How to Avoid Environmental Litigation is a pragmatic book. Environmental issues are described here in an easy-to-understand manner. Yet, there is enough meat on the bone to understand the environmental legal and regulatory implications of owning, renting, or leasing real estate.And now, here is the Second Edition, with environmental regulatory and case updates, plus completely new chapters on mold, vapor intrusion, remedial technology developments, AND appropriate new legal defense...

Judge, senator, and activist. Father, grandfather, and friend. This is Murray Sinclair’s story—and the story of a nation—in his own words, an oral history that forgoes the trappings of the traditionally written memoir to center Indigenous ways of knowledge and storytelling. As Canada moves forward into the future of Reconciliation, one of its greatest leaders guides us to ask the most important and difficult question we can ask of ourselves: Who are we?For...

Judge, senator, and activist. Father, grandfather, and friend. This is Murray Sinclair’s story—and the story of a nation—in his own words, an oral history that forgoes the trappings of the traditionally written memoir to center Indigenous ways of knowledge and storytelling. As Canada moves forward into the future of Reconciliation, one of its greatest leaders guides us to ask the most important and difficult question we can ask of ourselves: Who are we?For...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Applied AI and Machine Learning for Beginners is a practical, easy-to-follow guide designed for students, professionals, and technology enthusiasts who want to enter the world of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning without getting overwhelmed by complex mathematics or advanced programming concepts.This book introduces the core foundations of AI and ML through real-world examples, hands-on projects, and step-by-step explanations. R...

In this sequel to the Edgar Award–nominated Tough Luck L.A., a Hollywood screenwriter searches for his kidnapped son in the dark underbelly of Los Angeles.Things are mostly looking up for Ben Crandel. The once down-on-his-luck screenwriter now has a steady job as a studio script doctor. But the transition from Big Brother to single father of an adopted teenager has been bumpy. So when his son, Petey, disappears with their basset hound, Stanley, after a con...

The Bible stands at the heart of the Christian faith, but now more than ever many question its historical reliability and relevance for life today. In what may become the definitive contemporary evangelical resource on this foundational topic, John MacArthur and a host of pastors, biblical scholars, historians, and theologians defend the doctrine of biblical inerrancy from their various disciplines. With contributions from evangelical leaders such as Kevin DeYoung, R. Albert Mohler Jr., R....

A great read and teaching tool for National Indigenous History Month!Memories. Some memories are elusive, fleeting, like a butterfly that touches down and is free until it is caught. Others are haunting. You'd rather forget them, but they won't be forgotten. And some are always there. No matter where you are, they are there, too.In this moving story of legacy and reclamation, two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless in a br...

Grief, anxiety, hope, love, pain, despair, awe—many emotions are used to describe our relationship with all of Creation. What is your personal, physical, and spiritual relationship with God’s Creation?How does this relationship affect how you follow Christ? This Lenten devotional invites us to deepen our love for Creation and take action or fast for a climate in crisis. Includes a study guide.

Who are you, really?Many people in the church today face an identity crisis. But the Apostle Paul had no question about what it meant to be a Christian: he was “in Christ.” Recovering this New Testament phrase is the key to understanding our identity and enjoying all the blessings of salvation.In this book, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson introduces the defining reality of the Christian life—our union with Christ. As we embrace the transformative truth of being “in Him,” we can live ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A Data Lake is a centralized storage system that allows organizations to store massive amounts of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in its raw format. Unlike traditional databases or data warehouses that require data to be processed before storage, a data lake stores information as-is, enabling greater flexibility for analytics, machine learning, and big data processing.Modern data lakes are designed to handle data from mu...

A great read and teaching tool for National Indigenous History Month!Inspired by true events, this story of strength, family, and culture shares the awe-inspiring resilience of Elder Betty Ross.Abandoned as a young child, Betsy is adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changes. Betsy is taken away to a residential school. There she is forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalls the words her father spo...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In today’s digital world, organizations generate enormous volumes of data every second from websites, mobile applications, social media, sensors, financial systems, and connected devices. Managing and processing this data efficiently requires modern engineering solutions capable of handling massive scale, speed, and complexity. Big Data Engineering for Beginners is a practical introduction to the technologies, tools, and architectures used to buil...