History of the Royal Sappers and Miners Volume 1 (of 2): From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers is a comprehensive and meticulously researched chronicle that traces the origins, development, and achievements of one of Britain’s most distinguished military corps. Spanning from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century, this volume delves into the formation of the Corps of Sappers and Miners, detailing the ci...

The global higher education sector has changed dramatically as universities continue to face unprecedented challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many are struggling to navigate this crisis while maintaining high-quality course delivery, ensuring strong student recruitment numbers, and providing clear communication to staff and students. Issues have emerged at an exponential rate, and coping with the pandemic has been particularly difficult for universities as they serve several...

As the widespread use of digital entertainment has changed not only the ways in which we spend our leisure time but also how we learn and communicate, Serious Games have emerged as an effective tool for the purpose of learning, skill acquisition, and training. Psychology, Pedagogy, and Assessment in Serious Games addresses this issue by offering empirical evidence for the effectiveness of Serious Games in the key areas of psychology, pedagogy, and assessment. Emphasizing both the theory an...

The three original spellbooks, source of all magic in the world, have been found, and Ray Lilly has already "acquired" one. Now he and Annalise are on a historic mission to get the other two and they're ready to kill anyone who gets in their way.If they succeed, the Twenty Palace Society will become more powerful than it has ever been and could truly safeguard humanity from both extra-dimensional predators and the people who summon them.But this time their enemies are more ...

Ray Lilly is living on borrowed time. He's the driver for Annalise Powliss, a high-ranking member of the Twenty Palace Society, a group of sorcerers devoted to hunting down and executing rogue magicians. But because Ray betrayed her once, Annalise is looking for an excuse to kill him—or let someone else do the job.Unfortunately for both of them, Annalise's next mission goes wrong, leaving her critically injured. With the little magic he controls, Ray must complete her assignment al...

Former car thief Ray Lilly is now the expendable grunt of a sorcerer responsible for destroying extradimensional predators summoned to our world by power-hungry magicians.Luckily, Ray has some magic of his own, and so far it's kept him alive. But when a friend from his former gang calls him back to his old stomping grounds in Los Angeles, Ray may have to face a threat even he can't handle.A mysterious spell is killing Ray's former associates, and they blame...

Summer Pierce is determined to date only nice guys.When her latest prospect reveals himself as an alpha jerk in decent clothing, Summer doubts her ability to distinguish good from bad. Especially when her hot, pierced, tattooed library patron with an aloof attitude ends up supporting her on her darkest day.Could trusting a "bad boy" be a huge mistake?Cole Allemand visits the library for the books, but he stays for the librarian. Summer is as bright ...

The March/April 2019 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Karen Osborne, Tina Connolly, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Marie Brennan, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and A.T. Greenblatt. Reprinted fiction by Aliette de Bodard, essays by Tracy Townsend, Briana Lawrence, Marissa Lingen, and Suzanne Walker, poetry by Beth Cato, D.A. Xaolin Spires, Cassandra Khaw, Sandi Liebowitz, and Chloe N. Clark, interviews withBonnie Jo Stufflebeam and A.T. Greenblatt by Ca...

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s universal classic, forged from America’s Puritan heritage: a masterful exploration of humanity’s unending struggle with sin, guilt, and pride“[Nathaniel Hawthorne] recaptured, for his New England, the essence of Greek tragedy.”—Malcolm CowleyHailed by Henry James as “the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country,” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation’s historica...

History of the Royal Sappers and Miners Volume 2 (of 2): From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers is a comprehensive and meticulously detailed chronicle of one of Britain’s most storied military units. This volume continues the narrative begun in the first, tracing the evolution, achievements, and challenges faced by the Royal Sappers and Miners from the early 19th century up to the pivotal moment in 1856 when the...

The medical domain is home to many critical challenges that stand to be overcome with the use of data-driven clinical decision support systems (CDSS), and there is a growing set of examples of automated diagnosis, prognosis, drug design, and testing. However, the current state of AI in medicine has been summarized as “high on promise and relatively low on data and proof.” If such problems can be addressed, a data-driven approach will be very important to the future of CDSSs as it simplifie...

Stormy Bay is a dying town nestled against an eerily placid ocean, and Ray Lilly is trapped in it. He can barely remember his name let alone his mission for the Twenty Palace society. Worse, he realizes that for some time now he's been living as a puppet, his body and mind under the complete domination of an unknown power, and the townsfolk think this puppet is his real identity.And that power can still seize control of Ray's body at any time, forcing him and the people around him ...