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Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive tales of boundless imagination. Now comes Machine Learning, an impressive collection of Howey's science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of Wool, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and 15 additional stories collected here for the first time. These stories explore everything from artificial intelligence to parallel universes to video games, and each story is accompanied by an author's note.

Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play and come away without fully understanding it? Or wished you had known the basis of the plot before seeing a play by Shakespeare? Are you studying Shakespeare? Would you like to increase your knowledge of the plays without reading the originals? Then these are the recordings for you!

Odysseus. Robinson Crusoe. Harry Potter. What do these memorable characters have in common? Why do we turn to certain stories again and again? And what impact have they made on world history? These 24 eye-opening lectures give fresh insight into some of the greatest heroes in world literature, from warriors such as Beowulf and Odysseus to unexpected heroes such as Uncle Tom and Sancho Panza. Professor Shippey gives you an inside glimpse into the writer's process.

This famous work by Lucretius is a masterpiece of didactic poetry, and it still stands today as the finest exposition of Epicurean philosophy ever written. The poem was produced in the middle of first century B.C., a period that was to witness a flowering of Latin literature unequaled for beauty and intellectual power in subsequent ages. The Latin title, De Rerum Natura, translates literally to On the Nature of Things and is meant to impress the reader with the breadth and depth of Epicurean philosophy.

Este curso de francês em áudio oferece 50 histórias curtas que ajudam o ouvinte a aprender o idioma de forma natural e contextual. Cada história é narrada primeiro em francês, depois em português e novamente em francês, permitindo assim ouvir, compreender e reforçar o que foi aprendido. As histórias abordam temas do quotidiano, tornando o francês acessível e interessante para principiantes. Através deste formato, o estudante desenvolve o ouvido para a pronúncia francesa e ganha familiaridade com expressões e estruturas usadas em situações reais.

Charles Dickens is known not only for his novels, but also for his short stories, particularly "A Christmas Carol." In the latter genre, interestingly, these stories had a powerful commercial impulse, for they were serialized in magazines at the Christmas season.

We all need innovative ideas - das meint zumindest der Trainer in der Geschichte "English for dogs". Und während Christina in "Restaurant" über ein ganz spezielles Etablissement staunt, blamieren die vierbeinigen Hauptdarsteller in "Flirtcrasher" ihre Zweibeiner bis auf die Knochen. Was wir mit unseren Hunden erleben und wie wir von ihnen noch das eine oder andere lernen können, wird in acht herrlichen Kurzgeschichten im ersten Bellotristik-Sammelband "Learning by DOGing" treffend beschrieben. Geschichten, wie sie nur mit Hund(en) passieren.

The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked - with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened - on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were the two angry voices heard by the neighbours as they ran up the stairs? Nobody in Paris could find any answers to this mystery.Except Auguste Dupin, who could see further and think more clearly than other people.

Some of the most famous children tales to be enjoyed by the whole family.