Build future ready iOS apps with Apple Foundation Models, MCP agents, Claude Code, and AI guided testing to ship code faster

Key Features

• Build SwiftUI apps powered by Apple Foundation Models and on-device intelligence
• Apply MCP workflows to create AI-driven feature agents in real projects
• Master Clean Architecture, TDD, and modernization with Claude Code support

Book Description

What you will learn

• Configure Xcode workflows for AI assisted Swift workflows
• Apply Swift concurrency patterns with AI guided reasoning
• Design SwiftUI features using Clean Architecture boundaries
• Learn to use Claude Code to drive TDD, refactors, and code reviews
• Modernize UIKit codebases with safe, incremental migrations
• Integrate Apple Foundation Models for private on device AI
• Build MCP servers in Swift to power feature focused agents
• Write RFCs and ADRs to govern AI adoption in iOS teams

Who this book is for

This book is for intermediate to senior Swift developers who build and maintain iOS apps and want to adopt AI tools without sacrificing quality. If you are responsible for architecture, testing strategy, or modernization roadmaps, you will learn patterns that scale from a single feature to a full team workflow. Familiarity with Swift and Xcode is recommended.

Learn advanced debugging techniques for embedded ARM systems and uncover how to trace, profile, and analyze firmware issues using professional tools in real-world scenarios Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader*

Key Features

• Explore advanced debugging tools like hardware tracing and power profiling
• Learn techniques for analyzing bootloaders, RTOS, and memory issues
• Apply practical debugging workflows based on ARM Cortex-M firmware examples

Book Description

What you will learn

• Set up a debugging workflows for ARM-based embedded systems
• Trace firmware execution using hardware tools
• Analyze stack, memory, and registers
• Debug bootloaders and bare-metal applications confidently
• Identify issues with power, interrupts, or RTOS
• Detect memory leaks
• Apply crash analysis techniques in real-world scenarios
• Use live symbol tracking and code profiling tools

Who this book is for

This book is ideal for embedded developers and firmware engineers working with ARM-based systems who want to improve their debugging workflows. It is not just a beginner’s guide, but a practical resource for those already familiar with building and programming embedded firmware. Whether you’re debugging bootloaders, analyzing RTOS behavior, or using advanced hardware tools, this book will help you streamline your workflow and solve complex issues with confidence.

Build, design, and improve advanced business intelligence solutions using Tableau's newest updates, including Tableau Desktop, Prep Builder, Server, and AI-powered features to drive data-driven decision-making. Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader*

Key Features

• Build advanced Tableau dashboards and data visualizations for business intelligence
• Leverage Tableau AI features, automated insights, and LOD expressions to accelerate analysis
• Master Tableau Prep Builder, Server, and advanced analytics, including time series and geospatial

Book Description

What you will learn

• Learn Tableau components like calculated fields and LOD expressions
• Master Tableau Prep Builder with all its features and settings
• Explore and implement data analytics with Python and R
• Use Tableau Exchange for accelerators, extensions, and connectors
• Interact with Tableau Server to understand its functionalities
• Study advanced visualizations and dashboard creation techniques
• Master self-service, time series, and geo-spatial analytics
• Learn to implement data governance and AI-powered features

Who this book is for

This book is designed for business analysts, business intelligence professionals, and data analysts who want to master Tableau to solve a range of data science and business intelligence problems. Prior exposure to Tableau will help you get to grips with the features more quickly, but it’s not a prerequisite.

Run production-grade GenAI workloads by containerizing, serving, and scaling LLMs, agents, and multi-model pipelines with Docker, MCP, and Kubernetes for cloud platforms

Key Features

• Deploy and operate local and edge-friendly LLM inference using Docker Model Runner and an OpenAI-compatible API
• Orchestrate multi-model and multi-agent workloads with Docker Compose and Kubernetes patterns used by platform teams
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

What you will learn

• Containerize GenAI services using Docker images, registries, and Compose-based deployment stacks
• Package and distribute models as OCI artifacts for repeatable builds and controlled promotions across environments
• Choose GGUF quantization levels to balance cost, latency, and accuracy for cloud and hybrid runtimes
• Serve LLMs via Docker Model Runner with an OpenAI-compatible API suitable for internal platforms
• Integrate tools and data securely using MCP and Docker MCP Gateway with least-privilege access patterns

Who this book is for

Cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, SREs, and platform engineers who need to deploy, operate, and scale GenAI workloads using Docker and Kubernetes on cloud, hybrid, or edge environments. You should be comfortable with the command line and basic service operations; prior Docker or Kubernetes exposure is helpful but not required.

Efficiently architect proven backup strategies with Veeam 13's authoritative approach to hardened security, continuous data protection, and intelligent recovery capabilities

Key Features

• Explore the new Veeam ONE 13 features and enhancements for monitoring Veeam
• Gain in-depth knowledge of core architecture changes including Veeam Software Appliance
• Discover the new enhanced Universal CDP, including all the enhancements

Book Description

What you will learn

• Understand installing and upgrading Veeam to v13
• Master the ability to use High Availability (HA) for disaster recovery
• Explore the new JeOS and how it is used in the infrastructure
• Explore the redesigned and enhanced console, including Veeam Intelligence
• Work with HA and CDP to ensure data resilience
• Explore new Veeam ONE features and other best practices
• Learn best practices and other recovery options now included in Veeam Backup & Replication 13

Who this book is for

This book is for backup administrators or cloud disaster architects looking to gain expertise in all things Veeam. This book is also for IT professionals who have intermediate to advanced-level knowledge of virtualization, as well as backups and backup applications. Anyone who needs a reference guide for learning the advanced and latest features of Veeam 13 will find this book useful.

