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Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in this "fresh game of cat and mouse" (Kirkus Reviews) that's the riotously funny, deliciously macabre, and highly illustrated third book in the middle grade The Beast and the Bethany series in which Bethany and Ebenezer find themselves with a surprising new roommate: the beast itself. After being vanquished in spectacular fashion that included an umbrella with human-puddling capabilities and a darn good show, the beast is transferred to a hidden island and placed in an impenetrable cage where it can no longer hurt anyone or carry out its dastardly plan to make Bethany its next meal. Meaning Bethany and Ebenezer's lives are finally beast free and they can pursue their do-gooding activities in peace--even if the "gooding" part is questionable. But when it's revealed that the beast has lost its memory and D.0.R.R.I.S. declares that it's no longer dangerous, the beast is delivered back where it came from: Ebenezer and Bethany's house. Can the beast really b

Giant battle robots! Cotton candy betrayal! Blasts from the past! And the ultimate challenge to stay true to themselvesandeach other await Theo and Alexander in thefinalbook in the tragic series about the Sinister-Winterbottom twins, who must solve one wretched mystery after the next, brought to you by #1NYTbestselling author Kiersten White.Trapped in Aunt Saffronia’s spectral house, Theo and Alexander must work together to escape, stop their newfound nemesis Essa and her henchman Edgaren’t, save Wil and their friends, find their parents, and maybe, just maybe, get things back to normal.Following the clues left behind, the twins find themselves at Siren’s Song Seaside Amusement Park. Old faces and new surprises await them in a park that was built to lure in visitors…and their secrets.As they get closer to answers, the twins are left with the biggest question of all: Who is Essa really, and why is she so determined to find their parents?

An explosive revelation and a familiar face heighten the mystery for Cruz and friends in the sixth book in this adventure-packed series.Still reeling from the life-changing discovery he found buried in the mysterious Archive, Cruz Coronado grapples with an important secret as the gang heads to China in search of the second-to-last piece of the cipher. Under the watchful eye of a new adviser, life on the ship returns to almost normal ... almost.Just as things seem to be going smoothly, a familiar face shocks Cruz back into reality, and the final piece in this life-and-death scavenger hunt veers toward a dead end.The paperback edition includes the same great content and back matter as the original hardcover.Explorer Academy features: Gripping fact-based fiction plot that inspires curiosity with new technology and innovations; amazing inventions and gadgets; a cast of diverse, relatable characters; secret clues, codes, and ciphers to track down within the text; vibrant illustrations; elem

9781803706443 Roarr! Slider Sound BooksEach time you move one of the sliders in this unique novelty book, a jungle animal springs into view and makes a fun sound. But there's more! Move the same slider back again, and you'll see and hear a completely different animal. Babies and toddlers will love moving the sliders back and forth to enjoy all the jungle animals in this delightfully illustrated book - the first in an exciting new series.9781803707358 Vroom! Slider Sound BooksMove the sliders back and forth to hear the different vehicles zooming along in this unique and exciting sound book. When you move a slider one way you'll see and hear one vehicle... and when you move it back the other way you'll see and hear another one.There are planes, trains, cars, motorbikes and buses to discover, all driven by Ailie Busby's charming animal characters.9781805314578 Slider Sound Books: Rummble!Move the sliders back and forth in this unique sound book to hear the building site com

建立智慧型系統的概念、工具與技術「這是一本出色的機器學習資源，包含淺顯易懂的解說，以及豐富的實用技巧。」—François CholletKeras作者，《Deep Learning with Python》作者「本書是運用神經網路來解決問題的絕佳入門資源，涵蓋理論及實踐。推薦給想學習實用機器學習技術的人。」—Pete WardenTensorFlow行動主管深度學習在經歷了一系列的突破之後，已經推動了整個機器學習領域的發展。如今，即使是對於這項技術非常陌生的程式設計師，也能夠使用簡單、高效率的工具，寫出能從資料中學習的程式。這本暢銷書使用具體的例子、最少的理論，以及具備生產水準的Python框架(Scikit-Learn、Keras和TensorFlow)來協助你直接瞭解智慧系統的建構概念與工具。在這本第三版中，作者Aurélien Géron將探索一系列的技術，從簡單的線性回歸開始，逐步發展到深度神經網路。本書包含許多範例程式和習題來幫助活用所學，只要具備一些程式設計經驗即可入門。‧使用Scikit-Learn自始至終完成機器學習專案‧探索多種模型，包括支援向量機、決策樹、隨機森林，和集成方法‧運用無監督學習技術，例如降維、聚類法和異常檢測‧深入探討神經網路架構，包括摺積神經網路、遞迴網路、生成對抗網路、自動編碼器、擴散模型、轉換器‧使用TensorFlow和Keras建構和訓練神經網路，以進行計算機視覺、自然語言處理、生成模型和深度強化學習

