From USA Today Bestselling authors, Anna Edwards and Claire Marta comes a dark secret society romance where forbidden love and duty clash.Tobias has a secret, he's part of The Elites. He'll devote his life to them just like his father before, he do whatever it take to support the society. Even marry a girl he's only ever met once. What he doesn't count on is her not falling instantly at his feet.Harper has her own mind, her own life full of happiness. She doesn't w...

This book talks of perhaps one of the greatest education experiments in the history of America. In 1894 John Dewey moved his position as Chairman of the Philosophy Department at the University of Michigan to assume the position as Chairman of the Department of Philosophy, Psychology, and Pedagogy at the University of Chicago. He would remain there until 1904, his departure prompted in great part by his dissatisfaction regarding his wife's treatment by the administration in her role of prin...

Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland were 19th-century authors known for their involvement in the Theosophical and esoteric movements. They collaborated on various mystical and philosophical works, including their translation of "The Virgin of the World."In this book, which is part of the Hermetic corpus, the authors provide their interpretations and commentary on the ancient Hermetic texts. "The Virgin of the World" explores various philosophical and spiritual themes, touching upon cosmolog...

"Ed Hess's Hyper-Learning is uniquely practical and is the essential starting point for charting new ways of thinking, living, working, leading, and being fulfilled in our new world."-Gary Roughead, Admiral, US Navy (retired) former Chief of Naval OperationsHow will you pursue a meaningful life when smart technology takes over most of the jobs that humans currently do? Darden School of Business Professor Edward Hess says the answer is hyper-learning: developing our uniquely ...

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines. However, this fleet was not nearly as impressive as the number suggests. It was mostly a collection of aging boats from the late teens and early twenties, with only a few of the newer, more modern Gato-class boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with Japan ever-increasing, help from what would become known as the Silent Service in the Pacific ...

Liam Romero has the mother of all hangovers in more ways than one after he wakes from a wild night in Las Vegas to find he's married. Not only has he got to explain it to the rest of the band, but he also needs to figure out why he's got an overwhelming urge to keep his new wife by his side. He should run for the hills, but something about her is drawing him in. Will Yivi Ward be his downfall or his salvation?Yivi Ward's world has been transformed in a couple of days; she doesn't k...

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At a time that feels unprecedented in British politics – with unlawful prorogations of parliament, casual race-baiting by senior politicians, and a climate crisis that continues to be ignored – it’s easy to think these are unchartered waters for us, as a democracy.But Britain has seen political crises and far-right extremism before, just as it has witnessed regressive, heavy-handed governments. Much worse has been done, or allowed to be done, in the name of the people and eventuall...

Smart machines are replacing more and more jobs. Edward Hess and Katherine Ludwig show how to develop abilities that machines don't have so we can thrive in this Smart Machine Age. Underlying them all is a sense of personal humility: honestly recognizing our limitations and working to mitigate them.In nearly every industry, smart machines are replacing human labor. It's not just factory jobs-automated technologies are handling people's investments, diagnosing illnesses, and analyzi...

This book provides readers with an overview of recent theories and methods for machinery diagnostics applied to machinery maintenance. Each chapter, accepted after a rigorous peer-review process, reports on a selected, original piece of work discussed at the International Congress on Technical Diagnostics, ICTD2016, held on September 12 – 16, 2016, in Gliwice, Poland. The book covers a broad range of topics, including machines operating in non-stationary conditions, and examples from diffe...

A holiday in the Highlands turns into a hostile trap in this vicious thriller about a family who will stop at nothing to keep their dark past buried.In this family, some secrets are worth killing for.When Patrick accompanies his girlfriend, Holly Grant, to a remote village in the Scottish Highlands for the holidays, he’s braced for an awkward first meeting with her enigmatic family—not a fight for survival.But tensions are high among the Gr...

The book presents a collection of 103 peer-reviewed articles from the Second International Conference on Intelligent Systems in Production Engineering and Maintenance (ISPEM 2018). The conference was organized by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and CAMT (Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies), Wrocław University of Science and Technology and was held in Wrocław (Poland) on 17–18 September 2018.The conferences topics included the possibility of using a wide range of i...