I Play Many Games and Sports is a lively and engaging picture book that introduces young readers to a wide variety of games and physical activities. Through simple, clear sentences and vibrant illustrations, children follow an active character who enjoys exploring different ways to play, move, and stay healthy. From team sports like basketball, football, volleyball, rugby, and cricket to individual activities such as swimming, running, golf, tennis, and discus throw, the book celebrates diversity in sports and physical expression. Beyond athletics, the story also includes strategic and recreational games like chess, table tennis, puzzles, scramble, and hide and seek, showing that play can be both physical and mental. Each page highlights a different activity, encouraging curiosity, participation, and appreciation for teamwork, discipline, and creativity. Designed for children from 0 to 12 years old, this book supports early learning, vocabulary development, and healthy habits. Parents can read it aloud to younger children, while lower primary learners can enjoy it independently during daily reading. Fun, inclusive, and educational, this book inspires children to stay active, try new things, and discover the joy of play in all its forms.

Koko the Rhino is a curious, gentle, and playful guardian of nature who loves exploring the world around him. In this heartwarming and educational story, Koko invites children to join him on a journey of discovery about caring for our planet. Through simple, everyday moments, Koko shares practical and relatable tips that show how small actions can make a big difference in protecting the environment. As Koko moves through forests, rivers, and open landscapes, he encounters situations that encourage children to think about waste, water, trees, animals, and the importance of keeping their surroundings clean and safe. Along the way, young readers will also be introduced to the concept of opposites—such as clean and dirty, quiet and noisy, safe and unsafe, full and empty—making learning both fun and meaningful. With colorful illustrations, engaging storytelling, and gentle life lessons, this book helps children develop environmental awareness while strengthening their language and thinking skills. Koko’s friendly voice inspires empathy, responsibility, and love for nature, empowering kids to see themselves as active protectors of the Earth.

LinkedIn, le réseau au service de vos ambitions professionnelles

Vous faire connaître, augmenter votre notoriété, garder le lien avec vos clients et vos prospects, vous positionner comme une référence sur votre secteur d’activité, gagner en crédibilité et générer de la confiance, trouver des partenaires, des talents, des clients, diffuser votre image de marque et mettre en avant votre personnalité… Pour bénéficier du très large potentiel de LinkedIn, il est indispensable de ne pas communiquer au hasard et de faire les bons choix dans votre prise de parole.

Que vous soyez entrepreneur, dirigeant, indépendant ou responsable communication, vous trouverez toutes les étapes pour réussir à construire une stratégie de communication efficace et personnalisée, alignée à vos enjeux.

Change is inevitable. Leading it well is not.

Today’s leaders need to know how to guide change without increasing costs, confusion, and resistance. They need to foster clarity, productivity, and genuine engagement. Shift Happens: Lead the Change Your People Need equips leaders with the insight and tools to navigate change with confidence, purpose, and impact.

Grounded in real-world experience and practical strategies, this book moves beyond theory to reveal what effective change leadership looks like day to day. Whether leading a small team or an international organization, Shift Happens is for you.

The Beginning of Philosophy •••• Metaphysics •••• Epistemology •••• Ethics
•••• Logic•••• Fundamental Problems of Philosophy •*•• The Problem of Evil in the World •••• The Problem of Freedom and Determinism •••• The Problem of Death and Immortality •••• The Meaning of Human Life On Earth •••• The lonian Philosophers •••• Philosophy, the Mother of Science and All Other Academic Disciplines •*•• The Sophists •*•• Socrates •••• Plato Aristotle •••• Post-Aristotelian Greek Philosophy •••• The Problem of Being •••• The Problem of Substance •••• The Problem of Evil in the World •••• The Problem of Freedom and Responsibility •••• The Problem of Death •••• The Problem of the Meaning of Human Life on Earth •••• The Problem of Appearance and Reality *•*•The Nature of Knowledge .••• Kinds of Propositions and Knowledge •••• What is Truth? •••• Theories of Truth •••• Foundationalism ••*• Why Must I Live A Moral Life? .. Ethics In Relation To Other Disciplines •••• De-Ontological Ethics and Teleological Ethics •••• Situation Ethics •**• The Roles fReason and the Emotions In Morality •••• Determinim: The Denial of Human Freedom •••• Justice •••• The Originof Western Science •••• Applied Science: Technology •••• Critique of Scientific Methodology •••• Thomas Kuhn •*•• Science in the Twentieth Century •*•• Quantum Physics and the Subatomic Particles ••••The Endangered Planet …. The Problem of Methodology in the Social Sciences •••• The Inter-Cultural Problem •••• Institutions and Individuals •••• Truth and Value

Leading in Crisis is a practical guide for pharmaceutical and biotech leaders navigating high-stakes environments where science, ethics, patient trust, and operational continuity collide.

In the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, crises are not hypothetical—they are inevitable. Clinical trial setbacks, safety signals, regulatory scrutiny, supply chain disruptions, pricing controversies, and digital reputational risks can emerge suddenly, placing immense pressure on leaders and organizations alike.

Through real-world examples and actionable models, this book explores how leaders can master crisis communication, build effective response teams, uphold scientific integrity, and maintain patient-centric and ethical governance—even in moments of intense scrutiny. It addresses the growing impact of digital media, emerging risks such as AI and cybersecurity, and the evolving role of Medical Affairs as a strategic leader during disruption.

More than a management handbook, Leading in Crisis is a blueprint for leaders who aspire to transform adversity into clarity, credibility, and long-term strength—while never losing sight of the patients and principles that define their mission.

Que deviennent vos prélèvements une fois arrivés au laboratoire d’analyses médicales ?
Comment rechercher une maladie dans un tube de sang, des urines et plus si affinités ?
Pour avoir une idée de ce qui se passe en coulisses, les rats du labo vous font visiter les différents services et expliquent leurs techniques pour débusquer les bactéries, pister les virus, faire parler des chromosomes, ou compter les globules rouges.

(le port de gant ou de masque n’est pas obligatoire pour la lecture de ce livre).

