Following lockdown, the digital trust that blockchain creates for networks of remote users started to re-define relationships between customers, suppliers, partners and funders in earnest. As a technology, its ingenuity is already widely recognised. The question now is who can best deploy it in the market to raise money, make payments, negotiate deals, engage customers and manage suppliers. This title draws on the knowledge and experience of 18 top-level blockchain performers, including IB...

A comprehensive and cross-referenced listing of all the people, places and things in Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz. Includes differences between the novel and the original magazine publications. An essential companion for readers of this award-winning SF novel.This publication conforms to WCAG 2.2 Level AAA accessibility guidelines.

United States Marines in WW2 is a comprehensive anthology that encapsulates the valor, strategy, and complex reality of marine operations during World War II. This collection masterfully weaves together a myriad of narratives that portray the diverse and intense experiences of military engagements, from pivotal battles in the Pacific theater to the intricacies of wartime logistics. The anthology captures both the heroics and the human side of the conflict, ensuring a robust exploration of ...

His routine was the same every day for 38 years: up at 4:15, make a turkey-on-rye, drive the deserted Henry Hudson Parkway to the hospital, check the schedule, scrub, cut, reattach, save a life or two, repeat. Until March 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic shut hospital surgeries all over the world.Craig Smith, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, went from performing heart surgeries on patients both everyday and celebrated (he performed the q...

Are you tired of designing user interfaces that don't meet the needs of your target audience? Look no further than "Designing User-Centered Interfaces with Figma" - your comprehensive guide to user-centered design principles, Figma design tool, and digital design techniques. With this book, you'll learn the ins and outs of UI/UX design, design thinking, and design system creation. You'll also discover how to create accessible and interactive interfaces through interaction design and protot...

In 'The United States Marines in World War II,' readers embark on a comprehensive journey through one of the most pivotal eras in modern military history. This anthology offers a sweeping exploration of the varied array of engagements in which the Marines played a crucial role, blending tactical analysis and personal narratives with historical context. The collection encompasses a diverse range of literary styles, from detailed chronological accounts to vivid first-hand testimonies, each c...

In a world of shadows, joyful colours are an act of heroism.Modern tales are filled with clowns who invoke fear not laughter: painted grins covering fanged maws; baggy costumes concealing unspeakable horrors; malevolent parodies of nature.But the tools of a clown work for good as well as ill: only a trickster could tweak a monster’s nose; make-up is war paint for the modern age; the devil cannot tempt a happy soul.What if, instead of being the demon...

A comprehensive and cross-referenced listing of all the people, places and things in Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. An essential companion for readers of these cult SF novels, radio and television series, and film. Contains adult humour.This publication conforms to WCAG 2.2 Level AAA accessibility guidelines.

Despite the drastic evolution of warfare since the close of World War II fighting in urban environments has remained a constant. Despite the advances in modern warfare the tactics, techniques and procedures developed for urban combat operations remain largely unchanged. As the sole remaining superpower, The United States will likely find itself increasingly drawn into urban operations to perform stability and peacekeeping operations. In doing so it advantage in technology will be significa...

A worldview of "spiritual warfare" is widely held among charismatics and Pentecostals, but it has been criticized for producing paranoia and denying personal responsibility. It is less well known that the term was first used in print around 1970 by Anglican charismatics. What did it mean to them then, and what are the practical effects of their worldview? Should we now be adopting a more sophisticated ontology of evil, such as Nigel Wright's "non-ontological realist" view or Amos Yong's "a...

The first edition of William A. Guy's Principles of Forensic Medicine was published at the start of Victoria's reign; the final edition, from which these selections derive, was published towards the end, just a few years after the Whitechapel horrors had pushed the emerging science to the forefront of the public's consciousness. With this guide in hand, a detective could tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, s...

This study evaluates Confederate cavalry operations 12 June to 3 July 1862, as a prelude to and as a part of the "Seven Days Campaign." General Robert E. Lee's Seven Days Campaign succeeded in defeating a Union offensive aimed at Richmond, Virginia and served as an important turning point in the American Civil War. The thesis seeks to determine the substantive contributions General J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry brigade made to this Confederate victory, as well as to assess the strengths and sh...