"Could you kill a Nazi, Miss Lake? Or, in the moment of killing, would you remember his mother's grief—and let yourself be killed instead?"It is the most extraordinary of job interviews, for the most extraordinary of jobs. In the final year of WWII, Sibyl, an English nurse, volunteers to help free Alsace—the beloved province of her childhood—from Nazi control. Her mission: to train and lead a band of resistance fighters, men commanded by Jacques, once her closest friend and now a h...

A 50th-anniversary celebration of the legendary arts institution Franklin Furnace. This visually rich volume captures five decades of boundary-breaking art and the ongoing fight to defend creative freedom.In 1976, at a time when experimental art struggled to find institutional support, artist Martha Wilson founded Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. in downtown Manhattan. What began as an artist-run space devoted to serving emerging artists and their overlooked work qui...

Demystify AI Decisions and Master Interpretability and Explainability TodayKey Features● Master Interpretability and Explainability in ML, Deep Learning, Transformers, and LLMs● Implement XAI techniques using Python for model transparency● Learn global and local interpretability with real-world examplesBook DescriptionInterpretability in AI/ML refers to the ability to understand and expl...

This book is a whistle blower to the world that the long uncompromising denial of gay marriage rights is now becoming a global reality. The struggle between gay activists and homophobia against samesex marriage had almost come to an end with religious groups and politicians losing the battle. This became possible as a result of gay aggressive activists of public pressure, for these minority group with different sexual identity that has awaken the world bodies, like the United Nations, the ...

The armed anti-Soviet resistance movement which arose in the second half of 1944 in Lithuania, as Soviet forces began to reoccupy the Baltic countries and Galicia, sparking a nearly decade-long fierce military conflict, has yet to become established in the common narrative of contemporary European history. However, controversy regarding the nature of this `war after the war' and its legacies constitutes one of the core elements in the contemporary information warfare waged by Russia agains...

This book is a comprehensive & up-to-date text book on ‘Auditing and Corporate Governance’. This book covers the entire syllabus prescribed for students pursuing B.Com. (Hons.) under CBCS Programme at Delhi University and Other Central Universities throughout India.The Present Publication is the 4th Edition, authored by Dr. Aruna Jha, with the following noteworthy features:· The subject-matter is presented in a simple, systematic method along...

The stories in Creeping Shadows are spread over a vast canvas both in terms of time span and locale. A teahouse in ancient China. A brothel in 19th century Calcutta. A forest lodge in Bankura. An old mansion in Bangladesh. A university campus in today's Delhi. Beginning as human interest narratives they end with sudden, unexpected twists that raise hair ends and send trickles of ice water down the spine. Here are tales of shadows, tingles and chills...

Suralakshmi Choudhury, a gynaecologist based in Delhi, falls in love at the age of thirty-one, marries and has a son. Suddenly, five years after his birth, she abandons everything including the house gifted to her by her father and her flourishing medical career, to travel to an obscure village in Bengal and open a free clinic for women and children. She leaves her son behind but takes along a poor Muslim girl, she has adopted. What makes her take this strange decision?Suralakshmi’...

In the heart of medieval England, "The Montrose Legacy" unfolds a tale of forbidden love, ancient curses,and the indomitable power of light against darkness. Evelyn, a spirited commoner, and William, a noble heir,defy societal bounds with their passionate romance. Yet, their love is soon tested by a family curse steeped in dark magic,threatening to consume them both. As Evelyn infiltrates the treacherous world of the nobility to save William,they uncover secrets...

Composed over two millenniums ago, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali remains the philosophical thread that unites the ancient and current world of yoga. Yet, its many translations are underwhelming, lacking coherent connection to reality and practicality.Innumerable forms and sects of yoga have come and gone in between. Obsessed with gaining special powers over mind and body, yoga's re-tellers have clouded its history in a mystical mist of fantastic claims. It is human nature to crave p...

Cheta the Snail wants to take a bus journey. He tries many times to catch the bus, but it is not as easy as he hoped! Will his dream ever come true?Cheta, the Snail wants to take a trip on the highway.

Melancholic and introspective look into the life and the complexities of human interaction.