Move beyond prompt-based coding by using Claude Code to design reliable, agent-driven workflows and build production-ready full-stack applications

Key Features

• Learn Claude Code as a development partner to build custom automations and agentic workflows
• Build and iterate on a Next.js application using Claude Code for AI-assisted development
• Scale AI-assisted development with Claude Code while maintaining code quality

Book Description

What you will learn

• Design agentic coding workflows in the terminal and IDE using Claude Code
• Build custom automations with reusable slash commands and hooks
• Use Claude Code with a Next.js project to implement AI-driven workflows
• Create persistent AI memory using Claude Code memory files
• Apply MCP for structured context sharing across tools and agents
• Design multi-agent systems using subagents and orchestration patterns
• Enforce coding standards using project documentation and context control
• Scale AI pair programming while keeping code maintainable

Who this book is for

This book is for developers and engineers who want to move beyond chat-based AI and build agentic, automated development workflows using Claude Code and MCP. It is ideal for application developers with prior software engineering experience who want to integrate context-aware AI agents into their terminal and IDE, automate complex tasks, and design scalable multi-agent systems. It will also benefit AI engineers and GenAI users working closely with modern development workflows.

Business students, MBA candidates, newly promoted professionals, and managers from non-finance backgrounds often lack a practical understanding of how broader aspects of financial accounting dynamics function in the business world, such as corporate financial reporting, governance, and strategic decision-making.

Accounting Beyond Numbers illustrates that accounting is not confined to the mechanics of double-entry bookkeeping. Rather, it demonstrates the breadth of financial accounting and its applications, helping readers develop a clear, confident understanding of its significance in contemporary business practice.

Structured across twelve chapters, this book uses clear explanations, real-world examples, and case studies to bridge the gap between theory and practice in corporate reporting, financial reporting standards, management accounting, business finance, auditing, corporate governance, ethical practice, sustainability reporting, fraud detection, and business intelligence.

In addition, readers will learn about modern business tools such as the Balanced Scorecard, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, and Shared Service Centres, which offer a practical framework for understanding how contemporary organizations operate, perform, and remain accountable.

ACCESSIBILITÉ, PERFORMANCE, SEO, SÉCURITÉ…TOUTES LES BONNES PRATIQUES DU NUMÉRIQUE

Depuis plus de 10 ans, Qualité et conformité des services numériques est devenu le guide pratique de référence des professionnels du Web. Il présente l’assurance qualité numérique ainsi que son rôle dans l’amélioration de l’expérience utilisateur (UX) et dans la conduite des programmes de mise en conformité (accessibilité, sécurité, données personnelles, écoconception…). 245 règles sont détaillées dans des fiches structurées et illustrées qui facilitent leur compréhension et leur application. Un glossaire multidisciplinaire vient compléter les contenus. L’ensemble de ces ressources font de cet ouvrage un outil indispensable au quotidien.

UNE 4E ÉDITION REVUE ET AUGMENTÉE

Cette nouvelle édition entièrement refondue, présente trois nouveaux chapitres sur la conformité, la qualité logicielle et l’intelligence artificielle. La structure a été repensée pour monter en compétences et améliorer les sites web et services numériques.

À QUI S’ADRESSE CET OUVRAGE ?

• Chefs de projets numérique, product owners et managers d’équipes pluridisciplinaires
• Développeurs, graphistes, ergonomes et designers UX
• Contributeurs et rédacteurs web soucieux de la diffusion de leurs contenus
• Étudiants, demandeurs d’emploi et personnes en reconversion
• Stagiaires et futurs certifiés Opquast

Préparez-vous au DAEU avec cet ouvrage tout-en-un !

Le DAEU, qui donne les mêmes droits que le baccalauréat général, est destiné aux personnes souhaitant reprendre leurs études.  Ce diplôme permet l'accès à l'enseignement supérieur, notamment à l'université,  et s'inscrit volontiers dans  une perspective de retour à l'emploi ou de promotion.
Cet ouvrage  prépare aux épreuves obligatoires  de l'examen du DAEU, qui se décline en deux options : littéraire (option A) ou scientifique (option B). Comportant chacune quatre matières qui représentent au minimum 225 heures d'enseignement en université, vous recevrez un enseignement complet et rigoureux.
Ce livre vous propose :

• Une méthodologie pas à pas.
• Des fiches de cours synthétiques.
• Des exercices d'entraînement corrigés.
• Un sujet d'examen blanc complet et son corrigé  pour s'entraîner à l'examen du DAEU.
• Un sujet corrigé de mathématiques et un sujet corrigé d'anglais supplémentaires sur dunod.com

• Identifier les principes clés de l’accueil des élèves allophones
• Connaître les enjeux de l’inclusion
• Comment valoriser les langues et cultures
• des élèves ?
• Maîtriser les enjeux d’apprentissage du français
• Accompagner au mieux les élèves
• Mettre en oeuvre une évaluation
• et une orientation réussies
• Comment inclure les parents allophones ?

Découvrez 27 outils indispensables pour enseigner le FLE-FLS dans le 1^er et 2^nd degrés. Chaque outil est présenté de façon visuelle sur 2 ou 4 pages : schéma de synthèse, résumé de l’outil, objectifs et contexte d’utilisation, méthodologie à suivre, avantages et précautions à prendre. Des exemples d’applications en classe renforcent la pédagogie concrète du livre.

Un collège sans stress pour les élèves... et les parents !

Le collège est une période complexe pour les élèves, déroutante et propice aux grands changements, aussi bien dans leur environnement qu’à l’intérieur d’eux-mêmes. Et si elle touche de plein fouet les collégiens qui le vivent directement, elle peut aussi être difficile pour vous, leurs parents !

Pour vous accompagner, une prof vous livre toutes ses meilleures astuces, tant dans le domaine scolaire que personnel : des méthodes efficaces pour comprendre tous les énoncés, des conseils pour analyser des bulletins de notes ou pour travailler avec l’intelligence artificielle, des solutions pour gérer le premier téléphone portable de votre enfant ou encore prévenir le harcèlement scolaire…

Grâce à ce kit bourré d’informations et de conseils précieux, vous comprendrez beaucoup mieux ce que vit votre enfant au quotidien et l’aiderez à être bien à l’école, avec lui-même et avec les autres !

Souvent évincé face aux considérations d’urgence, le temps long n’apparaît pas toujours comme l’une des priorités du droit public, alors même que les enjeux pour l’avenir sont considérables.

Le présent ouvrage propose une réflexion collective sur l’existence d’un régime juridique propre au temps long.

