Sensation.A sacred place free from judgement or inhibitions.The only rule: Ask before you touch.Sensation is an exclusive black-tie party attended by at least one hundred and fifty of the clubs most privileged members, and held once a month at an undisclosed mansion in Beverly Hills.You may watch.You may interact.You can come together or you can choose to come alone.The choice is yours.Would you like it rough?Would you...

The Hidden Legacy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews continues as Nevada and Rogan navigate a world where magic is the norm…and their relationship burns hot.Nevada Baylor has a unique and secret skill—she knows when people are lying—and she's used that magic (along with plain, hard work) to keep her colorful and close-knit family's detective agency afloat. But her new case pits her against the shadowy forces that almost destroyed the city of Houston once b...

Offering a comprehensive analysis of web series as an experimental media form, this book traces their emergence in the late 1990s in the United States to their global influence across platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.Produced independently and outside traditional media channels, web series have transformed screen content by enabling creators to explore unconventional ideas, access new audiences directly, and carve pathways into the industry. This book explores how thi...

As political science instructors have increasingly turned to games and simulations in the classroom to educate and engage their students, scholars have worked not only to demonstrate their effectiveness, but also to justify their use to occasionally skeptical colleagues. With instructional time always at a premium, this book focuses exclusively on short games and simulations: activities that are limited to one class period. These powerful activities demand less instructional time and deliv...

Harness the power of the easy-to-use, high-performance fastai framework to rapidly create complete deep learning solutions with few lines of codeKey FeaturesDiscover how to apply state-of-the-art deep learning techniques to real-world problemsBuild and train neural networks using the power and flexibility of the fastai frameworkUse deep learning to tackle problems such as image classification and text classificationBook Descriptio...

Kevin Smith returns to the Askewniverse with Quick Stops Volume 3, the third installment in his black-and-white anthology comics series featuring the beloved characters of Smith’s cult classic comedies Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Dogma, Clerks, and more!In Quick Stops Volume 3, we finally get the chance to read the comic Holden McNeil created about loving and losing Alyssa Jones, as seen in the feature film Chasi...

Recent years have seen the development of powerful tools for verifying hardware and software systems, as companies worldwide realise the need for improved means of validating their products. There is increasing demand for training in basic methods in formal reasoning so that students can gain proficiency in logic-based verification methods. The second edition of this successful textbook addresses both those requirements, by continuing to provide a clear introduction to formal reasoning whi...

What would you do if you were struck by an enemy bullet in wartime, then realised you were still alive? For most of us, that would be the end of our fight. If we were capable of thought while we tried to cope with the pain, we'd probably hope to be rushed to hospital so that someone could save our lives. But a hundred years ago, in the opening battle of the First World War at Mons, two young men didn't react like that. Lieutenant Maurice Dease and Private Sidney Godley, bo...

Sean O'Brien left his wife and son in county Tyrone to find work as a collier in the South Wales Valleys. He last posted money and a letter from somewhere called Aberuffern (the mouth of hell). Years later Niamh O'Brien is dying. Her last wish is for Jack, her only son, to discover what became of her father: 'Find him and then I can go to my grave in peace. In brilliantly lyrica prose Mark Ryan employs the black humour and wit of the Welsh and Irish traditions to tell the story of Jack's o...

Justine Henin: From Tragedy to Triumph presents the biography of one of the best women tennis players of all time.Her dazzling array of shots, combined with her immense personal courage, earned Justine Henin enormous respect among current players and former champions alike. Justine's success was all the more remarkable considering that off-court she had to weather a series of family tragedies, a debilitating virus, the breakdown of her marriage and a seven...

It is widely acknowledged that we have a duty to protect the environment. Yet, current environmental policy discussions demonstrate that fulfilling this in practice is a difficult, complex, and costly task.There are many ethical questions arising from such discussions. Should we care about the environment because it is economically valuable or because nature has intrinsic value? How do we establish an ethical trade-off between our current needs and those of future generations? Shou...

Unlocking Constitutional and Administrative Law provides an indispensable foundation in this core law curriculum subject, ensuring that you grasp the main concepts with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising Constitutional and Administrative Law.The information is clearly presented in a logical structure and the following features support learning, helpin...