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  • Audiobook

    Funeral for Flaca

    Essays

    Narrated by Emilly G. Prado ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 36 min

    Funeral for Flaca is an exploration of things lost and found—love, identity, family—and the traumas that transcend bodies, borders, cultures, and generations.Emilly Prado retraces her experience coming of age as a prep-turned-chola-turned-punk in this collection that is one-part memoir-in-essays, and one-part playlist, zigzagging across genres and decades, much like the rapidly changing and varied ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Islands of Destiny

    The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun

    by John Prados ...
    Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 49 min

    John Prados enjoys well-deserved acclaim for his work as a World War II historian and military intelligence expert. In this dramatically told reassessment of the Allies' battle for the Solomon Islands, Prados demonstrates how this campaign -- and not Midway, as commonly thought -- turned the tide in the Pacific. ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ghosts of Langley

    Into the CIA's Heart of Darkness

    by John Prados ...
    " The Ghosts of Langley offers a detail-rich, often relentless litany of CIA scandals and mini-scandals. . . [and a] prayer that the CIA learn from and publicly admit its mistakes, rather than perpetuate them in an atmosphere of denial and impunity."— The Washington PostFrom the writer Kai Bird calls a "wonderfully accessible historian," the first major history of the CIA in a decade, published to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Storm Over Leyte

    The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy

    by John Prados ...
    Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 27 min

    The story of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II-the greatest naval battle in history. As Allied ships prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine and airplane was placed on alert while Japanese admiral Kurita Takeo stalked Admiral William F. Halsey's unwitting American armada. It was the beginning of the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf-the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quantum Machine Learning and Optimisation in Finance

    On the Road to Quantum Advantage

    Learn the principles of quantum machine learning and how to apply themWhile focus is on financial use cases, all the methods and techniques are transferable to other fieldsPurchase of Print or Kindle includes a free eBook in PDFKey FeaturesDiscover how to solve optimisation problems on quantum computers that can provide a speedup edge over classical methodsUse methods of analogue and digita... ... Read more

    $43.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quantum Machine Learning and Optimisation in Finance

    Drive financial innovation with quantum-powered algorithms and optimisation strategies

    Get a detailed introduction to quantum computing and quantum machine learning, with a focus on finance-related applicationsKey FeaturesFind out how quantum algorithms enhance financial modeling and decision-makingImprove your knowledge of the variety of quantum machine learning and optimisation algorithmsLook into practical near-term applications for tackling real-world financial ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Advances in Financial Machine Learning

    Learn to understand and implement the latest machine learning innovations to improve your investment performanceMachine learning (ML) is changing virtually every aspect of our lives. Today, ML algorithms accomplish tasks that – until recently – only expert humans could perform. And finance is ripe for disruptive innovations that will transform how the following generations understand money and ... Read more

    $33.00 USD

  • Prado Sloe: The Case of the Dirty Dog

    Prado Sloe, #1

    by Olivia Gaines ...
    Series Book 1 - Prado Sloe
    THE DIRTY DOGPrado Sloe Investigations Case File #1Former NYPD detective Rami Sloeinski inherited a private investigation agency he isn't sure he wants. Former Federal Law Enforcement Training Center instructor Keisha Prado has the skills to solve almost any case, but most of the clients who walk through her door are looking for cheating husbands and missing child support payments.What they both ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Guy Barbaro

    A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak With America's Favorite Horse

    A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006. Barbaro, a three-year-old racehorse, won the Kentucky Derby by the largest margin of victory in sixty years, stirring talk of a possible Triple Crown. But in the opening yards of the Preakness Stakes two weeks later, the magnificent animal suffered a catastrophic leg injury that ended his un-defeated career and left ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bishop

    This is a work of fiction, which portrays the life of a bishop since he was a student of theology. It is located in the southern region of Brazil, more particularly in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, in a turbulent period of national life, where social movements and the landless were taking a political stance and Liberation Theology was the great banner . At the same time, it presents ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Costa Rica

    A Different Path to Democracy in Latin America

    Series series The Americas in the World Series
    In a corner of the world where most nation-states are deeply problematic, Costa Rica’s success is a puzzle. This scholarly yet accessible book explores which political decisions led to a very different outcome for the little country that could.Since a brief civil conflict in 1948, the Central American country of Costa Rica has built a stable democracy, with regular, scheduled, and fair elections ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • The Prado. Art Guide

    96 essential masterpieces

    The most wonderful and clear art guide to explore and learn all the fundamentals of the greatest works, artists, schools of art and styles in the Prado Museum.Discover the Prado, one of the premier art galleries in the world. Explore and appreciate the greatest masterpieces and the artists who created them: El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Botticelli, Raphael, the Venetians, Rubens, Rembrandt, Lorraine, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD