Highlights the unexpected influences and functions of the Nobel Prize in Literature across the world, offering innovative insights about the nature of the Prize and the possibilities for its next phase of reform.In 2018, the Nobel Prize in Literature was postponed for the first time in 70 years, as the Swedish Academy was engulfed in a series of scandals. While the Prize's credibility in passing judgment on world literature has always been called into question, as ...

This volume explores the ways in which traditional Chinese wisdom can inform and enrich contemporary efforts to construct values that promote education and human development.Global scholars from diverse backgrounds engage in a dialogue on the enduring legacy of Chinese wisdom and its relevance for addressing the multifaceted challenges of education in the modern era. To foster ideas that transcend cultural and spatial boundaries, the authors employ the framework of the United Natio...

Move agentic AI from clever demos to reliable production with the principles, patterns, and practices behind multi-agent systems at scale.Key FeaturesBuild production-ready agents and multi-agent systems with hands-on Python examplesApply foundational principles, proven design patterns, and orchestration strategiesEvaluate, observe, scale, and evolve agent systems through real-world case studiesPurchase of the print or Kindle book incl...

Build reliable agent-orchestrated engineering simulation workflows with AG2/AutoGen, validation gates, auditable artifacts, failure recovery, and a practical heat-diffusion example.Key FeaturesBuild planner-reviewer-controller-executor workflows with AG2/AutoGenApply validation gates, audit trails, and fail-fast recovery to simulationsFollow a runnable heat-diffusion example from request to traceable reportBook DescriptionEng...

The final conflict with the Mandela Syndicate is looming on the horizon, with Xie Qingcheng and He Yu set to reunite with the Dreambreakers and escape the island at last. But Duan Wen suspects more than he's been letting on, and He Yu's blood toxin and Xie Qingcheng's unique physiology are both far too valuable for the Mandela Syndicate's sinister Great-Grandmother to let them slip out of her grasp so easily.If the Mandela Syndicate gets their way, He Yu will be rendered an obedient weapon...

This book is a thorough documentation of tectonics in the Hong Kong construction industry. It looks at how buildings have been designed and built in a high-density city in a subtropical climate. Written in both Chinese and English, it covers almost all aspects of building materials and technology in Hong Kong with a succinct sequence that follows the construction process of a building project. Providing invaluable information on the application of building materials and technology, case st...

Geon confesses his feelings to Seongji, but her heart is already somewhere else. Her boss is guarded, sharp-tongued, and impossible to read, yet somehow Seongji has managed to get closer to her than most others have. However, keeping things quiet at work is easier said than done. Between sneaking moments together during office hours and their first overnight trip, the two are figuring out what this relationship means to them.

The Wisdom of World Religions on Death—A Cross-Civilizational Dialogue on Life, Seeking Answers to Death and the Meaning of Human ExistenceDeath is the common destination of every human being; yet how we face death determines how we live.From ancient times to the present, humanity has continued to ask the same questions:Is death the end?Why are human beings afraid of death?How do we continue living after losi...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.About This BookThe Architect of Energy Health asks a powerful question: What gives the human body the ability to regulate, repair, adapt, and heal?Every heartbeat, nerve signal, immune response, and cellular repair process depends on energy. Yet modern health information often treats metabolism, stress, circulation, sleep, mitochondria, and healing as separate subjects. This book brings them together into one clear, practical...

"Cruel tyrant Taxian-jun killed his way to the throne and now reigns as the first ever emperor of the mortal realm. Yet somehow, he is unsatisfied. Left cold and bereft, abandoned by all he held dear, he takes his own life...only to be reborn anew.Awakening in the body of his younger self--Mo Ran, a disciple of the cultivation sect Sisheng Peak--he discovers the chance to relive his life. This time, he vows to attain the gratification that once eluded him: all who defied him will fall, and...

Wealthy and handsome, yet mentally unstable--He Yu has returned home from overseas with one goal in mind: to win the heart of Xie Xue, the girl of his dreams. However, in his time away, he has nursed more than unrequited feelings. He must confront his long-held grudge against Xie Xue's overprotective brother, Xie Qingcheng, who doesn't think He Yu capable of love. But history is not easily rewritten. As He Yu's former doctor, Xie Qingcheng is the only person in the world who truly understa...

The North American debut of one of China’s most celebrated authors, “Chi Zijian’s beautifully realised novel offers a detailed portrait of a way of life hard to imagine today” (The Independent).At the end of the twentieth century, an intergenerational Indigenous family of the Evenki tribe living deep in the forested mountains of China’s eastern edge encounters existential change. An elder spins the daily tales of community drama against the fray of Chinese...