While Americans looked up to the moon, the Soviets looked down. In the frozen wastes of the Kola Peninsula, they spent 20 years drilling the deepest hole in history. The goal was the mantle. They reached 12,262 meters (7.6 miles) before the laws of physics stopped them. This book documents the engineering marvel of the Kola Superdeep Borehole. It debunks the urban legend that they "heard the screams of hell," but the scientific reality was stranger: At that depth, rock behaves like plastic...

Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844 – 1930) was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school. An important part of his work is dedicated to his native country, Ukraine. His realistic works often expressed great psychological depth and exposed the tensions within the existing social order.

Forget willpower and guilt. The real reason bills get missed is a system that wasn't built to hold them. This book delivers a practical, step-by-step method to organize every payment so nothing slips—no late fees, no stress, no surprises. You'll learn how to inventory every obligation, map due dates to your cash flow, and set up a payment system that works with your habits, not against them. From automating essentials to handling variable bills, auditing subscriptions, and coordinating wit...

You persuade every day—in conversations, emails, meetings, and negotiations. But the line between genuine influence and manipulation can blur. This book shows you how to move people ethically, building trust and respect even when interests diverge. Learn the core principles of persuasive communication: active listening, framing, storytelling, and non-verbal presence. Discover how to understand what others truly need, present your case clearly, and handle objections with integrity. Each cha...

Money is the single most common source of tension in modern relationships—yet most couples never learn how to talk about it without fighting. Drawing on decades of research reviewed by leading institutions and the consensus of marriage and financial therapists, this warm, practical guide shows you how to transform financial disagreements into opportunities for deeper connection. You’ll discover a simple weekly check-in ritual that cuts conflict in half, a framework for aligning your money ...

Do you ever hold back an idea in a meeting, downplay your accomplishments, or feel like an impostor waiting to be discovered? This book transforms confidence at work from a vague trait into a set of practical, learnable skills. Through clear strategies and real-world exercises, you will learn how to speak with authority in presentations and daily conversations, lead with influence regardless of your title, and own the value you bring to every project. Discover how to structure your message...

For decades we've been told to set big goals. But goals are brittle: they leave you lost when you fall short, and empty when you achieve them. This book flips the script. Instead of obsessing over what you want to achieve, learn to design the systems—the daily routines, workflows, and feedback loops—that make success inevitable. Drawing on practical examples from productivity, fitness, and creative work, Ivan Petrov Callahan shows you how to build repeatable processes that deliver results ...

Do you avoid looking at your bank balance? Feel like your money disappears without a trace? You're not alone – but it doesn't have to stay that way. 'Money Made Simple' cuts through the jargon and shame to give you a clear, step-by-step system for understanding your finances and making them work for you. No get‑rich‑quick schemes, no complicated spreadsheets, just practical actions you can take today. You'll learn how to track spending without guilt, build a budget that actually sticks, ta...

We all know the feeling—that sudden, almost magnetic pull toward a bag of chips or a piece of chocolate, even when we're not truly hungry. In Cut the Cravings, Ivan Petrov Callahan takes you on a calm, evidence-informed journey to understand that urge, not just resist it. Drawing on well-established research reviewed by leading health organizations, this book reveals the intricate dance between biology, environment, and habit that fuels our snacking impulses. You'll discover why your brain...

Does the thought of an unpaid bill keep you up at night? Do you find yourself dwelling on financial what-ifs long after the day is done? You are not alone, and this book is here to help. Money Worry offers a compassionate, evidence-informed path through the anxiety that surrounds personal finances. Drawing on mainstream psychological and financial consensus, Ivan Petrov Callahan gently guides you to understand the roots of your money stress—without judgment or shame. You will learn practic...

Ivan N. Petrov’s The Development of the Bulgarian Literary Language: From Incunabula to First Grammars, Late Fifteenth–Early Seventeenth Century examines the history of the first printed Cyrillic books and their role in the development of the Bulgarian literary language. In the literary culture of the Southern Slavs, especially the Bulgarians, the period that began at the end of the fifteenth century and covered the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is often seen as a foreshadowing of th...

“IAS has been held every two years since 1986 providing venue for the latest accomplishments and innovations in advanced intelligent autonomous systems. New technologies and application domains continuously pose new challenges to be overcome in order to apply intelligent autonomous systems in a reliable and user-independent way in areas ranging from industrial applications to professional service and household domains. The present book contains the papers presented at the 17th Internationa...