has been conducted among Euro-American families in North America. However, our understanding of fathering across various ethnic groups remains limited. Throughout Canada and the United States, the immigrant population has been growing rapidly. Currently, no book has delineated the field of ...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our July 2016 issue (#118) contains:Original fiction by Mike Buckley ("Helio Music"), Eric Schwitzgebel ("Fish Dance"), John Chu ("The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale"), Jack Schouten ("Sephine and the Leviathan"), and A Que ("Against the Stream").Reprints from L...

In this volume, Elena Garralda and Jean-Philippe Raynaud aim to contribute to advancing awareness of child and adolescent mental health within an international framework that gives special consideration to problems arising in different contexts around the world and through expert views supported by empirical evidence and considering clinical implications.There is increasing recognition worldwide of the importance of child and adolescent mental health problems, of the distress and i...

Au cours des quinze dernières années, dans le cadre de ses fonctions au plus près avec le millier de juges et de procureurs qui composent son réseau, l’auteur a été amené à croiser, à de nombreuses reprises, la route de Pamela Chu, une manipulatrice aussi belle et fascinante qu’intelligente et fatale. Issu du fruit d’une longue et minutieuse enquête, ce biopic, qui se lit comme un roman, retrace les principales étapes de la vie mouvementée et palpitante de l’héroïne.

Over the past 15 years, in close contact with the thousand judges and prosecutors that make up his network, the author has repeatedly come across the path of Ms. Pamela Chu, a manipulator as beautiful and fascinating as she is smart and deadly. This biopic, which reads like a novel, is the result of a long and meticulous investigation, that retraces the main stages of the character's eventful and exciting life.

This book presents pioneering work on a range of innovative practices, experiments, and ideas that are becoming an integral part of urban climate change governance in the 21st century. Theoretically, the book builds on nearly two decades of scholarships identifying the emergence of new urban actors, spaces and political dynamics in response to climate change priorities. However, it further articulates and applies the concepts associated with urban climate change governance by bridging form...