L’analyse met successivement en lumière le développement d’institutions et d’instruments spécifiquement tournés vers la prise en considération de cette temporalité, dont la consécration vise à pallier les limites pesant sur la capacité des institutions et instruments traditionnels du droit public à s’en saisir. Elle rend ainsi compte de l’émergence d’un régime juridique propre au temps long, lequel n’en est cependant qu’à ses prémices. 

Cet ouvrage collectif est dirigé par Fannie Duverger et Lucie Havard.

À PROPOS DE L'AUTRICE

Lucie Havard est doctorante en droit public et ATER à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, spécialisée en droit constitutionnel et droit parlementaire.

Stepping into a leadership role for the first time can be both exciting and daunting. Many new leaders question whether they have the experience, confidence, or authority to lead effectively. Yet the very skills that helped them earn the role—communication, collaboration, emotional intelligence, and relationship building—are often the same skills that make great leaders.

You’re a Leader–Now What? is a practical leadership guide to help new and emerging leaders recognize the strengths they already possess and apply them with confidence. Rather than focusing on complex theories or abstract leadership models, the book emphasizes real-world application and practical reflection. Readers learn how to communicate more effectively, build trust within their teams, foster collaboration, and navigate workplace conflict with confidence and professionalism.

The book also explores how leaders can guide teams through stages of development, adapt their leadership approach to different situations, and strengthen relationships across their organizations. Through guided reflection and practical insights, readers discover how their past personal and professional experiences can become powerful tools for leadership success.

Ideal for first-time managers, newly promoted supervisors, and professionals transitioning into leadership roles, this book provides a clear, practical roadmap for building credibility, strengthening teams, and leading with confidence from day one.

Build smarter daily workflows with ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity to boost productivity

Key Features

• Learn practical AI workflows for communication, research, reporting, coordination, and data analysis
• Master ready-to-use prompts, templates, and AI workflow patterns with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity
• Build reliable daily AI productivity routines that speed up repetitive work

Book Description

What you will learn

• Automate email triage and response drafting using AI-assisted workflows
• Generate meeting summaries, action items, and follow-ups in minutes
• Conduct research and create structured briefs faster with AI tools
• Build reports, proposals, and business documents using reusable prompt chains
• Extract tasks and status updates automatically from conversations and meeting notes
• Analyze spreadsheets and messy data without advanced Excel skills
• Create professional content and communications faster while maintaining your personal voice

Who this book is for

This book is for professionals who spend a large part of their day handling emails, meetings, reports, research, spreadsheets, and coordination work. It’s designed for readers who have experimented with AI tools but want practical ways to turn them into reliable everyday productivity systems. No technical background is required. The book focuses on simple, repeatable workflows that can be applied immediately in a real work environment.

Conçu pour appréhender toutes les matières scientifiques de l’année, ces formulaires sont les compagnons idéaux pour la préparation des colles, la résolution des exercices et des problèmes mais surtout pour accompagner les révisions de 1re année.

Une vision claire des savoirs, une mobilisation rapide des connaissances, une approche croisée des notions à connaître sont les atouts indispensables à la réussite en prépas. Ce formulaire est la réponse à ces exigences. Il consiste en :

• un résumé clair et concis du cours : définitions, lois, théorèmes, propriétés et schémas
• une mise en valeur des formules à connaître
• un classement thématique des notions indispensables
• un index très précis en fin d’ouvrage qui permet de retrouver au plus vite la notion cherchée.

Build production grade AI agent platforms on OpenClaw with security, state management, and resilience patterns that are held under real load DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader*

Key Features

• Apply a reusable pattern language, from Hub and Spoke to Heartbeat Loop across any agent stack
• Embed zero trust identity, PBAC, and fault injection into your architecture from the first chapter
• Deploy OpenClaw with observable, self correcting infrastructure ready for federated and edge runtimes

Book Description

What you will learn

• Design a Gateway control plane that scales horizontally without coupling
• Route requests through a six-phase pipeline without creating latency bottlenecks
• Implement zero-trust identity and Token Exchange as structural, not add-on, concerns
• Manage distributed session state with safe compaction and CRDT-friendly design
• Instrument agent reasoning with semantic observability beyond uptime monitoring
• Inject faults deliberately to verify that resilience patterns hold under load
• Extend OpenClaw toward federated gateways and decentralized identity meshes

Who this book is for

AI engineers, platform architects, and senior software engineers building autonomous agent systems in production. Readers should be comfortable with Python, distributed systems concepts, and REST or WebSocket APIs. Familiarity with OpenClaw's core architecture and components is recommended, as the book focuses on production implementation patterns rather than introductory concepts.

Cloud Native to AI Native explores how organizations transition to AI-first systems using proven patterns, scalable architectures, and strategic frameworks to build, deploy, and optimize next-generation AI-powered platforms

Key Features

• Proven frameworks to transition from cloud-native to AI-native architectures
• Practical pattern-based approach to designing scalable AI platforms
• Strategic guidance for driving enterprise AI transformation and innovation

Book Description

What you will learn

• Understand the shift from cloud-native to AI-native architectures
• Identify where your organization sits on the technology evolution curve
• Apply transformation patterns to design scalable AI platforms
• Navigate operational modes like scaling, optimizing, and innovating
• Build AI-ready systems integrated with existing cloud infrastructure
• Anticipate future technology trends and adoption strategies
• Avoid common anti-patterns in enterprise AI transformation
• Drive measurable business value from AI initiatives

Who this book is for

This book is designed for technology leaders, solution architects, cloud engineers, and enterprise decision-makers looking to navigate the transition from cloud-native to AI-native systems. It is ideal for professionals responsible for digital transformation, platform engineering, and AI adoption strategies. Consultants, CTOs, and innovation leaders will benefit from its structured frameworks, enabling them to design scalable AI platforms, align business goals with emerging technologies, and drive measurable outcomes in rapidly evolving markets.