IT'S TIME FOR THE COOK TO PUT DOWN HIS FRYING PAN - AND LEAP INTO THE FIRE . . .House witch Finlay Ashowan is pulled out of the kitchen—and into the fire—as war, family, and love collide in the third book of this fantasy romance series.Having somehow convinced Lady Annika Jenoure to marry him, all Finlay Ashowan wants to do is settle down, cook some good meals, and enjoy a quiet life in Daxaria.But fate has different plans . . .Fin’s father, Aidan Helmer – servant of King Matthias of Troivack – has arrived in the kingdom with devastating news: Annika’s brother Charles has been taken prisoner, and the only way his life will be spared is if she or Fin pleads his case.Now it’s up to Fin, with the help of his wily kitten, Kraken, to attempt a daring mission of rescue and espionage.But he’ll need to move quickly before his kingdom, and life, goes up in flames.There will be twists and turns aplenty in the third instalment in the spellbinding House Witch series.WHOLESOME, HEARTHWARMING, HOMEL

co-published with Guangxi Normal PressThe Orient Explorer Collection is a series of interesting texts written by Westerners travelling in China in the 1800s and early 1900s. Each volume has been reprinted from scans of the original publication and is included under a particular theme.The box set focuses on the theme “Women Writers” and features seven books written by women from various walks of life. It is suitable for readers interested in early China depicted by women travellers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Each volume of the collection is to reignite interest and also to allow readers to explore how these books relate to the region today. With the Empress DowagerKatharine A. CARLThis book provides a sensational account of the author’s time with the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Chinese Court while painting her portrait for an exposition in St. Louis in the United States.978-962-937-405-1 • HK$278 / US$36Jan 2024 • 140 x 216 mm • 396 pp • PbA Woman in ChinaMary GAUNTThis

Simon Monk對Raspberry Pi百科全書般的豐富知識讓本錦囊妙計第四版成為任何嘗試邁入數位製作世界者的完美指南。本書細節的廣度和深度同時適合初學者和經驗豐富的自造者！------Raspberry Pi的共同創造者Peter Lomas如果你已經開始玩Raspberry Pi，將會發現它的能力持續在擴充。這本膾炙人口的錦囊妙計第四版提供超過200個實作範例(皆附上程式碼)，示範如何於此迷你且低成本的電腦執行Linux，用Python為它寫程式，將它接上感測器和馬達來玩物聯網(IoT)。此新版包含關於Raspberry Pi Pico和以Raspberry Pi做機器學習的新章節。多產的駭客暨作者Simon Monk也會教導基本原則，引導你利用Raspberry Pi使用新技術。透過簡易的範例說明如何：．設定你的Raspberry Pi並連接網路．使用它的Linux作業系統．用Python為你的Raspberry Pi寫程式．使用電腦視覺賦予你的Pi一雙眼睛．使用機器學習從影像和聲音辨識物體．藉由GPIO連接器控制硬體．使用你的Raspberry Pi控制不同類型的馬達和顯示器．使用開關、數字鍵盤和其他數位輸入裝置．使用感測器測量溫度、光線和距離．以不同方法連接至Iot裝置來自動化你的家．使用Raspberry Pi Pico微控制器版

