In a smart city that monitors your every move, finding the killer of a young girl should have been easy.Detective Sergeant Louisa Bennett is assigned to investigate the murder. Following an attack on London's network, private data on every city resident is leaked. In the ensuing chaos, when Louisa uncovers a connection between her own case and the data breach, she becomes a target herself.To save her own life Louisa must uncover the truth behind the...

This remarkable book is a compilation of over 45 years (since 1968) of secrets and techniques I have developed for covering antique (and new) bottles with fine macrame/sailor's knots. Sailors used to cover their rum bottles with macrame/sailor's knots so that if accidentally dropped on a ship's deck the bottle was less likely to break. But they are also very beautiful works of art in their own right. Historically there has been a lack of recorded...

Fueled by breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, the terminally ill, while in an induced slumber, in a pain-free, medically supervised environment, can literally dream their lives away in preprogrammed situations of their choosing, controlled by a super computer. The well-meaning creators of computer generated dreaming plan to conquer the stigma of death by making its wonders available to all, so people can die in vivid, pre-programmed dream...

This follow on story from the popular When The Sax Man Plays series follows the lives of our characters after the loss of Jason.When Georgie meets a producer who wants to make a film of her late husband's life, it is ironic that they meet on the fifth anniversary of Jason's death. Promising minimal stress and involvement for the rest of the family, she agrees to the idea only if she can oversee it.Christopher is adamant that he will also be involved....

This book presents the technologies that empower edge intelligence, along with their use in novel IoT solutions. Specifically, it presents how 5G/6G, Edge AI, and Blockchain solutions enable novel IoT-based decentralized intelligence use cases at the edge of the cloud/edge/IoT continuum. Emphasis is placed on presenting how these technologies support a wide array of functional and non-functional requirements spanning latency, performance, cybersecurity,

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The disease has teeth...but the cure could be deadly. As Investigator for the Lycanthrope Council, Gabriel McCord went above and beyond his official title to keep werewolf kind out of the public eye. Now he has a new challenge as the liaison to the Institute for Lycanthrope Reversal, advocating for humans turned werewolf against their will. The Institute's controversial "treatment" is nonetheless generally accepted — until one of the project's scientists...

This is a story of a man who grew up in the fifties and went to Viet Nam. He came back to work for the CIA in South America during the 1970s and eventually became a contractor for Booze Allen. At some point he undergoes a change of conscious, steals his desk files, and turns them into stories that he sells while playing music on the street. The book predates the Oliver Stone film that touches on similar themes and predicts a Snowden type character...

Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso's & Husain's Paintings By: Dr. Harpal SodhiThe book, "Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso's and Husain's Paintings", is a projection of master minds in the field of art. It reveals about the creative works of art that are not just show pieces to adorn rich homes, museums and art galleries but to bring awareness about human attitude and cultural heritage. The projection of these works of art could lead to international...