This is a work of historical witness, exposing grief and trauma with sensitivity and poetic creativity. Wariboko, in lines of austere beauty, has produced Biafran war narratives of sublime emotional power. Songs of Childhood provides a fresh minority-group access to the brutal reality and human fragility of the 1967-70 Nigerian civil war. The stories are true, and this poetry collection differs from the familiar in the annals of war narratives.

“This slim corpus of poems is an explosive dynamite! A dynamite that explodes, exposing chilling glimpses of hushed aspects of the untold cruelties inflicted on the marginalized ethnic groups…. The disruptive syntax in some poems conveys the dislocation of a-once peaceful, orderly world suddenly jolted into chaos, trepidation and turmoil. In the same vein, the terse telegraphic style translates, graphically, the abruptness, the brusqueness, and the sense of immediacy urged by the spontaneous flow of creative impulse in anxious moments of crisis and turbulence. Adiyi-Martin T. Bestman, Professor of French Literature, poet and literary critic, Writer-in-Residence, University of Port Harcourt.

“Nimi Wariboko makes the reader relive the Biafran war days and his childhood in an enchanting manner. Now far removed from childhood and the war days, the poet’s nostalgia and anxiety come to play in his poetic lines which recount the experience. The diction is simple and fully captures the innocence of childhood fraught with perils of a war foisted on the poet and his people. The language is fresh, and the images of war are innocent but life-threatening. Songs of Childhood: Biafran Memories is a major contribution to the poetry of childhood, civil war, and human existence. It flows like a river whose currents are sometimes disturbed by debris but whose progress is inevitable.” Tanure Ojaide, poet and scholar, the Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

“The poems, rendered through the eyes and sensibility of a child, are haunting and powerful. Songs of Childhood reminds me of Uwem Akpan’s novel, New York, My Village, in its recreation of the unique experience of the peoples of the Niger Delta (being buffeted by Biafran and Federal troops during the war). There’s lore and gore aplenty in this tender and heartrending poetic harvest. The reader is often spellbound by the sullied innocence and harried urgency of the poems’ narrator-persona. Kudos to Wariboko for deploying the idiom of poetry to enflesh these memories.” Okey Ndibe, author of Foreign Gods, Inc.

Conçu pour appréhender toutes les matières scientifiques de l’année, ces formulaires sont les compagnons idéaux pour la préparation des colles, la résolution des exercices et des problèmes mais surtout pour accompagner les révisions de 1re année.

Une vision claire des savoirs, une mobilisation rapide des connaissances, une approche croisée des notions à connaître sont les atouts indispensables à la réussite en prépas. Ce formulaire est la réponse à ces exigences. Il consiste en :

• un résumé clair et concis du cours : définitions, lois, théorèmes, propriétés et schémas
• une mise en valeur des formules à connaître
• un classement thématique des notions indispensables
• un index très précis en fin d’ouvrage qui permet de retrouver au plus vite la notion cherchée.

Cet ouvrage, composé de dix-huit fiches, organisées en quatre parties et complétées d’exercices corrigés, a pour ambition de donner une vision d’ensemble de l’analyse et du management du travail.

L’essentiel de l’analyse et du management du travail examine successivement les fondements théoriques du management du travail, ses ergodisciplines et ses courants, les outils et méthodes utilisables ainsi que les problèmes abordés à partir du management du travail, en donnant une présentation claire et accessible.

L'ouvrage s’adresse aux étudiants en Licence et en Master de Gestion, en écoles de commerce et en BTS et BUT.

Coordination :

Christine Noël-Lemaître est maître de conférences HDR à l’Université d’Aix-Marseille.

Avec la participation de Claire Ingrand (Université de Nantes), Didier Chabanet (IDRAC Business School), Bernard Guery (IPC Paris) et Marco Dal Pozzolo (ATER Paris Cité).

La problématique de l’État de droit constitutionnel en Afrique est au cœur de l’activité normative et de la pratique institutionnelle des États d’Afrique noire. Le Tchad n’échappe pas à ce mouvement constitutionnel en dépit d’une histoire politique particulièrement tourmentée. Il a pris l’option de s’inscrire tout au moins formellement, dans le constitutionnalisme moderne d’inspiration libérale.  
Cette étude constitue un vaste projet qui envisage de rendre compte de la trajectoire constitutionnelle du Tchad des indépendances jusqu’à la « Charte de transition » de 2021. C’est autour du triptyque origines-ruptures-permanences que l’ouvrage s’attache à montrer que l’itinéraire constitutionnel du Tchad s’est fait au travers d’un processus discontinu de flux et de reflux, tant l’entreprise constituante dans ce pays révèle une dynamique spécifique nourrie à la violence politique depuis des décennies avec des séquences répétées d’interruption de l’ordre constitutionnel.  

Fruit d’une recherche réalisée dans le cadre d’une thèse de doctorat en sciences de gestion basée sur la capitale économique Casablanca, ce livre met en exergue le rôle que joue le marketing territorial relationnel dans le déclenchement d’une dynamique d’ancrage des entreprises étrangères.  
Cet ancrage est considéré comme un objectif stratégique pour les territoires dans la mesure où les entreprises ancrées sont plus à même de contribuer au développement durable du pays d’accueil. Les managers publics en charge de la promotion du territoire ont tout intérêt à mettre en place une stratégie relationnelle vis-à-vis des investisseurs étrangers. Cette stratégie est opérationnalisée par les leviers du marketing relationnel, dont l’objectif est l’entretien de relations durables, intenses et fructueuses avec les investisseurs étrangers.  
Des relations créatrices de valeur pour les deux parties prenantes en question.

Cet ouvrage est le fruit d’une recherche approfondie visant à mettre en lumière l’impact de l’alphabétisation sur le parcours des jeunes filles bénéficiaires dudit programme, dans la perspective de favoriser leur insertion durable dans la vie socioprofessionnelle.
En effet, cette étude met en évidence les effets positifs de ce programme sur cette frange de la population, notamment à travers l’acquisition de compétences éducatives et de compétences de vie, ainsi que l’émergence de changements rapides et durables de comportements favorisant leur autonomie, leur indépendance et leur liberté financière.
Ainsi, l’alphabétisation, en tant qu’outil d’aide à la décision et socle de la « formation à la racine », se situe au cœur d’un processus d’autonomisation. Elle conduit les apprenantes à prendre conscience de leurs potentialités, contribuant ainsi à la réduction de leur vulnérabilité sociale.
Cet ouvrage s’inscrit, dès lors, dans une dynamique de proposition de solutions à forte portée sociale. Il met en lumière une dimension essentielle du quotidien des femmes, actrices et piliers du développement endogène de leur pays, en quête d’épanouissement personnel.

