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Soldiers of Fortune (Omega Force, #2) By : Joshua Dalzelle READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : After the daring rescue of a political dissident, Omega Force is contracted to investigate a rash of violent attacks on civilian shipping lanes within a group of star systems known as the Concordian Cluster. It seems a simple enough job with a huge payday at the end and it's exactly what the ragtag group of mercenaries needs in order to keep their ship flying and to stay one step ahead of those hunting them.However, the further they delve into the seedy underworld of the Cluster the more they realize they may be in over their heads. With innocent lives hanging in the balance, Captain Burke and his crew begin a desperate race to uncover who is responsible for these attacks, and why, before their ultimate goal can be realized. Book Detail : Author : Joshua Dalzelle Pages : 350 pages Publisher : Language : eng ISBN-10 : B00CNX3YB4 ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kin...

Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Trilogy Book 1) By : Alastair Reynolds READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason ? and if that reason is uncovered, the universe?and reality itself ? could be irrecoverably altered?. Book Detail : Author : Alastair Reynolds Pages : 561 pages Publisher : Language : eng ISBN-10 : B0819W19WD ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*==...

More Than Human By : Theodore Sturgeon READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : There's Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people's thoughts and make a man blow his brains out just by looking at him. There's Janie, who moves things without touching them, and there are the teleporting twins, who can travel ten feet or ten miles. There's Baby, who invented an antigravity engine while still in the cradle, and Gerry, who has everything it takes to run the world except for a conscience. Separately, they are talented freaks. Together, they compose a single organism that may represent the next step in evolution, and the final chapter in the history of the human race.In this genre-bending novel - among the first to have launched scifi into the arena of literature - one of the great imaginers of the twentieth century tells a story as mind-blowing as any controlled substance and as affecting as a glimpse into a stranger's soul. For as the protagonists of More T...

The Battle of Corrin (Legends of Dune, #3; Dune Universe, #3) By : Brian Herbert READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Following their internationally bestselling novels Dune: The Butlerian Jihad and Dune: The Machine Crusade, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson forge a final tumultuous finish to their prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune.It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated one by one, and at long last, after years of victory, the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight.Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. In a last-ditch effort to destroy humankind, virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets . . . and once again, the tide of the titanic struggle ...

The Ministry for the Future By : Kim Stanley Robinson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : ONE OF BARACK OBAMA?S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR?The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I?ve ever read.? ?Jonathan Lethem?"If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson?s The Ministry for the Future." ?Ezra Klein (Vox)The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis."One hopes that this book is read widely?that Robinson?s audience, already large, grows by an order of magnitude. Because the po...

The Enigma Cube (Alien Artifact #1) By : Douglas E. Richards READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A riveting near-future thriller. From the NY Times bestselling author whose books have sold over a million copies.An alien object with breathtaking capabilities. And a life-and-death struggle for the future of humanity.?Dr. Kelly Connolly is part of a top-secret team studying the most important find in human history, the Enigma Cube, an alien artifact of incomprehensible power. A cube whose technology can catapult civilization to dizzying heights--or destroy it entirely.After years of failed attempts to unlock the cube's secrets, all hell suddenly breaks loose. Kelly and a black-ops commando, Justin Boyd, are soon fighting against all odds to stay alive, and to keep the cube out of enemy hands.As the situation quickly goes from bad to worse, Kelly discovers that the cube's capabilities are far greater than even she had imagined. And that her actions could lead to nig...

Green World (Undying Mercenaries Book 15) By : B.V. Larson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Rebels build a secret base on Green World. Their plan is to attack Earth and retake all the planets the Humans have conquered.Hegemony starships gather to strike the Rebels first, but where is their base? As the fleets search, Earth warships trespass into Skay space igniting a fresh border conflict between rival Galactics.When James McGill stumbles onto the rebel camp, they?re forced to step up their plans. The world goes up in flames. Friends are permed and cities are destroyed as everything spins out of control.Can Earth survive? Find out in GREEN WORLD, book #15 of the Undying Mercenaries series. With over three million copies sold, USA Today Bestselling author B. V. Larson is the king of modern military science fiction. Book Detail : Author : B.V. Larson Pages : 62 pages Publisher : Podium Audio Language : eng ISBN-10 : B096N1YKVR ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, ...

Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) By : Martha Wells READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Murderbot wasn?t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right?Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah?its former owner (protector? friend?)?submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.But who?s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue?And what will become of it when it?s caught? Book Detail : Author : Martha Wells Pages : 176 pages Publisher : Tor.com Language : eng ISBN-10 : B078X1N8VF ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Ministry for the Future By : Kim Stanley Robinson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis. Book Detail : Author : Kim Stanley Robinson Pages : 577 pages Publisher : Orbit Language : eng ISBN-10 : B084FY1NXB ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) By : Martha Wells READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : SciFi?s favorite crabby A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is.And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good. Book Detail : Author : Martha Wells Pages : 150 pages Publisher : Language : eng ISBN-10 : B0756JSWGL ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living By : Meik Wiking READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : New York Times BestsellerEmbrace Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) and become happier with this definitive guide to the Danish philosophy of comfort, togetherness, and well-being.Why are Danes the happiest people in the world? The answer, says Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, is Hygge. Loosely translated, Hygge?pronounced Hoo-ga?is a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. "Hygge is about an atmosphere and an experience," Wiking explains. "It is about being with the people we love. A feeling of home. A feeling that we are safe."Hygge is the sensation you get when you?re cuddled up on a sofa, in cozy socks under a soft throw, during a storm. It?s that feeling when you?re sharing comfort food and easy conversation with loved ones at a candlelit table. It is the warmth of morning light shining just right on a c...

Gemstone Crystal Properties By : Jennifer Billock READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Identify 135 of the most sought after and popular gemstones, minerals and crystals through photos and descriptions of color variety, luster and transparency range. Scientific and metaphysical properties of each gemstone plus significant meanings or historical uses, or how it is formed. Suggested uses: o Buying Guide ? identify metaphysical or historical uses of stones for you personally or as a meaningful gift o Collectors ? handy identification and properties reference o Jewelry & Art ? know the structure and durability of your materials for mounting or carving Book Detail : Author : Jennifer Billock Pages : 6 pages Publisher : QuickStudy Reference Guides Language : ISBN-10 : 1423228596 ISBN-13 : 9781423228592   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide By : Thomas Easley READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The definitive, full-color guide to making and using approximately 250 herbal medicines at home, with instructions for everything from harvesting to administering low-cost, DIY remedies.This comprehensive, full-color guide provides detailed, easy-to-follow instructions for making and using approximately 250 herbal medicines at home, including practical tips and numerous effective formulas developed and tested by the authors, both expert herbalists with years of experience. Readers who appreciate the health-giving properties of herbal medicines but are discouraged by the high price of commercial products can now make their own preparations for a fraction of the cost. The authors tell you everything you need to know about harvesting, preparing, and administering herbs in many different forms, including fresh, bulk dried herbs, capsules, extracts in water, alcohol, gl...

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times By : Pema Ch?dr?n READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Pema Ch?dr?n's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library. How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart?when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Ch?dr?n suggests, might be just the opposite of what you expect. Here, in her most beloved and acclaimed work, Pema shows that moving toward painful situations and becoming intimate with them can open up our hearts in ways we never before imagined. Drawing from traditional Buddhist wisdom, she offers life-changing tools for transforming suffering and negative patterns into habitual ease and boundless joy. Book Detail : Author : Pema Ch...

Self-Care: A Journal to Your Inner World By : Insight Editions READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This guided journal encourages the cultivation of mindfulness and general well-being amid a busy modern lifestyle.Self-Care: A Journal to Your Inner World offers a space to commit to your self-care routine with intention and dedication?helping you develop positive thinking, overcome challenging and stressful experiences and negative emotions, and cultivate a general sense of well-being and a healthy lifestyle. Immersed in your busy day-to-day activities, it?s easy to forget to focus on the present and what?s most important. This journal provides a place to record your thoughts and activities and consider how they affect your emotional and physical health.The journal is intended for those who want to foster deep reflection as well as for those who simply want to take better care of themselves. Having filled the journal with positive thoughts and routines, you will end up wi...

Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide By : Rosemary Gladstar READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Widely recognized as the godmother of modern herbalism, Rosemary Gladstar is renowned worldwide for her inspired teaching and trustworthy knowledge of healing herbs. With Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide, Gladstar offers a fresh introduction for a new generation of gardeners and natural health and self-sufficiency enthusiasts.Thirty-three of the most common and versatile healing plants are profiled in depth to get the budding herbalist off on the right foot. Readers will learn how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use each herb. Step-by-step instructions explain how to prepare herbal teas, salves, syrups, tinctures, oils, and liniments to stock the home medicine chest. Simple recipes explore each plant's healing qualities - aloe lotion for poison ivy, dandelion-burdock tincture for sluggish digestion, and lavender-lemon balm tea for stress r...

You Can Heal Your Life By : Louise L. Hay READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780937611012 can be found here The contents are broken down into 4 different parts: Introduction which tells you what the author believes, A Session with Louise, Putting These Ideas To Work and Conclusion. The author claims that "If you do the exercises in YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE progressively as they appear, by the time you finish, you will have begun to change your life". She suggests that you read the book once, then slowly read it again, but this time do each exercise in depth. Book Detail : Author : Louise L. Hay Pages : 253 pages Publisher : Hay House Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0937611018 ISBN-13 : 9780937611012   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose By : Eckhart Tolle READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : ?A wake-up call for the entire planet . . . [A New Earth] helps us to stop creating our own suffering and obsessing over the past and what the future might be, and to put ourselves in the now.? ?Oprah WinfreyWith his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived ?in the now.? In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, A...

The Wim Hof Method: Own Your Mind, Master Your Biology, and Activate Your Full Human Potential By : Wim Hof READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The only definitive book authored by Wim Hof on his powerful method for realizing our physical and spiritual potentialWim Hof has a message for each of us: ?You can literally do the impossible. You can overcome disease, improve your mental health and physical performance, and even control your physiology so you can thrive in freezing temperatures.? With The Wim Hof Method, this trailblazer of human potential shares a method that anyone can use?not just extreme athletes or spiritual masters?to supercharge your capacity for strength, health, and happiness.Wim Hof has become a modern legend for his astounding achievements, such as withstanding extreme temperatures, breaking world records, and running barefoot marathons over deserts and ice fields. In his gripping and passionate style, Hof shares the story of how he developed his me...

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself By : Michael A. Singer READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner in a relationship? Each time you consider these aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more to you than any of these can define. In The Untethered Soul?now a New York Times bestseller?spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves, and the world around us. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.This book, copublished w...

Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice By : Sidney Powell READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This true legal thriller debunks everything the media and the government told us about the Department of Justice?s destruction and prosecution of the venerable accounting firm Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch executives who did one business transaction with Enron, ?Alaska Senator Ted Steven?s, ?and more.? The common thread through it all is a cabal of narcissistic federal prosecutors who broke all the rules and rose to great power.? Still in the news today?Robert Mueller s ?pitbull" Andrew Weissmann and other members of Obama's inner circle?are wreaking havoc on our Republic. ?This is the book that began exposing ?the Deep State.? Book Detail : Author : Sidney Powell Pages : 464 pages Publisher : Sidney Powell Language : ISBN-10 : 1732767602 ISBN-13 : 9781732767607   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Suppor...

The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wall Calendar: Her Words of Hope, Equality and Inspiration-A Yearlong Tribute to the Notorious RBG By : Sourcebooks READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Celebrate a brilliant cultural icon with this inspiring wall art calendar!Pay tribute to the groundbreaking life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! Filled with bold, dynamic art each month and the profound words of the notorious RBG, this incredible 2021 wall calendar is the perfect inspirational gift for women or anyone who admires the trailblazing defender of justice and equality. The 2021 Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wall Calendar packs a powerful message and honors the woman who's changed the world with her wisdom and dissent. Celebrate the extraordinary achievements of this unconventional hero all year and beyond!A significant portion of the profits from this calendar will benefit causes Ruth Bader Ginsburg believed in and supported throughout her life! So...