★在最熟悉的作業系統、IDE中，用Tensorflow開發深度學習專案★☆使用Tensorflow.NET在Visual Studio下完成AI開發☆坊間幾乎所有和AI、深度學習、機器學習有關的書籍或教材，均是以Python及相對的框架進行開發，並且建議架設在Linux上。雖然這個環境非常適合進行AI專案的開發，但對於已經熟悉Visual Studio下.NET架構的大部分Windows開發者來說，如果能使用Tensorflow的強大，再加上早就上手的.NET甚至是C#語言，學習曲線真的就只剩下深度學習，排除了Linux及Python的困難。微軟在.NET平臺上引入機器學習，努力使機器學習技術跨越鴻溝，普及至大多數人手中。微軟的ML.NET旨在實現人工智慧的「民主化」，讓每個人都能使用並受益於人工智慧技術。在.NET生態中，人工智慧領域的SciSharp Stack團隊為TensorFlow提供了.NET Standard Binding，使得.NET開發人員可以使用C#在跨平臺的.NET Standard框架上開發、訓練和部署機器學習模型。他們還打造了TensorFlow.NET這個專屬於.NET開發人員的機器學習平臺，簡化了使用TensorFlow的過程。本書即是針對這個族群的使用者，讓.NET眾多的使用者直接跨入AI的領域，在最親切的環境學習，一定會事半功倍。本書為介紹TensorFlow.NET的詳細指南，共有23章。探討雲端運算、人工智慧、巨量資料和雲端原生應用對生活產生了深遠影響，之後說明機器學習.NET開發者的特點，在.NET生態中，SciSharp Stack的團隊，為TensorFlow提供了.NET Standard Binding，使.NET開發人員可以使用C#開發、訓練和部署機器學習模型。其中的產品就是TensorFlow.NET。書中包括資料型態與張量詳解、Eager Mode詳解、自動求導原理與應用、線性回歸實操、MNIST手寫字元分類邏輯回歸、tf.data資料集建立與前置處理、深度神經網路實踐、AutoGraph機制詳解，以及.NET Keras簡明教學等。最後一部分是生產應用與案例，包含CPU和GPU環境下的TensorFlow.NET應用、工業生產環境應用案例、在C#下使用TensorFlow.NET訓練自己的資料集、視覺影像分類

Making National Heroes is an ethnography of the making of national heroes in the commemoration of the Second World War in contemporary China. Foregrounding the lived experience of men and women who participate in commemorative activities, it theorises how masculinity and nationalism entangle in recollecting war memories. Taking the feminist line of inquiry, this anthropological study develops an approach to capture the centrality of making exemplars in the realisation of hegemonic masculinities. It adds a gender perspective to studies on exemplarist moral theory and theorises exemplary men’s cross-cultural significance in defining masculinities. Researchers in the fields of critical masculinity studies, anthropology, feminist methodology, China studies, and memory studies will be interested in this book.

Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive? A mind-blowing thriller from the author of THIS BOOK KILLS, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus. When three girls are stranded at the grand Bramble Estate in the middle of a snowstorm, they stumble into a murder plot. Someone has poisoned wealthy Emily Vanforte in the middle of a family dinner - which means Devi, Lizzie and Jayne are trapped in the house with a killer and a mystery to solve.With knives under floorboards, vanishing guns and secret passages in the walls, no one is safe and everyone is a suspect. But in a house of liars and corruption, will the girls save themselves...or learn to fit in?

Over her four decades of working in newsrooms big and small, Margaret Sullivan has become a trusted champion and critic of the American news media With her celebrated mixture of charm, sharp-eyed observation, and nuanced criticism, Sullivan takes us behind the scenes of the nation's most influential news outlets to explore how Americans lost trust in the news and what it will take to regain it. Sullivan began her career at the Buffalo News, where she rose from summer intern to editor in chief. In In 2012, Sullivan was appointed the public editor of The New York Times.She was in the unique position of acting on behalf of readers to weigh the actions and reporting of the paper's staff, parsing potential lapses in judgment, unethical practices, and thorny journalistic issues. In 2016, having served the longest tenure of any public editor, Sullivan left for the Washington Post, where she had a front-row seat to the rise of Donald Trump in American media and politics.

