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A "richly anecdotal" account of the secluded LA neighborhood's legendary music scene, a tale of groupies, cocaine, and California dreaming ( Salon).Finalist, SCBA Book Award for NonfictionA Los Angeles Times BestsellerIn the late sixties and early seventies, an impromptu collection of musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles and melded folk, rock, and ...

The Workhorse© 2025 by Michael WalkerIntroduction:The saga is set—long before cities rose, when treasure maps were drawn on faded weathered parchment—there lived a poor prospector named Juriel (pronounced "Zhuriel"), a man who believed fortune was always hiding just one day farther down the road. He dreamt of treasures, but mostly just gold.His only companion was a horse, though "companion" was far too loving a word...

The popular and critical successes of films like The Sixth Sense and The Ring and its sequels in the late 1990s led to an impressive international explosion of scary films dealing with ghosts. This book takes a close look at a number of those films from different countries, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, Spain, and Great Britain. Making a crucial distinction between these atmospheric films and conventional horror, Michael Walker argues that they are most...

Crew CollinsThe rush of the high. The mind tingling feeling of that first line. This secret of mine has spiraled out of control, but I can’t stop. The drugs fill a void, helping me feel something and nothing all at once.But him… He makes me feel everything.Anderson WalkerHe’s been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Thick as thieves. Life happened, our friendship has changed. Now I’m left with feelings I don’t know...

Discover how to describe your data in detail, identify data issues, and find out how to solve them using commonly used techniques and tips and tricksKey FeaturesGet well-versed with various data cleaning techniques to reveal key insightsManipulate data of different complexities to shape them into the right form as per your business needsClean, monitor, and validate large data volumes to diagnose problems before moving on to data analysis

Learn the intricacies of data description, issue identification, and practical problem-solving, armed with essential techniques and expert tips.Key FeaturesGet to grips with new techniques for data preprocessing and cleaning for machine learning and NLP modelsUse new and updated AI tools and techniques for data cleaning tasksClean, monitor, and validate large data volumes to diagnose problems using cutting-edge methodologies including Machine l...

Explore supercharged machine learning techniques to take care of your data laundry loadsKey FeaturesLearn how to prepare data for machine learning processesUnderstand which algorithms are based on prediction objectives and the properties of the dataExplore how to interpret and evaluate the results from machine learningBook DescriptionMany individuals who know how to run machine learning algorithms do not have a good sense of ...

In April 1897, a strange airship crashed in Aurora, Texas and the "unearthly" pilot was buried in the local cemetery. Today, the pilot finally awakened. God help us all. In July 2015, supernatural sleuth Kevin Starkly disappeared mysteriously in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. What secrets did he uncover about the Aurora UFO crash, and has he paid a terrible price for his curiosity? Four twenty-something paranormal investigators, a self-styled "Nerd Legion," —Tony Fermia (a psychic who talks ...

Throughout the 20th century the North-East of England was synonymous with heavy industry and football. Coal mining, railways and ship-building provided an economic base upon which football - professional and amateur - flourished. Middlesbrough, Newcastle United and Sunderland all established themselves as national forces by winning League titles, FA Cups and by breaking records in the transfer market and in stadium attendances. They helped shape the area's identity, its sense of itself and...

Unnatural behavior is a book that shows the progression of sexual behaviors that were once deemed twisted and reprehensive to us in America, as something our minds transform to accept as natural over time. It’s designed to explore how the mind transforms its beliefs due to influence through media, government, and peers in our changing times. This book is a deep dive into the most extreme types of sexual behavior and how more and more people are getting into these types of behavior as time ...

Giving Christianity a bad name is a tale of a young mans journey into finding the truth about the real agenda's of modern churches. It despels myths and deception from spiritual leaders, who are pushing their own brand to make the Bible fit their desired outcome. This books also gives facts based on research, and some personal opinions by the author about Christianity in general. This book is designed to open your mind and look at all the evidence to formulate your own conclusion.

An epic joyride through three history-making tours in 1973 that defined rock and roll superstardom—the money, the access, the excess—forevermore.The Who’s Quadrophenia. Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy. Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies. These three unprecedented tours—and the albums that inspired them—were the most ambitious of these artists’ careers, and they forever changed the landscape of rock and roll: the economics, the privile...