A collection of amazing poems that bring a beautiful variety of light, joy, and inspiration into our lives. Never would I have imagined that I would be writing poetry together with people all over the world. I am inspired and in awe. Thank you for allowing me to provide space and be part of this beautiful book. - Dr. Gabriella KőrösiThis poetry book is packed with medicine with no harmful side effects. It's also a manual of life, living, love, hope, understanding, patience, forgive...

'A human, historic spin on the gospel narrative, written with warmth, wisdom, and vivid detail' - Publisher's Weekly, Sept 20, 2021.A reimagining of the Greatest Story Ever Told, seen through the eyes of three men: Metlip, a young Nubian slave, master carpenter Josef of Nazareth, and Josef's estranged son, Iesu. Absent for the last three years, Iesu has returned, seeking answers for two questions. The first inspires the family's spontaneous journey to Jerusalem. The second reaches ...

Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence: Convergent Systems for Planning, Design, and Operations, Second Edition presents an integrated perspective on how cities are evolving as intelligent ecosystems shaped by the convergence of human, technological, and environmental systems. Drawing on developments in machine learning, neural networks, geospatial intelligence, data analytics and visualization, sensors, and smart connected objects, the book explains how these elements combine to form a ...

High school freshman Martine (Teenie for short) is a good student, with a bright future ahead of her. She's desperate to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Spain so that she can see what life is like beyond the streets of Brooklyn. She wouldn't mind escaping from her strict (though lovable) parents for awhile either. But when the captain of the basketball team starts to pay attention to her after she's pined away for him for months and Cherise, her best friend, meets a ...

Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence offers a comprehensive view of how cities are evolving as smart ecosystems through the convergence of technologies incorporating machine learning and neural network capabilities, geospatial intelligence, data analytics and visualization, sensors, and smart connected objects. These recent advances in AI move us closer to developing urban operating systems that simulate human, machine, and environmental patterns from transportation infrastructure to c...

You take your shot at success and fame. You tell anyone who will listen, “Hey, check me out! I’m on Spotify, Amazon, and YouTube!” Finally, you’re validated. You’re at the table with the big kids — Right? WRONG.YOUR CONTENT EVERYWHERE GETS YOU NOWHERE...Music industry insider Christopher Grant Sr. introduces UnderRepresented Creatives to the groundbreaking concept of Competitive Streaming™ and DESTROYs the idea that creatives must rely on t...

“This stunning collection from one of the great writers on Black culture covers the gamut: aging, love, poverty, trauma and plenty of lightness in between.”—PeopleFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale comes a remarkable, career-spanning collection of previously published short fiction and nonfiction pieces, as well as never-before-seen works....

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds transports us back to the early 2000s in Soundtrack, an audiobook original about New York City teens whose talent and love of music lift them to unexpected heights.An Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook!Stuy wanted to play the drums just like his mom, a founding member of the punk band The Bed-Stuy Magic Dusters. With his mother as his teacher, Stuy starts busking in the subway...

One Boy. Three Countries. A Thousand Reasons to Quit.In a world that often dismisses the pursuit of dreams as a mere luxury, for Junior, it was an all-out war between life and death.Growing up in the heart of poverty in Haiti, a world vividly described in this memoir, Junior embarked on an unprecedented journey—from surviving a heart-wrenching car crash to desperate street begging in the Dominican Republic. Then came the Haiti earthquake, a relentless force...

Twelve-year-old Ambrose is a glass-half-full kind of guy. A self-described “friendless nerd,” he moves from place to place every couple of years with his overprotective mother, Irene. When some bullies at his new school almost kill him by slipping a peanut into his sandwich — even though they know he has a deathly allergy — Ambrose is philosophical. Irene, however, is not and decides that Ambrose will be home-schooled.Alone in the evenings when Irene goes to work, Ambrose pesters C...

I'm marooned.Abandoned.Left to rot in boarding school . . .Viola doesn't want to go to boarding school, but somehow she ends up at an all-girls school in South Bend, Indiana, far, far away from her home in Brooklyn, New York. Now Viola is stuck for a whole year in the sherbet-colored sweater capital of the world.Ick.There's no way Viola's going to survive the year—especially since she has to replace her best friend Andrew with three new roommates who...

**The bestselling author of TTYL dives into the tumultuous waters of sisterhood and shows that even very different sisters can learn to help each other stay afloat.“A must read for fans of Sarah Dessen and Justina Chen Headley.”—Booklist**Wealth. Privilege. That is Carly’s life, and guess what. It’s. Getting. On. Her. Nerves. Carly is ready to ditch the Southern princess act and become real. The thing is, she’s always counted on her littl...