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The Caribbean Oral Tradition: Literature, Performance, and Practice
by Hanétha Vété-CongoloThe book uses an innovative prism of interorality that powerfully reevaluates Caribbean orality and innovatively casts light on its overlooked and fundamental epistemological contribution into the formation of Caribbean philosophy. It defines the innovative prism of interorality as the systematic transposition of previously composed storytales into new and distinct tales. The book offers a powerful consideration of the interconnections between Caribbean orality and Caribbean philosophy, especially as this pertains to aesthetics and ethics. This is a new area of thought, a new methodological approach and a new conceptual paradigm and proposition to scholars, students, writers, artists and intellectuals who conceive and examine intellectual and cultural productions in the Black Atlantic world and beyond.
Exploring Service Science: 10th International Conference, IESS 2020, Porto, Portugal, February 5–7, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #377)
by Henriqueta Nóvoa Monica Drăgoicea Niklas KühlThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Exploring Service Science, IESS 2020, held in Porto, Portugal, in February 2020. The 28 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. The book includes papers that extend the view on different concepts related to the development of the Service Science domain of study, applying them to frameworks, advanced technologies, and tools for the design of new, digitally-enabled service systems. This book is structured in six parts, based on the six main conference themes, as follows: Customer Experience, Data Analytics in Service, Emerging Service Technologies, Service Design and Innovation, Service Ecosystems, and Service Management.
Eurasian Borderlands: Spatializing Borders in the Aftermath of State Collapse (Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference)
by Tone Bringa and Hege TojeThis book examines changing and emerging state and state-like borders in the post-Soviet space in the decades following state collapse. This book argues border-making is not only about states’ physical marking of territory and claims to sovereignty but also about people’s spatial practices over time. In order to illustrate how borders come about and are maintained, this book looks at border communities at internal, open administrative borders and borders in the making, as well as physically demarcated international state borders. This book also pays attention to both the spatial and temporal aspects of borders and the interplay between boundaries and borders over time and thus identifies some of the processes at play as space is territorialized in Eurasia in the aftermath of state collapse.
Gendermedizin in der klinischen Praxis: Für Innere Medizin und Neurologie
by Vera Regitz-ZagrosekDas Buch ist ein praxisorientiertes Nachschlagewerk für alle Ärztinnen und Ärzte, die die komplizierten Zusammenhänge zwischen Geschlecht und Gesundheit verstehen wollen. Geschlechtsspezifische Konzepte werden für die Innere Medizin und die Neurologie praxisrelevant aufbereitet – als Information für Kliniker*innen in den internistischen Disziplinen und der Neurologie, daneben auch für Spezialist*innen, die sich mit Pharmakotherapie, Pathophysiologie und Genomik befassen. Die einzelnen Gebiete werden systematisch im Hinblick auf geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede in Prävention, Klinik, Diagnose, interventioneller und pharmakologischer Therapie dargestellt.
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2023: 26th International Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 8–12, 2023, Proceedings, Part VI (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14225)
by Hayit Greenspan Anant Madabhushi Parvin Mousavi Septimiu Salcudean James Duncan Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood Russell TaylorThe ten-volume set LNCS 14220, 14221, 14222, 14223, 14224, 14225, 14226, 14227, 14228, and 14229 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2023, which was held in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2023. The 730 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 2250 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Machine learning with limited supervision and machine learning – transfer learning; Part II: Machine learning – learning strategies; machine learning – explainability, bias, and uncertainty; Part III: Machine learning – explainability, bias and uncertainty; image segmentation; Part IV: Image segmentation; Part V: Computer-aided diagnosis; Part VI: Computer-aided diagnosis; computational pathology; Part VII: Clinical applications – abdomen; clinical applications – breast; clinical applications – cardiac; clinical applications – dermatology; clinical applications – fetal imaging; clinical applications – lung; clinical applications – musculoskeletal; clinical applications – oncology; clinical applications – ophthalmology; clinical applications – vascular; Part VIII: Clinical applications – neuroimaging; microscopy; Part IX: Image-guided intervention, surgical planning, and data science; Part X: Image reconstruction and image registration.