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption By : Bryan Stevenson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America ? from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time.Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to defending the poor, the incarcerated, and the wrongly condemned.Just Mercy tells the story of EJI, from the early days with a small staff facing the nation?s highest death sentencing and execution rates, through a successful campaign to challenge the cruel practice of sentencing children to die in prison, to revolutionary projects designed to confront Americans with our history of racial injustice.One of EJI?s first clients was Walter McMillian, a young Black man who was sentenced to die for the murder of a young white woman that he didn?t commit. The c...

Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung By : Paul R. Alexander READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Contrary to popular belief Polio is not extinct. This is the true story of an indomitable spirit afflicted with unimaginable physical and psychological challenges. Paul Alexander's life is a saga that started in 1946 and has been profoundly shaped by the Polio epidemic of the early 1950's. Survivors of the 1950's Polio Epidemic in America are rare. Polio victims, like Paul Alexander, who require the assistance of an "Iron Lung" respirator for their life's breath are even rarer. Paul Alexander has crafted his life against all odds and has a courageous and compelling story to share with us all. Victims of Polio, their families, friends and communities are struggling to cope with this obscure but still dangerous infectious disease. This book is a testimony to the strength of the human spirit and an affirmation of the need to continue efforts...

Her Honor: My Life on the Bench...What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It By : LaDoris Hazzard Cordell READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts.Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible.Her Honor is an entertaining and provocative look into the hearts and minds of judges. Cordell takes you into her chambers where she haggles with prosecutors and defense attorneys and into th...

Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage By : Pauli Murray READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Poet, memoirist, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest, Pauli Murray helped transform the law of the land. Arrested in 1940 for sitting in the whites-only section of a Virginia bus, Murray propelled that life-defining event into a Howard law degree and a fight against ?Jane Crow? sexism. Her legal brilliance was pivotal to the overturning of Plessy v. Ferguson, the success of Brown v. Board of Education, and the Supreme Court?s recognition that the equal protection clause applies to women; it also connected her with such progressive leaders as Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Betty Friedan, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Now Murray is finally getting long-deserved recognition: the first African American woman to receive a doctorate of law at Yale, her name graces one of the university?s new colleges. Handsomely republished with a new introduction, Murray?s remar...

Algorithms for Optimization By : Mykel J. Kochenderfer READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A comprehensive introduction to optimization with a focus on practical algorithms for the design of engineering systems.This book offers a comprehensive introduction to optimization with a focus on practical algorithms. The book approaches optimization from an engineering perspective, where the objective is to design a system that optimizes a set of metrics subject to constraints. Readers will learn about computational approaches for a range of challenges, including searching high-dimensional spaces, handling problems where there are multiple competing objectives, and accommodating uncertainty in the metrics. Figures, examples, and exercises convey the intuition behind the mathematical approaches. The text provides concrete implementations in the Julia programming language.Topics covered include derivatives and their generalization to multiple dimensions; local descent and first- ...

Principles of Peptide Synthesis By : Miklos Bodanszky READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Principles of Peptide Synthesis is a very successful book by one of the pioneers of contemporary bioorganic synthesis. Its first edition proved a valuable source that is kept close to the work bench for frequent consulting. Any researcher planning the formation of the peptide bond, be it for the synthesis of a peptide chain or a cyclic peptide, benefits from the author's experience. The concise and critical treatment of the steps involved: protection, activation and bond formation require careful planning to avoid racemization and undesired side reactions. The second edition has been completely revised and updated. New procedures that have been developed since the first edition was published and that did not fit into the original are added in a separate chapter. This separation of old and new make it possible to assess new ideas and discern novel trends. Book Detail : Author : ...

