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Poppy Fenwick runs Stonepeak's outer settlement general store, and she notices things. It's a habit, nothing more, until the pack's shared grain stores turn up empty overnight and the evidence points squarely at Deputy Alpha Garrick Holt, the very wolf whose alibi only Poppy can confirm. The bond hits the moment she's called to testify. The council, understandably wary of testimony this conveniently timed, doubts her account despite its accuracy. Rather than accept that doubt, Poppy decides to investigate the theft herself, and discovers a mismatched handwriting sample, tracks that don't match the accused, and a longtime, trusted storehouse keeper whose careful composure keeps cracking under the weight of a resentment nobody thought to notice. What follows is a genuine, fair-play mystery: real clues, a real culprit, and a real motive, resolved through careful observation rather than convenient assumption, all set against the backdrop of a clean, restrained fated-mates bond that never overshadows the puzzle at its center. The Alpha's Alibi is a trial volume set within the same connected world as this author's Stonepeak Pack series, blending a genuine cozy mystery with the clean, closed-door romance readers already trust from this catalog. No explicit content, no thin plot dressed up in cozy atmosphere, and a happy ending that resolves both the mystery and the romance completely. What readers can expect: A genuine, fair-play whodunit with real clues the reader can follow alongside Poppy A restrained romantic subplot that never overtakes the actual mystery A competent, observant heroine, not a passive bystander to her own story Clean, closed-door romance with zero explicit content A proportionate, restorative resolution consistent with this world's established values A complete, standalone mystery with real potential for future volumes Grab your copy today and see what happens when a shopkeeper's careful attention turns out to matter considerably more than anyon e expected.

Sixty-four guests. One perfect Thanksgiving. And a fake boyfriend who has to leave before the moon comes up. Marisol Vega has one shot. The Garrow family of Merrow Falls, Vermont, has hired her to cater their 150th Thanksgiving: sixty-four guests, four courses, everything local, and dinner over by six o'clock sharp. If she pulls it off, her tiny catering business is made. Then her ex walks in. Julian Price is the celebrity chef who put five years of her recipes on his menu under his own name, and he's a Garrow cousin's date for the holiday. In a moment of pure panic, Marisol introduces the enormous, quiet man peeling potatoes at the sink as her boyfriend. Rhys Garrow plays along. He's the family's eldest grandson, a carpenter who lives alone in a cabin at the edge of the woods, and he can make a roux like a dream. He also has a secret the whole family has been politely managing for twenty-two years. This year, the full harvest moon rises on Thanksgiving night. Harvest Moon Howl is a warm, funny, big-family holiday romance with: o Fake dating and forced proximity in a very busy kitchen o A fierce chef heroine and a gentle giant werewolf hero o Meddling aunts, nosy kids, a formidable grandmother, and forty-eight pies o A family learning to make room at the table o A closed door and a guaranteed happily-ever-after

A widow who swore off men. A rake who has never lost a bet. Sixty days to see who breaks first. After four suffocating years as the wife of a controlling earl, Lady Ismay Vane has everything she fought for: her own fortune, her own Mayfair townhouse, and a prized stretch of Thames riverfront. She has two rules. Never remarry. Never give a man power over her again. Then Valentine Hesketh, Viscount Braxfield, corners her at a masquerade. He's a notorious gambler who has never lost a bet, and he needs her riverfront to save his family. When her brother loses a fortune at his gaming tables, Valentine proposes a scandalous wager: win one night in his bed before Midsummer, and the property is his. Fail, and he forfeits everything. Ismay accepts, certain she can't be touched. But this rake doesn't use force or flattery. He argues, he listens, and he will not kiss her until she asks. In a game where surrender costs everything, the only way to win might be to lose. HER VEXING VISCOUNT is a steamy, open-door Regency romance with a guaranteed happily ever after. Book 1 in the Scandals of the Season series of standalone romances.

She inherited a failing pumpkin farm. It came with a seven-foot scarecrow who wants her gone. Juniper Hale has pulled her last espresso shot. Laid off, broke, and out of options, she drives up to tiny Merrow Falls, Vermont, to sell the pumpkin farm her great-uncle left her. The bank wants $38,500 by the end of November or it takes everything. Her first morning, her FOR SALE sign is in the hedge. Her second, the scarecrow in the middle field climbs down off his pole and informs her it's his hedge. Tobias has guarded Pumpkin & Pine since 1945. He's made of straw, patched wool, and principle. He hates change, city people, and paper cups. He also harvested three thousand pumpkins by hand after her uncle died, and he's never once told anyone why. To save the farm, Juniper opens a pumpkin spice pop-up in his barn, and the grumpiest scarecrow in Vermont has to carry pumpkins for the customers. Between the string lights he hates and the latte he can't drink but can't stop smelling, Juniper starts to wonder what the loneliest thing in the field really wants. Then again, nobody has ever asked him. Pumpkin Spice and the Scarecrow is a cozy, heartwarming fall monster romcom with: o Grumpy sunshine with a scarecrow hero who's never been asked what he wants o A save-the-farm countdown with pumpkins, pie, and Christmas trees o A first kiss in the first snow o A meddling small town and a very judgmental crow o A closed door and a guaranteed happily-ever-after

Some families pass down heirlooms. Others pass down silence. When Maya Alvarez inherits her grandmother's dented spice tin, she expects a keepsake. Inside she finds a handwritten recipe with one line crossed out in three different inks, and a name no one in her family will speak. Following the clues from a saffron harvest above a mountain village to a crowded boarding house kitchen and back again, Maya uncovers the story of three generations of women: Inés, who crossed an ocean with almost nothing but a tin and a promise; Carmen, who spent her life trying to outrun the past; and Maya herself, who is just beginning to taste what she has been given. The Last Pinch of Saffron is a warm, emotional family saga about love, loss, and the flavors that carry us home. It is a story about recipes as oral history, about the words we cannot say aloud, and about the one pinch held back for whoever comes late. For readers of multigenerational family sagas, food centered fiction, and stories where a single kitchen holds a lifetime of secrets. Short version (for tight character limits) A dented spice tin. A recipe with one line crossed out three times. A secret three generations of women have cooked around. A moving family saga about love, loss, and the flavors that bring us home. Suggested keywords family saga novel, multigenerational fiction, food fiction, mother daughter secrets, grandmother recipe, immigrant family story, women's fiction, emotional book club fiction

