In 2019, Kate flees an abusive relationship in London for Crows Beck, a remote Cumbrian village. Her destination is Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great Aunt Violet, an eccentric entomologist.

As Kate struggles with the trauma of her past, she uncovers a secret about the women in her family. A secret dating back to 1619, when her ancestor Altha Weyward was put on trial for witchcraft…

Weyward is a stunning debut novel about gender and control – about the long echoes of male violence through the centuries. But more than that, it is a celebration of nature, female power and breaking free.

*As seen on BBC’s BETWEEN THE COVERS * A #2 Times bestseller * A New York Times bestseller ‘Humming with a sly, exhilarating magic’ BRIDGET COLLINS ‘A generational tale of female resilience’ GUARDIAN ‘A much-heralded epic’ OBSERVER ‘Empowering’ GLAMOUR Three women, five centuries, one spellbinding story In present day London, Kate flees to the Cumbrian cottage she inherited from her maiden aunt; but the cottage has secrets of its own. In 1942, Violet rebels against her father’s ideas of a ‘proper young lady’ . . . until he takes matters into his own hands. In 1619, Altha is on trial for witchcraft, accused of the gruesome death of a local man. Three women they tried to cage – but Weyward women belong to the wild. And they cannot be tamed… Weyward was a Times bestseller w/e 18-02-2023.

This pioneering Research Handbook provides a comprehensive and in-depth scholarly overview of the field of soft law, exploring the scope of current thinking in the field as well as proposing future pathways for soft law research. Organized into four broad themes, the Research Handbook offers important and unique insights into the dynamic and complex nature of soft law. The first section delves into the conceptual history and development of soft law. Second, the Handbook explores the disciplinary understandings of soft law, examining how scholars from different fields investigate the topic. The third theme focuses on the public and private actors and institutions involved in soft law-making, providing a detailed analysis of the complex relationships that shape soft law. Finally, the fourth theme explores the role of soft law in addressing major global societal challenges, including among others climate change, gender inequality, and the regulation of artificial intelligence. This Research Handbook will be a key resource for students and scholars in constitutional and administrative law, public international law, regulation and governance, public administration and policy, and law and politics. Practitioners and policymakers seeking to better understand the role of soft law in domestic and international law, policy and governance will also find this book beneficial.

Jodie Whittaker stars in this London-set psychological thriller. Mia (Whittaker) is an emotionally fragile young nurse struggling to come to terms with her mother's recent death. When an old woman in her building commits suicide in front of her, Mia becomes intensely curious about her. Admitted into the old woman's flat by the mysterious caretaker, Max (David Warner), Mia is shocked to discover that it is filled with mementoes and belongings from Mia's own past, including pictures of her abusive former lover Ludwig (Dougray Scott). So begins a journey into her past in which Mia finally learns to accept her own mistakes and faults, including her strong affection for the partner who hurt her, even as she tries to avoid the tragic ending that fate appears to have in store for her. Emilia Fox co-stars.

Ensemble comedy about a group of twentysomethings all approaching the landmark age of 30 who decide to compile a list of things they should do before they finally have to grow up. Cass (Dougray Scott) is shocked to find that he might want to settle down, Dylan (Jimi Mistry) is still trying to find the perfect woman, and Colin (Bruce Mackinnon) is just desperate to have a threesome. Also starring Billie Piper, Emilia Fox, and Shaun Parkes.

Pablo Picasso's artistic output is astonishing in its ambition and variety. This handsome publication examines a particular aspect of his legendary capacity for invention: his imaginative and original use of paper. He used it as a support for autonomous works, including etchings, prints and drawings, as well as for his papier-colle experiments of the 1910s and his revolutionary three-dimensional 'constructions', made of cardboard, paper and string. Sometimes, his use of paper was simply determined by circumstance: in occupied Paris, where art supplies were hard to come by, he ripped up paper tablecloths to make works of art. And, of course, his works on paper comprise the preparatory stages of some of his very greatest paintings, among them Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937). With reproductions of more than 300 works of art and additional texts by Violette Andres, Stephen Coppel, Emmanuelle Hincelin, Christopher Lloyd, Johan Popelard and Claustre Rafart Planas, this sumptuous study reveals the myriad ways in which Picasso's genius seized the potential of paper at different stages throughout his career.