Un spectre hante le monde : l’effondrement écologique. Pour le conjurer, les uns prêchent une croissance verte, les autres une décroissance heureuse. Bien qu’opposés, ces slogans se fondent sur l’espoir d’une « transition énergétique », avec son cortège de fées, les énergies renouvelables, l’intelligence artificielle… Mais la guerre des métaux a commencé, nos mégapoles sont des colosses aux pieds d’argile, l’injustice climatique s’aggrave, la démocratie est attaquée de toutes parts. Et la Terre brûle.
Que sera notre monde à +2°C et au-delà ? Le salut ne viendra pas de la technologie, ni du marché, et encore moins des dictatures. L’avenir est imprévisible, mais pour le rendre possible, rien n’est plus urgent que de cultiver le courage, la liberté, la solidarité. Cet ouvrage propose une boîte à outils pour évaluer le projet de transition au vu de la réalité du capitalisme, et imaginer d’autres façons d’habiter la Terre.

Le Soudan contemporain a connu depuis son indépendance plusieurs coups d’État et gouvernements militaires de transition. Sa population, religieusement diversifiée, est constituée de chrétiens, d’animistes et d’une majorité de musulmans dominant le pouvoir politique et économique.
Depuis sa souveraineté, aucun chef d’État n’a tenu longtemps, hormis le maréchal Omar el-Béchir, un Frère musulman qui régna trente ans (1989-2019). Quels sont les secrets de cette longévité au pouvoir et les causes réelles et fondamentales de sa chute ?
Cet ouvrage met en exergue un système de gouvernance par camouflage, oscillant entre charia islamique, guerres civiles et démocratie. Après une analyse poussée de l’ascension au pouvoir des Frères musulmans avec le coup d’État sans effusion de sang d’el-Béchir puis de l’évolution économique du Soudan sous leur règne, il dresse la politologie des causes réelles de la chute d’el-Béchir puis celle de la révolution et des péripéties de la transition après sa destitution.

Adoptant une approche transdisciplinaire, cet ouvrage explore les incitations anthropo-sociologiques et financières liées au développement du secteur du café.
S’appuyant sur de nombreux entretiens et une revue approfondie de la littérature, il met en évidence le potentiel socio-culturel et économique de cette filière, qui pourrait devenir un véritable moteur de l’économie nationale, à condition d’être structurée et soutenue par une organisation efficace du marché.
La caféiculture constitue un excellent levier pour atteindre les Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) des Nations Unies, grâce à sa capacité à sédentariser les producteurs, à réduire la déforestation et à générer des revenus durables pour les petits exploitants.
Ce livre se veut un outil d’aide à la décision pour les acteurs et les décideurs, en vue de permettre à l’État congolais de tirer pleinement profit de la relance du Coffea canephora (robusta), compte tenu des projections climatiques affectant la culture de l’arabica.
Depuis 2010, la demande mondiale en café a augmenté de 20 % et devrait doubler d’ici 2050.

Depuis son émergence aux États-Unis au début des années  1950, l’industrie de la restauration rapide s’est construite autour d’une double exigence  : servir vite et produire à faible coût. De cette logique est née une organisation du travail fondée sur le juste-à-temps et le flux tendu, adaptée à la nature périssable des produits.
Loin de rompre avec le modèle industriel classique, le fast-food prolonge la logique taylorienne-fordienne  : standardisation des tâches, intensification des rythmes, contrôle strict des procédures et faible autonomie des salariés. Cette organisation repose principalement sur une main-d’œuvre jeune, peu stabilisée et soumise à un fort turn-over.
À partir d’une enquête menée notamment chez Pizza Hut, McDonald’s et Quick, cet ouvrage montre que la viabilité du flux tendu dépend du renouvellement permanent des équipes et de la disponibilité d’une main-d’œuvre étudiante ou en situation transitoire. À travers le cas du fast-food, cette étude propose une réflexion plus large sur les transformations contemporaines du travail et les nouvelles formes de rationalisation productive.

Explore the evolving landscape of full-stack development with the latest web technologies to build production-ready React applications and deploy them using Docker on AWS.

Key Features

• New Update: Chapters on monitoring, observability, and AI-assisted development
• Master the architecture of React 19 and modern single-page applications (SPAs)
• Containerize with Docker and Podman, automate workflows with CI/CD and deploy to the cloud

Book Description

What you will learn

• Build a full-stack application using React 19, TypeScript, and Node.js
• Apply TypeScript's key features to improve code quality and maintainability
• Build React apps with functional components, Hooks and Redux Toolkit
• Test frontend and backend code with Vitest and React Testing Library
• Set up an Express API with PostgreSQL and Prisma from scratch
• Secure your API with JWT authentication and authorization
• Containerize applications with Docker and Podman, then deploy to the cloud with CI/CD
• Add monitoring and observability, and explore AI-assisted development

Who this book is for

This book is designed for experienced developers who are new to full-stack web development. It is ideal for those with production programming experience in any language looking to transition into building full-stack applications using modern web technologies. A good understanding of JavaScript is required.

Pass the ISC2 CC Certified in Cybersecurity exam with clear lessons, domain-focused practice, and full mock tests aligned to the official exam outline.

