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Computer Aided Systems Theory - EUROCAST 2015: 15th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 8-13, 2015, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #9520)
by Roberto Moreno-Díaz Franz Pichler Alexis Quesada-ArencibiaThis volume constitutes the papers presented at the 15thInternational Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2015, heldin February 2015 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. The total of 107 papers presented were carefully reviewedand selected for inclusion in the book. The contributions are organized intopical sections on Systems Theory and Applications; Modelling BiologicalSystems; Intelligent Information Processing; Theory and Applications ofMetaheuristic Algorithms; Computer Methods, Virtual Reality and ImageProcessing for Clinical and Academic Medicine; Signals and Systems inElectronics; Model-Based System Design, Verification, and Simulation; DigitalSignal Processing Methods and Applications; Modelling and Control of Robots;Mobile Platforms, Autonomous and Computing Traffic Systems; Cloud and OtherComputing Systems; and Marine Sensors and Manipulators.
Adventures in Computer Science: From Classical Bits to Quantum Bits
by Vicente Moret-BonilloThe main focus of this textbook is the basic unit of information and the way in which our understanding of this has evolved over time. In particular the author covers concepts related to information, classical computing, logic, reversible computing, quantum mechanics, quantum computing, thermodynamics and some artificial intelligence and biology, all approached from the viewpoint of computer sciences. The book begins by asking the following nontrivial question: what is a bit? The author then discusses logic, logic gates, reversible computing and reversible architectures, and the concept of disorder. He then tries to establish the relationship between three essential questions that justify quantum approaches in computer sciences: the energy required to perform a real-life computation, the size of current processors, and the reversibility of quantum operations. Based on these concepts, the author establishes the conditions that justify the use of quantum techniques for certain kinds of computational tasks, and he uses formal descriptions and formal argumentations to introduce key quantum mechanical concepts and approaches. The rest of the book is formally different, focusing on practical issues, including a discussion of remarkable quantum algorithms in a treatment based on quantum circuit theory. The book is valuable for graduate students in computer science, and students of other disciplines who are engaged with physical models of information and computing.
Bootstrap By Example
by Silvio MoretoMaster Bootstrap 4's frontend framework and build your websites faster than ever before About This Book * Become an expert in Bootstrap framework, and speed up front-end development and prototyping through real-life examples * An applied guide exploring two web applications such as Twitter and Dashboard from scratch * Hands on the Bootstrap version 4 even before the official release Who This Book Is For If you are a frontend developer with no knowledge of Bootstrap, then this book is for you. Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is expected, as well as a reasonable understanding of web frameworks, such as jQuery. What You Will Learn * Discover how to use Bootstrap's components and elements, and to customize them for your own projects * Understand the framework's usage in the best way with the recommended development patterns * Create web pages for any kind of device like tablet, mobile, computer, etc. * Construct a Twitter app by exploring the advanced bootstrap components like Breadcrumbs, Pagination, Media objects, and so on * Combine the power of JavaScript with your Bootstrap app for more functionality * Create a Dashboard web app using Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins * Learn the difference between Bootstrap's version 3 and 4 of the framework * Extend your knowledge on Bootstrap's external plugins, their incorporation and usage In Detail Bootstrap is a free, open source collection of tools that helps developers create websites or web applications. It provides a faster, easier, and less repetitive solution to designing and building applications. Before Bootstrap's release, it was necessary to import a variety of libraries into your project that offered different components and features for web interface development. Plus with the increased popularity of smartphones there were lack of libraries that could handle the responsiveness of a web page. Bootstrap's existence let it quickly become famous as a front-end framework that offered a wide set of tools from page grid up to components that render a web page in the best possible way for any device. This book will be a tutorial covering various examples as well as step-by-step methodology to create interesting web applications using Bootstrap and to understand the front-end framework to its core. We begin with an introduction to the Bootstrap framework and setting up an environment to build a simple web page. We then cover the grid system, basic Bootstrap components, HTML elements, and customization components for responsive and mobile first development. This is presented by creating a beautiful Landing page sample. You will also learn how to create a web application like Twitter by using the full set of components offered in the framework. Finally, you will learn to create a dashboard web app, using Bootstrap to its finest potential including component customizations, event handling, and external library integration. All these examples are explained step-by-step and in depth, while covering the versions 3 and the most recent version 4 of Bootstrap. So, you will be in the state of the art for front-end development. By the end of this book, you will be familiar with the development of a plugin for the framework and Bootstrap's world which is popular for fast paced front-end web development, used in countless projects all over the world, and now yours. Style and approach This is a step-by-step guide that closely focuses on developing web applications in most objective way solving real-life problems with Bootstrap. It covers two sample web applications, which are explained in detail.
