Find out how to transform your Arduino device into an awesome secret agent gadget with this course, taking in everything from robotics to remote control cameras About This Book ?This course won’t just teach you. It will help you apply your knowledge so you can get creative – quickly! ?Find out how to make a computer interact with the real-world – you’ll be learning the basics of IoT without realizing it. ?Robots. A sound controlled Christmas tree. This course proves anything is possible with an Arduino! Who This Book Is For Seeking inspirationThis course will help you get creative with your Arduino quickly. What You Will Learn ?Find out how to explore the full potential of your tiny Arduino ?Find out how to bridge the gap between the real world and software, as you gather and visualize data from the environment ?Create simple servers to allow communication to occur ?Transform your Arduino into a GPS tracker ?Use the Arduino to monitor top secret data ?Build a complete spy robot! In Detail An Arduino might be a tiny computer but it can be used as the foundation for a huge range of projects. In this course, we’ll show you how just some of the projects that are possible with an Arduino. From robotics to secret agent gadgets, we’re pretty confident that this course will get you thinking creatively – and inspire you to create your very own new projects using the Arduino hacking skills you learn. This course, combines both text and video content – it’s made up of three modules to help organize your learning. In the first module we’ll show you how to build three different Arduino projects. All of these will not only get you up and running with something practical, they’ll also help you better understand how the Arduino works. Find out how to develop a home automation system and even build a robot! In the second module we’ll go one step further to help you get creative as you learn how to program LEDs with your Arduino. You’ll find out how to build a mood lamp and a remote-controlled TV backlight, before going on to make a sound controlled LED Christmas tree that makes use of sound visualization. Finally, the third module takes you from stylish design into espionage, as you learn how to create neat secret agent gadgets with your Arduino. Find out how to build an alarm system, a fingerprint sensor, even open a lock with a text message. And that’s not all – but to find out more you’ll have to dive in! This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: ● Arduino By Example by Adith Jagadish Boloor ● Arduino BLINK Blueprints by Samarth Shah, Utsav Shah ● Arduino for Secret Agents by Marco Shwartz Style and approach Combining both video and text and built from some of Packt’s very best Arduino content, this course comprises of three modules covering a range of projects. It’s completely focused on helping the user get creative as quickly as possible so they can explore what’s possible with Arduino themselves.

这是一段不应被忽视的历史。 尽管1848年欧洲革命历时短暂，以失败而告终，但在这意义非凡的一年，变革之力如星星之火，蔓延到整个欧洲大陆。直至今日，整个欧洲乃至所有现代国家的公共生活、政治思想中，仍可见其烙印。本书作者克里斯托弗·克拉克将其评价为：“有史以来唯一一场真正的欧洲革命。”  本书以多维度视角，通过融合微观叙事与宏观分析，重构1848年欧洲革命的全景图，将这场席卷欧洲大陆的动荡置于社会结构、意识形态与全球变革的复杂网络中。 本书首先从底层社会问题切，剖析革命前夕的深层社会危机：贫困、饥荒引发的阶级矛盾，旧秩序崩塌下的政治失能。第二章转向意识形态的论争，解析各思想派别在“秩序”与“自由”的拉锯中，重塑欧洲政治话语，为后续行动提供精神纲领。第三、四章还原革命爆发的过程，再现了民众如何以暴力与理想冲破旧制的枷锁。然而，胜利的狂欢转瞬即逝：第五章至第七章中，革命政权面临悖论和挑战，而与此同时，保守势力已悄然重织权力网络。最终，第八章书写反革命的全面反扑，君主专制卷土重来。但本书并未止步于革命的“失败”，第九章将视野投向全球，揭示1848年欧洲革命的余波如何在广阔的范围中持续回响。 本书既是一部波澜壮阔的欧洲革命史，也是一部关于理想、权力、人性与历史偶然性的启示录。当我们重新、告别和反思这段历史，不仅是作为旁观者，观摩近代欧洲的剧变，也能从这场以塑造民主世界为己任的变革中，看到当代政治格局转变、更新的多种可能性。

深度学习通常被视为数学博士和大型科技公司的专属领域。但是正如本书所呈现的那样，熟悉Python的程序员可以通过少量的数学背景、少量的数据和少的代码在深度学习中取得令人震惊的成果。fastai是个为常用的深度学习应用程序提供一致口的库。本书的两位作者用口语化且简单明了的方式描述了各种抽象的理论概念，希望通过本书能让尽可能多的人了解深度学习。这本书深浅出地介绍了深度学习的概念，并为读者提供了掌握深度学习的详细指导。 本书的目标读者是对深度学习感兴趣的广大程序员，只要你有一些编程基础，即可通过这本书轻松上手深度学习。

