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In this age of overlapping and mutually reinforcing deep global crises (financial convulsions, global warming, mass migrations, militarism, inequality, selfish nation-states, etc.), there needs to be

Many books on reliability focus on either modeling or statistical analysis and require an extensive background in probability and statistics. Continuing its tradition of excellence as an introductory text for those with limited formal education in the subject, this classroom-tested book introduces the necessary concepts in probability and statistics within the context of their application to reliability. The Third Edition adds brief discussions of the Anderson Darling test, the Cox proportionate hazards model, the Accelerated Failure Time model, and Monte Carlo simulation.Over 80 new end-of-chapter exercises have been added, as well as solutions to all odd-numbered exercises. Moreover, Excel workbooks, available for download, save students from performing numerous tedious calculations and allow them to focus on reliability concepts. Ebeling has created an exceptional text that enables readers to learn how to analyze failure, repair data, and derive appropriate models for reliability an

網路自動化，不再肝硬化網路自動化是利用IT來管理並維護日常網路管理功能的好用工具，它在網路虛擬化中扮演了關鍵角色。本書將說明網路自動化、SDN及其相關應用，包含如何整合DevOps工具來達成網路自動化。同時，也告訴您如何完成各種網路自動化任務，諸如Pv6遷移、DC重定位和介面解析，同時保持安全性並提昇資料中心的穩定性。除此之外，本書還將介紹如何利用Python、Powershell、Ansible

When you die, what will be left about you online? How will your online accounts be accessed and how will you be remembered for posterity? From online banking to decades worth of digital family photos,

This book is the definitive guide to Mental Ray that also explains how to translate science into art, lighting theory, camera theory and cinematography. The book further contains fantastic snippets no

A Relaxation Based Approach to Optimal Control of Hybrid and Switched Systems proposes a unified approach to effective and numerically tractable relaxation schemes for optimal control problems of hybr

This is the story of Ferrari cars. Learn about Enzo Ferrari, famous cars, drivers, and races. What is more exciting than a Ferrari car?Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the six levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2) and include language activities that help develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams.This Level 3 Activity Book is A1+ in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The activities encourage children to practice longer sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses.

Even students capable of writing excellent essays still find their first major political science research paper an intimidating experience. This writing guide breaks down the research paper into its c

Discover how to use the spiritual teachings of the Tree of Life to learn more about yourself, improve your experience on Earth, and fulfill your life purpose.The Qabalah is a Western non-religious mys

Xiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her generation, an iconoclastic and completely contemporary voice. Her vivid, poignant memoir, Nine Continents is the story of a curious mind coming of age in an inhospitable country, and her determination to seek a life beyond the limits of its borders. Xiaolu Guo has traveled further than most to become who she needed to be. Now, as she experiences the birth of her daughter in a London maternity ward surrounded by women from all over the world, she looks back on that journey. It begins in the fishing village shack on the East China Sea where her illiterate grandparents raised her, and brings her to a rapidly changing Beijing, full of contradictions: a thriving underground art scene amid mass censorship, curious Westerners who held out affection only to disappear back home. Eventually Xiaolu determined to see the world beyond China for herself, and now, after fifteen years in Europe, her words resonate with the insight of

A new team of Titans is forged when old friends must reunite to uncover a new mystery that threatens the lives of all Titans past and present!Since the debut of Robin, young heroes across the globe have banded together under the banner of the Teen Titans! But what happens when the Titans are teens no more? Anyone who has ever been a Titan is being hunted down and killed. Can the one-time Titans team of Nightwing, Beast Boy, Raven, Cyborg, Starfire, Red Arrow and Donna Troy survive long enough to discover the identity of their mysterious foe? Fan-favorite writer Judd Winick begins a new chapter in the lives of the Titans with Titans Book One: Titans Forever, featuring art by Howard Porter and Ian Churchill. Collects Titans #1-11 and Titans East Special #1.

Find out all about the history of the Vikings, the warriors and explorers who raided Europe in their longships throughout the Middle Ages.Learn about Viking warfare, their families, homes, clothes, and crafts, as well as gods from Norse mythology, such as Thor and Loki, in this beautifully illustrated children's book that is crammed with amazing facts. Part of the award-winning DK findout! series, this engaging book includes new photography and illustrations that transport children directly into the world of the Vikings. Written by experts in Viking history, and checked by an educational consultant, DK findout! Vikings is ideal for school projects or for children who simply love to learn about accurate ancient history. Amazing cut-away artworks take you inside Viking homes and longships, in which these notorious seafaring warriors sailed to North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus. New photography, including reenactments of Viking life, makes this book essential for budding

Children will find out about the universe, our solar system, observations of the starry skies, and the mind-blowing wonders of outer space.From the birth of stars to the mysteries of black holes, the Universe has been constantly studied to understand how it works. Learn about icy planets and explosive stars, far-off galaxies that powerful telescopes looking deep into space have captured, observatories and astronomy, and whole new worlds discovered by space-exploring probes in this beautifully illustrated children's book that is crammed with amazing facts about the universe. Part of the award-winning DK findout! series, this engaging book includes amazing photography and illustrations that help children understand the wonders of the universe. Written by experts in space exploration, and checked by an educational consultant, DK findout! Universe is ideal for school projects or for children who simply love to learn about all things about space.

