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Tired of throwing away broken electronics? Unlock your inner tech hero and join the Repair Revolution!
This comprehensive handbook empowers you to diagnose, fix, and extend the lives of your favorite devices, from smartphones and laptops to home appliances. Forget planned obsolescence; discover the satisfaction of breathing new life into your electronics and saving money while reducing e-waste. Inside, you'll find clear, step-by-step instructions, detailed diagrams, and practical troubleshooting techniques, all presented in a friendly and accessible style. No prior experience is necessary - this book guides you from basic concepts to tackling common repairs with confidence.
This "Electronics Repair Handbook" isn't just a collection of technical instructions; it's a guide to a more sustainable and self-reliant way of life. Master essential skills like soldering and desoldering, learn to identify common component failures, and discover the secrets to preventative maintenance that keeps your devices running smoothly for years. You'll also delve into the ethical considerations of the electronics industry, exploring topics like the Right to Repair movement and making informed purchasing decisions that support sustainability. Whether you're a curious beginner or an experienced hobbyist, this book will provide you with the knowledge and tools to become a proficient electronics troubleshooter.
This book is designed to empower you to take control of your technology, make informed choices, and contribute to a more sustainable future. Learn the key differences in fixing various electronic products. The demand for those with repair skills is growing, become part of the electronics repair wave. This book is also the guide to help you build a career. From power down to power up, you'll discover how electronic devices work, how to diagnose problems, and how to source replacement parts.
Inside you'll discover:

• Step-by-step guides for repairing smartphones, laptops, and home appliances.
• Essential troubleshooting techniques to pinpoint the root cause of electronic failures.
• Practical soldering and desoldering skills to confidently replace components.
• Expert tips for extending device lifespan and preventing future problems.
• Insights into sustainable electronics practices and the Right to Repair movement.

Ready to save money, reduce e-waste, and unlock your inner repair expert? Grab your copy of "Electronics Repair Handbook" today and join the Repair Revolution!

Disabled people are experts in innovation and adaptation, experts in building networks of support and knowledge sharing, and experts in navigating a world that is not built for them. This expertise is not a niche form of knowledge, but one that speaks to a fundamental question about how we should live together--and even thrive together--amid the vast landscape of human difference. In pieces discussing everything from moving with guide dogs to hiking on wheels to nurturing chosen family, The Art of Flourishing offers a window into the innumerable and varied ways scholars, artists, writers, and thought leaders with disabilities understand what it means to "flourish."

For some, it means contesting the medical establishment's narratives of technological salvation that attempt to "fix" people who don't need fixing. For others, it means cultivating interdependent networks of artistic collaboration, or it means having agency in choosing how one appears in and navigates public space. Based on a series of public talks hosted by The Hastings Center, a bioethics research institute, and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this volume demonstrates the incredible range of priorities, practices, and possibilities that characterize disabled experience. It also invites both scholarly and public audiences to imagine what it would take to build a world in which everyone gets to exercise their own capacities in ways they find meaningful.

Wil jouw kind ook leren hoe je stap voor stap de schattigste dingen kunt tekenen?
Dit vrolijke tekenboek maakt het makkelijk en leuk voor kinderen om hun creativiteit te ontdekken en zelfvertrouwen op te bouwen.

Waarom dit boek een must-have is:

• Eenvoudige stap-voor-stap instructies - speciaal ontworpen zodat kinderen tekenen snel begrijpen.

• Schattige en vrolijke figuren - zoals dieren, bloemen, snacks en meer om kinderen te inspireren.

• Creatief en educatief - stimuleert fijne motoriek, concentratie en fantasie.

• Perfect voor beginners - geen ervaring nodig, iedereen kan meteen beginnen tekenen.

• Pastel en kindvriendelijk design - kleurrijke en uitnodigende stijl die kinderen aanspreekt.

• Ideaal cadeau voor kinderen - leuk en leerzaam voor thuis, school of creatieve momenten.

• Grote 8,5 x 11 inch pagina's - veel ruimte om te oefenen en plezier te maken.

Laat kinderen spelenderwijs tekenen leren en hun creatieve talent laten groeien met dit inspirerende boek!