AI projects smart home devices machine learning hardware - Build connected devices with on-board intelligence, from smart-home sensors to predictive monitoring, combining machine learning with real IoT hardware. This hands-on guide takes you from beginner to pro, crafting 12 practical projects that integrate AI directly into smart devices. You'll learn to deploy lightweight ML models on microcontrollers, create sensor arrays that predict maintenance needs, and design voice-controlled assistants that run offline. Each project includes circuit diagrams, code listings, and troubleshooting tips. Topics cover edge computing, real-time data processing, and low-power optimization. By the end, you'll have a portfolio of working prototypes and the skills to innovate further. Unlike [placeholder] and [placeholder], this book emphasizes on-board AI without cloud dependency, ensuring privacy and low latency. What You'll Build:o Smart thermostat with occupancy learning o Predictive maintenance monitor for appliances o Gesture-controlled lighting system o Voice-activated security camera with local processing o Soil moisture sensor with irrigation forecasting o Air quality analyzer with anomaly detection o Wearable health tracker with fall detection o Smart lock with facial recognition o Energy meter with consumption prediction o Pet feeder with behavioral analysis o Plant health monitor with disease prediction o Multi-sensor gateway with AI fusion Each project uses affordable components like Raspberry Pi Pico, ESP32, or Arduino Nano. You'll implement decision trees, k-nearest neighbors, and lightweight neural networks using TensorFlow Lite and Edge Impulse. The book covers sensor calibration, wireless communication (Wi-Fi, BLE, LoRa), and power management. Debugging techniques and performance benchmarks help you refine designs. Perfect for hobbyists, students, and engineers entering the IoT AI space.

Are you ready to build fast, responsive apps with Python? Async Python for Beginners is the hands-on guide that teaches you coroutines, tasks, and the event loop through clear examples written for newcomers. Master asynchronous programming and boost your Python skills today. This practical book starts with the basics: why async matters, how the event loop works, and how to write your first coroutine. You'll learn to manage tasks, handle I/O-bound operations, and avoid common pitfalls like blocking the loop. Each chapter builds on the last, with real-world examples you can run and modify. By the end, you'll be able to build responsive web scrapers, chat servers, and API clients. You'll understand when to use async vs threads, how to debug async code, and how to integrate with popular libraries like aiohttp and asyncio. No prior async experience needed-just basic Python knowledge. Adrian Okafor breaks down complex concepts into digestible steps. You'll see how async transforms your apps from slow and sequential to fast and concurrent. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional, this book turns you from beginner to confident async developer. Topics include: coroutines and await, tasks and futures, event loop management, async generators, context managers, error handling, testing async code, and building real projects. With quizzes and exercises at the end of each chapter, you'll solidify your learning. Don't let your Python apps lag behind. Start building fast, responsive apps today. This is the book that makes async accessible-no jargon overload, just clear teaching. [placeholder] and [placeholder] are among the authors who set the standard for Python async content, and this book continues that tradition.

Build AI agents no-code Flowise visual blocks LLM chatbots automations. Create powerful AI workflows without writing a single line of code. This project-based guide teaches you to assemble working LLM agents, chatbots, and automations by connecting blocks visually. Starting from the basics, you'll learn to set up Flowise, design conversation flows, integrate APIs, and deploy production-ready AI solutions. Each chapter builds on the last, with hands-on projects that include a customer support chatbot, a document analysis agent, and a multi-step automation pipeline. You'll master prompt engineering, memory management, tool integration, and error handling-all through a visual interface. By the end, you'll be able to prototype and launch custom AI agents for any business need. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this book turns complex AI concepts into accessible, visual building blocks. [placeholder] and [placeholder] have written on similar topics, but this book focuses exclusively on the no-code, visual approach with Flowise.What You'll Learno Set up Flowise and navigate its visual interface o Design and deploy LLM agents for real-world tasks o Build chatbots with memory and context o Create automations that connect multiple AI models o Integrate external APIs and data sources o Optimize prompts and manage model outputsWho This Book Is ForNo-code enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, product managers, and developers who want to build AI agents without coding. Perfect for beginners and professionals seeking a visual, project-based learning path.

Build AI Voice Assistants speech recognition natural language processing - Master the complete pipeline for creating speech-driven apps from scratch. This hands-on guide by Vera Grimaldi takes you from zero to pro, combining speech recognition, intent handling, and natural responses into one seamless workflow. You'll learn to build voice assistants that understand context, execute commands, and deliver human-like interactions. No prior AI experience needed; start with basic Python and progress to deploying production-ready systems. Dive into practical projects: design wake-word detection, implement custom intents with machine learning, generate dynamic responses using text-to-speech, and optimize latency for real-time conversations. Renner demystifies complex topics like acoustic modeling, language models, and dialogue management, providing code examples and architecture patterns you can adapt immediately. Whether you're building a smart home controller, a customer service bot, or a personal productivity assistant, this book equips you with the tools to succeed. Compare with competitors: [placeholder] and [placeholder] focus on theory, but Renner's pipeline-first approach ensures you code from day one. You'll integrate APIs from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft while also training custom models using open-source libraries. The book covers edge cases like handling accents, noisy environments, and multi-turn conversations-critical gaps in other resources. By the end, you'll have built a fully functional voice assistant capable of controlling devices, fetching data, and even telling jokes. Renner includes chapters on testing, security, and scaling for thousands of users. Perfect for developers, data scientists, and hobbyists ready to turn speech into action. Start your voice AI journey today.