FinTechs: Disruptive Geschäftsmodelle im Finanzsektor (Edition Bankmagazin)
by Victor Tiberius and Christoph RascheDieses Buch stellt bestehende FinTech-Geschäftsmodelle vor und diskutiert sie. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei nicht auf technischen, sondern auf betriebswirtschaftlichen Aspekten. Die Autoren decken mit ihren Beiträgen thematisch alle bereits von FinTechs angebotenen C2C-, B2C- und B2B-Finanzdienstleistungen ab.
Production at the leading edge of technology: Proceedings of the 10th Congress of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP), Dresden, 23-24 September 2020 (Lecture Notes in Production Engineering)
by Bernd-Arno Behrens Alexander Brosius Wolfgang Hintze Steffen Ihlenfeldt Jens Jens WulfsbergThis congress proceedings provides recent research on leading-edge manufacturing processes. The aim of this scientific congress is to work out diverse individual solutions of "production in the border area" and transferable methodological approaches. In addition, guest speakers with different backgrounds will give the congress participants food for thoughts, interpretations, views and suggestions.The manufacturing industry is currently undergoing a profound structural change, which on the one hand produces innovative solutions through the use of high-performance communication and information technology, and on the other hand is driven by new requirements for goods, especially in the mobility and energy sector. With the social discourse on how we should live and act primarily according to guidelines of sustainability, structural change is gaining increasing dynamic.It is essential to translate politically specified sustainability goals into socially accepted and marketable technical solutions. Production research is meeting this challenge and will make important contributions and provide innovative solutions from different perspectives.
Open Source Intelligence Investigation: From Strategy to Implementation (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications)
by Babak Akhgar, P. Saskia Bayerl and Fraser SampsonOne of the most important aspects for a successful police operation is the ability for the police to obtain timely, reliable and actionable intelligence related to the investigation or incident at hand. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) provides an invaluable avenue to access and collect such information in addition to traditional investigative techniques and information sources. This book offers an authoritative and accessible guide on how to conduct Open Source Intelligence investigations from data collection to analysis to the design and vetting of OSINT tools. In its pages the reader will find a comprehensive view into the newest methods for OSINT analytics and visualizations in combination with real-life case studies to showcase the application as well as the challenges of OSINT investigations across domains. Examples of OSINT range from information posted on social media as one of the most openly available means of accessing and gathering Open Source Intelligence to location data, OSINT obtained from the darkweb to combinations of OSINT with real-time analytical capabilities and closed sources. In addition it provides guidance on legal and ethical considerations making it relevant reading for practitioners as well as academics and students with a view to obtain thorough, first-hand knowledge from serving experts in the field.
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Higher Plants: Fundamentals and Applications
by Golam Jalal Ahammed Roghieh HajibolandThis book covers the fundamentals of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and higher plant symbiosis with potential implications in crop production. It provides new insights into our understanding of the mechanisms of AMF-mediated plant growth regulation and stress tolerance covering the most recent biochemical, physiological, molecular, environmental, and ecological studies. Focusing on AMF-induced physiological and molecular mechanisms of enhanced tolerance to stress, environmental stress is discussed in several dedicated chapters. The book provides not only updated information with new insights and perspectives but also several new topics, such as a comprehensive discussion on biotic stressors, AMF interaction with other microorganisms, non-host plant species, plant secondary metabolism, signaling events in plant-AMF symbiosis, AMF-mediated nutrient acquisition and subsequent stress tolerance. The book also discusses the potential implications of AMF for sustainable crop production in the context of climate change. The book can be a useful reference book for academics and scientists involved in related research, such as academics in agronomy and plant sciences, scientists involved in beneficial fungi research, chemists, industrialists, and employees involved in the production and marketing of biofertilizers, master and doctoral degree students of agronomy, horticulture, and plant protection, consultants working on the production of crops in marginal environments as well as environmental scientists working for assisted phytoremediation programs. It would also be suitable for agronomy, ecology, and plant science-related courses, such as plant stress physiology, plant growth-promoting microbes, and plant pathology to teach undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students at colleges and universities.