科学是什么？科学从哪里来，到哪里去？ 这本书全面介绍了科学的历史、现在和未来。阅读这本书，你将获得以下三方面的知识和智慧，这些或许可以颠覆你的科学思维。 全面了解科学技术的发展过程，包括近代科学形成之前的时期、经典力学时期、现代科学时期、科学高潮时期和科学的未来。 穿越时间与空间的科学历程，深了解科学的诞生与演变，找到真知的钥匙，认识真正的科学世界。 站在东西方科学的交汇，见证文明的碰撞与共生。 这本书还是一次全新的科学探索之旅。与过去大多数科学史著作只关注西方科学史不同，两位作者将人类文明作为一个整体系统来考虑，并采用系统思维模式和元科学的分析方法重新梳理人类的科学技术发展过程，弥补了东方科学被忽视的缺陷。 这本书不仅梳理了科学发展的历史脉络，更重要的是揭示了不同理论之间的内在关联，展现了科学发展的连贯性和整体性。书中以图文并茂、通俗易懂的方式揭示了科学的奥秘和价值，会让读者对科学有更深的认识和理解。

本书立足于当前主流互联网企业对Java发人员的技术要求，分析并总结面试中常见的面试考以提升Java发人员的技术实力。通过结合作者和行业内多位阅历丰富的Java发人员、面试官和猎头的工作经验，总结出高效的面试技巧，助力Java发人员早日走出面试困惑期，收获满意的工作机会和丰厚的薪资。本书第1章讲解Java语言发环境的搭建过程。第2章和第3章讲解Java发人员面试中常见的数据结构和算法考。第4章讲解Java发人员面试中常见的Java基础相关的考。第5章和第6章讲解Java发人员面试中常见的并发编程考。第7章和第8章讲解Java发人员可能会面临的面试形式和应对面试所需的技巧。 本书内容翔实，贴近面试实践，考讲解详尽，适用于所有Java语言面试候选人、分布式系统发爱好者以及计算机相关专业的学生阅读，也可供具有一到三年Java发经验的读者夯实基础，提升发技术。

图数据库是NoSQL类数据库的又一大典型代表，在国内图数据库属于新兴事物，其优异的复杂关系解决方案引起了国内众多大型互联网公司及IT发者的关注，而Neo4j是目前图形化数据库中为出色、为成熟的产品。本书的版书名是《Neo4j**指南》，发行量超过13000册，本书在版的基础上补充完善了Neo4j的新特性、新功能。 本书基于Neo4j 4.4版本编写，共分10章，涵盖基本概念、基础门、查询语言、程序发技术、管理运维、集群技术、应用案例、高级应用、配置设置、内建过程、GDS、Fabric等内容。 本书内容涉及Neo4j的大部分知识，既可以作为Neo4j初学者的门教材，也可以作为相关行业Neo4j技术专家的参考手册。

本书是《LabVIEW虚拟仪器项目发与管理》的升级版，共22章，包括基础知识、虚拟仪器项目 发方法以及项目管理和实践。第1~6章为基础知识，主要讲解LabVIEW程序前面板设计、数据结构、程 序框图、函数和错误处理等内容；第7~19章主要讲解虚拟仪器项目发方法，包括用于实际项目发的 单循环和多循环程序框架、程序用户界面扩展、数据类型扩展、代码和程序结构扩展、数据存储、数据库 和面向对象发技术、网络通信、信号与传感器、数据采集和滤波等数字信号处理相关的内容；第20~22 章主要讲解项目管理和实践，包括项目管理理论和一些对实际项目发的经验总结，同时提供几个实际 的工程案例作为参考。本书力求面向实际工程项目发，并配有实际工程实例源码和相关参考资料。 本书可作为LabVIEW虚拟仪器项目发和管理人员的技术参考书，也可作为计算机、虚拟仪器和自 动化等专业的教材，或各类LabVIEW虚拟仪器项目发和管理培训的参考用书。

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume – plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.’ The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own ‘little grey cells’ has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century. Appearing in Agatha Christie’s very first novel in 1920 and her very last in 1975, Hercule Poirot became the most celebrated detective since Sherlock Holmes, appearing in 33 novels, a play, and these 51 short stories. Arranged in their original publication order, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through his many film and television appearances. This new edition now also includes Poirot and the Regatta Mystery, an early version of an Agatha Christie story not published since 1936!