The return of the BBC One award-winning crime drama.

Still reeling from the sudden death of Dr Thomas Chamberlain and the shock departure of colleague Clarissa Mullery, Nikki and colleague Jack Hodgson return to the Lyell Centre to solve another five thrilling mysteries.

A case at a high security prison stirs disturbing memories for Nikki. New recruit Adam causes friction with his impetuous desire to impress. Forensic ecologist Simone's unique knowledge helps solve the murder of a promising young boxer. And Nikki suspects a body donated to medical science may not have died from natural causes after all.

The complete second season of the HBO medieval fantasy drama based on the bestselling novel series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R.R. Martin. The programme follows the battle between the Starks and the other noble families of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros to gain control of the Iron Throne. The episodes are: 'The North Remembers', 'The Night Lands', 'What Is Dead May Never Die', 'Garden of Bones', 'The Ghost of Harrenhal', 'The Old Gods and the New', 'A Man Without Honor', 'The Prince of Winterfell', 'Blackwater' and 'Valar Morghulis'.

The book "Blockchain and AI in Cyber Physical System (CPS)" explores the intersection of blockchain technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and cyber physical systems (CPS). It discusses how these technologies can be integrated to create secure and efficient CPS solutions. The book covers various topics, including the basics of blockchain and AI, their applications in CPS, and the challenges of integrating these technologies. It also explores real-world examples of how blockchain and AI are being used in CPS, such as in smart cities, transportation systems, and healthcare. The authors delve into the technical aspects of how blockchain and AI can be used together to enhance CPS security, data privacy, and interoperability. They also discuss the potential benefits and limitations of these technologies and provide insights into the future of CPS. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the use of blockchain and AI in CPS, making it a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and students in the fields of computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity.

1. Building on the recent resurgance of interest in Milner's work, this book provides the first book-length analysis of Milner’s distinctive and important contribution to psychoanalytic theory and technique; 2. The book makes a unique contribution to object relations psychoanalysis by engaging with Milner’s distinctive search for a therapeutic cure that takes place in the relationships between pen and paper, paint, and canvas; 3. The author engages with Milner's autobiographical work in a thoroughly contemporary way, including analysis of her theories in relation to 21st century creatives such as Lynda Barry and Alison Bechdel

It is essential for an organization to know before involving themselves in cloud computing and big data, what are the key security requirements for applications and data processing. Big data and cloud computing are integrated together in practice. Cloud computing offers massive storage, high computation power, and distributed capability to support processing of big data. In such an integrated environment the security and privacy concerns involved in both technologies become combined. This book discusses these security and privacy issues in detail and provides necessary insights into cloud computing and big data integration. It will be useful in enhancing the body of knowledge concerning innovative technologies offered by the research community in the area of cloud computing and big data. Readers can get a better understanding of the basics of cloud computing, big data, and security mitigation techniques to deal with current challenges as well as future research opportunities.

The fast-growing number of patients suffering from various ailments has overstretched the carrying capacity of traditional healthcare systems. This handbook addresses the increased need to tackle security issues and preserve patients’ privacy concerns in AIoMT devices and systems. Handbook of Security and Privacy of AI-Enabled Healthcare Systems and the Internet of Medical Things provides new insights into the deployment, application, management, and benefi ts of AIoMT by examining real-world scenarios. The handbook takes a critical look at existing security designs and offers solutions to revamp traditional security architecture, including the new design of effi cient intrusion detection algorithms, attack prevention techniques, and both cryptographic and noncryptographic solutions. The handbook goes on to discuss the critical security and privacy issues that affect all parties in the healthcare ecosystem and provides practical AI-based solutions. This handbook offers new and valuable information that will be highly beneficial to educators, researchers, and others. .

