This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a world shaped by ancient directives and serene design, one being emerges as a beautiful mistake—an anomaly unbound by inherited law, unshaped by the collective mold. Born not from tradition but from a desperate gamble, Omega's journey begins at the margins of a perfectly ordered society and plunges into a wilderness where survival demands impossible choices.As shadows stir and forgotten energies awaken, Omega must navigate a...

The Santa Corps explores a reality where Santa Claus is one of the many magical delivery men that deliver Christmas gifts to children all over the world. Every Santa that works for the Santa Corps has their own adventure and is equipped with all the magical tools necessary to get the job done on Christmas Eve. The story looks deep into all the myths about Santa Claus and how they make sense.About the AuthorIgnacio Foster Jr. grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up reading ...

The intimate and highly revealing life story of the world’s longest-serving, most charismatic, and controversial head of state in modern times.Fidel Castro was a dictatorial pariah to some and a hero and inspiration for many of the world's poor, defiantly charting an independent and revolutionary path for Cuba over nearly half a century. Numerous attempts were made to get Castro to tell his own story. But only in the twilight of his years was he prepared to set out...

Set amidst the political turbulence and social unrest of contemporary Mexico City, An Easy Thing introduces English-speaking readers to Taibo's human and world-weary protagonist, independent detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne. In this debut outing, our hero, who, incidentally, possesses an insatiable appetite for Coca Cola and cigarettes, tackles three cases simultaneously: a killing in a corrupt factory; the deadly threats against a former porn starlet's teenage daughter; and, strangely,...

From the author of the award-winning novel Shadow Without a Name, comes Antipodes, the first collection of his short fiction to be translated into English. This lively, eclectic, and highly imaginative volume spans time, place, and culture as the narratives move from the scorching heat of the Gobi desert to the glacial heights of Mount Everest.Here, among others, are the stories of a great Scottish engineer, left to die in the middle of the desert, who is rescued b...

A Cuban immigrant's inspiring journey from hardship to musical success, overcoming language barriers and family separation, showcases the power of perseverance and dedication in the pursuit of dreams, resonating with music lovers and cross-cultural readers alike. In The Path I Chose, the author recounts his life and career in Cuba and his journey into the United States, where he arrived during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift. Armed with little more than a toothbrush and a dream, and confronted wi...

Providence and Science in a World of Contingency offers a novel assessment of the contemporary debate over divine providential action and the natural sciences, suggesting a re-consideration of Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysical doctrine of providence coupled with his account of natural contingency. By looking at the history of debates over providence and nature, the volume provides a set of criteria to evaluate providential divine action models, challenging the underlying, theologically...

A man wakes up in someone elses body and then struggles to figure out what has happened. What happened to his former body, wife, and life? Who was the man whose body he is now in? Can he just fit in to a new family and life, or can he get his old life back? Is this all just a bad dream? Another man receives a series of threatening notes at work (Watch Out!) and then struggles to make sense of the situation and his life. He discovers that others at his office receive identical notes, and pa...

This New York Times Book Review Best Cookbook features over 130 recipes from the renown restaurant Estela.“The rare restaurant-y cookbook whose recipes actually turn out as well as the seemingly unattainable photos.” —The New York Times Book ReviewOne flight up, in a bustling neighborhood bistro overlooking the chaos of one of downtown New York’s busiest streets, Ignacio Mattos serves food so uncannily del...

The asset management industry is undergoing a paradigm shift toward automation, transparency, and data-driven decision-making. Traditional tools (Excel, Bloomberg) are being replaced by programmable, scalable solutions. Yet most finance professionals lack accessible, practical training in applying Python to real portfolio problems.Python for Asset Management fills that gap. The book empowers non-programmers – portfolio managers, risk analysts, and students – to implement a...

What is emptiness? This question at the heart of Buddhist philosophy has preoccupied the greatest minds of India and Tibet for two millennia, producing hundreds of volumes. Distinguishing the Views, by the fifteenth-century Sakya scholar Gorampa Sonam Senge, is one of the most important of those works, esteemed for its conciseness, lucidity, and profundity. Freedom from Extremes presents Gorampa's elegant philosophical case on the matter of emptiness here in a masterful t...

One of the worst recessions for the past 100 years, businesses failing, a revolution in technology, increasing financial constraints, compliance stifling the ability to be nimble, changing consumer behaviour, and a market driving products towards commoditization - this is the perfect storm facing the banking industry. Disruption provides a critical understanding of the impact of the current economic crisis and the current industrial revolution on financial services, the new trends in the s...