Barry Lewis taught himself to cook step by step, filming the process and posting the videos on his YouTube blog, MyVirginKitchen. The blog became an overnight hit, inspiring thousands of new cooks to pick up the ladle. Before long Barry had been given the seal of approval by his idol, Jamie Oliver, and put his job as a quantity surveyor on hold to follow his dream. Barry lives in Somerset with his partner Becky and two daughters, Phoebe and Chloe.

A tense and layered true-crime story about an all-American soldier boy turned bank robber Alex Blum was a clean-cut all-American kid with one unshakeable goal in life: to serve his country in the military. He was accepted into the elite Rangers regiment, but on the first day of his leave before deployment to Iraq, Alex got into his car with two fellow soldiers and two strangers, drove to a local bank in Tacoma, and committed armed robbery. The Blum family was devastated and mystified. How could he have done such a thing? Alex’s attorney presented a defence based on the theory that trainee Rangers are indoctrinated on a level akin to the brainwashing in an extreme religious cult, and Alex insisted that he had believed the robbery was just another exercise in the famously daunting Ranger program. But Luke Elliot Sommer, the charismatic soldier behind the robbery, maintained that Alex knew exactly what he was doing, and had, in fact, planned it all with him. Who was lying? What had happened to Alex during those gruelling months of training? How accountable was he?

Amelia Freer trained as a nutritional therapist after personal struggles with her own health, where she discovered first-hand how what we eat can transform our lives. She has been credited with Boy George’s recent and astounding weight loss and currently has an eight-month waiting list for her consultations, numerous high profile clients, and is a regular contributor to the national press. In addition to one-to-one consultations, her services extend to helping clients with all aspects of nutrition, from empowering them to make intelligent choices at the supermarket, clearing and restocking kitchen cupboards, teaching the cooking of simple, healthy meals and providing realistic meal plans.

Cameron Diaz shares her formula for becoming happier, healthier, and stronger in this positive, essential guide that is grounded in science and inspired by personal experience. Cameron Diaz has been a role model for millions of women all over the world throughout her career. But, as she’d be the first to admit, she hasn’t always been as health-conscious as she is now. As a young woman, Cameron didn’t always think about how the decisions she was making about her diet and lifestyle would impact her health for years to come. But over the past fifteen years, she has discovered that what she eats is inseparably linked to how she feels and looks. That knowledge – that nutrition impacts life – fuelled her hunger to educate herself about the best ways to feed, move, and care for her body. In The Body Book, Cameron shares what she’s learned and offers a comprehensive guide for women to look and feel their best. Cameron doesn’t offer a one-size-fits-all program or set goals to reach in seven days or thirty days or a year; instead, The Body Book offers a long-term approach to a long, strong, healthy life. Informed by experts and grounded in science, but brought to life by Cameron’s passion and personal experiences, The Body Book is an empowering, educational, and inspiring handbook for women everywhere.

A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world’s most successful and popular female playwright, including details of never-before-published *s and stories. Published in celebration of Agatha Christie's 125th birthday, Curtain Up! is an essential purchase for Agatha Christie fans worldwide. Everyone knows that The Mousetrap is the world’s longest-running play, but this first ever book dedicated to Agatha Christie as a playwright tells how Christie prevailed against the male-dominated establishment to be the only woman to have three plays in the West End at the same time and became the most popular and successful female playwright in the world. Author and theatre producer Julius Green has been given unprecedented access to archives in the UK and USA and has uncovered unpublished and unperformed plays, as well as previously unknown facts and correspondence. Agatha Christie was a skilful and accomplished stage writer, and this long-awaited book is a fascinating, funny and revealing tale that theatregoers and Agatha Christie fans won't want to miss.

A witty, wise and truthful beauty handbook for real women on what works in real life from Sali Hughes, beloved journalist and broadcaster. “Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick and pull yourself together” Elizabeth Taylor Beauty books. Exquisite coffee-table affairs featuring improbably beautiful models with wholly-unachievable-to-most women looks, product review-heavy volumes which become almost instantly outdated, or tracts of holistic mumbo jumbo, like how to make an unproven face pack from organic molasses and rough-hewn porridge oats. Not anymore. In Pretty Honest, Sali Hughes draws on over 20 years of wisdom, advice and expertise to show real women how to make the most of makeup’s physically and emotionally transformative powers. Covering everything from teenage skin to mature beauty, botox to bridal make-up, sickness to good health, it's a work that is part instruction manual, part love letter to makeup – in a writing style that combines beauty editor, feminist and painfully funny best friend.