Rhetorical Delivery and Digital Technologies: Networks, Affect, Electracy (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication #27)
by Sean MoreyThis book theorizes digital logics and applications for the rhetorical canon of delivery. Digital writing technologies invite a re-evaluation about what delivery can offer to rhetorical studies and writing practices. Sean Morey argues that what delivery provides is access to the unspeakable, unconscious elements of rhetoric, not primarily through emotion or feeling as is usually offered by previous studies, but affect, a domain of sensation implicit in the (overlooked) original Greek term for delivery, hypokrisis. Moreover, the primary means for delivering affect is both the logic and technology of a network, construed as modern, digital networks, but also networks of associations between humans and nonhuman objects. Casting delivery in this light offers new rhetorical trajectories that promote its incorporation into digital networked-bodies. Given its provocative and broad reframing of delivery, this book provides original, robust ways to understand rhetorical delivery not only through a lens of digital writing technologies, but all historical means of enacting delivery, offering implications that will ultimately affect how scholars of rhetoric will come to view not only the other canons of rhetoric, but rhetoric as a whole.
Introducing Microsoft Access Using Macro Programming Techniques: An Introduction to Desktop Database Development by Example
by Flavio MorgadoLearn Microsoft Access by building a powerful database application from start to finish.Microsoft Access ships with every version of Office, from Office 2019 to Office 365 Home and Personal editions. Most people understand the value of having a reliable contact database, but few realize that Access can be an incredibly valuable data tool and an excellent gateway for learning database development. Introducing Microsoft Access Using Macro Programming Techniques approaches database development from a practical and experiential standpoint. You will learn important data concepts as you journey through each step of creating a database using Access. The example you will build takes advantage of a massive amount of data from an external source of nutritional data (USDA). You will leverage this freely available repository of information in multiple ways, putting Access to the test in creating powerful business solutions that you can then apply to your own data sets. The tables and records in this database will be used to demonstrate key relational principles in Access, including how to use the relationship window to understand the relationships between tables and how to create different objects such as queries, forms, reports, and macros. Using this approach, you will learn how desktop database development can be a powerful solution to meet your business needs. What You Will Learn Discover the relational database and how it is different from other databasesCreate database tables and establish relationships between them to create a solid relational database systemUnderstand the concept and importance of referential integrity (RI) in data and databasesUse different types of Access queries to extract the information you need from the databaseShow database information in individual, customized windows using Access FormsPresent insightful information about the database using Access ReportsAutomate your database solutions with macros Who This Book Is For Anyone who wants to learn how to build a database using Microsoft Access to create customized solutions. It is also useful for those working in IT managing large contact data sets (healthcare, retail, etc.) who need to learn the basics in order to create a professional database solution. Readers should have access to some version of Microsoft Access in order to perform the exercises in this book.
Programming Excel with VBA: A Practical Real-World Guide
by Flavio MorgadoLearn to harness the power of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Microsoft Excel to develop interesting, useful, and interactive Excel applications. This book will show you how to manipulate Excel with code, allowing you to unlock extra features, accuracy, and efficiency in working with your data. Programming Excel 2016 with VBA is a complete guide to Excel application development, using step-by-step guidance, example applications, and screenshots in Excel 2016.In this book, you will learn:How to interact with key Excel objects, such as the application object, workbook object, and range objectMethods for working with ranges in detail using codeUsage of Excel as a database repositoryHow to exchange data between Excel applicationsHow to use the Windows API to expand the capabilities of ExcelA step-by-step method for producing your own custom Excel ribbonWho This Book Is For:Developers and intermediate-to-advanced Excel users who want to dive deeper into the capabilities of Excel 2016 using code.
