This insider's account of the lives of Brian Jones, Keith Richard, and Mick Jagger in the sixties and seventies has become legendary in the years since its first publication in 1979. Tony Sanchez worked for Keith Richard for eight years - buying drugs, running errands, and orchestrating cheap thrills - and he records unforgettable accounts of the Stones' perilous misadventures: racing cars along the Cote d'Azur; murder at Altamont; nostalgic nights with the Beatles at the Stones-owned nigh...

This two-volume set, LNCS 15612 and 15613 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2025, held as part of EvoStar 2025, in Trieste, Italy, during April 23–25, 2025, and co-located with the EvoStar events, EvoCOP, EvoMUSART, and EuroGP.The 50 full papers and 18 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. These papers have been organized in the fo...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"...refreshing...concentrates on small ‘boring’ businesses... serves up a recipe to bypass the challenges of a founder by creatively financing smart deals." — Forbes**Rich people know a secret. In this book, former Wall Street investor Codie Sanchez pulls back the curtain.Most people look for wealth in all the wrong places. From dropshipping and startups to grinding for promotions, you might belie...

This two-volume set, LNCS 15612 and 15613 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2025, held as part of EvoStar 2025, in Trieste, Italy, during April 23–25, 2025, and co-located with the EvoStar events, EvoCOP, EvoMUSART, and EuroGP.The 50 full papers and 18 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. These papers have been organized in the fo...

A Critical Look at Information Science and Librarianship in a New Age: Constellation of Insanity fosters a platform for information scientists to engage in reflection and contemplation regarding the profound questions of our era. By drawing insights from pioneers in the field whose contributions were once marginalized or, in some instances, overlooked within the realm of information science, chapter authors strive to re/center the field's focal point.Chapter authors draw f...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “stunning” (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.“Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York TimesPerfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after...

"A fascinating account of Apache history and ethnography. All the narratives have been carefully chosen to illustrate important facets of the Apache experience. Moreover, they make very interesting reading....This is a major contribution to both Apache history and to the history of the Southwest....The book should appeal to a very wide audience. It also should be well received by the Native American community. Indeh is oral history at its best."---R. David Edmunds, Uta...

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the workshops held at 24th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Euro-Par 2018, which took place in Turin, Italy, in August 2018.The 64 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 109 submissions.Euro-Par is an annual, international conference in Europe, covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing. These range from theory to practice, from small to...

This open access book addresses relevant issues related to higher education and sustainable development goals (SDGs). The book has a high degree of originality and brings innovation to the contemporary solution for 21st century higher education, innovative contextualisation and conceptualisation of ICT-enabled critical thinking. It facilitates the achievement of the UN-defined SDGs and introduces a framework for SDG development that addresses both the national and international needs of cu...

This book constitutes the refereed workshop proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2016, held in Granada, Spain, in December 2016. The 30 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions. They cover many dimensions of parallel algorithms and architectures, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial components and systems trying to pus...

Rich people know a secret. In this book, former Wall Street investor Codie Sanchez pulls back the curtain.Most people look for wealth in all the wrong places. From dropshipping and startups to grinding for promotions, you might believe you have to trade your life to be one of the few who win. But the truly rich know these paths are paved with delusion and false promises.In Main Street Millionaire, Codie Sanchez teaches you the path the wealthy real...