Everyday technology is constantly changing, and it’s hard to keep up with it at times. What is all this talk about automation, STEM, analytics and super-computers, and how will it really affect my daily life at work and in the home?This book is a simple guide to everyday technology and analytics written in plain language. It starts with explaining how computer networks are increasing in speed so fast that we can do more in less time than ever before. It explains the analytical jarg...

America's most popular Western novelists continue their bold new series featuring Breckenridge Wallace, a big, strong, fierce kid fighting for a home in the towering Rocky Mountains...Breck Wallace was turning into a true mountain man on the American frontier. As a teenager in Tennessee he killed in self-defense, then left behind a woman he loved. With a gun and trap lines he is learning how to survive in the Rockies, braving the punishing elements, ruthless outlaws, and forging an...

From acclaimed Western author Cotton Smith comes a trailblazing new series about three Texas brothers risking their lives to stake their claim in the great American dream…Deed Corrigan earned his reputation as a gunfighter—the hard way. But now, after forging cattle trails and fighting off the Comanche, he's setting his sights on a brighter future. With the help of his older brother Blue, a Civil War veteran who lost his arm in battle, Deed turns the Rafter C homestead into a succe...

Mindful Social Studies: Frameworks for Social Emotional Learning and Critically Engaged Citizens situates the field of social studies education as uniquely poised to integrate anti-racist, equity, and asset-based pedagogies with contemplative, mindfulness-based strategies to promote the knowledge, skills, and dispositions students need to be effective citizens. Students’ Social Emotional Learning (SEL) hinges upon their experience(s) engaging in authentic learning that strengthens...

When four down on their luck comedian's are forced to begin touring small comedy clubs again after spending years in arena's, all hell breaks lose when a bank CEO extorts them into robbing banks in the cities that they are performing in. Comedian Carrot Top has some big decisions to make as he and his three fellow comedy buddies look for a way to get out from beneath the thumb of a sinister CEO who is stealing TARP funds, while hoping the robberies that he is forcing the comics to commit m...

Have you ever wondered what the Bible says about weather disasters? Have you ever wondered what God uses the weather for? Are you strapped for time but would really like to research what the Bible says about these things? Then this is the book for you! Join me as we explore the answers to these questions by traveling through some highlights of historical accounts of weather disasters found in the Bible.

Hornchurch is often recognised as a World War II front line RAF Airfield, but the town has a long and varied history dating back to the last Ice Age. Hornchurch Through Time brings together a colourful collection of old and modern pictures and postcards of the area. The popularization of photography in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries reveals a village centre filled with interesting buildings many centuries old in Essex vernacular style. Drawn from family albums, local col...

Scholar and diplomat Brian L. Evans gives us the first English-language biography of Chester A. Ronning (1894-1984): diplomat, politician, educator, and one of Canada's major public figures. This fascinating story depicts Ronning, the man who received many honours, and deepens readers' knowledge of Canada's post-World War II diplomacy and Canada-China relations. Ronning was an extraordinary Canadian who combined Chinese sensibility with Norwegian calm practicality and American drive. His l...

A memoir of one academic's lifelong fascination with China, examining China's history as well as its relationship with Canada.Brian Evans blends memoir and history to draw a vivid picture of China and its cultural outreach over the past three decades. His historical and sociological insights as student, scholar, and administrator form an authentic commentary as he discusses China and the Cold War; the Cultural Revolution; the post-Mao transformation of China; Canada...

If Enzo listed his problems, being single wouldn't be anywhere near the top of the list. It might not even be in the top twenty list of problems that he faces on a daily basis.His grandmother is dead. His parents are dead. His sister and brother are dead. He has no money. No friends. No job. He's all alone in a country that will always seem strange. Soon, he might not even have a home.And he's so angry. At life. Himself. God. The universe. Everyone.Except for the ma...

Vol. 1Improve your brain:develop your brain power to learn quickly and increase your brain memory.Aging isn't something anybody can maintain a strategic distance from, however there is an expanding assortment of research giving us that there are things you can do, today, to help keep your mind sharp and your body sound as you get more seasoned. Be that as it may, how to improve your brain?Vol. 2How to improve memoryMethods to increase your br...

From numerous points of view, our recollections shape what our identity is. They make up our interior memoirs—the accounts we enlighten ourselves concerning what we've finished with our lives. They reveal to us who we're associated with, who we've contacted during our lives, and who has contacted us. So, our recollections are significant to the quintessence of who we are as individuals.