It was a seemingly pleasant evening on October 1, 2017, and more than 20,000 people gathered at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Everyone was in high spirits and the concert began to a thrilling fanfare. Unbeknownst to everyone, sounds began to erupt which were thought to be fireworks … until people started falling as dead bodies. The Las Vegas shooting was the deadliest attack in modern American history that claimed 58 lives and injured over 850. This is the story of the assailant S...

A baby chick named Yellow hatches into a new and exciting world she can't wait to learn about. She urgently runs out of chicken coop to explore the ranch. Along the way, she stumbles upon a baby bluebird named Blue that has also recently hatched. She hears him tweeting from his nest high up in a tree. Both curious of each other, Blue flies down to meet Yellow, and as they observe each other, they are both confused and cautious of one another, simply because of the color of each other's fea...

Storartat och gripande om den geniale finansmannens uppgång och fall i New York under 1900-talets början.En mångbottnad historia där hans gåtfulla hustru Mildred spelar en avgörande roll bakom hans framgång.Den första delen handlar av Egendom om romanen "Bonds" från 1938, en bok som hela New York verkar ha läst. Berättelsen kretsar kring paret Benjamin och Helen Rask. Han, en legendarisk Wall Street-magnet; hon den geniförklarade dottern till excentriska aristokrat...

Even more authors and stories. Still the same bestselling universe.It's the Twenty-Second Century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races, environments, and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, our position is readily apparent—we're at the bottom of the food chain.Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for mone...

El objetivo de esta obra es compartir, fomentar y divulgar el conocimiento acerca de orientaciones terapéuticas novedosas y eficaces, así como las reflexiones, estrategias y pautas prácticas de intervención que utilizan sus autores (que proceden de distintas partes del mundo y aportan diferentes puntos de vista) para tratar de ayudar a las personas que sufren. En ella se desarrollan modelos de intervención centrados en la persona, que se sitúan dentro de un amplio abanico de abordajes y qu...

Le développement international est un territoire contesté. À cause de l’aggravation des écarts entre le Nord et le Sud, de l’accroissement de la pauvreté mondiale et de l’urgence écologique, de nouveaux défis sociétaux émergent, s’accumulent et conduisent à des besoins criants qu’une aide internationale parvient de moins en moins à combler.Malgré ces tensions, des communautés du Nord et du Sud tentent de reprendre les choses en main et de réinventer le développement autour de princ...

Tribute: DMX is a gripping comic book biography that explores the tumultuous life and legendary career of rap icon DMX. From his troubled childhood in Yonkers, New York, to his rise to global fame, the comic delves into the raw emotions and struggles that defined his journey. It covers his battles with addiction, run-ins with the law, and the undeniable impact he had on hip-hop culture. With his gritty voice and unforgettable music, DMX left an indelible mark on the industry, and this comi...

¿Cómo enseñamos en ingeniería? Una reflexión crítica sobre paradigmas educativos y estrategias didácticas, ilustrada a través de múltiples ejemplos y casos de éxito.El presente libro revisa y analiza las estrategias y técnicas didácticas que se pueden aplicar en la formación en ingeniería, tanto en el aula como fuera de ella, en función de los paradigmas educativos históricamente más relevantes y las tendencias recientes. Según las distintas estratégicas y técnicas...

It is common to hear heavy metal music fans and musicians talk about the “metal community”. This concept, which is widely used when referencing this musical genre, encompasses multiple complex aspects that are seldom addressed in traditional academic endeavors including shared aesthetics, musical practices, geographies, and narratives. The idea of a “metal community” recognizes that fans and musicians frequently identify as part of a collective group, larger than any particular individual....

The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) began primarily as a discipline-based movement, committed to exploring the signature pedagogical and learning styles of each discipline within higher education, with little exchange across disciplines. As the field has developed, new questions have arisen concerning cross-disciplinary comparison and learning in multidisciplinary settings This volume by a stellar group of experts provides a state-of-the-field review of recent SoTL scholarship ...

This book provides the tools to understand the issues related to bio-based concretes using lime as binder.Themes covered include specific properties of lignocellulosic aggregates (density, porosity, size distribution, water absorption, microstructure, soluble components under alkaline conditions), hardening of lime-based binders by carbonation and hydration (natural and curing processes) and microstructure of the binder in the vicinity of aggregates (dense or porous interphase). Th...

Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk: Aggressive Sounds in Contemporary Music, edited by Eric James Abbey and Colin Helb,is a collection of writings on music that is considered aggressive throughout the world. From local underground bands in Detroit, Michigan to bands in Puerto Rico or across Europe, this book demonstrates the importance of aggressive music in our society. While other volumes seek to denigrate or put down this type of music, Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk forces the audience to ...