The pristine waters of the Finger Lakes inspire tranquility, but the region has not been spared a history of high-profile murders. George Chapman's execution for killing a hostler in a drunken rage drew one of the largest crowds in Seneca County's history. Charles Sprague was the only person from Yates County to be executed and the last person electrocuted at Auburn Prison after shooting a neighbor in a dispute over potatoes. A plea of insanity did not save James Williams from the electric...

An insightful, captivatingly designed, full-color book that transports readers to the futuristic megalopolis of Night City--the epicenter of the vibrant new action-RPG from CD Projekt Red.Step into the year 2077, a world dotted with dystopian metropoles where violence, oppression, and cyberware implants aren't just common--they're necessary tools to get ahead. Delve into incisive lore to discover how the economic decline of the United States created a crippling dep...

What makes countries rich? What makes countries poor? Europe's Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland seeks to answer these questions, and many more, through a study of one of the biggest, and least heard about, economic success stories. Over the last thirty years Poland has transitioned from a perennially backward, poor, and peripheral country to unexpectedly join the ranks of the world's high-income countries. Europe's Growth Champion is about the le...

Lamps, penknives, paperbacks, mechanical pencils, inflatable headrests. Marcin Wicha's mother Joanna was a collector of everyday objects. She found intrinsic – and often idiosyncratic – value in each item. When she dies and leaves her apartment intact, Wicha is left to sort through her things.The objects are the seemingly ordinary possessions of an ordinary life. But through them, Wicha begins to construct an image of Joanna as a Jewish woman, a mother, and a citizen. As Poland eme...

This practical and action-oriented book focuses on addressing the educational needs of twice-exceptional students in higher education.Drawing on the experiences of educators, this book discusses various challenges academic teachers face in meeting the needs of these students while presenting practical strategies that can be easily implemented in colleges and universities. Chapters not only provide a comprehensive overview of the latest research and findings in special and inclusive...

Improve your legal vocabulary and comprehension of texts written with the use of jargon of legal practitioners. Designed by a lawyer and legal English teacher, this workbook helps you to understand more than 400 legal expressions and 80 business phrasal verbs. It sets the terminology in a daily-life context and provides efficient explanations as well as sentence use. The workbook covers elements from 18 areas of law, including human rights law, public international law, business law, IP la...

Welcome to the story of a cat who has already died eight times.A darkly funny, unexpectedly tender journey through nine strange and unforgettable lives.In Nocturne for Nine Lives, a sarcastic cat wakes on a vet’s table, convinced the anaesthetic is the end. As the world fades around him, he decides to take stock of how he got here. After all, a cat gets nine lives.From the brutal uncertainty of life on the streets to the absurdity of student flats, ...

Alit is a girl like any other.By night, she wards off clumsy advances from boring scribes and functionaries, and dreams of other lives she could have led.By day, she carries letters across dangerous Numush to add coins to her dowry, and awaits with some trepidation the day when her brother is finally old enough to sign her over to another man.Her world shatters when her tablet house is attacked, for the second time, by men with knives. They want to know more about h...

The first comprehensive study of five feminist publications – Room of One’s Own, Contemporary Verse 2, Fireweed, Tessera, and (f).Lip – this book shares the story of a vibrant and transformative publishing force within Canadian print culture.Drawing on full runs of feminist magazines and unpublished documents, Marcin Markowicz examines the history and impact of feminist literary magazines in the country. The book demonstrates how feminis...

This book covers selected topics of automated logic synthesis dedicated to FPGAs. The authors focused on two main problems: decomposition of the multioutput functions and technology mapping. Additionally, the idea of using binary decision diagrams (BDD) in these processes was presented. The book is a scientific monograph summarizing the authors’ many years of research. As a result, it contains a large number of experimental results, which makes it a valuable source for other researchers. T...

Kamvar, a soldier, has lost his way. Leonine, a thief and sorcerer, has forgotten that he had one to lose.When the daughter of a High Priest finds herself exiled and hunted across the entirety of conquered Ekka, both men will remember who they are, and the country's invaders will learn that memories, unlike temples, are not so easily torn down.Pale Queen's Courtyard is the first novel by Canadian author Marcin Wrona, and a finalist in SciFiNow's 2009 War of the Words.

Welcome aboard a bus that arrives long after the last service should have run.A quiet, unsettling journey through the spaces between endings and beginnings.In The Farewell Fare, four strangers find themselves waiting at the same late-night bus stop. The timetable is wrong. The streets are empty. And when the bus finally arrives, it seems to appear from nowhere.At first, it feels like any other ride home.But the road outside grows unfamiliar,...