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British Fantasy and Bram Stoker-nominated author Gemma Amor brings together an inimitable line-up of authors to explore heritage and horror, featuring stories from Gabino Iglesias, Erika T. Wurth and many more. It’s a bedtime story, ancient family lore, a secret passed down from generation to generation. Stories that have deep dark roots, ever-growing, ever-creeping. This anthology explores stories of heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends.

What really lies beneath the waves? Dive into our magical collection of short stories written by award-winning and up-and-coming authors and follow the ocean’s call. Meet murderous kelpies, hear the mermaid’s song, find a kidnapped prince, and explore the beautiful underwater kingdoms. Befriend selkie royalty, break fearsome curses, and swoon as you fall in love. All profits go to Oceana to support their mission to protect the world’s oceans and promote sustainable fishing.

Returning to rural Vermont for her senior year after time abroad, New Yorker Daphne Howard just wants to make it to graduation. She’s still processing the sting of her social circle moving off-campus under the thrall of Serena Vigil, a talented poet from Texas who happens to be Daphne’s nemesis. But when a gruesome story overheard at a local bar leads Daphne to consider an unusual artifact discovered on campus in a new light, friends, lovers, and others unite to confront the collision of present and past, political, and personal.

Yumi has a hard time finding her place in the world as an Itako, a blind shaman who communes with the dead. However, upon meeting Kagami, a 7 tailed Kitsune with an affinity for mischief her life get much more interesting. As she finds an actual human friend Shirayuki, she thinks nothing could be better with her new found family. That is until secrets begin to unravel and tragedy strikes, leaving Yumi trying to solve an unsolvable problem and save a dear friend.

V. S. Naipaul's legendary command of broad comedy and acute social observation is on abundant display in these classic works of fiction - two novels and a collection of stories - that capture the rhythms of life in the Caribbean and England with impressive subtlety and humor.

Owdowialy wykladowca akademicki Kyle Riggs mieszka z dwójka dzieci na kalifornijskiej farmie. Pewnej nocy jego spokojne zycie przerywa przybycie okretu obcych, który porywa i morduje jego dzieci, a nastepnie zabiera na poklad samego Kyle’a. Okazuje sie, ze bohater przechodzi serie testów, po których statek, najwyrazniej obdarzony inteligencja, czyni go swoim dowódca. Jest tez zla wiadomosc - obcy, którzy wyslali jednostke, walcza z kims o wiele grozniejszym, kims, kto wkrótce znajdzie sie w poblizu Ziemi.

Raven Lynch left Winter Valley prepared to make it big on Wall Street. But five years later, she's returned for a high school reunion and nothing more than waitress change in her pocket. When she stumbles into Berch Lindholm, her future brightens. The boy she's always loved has turned into a man that makes her heart flip, and he's doing more than pulling her pigtails in return. Maybe coming home isn't such a bad option after all.

Here you will find twisted psyches, peculiar people, and demons of the mind and spirit. If you like your stories dark and scary, come take a stroll through this asylum, hearing ominous whispers or the shrieks of the unhinged echoing in your ears. You'll find yourself glancing nervously over your shoulder, or wondering about that odd-looking person at the bus stop - or even in the mirror. Come in, enjoy the trip, but step carefully, and watch the shadows, for you may never be the same again.

James V. Schall is a treasure of the Catholic intellectual tradition. A prolific author and essayist, Schall readily connects with his readers on sundry topics from war to friendship, philosophy, politics, and to ordinary everyday living. In his newest work, The Mind That Is Catholic, he presents a retrospective collection of his academic and literary essays written in the past 50 years.

