After recovering the mother-pearl, Ily faces an exhausting and boring trek north, in search of the nameless curse-breaker. But boredom cannot last in the presence of magical artifacts coveted by the gods. Soon, the journey turns into a frantic flight from an enemy that no man can defeat. Bound by a magical promise, the Mark of the Hero, and Galardia's System for Professional Improvement, Ily has only one way to go.The Long Walk of the Seeker awaits!

All that Illyon Corvis wants is to get drunk. The problem? Tonight, ale gets him a direct line to the gods. And they haven't talked to anyone in a very long time…A caravaneer's life is dull, exhausting, and everything that Ily has. Now, he's about to lose it thanks to a mysterious stranger in the tavern. Chased by the Knights of Iron, forced to learn magic, and haunted by his past, Ily has no idea that the worst is yet to come. He has to break into the inner sanctum of the...

A man plagued by gods...Illyon Corvis just killed a god's physical avatar, and now the memory is killing him. In search of a cure for his nightmares and an end to the compulsion curse of Gar, God of Fire, Ily gets indebted to yet another deity. By a twist of fate, and with the help of an overeager acolyte, he now bears the mark of the Hero. It entitles him to endless adventure and deadly challenges. It also makes him officially responsible for all the problems in the world...

A product's design is based on what customers want and how much they are willing to pay for it determines its quality. The production process is supposed to achieve the required quality. Due to the natural process variation the quality of a product or service varies. Thus, quality can be defined as fitness for intended use or, in other words, how well the product performs its intended function. It is a written or unwritten commitment to a known or unknown consumer in the market. Quality ma...

"Birdenbire fabrika çanının keskin çığlığı işitildi. Cebimden işçi kasketini çıkardım, alnımı örtene dek kafama geçirdim. Fabrikadaki işçi yığınının kaynaşması burdan duyuluyordu. Yerimden kalktım ve koşarak yolun karşısına geçtim. Kapıdan akın akın işçi kalabalığı çıkmaya başladığında tramvay yoluna çoktan varmıştım. Bir taşın üzerine sıçradım ve olanca sesimle bağırdım: Yoldaşlar! Bir kez daha bağırdım: Yoldaşlar! Üç yüz-dört yüz kadar işçi toplanmıştı, avludan da sürekli yenileri geliyo...

When young Dianozzis chooses her adult name and starts her life as a fully-fledged member of the colony, she has no idea that her first day as a driller will also be her last. What she finds in the bowels of the moon will change everyone's life forever!

The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to 3D CAD/CAM modelling using Creo™ Parametric (Creo) software. This concise textbook consists of ten lessons covering the basics in Part and Assembly Modelling, Mould Design, NC Simulation, and Engineering Drawings. Each lesson provides essential knowledge and guides the user through the process of performing a practical exercise or task. The modelling philosophy, implementation of corresponding features, and commands behind each exercis...

This book represents the first attempt to analyze historical and cultural developments in late medieval and early modern southeastern Europe as a set of mutually intertwined regional histories, burdened by the strong dichotomy between the almighty center—Constantinople—and the periphery that is rarely visible in both contemporary sources and modern scholarship. This mosaic of original studies is devoted to various regions of the Byzantine Balkans and their historical, artistic, and ideolog...

There is nothing wrong with checking your email while riding the subway on the way to work. Nothing at all. But it turns out that in a few short stations a simple and innocent activity can turn out to be something much deeper and important. On such a subway ride each keystroke will echo with the quiet sobs of your soul.

This book constitutes selected and enlarged versions of papers presented at S3E 2024 Topical Area, held as part of FedCSIS 2024, in Belgrade, Serbia, 8–11 September, 2024 and the 25th Conference on Practical Aspects of and Solutions for Software Engineering, KKIO 2024, held as part of SEAA 2024, Paris, France, during August 28-30, 2024.The 3 papers included from KKIO 2024 were selected from 18 submissions (and 10 presentations), and the 5 papers from S3E were selected from 25 submi...

Няма нищо лошо да си провериш пощата на телефона в метрото на път за работа. Съвсем нищо. Понякога обаче се оказва, че за няколко спирки една незначителна дейност може да се превърне в нещо много по-дълбоко и важно. В това пътуване всяко докосване до екрана ще изтръгва тихи стонове от самата ти душа!

Животът на Ани е спокоен и щастлив, въпреки трудностите в детството и. Сега обаче я чака завръщане към един от най-дълбоките и далечни детски спомени. Това, което тя смята за обикновена детска фантазия, ще се появи, за да и помогне. Отново.