Key Features

• Study each CC objective with beginner-first explanations
• Check your understanding of key concepts with topic quizzes that include scenario-based MCQs
• Prepare for the CC exam with 2 mock exams of 125 questions each, flashcards, and exam tips
• Use blueprint mapping, topic-wise MCQs, and rapid checklists for revision

Book Description

What you will learn

• How to apply the CIA triad, authentication, and privacy concepts
• Basic risk assessment and choosing suitable cybersecurity methods
• How to classify administrative, technical, and physical controls
• Business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response
• The implementation of least privilege, RBAC, and the segregation of duties
• How to recognize common network attacks and apply core safeguards
• Encryption, data handling, and logging to support operations

Who this book is for

Students and early-career IT professionals who want a structured, beginner-friendly route to the ISC2 CC exam and entry-level cybersecurity roles. Basic computer literacy helps, but no prior security experience is required.

Build and deploy enterprise-grade multimodal AI systems using generative models for text, image, audio, and video.

Key Features

• Design end-to-end multimodal AI systems for enterprise workloads
• Build scalable pipelines using Gemini, Veo, Imagen, Airflow, and Kubeflow
• Implement governance, safety, and compliance for AI-generated content
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

What you will learn

• Design full-stack multimodal AI architectures
• Generate text, image, audio, and video content
• Build automated AI-powered marketing workflows
• Compare and fine-tune leading multimodal models
• Deploy AI pipelines with Airflow and Kubeflow
• Implement AI safety, governance, and compliance
• Create real-time and 3D multimodal experiences
• Integrate AI with enterprise cloud platforms

Who this book is for

Software engineers, ML engineers, data scientists, technical product managers, and solution architects looking to build and deploy multimodal generative AI systems in production. Professionals familiar with Python, machine learning concepts, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP will gain practical guidance for implementing scalable, enterprise-ready AI solutions.

June 2024 gave rise to the RutoMustGo and the Gen Z resistance on the streets. This book looks at important developments in Kenya leading up to this protest, and the ongoing struggle that is still current. It is a timely collection of essays that not only record but analyse the current political situation in Kenya. Contributors include those active on the streets and the struggle that has taken social media by storm – records not likely to be found in many public libraries or research centres in Kenya. This is history in the making: a unique record of current events, which has relevance not only in Kenya, but Africa as a

whole and in the Global South where resistance to capitalism and imperialism is intense.

In From Mau Mau to RutoMustGo, we have a revolutionary book that will help radical parties and social movements in Kenya and beyond to continue to think through the practice of our struggles for a planet we wish to see. – Willy Mutunga

Democracy appears to be retreating in Kenya, drifting further into crisis with each wave of political violence – abductions, unlawful arrests, and targeted killings. The authoritative nature of the state and shrinking of civic space are alarming and deeply disturbing. This collection of reclaimed, radical historical narratives and strategic lessons offer to organisers and students of liberation, helpful tools for creatively and organically arranging collective resistance and imagining new futures. – Zach Patterson

In recent years, here in Malawi there has been a lot of discussing going on if men and women are equal or not. Even the Chichewa language adopted the English word gender to become jenda. In these discussions the Bible is freguently quoted, and the creation story is seen as giving men the right to rule over women. This little book explains carefully the relationship of men and women in the first three chapters of the bible, and comes to a conclusion quite different from what many people think:
In the beginning God created them equal.

Fruit de 12 ans de réflexion et de la double culture de l’auteur, cet ouvrage passionnant confronte les visions occidentales et asiatiques dans leur compréhension du vivant.
Ce dialogue entre les deux cultures, enrichit notre appréhension des relations corps/esprit met en lumière ce que le Qi Gong peut apporter à la vision occidentale et explicite les effets bénéfiques de sa pratique : « Le Qi Gong est littéralement l'outil qui permet de partir à l'exploration de soi : de ce corps jusque-là inconnu dans lequel pourtant nous vivons et de ce cerveau dans les méandres desquels nous passons notre temps à nous égarer.
Il en résulte une perception renforcée de la conscience de soi et de sa place dans le monde. »

Préface de Cyrille Javary.

Discipline fondatrice de la psychologie, l’hypnose continue de fasciner, entre imaginaire collectif et résultats bien réels. Mais que se passe-t-il vraiment lorsque l’on entre en état hypnotique ?

Dans cet ouvrage clair et accessible, vous découvrirez l’histoire de l’hypnose, ses mécanismes et ses champs d’application, afin de mieux comprendre ce processus longtemps entouré de mystère. Loin des clichés, l’autrice vous guide à la rencontre d’un état de conscience naturel, aux effets désormais reconnus.

Enrichi de nombreux exercices d’autohypnose, ce livre vous permet également d’explorer, en toute autonomie, les possibilités offertes par l’hypnose et d’expérimenter concrètement ses bienfaits.

« Chacun a droit au respect de sa vie privée. » Derrière ces quelques mots de l’article 9 du Code civil se joue l’un des enjeux juridiques les plus sensibles de notre époque.

Quand chaque clic laisse une trace, quand chaque donnée peut être conservée indéfiniment, connaître ses droits en matière de vie privée devient une nécessité.

Mais où commence réellement votre jardin secret ? Jusqu’où s’étend-il dans la sphère professionnelle ? Votre employeur peut-il consulter vos courriels, surveiller votre activité ou vous sanctionner pour des faits relevant de votre vie personnelle ?

À travers des explications accessibles et des exemples concrets, l’auteur éclaire les droits et obligations de chacun : salariés, employeurs, managers, représentants du personnel, professionnels RH. Vie personnelle, intimité, secret médical, données numériques, RGPD, droit à l’oubli…

Retrouvez 50 clés essentielles pour comprendre et maîtriser les règles juridiques qui encadrent la vie privée.

The book’s primary goal is to propose local solutions for South African communities’ peace and security challenges, emphasising peacebuilding approaches. It aims to publish lessons learned from the real-life experiences of scholars and practitioners regarding solutions for preventing violence in South African communities through transformative approaches to mediation.

Contemporary Taiwanese Horror Cinema investigates the resurgence of horror and ghost films in Taiwan’s vibrant cinematic landscape. By analyzing a range of works, from postmodern horror comedies to art-house meditations, the book reveals how ghostly motifs serve as powerful metaphors for identity, historical trauma, and cultural renewal. Bridging traditional folklore with the digital age, Taiwanese filmmakers explore issues of memory, spirituality, and societal transformation, responding to both local and global shifts. Through a multidisciplinary lens combining film studies, cultural history, and media theory, this book offers a fresh and comprehensive examination of contemporary Taiwanese cinema. It highlights the dialogue between genre cinema and art-house aesthetics, and situates Taiwan’s “ghost island” narratives within broader conversations on globalization, queer representation, and cinematic innovation. Accessible and richly documented, Contemporary Taiwanese Horror Cinema addresses scholars, students, and cinephiles interested in Asian cinema, horror studies, and cultural identity.