Have you ever wondered if your brokenness has disqualified you from God's purpose? Do you feel like your past mistakes, failed relationships or hidden shame have left you too far gone to be redeemed? The Refining Room: A Devotional Memoir for Women Breaking, Becoming & Being Set-Apart is a prophetic, soul-stirring invitation to step out of survival and into surrender. Through raw storytelling and spiritual depth, Josette Fleury (Blossom Refined) takes you on a journey of breaking cycles, rediscovering identity, and being set apart for God's glory.

Inside The Refining Room, you will discover:

• Freedom from shame through testimony and truth
• Reflection prompts that help you release the past and embrace your calling
• Prophetic declarations and prayers that realign your heart with heaven
• Keys to breaking emotional cycles and unhealthy soul ties
• Courage to walk in purity and establish godly boundaries
• A pathway to spiritual healing, identity, and purpose

By the end of this devotional memoir, you will not only feel seen but transformed. You will find the courage to cut ties with counterfeits, walk in holiness without shame, embrace your prophetic gifts, and boldly declare: "This time, I'm God's."

If you have ever felt abandoned, unseen, or unworthy, The Refining Room will remind you that the wilderness was never meant to destroy you it was preparation. Your pain was not wasted. You were never disqualified. You were always being refined for glory.

It is time to stop surviving and start surrendering. Step into The Refining Room today and discover the beauty of being set apart.

In the summer of 1956, as a ten-year-old black kid living in Michigan, my family placed me on a train bound for Mississippi to visit relatives. My time there allowed me to visit my birthplace, reconnect with grandparents and it introduced me to a phenomenon that I never knew existed. On a hot July afternoon in downtown Natchez, Mississippi, I stopped to take a drink from a water fountain and looked up to read the words "For Whites Only."

Many authors have explored the detrimental psychological effects of racism. Recent memoirs include those by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Wes Moore, Kiese Laymon, and Jesmyn Ward, among others. But it's a novel published more than eighty years ago-Richard Wright's masterpiece, Native Son-that offers a particularly searing example of how it can affect the recipient in a rather unlikely way. Wright's main character, Bigger, allowed the racism of his white countrymen lead him to accept, unknowingly, his supposed inferiority. Bigger then proceeds down a path of anger and resentment where ultimately, he becomes what he despises most: a racist.

In my memoir, I explore an alternative course. Because of a mother's love and with the guidance of a no-nonsense, pull-your-own-weight grandfather. I was shown another way to face life's injustices and challenges and then use them as motivation to not only survive but also to prosper. Unlike many authors who have been exposed to the ugly underbelly of racism, I'm in the rather awkward position of saying that if it wasn't for this ugly stain on humanity, I may well not have become a physician. The encounter helped me realize that racism like any other obstacle, if approached differently can actually become an opportunity to strengthen one's resolve as opposed to becoming an excuse for failure. This book is the story of a life that hopefully will help others meet their life challenges.

The Murder at the VicarageThe First Miss Marple Mystery

"Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe," declared the Vicar, "would be doing the world at large a service."

It is a sentiment shared by nearly everyone in the sleepy village of St. Mary Mead. As the local magistrate and a man of insufferable self-importance, Colonel Lucius Protheroe has managed to offend everyone from his own family to the local choirboys. But when the Vicar, Leonard Clement, returns to his study to find the Colonel slumped over his desk-dead from a single gunshot-a theoretical wish becomes a grim reality.

The list of suspects is as long as the Sunday morning liturgy:

• The grieving widow and her secret lover, who seem almost too relieved by the Colonel's passing.
• The rebellious daughter, who resented her father's suffocating control.
• The mysterious newcomer, whose past is shrouded in shadows.
• The disgruntled curate, whose accounts were recently questioned by the deceased.

As the local police struggle with a timeline that doesn't add up and a village full of lies, they overlook the most observant mind in the parish: Jane Marple. A white-haired spinster with a passion for gardening and an uncanny understanding of human nature, Miss Marple knows that beneath the tranquil surface of village life lies a "stagnant pool" of wickedness.