natural language processing with Python and transformers for beginners. Master natural language processing and transformer models with this hands-on guide. From tokenization and embeddings to fine-tuning for classification, search, and chat, Esther Fontaine delivers a practical, code-first approach using Python. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, you'll build real-world language models step by step. This book stands out from Wallace and Ali by focusing on applied Python and transformers, not theory or investing. Learn to preprocess text, train BERT, deploy chatbots, and optimize performance-all with clear examples and ready-to-run code. Ideal for data scientists, ML engineers, and anyone eager to create AI that understands language. Discover how to: tokenize and embed text with Hugging Face, fine-tune pre-trained models for sentiment analysis and search, build a custom chat system with GPT-like architectures, and scale your models for production. Each chapter includes exercises and real datasets to cement your skills. With Esther Fontaine's guidance, you'll go from zero to building production-ready NLP systems. Unlike abstract discussions in other books, this is a straight-to-code manual that gets results. Compare with Louis and Huyen-this is the practical Python path to NLP mastery. This hands-on AI/ML/Data guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long.

build agentic AI generative AI systems - this hands-on guide teaches you to design, build, and ship AI that takes action, from language models and tool use to retrieval and agentic architecture. Whether you're a beginner or pro, you'll go from concept to production with practical code and real-world examples. Daria Quill demystifies the stack behind autonomous agents, covering prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, and multi-step reasoning. You'll learn to create systems that not only generate text but also use tools, retrieve knowledge, and make decisions. This book bridges theory and practice, helping you ship reliable, scalable agentic AI. Unlike Machine Learning System Design Interview by Alex Xu or Building LLMs for Production by Louis-François Bouchard, Build with Agentic AI focuses on action-oriented AI-not just interviews or theory. You'll build chatbots, automation tools, and decision-making agents that work in the real world. Perfect for developers, data scientists, and AI enthusiasts ready to move beyond static models. Get the skills to create AI that does things. What You'll Learno Architect agentic systems that combine LLMs with tool use and retrieval o Implement RAG pipelines for grounded, factual responses o Fine-tune open-source models for specific tasks o Design multi-agent workflows for complex goals o Deploy and monitor production AI agents Who This Book Is Foro Developers building AI-powered applications o Data scientists expanding into generative AI o Product managers and entrepreneurs shipping AI features o Students and researchers wanting practical agentic AI skills Stop just chatting with AI-start building AI that acts. With Build with Agentic AI, you'll ship systems that search, compute, and execute. Compare with 2084 and the AI Revolution by [placeholder] and Invest Smarter with AI by [placeholder] - this is the practical builder's guide.

You can be successful on paper and still feel completely depleted. Burnout to Breakthrough is a practical personal-development guide for exhausted professionals who have spent too long operating in overdrive and are ready to rebuild their energy, boundaries, focus, and sense of possibility. Rather than treating burnout as a problem of simply working harder or becoming more disciplined, this book looks at the deeper patterns that keep exhaustion going - from chronic overdrive and emotional exhaustion to guilt around rest, blurred professional boundaries, unhealthy work structures, disrupted recovery, and the loss of pleasure outside work. Across 15 chapters, the book moves from understanding depletion to rebuilding the conditions for sustainable performance and a more satisfying professional life. Inside, you'll explore: - The physiology and cognitive cost of prolonged depletion - The martyrdom trap and identity enmeshment - Autonomic reset and biological recovery - Structural boundaries and healthier limits - Emotional exhaustion and cynicism - Sleep and recovery - A practical energy audit - The guilt of stillness - Re-engineering the work environment - Nutrition, inflammation, and the gut-brain axis - Renegotiating professional roles and expectations - Rediscovering pleasure and play - Relational repair and support networks - A Breakthrough Protocol for designing sustainable mastery Burnout to Breakthrough is ultimately about more than recovering from exhaustion. It is about creating a sustainable way of working and living - one that leaves room for energy, relationships, pleasure, and purpose. If you are tired of running on empty, this book offers a structured starting point for understanding what has been depleted and redesigning what comes next.

C++ for ethical hacking and penetration testing tools-learn offensive security by building real code. From port scanners to shellcode loaders, this hands-on guide takes you from beginner to pro in C/C++/.NET. Master network scanning, exploit development, and shellcode injection with practical projects. No fluff, just code that works. Start with a TCP scanner, then build a UDP sweeper, a multi-threaded port knocker, and a SYN flooder. Progress to process injection via DLLs, API hooking, and keyloggers. Finally, craft custom shellcode loaders and encryptors. Each chapter includes full source, explanations, and anti-detection tricks. Whether you're a security student or a professional red teamer, this book delivers real offensive skills. Competing with C# 14 and .NET 10 - Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals and C# 12 and .NET 8 - Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals, this is the only title focused on C++ for hacking. This hands-on C/C++/C#/.NET guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long. This hands-on C/C++/C#/.NET guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long.

Are you ready to write fast, scalable Python that handles thousands of connections without breaking a sweat? Concurrent Python with asyncio is your hands-on guide to mastering asynchronous programming through clear, worked examples. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, you'll build real I/O-bound apps that truly scale. Start with coroutines and tasks, then dive into event loops, futures, and synchronisation primitives. Learn to design non-blocking network clients and servers, handle timeouts and cancellation, and integrate asyncio with databases and web frameworks. Every concept is reinforced with practical code you can run and adapt. By the end, you'll confidently build high-performance web scrapers, chat servers, and API gateways. You'll understand the asyncio ecosystem, including aiohttp, asyncpg, and uvloop, and know when to use threads vs. coroutines. This book doesn't just teach syntax-it teaches you how to think in async. Packed with diagrams, debugging tips, and performance benchmarks, Concurrent Python with asyncio is the definitive resource for any Python developer who wants to level up. Compare with [placeholder] and [placeholder] to see why this book stands out. This hands-on Python guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long.

data science python pandas matplotlib data visualization. Are you ready to move beyond theory and start applying Python to real analytics work? From Raw Data to Real Insight teaches you to clean, explore, and visualize data using pandas and Matplotlib-answering questions that matter. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, this hands-on tech book guides you through practical projects that transform messy datasets into clear, actionable insights. No fluff, just real-world coding and problem-solving. In this book, you'll learn to: o Master pandas for data cleaning, transformation, and aggregation o Create compelling visualizations with Matplotlib that tell a story o Explore datasets to uncover patterns and answer key business questions o Build end-to-end analytics workflows from raw data to final report o Apply Python to real-world scenarios like sales analysis, customer segmentation, and more Victor Fontaine brings years of experience in data analytics and Python instruction, making complex concepts accessible through clear explanations and reproducible code. Each chapter builds on the last, ensuring you gain confidence and competence. If you liked books by [placeholder] or [placeholder], you'll love this practical, project-driven approach. Stop reading about data science-start doing it. Get your copy today and turn raw data into real insight. This hands-on Python guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long.