This book examines the formation, nature and effect of the arbitrators' contract, addressing topics such as the appointment, challenge, removal and duties and rights of arbitrators, disputing parties and arbitration institutions. The arguments made in the book are based on a semi-autonomous theory of the juridical nature of international arbitration and a contractual theory of the legal nature of these relationships. From these premises, the book analyses the formation of the arbitrator's contract in both ad hoc and institutional references. It also examines the institution's contract with the disputing parties and its effect on the arbitrator's contract under institutional references. The book draws from national arbitration laws and institutional rules in various jurisdictions to give a global view of the issues examined in it. The arbitrator's contract is analysed from a global perspective of arbitral law and practice with insights from various jurisdictions in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. The primary focus of the book is an analysis of the formation of the arbitrator's contract and the terms of this contract and the institution's contract. The primary question of the consequences (if any) of the breaches of the terms of these contracts and its impact on the exclusion or limitation of liability of arbitrators and institutions is also analysed with the conclusion that since these transactions are contractual and the terms can be categorised as in any normal contract, then normal contractual remedies can be applied to the breaches of these terms. International Commercial Arbitration and the Arbitrator's Contract will be of great value to arbitration practitioners and researchers in arbitration. It will also be very useful to students of arbitration on the topics of arbitrators and arbitration institution.

Ambitious and addictive, Only Time Will Tell is the first novel in Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles, beginning the epic tale of Harry Clifton, a working-class boy from the docks of Bristol. It is 1920, and against the backdrop of a world ravaged by conflict, Harry's story begins with the words 'I was told that my father was killed in the war'. Harry's existence is defined by the death of his father and he seems destined to a life on the docks until a remarkable gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys school and entry into a world he could never have envisaged. Over the course of twenty years, as the Second World War and the fight against Hitler draws nearer, Harry will learn the awful truth about his father's death and of his own connections to a powerful shipping family, the Barringtons. And in doing so, he will change his destiny forever . . . Richly imagined and populated with remarkable characters, The Clifton Chronicles will take you on a powerful journey, bringing to life one hundred years of family history in a story neither you, nor Harry, could ever have dreamt of. Continue the bestselling series with The Sins of the Father and Best Kept Secret.

Noah and Mia live far, far away from each other, but look out upon the same great sea. In the evening, Noah and his dog Gus watch the sun softly slip beneath the waves; in the morning, Mia and her cat Olive watch from the cliffs as it rises. When Gus dies, Noah is heartbroken. In his dreams he searches for his loyal friend, but instead finds only an unfamiliar black cat. Mia dreams too: of a life better than the one she has now, and of a place to call home. When Olive leads her down an unknown path, Mia begins an epic journey which takes her somewhere she never expected. Will Mia and Noah find all they've dreamt of? Poignant and uplifting, Martin Widmark's story of finding hope and a home is accompanied by stunning illustrations from Emilia Dziubak, which alternate between the two characters' interconnected journeys. Martin and Emilia are co-creators of USBBY Outstanding International Book The House of Lost and Found, and of Little Pearl.

Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Processing play a vital role in various automation industries and their functioning in converting traditional industries to AI-based factories. This book acts as a guide and blends the basics of Artificial Intelligence in various domains, which include Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, and Expert Systems, and extends their application in all sectors. Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Processing: Improved Decision-Making and Prediction, discusses the designing of new AI algorithms used to convert general applications to AI-based applications. It highlights different Machine Learning and Deep Learning models for various applications used in healthcare and wellness, agriculture, and automobiles. The book offers an overview of the rapidly growing and developing field of AI applications, along with Knowledge of Engineering, and Business Analytics. Real-time case studies are included across several different fields such as Image Processing, Text Mining, Healthcare, Finance, Digital Marketing, and HR Analytics. The book also introduces a statistical background and probabilistic framework to enhance the understanding of continuous distributions. Topics such as Ensemble Models, Deep Learning Models, Artificial Neural Networks, Expert Systems, and Decision-Based Systems round out the offerings of this book. This multi-contributed book is a valuable source for researchers, academics, technologists, industrialists, practitioners, and all those who wish to explore the applications of AI, Knowledge Processing, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning.

Little Owl and Little Rabbit live in the same oak tree, but they've never met. While Little Rabbit hops through the forest by day, Little Owl soars over it by night. When they discover they are neighbours, the pair are desperate to meet. But how can they, when Little Owl is waking up just as Little Rabbit is going to sleep? Then one night, a big, bright full moon appears. Will Little Owl and Little Rabbit finally get to play together? A sweet, warm-hearted story of friendship set in the natural world, with words by much-loved Polish author Przemyslaw Wechterowicz and beautiful illustrations from the award-winning illustrator Emilia Dziubak, co-creator of USBBY Outstanding International Book The House of Lost and Found. This charming tale is a perfect book for bedtime.