Deep Learning for Vision Systems By : Mohamed Elgendy READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : How does the computer learn to understand what it sees? Deep Learning for Vision Systems answers that by applying deep learning to computer vision. Using only high school algebra, this book illuminates the concepts behind visual intuition. You'll understand how to use deep learning architectures to build vision system applications for image generation and facial recognition.Summary Computer vision is central to many leading-edge innovations, including self-driving cars, drones, augmented reality, facial recognition, and much, much more. Amazing new computer vision applications are developed every day, thanks to rapid advances in AI and deep learning (DL). Deep Learning for Vision Systems teaches you the concepts and tools for building intelligent, scalable computer vision systems that can identify and react to objects in images, videos, and real life. With author Mohamed Elgend...

Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind By : Stephen Grossberg READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : How does your mind work? How does your brain give rise to your mind? These are questions that all of us have wondered about at some point in our lives, if only because everything that we know is experienced in our minds. They are also very hard questions to answer. After all, how can a mindunderstand itself? How can you understand something as complex as the tool that is being used to understand it?This book provides an introductory and self-contained description of some of the exciting answers to these questions that modern theories of mind and brain have recently proposed. Stephen Grossberg is broadly acknowledged to be the most important pioneer and current research leader who has, for thepast 50 years, modelled how brains give rise to minds, notably how neural circuits in multiple brain regions interact together to generate psychological functions. ...

Text Analytics with Python, Second Edition: A Practical Real-World Approach to Gaining Actionable Insights from Your Data By : Dipanjan Sarkar READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Leverage Natural Language Processing (NLP) fundamentals in Python and learn how to set up your own robust environment for performing text analytics. This updated version will show you how to use the latest state-of-the-art frameworks and how to work with text data in Python.You'll explore several new topics, including working with Python for NLP, illustrated with more hands-on examples. There are also new chapters on engineering text data (both traditional and newer deep learning based embedding methods) and deep learning for advanced text analytics and NLP.While the overall structure of the book remains the same, the entire code base, modules, and frameworks will be updated to the latest Python 3.x release. You'll review new and improved methods for evaluating and interpreting classifi...

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray & What It Means for Modern Relationships By : Christopher Ryan READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A controversial, idea-driven book that challenges everything you (think you) know about sex, monogamy, marriage, and family. In the words of Steve Taylor (The Fall, Waking From Sleep), Sex at Dawn is ?a wonderfully provocative and well-written book which completely re-evaluates human sexual behavior and gets to the root of many of our social and psychological ills.? Book Detail : Author : Christopher Ryan Pages : 416 pages Publisher : Harper Perennial Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0061707813 ISBN-13 : 9780061707810   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life By : Emily Nagoski READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An essential exploration of why and how women?s sexuality works?based on groundbreaking research and brain science?that will radically transform your sex life into one filled with confidence and joy.Researchers have spent the last decade trying to develop a ?pink pill? for women to function like Viagra does for men. So where is it? Well, for reasons this book makes crystal clear, that pill will never exist?but as a result of the research that?s gone into it, scientists in the last few years have learned more about how women?s sexuality works than we ever thought possible, and Come as You Are explains it all.The first lesson in this essential, transformative book by Dr. Emily Nagoski is that every woman has her own unique sexuality, like a fingerprint, and that women vary more than men in our anatomy, our sexual response mechanisms, and the...

The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality By : Kimberly Ann Johnson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A holistic, practical guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels. Pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum offer women some of the most emotionally enriching and satisfying experiences of their life. But many women entering motherhood are shocked at their lack of preparation or awareness about what that actually means for their bodies, minds, spirits, and relationships. Kimberly Johnson, a doula, post-partum recovery expert, and yoga instructor has created a wise and supportive illustrated guide that offers women a roadmap to this very important transition that can last a few months--or even a few years. She draws from her vast professional experience, as well as her own personal experience, and also a number of disciplines ...

Married Sex: A Christian Couple's Guide to Reimagining Your Love Life By : Gary L. Thomas READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A unique, comprehensive guide to sexual intimacy for Christian couples in every season of marriage. A great sex life is something you make, not something you find. If you feel confused or frustrated about your sex life--or simply wonder, Is there more to it than this?--Married Sex is exactly what you need to make your marriage stronger, in and out of the bedroom.Including the stories of real-life couples, research results from hundreds of comprehensive surveys, and professional perspective from a bestselling spiritual writer and a licensed counselor, Married Sex will:Help you understand why married sex is one of God's best ideasTeach you the inner workings of your body and your spouse's body in order to achieve optimal pleasureGuide you through the most common sexual problems couples have and what to do about themHelp you see how your...