She was sixteen when the defenseman put her brother on a stretcher. Rowan Callaghan watched it happen from the stands. The hit that looked clean. The thud that sounded wrong. Finn's leg bent at an angle that closed her throat. She memorized the name on the back of that jersey. MacIntyre. She swore she'd hate the shape of it in her mouth forever. Years later, she's the analytics genius who keeps the numbers honest, three in the morning, alone in an empty arena, building the regression model that proves a certain player is a liability in the third period. That player is Declan MacIntyre. The same kid. The same scar through his eyebrow. The boy who ended her brother's career and never stopped seeing his face go still. Now the league has thrown them onto the same committee. Forced into the same room. The same flights. The same impossible proximity. And when a scandal threatens to swallow them both, the only way out is a lie they have to sell to everyone: a fake engagement to the one man she's spent her whole life learning to despise. The problem isn't pretending. The problem is how quickly it stops feeling like pretending. Then the secret they've buried claws its way to the surface, and Declan says the thing she's waited a decade to hear and dreaded just as long. "You think I don't replay it every single night? You think I don't know exactly what I took from you?" Now Rowan has to decide whether the enemy who broke her family is the only one who can help her heal it. And whether forgiveness is a betrayal of the brother she failed, or the only way to finally stop failing him. The data doesn't lie. But she's about to. Game Misconduct is a steamy, emotional enemies-to-lovers sports romance about a fake engagement, forced proximity, a haunted heroine, a grovel-worthy hero, a buried family tragedy, and the enemy who claimed her heart. Perfect for readers who love hockey romance, enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, forced proximity, slow-burn grovel, and emotional sports romance with a happy ending. A standalone with a hard-earned HEA.

You do not need more willpower. You need a better system. High-Velocity Habits is a practical, science-oriented guide to understanding why behaviors become automatic-and how to deliberately redesign the loops, environments, triggers, and routines that shape everyday life. Bad habits are often treated as failures of discipline. But the book takes a different approach: behavior is heavily influenced by cues, rewards, friction, environment, repetition, identity, social surroundings, and the brain's tendency to automate familiar actions. Across 15 chapters, High-Velocity Habits moves from understanding the behavioral loop to designing systems for replacing unwanted routines and making high-value behaviors easier to repeat. Inside, you'll explore: o The anatomy of the behavioral loop and how repeated actions become automatic o Why relying on raw willpower is an unreliable strategy o Stimulus control and environmental architecture o The mechanics of compulsive behavior and escaping discomfort o Using friction to make unwanted behaviors harder to execute o Neurological replacement protocols for changing established routines o Frictionless design for high-value behaviors o Habit stacking and sequential priming o Dopamine, variable rewards, and the reward economy o Identity reconstruction and self-attribution o Real-time error correction and recovering from slumps o Social contagion and auditing the ecosystem around your habits o Time-boxing, pacing, and energy budgets o Automating consistency when life becomes chaotic o Building a compound engine for long-term maintenance The goal is not to depend on motivation forever. It is to build an environment and behavioral system in which the actions you want to repeat become easier, more automatic, and more sustainable. If you are tired of starting over, relying on willpower, or watching unwanted routines return under stress, High-Velocity Habits provides a structured framework for changing the system behind the behavior-and turning consistency into something you can engineer.

Python cybersecurity and ethical hacking Python. Python for Cybersecurity is your hands-on guide to building security tools, scanners, and scripts from scratch. Python programming meets cybersecurity skills in this practical, project-driven book. From packet sniffers to password auditors and log analyzers, you'll learn by doing. No fluff-just real code and real attacks. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, you'll master Python while defending networks, automating exploits, and writing custom security solutions. This book stands out from Python Crash Course and The Pragmatic Programmer by focusing exclusively on security. Start your journey today.What You'll Build:o Packet sniffer o Port scanner o Password strength auditor o Log analyzer o Network mapper o SQL injection tester o Keylogger detector o Brute-force script Each chapter includes a project, code walkthrough, and security tips. You'll also learn to bypass firewalls, crack hashes, and detect intrusions. Yvonne Kessler teaches you to think like a hacker-and defend like one. No prior security experience needed. Just Python basics and a curious mind. Compare with Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes and The Pragmatic Programmer by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt. While those books teach general programming, this one dives deep into cybersecurity. You'll write tools that actually work on real networks. Perfect for ethical hackers, IT pros, and students. Get ready to automate attacks, analyze traffic, and secure systems. Python for Cybersecurity is the only book you need to build a complete security toolkit. Start today.

Python automation scripts, Python bot building, Python for daily chores. Greta Farrell shows you how to build scripts and bots that handle repetitive daily work-automating files, reports, web tasks, and email so your computer does the grunt work. This hands-on tech book takes you from beginner to pro, with real-world projects you can use today. Learn to organize your downloads, generate PDF reports, scrape websites, and send scheduled emails-all with clean, reusable Python code. Each chapter includes step-by-step instructions, code examples, and troubleshooting tips. By the end, you'll have a personal automation toolkit that saves hours every week. Whether you're a student, a professional, or a hobbyist, Python That Does Your Chores transforms your computer into a tireless assistant. No fluff, just practical automation. Compare with [placeholder] and [placeholder] for a more focused, task-oriented approach.What you'll learn:o Build file organizers and backup scripts o Create automated email responders and filters o Scrape web data and monitor prices o

python automation and automate boring stuff python. Stop wasting hours on repetitive tasks. Python automation is the key to reclaiming your time, and Scripts That Save You Hours delivers ready-to-adapt solutions for file management, spreadsheet processing, email handling, and web scraping. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, this hands-on guide walks you through building scripts that eliminate boring work-no fluff, just results. Inside, you'll learn to automate renaming thousands of files, generate reports from Excel data, send personalized emails in bulk, and extract information from websites-all with Python. Each script is fully explained and customizable, so you can apply them immediately to your own projects. No more manual data entry or tedious copy-pasting. Victor Vasquez draws on years of real-world experience to teach you the exact techniques used by top developers. You'll master libraries like os, shutil, openpyxl, smtplib, and BeautifulSoup, and understand how to combine them into powerful workflows. By the end, you'll have a toolkit of scripts that save you hours every week. This book stands out from titles like The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt, and Python Crash Course, 3rd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming by Eric Matthes, because it focuses exclusively on practical automation you can use today-no theory, just action. If you want to stop doing the boring stuff and start working smarter, this is your guide.

