Year of the Goat adopts a learner-centered approach and infuses elements of AI-assisted language acquisition into its lessons. Volume 2 of the textbook explores the themes of food, family, ancestry, religion, livelihood, and romance.The book follows a student, an interpreter, a flight attendant, a software engineer, and a music artist whose lives become intertwined during a year in China. In the process, it addresses such hot-button issues as student debt, illegal immigrat...

Year of the Goat adopts a learner-centered approach and infuses elements of AI-assisted language acquisition into its lessons. Volume 1 explores the themes of study, travel, work, leisure, housing, and relationships.The book follows a student, an interpreter, a flight attendant, a software engineer, and a music artist whose lives become intertwined during a year in China. In the process, it addresses such hot-button issues as sexual orientation, racial discrimination, acad...

Every watch in every ad is set to 10:10. It makes the hands look like a smile. Lin Min-min built those smiles for a living while her own life sat frozen at the same angle: right job, right fiance, nothing true.Then the engagement ends, and Min-min gives herself one Taipei summer and one rule. Six nights. Six strangers. Total honesty about what each night is, and no repeats.A whisky bar owner who won't pour until she says what she wants. A night-market cook who feeds her fir...

Go beyond Linux, sensors, vision, and edge AI to build cloud-connected Raspberry Pi IoT systems, using MQTT and AI-agent workflows to create practical intelligent applicationsKey FeaturesBuild a strong foundation in Raspberry Pi, embedded Linux, C/C++, and Python developmentControl sensors, peripherals, cameras, and GPIO interfaces for practical embedded projectsDevelop intelligent IoT apps using OpenCV, edge ML, MQTT, and AI agents

Multi-scale Mechanics of 2D Triaxially Braided Composites: Characterization, Mechanics and Machine-Learning Based Modelling presents the latest advances in this important research field. The book begins with a brief introduction to these materials including their mechanical features, damage and failure mechanisms and typical applications. The contents are then divided into three main sections on experimental characterization; mechanics-based modeling and machine-learning based modeling app...

An Instant USA TODAY Bestseller!In this laugh-out-loud murder mystery, three women dating the same man band together to get revenge, but when they discover his body, they'll need to solve his murder before they go down for it.The body in the closet was going to be a problem. Kathryn Hu knew it. Yes, Tucker Jones was a cheating scumbag, and yes, she’d agreed to meet Olivia and Elle—Tucker’s other girlfriends—to exact reveng...

"I've been waiting for you here for two days!" The sea breeze blew through the woman's short, yellowish hair."What if I don't come?""I don't know. Maybe I will completely forget about you. Maybe I will marry another man!"The man smiled and said, "But in the end, I still came."

"Wang, do you really want to fight?" "It seems like Dark Night's hands are rubbing against its chest in excitement, and it won't be able to wait any longer."Boss, as long as you give the order, we will kill our way out and kill every single one of those 20,000 warlord knights! " As soon as the topic of war was brought up, Cang Jue could no longer hold himself back.

A powerful cultivator who had been reborn had somehow ended up in the hands of a high school student, saved the beauty of the school belle, made a bet with the beautiful vice principal, was a wild and strong girlfriend … This was because every single movement of Lu Chong was incredible!

The doctrine of deification or theosis has been gaining interest among scholars for some time. Yet most publications on the topic have focused on Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions and have subsumed the discussion under the category of soteriology. If "being transformed into the same image" (2 Corinthians 3:18) is truly essential to the Christian life, a fuller understanding of this biblical concept is needed for Christians of all traditions.In this vo...

Everyone is learning AI tools. But when everyone has the same tools — what makes you different?ChatGPT. Claude. Copilot. OpenClaw. The tools are everywhere, and everyone has access to them. Yet most people still feel lost, replaceable, and unsure of their next move.That's because the real advantage was never about the tools. It was always about the person using them.While parents worry their children will graduate into a world with no jobs, while students wonder if ...

Activism is more than just screaming with signs--it's also about discovering who we are, building spaces, and documenting our community.Vibrant and witty, Auntie Kristina's Guide to Asian American Activism shows young readers how to love their bodies, fight for social justice, and be proud of the history that's made them who they are. Grounded in diverse lived experiences of featured Auntie Heroes and inspiring Young Rebels, this guide discusses the Asian American ...