Social worker Mitch Adams receives an urgent plea in the middle of the night to help save his mentor, psychologist Tony Martin... from himself. Tony's obsession, co develop a Virtual Reality machine that can prevent suicides hit a roadblock-the technology doesn't exist yet. Tony signed a contract with a local engineering firm whose bombastic Jewish leader commands twelve "apostles," among them a beautiful and beguiling half-Arab named Danielle Naila.One night Tony secretly trial ra...

Josh Lewis' best friend, Aaron Zimmer, has turned his computer into a wish-granting machine. It ought to be every techno-addict's dream, but there are a few bugs in the system. Nobody knows when the computer will interactivate next--and it doesn't just grant Josh and Aaron's wishes. In fact, Aaron's mom's poodle seems to eb doing some of the wishing, too. When a mysterious spy called The Watcher starts monitoring their every move in cyberspace, the real trouble begins in this compelling st...

Welcome to "The Time Machine Chronicles: Old Testament Characters," where four curious children—James, Mary, David, and Linda—embark on an extraordinary journey through time. After discovering a mysterious time machine in an old attic, they find themselves traveling back thousands of years to witness the lives of iconic figures from the Old Testament. Each adventure brings these ancient stories to life, teaching both the children—and readers—valuable lessons that resonate in today's world....

BURN FAT, NOT TIMEThe ultimate get-in-shape-fast, at-home, no-equipment-required program designed especially for women—from the ultra-fit Special Operations trainer and author of You Are Your Own GymSay goodbye to long, tedious hours at the gym and boring, muscle-depleting cardio exercises. Elite trainer and fitness guru Mark Lauren is here to show you that the best—and only—equipment you need to get in shape is free and always acc...

Written by the inventors of the technology, The Java® Virtual Machine Specification, Java SE 7 Edition, is the definitive technical reference for the Java Virtual Machine.The book provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the Java Virtual Machine. It fully describes the invokedynamic instruction and method handle mechanism added in Java SE 7, and gives the formal Prolog specification of the type-checking verifier introduced in Java SE 6. The bo...

Java Message Service, Second Edition, is a thorough introduction to the standard API that supports "messaging" -- the software-to-software exchange of crucial data among network computers. You'll learn how JMS can help you solve many architectural challenges, such as integrating dissimilar systems and applications, increasing scalability, eliminating system bottlenecks, supporting concurrent processing, and promoting flexibility and agility.Updated for JMS 1.1, this second...

From factories to smartphones, Artificial Intelligence is already taking over. Outsmarting AI is not a how-to guide on making AI work, but making it work for YOU to boost profits and productivity.Each development in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology brings about apprehension and panic for the future of society and for business. We’re bombarded with stories about the impending human-less workplace; it is no longer a question if man can be replaced by machine in certain tasks, ...

How does pornography harm a marriage?“It may be cybersex, but it can feel like real infidelity to your partner,” says authors Mark Chamberlain and Geoff Steurer. “There's nothing virtual about the damage pornography does to a relationship.”The good news is that the marriage itself can be a couple's most powerful tool in healing in a pornography habit. This helpful, informative, and insightful book will help couples learn how to harness that strength to make their marriages ...

Social worker Mitch Adams receives an urgent plea to save his mentor, psychologist Tony Martin ... from himself. Ton'y quest to develop a Virtual Reality machine to prevent suicides hits a snag--the technology doesn't exist. He signs a contract with a local engineering firm whose bombastic Jewish leader oversees twelve "apostles", among them a beautiful and beguiling half-Arab female engineer named Danielle Naila.After months of round-the-clock work, Tony secretly tries the machine...

Build exciting robotics projects such as mobile manipulators, self-driving cars, and industrial robots powered by ROS, machine learning, and virtual realityKey FeaturesCreate and program cool robotic projects using powerful ROS librariesBuild industrial robots like mobile manipulators to handle complex tasksLearn how reinforcement learning and deep learning are used with ROSBook DescriptionNowadays, heavy industrial robots pl...

Gain all the essentials you need to create scalable microservices, which will help you solve real challenges when deploying services into production. This book will take you through creating a scalable data layer with polygot persistence. You’ll cover data access and query patterns in Spring and JPA in high-performance environments. As part of this topic, you’ll see the advantages of multiple persistence frameworks in Java and especially the easy persistence offered by NoSQL databases and ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.If you're here, i bet your work or financial situation has recently become frustrating. But don't worry, you're not alone in your search for financial security and a second income to support you and your family. Traditional work no longer offers the safety it once did and often doesn't allow enough free time to dedicate to your family.However, there is a solution! This comprehensive guide is designed to teach yo...