deploy machine learning models python web app deployment Ready to stop Jupyter and start shipping? Ship Machine Learning Web Apps with Python is your hands-on guide to taking a trained model from a notebook to a live, interactive web interface. Nathan Jansen walks you through every step: setting up a Flask or FastAPI backend, designing a clean frontend with HTML and JavaScript, handling user input, serving predictions in real time, and deploying to the cloud. No fluff-just practical, project-based learning for beginners and pros alike. You'll build a complete, user-friendly ML web app from scratch, learn to manage model versioning and caching, and discover how to monitor performance in production. By the end, you'll have a portfolio-ready project and the confidence to ship your own models. This book is ideal for data scientists, Python developers, and anyone who wants to turn a trained model into a tool people actually use. Whether you're a student, a freelancer, or a team lead, you'll find actionable techniques to bridge the gap between research and real-world impact. Competitor authors: [placeholder] and [placeholder] offer alternative approaches, but this book focuses on end-to-end deployment with modern, lightweight tools. This hands-on Python guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long.

What if you stopped trying to transform your life overnight-and started changing it by 1% at a time? The 1% Daily Compound is a practical personal-development guide built around a simple idea: small, repeatable actions can create meaningful change when they are sustained long enough to compound. Rather than relying on dramatic reinvention, the book explores the architecture behind quiet progress: identity, activation energy, cues, invisible results, reward systems, habit chains, environmental friction, measurement, and the long horizon required for meaningful transformation. Across 15 chapters, you'll explore: o Why quiet progress is often more sustainable than radical overhaul o How identity can become an invisible anchor for behavior o How to reduce activation energy and make useful actions easier to start o Tactical cue design and the role of triggers in daily behavior o Why progress can feel invisible before results become obvious o Dopamine baselines and building more durable reward systems o The "never missing twice" rule for recovering from disruption o Behavioral sequencing and habit chains o Negative compounding and the consequences of repeated small choices o The influence of social environments and behavioral baselines o Friction audits and environmental curation o Scaling habits down when life becomes difficult o Measuring what actually matters instead of chasing superficial metrics o How to think in terms of a compound horizon rather than a finish line The goal is not to become a completely different person tomorrow. It is to build a daily architecture that makes meaningful progress easier to repeat. If you are tired of starting over, chasing radical change, or abandoning good intentions when results take too long to appear, The 1% Daily Compound offers a framework for trusting small actions, accumulating days, and building an unstoppable life over time.

Gut reset plan, microbiome repair, IBS relief, and digestive healing - a 60-day evidence-based protocol for when the damage has already been done, from an 18-year registered dietitian. Lina was thirty-four, bloated every day for two years, and had spent seven hundred dollars on a stool test that told her nothing useful. She had shrunk her safe-food list to nine items. Her doctor's advice: "manage stress." That is not a treatment plan, writes Tariq Rasheed - "it is a shrug in a white coat." The Gut Reset is what Rasheed tells his patients in the first three or four clinic visits, written down: not a fad, not a supplement protocol, not a seven-day miracle. It is a structured 60-day repair plan for a gut that has already been disrupted by antibiotics, food poisoning, chronic stress, or simply the slow ecological narrowing of the modern Western diet. The book opens with the biology your doctor skipped: why a single-cell-thick gut lining matters, how short-chain fatty acids produced from fiber feed colon cells and regulate inflammation, and why the average American's 15 grams of daily fiber leaves gut bacteria "effectively hungry for decades." It moves through fermented foods, probiotics (when they help and when they do not), elimination diets without disordered eating, the stress-sleep-gut axis, and specific conditions including IBS, SIBO, and the gut-brain connection. The 60-Day Reset delivers a week-by-week layering protocol: fiber in week 2, fermented foods in week 3, sleep and stress in week 4, 30 distinct plant species in week 5, and a targeted elimination only in week 6 - after the foundation is solid. This sequencing is the core differentiator: repair before restriction, always. Inside this gut health and microbiome repair book: o The 60-Day Reset protocol - a week-by-week layering plan that builds fiber, fermented foods, sleep, and plant diversity in the correct order before any elimination is attempted o Why elimination diets usually fail - most patients have done phase one (cut foods) but never phase two (reintroduce); their food list keeps shrinking, making gut health worse over time o Evidence-based probiotic guidance - "the science of which specific strain helps which specific person is in its infancy"; the chapter tells you when a probiotic is worth trying and when it is not o Fiber as the most underused gut health tool - with the target of 30 distinct plant species per week, rising to 35 grams of fiber daily by week 7, explained through the Akkermansia-mucus-barrier mechanism o IBS, SIBO, IBD, histamine intolerance, and the aging gut - dedicated chapters on each condition, including the gut-hormone connection for women in perimenopause and menopause o The gut-brain and gut-immunity connections - how gut dysbiosis affects mood, weight regulation, skin, and the roughly 70 percent of immune cells that live in and around your intestine o No supplements required - the plan does not recommend buying anything from a link in the back; it is built on food, sleep, and stress reduction alone The strongest predictor of long-term gut health Rasheed has found after 18 years of practice "is not adherence to a specific diet - it is whether someone has built a relationship with food that they can keep up for the rest of their life." If your digestive health stopped cooperating after antibiotics, illness, or nothing you can point to at all, this gut reset and microbiome repair guide gives you a patient, sequential, evidence-based path back. For readers of Justin Sonnenburg's The Good Gut and...

