The Souls I Mothered is a deeply personal memoir about a love that transcends species, words, and even death.In these tender pages, A. Ahmad shares the story of two beloved companions, Michan and Mee, whose presence transformed ordinary days into a journey of devotion, sleepless nights, quiet rituals, and unconditional love. Through moments both joyful and heartbreaking, she reflects on what it truly means to nurture another soul and the profound grief that follows...

Some wounds don't bleed, but they hurt just the same.Will I Ever Be Okay? is a deeply emotional journey through heartbreak, loneliness, and the silent battles we fight within ourselves. Through raw thoughts and quiet reflections, this book explores the fragile moments when life feels overwhelming and hope seems distant.It speaks to anyone who has ever questioned their strength, doubted their worth, or wondered if healing is truly possible.This is not just a story ab...

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Gastrointestinal Surgery**Now published in partnership with the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 9th Edition, offers lavishly illustrated, authoritative guidance on endoscopic, robotic, and minimally invasive procedures, as well as current medical therapies. An all-new editorial team led by Drs. Syed A. Ahmad and Aurora D. Pryor provides a fresh perspective on both...

This book discusses how machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT) are playing a part in smart control of underwater environments, known as Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT). The authors first present seawater’s key physical variables and go on to discuss opportunistic transmission, localization and positioning, machine learning modeling for underwater communication, and ongoing challenges in the field. In addition, the authors present applications of machine le...

Development is the agenda and the priority of almost all nations. They try to provide their people with a better way of living and better life-chances. In this attempt, they concentrate on the economic and political systems of their societies and try to improve them to achieve the target. The general feeling is that if one increases national wealth, raises physical quality of life and gives freedom to the populace to govern themselves, one achieves prosperity. The past three centuries have...

Ahmad Sbaiti is a masterful storyteller. This very complex story comes alive through the eyes of people one can relate to, like and follow. The love story of Nora and Neal and the history of their families are so engrossing. You are captivated by the story being told, yet all the time learning and enjoying the lessons being taught that weave together centuries of history, politics and religion. He makes a very turbulent history come alive, and leaves you wanting more.This is a page turner....

This is a book about a drama and an adventure. The drama tells the story of Saddam Hussein’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait in the early hours of Thursday, August 2, 1990. His action was precipitated by his eight-year war with Iran, and thereafter by actors on the local scene like Kuwait and other Arab countries, and compounded by the actions of outside players like the United States of America, the Soviet Union, Europe and the United Nations. Part One of the book tells the story of Sad...

The problems engendered by the conflicting imperatives of development and ecology show no sign of ending, and every day more locations are added to the list of landscapes poisoned by human activity. This vital book, featuring an international set of authors, is a key reference for researchers and environmental managers, as well as anyone involved in the mining industry or landscape remediation. The comprehensive coverage of current approaches to phytoremediation begins by examining the pro...

In the era of current industrial and civil development, everyone is expressing a deep concern about the problem of environmental pollution. The majority of the global community has a vested interest in supporting and sustaining any move for the protection of environment. In the greater part of the last century it was the fast pace of industrialization, galloping demand for energy and reckless exploitation of natural resources that were mainly responsible for creating the problem of environ...

This volume provides the most comprehensive coverage of clinical management of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer available. Authored by leaders in the field, the book focuses on current clinical management of this disease stage, the importance of multimodality treatment algorithms, and an interdisciplinary approach to care. Surgical chapters are well-illustrated to provide surgeons and surgical trainees with important technical pearls. Clinical trials and trial design are also discus...

Sulphur (S) plays a pivotal role in various plant growth and development processes being a constituent of sulphur-containing amino acids, cysteine and methionine, and other metabolites viz., glutathione and phytochelatins, co-factor of enzymes which contribute to stress repair and amelioration of heavy metal toxicity. Besides, a number of S-containing components are biologically active and, thus, a source for use as medicinal value. The basic global issue before the agricultural scientist ...

Somali Grammar Revision is intended for the intermediate or advanced level learners of Somali language. It covers the eleven Somali grammatical categories. The verb and the adjective, 20% of Somali grammatical categories, constitute more than 80% of written and spoken Somali because use of tenses affects both grammatical categories. Somali Grammar Revision: highlights differences in usage of many aspects of written and spoken Somali introduces variant past tense and key sentence structures...