Overview of how to understand, train, and deploy large language models (LLMs), powerful AI systems capable of processing and generating human-like text. The guide begins by defining LLMs and their key concepts, then covers setting up an environment, collecting and preparing training data, selecting appropriate LLM architectures, and training the model itself. Further chapters explore how to fine-tune pre-trained LLMs for specific tasks, deploy these models for real-world applications, and evaluate their performance using various metrics

A comprehensive guide for developers who want to build Generative AI applications. The text explains the foundations of Generative AI and introduces AWS Bedrock as a cloud-based platform designed for building these applications. The book outlines how to choose the right Foundational Models, fine-tune them with Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for specific tasks, and write effective prompts to guide the models' output. The book also explores key aspects of building a Generative AI application, such as user interface design, integration with other AWS services, and security considerations.

Generative AI for Customer Experience: From Basics to Advanced Applications" offers a comprehensive guide to leveraging generative AI to transform customer interactions and experiences. Starting with the fundamentals of generative AI, the book explains how machine learning models like GPT, BERT, and others can be applied to enhance customer service, personalization, and engagement. It covers practical examples of chatbots, virtual assistants, content generation, and dynamic product recommendations, illustrating how businesses can use these technologies to drive customer satisfaction

The newest addition to Palgrave's Great Generals series focuses on Andrew Jackson's career including his time as a general in Tennessee and his rise up the Army ranks. Jackson's effective use of spies in wartime and of martial law in peacetime sparked a debate about the curtailing of civil liberties in the name of national security that continues to this day.

The ADHD Help for Women book is an in-depth guide, that composes life-changing advice, for those affected with ADHD, paired with the most recent research and studies, offering the most effective treatment methods, identifications of symptoms and how to best manage them, while also providing a fool-proof routine in order take back control of one’s life, once and for all.

Unveiling the Authentic Teachings of Jesus: Wisdom, Mystery, and Practical Spiritual Growth Welcome to a podcast dedicated to rediscovering the original message of Jesus—beyond dogma, beyond tradition, and beyond fear-based religion. This is a space for thoughtful believers and spiritual seekers who long to reconnect with the living wisdom of Christ. Each episode explores the practical and transformative teachings of Jesus, showing their deep relevance to modern life. We reflect on His call to love, compassion, freedom, and inner growth—offering insights that can help you navigate ...

It is only by healing from injustices and dissolving our personal barriers to connection that we develop the ability to view others with compassion and to live in community with people of vastly different backgrounds and viewpoints. Incorporating mindfulness exercises, research, and Magee's hard-won insights, The Inner Work of Racial Justice offers a road map to a more peaceful world.

In a land where gods walk on the hills and goddesses rise from river, lake, and spring, the caravan-guard Holla-Sayan, escaping the bloody conquest of a lakeside town, stops to help an abandoned child and a dying dog. The girl, though, is the incarnation of Attalissa, goddess of Lissavakail, and the dog a shape-changing guardian spirit whose origins have been forgotten. Possessed and nearly driven mad by the Blackdog, Holla-Sayan flees to the desert road, taking the powerless avatar with him.

Porn Addiction is dangerous and destructive, but there is a way to reclaim your former self. Every so often, we succumb to temptation. A little puff here. A sip there. A harmless video clip in quiet moments alone. Before we know it, those innocent acts blossom into uncontrollable addictions. Our lives spiral out of control, and we hurt everything we know and love, especially ourselves. Frank V. found himself in such a predicament. This is his story.

Based on The Action Bible, this extensive guide to Bible characters includes fascinating facts and figures about the Bible’s most curious but sometimes relatable people. From Adam and Eve’s most embarrassing moment to the details of a Roman soldier’s armor to Zechariah’s hometown, this jam-packed guide will engage kids’ minds and hearts as they meet people just like them whom God used in His redemptive story.

When I moved to a new town with my abusive father, I did everything I could to blend in, disappear and stay out of the way. Having lost my hearing, I avoid human interaction at all costs. When I saw Knight for the first time, I felt like gravity disappeared and nothing else would ever tether me as strongly as he did. Every time after that, I did the only thing my self-consciousness would allow - I ran and hid. Until one day, a forgotten wallet, oversized (but necessary) sunglasses, and a slip of scribbled paper changed everything.