USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes you into the world of his acclaimed novel Dead Money with a new series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving cold cases.Retired Detective Bayard Lott hosts the weekly poker games at his home. The group calls themselves the Cold Poker Gang. And they succeed at closing old cases.Lott’s very first homicide case as a brand-new detective had gone cold more than twenty years earlier. But r...

Essentials of Cybersecurity is a crowdsourced effort from the members of the Peerlyst online community of information security professionals. These InfoSec experts share their perspective and tips on getting the basics right, from understanding cybersecurity’s vital importance and developing a corporate security culture to protecting your telecom infrastructure and making the most of security technology.The chapters include:Starting at the Beginning: Why You ...

Even nice girls have needs.Erin is tired of being safe and boring. A nice girl. When she gets dumped, she starts using matchmaker Luxxor Limited—not realizing that the company is truly an escort service. Her dates turn out to be fun and exciting, but she gets more than she bargained for when Luxxor sets her up with Colton King. Her big brother’s best friend.Erin has always lusted for Colt. Dark, muscled, and brooding, he w...

Big Data, Big Design provides designers with the tools they need to harness the potential of machine learning and put it to use for good through thoughtful, human-centered, intentional design.Enter the world of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) through a design lens in this thoughtful handbook of practical skills, technical knowledge, interviews, essays, and theory, written specifically for designers. Gain an understanding of the desig...

A powerful call to end American gun violence from celebrated poets and those most impactedFocused intensively on the crisis of gun violence in America, this volume brings together poems by dozens of our best-known poets, including Billy Collins, Patricia Smith, Natalie Diaz, Ocean Vuong, Danez Smith, Brenda Hillman, Natasha Threthewey, Robe...

Our seventh anthology features original Star Trek®, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek: Voyager®, and Star Trek: Enterprise stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans!Featuring new stories by new writers and a few contest veterans, Strange New Worlds VII spans the entire Star Trek universe from the original days of Captain Kirk and throughout the tenures of Captains Picard, Sisko, and Janeway and back in tim...

Fear. The word alone evokes a powerful response. And in Feel the Fear, editor Mark Leslie takes readers on a haunting tour of the many ways fear presents itself. From genuine horror stories filled with frightening monsters to the real-life horror of losing a loved one to the terrifying idea of losing one’s own mind, these tales run not only the genre gamut but also the emotional gamut. With each fearful twist, the sixteen talented writers in this volume prove why ...

Over 200 million backpackers decide to travel abroad every single year.Have you ever wondered what it would be like, to travel with nothing but a few necessities strapped to your back? Are you thinking about backpacking but not really sure if it is the right thing to do? Are you scared about what to expect, who you will meet and wondering if travelling alone is really the best idea?Follow my year long journey across Australia where I share what it is like t...

This children's classic was not written for children butt "to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses"—an influence the author attributed to an essay on animals she had read earlier by Horace Bushnell (1802–1876) entitled "Essay on Animals". Her sympathetic portrayal of the plight of working animals led to a vast outpouring of concern for animal welfare and is said to have been instrumental in abolishing the cruel practice of using the checkrein (or "bearing rei...

A highly illustrated study of the T-55 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War.The T-55 is one of the most iconic weapons created by the Soviets during the Cold War and also one of the most widely deployed weapons in history. Like its younger brother, the T-54, the T-55 enjoyed a long career in the Red Army and even into the early days of the reformed Russian Army. Under their control it saw ver...

The collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom StoppardOne of the giants of British theatre, Sir Tom Stoppard has been writing for the stage and screen for over 50 years. Full of wit, verbal brilliance and big ideas, his plays appeal to critics and audiences alike and are among the most studied works of the last century.Our collection contains the masterpiece, Arcadia, which won him an Olivier Award for Best Play...

Fans of atmospheric and moody mm romance, a gripping mystery suspense series you won't be able to put down! There is a dog, it does not die.Bitter and disillusioned, Niall Hamarsson officially quits everything and retreats to the only place he's ever called home, Piedras Island. His plan for the future is vague, but other humans aren't included.Apparently, 'no humans' doesn't extend to Mat Dempsey.Mat Dempsey is a glass-half-full kind of guy. He returned to Piedras ...