What if the evidence of your success is everywhere - and you are still convinced it does not count? The Imposter Cure is a practical personal-development guide for accomplished people who struggle to internalize their competence, accept praise, claim their contribution, and feel at home in the spaces they have worked hard to enter. Instead of telling readers to simply "be more confident," the book examines the psychological machinery behind persistent self-doubt: distorted attribution, pluralistic ignorance, perfectionism, over-preparation, fear of visibility, credential chasing, the pressure to appear naturally gifted, and the tendency to treat mistakes as proof of permanent inadequacy. Across 15 chapters, you'll explore: o Why achievement does not automatically cure the feeling of being a fraud o How attribution errors can erase your role in your own successes o Five recurring archetypes of self-doubt and the defenses they create o The competence-confidence paradox and why difficult work is not evidence of incompetence o Hyper-vigilance and the constant search for proof that you do not belong o How to dismantle the "luck" narrative and build a factual record of your contribution o The "natural genius" trap and the pressure to make expertise look effortless o The soloist trap and the difficulty of accepting help without surrendering ownership o Why endless credentials can become another form of postponing self-trust o The superhuman standard and the exhaustion created by impossible expectations o Cognitive defusion and creating distance from the inner critic o Building an evidence archive that makes competence harder to dismiss o Accepting praise and surviving visibility without immediately minimizing yourself o Decoupling identity from failure and learning to treat mistakes as information o Developing rooted authority through consistent action over the long term The goal is not manufactured arrogance, perfection, or pretending you never doubt yourself. It is learning to evaluate your own work more accurately, recognize the contribution you actually make, and stop requiring your achievements to pass an impossible test before they are allowed to count. If you are tired of explaining away your wins, over-preparing for every challenge, shrinking your contribution, chasing one more credential, or waiting for someone to discover that you "do not really belong," The Imposter Cure offers a structured framework for replacing counterfeit narratives with evidence, self-trust, and earned authority.

The introvert advantage for quiet people: how to build a career, relationships, and influence as an introvert without pretending to be extroverted, from a lifelong introvert who runs on the same wiring you do. Hannah Sorensen was thirty-one the first time a manager drew a diagram on a whiteboard with a small circle labeled HANNAH, a large circle labeled THE COMPANY, and a wiggly line between them that wasn't quite touching. "You do the work," her manager said, "but people don't know you do the work." What the company wanted was a performance: coffee chats at 9:30 a.m., volunteering for the all-hands, speaking up in meetings about problems already solved by email. Sorensen left convinced something was wrong with her. Sixteen years later, at forty-seven, she has never fixed it, and this is the book about why she didn't have to. This is not a book about becoming more outgoing, finding your introvert superpower, or learning to love networking events. It is a practical operating manual for quiet people who want to organize their work and relationships around how they are actually built. Sorensen uses a narrow, honest definition: an introvert is someone whose social interaction depletes a finite daily energy budget, who thinks in writing rather than out loud, prefers depth over breadth, and restores by being alone. From that one idea she builds a complete system across twenty-two chapters: the energy budget, the six categories of social demand, small talk you don't have to master, networking as an introvert in the quiet version, leading teams without performing leadership, public speaking without pretending to be extroverted, and saying no to social plans without losing friends. Inside this introvert advantage book for quiet people: o The energy budget - Why you are not "tired all the time," you are over-socialized in one specific way, and how to track your real social capacity without becoming neurotic about it o The six categories of social demand - Deep one-to-one, structured small group, unstructured ambient, performative, forced proximity, and ambient extraction, so you stop avoiding the wrong things and protect against the right ones o The apology layer - How to stop running a small public relations operation explaining your own existence, and reclaim the energy you spend apologizing for being quiet o Leading teams without performing leadership - Why quiet leaders who listen, reduce noise, and decide slowly are as effective as loud ones, and how to lead without faking executive presence o Networking and small talk for introverts - The quiet version of networking, why you can budget ninety minutes at a reception and leave gracefully, and the skills you genuinely don't have to master o Relationships, parenting, and the long weekend - Romance with introverts and extroverts, friendship at low volume, parenting as an introvert, and surviving holidays and four-day family gatherings o Burnout, midlife, and the long quiet life - The introvert version of burnout, the quiet reckoning of middle age, and solitude as a practice, not a symptom Most career and self-help advice is written by and for people who recharge in groups, and it treats your wiring as a defect to be managed. The cost, for a lot of quiet people, is a slow grinding sense that they are doing life wrong. Sorensen writes from inside the operating system, not from outside it. Every chapter ends with a small practice to try, not a thirty-day program, because this is a way of thinking that took her a decade to settle into. The result is not a...

machine learning engineer production machine learning Build, train, and deploy production models with Python, scikit-learn, and PyTorch, then ship them as live, monitored services. This practical, hands-on guide covers the entire ML lifecycle-from data preparation and model development to deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, you'll learn how to create robust, scalable systems that deliver real business value. Priya Quill walks you through each stage with clear examples and best practices, ensuring you can transition from notebook experiments to production-grade applications. Topics include: setting up your environment, feature engineering, model selection, hyperparameter tuning, containerization with Docker, orchestration with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, A/B testing, logging, alerting, and performance optimization. By the end, you'll have the skills to build and manage end-to-end machine learning systems that are reliable, maintainable, and ready for the real world. Unlike other resources that focus only on theory, this book emphasizes practical implementation and operational excellence. For readers who enjoyed [placeholder] and [placeholder], this is your next step. This hands-on AI/ML/Data guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long.

