While the word \"automation\" may conjure images of robots taking over jobs, the reality is much more nuanced. In construction, for instance, automation is less likely to diminish employment opportunities than it is to increase productivity. Indeed, automation alongside the global need for new and updated infrastructure and better and more affordable housing can help shape the direction of the construction

By popular demand! An outstanding volume of comic strips collecting the complete adventures of the Ninth Doctor (played on TV by Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine. Featuring five complete stories from the acclaimed writers of the Doctor Who TV series Gareth Roberts and Robert Shearman, and also by Doctor Who Magazine writer Scott Gray, this volume

Sometimes you press the button without thinking ... you know it\'s a mistake but there\'s no way back, you\'ve posted something really stupid. It doesn\'t make sense ... it\'s littered with spelling mistakes ... you\'ve missed the point ... Oh, God! I\'d do ANYTHING to take that back! Other times, you read tweets that are just plain dumb! In this laugh-out-loud collection, you\'ll find a selection

The progress in information technology including arti?cial intelligence (AI) in the last few decades is remarkable, and has attracted many young researchers to this ?eld. This trend is now accelerated along with the recent rapid growth of computer communicationnetworksandthe worldwideincreaseinresearchers. In this context, we have observed many outstanding AI studies in Japanese dom- tic conferences.

Cracking Creative Writing in KS1 contains 75+ tried and tested activities to inspire children in Years 1 and 2 to write creatively, have fun playing with language and build their confidence as writers.The enjoyable activities encourage Key Stage 1 pupils to experiment with how they use grammar and punctuation in their writing - so they can see how it works, its rules, its possibilities - and crucially,

Abidi satirizes displays of power and nationalism in multimedia explorations of the geopolitical relationship between India and Pakistan and the history of South AsiaOne of Pakistan\'s most notable contemporary artists, Bani Abidi (born 1971) creates videos and multimedia works that interweave autobiographical fiction with sociopolitical commentary and satire. Her work explores the sobering realities

Odin is arguably one of the most enigmatic and complex characters in Norse mythology. Revered since the Viking Age, Odin has been called the greatest of the gods--the god of words and wisdom, runes and magic, a transformer of consciousness, and a trickster who teaches truth. He is both war god and poetry god, and he is the Lord of Ravens, the All- Father, and the rune master.Odin: Ecstasy, Runes, and

Two high school geniuses scheme to get the other to confess their love first. Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first...? Will Miyuki get reelected as student council president? Is newcomer Miko Ino going to be serious competition...or a school laughingstock? Then, Kaguya and Miyuki draw each other in art class: results may vary. Ishigami wants to do the

This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making unexpected discoveries about family, faith, and first love. \"Beg beautifully crafts a comforting tale filled with fun characters and excellent Muslim representation.\"--Aamna Qureshi, author of The Lady or the Lion \"[A] love letter to Islam, capturing all the wonderful nuances of faith and culture.\"--Adiba

The best-selling novel about the queen who founded the Tudor dynasty. \'A bewitching first novel...alive with historical detail\' Good Housekeeping.Her beauty fuelled a war.Her courage captured a king.Her passion would launch the Tudor dynasty.When her own first child is tragically still-born, the young Mette is pressed into service as a wet-nurse at the court of the mad king, Charles VI of France.

Legal duo Judith Burton and Constance Lamb feel the pressure of public scrutiny as they strive to defend their most famous client yet. Another thought-provoking courtroom drama from the acclaimed author of the Burton & Lamb

Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Paste, LitHub, Real Simple2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist: Best FictionLonglisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\"Incandescent...A searing portrait of what feminism looks like in much of the world.\" --Vogue \"A treat for Ferrante fans, exploring the bonds of friendship and how female ambition beats against the

Core Concepts of Accounting captures the full text (but not the programmed approach) of Essentials of Accounting, while including important accounting concepts and terms.

In The Modern Cottage Garden, Greg Loades presents a new style of planting: a fusion between the New Perennial style championed by hot designers like Piet Oudolf, and the classic cottage style. This design-forward guide teaches gardeners how to blend the best aspects of both--big, colorful blooms and a striking mix of grasses and native plants--into one space that is colorful, low maintenance, and

(Instrumental Folio). Instrumentalists will love these collections of 130 popular solos, including: Another One Bites the Dust * Any Dream Will Do * Bad Day * Beauty and the Beast * Breaking Free * Clocks * Edelweiss * God Bless the U.S.A. * Heart and Soul * I Will Remember You * Imagine * Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye * Satin Doll * United We Stand * You Raise Me Up * and

Rapid Phonics is a literacy intervention which can be used with groups or individuals. Developed by Dr Marlynne Grant, Educational Psychologist, following extensive research, Rapid Phonics fiction and non-fiction titles are designed for pupils in Year 1 and above, who are having difficulties with

With Tenkara, there is no reel and the line hitched directly to the end of the long rod, imparting an element of highly functional simplicity. At the same time, the Tenkara rig can turn over a cast of such grace that it nearly guarantees a light and effective presentation. Casting is so simple it is nearly intuitive, and can be learned in minutes.

Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics. Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or \"crip times.\" Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how

\" Leonard has] written so many first-rate crime stories that it would be fatuous to say Killshot is his best, but it probably is anyway.\"--NewsweekThe New York Times bestselling author the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette once called, \"the Alexander the Great of crime fiction,\" Elmore Leonard is responsible for creating some of the sharpest dialogue, most compelling characters (including U.S. Marshal Raylan

The Strange Egg is a luminous gothic prose poem that delves into the mythopoeic to express injustice at the hands of abusive medical systems.A woman is faced, month after month, with the birth of a strange egg. Her doctor asks that she take notes on her symptoms, documenting black blood clots as big as pennies, winking stars in her eyes, and relentless pain. As the woman waits for aid from her doctor,