Immersive Learning Research Network: 5th International Conference, iLRN 2019, London, UK, June 23–27, 2019, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1044)
by Leonel Morgado Johanna Pirker Dennis Beck Jonathon Richter Christian Gütl Anasol Peña-Rios Todd Ogle Daphne Economou Markos Mentzelopoulos Christian Eckhardt Roxane Koitz-Hristov Michael GardnerThis volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Network, iLRN 2019, held in London, UK, in June 2019.The 18 revised full papers and presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); disciplinary applications: special education; disciplinary applications: history; pedagogical strategies; immersion and presence.
Mastering Spark for Data Science
by Andrew Morgan Antoine Amend David George Matthew HallettMaster the techniques and sophisticated analytics used to construct Spark-based solutions that scale to deliver production-grade data science products About This Book • Develop and apply advanced analytical techniques with Spark • Learn how to tell a compelling story with data science using Spark's ecosystem • Explore data at scale and work with cutting edge data science methods Who This Book Is For This book is for those who have beginner-level familiarity with the Spark architecture and data science applications, especially those who are looking for a challenge and want to learn cutting edge techniques. This book assumes working knowledge of data science, common machine learning methods, and popular data science tools, and assumes you have previously run proof of concept studies and built prototypes. What You Will Learn • Learn the design patterns that integrate Spark into industrialized data science pipelines • See how commercial data scientists design scalable code and reusable code for data science services • Explore cutting edge data science methods so that you can study trends and causality • Discover advanced programming techniques using RDD and the DataFrame and Dataset APIs • Find out how Spark can be used as a universal ingestion engine tool and as a web scraper • Practice the implementation of advanced topics in graph processing, such as community detection and contact chaining • Get to know the best practices when performing Extended Exploratory Data Analysis, commonly used in commercial data science teams • Study advanced Spark concepts, solution design patterns, and integration architectures • Demonstrate powerful data science pipelines In Detail Data science seeks to transform the world using data, and this is typically achieved through disrupting and changing real processes in real industries. In order to operate at this level you need to build data science solutions of substance –solutions that solve real problems. Spark has emerged as the big data platform of choice for data scientists due to its speed, scalability, and easy-to-use APIs. This book deep dives into using Spark to deliver production-grade data science solutions. This process is demonstrated by exploring the construction of a sophisticated global news analysis service that uses Spark to generate continuous geopolitical and current affairs insights.You will learn all about the core Spark APIs and take a comprehensive tour of advanced libraries, including Spark SQL, Spark Streaming, MLlib, and more. You will be introduced to advanced techniques and methods that will help you to construct commercial-grade data products. Focusing on a sequence of tutorials that deliver a working news intelligence service, you will learn about advanced Spark architectures, how to work with geographic data in Spark, and how to tune Spark algorithms so they scale linearly. Style and approach This is an advanced guide for those with beginner-level familiarity with the Spark architecture and working with Data Science applications. Mastering Spark for Data Science is a practical tutorial that uses core Spark APIs and takes a deep dive into advanced libraries including: Spark SQL, visual streaming, and MLlib. This book expands on titles like: Machine Learning with Spark and Learning Spark. It is the next learning curve for those comfortable with Spark and looking to improve their skills.
