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An Air Force Loadmaster is menaced by strange sounds within his cargo; a man is asked to track down a childhood friend... who died years earlier; doomed pioneers forge a path westward as a young mother discovers her true nature; an alcoholic strikes a dangerous bargain with a gregarious stranger; urban explorers delve into a ruined book depository, finding more than they anticipated; residents of a rural Wisconsin town defend against a legendary monster;...
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Focuses on foreign policy. Table of Contents: Preface, Kenneth W. Thompson, Director, White Burkett Miller Center; ^IIntroduction, Kenneth W. Thompson; The President and the National Security Process, Robert J. Pranger, the American Enterprise Institute; The President and the National Security Council Advisor, McGeorge Bundy, former President of the Ford Foundation and NSC advisor under JFK; Foreign Policy in the Eighties: The President and the International...
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Enamorarse en Las Vegas
Alex Lowell había ido a Las Vegas a divertirse con sus tres mejores amigas. Había renunciado al amor y a encontrar al príncipe azul y la única cita que quería tener era ¡una con sus amigas en el spa! Pero los días de descanso y relax de Alex se vieron interrumpidos cuando la recepcionista del hotel se puso de parto y ella acudió en su ayuda, ganándose así una propuesta de trabajo del propietario del hotel, Wyatt McKendrick....
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Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und insbesondere Algorithmen zum Maschinellen Lernen verändern Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft wie keine andere Technologie. Dieses Buch zeigt Entscheidern in Unternehmen, aber auch allen anderen technologiebegeisterten Leserinnen und Lesern, wie KI heute konkret eingesetzt wird und welche ökonomischen Vorteile erzielt werden.
Nach einer allgemein verständlichen Einführung in die technischen Grundlagen und die wirtschaftlichen...
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El presente compendio conmemorativo de la Asamblea General de la CIUTI celebrada en 2013 ofrece un variado elenco de contribuciones de estudiosos de la traducción e interpretación de reconocido prestigio internacional, así como de jóvenes investigadores. Su interés reside en su habilidad de aunar múltiples perspectivas y enfoques procedentes de culturas científicas a la vez diversas y complementarias en diferentes lenguas.
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6) Heaven
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We hear about heaven and the supernatural on late-night TV far more often than in church, and many Christians never hear it mentioned seriously from the pulpit. Everyone has something to say about their hopes and fears for the afterlife, but the topic of eternity is usually left to the talk shows. Ironically heaven is ignored by contemporary Christian preachers who stress the dailiness and Athis-worldliness@ of religious faith. That emphasis is salutary,...
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You are being watched.
Your every movement is being tracked, your every word recorded. Your spouse may be an informer, your children may be listening at your door, your best friend may be a member of the secret police. You are alone among thousands, among great crowds of the brainwashed, the well-behaved, the loyal. Productivity has never been higher, the media blares, and the army is ever triumphant. One wrong move, one slip-up, and you may find...
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Mind-expanding explorations of the future of the human form
Our bodies and minds are malleable, and only the imagination is the limit to the possible improvements. From genetics to artificial enhancements, humanity will alter the course of its own evolution. Included here are more than twenty stories from the most imaginative writers in the field, including:
Poul Anderson * James Blish * Eric Brown * Ted Chiang * Tony Daniel * Samuel R. Delany *...
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Winner of the ECPA Book of the Year Award for Bible Reference Works
Many prominent Christians insist that the church must yield to contemporary evolutionary theory and therefore modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life. They argue that God used-albeit in an undetectable way-evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. Featuring two dozen highly credentialed scientists, philosophers, and theologians from Europe and North...
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Welcome to the fascinating story of how we got the world's greatest book-the Bible.
It is a captivating story that includes a little bit of everything: adventure and violence, mystery and bravery, history and romance, and dumb luck or divine intervention-depending on your point of view.
How in the world did we get this book that some people swear by-and other people swear at?
You don't have to be a skeptic to have a grocery list of questions about...
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Railway termini,' wrote E.M. Forster, 'are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine... '
Now, in this new collection of great journeys from the pages of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, Michael Kerr follows up his bestselling anthology, Last Call for the Dining Car, with another feast for the armchair rail traveller. The train sliding out of the station can take you back into the past-in the company...
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Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is widely acknowledged as one of the most brilliant religious thinkers and multifaceted figures in American history. A fountainhead of modern evangelicalism, Edwards wore many hats during his lifetime-theologian, philosopher, pastor and town leader, preacher, missionary, college president, family man, among others.
With nearly four hundred entries, this encyclopedia provides a wide-ranging perspective on Edwards,...
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Downtown Film and TV Culture, 1975—2001 brings together essays by filmmakers, exhibitors, cultural critics, and scholars from multiple generations of the New York Downtown scene to illuminate individual films and filmmakers and explore the creation of a Downtown Canon, the impact of AIDS on younger filmmakers, community access cable television broadcasts, and the impact of the historic downtown scene on contemporary experimental culture. The book...
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The lively essays collected here explore colonial history, culture, and thought as it intersects with Jewish studies. Connecting the Jewish experience with colonialism to mobility and exchange, diaspora, internationalism, racial discrimination, and Zionism, the volume presents the work of Jewish historians who recognize the challenge that colonialism brings to their work and sheds light on the diverse topics that reflect the myriad ways that Jews...
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Dieses Fachbuch beschreibt Chancen und Risiken für Mitarbeitende und Führungskräfte in einer modernen Arbeitswelt. Übergeordnete Entwicklungen wie der demografische Wandel, die zunehmende Digitalisierung und Globalisierung sowie der damit einhergehende Wertewandel verändern die Organisationsumwelten und damit auch das Verständnis von Arbeit. Die Beitragsautoren richten ihr Augenmerk auf den Menschen und diskutieren, welche Auswirkungen diese...
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Fraidy Cat Press is proud to present Fraidy Cat Quarterly Volume 1, a new quarterly home for independent horror. Our inaugural issue features stories and art sure to thrill and delight fans of weird and cosmic horror, including:
"Moniker" by Cindy Phan
"The Grudge Ditch" by Paul Stolp
"The Huldra" bu Jennifer Lee Rossman
"The Heart of the Universe Is a Hole" by R.E. Dyer
"The Roar of the Abyss" (art) by Oladosu Michael Emerald
"Hosts and Travelers"...
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Colección de relatos de terror, suspenso y misterio Este libro de terror es un viaje a lo desconocido. Cada relato es una puerta que se entreabre hacia el misterio, una invitación a explorar los rincones más oscuros de la imaginación. Con narrativas envolventes, te sumergirás en un mundo donde lo inesperado y lo siniestro se entrelazan, desencadenando escalofríos que recorrerán tu espina dorsal. ¿Te atreverás a abrir tus oídos a los secretos...
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A detailed examination of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole” discusses the widespread misuse of science during the pandemic, the likely origin of COVID-19, the pathophysiology of the disease itself, and the harms associated with the various vaccines that have been produced, particularly those based on the novel mRNA platforms. This book also looks at the widespread failure of the health professions to adequately understand...
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A Devotional for Harvesting God-Given Spiritual Fruits
As Christians, we long for a spiritually fruitful life. However, our attempts to work more and hustle harder only leave us feeling weary and worn. Thankfully, God's word supplies the nourishment we so desperately need. As we abide in Jesus, he fills our emptiness with an abundant crop of spiritual fruit.
Through the trusted voices of several female bestselling authors, editors, and Bible teachers,...
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Published in association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a singular collection of poems reflecting on our relationship to the natural world by fifty of our most celebrated contemporary writers. In recent years, our poetic landscape has evolved in profound and exciting ways. So has our planet. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón, this...