While the authorities chase red herrings, Miss Marple quietly knits together the truth, proving that being a "nosy old lady" is the perfect cover for a brilliant detective.

Key Features of this Edition:

• The Debut of a Legend: The historical first appearance of Jane Marple, one of the most beloved detectives in literary history.
• Classic Whodunnit: A quintessential "locked room" style mystery set in the quintessential English village.
• Narrative Voice: Unique among Marple novels, this is told through the witty and self-deprecating perspective of the village Vicar.

River Ridge, New Jersey, 1978: As feminism takes root in this tight-knit Modern Orthodox community, women are starting businesses, rethinking their marriages, and challenging their synagogue's long-standing rules.

Not Marilyn Weisfeld.

Once a promising writer, Marilyn gave up her literary dreams twenty years ago when she married Jerry, a self-important professor of economics. Now, she's too busy raising children, braiding challahs, and entertaining her husband's insufferable colleagues to think about what else her life might have held... until the night an old friend comes to dinner.

When bestselling author Henry Goldfarb asks for Marilyn's feedback on his new novel, something long buried inside her stirs back to life. And when he encourages her to write again, she starts sneaking into Manhattan every week to see him. In long afternoons of shared stories, easy laughter, and soul-baring conversations, Marilyn catches glimpses of a more fulfilling life she could be living - if only she can find the courage to reach for it.

But change always comes at a cost. And as Marilyn's feelings for Henry begin to blur boundaries and test loyalties, the tidy existence she has woven so carefully in River Ridge begins to unravel. Caught between the comfort of old rhythms and the thrill of new possibilities, she will have to decide exactly what price she's willing to pay to live bravely, authentically, and without regret.

Warmhearted, funny, and relatable, All Afternoon is a powerful debut about the quiet ache of losing yourself and the courageous work of finding your way back.

Some hearts are worth fighting for-even when the battle comes home.

Olympic sharpshooter McKenna Neeley thought her biggest challenge was living up to her legendary father's legacy as Nightshade's team sniper. But working as a junior Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Armenia, she's about to face her most perilous mission yet-and it has nothing to do with diplomacy.

When a high-stakes dinner party brings Dante Riddell back into her life, McKenna's carefully ordered world tilts off its axis. The brooding security specialist from Omen Tactical Group was her childhood crush, but now he's all grown up-and guarding secrets as closely as he guards his VIP clients.

Despite finally being claimed by his father as a teen, Dante has spent his life believing he isn't worthy of the Nightshade legacy. When his duty collides with McKenna's consular work sparks fly and keeping their distance becomes impossible. She's everything he remembers and more-brilliant, compassionate, and dangerously distracting. His job is simple: complete the mission and walk away before his damaged heart gets involved.

But when a deadly enemy disrupts peace talks, simple plans shatter like glass.

Trapped together in a web of international intrigue, McKenna and Dante must trust each other-and God's plan-forging a love that's been years in the making. Because sometimes the greatest battles aren't fought with weapons, but with faith, forgiveness, and the courage to believe in second chances.

Can two wounded hearts find healing in each other's arms, or will the shadows of their past destroy their chance at forever?

"A beautiful blend of faith, heart-pounding suspense, and swoon-worthy romance. This book touched my soul!" - Susan May Warren, USA Today bestselling author

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Discarded Heroes: Scions

Book 1: Atlas

Book 2: Apollo

Book 3: Achilles

Discover the stunning crime thriller and revenge tale behind the forthcoming Paramount+ sensation, THE REVENGE CLUB, starring: Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Aimée Ffion-Edwards (Peaky Blinders), Meera Syal (The Kumars at No. 42), Sharon Rooney (Barbie), Douglas Henshall (Shetland), Chaneil Kular (Sex Education), and Amit Shah (Happy Valley).

Six divorcees seek revenge on their deceitful spouses, but someone starts taking it much too far...

Emily had the perfect life - the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect husband - before she was blindsided and betrayed and lost it all. Now she's sitting in a divorce counselling group wondering how she'll ever feel okay again. What she wants is her old life back, and these group sessions seem to be the only way she'll be able to move on - past the jealousy, the hurt, and the daydreams of getting revenge.

