Evanar Hostric dreams of becoming a Guardian, but his magic is not like the others at the Temple. It is darker, hungrier, and comes at a terrible cost.His comfortable life, upended by a group of new students, leads to a dreadful encounter and Evan doubting his dream. He resolves to leave it behind in favor of a more peaceful path, when an attack on all he loves forces him to choose: Let them die, or become the monster he was meant to be.Aspected is the firs...

Part Guardian—part Priest, Evanar Hostric is a broken mage with a dark side.Traveling to answer a mysterious offer from the Emperor, he finds himself the enemy of one of the most powerful nobles in the land.But after discovering the Archduke’s secret—that he is selling children to his wealthy friends to fund a rebellion—that suits Evan just fine.Locked in a race to save those that society ignored, he is beleaguered at ...

Updated in a new 9th edition, this casebook explores civil liberty problems through a study of leading judicial decisions. It offers a reasonable sample of cases across a broad spectrum of rights and liberties. This book introduces groups of featured cases with in-depth commentaries that set the specific historical-legal context of which they are a part, allowing readers to examine significant portions of court opinions, including major arguments from majority, concurring, and dissenting o...

It is 1993. Chloé Taylor, having just graduated college, finds her life changed forever after opening a letter from her great-grandmother, Camille Laver. A great-grandmother Chloé never knew existed. Leaving her peaceful life in Seattle, Chloé travels to New Orleans to discover the secrets of her family's historic past, full of love and tragedy from 1890s Paris. She discovers an ineffable love of a lifetime that sprang up during the La Belle Epoque between Camille's gypsy courtesan mother,...

Discover a project-based approach to mastering machine learning concepts by applying them to everyday problems using libraries such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and KerasKey FeaturesGet to grips with Python's machine learning libraries including scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and KerasImplement advanced concepts and popular machine learning algorithms in real-world projectsBuild analytics, computer vision, and neural network projectsBo...

Lost Boy: Brace Yourself continues the Lost Boy Series as Mike faces more challenges finding his place in the world. Just like the title says, brace yourself. For, with his friend Keith, the laughter is non-stop, and so is his love for Gabi.

In our lives, there are defining moments - moments in which we love, laugh, grieve, and heal. These moments are filled with highs and lows like the ocean tide. When the tide recedes, exposing beautiful shells, only then do we realize the gifts that they bring to us. If it were not for the lows, those gifts would never be discovered.We all have our own stories, but something truly special happened thirty-six years ago. We received a gift. Her name was Emily Rene White, and this is h...

Arcturus is a love story of two people who refuse to give up and the tale of a family on a cross-country journey learning to heal. Arcturus awakens the soul, gripping readers' hearts and leaving them questioning what truly matters.In our lives, there are defining moments - moments in which we love, laugh, grieve, and heal. These moments are filled with highs and lows like the ocean tide. When the tide recedes, exposing beautiful shells, only then do we realize the gifts that they b...

The Long Road Home is a story about taking chances, holding onto what you have, and letting go of what you've lost.Set amid the unmatched beauty of southeast New Mexico, The Long Road Home begins with biker Jacob McGuire re-entering society on a mission, along with the help of his New King biker brothers, to find the person that killed his wife Maria. After taking a job at the Campbell Ranch, he is reunited with his childhood friend Faith Campbell.Faith, who is recently eng...

What if the love you lost was all the love you will ever know?In Lost Boy, this realization drives Mike, a massage therapist in Burbank. While searching for love, he and his best friend Keith traverse many hilarious relationship faux pas. Then he meets Gabi and must decide if he can open his heart or stay lost in the past.When given a second chance, will he be able to find himself and love again or remain lost forever? Find out in this coming-of-age romantic comedy.

The History of Alternative Test Methods in Toxicology uses a chronological approach to demonstrate how the use of alternative methods has evolved from their conception as adjuncts to traditional animal toxicity tests to replacements for them. This volume in the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series explores the history of alternative test development, validation, and use, with an emphasis on humanity and good science, in line with the Three Rs (Replacement,Reduction, Refine...

Chris’s drive to live life big shines through everything he does, from his annual 4th of July fireworks display, starting at precisely 17:76 o’clock (6:16 p.m. to most of us), to the whimsical pet names he gives everyone he meets, to his huge get-togethers with family and friends. He is loved—really loved—and his life seems perfect. But life is precarious. When he is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Chris is forced to accept that things will never be the same and vows to make every singl...