A gorgeously illustrated guide to the fae, filled with intriguing and well-researched explorations of folklore from around the world.In Ireland, the sinister leannán sídhe suck the life from artists and poets in exchange for muse-like inspiration. In Japan, the elusive zashiki-warashi bestow prosperity on the human families whose homes they share. From the dvorovoi of Russia to the Brazilian curupira, Malaysia’s orang bunian

O livro está dividido em dez capítulos, fugindo apenas alguns pontos que não foram anotados. Mas creio que a leitura não deixará de ser prazerosa. Não vou me apegar a detalhes e nem me aprofundar tanto, por se tratar de um trabalho acadêmico e o tempo para a entrega ser um tanto quanto curto, apesar de que desde o início do primeiro semestre de 2010, eu estava esperando a confirmação do meu nome na lista da turma para dar início aos meus trabalhos. Enfim, depois dos vinte e três dias finai...

Everyone living on the planet today has a front-row seat to the failure of communism, socialism, and immorality. People are sick to death of the fabrications, lies, control, and tyranny. Mario Murillo draws on his recent experiences in California, where his ministry is experiencing souls being saved at a rate that surpasses even what was seen during the Jesus movement of the 1960s and ' 70s. It' s accelerating, and Murillo believes it' s a worldwide trend that has us poised for an unpreced...

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As dams age, they are subject to a series of external agents and processes which tend to deteriorate the qualities with which they were originally conceived to stand against these actions. At the same time, it is often necessary to respond to increased safety standards, either in the structural or hydrological fields. Reservoir sedimentation or wat

This book focuses on the research and development challenges posed by 3D video systems based on multi-view plus depth (MVD) technology. This technology can produce a realistic immersive experience generating synthetic video views on the decoder side, reducing the amount of information on the encoder side. The discussion presented in this book explores the MVD characteristics to propose high-throughput and energy-efficient architectures/systems, focusing on 3D-HEVC, the state-of-the-art sta...

Dieselpunk and decopunk are alternative history re-imaginings of (roughly) the WWI and WWII eras: tales with the grit of roaring bombers and rumbling tanks, of 'We Can Do It' and old time gangsters, or with the glamour of flappers and Hollywood starlets, smoky jazz and speakeasies. The stories in this volume add fairy tales to the mix, transporting classic tales to this rich historical setting.Two young women defy the devil with the power of friendship. The pilot of a talking plane...

Write a haiku is easy. Difficult it's to be true to its rules. In this little book, I present to you, some haiku that he wrote walking the streets of the world, using only a cell phone to record your inspiration. And as the name says, some are hungers, others quite relevant. The cats throughout the book are a tribute to me, Oliver, my black white cat pet. No more, have fun!

The automotive industry is one of the most complex, demanding, and rapidly evolving sectors in the world. Behind every successful vehicle launch lies a network of projects, teams, processes, and leaders working together to transform ideas into reality. In Project Management Principles for the Automotive Industry, Murilo Marson Cerqueira combines nearly two decades of hands-on automotive experience with globally recognized project management practices to create a practical guide for profess...

The three-volume set LNAI 14195, 14196, and 14197 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems, BRACIS 2023, which took place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in September 2023.The 90 full papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. They have been organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Best papers; resource allocation and planning; rules and feature extraction; AI and educa...

This book provides a comprehensive list of the methods used in basic and applied geminivirus research. Chapters guide readers through foundational methods, advanced techniques in cloning, sequencing, phylogenetic, recombination analysis, diagnostics, and virus-host interaction studies. Written in the format of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, each chapter includes an introduction to the topic, lists necessary materials and reagents, includes tips on troub...

“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.” –Suzanne J. Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds”Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new tales share the pages of this collection of fairy stories. Within these tales you’ll find fairy music and food, contracts (making and breaking them), changelings, circles and curses–these stories deliver all the things you ...