And it seems everyone in the group is in the same boat: jilted by an ex-partner and struggling to cope. So over post-therapy drinks, the six divorcées come up with the brilliant idea to get a little payback of their own - Strangers-on-a-Train style, with each getting even on another's behalf. Nothing serious - just enough to disrupt their former partner's picture-perfect lives.

Emily is hesitant at first, but the more her old life spins away from her, the less she worries about her morals - plus, they agreed no one would get hurt.

But just when the group think they've pulled off the perfect petty crimes, one of the exes is found dead... and then another... and another...

With DI Rosa Hawkes on their case and the plan spiralling out of control, Emily doesn't know who she can trust, and if divorce taught her anything, it's that you can't trust anyone, even the people you love. Especially the people you love. Let alone perfect strangers like these.

Get a free eBook (PDF or ePub) from Manning as well as access to the online liveBook format (and its AI assistant that will answer your questions in any language) when you purchase the print book.

LLM reasoning models have the power to tackle truly challenging problems that require finding the right path through multiple steps. In this book you'll learn how to build a working reasoning model from the ground up. You will start with an existing pre-trained LLM and then implement reasoning-focused improvements from scratch.

Sebastian Raschka, the bestselling author of Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch), is your guide on this exciting journey. Sebastian mentors you every step of the way with clear explanations, practical code, and a keen focus on what really matters. Understand LLM reasoning by creating your own reasoning model-from scratch!

In Build A Reasoning Model (From Scratch) you'll learn how to:

- Implement core reasoning improvements for LLMs
- Evaluate models using judgment-based and benchmark-based methods
- Improve reasoning without updating model weights
- Use reinforcement learning to integrate external tools like calculators
- Apply distillation techniques to learn from larger reasoning models
- Understand the full reasoning model development pipeline

Reasoning models break problems into steps, producing more reliable answers in math, logic, and code. These improvements aren't just a curiosity-they're already integrated into top models like Grok 4 and GPT-5. Build A Reasoning Model (From Scratch) demystifies these complex models with a simple philosophy: the best way to learn how something works is to build it yourself! You'll begin with a pre-trained LLM, adding and improving its reasoning capabilities in ways you can see, test, and understand.

About the book

In Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch), acclaimed ML research engineer Sebastian Raschka takes you inside the black box of reasoning-enhanced LLMs. You'll start with a compact, pre-trained base model that runs on consumer hardware, then upgrade it step by step to tackle ever-more difficult problems and scenarios. You'll measure its performance, add reasoning at inference time without training, and then improve it further with reinforcement learning. By the end of the book, you'll have a small but capable reasoning stack built from the ground up!

About the reader

For readers who know Python and have some knowledge of machine learning. You won't need any specialist hardware. The examples will run on a standard laptop, although using cloud GPUs can make training faster.

About the author

Sebastian Raschka, PhD, is an LLM Research Engineer with over a decade of experience in artificial intelligence. His work spans industry and academia, including implementing LLM solutions as a senior engineer at Lightning AI and teaching as a statistics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Sebastian collaborates with industry partners on AI solutions and serves on the Open Source Board at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He specializes in LLMs and the development of high-performance AI systems, with a deep focus on practical, code-driven implementations. He is the author of the bestselling books Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch), as well as Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn, and Machine Learning Q and AI.

Set among the oak-dotted hills and granite heights of northern California, I Could Walk Forever and Know So Little distills moments of communion with the natural world into spare, lilting language. The poems traverse ordinary days and periods of loss; they are elegy and wish. They examine motherhood and daughterhood and turn to the living land as source of solace and nurturing. Each poem reaches for reverent wakefulness, " to attend / to know how shadows move as sun shifts / to notice every fiddlehead who rises, startling."

Do you ever find it difficult to apply what you've learned about Jesus to your everyday life? Do you struggle to trust God during times of crisis or uncertainty? If so, you're not alone. Even as Christians, it's not uncommon to find ourselves wrestling with surrendering our strong-willed human nature to God's perfect plan.