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Build strong reading comprehension skills with leveled nonfiction texts and comprehension activities! Engage fifth-grade students in high-quality reading comprehension lessons that include texts with a variety of text structures, dictionaries, comprehension activities, writing prompt activities, and more.Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your fifth-grade students!Choose from 10 units that span a variety of text structures and topics or use them all!Text structures include:Question and answerMain idea and detailsCause and effectCompare and contrastTime orderNonfiction texts in the grade 5 book include a variety of content-area topics:Science:"The Value of Weeds" Level S"Amazing Ants" Level T"Gravity in Our Solar System" Level VSocial Studies:"A Viking Voyage" Level U"Spying During the Revolutionary War" Level V"Comparing Education in Two Cultures" Level WGeography:"Earth's Precious Water" Level UBiography:"Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer, Writer, and Ant

▌第一本 AI 投資專書 ▌▌大型語言模型加持！▌▌建構自己的股票／年報分析機器人 ▌▌讓 AI 變成股市分析的神器 ▌在這數位資訊的創新時代, AI 與大型語言模型 LLM 已經徹底改變了投資業界的遊戲規則。過往需要仰賴投資團隊花費大量時間來解讀各種財務報表、進行分析的複雜工作, 現在只需要一個人、一台電腦就能完成。對於小散戶而言, AI 能幫助我們自動化分析, 挖掘出報表中隱藏的關鍵資訊, 成為對抗市場主力的重要武器！本書將帶您：◆ 【建立正確的投資觀念】：還在聽股市名嘴胡扯瞎扯嗎？本書將從基礎的投資理論起手, 帶領讀者建立正確的投資觀念, 從基本面分析到技術面分析, 並進一步探討 AI 在股票投資中的定位, 助你洞悉多面向分析的重要性。◆ 【Python 雲端環境開發】：程式開發對你來說是場夢魘嗎？本書將所有程式部署在雲端環境中, 免除本地環境配置的複雜度, 一鍵就能輕鬆運行、進入 Python 股票分析的世界。◆ 【AI 股票趨勢分析】：在買賣股票的過程中, 一般人常常會被情緒左右投資決策, 但 AI 是沒有感情的機器。本書將詳解如何利用 AI 進行客觀的數據分析來作出更合理的投資決策, 解決人性所造成的影響。◆ 【AI 年報深度解讀】：公司年報蘊藏著重要的資訊, 但一份年報動輒 200~300 頁, 哪有那麼多時間去一一分析每間公司的年報資料？複雜的分析過程就交給 AI 來做吧！我們可以使用提問的方式來輕鬆了解年報內容, 或是讓模型統整、分析落落長的年報資訊。◆ 【AI 選股推薦】：股票那麼多怎麼選？要找到一檔高潛力的股票如同大海撈針！本書將介紹如何使用 AI 來進行選股推薦, 從大數據中篩選出值得關注的投資機會、提高選股效率。本書特色: ★ 本書程式皆部署於雲端平台, 不會寫程式也能一鍵執行。☆ 投資理論來幫忙, 帶領讀者建構正確的投資觀念。★ 詳解如何串接 OpenAI API, 讓語言模型成為分析股市的利器。☆ 讓股票資料蒐集的過程自動化, 包含網路爬蟲、各種 Python 套件及搭建資料庫。★ 讓 AI 自動處理 Dataframe 表格、計算技術指標、產生回測策略。☆ 詳解 matplotlib、mplfinance、plotly、backtesting 各種視覺化套件, 新手也能畫出精緻的股價 K 線圖。★ 打造屬於自己的 LINE

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Epic, funny and highly illustrated new children’s book in the NYT bestselling series, perfect for kids and graphic novel fans in 2023!The ninth book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print!‘Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.’ Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy KidNow an award-winning Netflix show!The highly-anticipated ninth book in the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling series, and Emmy award-winning Netflix series, with over ten million copies in print!The last kids may have escaped the forbidden fortress by the skin of their teeth, but there isn't much to celebrate. Thrull has what he needs to complete the Tower, Rezzoch will most certainly come to Earth, and the world as they know it will cease to exist. Except Jack's Cosmic Hand is now even more powerful than he realized, and it might just be able to stop the inevitable from happening. To get

The Great Alaska Earthquake is the largest and most powerful recorded earthquake in US history. Lauren Tarshis's story of one child surviving this terrifying natural disaster pounds with page-turning action and heartwarming hope.It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong -- “Alaska tough”. But then the most powerful earthquake in American history -- the Good Friday Earthquake -- struck.The 9.2 magnitude quake lasted nearly five minutes, destroying downtown Anchorage and sending 30-foot tsunamis into coastal cities, wiping out entire communities. Its vibrations were felt around the world. In the end, it caused billions of dollars in damage and the death of 129 peopl

Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022.A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2022, selected by guest editor Carl Zimmer and series editor Jaime Green.

