**New from the national bestselling author of DeathwishIt's time to lock, load, and hit the road...**Once, while half-human Cal Leandros and his brother Niko were working on a case, an ancient gypsy queen gave them a good old-fashioned backstabbing. Now, just as their P.I. business hits a slow patch, the old crone shows up with a job.She wants them to find a stolen coffin that contains a blight that makes the Black Death seem like a fond memory. But the thi...

When half-human Cal Leandros wakes up on a beach littered with the slaughtered remains if a variety of hideous creatures, he's not that concerned. In fact, he can't remember anything-including who he is.And that's just the way his deadly enemies like it...

The comic that inspired the hit Netflix movie starring Charlize Theron, The Old Guard is the story of old soldiers who never die...and yet cannot seem to fade away. "An action blockbuster with historical tragedy in its bones." —The AV Club "Something refreshing and new." —IGNOld soldiers never die...and some of them don't even fade away. Cursed with immortality, Andromache of Scythia and her comrades-in-arms ply their trade for those who can find-and afford-their services. But in the 21st ...

Four Alchemists. One book. A constellation of ideas.The third annual Alchemy Lecture took place in October 2024 at York University to a sold-out in-person audience and online viewers from multiple continents. Four Alchemists—thinkers and practitioners working across disciplines and geographies—shared their ideas of cities and how to shape them according to community needs. Their urgent, poignant and inventive lectures have been captured and expanded in these pages....

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Ranging from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the nature of moral virtue, human rationality, divine providence, and Marcu...

For people living in Costa Rica or visiting the country for the purpose of researching, observing, and photographing wild birds, this work is a fundamental starting point. It describes relevant data for the conservation, research, and recreational enjoyment of 108 species of birds that have a limited geographic distribution, meaning they can only be observed in this part of the world. For each of the species covered in the work, a description is included with useful data related to their h...

Collecting the critically acclaimed miniseries by GREG RUCKA and LEANDRO FERNANDEZ. Old soldiers never dieand some of them donÍt even fade away. Cursed with immortality, Andromache of Scythia and her comrades-in-arms ply their trade for those who can findand affordtheir services. But in the 21st century, being immortal is a difficult secret to keep, and when you live long enough, you learn that there are many fates far worse than death. Collects THE OLD GUARD #1-5

O presente livro é composto por dois cursos bíblicos. O primeiro foi intitulado por "Doutrinas Bíblicas" e o segundo foi denominado por "Profecias Escatológicas". Cada curso é formado por 26 lições e cada lição é desenvolvida por 12 passagens bíblicas. Portanto, este livro apresenta 624 passagens bíblicas analisando as principais doutrinas bíblicas e considerando as mais destacadas profecias escatológicas, tudo fundamentado unicamente na Bíblia Sagrada.Cada curso deste volume foi e...

"Footprints in the Sand of Caregiving" is a compilation of a soul's reflections on its solitary walk on the shore of a lonely island of caregiving.Withdrawn from my previous routines, lifestyle and social activities to focus on caregiving, I feel isolated and disconnected. In my loneliness and desperation, from the bottom of my heart, I cry to the Lord and the Lord answers me saying: "My steadfast love never ceases; my mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great...

SummaryThis third revision of Manning's popular The Quick Python Book offers a clear, crisp updated introduction to the elegant Python programming language and its famously easy-to-read syntax. Written for programmers new to Python, this latest edition includes new exercises throughout. It covers features common to other languages concisely, while introducing Python's comprehensive standard functions library and unique features in detail.Foreword b...

Since their introduction in 2017, transformers have quickly become the dominant architecture for achieving state-of-the-art results on a variety of natural language processing tasks. If you're a data scientist or coder, this practical book shows you how to train and scale these large models using Hugging Face Transformers, a Python-based deep learning library.Transformers have been used to write realistic news stories, improve Google Search queries, and even create chatbots that te...

The legendary story of Liu Chan, the last ruler of Shu Han, who traveled back in time and was reborn as Emperor Gaozong of Southern Song, Zhao Gou. With his historical memory and modern thinking, he supported Yue Fei's northern expedition against the Jin Dynasty. Liu Chan changed his cowardly image in history and, against all odds, appointed Yue Fei, granting him full command power, which meant that "a general is not subject to orders from the emperor when he is away from home". At the sam...