A volume of short stories by the bestselling author of THE BROKEN EMPIRE series, Mark Lawrence This is a collection of fourteen stories of murder, mayhem, pathos, and philosophy, all set in the world of the Broken Empire. Within these pages, you will find tales of men such as Red Kent, Sir Makin, Rike, Burlow and the Nuban, telling of their origins and the events that forged them. There is Jorg himself, striding the page as a child of six, as a teenage wanderer and as a young king. And then there is a tale about Prince Jalan Kendeth – liar, cheat, womaniser and coward. To the new reader, welcome to a lawless world where wit and sword are the most useful weapons, and danger lurks as much in candle-lit palaces as in dark alleys and dense woodland. To those who have already journeyed with Jorg, we hope you will enjoy renewing old acquaintances with your favourite characters.

Martha Collison is the youngest ever baker on The Great British Bake Off – she made it all the way to the quarter finals whilst studying for her AS Levels! Martha is a self-taught baker who started cooking at the age of eight – the result of her brave parents letting her loose in the kitchen and enjoying the (sometimes mixed) results. Since then her baking repertoire has grown no end, and she now writes a weekly column in Waitrose Weekend as well as her own blog. Her first book Twist is a Sunday Times bestseller. She loves spending time with her family, and is passionate about helping with charitable campaigns with Tearfund.

Colette Harris is Editor of Here’s Health. She discovered she had Polycistic Ovary Syndrome three years ago. Theresa Cheung is a full time writer with 5 health books already published in the US including a book on androgen disorders in women. She is author of Men and Depression. She is also a sufferer of PCOS

Kate West is the author of The Real Witches' Handbook and The Real Witches' Kitchen. She is Media Officer for The Children of Artemis and High Priestess of the Hearth of Hecate, which runs a popular email support and enquiry service for Witches around the world. A practising Wiccan for over 30 years, she has excellent international contacts.

Imagine a world where the past, present and future have collided. A world that is timeless. This is the world Diego was born into… For fans of Rick Riordan and Brian Selznick, author-artist Armand Baltazar introduces the first book in a new fantasy adventure series. Over 150 full-colour illustrations bring this cinematic story to life! You’ve never seen Earth like this before: continents reshaped, oceans re-formed, cities rebuilt. Dinosaurs roam the plains alongside herds of buffalo, and giant robots navigate the same waters as steam-powered ships. In New Chicago, Diego’s middle school hallways buzz with kids from all eras of history and from cultures all over the world. The pieces do not always fit together neatly, but this is the world he loves. There are those, however, who do not share his affection. On his thirteenth birthday, Diego learns of a special gift he has, a secret that is part of something much bigger. When his father, New Chicago’s top engineer, is taken by the Aeternum, Diego must rescue him and prevent this evil group from disrupting the fragile peace humanity has forged.

Paul Sterry is author of Complete British Wildlife, which has sold over half a million copies, as well as numerous other titles in the successful Collins Complete Photoguide series, including Complete British Birds and Complete British Wild Flowers. He owns the photo library Nature Photographers.

Charlton Athletic represent a model of how a Premiership football club should be run. Former manager Alan Curbishley reveals the secrets of the club’s success – from the boardroom and manager’s office down to the dressing room and pitchside – and reflects on how the club went from homeless strugglers to challenging football’s elite. Alan Curbishley encountered most of football's ill winds during the 15 years he was coach, co-manager, then sole manager of Charlton – a club once homeless, with gates of less than 3000, forced to sell players to pay the wages and to buy replacement kit for the first team, and teetering on the brink of extinction. Galvanised by fans, staff, forward-thinking board members and a shrewd manager, the Addicks now find themselves firmly established with the Premiership big boys and a shining example of how a successful football club should be run. In his book, Curbishley opens the lid on the soap opera that is Charlton FC. He writes about the political manoeuvrings behind the club's departure and then emotional return to The Valley. He describes how the they were torn asunder by drugs allegations involving three of its players, including a youthful Lee Bowyer. He re-lives the tortuous rollercoaster ride of falling out of the Premiership two years later before returning in 1999/2000. And he gives an insider's view of the club's success in establishing itself in the world’s toughest league, including a full update on their 2005/06 season. He also talks candidly about being shortlisted for the England manager’s job. His book is a radical insight into the workings of a football club and its staff, and is sure to attract widespread interest from football fans across the country. Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.