The day Femi caught her first bounty she knew this was it; she found her place in the Abyss. However, one mistake, one act of kindness, one beautifully whispered lie could cost her everything--even her life.

This book offers a framework and analysis for the current technological landscape between the United States and China across the financial and insurance sectors as well as emerging technologies such as AI, Blockchain, Cloud and Data Analytics and Quantum Computing (ABCDQ). Based on original lecture slides used by the authors, the book presents contemporary and critical views of emergent technologies for a wide spectrum of readers from CEOs to university lecturers to students. The narrative...

Exceptional atlas combines highly detailed illustrations with relevant applied and clinical anatomyThieme Atlas of Anatomy: Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy, Fourth Edition, by renowned educators Michael Schuenke, Erik Schulte, and Udo Schumacher, along with consulting editor Cristian Stefan, features revised images and text. This three-in-one atlas combines exquisite illustrations, brief descriptive text/tables, and clinical applications, making it an invalua...

The definitive resource for learning and teaching challenging anatomyRapid advances in medical research and technology have led to innovative medical procedures, and in turn, emerging trends in medical education. Novel developments highlight the importance of once seemingly irrelevant anatomic details, while also impacting the scope of anatomy curricula. To reflect these changes, each chapter in Atlas of Anatomy, Fifth Edition has been meticulously updated...

Detective Carly Greene was only eleven when she learned Lake Superior was a brutal beast, capable of bringing up long forgotten memories of pain and death, by occasionally releasing the bodies of those trapped beneath her waves.As an adult, Carly still despises the bodies occasionally coughed up, and the high water eroding the edge of the graveyard this year gave “floaters” a new meaning. But she could never have prepared for what else broke free to swim with those long dead.

Despite an expansive array of financial planning tools, advice, and gurus, putting real financial planning into practice is deeply personal – and incredibly difficult.More Than Money: Real-Life Stories of Financial Planning is a collection of surprising and inspiring true stories that reveal how real clients applied financial planning to derive tangible results that changed their lives.These stories by award-winning financial advisors feature people from all walks ...

Extraordinarily detailed, step-by-step anatomic atlas informs learning and medical practiceThieme Atlas of Anatomy: Internal Organs, Fourth Edition, by renowned educators Michael Schuenke, Erik Schulte, and Udo Schumacher, along with consulting editor Wayne Cass, expands on prior editions. This volume features reorganized and updated sections, including additional coverage of clinical applications, radiologic procedures, and illustrations covering organs o...

Scientology: A topic that has been mired in controversy for many years in Germany.Why is it that Scientology is recognised as a religion in many countries, whereas in Germany, it has only been generating harsh discussions since the 1970s?What lies behind this?An unvarnished account of the history of Scientology in German-speaking countries. Exclusive insight into the hitherto confidential documents of the Federal Government of Germanymade accessible only afteryears of litigation, and made ...

It never bothered thirteen year old Alexis that she was an only child. A daddy's girl, her relationship with her father Ray Jones had been more than any girl could ask for. Besides, her best friends Tiffany and Heaven were all the sisters she needed.With her parents recently divorced, however, Ally is spending less time with her father and more time with her friends. As the summer before freshman year comes to a close, their bond is threatened when Ally's parents decide on a high s...

Paths to Recovery for Gay and Bisexual Drug Addicts: Healing Weary Hearts reflects and provides practical advice on the problems that confront counselors, friends, and family members in their efforts to help gay or bisexual men with drug and alcohol addiction. Paul Schulte explores the different medical, psychological, psychiatric, and spiritual issues that contribute to both addiction and treatment. His advice and programs for recovering addicts addresses a range of issues from health pro...

The coven is under attack, but no one knows who's behind it or why it's being targeted. One by one the witches succumb to curses, each more severe than the last. As worlds collide, lives hang in the balance and a cloud of old resentments brew into a storm that even the coven can't weather.

The effective communication of science through language, including reading, writing, listening, speaking, and visual representation, is an essential part of scientific learning, understanding, and practice. Language is the medium by which scientific reasoning occurs, whether be it formal language or symbolic representations of scientific phenomena. Sustainable Language Support Practices in Science Education: Technologies and Solutions presents cases on the results of a study done in Austra...