On a sunny summer day, the forest was alive with the gentle hum of bees and the soft rustle of leaves. The air was warm, and the forest stream sparkled like liquid crystal as it wound its way through the lush greenery. Along its banks, vibrant flowers danced in the breeze, and the scent of pine filled the air. Nestled high on a cliff, was a grand dragon’s nest. It was a massive structure of intertwining branches, covered in soft moss. It was here, high above the forest floor, that Ember, t...

Figuring the Contemporary in US Popular Cinema, 1967-2022: Genre, History, Event explores how popular film offers us frameworks through which to historicize the present and to imagine alternative futures in the opacity of the contemporary moment.This book offers an original way to interpret the contemporary as form, presenting the idea of contemporaneity as historical concept and not simply as "period" in the temporal sense. It explores how we might histor...

INSTANT BESTSELLERWe the Raptors: Thirty Players, Thirty Stories, Thirty Years is about the grinders, glue guys, bench heroes, and more. Alvin Williams, José Calderón, T. J. Ford, Jonas Valanciunas**, Danny Green—whether** regular or part-time starters, role players, key cogs, or even short-term stars—all of them felt blessed to call Canada home.

This is the comprehensive guide for programmers who want to go from good to great. It covers the four pillars of a successful software career: the daily habits of highly effective developers, mastery of essential tools and workflows, timeless design patterns, and navigating the technical career ladder.You will learn the architecture of habit and the daily rituals that separate productive developers from the rest. Master your development environment, version control workflows, and t...

This is the comprehensive blueprint for building, deploying, testing, and scaling production-grade AI agents. Covering the complete lifecycle of AI agent development, this book takes you from fundamentals to advanced techniques.Master the core architecture of agentic systems. Learn to engineer prompts for agent behavior and build your first agent. Understand multi-agent workflows and how to create and integrate tools. Tackle the crucial topics of memory and state management. This b...

**"Joyful, thoughtful, and real." —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners"Rom-com perfection." —Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart**New from Eric Smith comes a delightful YA rom-com about two teens caught in the middle of their families’ orchestrated rivalry between their Philly cheesesteak food trucks.All’s fair in love and (food tru...

Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical physics to create an inclusive picture of the living state, the authors develop the argument that the emergence of life was a necessary cascade of non-equilibrium phase transitions that opened new channels for chemical energy flow on Earth...

The concept of dragons has captivated human imagination formillennia. From the serpentine beasts of ancient mythologiesto the fearsome fire-breathing creatures of medieval legends,dragons have played a profound role in the cultural fabric ofmany societies. Yet, what if these mythical beings were morethan mere f...

If you are the one everyone leans on, the one who always knows what to do, and the one who holds everything together while quietly falling apart yourself, this book is for you. You have spent years being the fixer, the rescuer, and the responsible one. But the exhaustion is real, the resentment is building, and the life you are living feels like it belongs to everyone else. It is time to stop.Let It All Burn is not about managing your codependency more effectively. It is about givi...

Some of the short story style of poetry displayed in The Hidden Peace In Poems were derived from real people and real events. This style of writing forms a unique brand of fiction that's designed to sit close to the heart. The characters and plots may not be exact, but the ideas were fueled from real life circumstances. For some it may hit close to home , while with others it may open doors.

**"A sweetly charming love story that leaves the reader with a lasting sense of hope.” —Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star"The perfect novel to snuggle up with.” —Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read**A heartwarming and thoughtful enemies-to-lovers rom-com about two teens—one trying to save his family's failing pinball arcade, the ...

A Journey of a Thousand Sorrows is an account of the history, destruction, genocide, and migration of certain tribes out of New England in the eighteenth century. In addition, how author Eric A. Smith discovered his indigenous ancestry among the seashore tribes of New England through historical and genealogical research. From his very first documented ancestor, Wyandanch, a Montaukett, sachem, to the Jeffrey family, played a significant role in the indigenous and African American culture i...