As renewal programmes of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) networks stretch over decades and involve heavy civil works, constrained access windows, intricate system interfaces and unavoidable operational disruption, traditional project‑delivery models fall short.Managing Complexity in MRT Renewals, a concise, practitioner‑focused guide, reframes MRT renewal as a continuous system condition rather than a series of standalone projects. It examines how interface complexity, access reg...

A thoroughgoing examination of Maximus Confessor’s singular theological vision through the prism of Christ’s cosmic and historical Incarnation.Jordan Daniel Wood changes the trajectory of patristic scholarship with this comprehensive historical and systematic study of one of the most creative and profound thinkers of the patristic era: Maximus Confessor (560–662 CE). Wood's panoramic vantage on Maximus’s thought emulates the theological depth of Hans Urs von Baltha...

In the midst of a brutal winter, a man commits an unspeakable crime. A decade after the fact, the fallout is pieced together by another man who was once a friend of the perpetrator. But as the free man tells the prisoner's story, his words become marked by his efforts to do justice to all of the people whose lives have been touched by this singular event-and his search for a means of imaginative sympathy that might rescue the victim from her degradation.

In a snowbound village in the heart of the Swiss Alps, a husband and wife find their lives breaking apart in the days and months following the death of their firstborn. Meanwhile, on the far side of the world in the couple’s hometown of Sydney, a man on the margins of Australian society commits an act of shocking violence that galvanises international attention. As the husband recognises signs of his own grief in both the survivors and the perpetrator, his fixation on the details of the ca...

The book begins with Woods’ journey to California, where he, like many others, was drawn by the promise of striking it rich. He details the arduous trip to the goldfields, describing the various routes, the hardships faced along the way, and the hopes and dreams of the travelers who accompanied him. His narrative is rich in detail, painting a clear picture of the excitement and desperation that surrounded this period in American history.As Woods settles into life at the diggings, he provid...

Winner of the 2014 Viva La Novella PrizeWith the death of her mother, eleven-year-old Abigail must learn to fend for herself against the cruel stewardship of her father. At war with the local Aboriginals and intent on staking his claim on the land at any cost, what occurs between the two is a stunning powerplay that exposes the limits of the human imagination.Inhabiting the speculative peripheries of the historical record, Blood and Bone is an unco...

In "Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings," Daniel B. Woods delivers a vivid and compelling narrative of his personal experiences during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Written in an engaging first-person style, the book combines elements of travelogue and memoir, capturing not only the excitement of prospecting but also the harsher realities faced by those who ventured into the untamed wilderness in search of fortune. Woods's eloquent prose paints a rich tapestry of daily life among miner...

SIXTEEN MONTHS AT THE GOLD DIGGINGS by DANIEL B. WOODS is a firsthand account of life during the Gold Rush. Woods vivid descriptions of the challenges, triumphs, and daily realities provide an authentic look at this historic period.

The Silence of the Word explores the intersection of Christology and contemplation in a synthesis culminating in theosis: our deification by grace.Jesus Christ is the union of God and humanity.Contemplation is our mode of living that Mystery.In a world saturated with noise, distraction and spiritual exhaustion, many are left wondering: How does the Gospel restore our fractured humanity? The Silence of the Word offe...

In 2018–2019, Splice published three collections of stories—Dana Diehl’s Our Dreams Might Align, Michael Conley’s Flare and Falter, and Thomas Chadwick’s Above the Fat—each of which, in its own distinctive way, unwove the veil between reality and the irreal. Now, in this first anthology from Splice, the authors of those collections come together with new work and new affinities, each one paired up with a new author of their choice whose fictional world shares a b...

This book provides a short and concise introduction to Bayesian optimization specifically for experimental and computational materials scientists. After explaining the basic idea behind Bayesian optimization and some applications to materials science in Chapter 1, the mathematical theory of Bayesian optimization is outlined in Chapter 2. Finally, Chapter 3 discusses an application of Bayesian optimization to a complicated structure optimization problem in computational surface science....

A long-awaited English translation of a landmark work in modern Catholic thought that powerfully reframes Catholicism as a living tradition.On the Spirit and Essence of Catholicism presents the first English-language translation of Johann Sebastian Drey’s influential 1819 essays about Catholic Christianity. The founder of the Catholic Tübingen School and a pioneer of fundamental theology, Drey locates the essence of Catholicism not in any single doctrine b...