Pet loss grief guide from a veterinarian and grief counselor: 55 chapters on healing after losing a dog, cat, or pet -- the field guide for grief most people are not allowed to show. (2026) People come into Dr. Yelena Aleksandrova's clinic and say the word almost in a whisper: "quality of life." She sits down across from them -- because, as she writes, "this is not a conversation I can have standing up" -- and asks them to tell her about the last week. Not the diagnosis. The week. After thirty-one years as a veterinarian and sixteen as a pet-loss grief counselor, she has sat on both sides of the exam-room table. She made the decision herself for her own dog, Maks, on a Saturday in August 2019, with the foghorn going out near the bridge, and she still, with all her training, is not entirely sure she chose the right day. That not-knowing, she tells you, is not a failure of love. It is the residue of it. Pet loss grief is the grief most people are not allowed to show -- dismissed by coworkers asking if you are "better yet," minimized by family members who never loved the animal, erased by a culture that does not issue bereavement leave for a dog. This pet loss book treats that grief as what it actually is: real, disorienting, and capable of ambushing you at the kitchen sink six months later when you find a bowl you forgot to put away. Dr. Aleksandrova walks through 55 specific hard moments -- the euthanasia decision, the first morning without the sound, the bowl and the leash and the bed, the anniversary, the guilt that returns, and the question of whether to adopt again -- with the precision of someone who has counseled thousands of grieving pet owners and the intimacy of someone who has been one. Inside this pet loss grief book: o The euthanasia decision, in full honesty -- Dr. Aleksandrova writes: "You are the chooser. No matter how many vets tell you it was the right call... you will spend a long time circling around the fact that you decided." Chapter 2 walks you through how to carry that weight without being crushed by it. o Chapter-by-chapter grief milestones -- from the first sleepless night through Month Three, Month Six, and the First Anniversary, each stage mapped with what is normal and what actually helps. o The social grief -- the hardest part no other book covers -- specific strategies for the coworker who asks if you are "better yet," the family member who said "it was just a dog," and the vet visit you drove past three months later and could not explain why it wrecked you. o The kitchen, the walk, the spot on the couch -- the physical rituals that collapse after a loss, and how to rebuild them on your own timeline without guilt. o Guilt, euthanasia regret, and the chapter titled "Saying Yes Too Soon, Saying Yes Too Late" -- Dr. Aleksandrova names the specific guilt that returns at the one-year mark and gives it a framework that actually holds. o What other vets wish you knew -- drawn from Dr. Aleksandrova's conversations with colleagues, the things veterinarians want to say to grieving pet owners but rarely do, including the truth about cost-of-care decisions. o The question of another animal -- five chapters on the adoption decision, including "When You Decide Not to Adopt Again," a choice the pet loss literature almost never addresses. Losing a pet is losing someone you loved. The pet loss grief that follows is not a smaller version of grief. It arrives in the body the same way: the waking at three in the morning, the forgetting for one half-second that they are gone, the reaching down to where...

What if saying yes to everyone is quietly costing you the life you actually want? The Strategic Art of Saying No is a practical personal-development guide for people who have become the reliable one, the helper, the problem-solver, or the person who always makes room for everyone else - and are now paying for that role with their time, energy, focus, and peace. Instead of treating boundaries as a collection of polite phrases, this book examines the deeper machinery behind chronic compliance: guilt, social-rejection anxiety, people-pleasing, identity distortion, overcommitment, opportunity cost, workplace pressure, family expectations, digital availability, and the fear of disappointing other people. Across 15 chapters, you'll explore: o The hidden cost of unconscious compliance and the resentment it creates o Why guilt can appear when you set a perfectly reasonable boundary o How finite energy and attention make every yes an opportunity-cost decision o The people-pleasing trap and the difference between being liked and being respected o Non-defensive communication and the clean refusal o How to separate someone else's disappointment from actual harm o Strategic professional boundaries in corporate and workplace environments o Family systems, generational expectations, and guilt-driven obligations o The slow yes, the default no, and how to stop making automatic commitments o How to handle pushback, pressure, and relational resistance after setting a limit o A triage framework for deciding which commitments, projects, and obligations must go o Digital boundaries in an environment built around continuous accessibility o Intimate boundaries and the renegotiation of domestic labor o How to protect creative work and deep-focus time from constant interruption o Why firm, consistent limits can create clearer expectations and more trustworthy relationships The goal is not to become cold, selfish, or unavailable. It is to become deliberate about what you agree to, honest about the limits of your capacity, and capable of tolerating temporary disappointment without abandoning your own priorities. If you are tired of over-explaining, apologizing, rescuing, overcommitting, answering every request, or saying yes while quietly wishing you had said no, The Strategic Art of Saying No offers a framework for drawing clearer lines - without surrendering your relationships, your integrity, or the life you are trying to build.

The Ring is a Theater. The History is a Madhouse. Professional wrestling is the only sport where the violence is fake but the pain is devastatingly real. It is a world built on a foundation of scripted chaos, where billionaire promoters, adrenaline-fueled giants, and sleep-deprived lunatics collide to create the most bizarre entertainment on earth. You know the matches. You don't know the madness behind the curtain. The Weirdest Stories in Wrestling History rips the lid off the squared circle to expose the unscripted insanity that nearly burned the industry to the ground. o The Corporate Suicide: The night a TV writer with zero athletic training won the World Heavyweight Championship-and nearly died doing it. o The Curse of the Gimmick: From a man wrestling an invisible opponent to a wrestler forced to treat a mop as his girlfriend, explore the creative fever dreams that destroyed careers. o The Real-World Violence: The backstage riots, the locker room shoot-fights, and the "Montreal Screwjob" that turned scripted betrayal into a legitimate corporate crime scene. o The Disasters: Exploding rings that didn't explode, pyrotechnics that incinerated the talent, and the most horrifying orthopedic injuries ever caught on live television. o This isn't a collection of polite nostalgia. It is a deep dive into the bizarre, the dark, and the downright stupid decisions that define the sport. From the carnival tents of the 1920s to the high-definition chaos of Monday Night Raw, this is the history they don't want you to remember. Suspend your disbelief. Step inside the ropes.

What secrets hide in the city that never sleeps? When foreign journalist Elena Morita arrives in Tokyo, she expects neon lights, crowded alleys, and endless stories waiting to be told. What she doesn't expect is the trail of vanishings leading straight into Shinjuku's glittering underworld. Every clue points to Club Kuroyami, an exclusive haven where charm hides cruelty and whispers are more dangerous than knives. The deeper Elena digs, the more the labyrinth pulls her in. The city's pulse turns sinister, shadows press closer, and the truth she chases could consume her whole. Haunted by her past and hunted by a man who thrives in silence, Elena must decide how much she's willing to risk before she too disappears beneath the neon. Gripping, atmospheric, and heart-racing, Whispers Beneath Neon is a psychological thriller that plunges readers into the dangerous beauty of Tokyo's darkest corners. Step into the shadows of Shinjuku, where every whisper could be your last.