Production at the Leading Edge of Technology: Proceedings of the 11th Congress of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP), Dresden, September 2021 (Lecture Notes in Production Engineering)
by Bernd-Arno Behrens Alexander Brosius Welf-Guntram Drossel Wolfgang Hintze Steffen Ihlenfeldt Peter NyhuisThis congress proceedings provides recent research on leading-edge manufacturing processes. The aim of this scientific congress is to work out diverse individual solutions of "production at the leading edge of technology" and transferable methodological approaches. In addition, guest speakers with different backgrounds will give the congress participants food for thoughts, interpretations, views and suggestions.The manufacturing industry is currently undergoing a profound structural change, which on the one hand produces innovative solutions through the use of high-performance communication and information technology, and on the other hand is driven by new requirements for goods, especially in the mobility and energy sector. With the social discourse on how we should live and act primarily according to guidelines of sustainability, structural change is gaining increasing dynamic.It is essential to translate politically specified sustainability goals into socially accepted and marketable technical solutions. Production research is meeting this challenge and will make important contributions and provide innovative solutions from different perspectives.
Algorithms for Computational Biology: 4th International Conference, AlCoB 2017, Aveiro, Portugal, June 5-6, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10252)
by Daniel Figueiredo, Carlos Martín-Vide, Diogo Pratas and Miguel A. Vega-RodríguezThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th InternationalConference on Algorithms for Computational Biology, AlCoB 2017, held in Aveiro, Portugal, in June 2017. The 10 full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: Graph Algorithms for Computational Biology; Phylogenetics; and Sequence Analysis and Other Biological Processes.
Arab National Media and Political Change: “Recording the Transition” (The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication)
by Fatima El-IssawiThis book examines the evolution of national Arab media and its interplay with political change, particularly in emerging democracies in the context of the Arab uprisings. Investigated from a journalistic perspective, this research addresses the role played by traditional national media in consolidating emerging democracies or in exacerbating their fragility within new political contexts. Also analyzed are the ways journalists report about politics and transformations of these media industries, drawing on the international experiences of media in transitional societies. This study builds on a field investigation led by the author and conducted within the project “Arab Revolutions: Media Revolutions,” covering Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt.
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2023: 26th International Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 8–12, 2023, Proceedings, Part VII (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14226)
by Hayit Greenspan Anant Madabhushi Parvin Mousavi Septimiu Salcudean James Duncan Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood Russell TaylorThe ten-volume set LNCS 14220, 14221, 14222, 14223, 14224, 14225, 14226, 14227, 14228, and 14229 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2023, which was held in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2023. The 730 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 2250 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Machine learning with limited supervision and machine learning – transfer learning; Part II: Machine learning – learning strategies; machine learning – explainability, bias, and uncertainty; Part III: Machine learning – explainability, bias and uncertainty; image segmentation; Part IV: Image segmentation; Part V: Computer-aided diagnosis; Part VI: Computer-aided diagnosis; computational pathology; Part VII: Clinical applications – abdomen; clinical applications – breast; clinical applications – cardiac; clinical applications – dermatology; clinical applications – fetal imaging; clinical applications – lung; clinical applications – musculoskeletal; clinical applications – oncology; clinical applications – ophthalmology; clinical applications – vascular; Part VIII: Clinical applications – neuroimaging; microscopy; Part IX: Image-guided intervention, surgical planning, and data science; Part X: Image reconstruction and image registration.
Religion, Politics, and Values in Poland: Continuity and Change Since 1989 (Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy)
by Sabrina P. Ramet and Irena BorowikThis volume brings together leading scholars to examine how the Church has brought its values into the political sphere and, in the process, alienated some of the younger generation. Since the disintegration of the communist one-party state at the end of the 1980s, the Catholic Church has pushed its agenda to ban abortion, introduce religious instruction in the state schools, and protect Poland from secular influences emanating from the European Union. As one of the consequences, Polish society has become polarized along religious lines, with conservative forces such as Fr. Rydzyk’s Radio Maryja seeking to counter the influence of the European Union and liberals on the left trying to protect secular values. This volume casts a wide net in topics, with chapters on Pope John Paul II, Radio Maryja, religious education, the Church’s campaign against what it calls “genderism,” and the privatization of religious belief, among other topics.
