Sights and Sounds of Grief is a thoughtful grief and healing guide by Dr. Eric Rogers that examines how ancestral voices, photographs, videos, and recorded memories can support emotional recovery after loss. Drawing from psychology, grief research, personal reflection, and therapeutic insight, the book shows how visual and audio legacies help mourners remember loved ones not only by how they died, but by how they lived. With reflective questions, healing practices, and res...

Iterative Learning CONTROL ALGORITHMS AND EXPERIMENTAL BENCHMARKINGIterative Learning Control Algorithms and Experimental BenchmarkingPresents key cutting edge research into the use of iterative learning controlThe book discusses the main methods of iterative learning control (ILC) and its interactions, as well as comparator performance that is so crucial to the end user. The book provides integrat...

I have worked the violent streets of LA for over 3 decades and was thrust into situations requiring immediate action in the face of danger to prevent lives from being lost. While violence is a reality in our society, especially while policing, my ability to stay safe and return home to my family has been dependent on the ability to walk that Thin Blue Line without allowing death’s shadow to cross over it. 9 Lives will take you through an account of several encounters, where I have narrowly...

Iterative learning control (ILC) has its origins in the control of processes that perform a task repetitively with a view to improving accuracy from trial to trial by using information from previous executions of the task. This brief shows how a classic application of this technique – trajectory following in robots – can be extended to neurological rehabilitation after stroke.Regaining upper limb movement is an important step in a return to independence after stroke, but the prognos...

**A history making memoir of the first openly gay professional athlete in North America, now the producer of Fellow Travelers and My Policeman“Rogers made history.” —Sports Illustrated**Robbie Rogers knows better than most that keeping secrets can crush you. But for much of his life Robbie lived in paralyzing fear that sharing his big secret would cost him the love of his family and his career as a professional soccer player. So he never told anyo...

As a creativity coach, Dr. Maisel talks about the lineage of our creativity. There is a point in our lives when we fall in love with something — a book, a painting, a piece of music, a film — and we long to be part of the lineage of that creation. This longing emboldens us to enter the path of our own creative spirit. However in the hubbub of post-modern life it is not easy to organize our day around our creative expressions.Maisel has some advice for us, “I think for a lot of ...

When we catch others in a lie or an ethical breach, our judgment is swift and unforgiving. We label them as fundamentally flawed or inherently dishonest. But when we commit the exact same transgressions—cutting corners, lying to a client, or betraying a confidence—our memory of the event miraculously softens. Our brains are exceptionally skilled defense attorneys. To protect our core identity as "good people," we unconsciously rewrite the narrative of our own moral failures. We invent exte...

From the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Barking Up the Wrong Tree comes a cure-all for our increasing emotional distance and loneliness—a smart, surprising, and thoroughly entertaining guide to help build better friendships, reignite love, and get closer to others, whether you’re an extrovert or introvert, socially adept or socially anxious.Can you judge a book by its cover?Is a friend in need truly a friend inde...

If you want to be the best, you have to have the right skillset.From finance and strategy to leadership and marketing, THE ULTIMATE MBA BOOK is a dynamic collection of tools, techniques, and strategies for success.Discover the main themes and key ideas you need and bring it all together with practical exercises.This is your complete MBA course.ABOUT THE SERIESULTIMATE books are for managers, leaders, and business exec...

Taking place on a single day in May 1909, a self-made millionaire and his family invite their future nobleman-in-law for a visit to their estate in Surrey, England. In this delightfully clever play, issues of gender, class, politics and family are all targets for Shaw’s keen wit.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Tom Beyer, Joy Gregory, Roger Rees, Serena Scott Thomas, W. Morgan Sheppard, Eric Stoltz, Victoria Tennant, Tegan West and Douglas Weston.

For the first time ever in audio! GraphicAudio and Dynamite Comics are proud to present THE BOYS produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music. This is going to hurt! In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone's got to make sure the "supes" don't get out of line. And someone will! Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman, and The Female are The Boys: A CIA-backed team of very dangero...

New perspectives on Caribbean historical archaeology that go beyond the colonial plantationHistorical Archaeologies of the Caribbean: Contextualizing Sites through Colonialism, Capitalism, and Globalism addresses issues in Caribbean history and historical archaeology such as freedom, frontiers, urbanism, postemancipation life, trade, plantation life, and new heritage. This collection moves beyond plantation archaeology by expanding the knowledge of the div...