Essence of Shibari: Kinbaku and Japanese Rope Bondage By : Shin Nawakari READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The art of kinbaku, also known as shibari, is an elegant way to connect with a partner or add erotic spice in your life. Japanese-style bondage artist Shin Nawakiri shares his safe, sexy, and beautiful techniques in this newly-translated book, which contains numerous ties for the beginner artist and for intermediate or advanced players, including: sensual body wrapping without knots, binding one wrist or body column, body harnesses, futomomo (thigh ties), and takate kote (chest and arm binding). Explore the history of kinbaku, practical shibari for graceful and steamy play, the psychology of bondage (for those tying and those being bound), and more. Now is your time to enjoy this delicious form?learning from a renowned rope artist in the privacy of your home. Book Detail : Author : Shin Nawakari Pages : 138 pages Publisher : Mystic Productions Press Language : IS...

Theatre: The Lively Art By : Edwin Wilson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In its ninth edition, Theatre: The Lively Art remains the best-selling program for Theatre Appreciation courses. With its hallmark focus on preparing future audience members, students will learn how theatre functions, how it should be viewed and judged, and the tradition behind any performance they may attend. Now powered by McGraw-Hill LearnSmart(R), when students master chapter concepts with this powerful adaptive learning tool, more class time may be spent focusing on theatre as a performing art and inspiring students to become life-long audience members.Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective. It provides tools that make assessment easier, learning more engaging, and studying more efficient. Book Detail : Author : Edwin Wils...

The History of Jazz By : Ted Gioia READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's universally acclaimed history of jazz, with a wealth of new insight on this music's past, present, and future.Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz has been universally hailed as the most comprehensive and accessible history of the genre of all time. Acclaimed by jazz critics and fans alike, this magnificent work is now available in an up-to-date third edition that covers the latest developments in the jazz worldand revisits virtually every aspect of the music.Gioia's story of jazz brilliantly portrays the most legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the scenes in which they evolved. From Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club, Miles Davis's legendary 1955 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, and Ornette Coleman'sexperiments with atonality to current innovators such as Kamasi Washington and Esperanza Spalding, Gi...

Nicomachean Ethics By : Aristotle READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Focus Philosophical Library's edition of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is a lucid and useful translation of one of Aristotle's major works for the student of undergraduate philosophy, as well as for the general reader interested in the major works of western civilization. This edition includes notes and a glossary, intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Aristotle?s immediate audience.Focus Philosophical Library books are distinguished by their commitment to faithful, clear, and consistent translations of texts and the rich world part and parcel of those texts. Book Detail : Author : Aristotle Pages : 240 pages Publisher : Focus Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1585100358 ISBN-13 : 9781585100354   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. =============...

The Bell Jar By : Sylvia Plath READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A Special Paperback Edition to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of Sylvia Plath's Remarkable Novel.Sylvia Plath's shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel about a woman falling into the grip of insanity.Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under?maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational?as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, The Bell Jar is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic. Book Detail : Author : Sylvia Plath Pages : 259 pages Publisher : Harper Perennial Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0061148512 ISBN-13 : 9780061148514...

Building America: The Life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe By : Jean H Baker READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An English ?migr? who became America's first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe put his stamp on the built landscape of the new republic. Latrobe contributed to such iconic structures as the south wing of the US Capitol building, the White House, and the Navy Yard. He created someof the early republic's greatest neoclassical interiors, including the Statuary Hall and the Senate, House, and Supreme Court Chambers.As a young man, Latrobe was apprenticed to both a leading architect and civil engineer in London, studied the European continent's architectural and engineering monuments, worked on canals, and designed private houses. After the death of his first wife, he was bankrupt and emigrated to the UnitedStates in 1796 to restart his career. For the new nation with grand political expectations, he intended buildings and engineering projects t...