Computer Vision – ACCV 2016: 13th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Taipei, Taiwan, November 20-24, 2016, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10111)
by Shang-Hong Lai, Vincent Lepetit, Ko Nishino and Yoichi SatoThe five-volume set LNCS 10111-10115 constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV 2016, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in November 2016. The total of 143 contributions presented in these volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 479 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Segmentation and Classification; Segmentation and Semantic Segmentation; Dictionary Learning, Retrieval, and Clustering; Deep Learning; People Tracking and Action Recognition; People and Actions; Faces; Computational Photography; Face and Gestures; Image Alignment; Computational Photography and Image Processing; Language and Video; 3D Computer Vision; Image Attributes, Language, and Recognition; Video Understanding; and 3D Vision.
Data Engineering and Communication Technology: Proceedings of 3rd ICDECT-2K19 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1079)
by K. Srujan Raju Roman Senkerik Satya Prasad Lanka V. RajagopalThis book includes selected papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Data Engineering and Communication Technology (ICDECT-2K19), held at Stanley College of Engineering and Technology for Women, Hyderabad, from 15 to 16 March 2019. It features advanced, multidisciplinary research towards the design of smart computing, information systems, and electronic systems. It also focuses on various innovation paradigms in system knowledge, intelligence, and sustainability which can be applied to provide viable solutions to diverse problems related to society, the environment, and industry.
Schülervorstellungen und Physikunterricht: Ein Lehrbuch für Studium, Referendariat und Unterrichtspraxis
by Horst Schecker Thomas Wilhelm Martin Hopf Reinders DuitDieses Lehrbuch hilft Lehramtsstudierenden, Referendaren und Lehrkräften der Physik besser zu verstehen, was sich hinter Schüleraussagen versteckt. Oft weichen Schülerantworten im Physikunterricht von dem ab, was man als Lehrkraft erwartet oder erhofft. Dahinter stehen Vorstellungen, die von den Alltagserfahrungen der Schülerinnen und Schüler geprägt sind. Für das Unterrichten und das Lernen von Physik ist von zentraler Bedeutung, was die Kinder und Jugendlichen an Vorwissen, Vorstellungen und Denkmustern bereits mitbringen. Auf dieser Grundlage verarbeiten Lernende neue Informationen. Die Autorinnen und Autoren stellen den Erkenntnisstand über Schülervorstellungen zu physikalischen Begriffen dar und stellen Lösungsmöglichkeiten für Probleme im Schulunterricht vor. In den ersten drei Kapiteln werden die theoretischen Grundlagen sowie Strategien des Umgangs mit Schülervorstellungen bei der Unterrichtsgestaltung erläutert. In zehn folgenden Themenkapiteln werden konkrete Schülervorstellungen vorgestellt, ihre Hintergründe erklärt und Vorschläge gemacht, wie man mit diesem Wissen Lernangebote besser gestalten kann. Die Inhaltsbereiche erstrecken sich vom Anfangsunterricht in der Grundschule bis hin zur gymnasialen Oberstufe. Dazu zählen die Mechanik, Optik, Elektrizitätslehre, Wärmelehre, Quantenphysik und weitere Gebiete sowie allgemeine Vorstellungen über die Physik als Wissenschaft. Die Leserinnen und Leser werden: - typische Schülervorstellungen in wichtigen Gebieten der Physik kennen, - auf Basis dieses Wissens Lernschwierigkeiten bei Schülerinnen und Schülern diagnostizieren können, - wissen, wie man Lernenden helfen kann, ihre Vorstellungen weiterzuentwickeln, - wissen, wo man Unterrichtskonzeptionen findet, die Schülervorstellungen berücksichtigen, - Möglichkeiten kennen, wie man Schülervorstellungen bei der Unterrichtsplanung und -durchführung berücksichtigen kann, und nicht zuletzt - die eigenen Vorstellungen zu zentralen physikalischen Konzepten fachlich durchdacht haben. Schülervorstellungen sind auch ein guter Anlass, die grundlegenden Begrifflichkeiten der Physik für sich selbst noch einmal fachlich zu durchdenken. Hierzu regt das vorliegende Lehrbuch mit fachlichen Erläuterungen an.