Discover artefacts from around the world and throughout history on a day out to the museum with the Cat Family in this charming lift-the-flap book.'The Cat Family… are truly in a league of their own in the "lift-the-flap" category.' - Fairytales and FingerpaintsJoin the Cat Family on a day out to the museum and discover the secrets behind artefacts from around the world and throughout history in this beautiful lift-the-flap book with 140 doors to open. Wander through the museum and gaze up at European masterpieces, roar at sabre-toothed tigers and marvel at enormous dinosaurs in this magical museum of wonders – there is something for every kitten to enjoy!Each room explores a different part of history or the world, from the prehistoric times and East Asia to the stone age and the modern world of space. Lift-the-flap on each page to uncover the inner workings of the museum and reveal hidden details on each page, from what’s behind paintings and statues to in display cabinets and even un

Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must navigate the city's hidden history, dodge a threatening crew of skater kids, and decide who they can really trust in order to hunt down a long-buried treasure. Three kids. One dog. And the island of Manhattan, laid out in an old treasure map. Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family's boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop.Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who knows all about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past--and the gold that is hidde

CEFR Correlation:A2Get Ready for International BusinessTo be ready to use English in the workplace, students need to• be exposed to a variety of business and workplace situations• build confidence in using English communicatively for workGet Ready for International Business helps students prepare to use English in the workplace by• exposing them to English being used in a range of different business contexts• giving students practice in reading an assortment of texts• offering a variety of different accents in the listening exercises and the cross-cultural Viewpoints sections that feature a wide range of people talking about aspects of business and culture• focusing on developing learners’ listening and speaking skills through carefully graded activities• explicitly teaching key conversation strategies to help them manage conversations in business settings• providing In business tasks that allow students to use the language studied in business simulations to develop their own professio

Join in and help the busy teacher in this playful, interactive flap book!Can you help the busy teacher to help the students learn and have fun? Join in and use the flaps to count the blocks, practise writing and read the class a story. With interactive action-flaps, you can do it, too!Each clever flap provides an action or scene-change to encourage children to actively engage and explore. The playful flaps are perfect for little hands to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.Original concept and illustration by Dan Green.

Lively illustrations by well-known artist and illustrator Kaley McKeanSupports science teaching in schoolsFirst in an exciting, bright new series of lift-the-flap books - 'How It Works'An ILLUMINATING introduction to the science of lightLift the flaps to discover what light is, where it comes from and how it works, from rainbows and reflections to lightyears and lasers. Then see light in action for yourself by trying out some simple home experiments.

An analysis of the lessons learned from tuberculosis control in Shanghai. Tuberculosis Control and Institutional Change in Shanghai, 1911-2011 is the first book on the most widespread and deadly infectious disease in China, both historically and today. Weaving together interviews with data from periodicals and local archives in Shanghai, Rachel Core examines the rise and fall of tuberculosis control in China from the 1950s to the 1990s. Under the socialist work unit system, the vast majority of people had guaranteed employment, a host of benefits tied to their workplace, and there was little mobility--factors that made the delivery of medical and public health services possible in both urban and rural areas. The dismantling of work units amid wider market reforms in the 1980s and 1990s led to the rise of temporary and casual employment and a huge migrant worker population, with little access to health care, creating new challenges in TB control. This study of Shanghai will provide valu