The Customer of the Future: 10 Guiding Principles for Winning Tomorrow's Business
by Blake MorganTomorrow’s customers need to be targeted today!With emerging technology transforming customer expectations, it’s more important than ever to keep a laser focus on the experience companies provide their customers.In The Customer of the Future, customer experience futurist Blake Morgan outlines ten easy-to-follow customer experience guidelines that integrate emerging technologies with effective strategies to combat disconnected processes, silo mentalities, and a lack of buyer perspective.Tomorrow’s customers will insist on experiences that make their lives significantly easier and better. Companies will win their business not by just proclaiming that customer experience is a priority but by embedding a customer focus into every aspect of their operations. They’ll understand how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and analytics are changing the game and craft a strategy to integrate them into their products and processes.The Customer of the Future explains how today’s customers are already demanding frictionless, personalized, on-demand experiences from their products and services, and companies that don’t adapt to these new expectations won’t last. This book prepares your organization for these increasing demands by helping you do the following:Learn the ten defining strategies for a customer experience–focused company.Implement new techniques to shift the entire company from being product-focused to being customer-focused.Gain insights through case studies and examples on how the world’s most innovative companies are offering new and compelling customer experiences.Craft a leadership development and culture plan to create lasting change at your organization.
Assessing Open and Distance Learners (Open and Flexible Learning Series)
by Chris Morgan Meg (both O'ReillyResearch has indicated that assessment is a key factor in student learning. This book details the issues of assessment in the open and distance learning field, where changes in budgets, the location and environment of the students and other factors have prompted innovations in assessment.
SPSS for Windows: An Introduction to Use and Interpretation in Research
by George A. Morgan Orlando V. Griego Gene GloecknerA supplementary textbook for a graduate or undergraduate introductory course in research methods or statistics in the behavioral sciences or education. Morgan (education and human development, Colorado State U.), Orlando V. Griego (business and management, Azusa Pacific U.), and Gene W. Gloeckner (education, Colorado State U.) help students learn how to analyze and interpret research data using the Statistical Products and Service Solutions statistical software package in a Microsoft Windows environment. No background in statistics is assumed. The disk contains data files for the laboratory exercises. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Linkerd: Up and Running
by Jason Morgan FlynnWith the massive adoption of microservices, operators and developers face far more complexity in their applications today. Service meshes can help you manage this problem by providing a unified control plane to secure, manage, and monitor your entire network. This practical guide shows you how the Linkerd service mesh enables cloud-native developers—including platform and site reliability engineers—to solve the thorny issue of running distributed applications in Kubernetes.Jason Morgan and Flynn draw on their years of experience at Buoyant—the creators of Linkerd—to demonstrate how this service mesh can help ensure that your applications are secure, observable, and reliable. You'll understand why Linkerd, the original service mesh, can still claim the lowest time to value of any mesh option available today.Learn how Linkerd works and which tasks it can help you accomplishInstall and configure Linkerd in an imperative and declarative mannerSecure interservice traffic and set up secure multicluster linksLaunch a zero trust authorization strategy in Kubernetes clustersOrganize services in Linkerd to override error codes, set custom retries, and create timeoutsUse Linkerd to manage progressive delivery and pair this service mesh with the ingress of your choice
Simplifying JavaScript: Writing Modern JavaScript with ES5, ES6, and Beyond
by Joe MorganThe best modern JavaScript is simple, readable, and predictable. Learn to write modern JavaScript not by memorizing a list of new syntax, but with practical examples of how syntax changes can make code more expressive. Starting from variable declarations that communicate intention clearly, see how modern principles can improve all parts of code. Incorporate ideas with curried functions, array methods, classes, and more to create code that does more with less while yielding fewer bugs. It's time to write JavaScript code that's clean and exprssive. Modern JavaScript is simpler and more predictable and readable than ever. Discover how to write better code with clear examples using principles that show how updated syntax can make code better with fewer bugs. Starting from the ground up, learn new syntax (or how to reuse older syntax) to transform code from clunky bug-susceptible scripts to clear and elegant programs that are easy to read and easy to extend. Create a foundation for readable code with simple variable declarations that reduce side effects and subtle bugs. Select collections with clear goals instead of defaulting to objects or arrays. See how to simplify iterations from complex loops to single line array methods. Master techniques for writing flexible and solid code ranging from high-order functions, to reusableclasses, to patterns for architecting large applications creating applications that will last while through rounds of refactoring and changing requirements. The best part is there's no need to read this book straight through. Jump around and incorporate new functionality at will. Most importantly, understand not just what the new syntax is, but when and how to use it. Start writing better code from the first page. What You Need: For the best experience, have the latest version of Node installed (at least version 7). You can test most examples in the console of Chrome or other modern web browser. If you'd like to run the tests, you'll also need to install the latest version of Node Package Manager (npm).