Moderne Musiksoftware vereint Komposition, Aufnahme, Bearbeitung, Sounddesign, Mixing, Performance und Dateiverwaltung in einer einzigen Arbeitsumgebung. Die eigentliche Herausforderung besteht darin, zu verstehen, wie diese Bereiche zusammenspielen. Eine stumme Spur, ein schwacher Groove, eine verzgerte Aufnahme, fehlende Dateien, eine überlastete Effektkette oder ein unfertiges Arrangement knnen vllig unterschiedliche Ursachen haben. Wahlloses Ändern von Einstellungen lst solche Probleme selten dauerhaft. Dieses Handbuch vermittelt einen praxisorientierten Arbeitsablauf für den Aufbau von Projekten, die Gestaltung von Sounds, vollständige Arrangements, Aufnahmen, Mixing und die systematische Lsung typischer Produktionsprobleme. Der Einstieg führt durch Installation, Audiokonfiguration, Navigation in der Arbeitsoberfläche, Monitoring, Latenz, Ordnerstruktur und Projektorganisation. Anschließend werden Rhythmusprogrammierung, Harmonie, Bass, MIDI-Bearbeitung, Sampling, clipbasierte Komposition und Arrangement behandelt. Fortgeschrittene Kapitel beschäftigen sich mit Aufnahme, Comping, Timing-Korrektur, Synthese, Effekten, Automation, Resampling, Signalrouting, Gain Staging, Equalizing, Dynamikbearbeitung, Stereobearbeitung, Finalisierung, Export, Live-Performance, Controller-Zuweisungen, Optimierung und Projektwiederherstellung. Sie erfahren unter anderem, wie Sie: Audiointerfaces, Monitoring, Puffergrßen, Controller und Projektordner sinnvoll konfigurieren. Drums, Grooves, Basslinien, Harmonien und Melodien entwickeln. Clips und die Timeline zu vollständigen Songs ausbauen. Performances aufnehmen, bearbeiten, zusammenstellen und zeitlich korrigieren. Sounds mit Synthese, Sampling, Modulation und Resampling gestalten. Signale über Spuren, Busse, Sends, Returns und Effekte routen. Gain Staging, EQ, Kompression, räumliche Effekte und Automation gezielt einsetzen. Projekte für Export und Performance vorbereiten. Stille Spuren, Latenz, Überlastung, fehlende Medien und Routingfehler systematisch untersuchen. Im Mittelpunkt steht nicht das bloße Auswendiglernen einzelner Befehle, sondern das Verständnis von Signalfluss, Ursache und Wirkung. Praktische Arbeitsabläufe, Vergleichstabellen, Entscheidungspunkte und Diagnosewege unterstützen dabei, wiederholbare Produktionsroutinen zu entwickeln. Das Buch richtet sich an Einsteiger und fortgeschrittene Produzenten, Beatmaker, Musiker, Songwriter, Home-Recording-Anwender, Performer, Lehrende und erfahrene Nutzer, die ein strukturiertes Nachschlagewerk suchen. Entwickeln Sie stärkere Projekte, treffen Sie fundiertere technische Entscheidungen und bauen Sie einen Produktionsablauf auf, den Sie zuverlässig wiederholen knnen.

Les logiciels modernes de création musicale réunissent composition, enregistrement, édition, conception sonore, mixage, performance et gestion des fichiers dans un même environnement. Le véritable défi consiste à comprendre comment tous ces éléments interagissent. Une piste silencieuse, un groove peu convaincant, un enregistrement en retard, un fichier manquant, une chaîne d'effets surchargée ou un arrangement inachevé peuvent avoir des causes très différentes. Modifier des paramètres au hasard peut masquer le problème au lieu de le résoudre. Ce manuel propose une méthode pratique pour construire des projets, créer des sons, développer des arrangements complets, enregistrer des performances, réaliser un mixage cohérent et résoudre les problèmes courants de production. Le lecteur commence par l'installation, la configuration audio, la navigation dans l'interface, le monitoring, la latence, l'organisation des dossiers et la gestion des projets. Le livre aborde ensuite la programmation rythmique, l'harmonie, les lignes de basse, l'édition MIDI, l'échantillonnage, la composition par clips et l'arrangement sur la timeline. Les chapitres plus avancés couvrent l'enregistrement, le comping, la correction temporelle, la synthèse, les effets, l'automation, le resampling, le routage du signal, le gain staging, l'égalisation, la dynamique, le traitement stéréo, la finalisation, l'export, la performance en direct, l'assignation de contrôleurs, l'optimisation et la récupération de projets. Vous apprendrez notamment à : o Configurer correctement les interfaces audio, le monitoring, les buffers, les contrôleurs et les dossiers de projet. o Programmer des batteries, grooves, lignes de basse, harmonies et mélodies. o Transformer des clips et idées musicales en arrangements complets. o Enregistrer, éditer, assembler et corriger des performances. o Créer des sons avec la synthèse, l'échantillonnage, la modulation et le resampling. o Router les signaux entre pistes, bus, sends, returns et effets. o Utiliser le gain staging, l'EQ, la compression, les traitements spatiaux et l'automation. o Préparer les projets pour l'export ou la performance. o Diagnostiquer les problèmes de silence, de latence, de surcharge, de fichiers manquants et de routage. L'objectif n'est pas de mémoriser des commandes isolées, mais de comprendre le trajet du signal ainsi que les relations de cause à effet. Des méthodes pratiques, tableaux comparatifs, points de décision et procédures de diagnostic aident à construire des habitudes de travail reproductibles. Ce manuel s'adresse aux producteurs débutants et intermédiaires, beatmakers, musiciens, auteurs-compositeurs, créateurs en home studio, artistes, enseignants et utilisateurs expérimentés recherchant une référence structurée. Développez de meilleurs projets, prenez des décisions techniques plus sûres et construisez une méthode de production musicale que vous pourrez reproduire avec confiance.