The Cat Kid Comic Club learns to collaborate in this creative, funny, and insightful graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man.Excitement and imagination run wild as Naomi, Melvin, Poppy, Gilbert, Curly, and their siblings get back to making comics with originality and laughter. But wait -- have they cleaned their rooms yet?!After their chores, the rambunctious group presents even more amazing mini-comics: a thrilling ride in "Chubbs McSpiderbutt," an action-packed romp in "Frogzilla," reflective haikus in "In the Autumn Pond," a candy-coated mystery in "Mallo Cop," and much, much, more. By working together, the baby frogs discover that small things can have a huge impact.In this innovative graphic novel series, award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey employs a variety of techniques -- including origami, acrylic paints, colored pencils, photography, collage, gouache, watercolors, and more -- to capture the creative and joyful spirit of collaboration. Th

This book, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, offers insights from experts in healthcare and higher education both locally and further afield. Key learnings and recommendations are presented in three sections: disaster management and reconstruction, including what we can learn from past earthquakes; the importance of healthcare and emergency medicine in disasters and community events; and the way forward, in particular how technology and systems thinking can be used for disaster mitigation.

Shao Xunmei, poet, essayist, publisher, and printer, played a signifcant role in the publication and dissemination of journals and pictorial magazines in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s, but this is the first collection of his prose writings to be published in English. The essays in this book, some of which were selected by the writer's daughter, Shao Xiaohong, include long essays such as “One Man Talking” and “A Year in Shanghai” as well as several shorter essays on subjects as diverse as the caricatures of Miguel Covarrubias, woodblockprinting, and pictorial magazines—all of which were published in Shao’s own magazines.

The eighth book in a thrilling, magical, and action-packed new fantasy series, illustrated throughout and perfect for 7-9 year olds!In the land of Draconis, there are no dragons. Once, there were. Once, humans and dragons were friends, and created the great city of Rivven together.But then came the Dragon Storm, and the dragons retreated from the world of humans. To the men and women of Draconis, they became legends and myth. When Princess Skye returns to Rivven she discovers a city in chaos.After an attack by the fearsome dragon Firedreamer, everyone is preparing to go to war with the Dragonseer Guild!But Skye knows the Guild is not a threat, and something is terribly wrong. Can she stop it before the dragons disappear forever and in doing so find her own dragon, Soulsinger?The eighth book in an exciting new fantasy series from the highly acclaimed author of Orion Lost, brilliantly illustrated throughout, and perfect for fans of Beast Quest and Dragon Mountain.

Get to know things that go in these action-packed board books featuring sliding counters! Discover different farm vehicles in this series of interactive board books with easy-to-use moving parts. Learn vehicle vocabulary with simple first words, clear diagrams and helpful text prompts to encourage discussion. Then trace the transport around different tracks with a moving counter on every spread and the cover.The perfect book for children who love tractors and combine harvesters - and being in the driving seat! Other titles in the series include: Building Site Winner of the 2021 British Book Design and Production Awards in the 0-8 Children's Trade Category

Wildflowers are not only beautiful, they are of vital importance in providing food for bees and other pollinators. And they are found everywhere - in meadows, woodlands, jungles, mountains, deserts, grasslands and even in towns and cities. This fabulously illustrated book showcases dozens of different species with over 130 flower and insect stickers to add to the delightful scenes.Each is carefully labelled to help you differentiate cornflowers from corn cockles and poppies from primroses.

"Lei and the Fire Goddess blends preteen angst and beloved Hawaiian moʻolelo in a way that hasn't been done before." --Auliʻi Cravalho, actress and voice of Disney's Princess Moana Curses aren't real. At least, that's what twelve-year-old, part-Hawaiian Anna Leilani Kamaʻehu thinks when she listens to her grandmother's folktales about sacred flowers and family guardians. Anna's friends back home in Colorado don't believe in legends, either. They're more interested in science and sports--real, tangible things that stand in total contrast to Anna's family's embarrassing stories. So when Anna goes back to Hawaiʻi to visit her Tūtū, she has no interest in becoming the heir to her family's history; she's set on having a touristy, fun vacation. But when Anna accidentally insults Pele the fire goddess by destroying her lehua blossom, a giant hawk swoops in and kidnaps her best friend, and she quickly learns just how real these moʻolelo are. In order to save her friends and family, Anna must n

Aspiring astronauts will be ready for liftoff with this thrilling guide to preparing for and doing a real spacewalk with the first American woman to walk in space as their partner.What is it like to walk in space—to use cutting-edge equipment and conduct experiments in a 280-pound space suit? How do you get there in the first place? Would-be spacewalkers will find enthusiasm, vibrant encouragement, and a host of amazing facts, photos, drawings, and descriptions in this engaging guide cowritten by three-time shuttle astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan and children’s book author Michael J. Rosen (who also provides illustrations). From detailed info about how to train (sometimes underwater!) to descriptions of the emotions spurred by seeing Earth from above, this guide will leave readers inspired and excited to start their own journeys into space.

