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In the Beginning Was Information: A Scientist Explains The Incredible Design In Nature
by Dr. Werner GittPowerful evidence for the existence of a personal God! Information is the cornerstone of life, yet it is something people don't often think about. In his fascinating new book, In the Beginning Was Information, Dr. Werner Gitt helps the reader see how the very presence of information reveals a Designer: Do we take for granted the presence of information that organizes every part of the human body, from hair color to the way internal organs work? What is the origin of all our complicated data? How is it that information in our ordered universe is organized and processed? Gitt explains the necessity of information - and more importantly, the need for an Organizer and Originator of that information. The huge amount of information present in just a small amount of DNA alone refutes the possibility of a non-intelligent beginning for life. It all points to a Being who not only organizes biological data, but also cares for the creation.
The System is Unforgiving: Play by the Rules and Win
by Allen F MaxwellAllen Maxwell’s The System is Unforgiving presents 15 rules that anyone can apply to their current situation for success.
Stone Cold: A Novel
by Sarah HumpherysIn a kingdom where emotion is punished by death, Princess Syona is forced into a marriage alliance to stop a thirty-year war, and she must choose between her duty to the kingdom or the boy she truly loves.
I Left My Toxic Relationship—Now What?: The Step-By-Step Guide to Starting Over and Living on Your Own
by Heather J KentI Left My Toxic Relationship- Now What? helps women take back control of their lives, stop feeling overwhelmed, and start being happy.
Unsheltered Love: Homelessness, Hunger and Hope in a City Under Siege
by Traci Medford-RosowUnsheltered Love provides a first-hand reported account of how the homeless in New York City survived the pandemic.
Be Strong, Be Wise: The Young Adult’s Guide to Sexual Assault Awareness and Personal Safety
by Amy R CarpenterIn Be Strong, Be Wise, psychotherapist and youth advocate Amy Carpenter provides all the information teens and young adults need to feel safe and confident in their relationships and in the world.
Of Song and Water: A Journey to Hope and Healing Conducted Through Music and Nature
by Rhonda L MuckermanA musical message of hope for anyone who is dealing with illness or loss.
When Screams Become Whispers: One Man’s Inspiring Victory Over Bipolar Disorder
by Bob Krulish Alee AndersonA real, raw telling of a man’s lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder, When Screams Become Whispers offers a better understanding of the disease, the extent of its reach, and the dire need for widely available treatment options.
The Leader’s Toolbox: Tools to EVOLVE Your Leadership … and That of Those You’re Leading
by Andre YoungThe powerful sequel to 7 Ways to Lead, Andre Young’s The Leader’s Toolbox equips business professionals with the tools they need to evolve their leadership style and the skills of those they lead!
Writ Reveal: A Clayton Haley Novel
by Ethan T BurroughsThe thrilling sequel to Messianic Reveal, Writ Reveal takes protagonist Clayton Haley deeper into Middle Eastern conspiracy and intrigue, figuratively ferrying him up the Tigris into modern and ancient Baghdad, and again, stirring a combustible mix of politics and religion with deadly consequences.
The Premed Playbook Guide to the Medical School Application Process: Everything You Need to Successfully Apply
by Ryan GrayThe fourth installment of The Premed Playbook series brings together all of the wisdom of helping thousands of students through the medical school application process.
There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death or, The Born-Again Crow
by Caleigh CrowGrocery-store clerk Beth has had a hell of a week. A hell of a life, actually, full of people squashing her soul. And after pushing back at life—stabbing a steak to her boss’s desk and lighting a magazine rack on fire, for instance—freshly unemployed Beth regroups at her mom’s suburban home. Just when Beth starts to think she’s to blame for systemic limits, the gift of a bird feeder sparks a relationship with a talking Crow who reconnects her with her true power.This sly chamber piece from new voice Caleigh Crow turns post-capitalism ennui on its head with a righteous fury. It unearths the subtle (and not so subtle) ways we gaslight the marginalized, especially Indigenous women, people living with mental-health afflictions, and anyone struggling to make ends meet in low-income service jobs. There Is Violence captures the vivacity and humour of one truly remarkable woman not meant for this earth, and brings her to her own glorious transcendence.
