Sparring Partners
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Sparring Partners
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store. “Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again—until now. Now Mack is back, and he’s leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned. In “Strawberry Moon,” we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can’t save him, the courts slam the door, and the governor says no to a last-minute request for clemency. As the clock winds down, Cody has one final request. The “Sparring Partners” are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe each other, and speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the resulting fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time in her career and try to save herself? By turns suspenseful, hilarious, powerful, and moving, these are three of the greatest stories John Grisham has ever told.
Second Language Acquisition
Second Language Acquisition - Learning Theories and Recent Approaches will aim to present the process of learning an additional language apart from one’s native language. The process of understanding, writing, and speaking another language with fluency involves complex intellectual and emotional responses as well as continuous information processing abilities. A variety of perspectives is needed in order for learning to take place. Many factors, both internal and external, are involved in determining why some learn a second language at a faster rate than others. With an internal or external focus of attention, various linguistic techniques have explored the basic questions about SLA. With the ability to covey and structure information in a second language, there is a need for what is being learned to be viewed from various perspectives. The focus on continuous natural UG capability for language learning versus communicative processing requirements differs among viewpoints on how SLA develops. This book intends to provide readers with language acquisition, language comprehension, language development, language processing, and psychological and social variables, which have been largely excluded by purely language approaches.
Artificial Intelligence in HCI
The four-volume set LNAI 15819–15822 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI, AI-HCI 2025, held as part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22-17, 2025. The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included in the HCII 2025 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 7972 submissions. The papers have been organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Trust and Explainability in Human-AI Interaction; User Perceptions, Acceptance, and Engagement with AI; UX and Socio-Technical Considerations in AI Part II: Bias Mitigation and Ethics in AI Systems; Human-AI Collaboration and Teaming; Chatbots and AI-Driven Conversational Agents; AI in Language Processing and Communication. Part III: Generative AI in HCI; Human-LLM Interactions and UX Considerations; Everyday AI: Enhancing Culture, Well-Being, and Urban Living. Part IV: AI-Driven Creativity: Applications and Challenges; AI in Industry, Automation, and Robotics; Human-Centered AI and Machine Learning Technologies.