An examination of the Counter-Enlightenment movement in China. In Modern Chinese Counter-Enlightenment, Peng Hsiao-yen argues that a trend of Counter-Enlightenment had grown from the late Qing to the May Fourth era in the 1910s to the 1920s and continued to the 1940s. She demonstrates how Counter-Enlightenment was manifested with case studies such as Lu Xun's writings in the late 1900s, the Aesthetic Education movement from the 1910s to 1920s, and the Science and Lifeview debate in the 1920s. During the period, the life philosophy movement, highlighting the epistemic debate on affect and reason, is connected with its counterparts in Germany, France, and Japan. The movement had a widespread and long-term impact on Chinese philosophy and literature. Using the transcultural lexicon as methodology, this book traces how the German term Lebensanschauung (life view), a key concept in Rudolf Eucken's life philosophy, constituted a global tide of Counter-Enlightenment that influenced the though

「你是否認為機器學習很複雜、很難掌握呢? 其實不然，來讀這本書，Serrano為你揭開機器學習的神秘面紗。」―Sebastian Thrun, Udacit創辦人「這是您機器學習旅程的第一步」―Millad Dagdoni, 挪威勞動福利局「這是本很好的引導指南，特別是對於那些想要寫程式但覺得自己數學程度不高的人」―Erik D. Sapper, 加州理工州立大學「這是我近年來有幸讀到最平易近人的機器學習介紹。強烈推薦！」―Kay Engelhardt, devstats只需要高中的數學程度，您就能發現並了解機器學習的強大之處！簡單來說，機器學習是一組建立在演算法上的資料分析技術，當您提供更多的資料，它就能產生更好的分析結果。ML驅動了許多尖端的技術，例如推薦系統、人臉識別軟體、智慧音箱，甚至是自駕車。而這本獨特的書將藉由相關的範例、有趣的練習以及簡要的插圖，為您介紹機器學習的核心概念。《白話機器學習》以任何人都能理解的方式來呈現機器學習的演算法和技術，跳過令人困惑的學術術語，提供您只需要一點基礎代數就能理解的清楚解釋。隨著學習本書的內容，您將使用Python建立許多有趣的專案，包含垃圾郵件偵測和圖像辨識等模型，並且還會學到清理和準備資料的實用技巧。本書包含：‧用於分類和分割資料的監督式演算法‧用於清理和簡化資料的方法‧機器學習的套件和工具‧用於複雜資料集的神經網路和集成方法本書適用於有Python基礎知識的讀者，但不需要有機器學習的相關知識。

第一本詳細說明使用ChatGPT學習SQL Server、寫出T-SQL指令敘述與建立用戶端程式！*完整說明資料庫設計與開發人員應具備的觀念和技能，幫助你精通SQL Server的Transact-SQL程式設計！*本書以資料庫設計與開發人員角度來切入SQL Server資料庫程式設計與開發，完整說明資料庫系統相關理論、資料庫設計理論與T-SQL程式設計，能夠訓練和提昇讀者擁有足夠的技術能力來自行設計與建立SQL Server資料庫應用程式。*在實作上，本書適用微軟SQL Server 2022/2019企業、標準、開發人員版和Express版，是一本真正為有志成為資料庫設計與開發人員的讀者、或學校資料庫設計相關課程所規劃的實務教材。*完美結合資料庫理論與設計實務，除了使用大量插圖和範例來說明資料庫系統理論、實體關聯模型和正規化外，更以實例說明資料庫設計，讀者不只可以實際在資料庫設計工具繪製專案的實體關聯圖，更可以將設計成果建立成SQL Server資料庫，來驗證實體關聯模型的資料庫設計理論。*完整說明T-SQL語言的語法、預存程序、順序物件、自訂函數、觸發程序、資料指標和交易處理，可以幫助讀者精通SQL Server的Transact-SQL程式設計。*實際說明如何使用C#和Python語言建立用戶端程式。*詳細介紹SQL Server + Python機器學習服務、SQL Server全文檢索搜尋，和使用ChatGPT幫助讀者學習SQL Server資料庫程式設計與開發。