100 Morning Treats: With Muffins, Rolls, Biscuits, Sweet And Savory Breakfast Breads, And More
by Sarah KiefferNamed a Best Cookbook of Spring 2023 by Bon Appetit, Forbes, and moreFrom Sarah Kieffer, the beloved baker behind the bestselling 100 Cookies and Baking for the Holidays, and the popular Vanilla Bean Blog, here are 100 recipes for perfect starts to the day. One hundred morning treats to start your day with smiles: These baking projects will bring delight to your family breakfast, a Sunday brunch or bake sale, a morning at the office, or kids' soccer practice. Whatever your preference alongside your morning cup of coffee or tea—sweet or savory, buttery or flaky, hot off the griddle or taken to go—you'll find a recipe for it here, from coffee cakes to danishes, doughnuts, scones, quick breads, quiches, and muffins galore!Filled with more than 120 inspiring photographs, including how-tos for doughs and shaping, and instructions for prepping the night before and baking in the morning, 100 Morning Treats is truly a cookbook for all bakers and a must-have for lovers of 100 Cookies and Sarah's inventive recipes.ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR: Sarah Kieffer is the beloved blogger behind The Vanilla Bean Blog, past winner of Saveur Reader's Choice Best Baking & Desserts Blog. Her pan-banging cookie technique went viral on the New York Times website. The author of three cookbooks, she has been featured by Food52, The Today Show, Mashable, The Kitchn, America's Test Kitchen, Huffington Post, and more. Sarah also has international reach, having worked with brands like Le Creuset, Betty Crocker, Lodge, Mauviel 1830, Nordicware, Icelandic Provisions, Valrhona, Kerrygold, and more. DELICIOUS SUCCESS: With more than 130,000 copies sold, 100 Cookies is a resounding success, and the seasonal follow-up, Baking for the Holidays, is beloved by bakers nationwide. 100 Morning Treats returns to another year-round baking book with a variety of accessible, reliable, delicious recipes for a wide range of home cooks. Praise for Sarah's previous books:100 Cookies:"Sarah Kieffer is the one who broke the Internet with her pan-banging cookies, large, chocolate-rich, and rippled like sandbars. And this book offers plenty of bangers, with a whole chapter of crinkly treats for those who like to make some noise on the way to dessert. Baking them all could be your winter challenge."–The Boston Globe "Kieffer's book is a baker's baking book, but it's also completely unpretentious. There are cookies for when you just want a good cookie, and more ambitious recipes for when you want to attempt palmiers or break out a culinary torch."—Food & WineBaking for the Holidays:"In this cheerful collection, Kieffer, founder of The Vanilla Bean Blog, shares dozens of sweet recipes perfect for the holiday season. . . . Avid holiday bakers should put this on their wish list."—Publishers WeeklySARAH IS KNOWN FOR MORNING BAKES: Sarah got her start baking morning treats in the coffee shops in which she worked. Her very first cookbook, The Vanilla Bean Baking Book, had an entire chapter on morning baking that was well received and well loved. Her readers have been asking for this very book—and now here it is!GREAT GIFT: With anyone-can-do-it recipes, this is a perfect anytime gift (birthday, Valentine's Day, Easter, housewarming, etc.) alongside a cute apron or baking product. Package this book together with 100 Cookies and Baking for the Holidays to create an adorable 3-in-1 set for a lucky baker in your life.Perfect for:Home bakers of all levelsFans of Sarah Kieffer's blog, Instagram, or previous cookbooksOwners of Dorie's Cookies, Dessert Person, Snacking Cakes, or Pastry LoveEarly birds who like to bakeShoppers looking for a hostess or housewarming gift for bakers and breakfast lovers
Sing, Nightingale
by Marie Hélène PoitrasCBC BOOKS - CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023Peter Greenaway meets Angela Carter: a Gothic tale of secrets and revenge When the curtain rises on Malmaison, it reveals a once-enchanting estate, quietly falling into darkness and ruin, and at the heart of it, a father, one of a long line of fathers who have flourished at the expense of those around them. The silence seems peaceful, but lurking under it is a deep malevolence, scores of ugly and violent secrets kept by cast-off mistresses and abandoned daughters. Ever-greedy, the father brings in Aliénor, a woman who promises to make the lands give even more of themselves; the plants will flourish, the animals will multiply, each feast will be more sumptuous than the last. The father thinks the stage is set to satisfy his every desire, but Aliénor will bring a new script, one in which the hunters are hunted and a new reign will begin.