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2023: 26th International Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 8–12, 2023, Proceedings, Part III (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14222)
by Hayit Greenspan Anant Madabhushi Parvin Mousavi Septimiu Salcudean James Duncan Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood Russell TaylorThe ten-volume set LNCS 14220, 14221, 14222, 14223, 14224, 14225, 14226, 14227, 14228, and 14229 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2023, which was held in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2023.The 730 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 2250 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Machine learning with limited supervision and machine learning – transfer learning; Part II: Machine learning – learning strategies; machine learning – explainability, bias, and uncertainty; Part III: Machine learning – explainability, bias and uncertainty; image segmentation; Part IV: Image segmentation; Part V: Computer-aided diagnosis; Part VI: Computer-aided diagnosis; computational pathology; Part VII: Clinical applications – abdomen; clinical applications – breast; clinical applications – cardiac; clinical applications – dermatology; clinical applications – fetal imaging; clinical applications – lung; clinical applications – musculoskeletal; clinical applications – oncology; clinical applications – ophthalmology; clinical applications – vascular; Part VIII: Clinical applications – neuroimaging; microscopy; Part IX: Image-guided intervention, surgical planning, and data science; Part X: Image reconstruction and image registration.
The Art of the Musculoskeletal Physical Exam
by John G. Lane Alberto Gobbi João Espregueira-Mendes Camila Cohen Kaleka Nobuo AdachiThis book is an invaluable resource for all those seeking to enhance their proficiency in physical examination. Emphasizing its importance for thorough assessments and accurate diagnoses, it equips practitioners with comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge. With seven sections devoted to different orthopedic structures, the book meticulously examines their underlying anatomy, pathological conditions, and diagnostic methodologies. Each author presents joint-specific tests, and detailed anatomical insights, enabling accurate assessments and identification of underlying conditions.Written and edited by members of ISAKOS, this collaboration draws upon the expertise of leading international experts. Appealing to a broad readership, it is an invaluable tool for orthopedists, sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and students.
The Autoimmune Cure: Healing the Trauma and Other Triggers That Have Turned Your Body Against You
by Sara Szal Gottfried M.D.New York Times bestselling author Dr. Sara Gottfried reveals how trauma can rewire your body to trigger autoimmune diseases—and provides a comprehensive plan to reset your immune system and finally heal.We know that autoimmune disease—a condition when the body’s immune system attacks its own healthy tissue and cells—affects about one in ten Americans, or 24 million people, with prevalence increasing worldwide. But as New York Times bestselling author Dr. Sara Gottfried explains in this eye-opening new book, autoimmune disease may be even more pervasive than we realize—and its root cause may surprise you.Conventional medicine falls short when it comes to both diagnosing and treating autoimmune disease. Many people suffer from mysterious symptoms—like severe fatigue, brain fog, aches and pains, feelings of tingling and numbness, stubborn weight gain, abdominal pain, digestive problems, hair loss, insomnia, and even anxiety—and don’t realize their immune system is at the root of their symptoms. In her precision medicine practice, Dr. Gottfried noticed a seemingly unusual pattern: many of her patients who suffer from autoimmune disease and symptoms have a history of trauma. Emerging research shows that up to 80% of patients with autoimmune disease experienced significant emotional distress before getting sick.With The Autoimmune Cure, there is hope on the horizon for the tens of millions of people who suffer from autoimmune disease. Dr. Gottfried has created a powerful program designed to break the vicious cycle of autoimmune disease, reset your immune system, and restore your health, with advice on:dietsleepsupplementsbreathworkmicrobiome restorationsomatic therapyketamine-assisted treatmentmicrodosing psilocybinMDMA-assisted therapyThe Autoimmune Cure offers a roadmap to lasting relief from autoimmune disease by addressing the root cause of the condition and healing the body, mind, and spirit.
The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
by Joshua Robinson Jonathan CleggWall Street Journal reporters and authors of The Club, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America, detailing the eclectic culture of racing obsessives, glamorous settings, gearheads, engineering geniuses, dashing racers, and bitter rivalries that have made F1 the world’s fastest growing sport. For decades in America, car racing meant NASCAR, and to a lesser extent IndyCar, with Formula 1—the wealthiest racing league in the world—a distant third. Fast forward to 2023, and F1 has emerged at the front of the pack powered by a passionate yet nascent American fanbase. The F1 juggernaut has arrived, but this checkered flag was far from inevitable.In The Formula, Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the epic story of how F1 saved itself from collapse and finally conquered America through guile, fearlessness, and above all, reinvention. With fast cars, big money, glamorous locales, and beautiful people as the backdrop, The Formula reveals how F1’s sudden arrival in the US was actually decades in the making, a product of the sport’s near-constant state of transformation and experimentation. Bringing unique insight and access to F1’s most storied teams and personalities—from Ferrari to Bernie Ecclestone to Christian Horner to Lewis Hamilton—The Formula offers a riveting portrait of the drivers, corporations, cars, rivalries, and audacious gambles that have shaped the sport for half a century.The end result is a high-octane history of how modern F1 racing came to be—the first book to tell the story of the outrageous successes and spectacular crashes that led F1 to this extraordinary yet precarious moment. More than just a sports story, The Formula is the tale of a disrupter that broke into the crowded American sports marketplace and claimed its place through cash, personality, and a new understanding of what a sport needs to be in the age of wall-to-wall entertainment.
