High school freshman Martine (Teenie for short) is a good student, with a bright future ahead of her. She's desperate to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Spain so that she can see what life is like beyond the streets of Brooklyn. She wouldn't mind escaping from her strict (though lovable) parents for awhile either. But when the captain of the basketball team starts to pay attention to her after she's pined away for him for months and Cherise, her best friend, meets a ...

Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence: Convergent Systems for Planning, Design, and Operations, Second Edition presents an integrated perspective on how cities are evolving as intelligent ecosystems shaped by the convergence of human, technological, and environmental systems. Drawing on developments in machine learning, neural networks, geospatial intelligence, data analytics and visualization, sensors, and smart connected objects, the book explains how these elements combine to form a ...

You take your shot at success and fame. You tell anyone who will listen, “Hey, check me out! I’m on Spotify, Amazon, and YouTube!” Finally, you’re validated. You’re at the table with the big kids — Right? WRONG.YOUR CONTENT EVERYWHERE GETS YOU NOWHERE...Music industry insider Christopher Grant Sr. introduces UnderRepresented Creatives to the groundbreaking concept of Competitive Streaming™ and DESTROYs the idea that creatives must rely on t...

Shortcuts for Adobe® Photoshop®, Dreamweaver®, Acrobat®, Illustrator®, InDesign®, Bridge®, QuarkXPress®, Pagemaker® and Flash Catalyst®.Get the most out of using your Windows® PC, laptop or tablet running Adobe® software by discovering new ways to access commands faster than using a mouse or mousepad, and avoid unnecessarily searching through menus and toolbars for options and commands when you can simply use your keyboard.This ebook is ideal, as you can keep it near you at...

Shortcuts for Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, Chrome® and Firefox® internet browsers, Windows® Media Player® and Windows® Media Center®.Get the most out of surfing the internet by discovering new features that are faster to access than using a mouse or mousepad, avoid unnecessarily searching through menus and toolbars for commands when you can use your keyboard.What are fast access keys or shortcuts?These keys perform a menu, command, or a feature, without you needin...

A chance encounter between a successful lawyer and a rebellious bad boy will change life as they know it forever in this suspenseful novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Nicholas Sparks.**"A roller-coaster ride of emotions, switching from the soft tone of a love story to the adrenaline rush of a thriller." —**Associated PressColin Hancock is giving his second chance his best sh...

An action-packed novel that ushers in a new age of adventure in the critically acclaimed StarCraft series from Blizzard EntertainmentThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thrawn pens the latest chapter in the stunning StarCraft saga, building on the game’s rich legacy to create an unforgettable new story.After nearly a decade of brutal warfare, three mighty factions—the enigmatic protoss, the savage zerg, and the te...

One Boy. Three Countries. A Thousand Reasons to Quit.In a world that often dismisses the pursuit of dreams as a mere luxury, for Junior, it was an all-out war between life and death.Growing up in the heart of poverty in Haiti, a world vividly described in this memoir, Junior embarked on an unprecedented journey—from surviving a heart-wrenching car crash to desperate street begging in the Dominican Republic. Then came the Haiti earthquake, a relentless force...

An Amazon Charts bestseller and finalist for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.Inside a prestigious law firm, a rookie lawyer is pulled into a dark maze of lies and violence.An ambitious Stanford graduate, David Adams has begun a fast-track career at Austin’s most prestigious law firm. It’s a personal victory for the rising superstar—a satisfying reversal from his impoverished and despairing childhood. Now he has the life he’s always w...

In this dark and thrilling novel, detective Frank Marr’s secret double life drags him into the center of two mysterious kidnappings—but solving the case might come at the risk of him losing everything.Frank Marr knows crime in Washington, DC. A decorated former police detective, he retired early and now ekes a living as a private eye for a defense attorney. Frank Marr may be the best investigator the city has ever known, but the city doesn't know his dirty secret.

In this powerful and fast-paced YA contemporary debut, a Black teen from Brooklyn struggles to fit in at his almost entirely-white Manhattan prep school, resulting in a fight and a plan for vengeance.This is not how seventeen-year-old Gil imagined beginning his senior year—on the subway dressed in a tie and khakis headed towards Manhattan instead of his old public school in Brooklyn. Augustin Prep may only be a borough away, but the exclusive private school feels l...

A dazzling literary debut that reimagines The Odyssey and asks what power do we have to control our own fate when destiny feels pre-determined and the systems of the world are broken?"Layers of storytelling run deep in BEYOND THE BATHS OF STARS. Distinctly Diasporic in breadth, Rancy poetically explores the heavy expectations placed on first generation children and the painful in-between-ness with which they must contend. Brave in its honesty and v...