An examination of the 1970s art and culture scene in Hong Kong through the lens of an independent youth magazine. Taking The 70's Biweekly--an independent youth publication in 1970s Hong Kong--as the main thread, this edited collection investigates an unexplored trajectory of Hong Kong's cultural and artistic production in the 1970s. The 70's Biweekly stands out from many other independent magazines with its unique blending of radical political theories, social activism, avant-garde art, and local literature. By taking the magazine as a node of social and cultural activism from and around which actions, debates, community, and artistic practices are formed, this book fills gaps in the study of how young Hong Kong cultural producers carved out an alternative space to speak out against established authorities. Split into three parts, The 70's Biweekly provides readers with a panoramic view of the political and cultural activism in Hong Kong during the 1970s, featuring writings on art and

★☆★ AI 影像辨識一本精通！ ★☆★ ★☆★ 超過 200 個完整範例程式碼 ★☆★ AI 影像辨識是近年來非常夯的議題，隨著資訊科技的蓬勃發展，越來越多好用的工具推陳出新，也越來越容易跨入 AI 影像辨識領域，不論是電子、資訊領域、醫療、百貨，各行各業中陸續都能看到 AI 影像辨識的應用。 Python 是目前入門 AI 影像辨識最快速的程式語言，透過 Python 的 OpenCV 函式庫，並搭配其他方便的函式庫，就能輕鬆入門 AI 影像辨識，OpenCV 除了能針對影像進行全面的處理，也是大多數 AI 影像辨識的敲門磚，常應用於擴增實境、臉部辨識、手勢辨識、動作辨識、運動跟蹤、物體辨識或圖像分割...等領域。 本書會從 OpenCV 出發，從 OpenCV 最基本的存取圖片影片，影像色彩、影像剪裁、影像變形、加入文字、繪圖、影像效果進階處理都有完整介紹，並會介紹 OpenCV 內建的影像辨識方法、Google MediaPipe 的影像辨識方法和 Teachable Machine 影像辨識方法進行 AI 影像辨識，作出許多有趣又實用的影像辨識相關應用。 【精彩收錄】 ▶ OpenCV 深入介紹 ▶ OpenCV 影像色彩調整和轉換 ▶ OpenCV 影像剪裁、變形、加入文字和繪圖 ▶ OpenCV 影像效果進階處理 ▶ OpenCV 偵測滑鼠和鍵盤 ▶ OpenCV 人臉、物件、顏色等影像辨識 ▶ MediaPipe 人臉、姿勢、手勢等影像辨識 ▶ Teachable Machine 人臉、戴口罩等影像辨識 ▶ 辨識手寫數字、年齡、情緒

Now in a gorgeous special-edition hardback: with an extra never-before-in-print mini-comic FLOWER SHOP, beautiful endpapers and an exquisite foiled cover, this is an unmissable edition. Second in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. *Also an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!*'Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry OnBoy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows Charlie's gay, and Charlie is sure that Nick isn't.But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.This is the second volume of Heartstopper, which is now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series.By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small moments of Nick and

This book containing lectures and review on Shakespeare’s work has met a need long felt by the Chinese college students, especially those in the department of foreign languages and literature. The life of Shakespeare are well selected and the lectures beautifully written. Thus it will serve not only as an introduction to Shakespeare, but also as a good text-book for those beginners who study Shakespeare both in the Chinese colleges and universities. Professor Lee is to be credited painstaking work in shooting the two birds with one stone. It is really an excellent brief work and a fresh approach to the Shakespearean study. 1. This book containing lectures and review on Shakespeare’s work has met a need long felt by the Chinese college students, especially those in the department of foreign languages and literature. 2. Thus it will serve not only as an introduction to Shakespeare, but also as a good text-book for those beginners who study Shakespeare both in the Chinese colleges and uni