The book is based on nearly a decade (2011–2020) of sustained ethnographic research within and across households in Harpurhey, North Manchester, England. Harpurhey is a suburban area in Manchester, located just three and a half miles northeast of the city centre. This book interrogates the everyday lives of people in Harpurhey ethnographically, placing their lives and agency at the centre of analysis. It explores the everyday lives of people who live with poverty and are rely upon state welfare support to make ends meet. Analytically, the arguments in this book begin by making a distinction between the production of poverty as a political, economic and ideological effect of capitalist processes and state activity, and the everyday, mundane choices and behaviours of the people who manage those effects (cf. Goode and Maskovsky 2001). Each chapter shows what may be concealed and revealed in interpersonal relationships between people living with poverty and in multiple interdependencies.

This book is a pioneering work that examines cultural diversity policies in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru over the past 15 years. The book offers a critical analysis of the rationalities and concepts underpinning these policies, exposing their inherent contradictions and the social forces that have both supported and resisted their implementation. By highlighting the struggles of marginalized groups in their pursuit of social, economic, and political equality, it reveals the deep intersections between culture, identity, and power. The book situates these discussions within the broader context of Latin America’s colonial legacy and ongoing decolonization efforts. It demonstrates how the region’s nation-states, often founded on myths of cultural homogeneity, have grappled with the complex realities of diverse populations. Through detailed case studies, the book showcases how cultural diversity has become a powerful tool for social empowerment, particularly among racialized groups and other marginalized communities. It also offers insights into the evolution of these policies, tracing the ways in which they have responded to grassroots movements and the global discourse on cultural citizenship. Furthermore, this work contributes to global debates by positioning Latin America as a key player in rethinking cultural policies that promote diversity, justice, and inclusion. It reflects on the lessons learned from observing these policies, urging readers to consider the broader implications for social cohesion and inclusive development. This work not only provides a thorough analysis of Latin America’s unique contributions to cultural policy but also underscores the urgent need for more dynamic, intercultural approaches to address the challenges of the 21st century.

Archipelagothic: The Gothic in Philippine Culture is an edited collection that brings together essays examining the place of the gothic in Philippine culture. This groundbreaking volume, the first book on the topic, is appropriately comprehensive, covering a range of genres, historical periods, regions, and languages. While the essays in this collection do not reach a consensus regarding the gothic, they all refract the meaning of the term to expand its utility, so that it may properly speak to the Philippines’s longue durée of multiple colonialisms and various regional cultures that coexist under the umbrella of the nation. The various permutations of the gothic within the various regional cultures, languages, colonial histories, and uneven experiences of globalization are what the editor of this volume refers to as instances of “archipelagothic.” All the contributors are recognized experts in their areas of study, and their essays were specifically commissioned for this volume, which includes the gothic in (1) Philippine literature in English, (2) Tagalog literature, (3) regional literature, (4) cinema, (5) TV, and (6) comics and graphic novels. Archipelagothic will be an excellent introductory text as well as a substantial resource to researchers working in the areas of gothic studies, postcolonial literature, and world literature broadly, and global-gothic and the postcolonial gothic, specifically.

It has been fashionable to declare that there is no self. Certainly the notion of the unitary subject—a transcendent subject linked to the traditional religious idea of the immortal soul—has not had currency in academic discourse for a very long time, perhaps as much as a century and a half. The psychologically unified subject and the universal subject of shared experience are also things of the past. But is there nothing left of the experience of selfhood? For the self can disenchant itself. But what does the subject feel about itself once it begins to doubt its own integrity? How does it experience its own “decentering”? How does this “who” that is left define itself, for itself? For selfhood is an existential condition, and no matter how elusive the self is to itself, it does not and cannot wholly lose itself. This book analyzes how the Gnostics, the Romantics, Kierkegaard, Beckett, and Ashbery dramatize the self’s self-doubt and what follows. The shared theme of these works, disparate as they are, is the bewilderment of selfhood, the pathos of subjectivity. The self encounters its own selfhood as puzzling and paradoxical. It wants to possess the qualities of an ideal self—to be whole, independent, and free—and it is disappointed to find it does not. Yet after the skeptical dismantling, something remains within, which represents itself as the self and continues to hear the (unfulfillable) call to selfhood. The self can neither become a self, nor cease to be agitated by the desire to become one.

This book investigates the strategic use of gender by far-right parties in Europe to mobilize voters and legitimize exclusionary nationalist agendas. Through comparative case studies of Italy and the Netherlands, it analyzes how parties deploy gendered narratives to oppose feminist and LGBTQ+ rights, justify anti-immigrant policies, and consolidate political power. Drawing on political speeches, campaign materials, manifestos, media coverage, and electoral data, the study reveals the intersections of gender with race, religion, and class in shaping political discourse. The monograph shows that gender is not a peripheral concern but a central axis in far-right strategies, influencing public opinion, social norms, and policy outcomes. By uncovering these dynamics, the book offers insights into the broader implications of far-right politics for democracy, social justice, and inclusive governance in Europe.

By eliminating theory from the academy, the valiant warriors of antitheory believe that they are saving it from appreciative peril. This Is Not the End of Theory presents a host of arguments against this claim. It demonstrates that the elimination of theory from the academy has quite the opposite effect. Namely, it foreshadows the death of the academy. This is not the end of theory because our ability to think, interpret, and judge critically depends on it—and a world without theory is one where critical thinking, interpretation, and judgment will soon vanish in the darkness. This Is Not the End of Theory is a warning to all who value critical theory, humanities, and pedagogy to be wary of new directions in antitheory regardless of their source—and to do everything they can to avoid them taking root.