These seventeen stories move quietly across three places—Vietnam, France, and the United States.Some begin on a winding road to Sa Pa.Some unfold in hospital waiting rooms.Some remain in the silence of a single slice of orange left on a table.They are stories of departure and return, of family and distance, of choices made slowly over time. They do not try to explain life. They simply follow it—through uncertainty, resilience, and the quiet moments when a pe...

Synopsis: True wealth comes not from material possessions but from love, compassion, friendship, and family values. And kindness and charity in everyone is the most important factor to bring luck and happiness.Autobiography: Hung Bui is the author of Don't Believe in Tears,Love Conquers All, and now *The*Love of Love.With the website www authorhungquocbui.com.

This story is about becoming myself and the many understanding I had come to learn. One of the most important understanding, helped me understand there's only Free Will.

Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel The Wind in the Willows is brought to life for the stage. All of the famous characters, including Mr. Toad, Mole, Rat, Badger, and others come to life in this play intended for children.

This book is designed to present a state-of the-art approach to the assessment and management of bereavement-related psychopathology. Written by experts in the fi eld, it addresses the recent shift in the fi eld calling for greater recognition of bereavement-related psychopathology, as evidenced by the removal of bereavement from the exclusion criteria for major depressive disorder and the provisional inclusion of a bereavement disorder as a condition requiring further study in the DSM-5. ...

This edited book discusses the current issues and reports research conducted around the world. The advent of technology has changed the landscape of language education. The chapter topics are quite diverse, targeting the needs of undergraduate and graduate students and researchers. It views the mosaic of the field from cognitive, affective, educational, and educational perspectives. All the chapters give implications for further advances in technology and education.

This book presents empirical and conceptual manuscripts across contexts and disciplines, offering insights into how AI has been applied in teaching, learning, and research practices. This book, with eleven chapters spanning different aspects of AI use in educational settings, contributes to the knowledge of how AI can be responsibly and effectively incorporated into educational and research practices that foster innovation, inclusivity, and lifelong learning. As the landscape of AI integra...

This book discusses major technological advances in the treatment and re-use of wastewater. Its focus is on both novel treatment strategies and the modifications and adaptions of conventional processes to optimize the treatment of a complex variety of pollutants, including organic matter, chemicals and micropollutants in different water resources, as well as the integration of water treatment with bioelectricity production. Written by leading researchers in the field, it will be of interes...

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water and Energy Management covers a variety of advanced technologies for membrane processes, including water/wastewater treatment and reuse, membrane materials, operation and maintenance, fouling control, life cycle assessment, removal of micro/emerging pollutants, and operational cost of membrane processes. Supported by prominent editors and global contributors, this reference contains chapters ...

Plan recognition, activity recognition, and intent recognition together combine and unify techniques from user modeling, machine vision, intelligent user interfaces, human/computer interaction, autonomous and multi-agent systems, natural language understanding, and machine learning. Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition explains the crucial role of these techniques in a wide variety of applications including: - personal agent assistants - computer and network security - opponent modeling ...

This book highlights the key role of green infrastructure (GI) in providing natural and ecosystem solutions, helping alleviate many of the environmental, social, and economic problems caused by rapid urbanization. The book gathers the emerging technologies and applications in various disciplines involving geotechnics, civil engineering, and structures, which are presented in numerous high-quality papers by worldwide researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and entrepreneurs at the 6th CIG...

Starting over in a new place is never easy—but a warm welcome makes it so much easier!A little girl’s journey to a new life means standing in many lines. First, she waits to board a boat on her way to the other side of the world. Next, she lines up to enter the shelter of a giant tent, full of cots and cloud-like pillows for her whole family. There will be more lines along the way, and while some might seem endless, all are worth the wait, especially when there’s a...