Uncertainty
by M. Granger Morgan Max HenrionThis volume, like its predecessors, reflects the cutting edge of research on the automation of reasoning under uncertainty. A more pragmatic emphasis is evident, for although some papers address fundamental issues, the majority address practical issues. Topics include the relations between alternative formalisms (including possibilistic reasoning), Dempster-Shafer belief functions, non-monotonic reasoning, Bayesian and decision theoretic schemes, and new inference techniques for belief nets. New techniques are applied to important problems in medicine, vision, robotics, and natural language understanding.
Freaky Tuesday (Camp Confidential #17)
by Melissa J. MorganBrynn's just transferred to a brand-new school in a town close by. A town in Bizarro World, that is, where academic excellence is the fast track to popularity and Candace yes, quiet, seemingly insecure Candace is the reigning queen bee.
JavaScript Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
by Nick MorganA fast-paced, thorough programming introduction that will have you writing your own software and web applications in no time. Like Python Crash Course, this hands-on guide is a must-have for anyone who wants to learn how to code from the ground up—this time using the popular JavaScript programming language.Learn JavaScript—Fast! JavaScript Crash Course is a fun-filled, fast-paced introduction to programming with JavaScript. Dive right in and you&’ll be writing code, solving problems, and building working web applications and games in no time. You&’ll start by learning fundamental programming concepts, such as variables, arrays, objects, functions, conditionals, loops, classes, and more. Aided by engaging examples and hands-on exercises, you&’ll build on this foundation and combine JavaScript with HTML and CSS to create interactive web applications that you can run right away.Then you&’ll put your new skills into play with three substantial projects: a Pong-style game with a virtual opponent, an app that generates electronic music, and a platform for visualizing data fetched from an API.Along the way, you&’ll learn how to:• Update web pages in real time by manipulating the Document Object Model• Trigger functions in response to events like key presses and mouse clicks• Generate graphics and animations with JavaScript and HTML&’s Canvas element• Visualize data with the D3.js library and scalable vector graphics (SVG)• Make electronic music with Tone.js and the Web Audio APIIf you&’ve been thinking about digging into programming, JavaScript Crash Course will get you writing real programs fast. Why wait any longer? Jump on your magic carpet and ride!
JavaScript for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming
by Nick MorganJavaScript is the programming language of the Internet, the secret sauce that makes the Web awesome, your favorite sites interactive, and online games fun!JavaScript for Kids is a lighthearted introduction that teaches programming essentials through patient, step-by-step examples paired with funny illustrations. You’ll begin with the basics, like working with strings, arrays, and loops, and then move on to more advanced topics, like building interactivity with jQuery and drawing graphics with Canvas.Along the way, you’ll write games such as Find the Buried Treasure, Hangman, and Snake. You’ll also learn how to:–Create functions to organize and reuse your code–Write and modify HTML to create dynamic web pages–Use the DOM and jQuery to make your web pages react to user input–Use the Canvas element to draw and animate graphics–Program real user-controlled games with collision detection and score keepingWith visual examples like bouncing balls, animated bees, and racing cars, you can really see what you’re programming. Each chapter builds on the last, and programming challenges at the end of each chapter will stretch your brain and inspire your own amazing programs. Make something cool with JavaScript today!Ages 10+ (and their parents!)