The Last Jedi is the newest Star Wars graphic novel adaptation!Faithfully bringing events from the film to the comics page, read along in The Last Jedi as Rey and Finn stare down new challenges as their roles in the Resistance reach new heights. As new dangers approach and old threats emerge, the next generation of Star Wars heroes is here!What happens when Rey and Luke meet? Does Finn get a shot at Captain Phasma? Can Kylo Ren lure another powerful member to Snoke's side?Capturing the galaxy-spanning action of The Last Jedi, experience Episode VIII as a beautiful graphic novel combining the epic wonder of Star Wars with streamlined, young-reader friendly designs. This all-ages graphic novel is a must-read for longtime fans and a great introduction for young newcomers!

The vast majority of Americans obtain credit at some point in their lives. Over 75 percent of Americans have at least one credit card. Credit also includes home mortgages, car loans, and student loans

A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy.“Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.” In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. Is it this world or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could’ve imagined—one that will force him to confront the dark

American Speakout is a six-level series based on topics that are relevant to students' lives and global in nature. Its emphasis on authentic listening opportunities and presentation of language in context enables learners to personalize the language they learn and express themselves confidently in real English-speaking environments. American Speakout follows a balanced approach to topics, language development, and skills work.HighlightsBuilds learner confidence Authentic, real-world language, challenging activities, and recycling of language builds student confidence in understanding context and communication.Video clips and interviews on the street expose students to a wide range of language and accents, familiarizing them with English as it is spoken.Encourages learners to spend more time on task Course package includes a wealth of practice material in specific areas including grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and skills.Clear objectives in every unit help students focus

Disney Princess Beginnings is an exciting chapter book series featuring all-new stories about each Disney Princess as a young girl!Disney Princess Tiana is planning a surprise. Her daddy's birthday is coming up and she wants to make him the best gumbo ever. But there's one problem--she's never made gumbo without her daddy's help. Will Tiana be able to make her dream come true and give her father a gumbo he'll be proud of? Children ages 6 to 9 who are independent readers will love this new chapter book based on Disney's The Princess and the Frog, with full-color illustrations! Each Disney Princess Beginnings chapter book features all-new stories about a Disney Princess as a young girl.Disney's Dream Big, Princess campaign focuses on the amazing stories and leadership qualities of each Disney Princess and shows how they relate to today's girls.

When someone goes vegan on Park Avenue or Beverly Drive, they have a private chef and a personal assistant to do the troubleshooting.When we make the shift on Main Street, we could use some help, too.

Jenson Button is one of the greatest racing drivers of his generation. His seventeen years in Formula 1 have seen him experience everything the sport has to offer, from nursing underpowered cars around the track to winning World Championships and everything in between. Here, Jenson tells his full story for the first time in his own honest, intelligent and eloquent style. From growing up as part of a motor-racing-mad family under the guidance of his father, John, to arriving at Williams as a fresh-faced 20 year-old, to being written off by some as a playboy and his fight back to the very pinnacle of his sport. Jenson's World Championship victory for the unsponsored and unfancied Brawn GP team is one of the most extraordinary against-the-odds sports stories of the century. Jenson's book lifts the lid on the gilded and often hidden world of Formula 1. He reveals his relationships with some of the biggest names in Formula 1- Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso as well some

Alice Bell has one goal: to play for the elite junior hockey team the Chicago Falcons.But when she's passed over at tryouts for being a girl, she'll do anything to make her dream a reality...even disguising herself as her twin brother. With her amazing skills on the ice, Alice is sure she'll fit in easily. That is, until she starts falling for one of her teammates...Hayden Tremblay, star of the Falcons, can't keep himself out of the penalty box. Constantly living in the shadow of his older brother, Hayden's losing his passion for hockey. But when he gets shown up on the ice by the Falcons' new rookie, Hayden's determined to teach the kid a thing or two. Little does he guess that “Al's” surprises on the ice are just the beginning... Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush title proves that wonderful things can happen when you're brave enough to go after your dream. Dream hockey player, that is! Warning--a few locker room scenes are included...

Written by a well-respected author and practitioner in the field of art therapy, A Guide to Art Therapy Materials, Methods, and Applications is an innovative, comprehensive text that guides readers in

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Join Rebecca and her friends at Trebizon Boarding School, perfect for fans of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers and St Clare’s.When Rebecca, Sue and Tish take up running, they never expect it to lead to an adventure. But that surprise is nothing compared to the shock of a film crew arriving at Trebizon! The crew film Margot surfing, Tish at the beach, and even Rebecca’s long-awaited tennis match with Joss Vining. But the Silent Eye film company is not all it seems. Can Rebecca and Tish save the day?The tenth exciting book in the classic Trebizon series.Praise for the Trebizon series:‘As warm and comforting as a cup of cocoa, the Trebizon books are a real treat.’ Katherine Woodfine, author of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow.'An absolute hug of a book, this is school storytelling at its warm, delightful, comforting best.'Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most UnladylikeFollow Rebecca and her friends through all the ups and downs of boarding school in:First Term at TrebizonSecond Term at Tre