A goddess, disgusted with humanity, made her choice:The dead would rise first.Corpses clawed out of graves and morgues, mutating, evolving, growing stronger with every life they consumed. Cities fell. Borders vanished. The Apocalypse began.In the middle of this dying world, Alexander Faust—a powerless, ordinary man—makes an unforgivable decision: to survive, he abandons his humanity and becomes a Ghoul.This is the story of Alexander’s strugg...

From choosing and using to programming, charging and cleansing, Crystals is a modern guide to enhancing your life with these enchanting stones.Often referred to as ‘wisdom keepers’, crystals hold millions of years of the Earth’s history within them. Through emitting steady vibrations, they will help you to become more centered and balanced, creating spaces of Zen around you and your home.Featuring 60 of the most common and interesting crystals, thi...

This textbook aims to introduce students to the foundational concepts of the marriage and family therapy field, providing a comprehensive overview of a range of models and their practical application.Designed specifically for distance-learning, Yulia Watters and Darren Adamson bring together a collection of experienced marriage and family therapists to teach the absolute essentials of marriage and family therapy without peripheral or incidental information. Iterative in its present...

This book addresses a wide range of issues relating to the theoretical substantiation of the necessity of Industry 4.0, the development of the methodological tools for its analysis and evaluation, and practical solutions for effectively managing this process. It particularly focuses on solving the problem of optimizing the development of Industry 4.0 in the context of knowledge economy formation.The book presents the authors’ approach to studying the process of Industry 4.0 formati...

Tic Disorders and Tourette Syndrome is an essential resource that delves into the clinical aspects, treatments, and ongoing research related to tic disorders and Tourette syndrome. It covers a range of topics from primary to secondary and functional tics, providing differential diagnosis. The book is designed to offer foundational knowledge to neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychiatrists, and psychologists, while also catering to the needs of advanced readers. In addition to clinical pr...

A memoir of a graduate of Stalin's Central Women's Sniper School and her experience during World War II.Yulia Zhukova was a dedicated member of the Soviet communist youth organization, the Komsomol, and her parents worked for Russia's secret police, the NKVD. Yulia started at the sniper school near Podolsk in western Russian and eventually became a valued soldier during operations against Prussia. In this powerful account, she shares firsthand knowledge of the mach...

What does it mean to be a business analyst? What would you do every day? How will you bring value to your clients? And most importantly, what makes a business analyst exceptional?This book will answer your questions about this challenging career choice through the prism of the business analyst mindset — a concept developed by the author, and its twelve principles demonstrated through many case study examples."Business analyst: a profession and a mindset" is a structurally r...

Financial Privacy is dead. There is no bank secret anymore. Your bank account information is exchanged automatically with reporting mechanisms like FATCA and CRS. Offshore companies are useless in 2020. Even Panama exchanges your bank details.The European Union introduced the MDR - Mandatory Disclosure Rules for intermediaries. That means that intermediaries (tax lawyers, accountants, service providers) now have to report clients that inquire about aggressive tax structures.Y...

A gripping, unexpectedly humorous, and deeply human portrait of life in Ukraine reshaped by war. In this powerful collection of essays, writer Andriy Lyubka—thrust into the role of an unlikely volunteer—offers a firsthand account of delivering aid to the front lines.With raw honesty and surprising wit, Lyubka captures both the absurdity and the heartbreak of war. He reflects on time lost, the emotional toll of conflict, and the everyday defiance that keeps hope ali...

This book is devoted to the systems rethinking of the role of the leading digital technologies and circular innovations to reduce the environmental footprint of the modern economy. The target audience of this book consists of scientists who explore environmental economics, energy economics, and sustainable development. In this book, they will find a consistent take on the impact of the economy on the environment from the perspective of a new scientific concept—the environmental footprint o...

This book positions itself at the intersection of the key areas of the modern humanities. Different authors from a variety of countries take innovative approaches to investigating multimodal communication, adapting pedagogical design to digital environments and enhancing cognitive skills through transformations in teaching and learning practices. The eclectic forms under study require eclectic approaches and methodologies, and the authors cross disciplinary boundaries drawing on philosophy...

This book meticulously examines how centers of illicit trade pose myriad threats to global security and sustainable development.The exponential growth of illicit trade, resulting in annual losses amounting to trillions of dollars for the global economy, is increasingly concentrated within specific geographic areas. These locales serve as safe havens for smugglers and their accomplices, fostering a criminal ecosystem that facilitates the convergence of various criminal activities. T...