SAP on Azure Implementation Guide: Move your business data to the cloud
by Nick Morgan Bartosz JarkowskiLearn how to migrate your SAP data to Azure simply and successfully. Key Features Learn why Azure is suitable for business-critical systems Understand how to migrate your SAP infrastructure to Azure Use Lift & shift migration, Lift & migrate, Lift & migrate to HANA, or Lift & transform to S/4HANA Book Description Cloud technologies have now reached a level where even the most critical business systems can run on them. For most organisations SAP is the key business system. If SAP is unavailable for any reason then potentially your business stops. Because of this, it is understandable that you will be concerned whether such a critical system can run in the public cloud. However, the days when you truly ran your IT system on-premises have long since gone. Most organizations have been getting rid of their own data centres and increasingly moving to co-location facilities. In this context the public cloud is nothing more than an additional virtual data centre connected to your existing network. There are typically two main reasons why you may consider migrating SAP to Azure: You need to replace the infrastructure that is currently running SAP, or you want to migrate SAP to a new database. Depending on your goal SAP offers different migration paths. You can decide either to migrate the current workload to Azure as-is, or to combine it with changing the database and execute both activities as a single step. SAP on Azure Implementation Guide covers the main migration options to lead you through migrating your SAP data to Azure simply and successfully. What you will learn Successfully migrate your SAP infrastructure to Azure Understand the security benefits of Azure See how Azure can scale to meet the most demanding of business needs Ensure your SAP infrastructure maintains high availability Increase business agility through cloud capabilities Leverage cloud-native capabilities to enhance SAP Who this book is for SAP on Azure Implementation Guide is designed to benefit existing SAP architects looking to migrate their SAP infrastructure to Azure. Whether you are an architect implementing the migration or an IT decision maker evaluating the benefits of migration, this book is for you.
Attack of the Ender Dragon: An Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure, #6 (The Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure #6)
by Winter MorganAll Lily, Simon, and Michael have wanted since they were sucked into their Minecraft games is to return to the real world. They’ve battled armies of griefers and terrifying monsters, made new allies, and had their friendship tested time and again. But they’ve never forgotten their number one goal: getting back home. <p><p> In this thrilling final installment in the Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure series, a powerful lightning storm strikes the Overworld, instantly transporting Lily back to the real world! But it’s not the homecoming she had planned, especially without her friends by her side, and she’s desperate to get Michael and Simon back home and out of the game forever. <p> Meanwhile, Michael and Simon are in the biggest battle of their Minecraft lives, against Ender Dragons summoned by an unknown griefer. In a series conclusion you won’t want to miss, it’s the gang’s last chance to escape the Overworld-or risk being trapped for good.
Attack of the Goblin Army (Tales of a Terrarian Warrior #1)
by Winter MorganWelcome to Terraria, a world like Minecraft’s Overworld that’s full of action and possibility. Unique treasures to horde, wondrous biomes to explore, intricate buildings to construct, and treacherous villains to fight await anyone daring and creative enough to seek fortune and glory in Terraria. <p><p> Miles, a young hero setting out on his first quest, yearns to become Terraria’s strongest hero-and when Matthew offers to adventure alongside him as his friend and personal guide, he’s positive that the road to success is paved before them. Matthew tells Miles that to truly advance in the game, he must defeat the Wall of Flesh, so he sets his sights on that goal. <p> But Miles is devastated when he learns that becoming powerful enough to defeat the Wall of Flesh will come at a high cost: Matthew will be destroyed, and he’ll lose his best friend forever. Miles must make a decision: should he stay loyal to Matthew and set his own dreams aside, or sacrifice his closest friend for the chance to chart a life in an unknown territory and save his biome? <p> In this first exciting installment in the Tales of a Terrarian Warrior series, every choice has the power to change the future, and turning back is never an option.
Attack on Minecrafters Academy: The Unofficial Minecrafters Academy, Book Four (The Unofficial Minecrafters Academy Series #4)
by Winter MorganIt’s a new school year at Minecrafters Academy, and Lucy is returning-this time not as a student, but as headmaster. She sets to work preparing the school for the Overworld Academic Olympics, a prestigious competition that will test their combat, treasure hunting, and potions brewing skills.But training is interrupted when an explosion rocks the campus. The school is under attack from a mysterious culprit-and everyone is a suspect.Meanwhile, Julia, a new student at Minecrafters Academy, is having a hard time adjusting to her new life on campus. When she catches her roommate, Hallie, sneaking around just after the attacks on the school, Julia begins to suspect her. Then Hallie goes missing right before another round of explosions and a massive creeper invasion. It’s up to the students and teachers of Minecrafters Academy to track down the villain behind the attacks and protect not just the school, but the entire Overworld.As the Unofficial Minecrafters Academy series continues, new friends and sinister new foes will be revealed.