Falling Up: The Worthy Struggle of Faith is one person's honest and ongoing journey through that very struggle. It's a collection of experiences and the corresponding lessons God has revealed along the way-lessons born out of both triumph and trial.

The concept of "falling up" captures the paradox of faith: how God can use our spiritual battles to draw us closer to Him in faith, trust, and reliance. It's a lifelong process, full of ups and downs, but ultimately the most worthwhile journey we can take-as God proves Himself faithful time and time again, leading us into deeper reliance on Him.

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When was the last time you allowed yourself to listen to birdsong? Sat with it in your heart, and truly took it in? In this dazzling and stirring collection of eco-poetry, written by Hillary Gonzalez, Wild, Unfelt World bridges the connection between the physical and spiritual, urging readers to reconnect with the natural world, and begging the question: why haven't you listened to birds lately? Written by an autistic, queer, and disabled birder, this collection of poems is rooted with the changing seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, and the heartbeat of the world around us.

Written during bird walks in the early morning hours, Gonzalez invites the reader to come on a journey with them. Smell the salt of the marshes, feel the roughness of tree bark beneath your hands, and listen to the call of the owl as evening nears. Exploring themes of conservation, neurodivergence, spirituality, and a deep love for the environment, the reader will be transported with Gonzalez. Each carefully crafted poem serves as not only a meditative reflection, but a rallying cry to celebrate our ecosystems and confront the urgent need to protect them.

Wild, Unfelt World combines lyrical language with vivid imagery, to inspire the reader to, as Mary Oliver would say, "find your place in the family of things."

Whether you're a lifelong lover of poetry, conservation, birding, or are discovering your love for the first time, Wild, Unfelt World will help you find your place. It's been waiting for you here all along.

How technology and the attention economy shape contemporary art and performance

The reception of art and performance is changing. Smartphones and social media have troubled the old model of individual appreciation and close looking, giving rise to new forms of mediated perception, such as sampling, skimming and scrolling. Charting recent trends in contemporary practice -- research-based installations, performance exhibitions, interventions, and invocations of modernist architecture -- leading art critic Claire Bishop challenges the assumption that fully focused attention is automatically good and distraction necessarily bad.

Annalisa arrives at Rochester Manor, expecting a quiet job as a nanny. Instead, she's drawn into a dark and dangerous affair with her mysterious employer, Edward Rochester.

By day, Mr. Rochester is distant and formal. By night, he's a beast with depraved, unbridled appetites. The more Annalisa succumbs to his allure, the more she realizes he's hiding something far worse than his desires. Strange noises, locked doors, and buried secrets leave her questioning not just her lover, but if she'll make it out of the Manor alive.

Caught in a web of passion, deception, and psychological unraveling, Annalisa must confront the horrifying truth about the man she can't resist before it destroys her.

Dark. Seductive. Twisted. The Keyhole will grip you from the first page to the last shocking twist.

Veteran journalist Whit Fraser recounts the stories behind the stories in this collection of tales drawn from fifty years of reporting on nation-changing events.

From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall is a sweeping memoir from veteran journalist and northern chronicler Whit Fraser, tracing a lifetime spent at the front lines of the events that shaped modern Canada. From his youth in Nova Scotia to decades reporting across the Arctic, Fraser offers a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of major national turning points--stories he reported on up close, but never fully had the chance to tell until now.

Fraser brings readers into the cold, stunned morning when the Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 rained nuclear debris across the Northwest Territories, igniting one of the most secretive international military operations in Canadian history. He revisits the tragedy of the Ocean Ranger, one of the world's most advanced oil rigs that became the site of an unthinkable disaster. On Parliament Hill, he reports from inside the storm of the National Energy Program and the tense constitutional negotiations that affirmed Indigenous rights while dividing the nation anew.

Woven throughout is Fraser's personal journey--his years living in the North, his friendships with leaders who transformed the political landscape, and his partnership with Mary Simon, whose swearing-in as Canada's first Indigenous Governor General brings his story full circle.

Anchored by vivid reporting and personal reflection, From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall is a powerful journey through the people, politics, and places that have defined Canada--and the shifting landscape of journalism itself.