Picture Fuzzy Logic and Its Applications in Decision Making Problems provides methodological frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the field of picture fuzzy operators, and their applications in scientific research and real-world engineering problems. Although fuzzy logic can be applied in a number of different areas, many researchers and developers are not yet familiar with how picture fuzzy operators can be applied to a variety of advanced decision-making problems. Picture fuzzy set is a more powerful tool than fuzzy set or intuitionistic fuzzy set to tackle uncertainty in a variety real-world modeling applications. Picture fuzzy set is actually the generalization of intuitionistic fuzzy set, and intuitionistic fuzzy set is the generalization of fuzzy set. In this book, the picture fuzzy sets are investigated, and different types of operators are defined to solve a number of important decision making and optimization problems. The hybrid operator on picture fuzzy set based on the combination of picture fuzzy weighted averaging operators and picture fuzzy weighted geometric operators is developed and named Hybrid Picture Fuzzy Weighted Averaging Geometric (H-PFWAG) operator. Another operator is developed for interval-valued picture fuzzy environment, which is named Hybrid Interval-Valued Picture Fuzzy Weighted Averaging Geometric (H-IVPFWAG) operator. These two operators are then demonstrated as solutions to Multiple-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) problems. The picture fuzzy soft weighted aggregation operators (averaging and geometric) are defined, and these are applied to develop a multi-criteria group decision making system. The Dombi operator in the picture fuzzy environment is then defined and applied to solve MADM problems. Based on the Dombi operator, several other operators are defined. These are the picture fuzzy Dombi aggregation operators, including picture fuzzy Dombi weighted averaging operator, picture fuzzy Dombi order weighted averaging operator, picture fuzzy Dombi hybrid averaging operator, picture fuzzy Dombi weighted geometric operator, picture fuzzy Dombi order weighted geometric operator, and picture fuzzy Dombi hybrid geometric operator. Each of these operators are used to solve MADM problems. An extension picture fuzzy set known as m-polar picture fuzzy set is proposed and investigated along with many properties of m-polar picture fuzzy Dombi weighted averaging and geometric operators; each of these operators are applied to MADM problems. Another extension of the picture fuzzy set is the interval-valued picture fuzzy uncertain linguistic environment. In this set, interval-valued picture fuzzy uncertain linguistic weighted averaging and geometric operators are developed, and interval-valued picture fuzzy uncertain linguistic Dombi weighted aggregation operators are utilized in the MADM process. In the complex picture fuzzy environment, the authors demonstrate some complex picture fuzzy weighted aggregation operators to be used in solving MADM problems. Another approach called MABAC with picture fuzzy numbers is studied and developed as a multi-attribute group decision making model. Furthermore, the picture fuzzy linear programming problem (PFLPP) is initiated, in which the parameters are picture fuzzy numbers (PFNs). The picture fuzzy optimization method is applied for solving the PFLPP. This concept is used to solve the picture fuzzy multi-objective programming problem (PFMOLPP) under the picture fuzzy environment.

Jude Law and Richard E. Grant star in this crime comedy from writer-director Richard Shepard. Cockney safe-cracker Dom Hemingway (Law) is released from prison after serving a 12-year sentence for refusing to inform. Eager to collect his reward from mob boss Mr Fontaine (Demián Bichir), Dom heads to southern France with his friend and accomplice Dickie (Grant). After succumbing to drink, drugs and women, he attempts to re-establish a relationship with his estranged daughter Evelyn (Emilia Clarke). But Dom ultimately causes problems wherever he goes...

1. Building on the recent resurgance of interest in Milner's work, this book provides the first book-length analysis of Milner’s distinctive and important contribution to psychoanalytic theory and technique; 2. The book makes a unique contribution to object relations psychoanalysis by engaging with Milner’s distinctive search for a therapeutic cure that takes place in the relationships between pen and paper, paint, and canvas; 3. The author engages with Milner's autobiographical work in a thoroughly contemporary way, including analysis of her theories in relation to 21st century creatives such as Lynda Barry and Alison Bechdel