Wonders, Weekly Assessments, Grade 5 (Elementary Core Reading)
by McGraw HillNIMAC-sourced textbook
Language, Literacy, Content: Practice Book, Volume One (Inside, Fundamentals)
by National Geographic LearningNIMAC-sourced textbook
Florida Social Studies: Florida Studies
by James A. Banks Kevin P. Colleary William DeverellNIMAC-sourced textbook
Architecting Data and Machine Learning Platforms
by Marco Tranquillin Valliappa Lakshmanan Firat TekinerAll cloud architects need to know how to build data platforms that enable businesses to make data-driven decisions and deliver enterprise-wide intelligence in a fast and efficient way. This handbook shows you how to design, build, and modernize cloud native data and machine learning platforms using AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and multicloud tools like Snowflake and Databricks.Authors Marco Tranquillin, Valliappa Lakshmanan, and Firat Tekiner cover the entire data lifecycle from ingestion to activation in a cloud environment using real-world enterprise architectures. You'll learn how to transform, secure, and modernize familiar solutions like data warehouses and data lakes, and you'll be able to leverage recent AI/ML patterns to get accurate and quicker insights to drive competitive advantage.You'll learn how to:Design a modern and secure cloud native or hybrid data analytics and machine learning platformAccelerate data-led innovation by consolidating enterprise data in a governed, scalable, and resilient data platformDemocratize access to enterprise data and govern how business teams extract insights and build AI/ML capabilitiesEnable your business to make decisions in real time using streaming pipelinesBuild an MLOps platform to move to a predictive and prescriptive analytics approach
Developing Apps with GPT-4 and ChatGPT
by Olivier Caelen Marie-Alice BleteThis minibook is a comprehensive guide for Python developers who want to learn how to build applications with large language models. Authors Olivier Caelen and Marie-Alice Blete cover the main features and benefits of GPT-4 and ChatGPT and explain how they work. You'll also get a step-by-step guide for developing applications using the GPT-4 and ChatGPT Python library, including text generation, Q&A, and content summarization tools. Written in clear and concise language, Developing Apps with GPT-4 and ChatGPT includes easy-to-follow examples to help you understand and apply the concepts to your projects. Python code examples are available in a GitHub repository, and the book includes a glossary of key terms. Ready to harness the power of large language models in your applications? This book is a must. You'll learn: The fundamentals and benefits of ChatGPT and GPT-4 and how they workHow to integrate these models into Python-based applications for NLP tasksHow to develop applications using GPT-4 or ChatGPT APIs in Python for text generation, question answering, and content summarization, among other tasksAdvanced GPT topics including prompt engineering, fine-tuning models for specific tasks, plug-ins, LangChain, and more
Joanne Fluke’s Lake Eden Cookbook: Hannah Swensen's Recipes From The Cookie Jar (A Hannah Swensen Mystery)
by Joanne FlukeA collection of recipes and reminiscences from the New York Times-bestselling mystery series: &“Simply superb.&”—Publishers Weekly Includes all-new recipes! It&’s a picture postcard December in Minnesota, and Main Street is brimming with festive holiday decorations. Best of all, it's time for the annual Holiday Cookie Exchange at the Community Center—catered by none other than Hannah Swensen&’s bakery-café, The Cookie Jar! Gathered together for the delicious event, the Swensen clan and their friends share their favorite juicy tales of Lake Eden—and their favorite scrumptious cookie and luncheon recipes, including: Candy Cane Cookies Heavenly Eggnog Cookies Little Snowballs Merry Berry Cookies Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies Regency Ginger Snaps Norwegian Pizza Razzle Dazzle Champagne Cocktails …plus all the recipes from Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder to Carrot Cake Murder. Now you can bring the irresistible flavors of The Cookie Jar into your very own kitchen! &“Newcomers and longtime fans of Fluke will find plenty to enjoy in this latest dispatch from Lake Eden. The characters are incredibly lovable and the community quickly welcomes readers into a world of friends, fun, and—of course—food.&”—Publishers Weekly
Starting a Business For Dummies
by Colin BarrowLaunch your new business with confidence and skill using the latest guidance from the UK’s most trusted small business guru Starting a business is one of those courageous and audacious decisions that many of us dream about. If you’re ready to take the leap and turn your great idea into action, or you already have, you’ll need to arm yourself with the best strategies you can find. In Starting a Business For Dummies: UK Edition, business growth expert Colin Barrow, MBA, provides these strategies as he walks you through every critical step in launching your company. From writing your first business plan to surviving and thriving in your first year, and everything in between, you’ll learn how to go from concept to revenue, handle the post-Brexit United Kingdom regulatory and tax environment and utilise public grants and incentives to help get you off the ground. You’ll also: Understand how the UK business landscape has been impacted by Brexit and COVID-19 and the practical steps you can take to adapt Finance your new venture with grants from the UK government and enjoy brand-new tax incentives aimed at R&D and innovation Find your inspiration with motivating case studies of real-world successes who conquered every challenge the market threw at them You’ve spent your life building the skills you’ll need for this moment. Let Starting a Business For Dummies: UK Edition show you how to apply them for maximum effect as you grow your company from an idea into an unstoppable juggernaut.
Bioactive Compounds Against SARS-CoV-2
by Jen-Tsung ChenCoronaviruses can cause illness, severe disease, and death; for example, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and COVID-19. Vaccine development and antiviral drugs are challenged by the propensity for viral mutations allowing these viruses to evade such therapies. There are a number of bioactive compounds from natural sources, which can exert health benefits and act as antiviral therapies such as anti-inflammation, antioxidative stress, and immune regulation. This book summarizes research on the potential efficacy and underlying mechanisms of bioactive compounds and traditional medicines against SARS-CoV-2. Key Features Summarizes the potential benefits of bioactive therapies for coronaviruses Focuses on COVID-19, but also covers MERS and SARS Provides alternatives to vaccines and other antiviral drugs whose efficacy is reduced by viral mutations Relevant for clinicians and public health officials
Sustainable Development in Post-Pandemic Africa: Effective Strategies for Resource Mobilization (Routledge Studies in African Development)
by Fred OlayeleWith both domestic and external financing expected to dry up in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book argues that there is a need for fresh ideas and new strategies for achieving sustainable development in Africa. In addition to triggering the most severe recession in nearly a century, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global value chains, causing unprecedented damage to healthcare systems, economies, and well-being, hitting the world’s most vulnerable people the hardest. Even before the pandemic, Africa was suffering from the effects of low commodity prices, sluggish GDP growth, high debt levels, low levels of domestic savings, and weak private capital inflows. This book argues that now, as the continent emerges from the current crisis, it will be important to reconfigure current financing sources under a forward-looking framework that incorporates other non-traditional financing tools and mechanisms such as public-private partnerships, sovereign wealth funds, gender lens investing, new growth drivers, and emerging and disruptive technologies. Finally, the book concludes by adopting a sectoral approach and examining the real economy impacts of new growth drivers such as agriculture value chains, industrialization, tourism, and the blue economy. Drawing on a range of original research as well as insights from practice, this book will be a useful guide for Global Development and African Studies researchers, as well as for policy makers, investors, finance specialists, and global business practitioners and entrepreneurs.
Inside/Outside: A Nature-Themed Resource Book for Embedding Emotional Literacy
by Joe HarknessInside/Outside is a unique educational resource for those working with young people of secondary school age, providing a variety of tried-and-tested indoor and outdoor lessons and activities to promote and embed emotional literacy. The book is divided into three accessible sections: emotions and feelings; self and situation; and mental health and wellbeing; which each cover a variety of themes, from anxiety and depression, to happiness, communication, and confidence. For each theme, ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ activities are offered, with inside activities inspiring students to self-reflect and develop empathy for others, and those outside drawing heavily on nature and learning outside the classroom. The ‘outside’ activities are adaptable and have been designed to work in any available outdoor space, and all activities can be used either in standalone lessons or sequentially, with introductory tasks, group activities, and circle time discussions. With a focus on equipping students with meaningful and tangible skills to support them in the recognition, identification, and expression of their emotions, Inside/Outside will be a valuable resource for teachers, youth workers, home-educators and anyone else looking to facilitate nature connection and introspection in children aged eleven to sixteen.
Community-Engaged Interior Design: An Illustrated Guide
by Travis Lee HicksThis step-by-step guide takes the reader through each stage of the design process, from concept to completion, exploring practical methods of how to engage the community throughout interior architecture and design projects. This book argues that all design should be accomplished through a process of engagement, be it with community members, clients, or end users. The community-engaged designer welcomes participatory processes, mutually beneficial collaboration, and equitable inclusion in order to meet the needs and wants of diverse groups of people. Chapters cover the initial engagement of communities, marketing, and pre-design phases, translating research into a design scheme in development with the community, communicating designs, engaging community-based makers, craftspeople, product manufacturers, vendors, and distributors, constructing designs, and evaluating the end result. Finally, case studies of successful community-engaged design projects are presented and analyzed to demonstrate this approach in action. Learning objectives, chapter summaries, and exercises help to ease understanding and build design thinking and technical skills, equipping the reader with the tools to succeed as a community-engaged designer. Hicks distills years of experience teaching community-engaged design within this volume, which will be a valuable resource for all interior architecture and design students and practitioners.