Battle for Time: An Unofficial Minecrafters Time Travel Adventure, Book 6 (Unofficial Minecrafters Time Travel Adve #6)
by Winter MorganPoppy built Meadow Mews first skyscraper and the opening celebration has attracted people from around The Overworld. In the middle of the festive grand opening, there is a loud explosion. The crowd falls into a crater in the ground that brings them back in time, where the Minecraft Universe is in the midst of a crisis. There is a shortage of wheat and people are going hungry. Brett studied this part of history and tries to help the people using facts from that time period. While in the past Brett discovers there were parts of Minecraft’s past that were left out of history books. The crowd from the grand opening celebration doesn’t want to help the people in the Overworld; they just want to go home. Can Brett help the farmers of the past while helping the crowd get back to the present?
Battle in the Overworld: The Unofficial Minecrafters Academy Series, Book Three (Unofficial Minecrafters Academy #3)
by Winter MorganLucy and her friends’ time at Minecrafters Academy is coming to an end, and the entire school is preparing for graduation. But when an explosion shakes the campus and Lucy’s old friend Steve appears with bad news from his village, all plans to celebrate come to a halt. <p><p> The school is no longer under attack-it’s being destroyed. And it’s time for the students to use their training outside the safety of the Academy. Lucy, Jane, and Phoebe must use the skills they’ve honed in school to battle the evil force that is taking over the Overworld. But who is really behind the attacks? <p> Unexpected twists and turns lead Lucy and her friends back to Steve’s village, where they discover an unlikely opponent. With help from old friends and fellow students at the school, they stage a battle to save the Overworld. This is their last stand-do they have what it takes to keep their world safe? <p> Fans of Minecraft and magic academies will be on the edge of their seats in this final installment in the Unofficial Minecrafters Academy series.
Beneath the Blocks: An Unofficial Minecrafters Mysteries Series, Book Two (Unofficial Minecraft Mysteries #2)
by Winter MorganAfter solving the mystery of the stolen treasure, Edison is all set to return to his alchemy, when his friend Omar shows up at his door pleading for help. There is something or someone living beneath the blocks of Omar’s town, and things have started to take a treacherous turn. What started out as the theft of livestock and wheat has escalated, and now villagers have started to go missing as well.Edison tries to convince Omar that he’s not a good fit for the job—as he only solved a local robbery—and sends his friend on his way. But a few days later, Amira arrives with bad news—Omar is the latest villager to disappear. Consumed by guilt, Edison recruits Billy and they set off to rescue Omar and face the mysterious villain lurking beneath the blocks!Join Edison and Billy as they race to save the lost villagers in the second installment of the Unofficial Minecraft Mystery series!
The Big Win: An Unofficial Novel for Fans of Animal Crossing (Island Adventures #2)
by Winter MorganThe second installment of a new adventure series for fans of Animal Crossing by bestselling author Winter Morgan!When Janey the cat arrives on Furtopia and announces a fishing contest, Alana is reluctant to join. Alana knows she can become hyper-focused on winning contests and is trying to change her competitive ways. Also, Alana just learned how to fish, and she doesn&’t think she has the skills to catch enough fish to win the contest. She joins the contest anyway, and soon finds herself spending so much time preparing for the contest that she doesn't have any time for her friends. Lar's birthday party is coming, and Happy and Carl can't get Alana to help them plan it. All of Alana&’s problems seem to be solved when her new friend Bobby, a sporty bear, convinces Alana to hire him as her trainer. Bobby&’s training plan allows Alana enough time to help her friends and possibly win the contest. However, she soon realizes that Bobby&’s way of winning might not be honest. There's not much time left, and Alana must decide between playing fairly or playing to win.