What happened 400 years in the future in Book 1: DRAGONS AND WOLVES began 30 years in the past with Book 2: THE DRAGON & THE DETECTIVE. This incredible horror fantasy comes full circle to when it all began in Book 3: DRAGONS AND SCIENCE - the conclusion of the trilogy by master storyteller, Drew Henriksen. Prepare yourself for Dragons and Gargoyles, Werewolves and Monsters, Witches and Sorcerers, Ancient Curses and Unspeakable Powers, Villains and Warriors. This tale has it all, in page-turning abundance.
Over 400 years in the future, mankind has been driven to a nomadic existence and being preyed upon by werewolves and fellow human Raiders. In this struggle for survival, two young lovers fight to have a normal life.
Detective Craig Scalici is facing the toughest case of his career. A mob boss is found mysteri-ously murdered-only his bones remain in a grisly scene that looks more like he was eaten and regurgitated. An ambitious reporter is out to ruin Craig. His ex-wife is suing him for custody of their daughter. The rest of his department shuns him, with the exception of his loyal partner, Aisha-who can't believe the possibility that they may be up against sinister forces of evil. Both Craig and his daughter, Meredith, are plagued by strange dreams, dreams of flying and being pursued by something dark and cold. The Dragon & The Detective is a unique blend of the modern and the ancient, rife with mob-sters and dragons, cops and witches, shootouts and spells, car chases and black magic. This story is a high-speed adventure, perfect for the avid mystery and the fantasy aficionado. "This second volume of the Dragon Tales & Stories trilogy delivers with the same hard-edged, gritty realism, page-turning pace, humor, suspense, and rich character depth as did the first, Dragons & Wolves. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and highly recom-mend it!" Robert Gelinas Author, The Mustard Seed
A comprehensive approach to accurate ADHD diagnosis In Essentials of ADHD Assessment in Children andAdolescents, the authors provide a clear and informative roadmap for practitioners seeking to conduct state-of-the-artassessments for one of the most common disorders of childhood.Drawing upon years of experience in conducting diagnosticevaluations of ADHD following best-practice standards, theyemphasize the importance of a comprehensive evaluation,incorporating data from multiple sources, using multiple methods,and interpreting findings within the appropriate developmental andcultural contexts. The major components of an ADHD evaluation(interviews, rating scales, cognitive testing, observation, recordreview) are reviewed in detail. Expert guidance is provided for resolving the most commonchallenges in assessing ADHD, including differentiating symptomsfrom normal development, dealing with discrepant data, differentialdiagnosis, and considering comorbidity. The latest scholarlyliterature is integrated with the authors' practicalrecommendations to provide clinicians with the concepts and toolsneeded for effective and accurate assessment of ADHD, addressingsuch topics as: When inattention is ADHD, and when it may be emotional orneurological Which disorders may masquerade as or present with ADHD The elements of accurate ADHD testing and the reasons behindthem Integrating results of a multi-modal approach into an ADHDassessment An indispensable professional resource for practicingclinicians, Essentials of ADHD Assessment for Children andAdolescents is a reader-friendly guide to providing a thorough,responsible ADHD evaluation.
Artificial intelligence has already enabled pivotal advances in diverse fields, yet its impact on computer architecture has only just begun. In particular, recent work has explored broader application to the design, optimization, and simulation of computer architecture. Notably, machine-learning-based strategies often surpass prior state-of-the-art analytical, heuristic, and human-expert approaches. This book reviews the application of machine learning in system-wide simulation and run-time optimization, and in many individual components such as caches/memories, branch predictors, networks-on-chip, and GPUs. The book further analyzes current practice to highlight useful design strategies and identify areas for future work, based on optimized implementation strategies, opportune extensions to existing work, and ambitious long term possibilities. Taken together, these strategies and techniques present a promising future for increasingly automated computer architecture designs.
Photographers and their images were critical to the making of Mozambique, first as a colony of Portugal and then as independent nation at war with apartheid in South Africa. When the Mozambique Liberation Front came to power, it invested substantial human and financial resources in institutional structures involving photography, and used them to insert the nation into global debates over photography's use. The materiality of the photographs created had effects that neither the colonial nor postcolonial state could have imagined. Filtering Histories: The Photographic Bureaucracy in Mozambique, 1960 to Recent Times tells a history of photography alongside state formation to understand the process of decolonization and state development after colonial rule. At the center of analysis are an array of photographic and illustrated materials from Mozambique, South Africa, Portugal, and Italy. Thompson recreates through oral histories and archival research the procedures and regulations that engulfed the practice and circulation of photography. If photographers and media bureaucracy were proactive in placing images of Mozambique in international news, Mozambicans were agents of self-representation, especially when it came to appearing or disappearing before the camera lens. Drawing attention to the multiple images that one published photograph may conceal, Filtering Histories introduces the popular and material formations of portraiture and photojournalism that informed photography's production, circulation, and archiving in a place like Mozambique. The book reveals how the use of photography by the colonial state and the liberation movement overlapped, and the role that photography played in the transition of power from colonialism to independence.
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