Watch Where They Hide: A Jordan Manning Novel (Jordan Manning series #2)
by Tamron HallFrom Emmy Award winner Tamron Hall comes an edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring journalist Jordan Manning as she delves into the case of a mother in danger and uncovers a dangerous web of secrets that could lead right to the missing woman—or put Jordan in the crosshairs of her abductors. “With Jordan Manning, Tamron Hall has given us a smart, empathetic heroine to cheer on for years to come.” — Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling authorAfter dropping her child off at preschool, Marla Hancock, a stay-at-home mother, disappears. She had recently left her verbally abusive husband in rural Indiana and moved in with her sister, Shelly, who simply can’t believe that her sister would ever willingly vanish without her children. But with limited support from the town’s police department or media resources, Shelly fears that Marla’s disappearance won’t get the attention it deserves, or worse, will go unsolved. So, several weeks after filing a missing person’s report, she reaches out to TV journalist Jordan Manning for help.After her investigative and reporting skills helped solve multiple murders, Jordan Manning’s career in the newsroom is on the rise. She has gained a reputation as more than your typical news reporter: a “fixer” with a vigilante edge, dogged and undeterred to seek the truth. But even with this new status, Jordan still feels pressure to prove herself as a young Black professional. When Shelly reaches out, she feels compelled to do all she can to find Marla. Jordan’s search twists and turns in ways she could never have imagined, illuminating scandals and secrets that place her own life in grave danger.
Until August: A novel
by Gabriel García MárquezThe extraordinary lost novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover. Amid sultry days and tropical downpours, lotharios and conmen, Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire, and the fear that sits quietly at her heart. Constantly surprising and wonderfully sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, and the mysteries of love, from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.
Until August: A novel
by Gabriel García MárquezA TIME MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to escape the life she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels by ferry here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.Across sultry Caribbean evenings full of salsa and boleros, lotharios and conmen, Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire and the fear hidden in her heart.Constantly surprising, joyously sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, self-transformation, and the mysteries of love—an unexpected gift from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.
Canadian Whisky, Updated and Expanded (Third Edition): The Essential Portable Expert
by Davin de KergommeauxDive into Canada&’s rich history of whisky making, legacy distilleries, and contemporary artisans with this fully updated and expanded guide—including over 100 new tasting notes for Canada&’s top whiskies.In this fully updated edition of Canadian Whisky, the nation&’s authority himself, Davin de Kergommeaux celebrates the country&’s often underplayed—yet integral—role in this storied spirit. A trusted independent whisky expert, Davin has travelled the country in search of all things whisky to share the very latest findings, photographs, and tasting notes.First, Davin breaks down the basics of how whisky is made and what sets Canada&’s product apart from others. From there, his meticulous research unearths riveting narratives that reach back to the country&’s first whisky days and span from east to west. In this revised third edition of the award-winning original, you&’ll discover:Whisky Producers Across the Country, from Legacy Distilleries to New Microdistilleries: Enjoy a deep dive into Canada&’s whisky world, from long-lasting empires to innovative new players.History and Process, as Told by Experts: Master blenders and distilling family royalty share fascinating anecdotes and insights.New Tasting Notes: Consider over 100 unique tasting notes for whiskies from across the nation before trying them yourself.Full-Colour Photography: From legendary distilleries to historic portraits to rare photographs, these images paint the history of whisky.With a refreshed design, maps of the country&’s whisky distilleries, and up-to-date research and interviews, this new edition of Canadian Whisky is perfect for your own library or as a gift for the whisky lover in your life as the essential source on Canada&’ wonderful world of whisky.