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J’avais été renvoyé de je ne sais plus combien d’écoles et mes parents avaient décidé de me faire passer un an en Angleterre. Pour apprendre la langue ou pour me calmer ? Un an ! J’en avais quinze. Un âge où on croit tout savoir et où on se trompe beaucoup. Me suis-je trompé à propose...

Data Mining for Business Analytics: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications in R presents an applied approach to data mining concepts and methods, using R software for illustration Readers will learn how to implement a variety of popular data mining algorithms in R (a free and open-source software)...

Super science. Madness. Transhumanism. This is the dawn of posthumanity. Some things can’t be unlearned. Gleaming labs whir with the hum of servers as scientists unravel the secrets of the universe. But as we peel away mysteries, the universe glances back at us. Even now, terrors rise...

This series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the UICC. The editors and authors feel strongly that more standar­ dization in cancer therapy is needed on a worldwide basis. This, of course, is only possible if experts from all countries subscribe to a joint policy of making their treatment...

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Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farming  Discusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop production  Particular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world

C.R. Avery's audaciously charismatic second book, 38 Bar Blues, is a tome of poetry loaded with bar stool musicality and brass knuckle poetry. Welcome to a clear glimpse into a motel 50 miles outside of town, a window into the life of a modern troubadour and the courage of a young father trying to...

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...

Edited by H. L. Gold, 'Galaxy Science Fiction' hit the scene in 1950 and quickly became the leading science fiction magazine of its time. ‘Galaxy’ gave a home to writers that didn't fit into ‘Astounding’ and ‘F&SF,’ and readers rejoiced. In this first 'Galaxy Science Fiction Super...

Jean-Pierre de Caussade, a French Jesuit spiritual director and writer born in the late seventeenth century, is best known for his belief in the sacredness of the present moment, or the "eternal now." His masterpiece, Abandonment to Divine Providence, has been celebrated by spiritual writers as diverse...

This surprisingly modern, twelfth-century classic has long been popular with monks. Now this new edition opens up the riches of this spiritual masterpiece to a wide audience of contemporary readers who see the spiritual life not as a solitary enterprise, but one intimately connected to relationships....

Back in print for the first time in 30 years, this volume provides a brilliant and accessible summation of the ideas of left Marxist giant C. L. R. James. Originally delivered in 1960 as a series of lectures in his native Trinidad, James’s wide-ranging erudition and enduring relevance are powerfully...

Wolf Eyes by C.R. Coburn is an adventure fiction about a Chickasaw village as it would have been before the continent was discovered by the Europeans. Research done by studying the writings of scribes that accompanied Hernando de Soto was used to aid in the portrayal of these ancient tribes. Wolf...

An average girl—with a twist: She has two gifts, when only one is normal. Will her forbidden gift be enough to save her mother?Haylee lives in a land called Panoi, where magic is not distributed fairly. Like her mother, she has yet to manifest a gift for magic. Meanwhile, her father has a gift...