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Blurb For years Laia has lived in fear. Fear of the Empire, fear of the Martials, fear of truly living at all. Born as a Scholar, she's never had much of a choice.  For Elias, it's the opposite. He has seen too much on his path to becoming a Mask, one of the Empire's elite soldiers. With the Mask's help, the Empire has conquered a continent and enslaved thousands of Scholars, all in the name of power. When Laia's brother is taken she must force herself to help the Resistance, the only people who have a chance of saving him. She must spy on the Commandant, ruthless overseer of Blackcliff Academy. Blackcliff is the training ground for Masks and the very place Elias is planning to escape. If he succeeds, he will be named deserter. If found, the punishment will be death.  But once Laia and Elias meet, they find that their destinies are intertwined and their choices will change the fate of Empire. In the ashes of a broken world, one person can mak...

Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Representation are one of the fundamental parts of an Artificial Intelligence system. In this article, we will go through these concepts and understand how it is used in the field of AI. Knowledge Engineering First, let us understand what is Knowledge Engineering. " Knowledge Engineering refers to all technical, scientific and social aspects involved in building, maintaining and using the knowledge-based system" Knowledge-based systems or KBS is a computer program that reasons and uses the knowledge base to solve complex problems. The subsystem of a KBS include: 1. Knowledge base:  It is a computer program which stores complex structured and unstructured information that a computer system uses. This exhibits opposite properties of relational database systems. Knowledge base stores structured data but not as a table with numbers and strings, but as pointers to other objects that in turn has additional ...

Blurb For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment. But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and knows more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.  For Nora is right in the middle of a centuries-old battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and sooner or later, she's going to have to pick a side... Review A normal girl and a mysterious guy meet in a biology class???? Gives me Twilight vibe. Instead ...

In the month of May, I purchased a lot of books. I was on a low budget but still managed to get more books. I went to BooksByWeight in Worli, Mumbai and some I got from Flipkart sale. Below is the list of books which I got from Flipkart sale: 1. Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead This book has won many awards and it has very good ratings. This is set up during the slavery period in America. This is a story about a slave girl named Cora and her journey towards freedom. Cora is a slave since her birth in one of the plantations in Georgia. She and her friend Caesar escapes from the plantation to reach Underground Railroad which will take them far from South. Cora faces a lot of hardships during the journey and also she is being hunted by slave catcher named Ridgeway. I already read this book and I enjoyed it. Please check my review at  https://bookstechnologyandmore.blogspot.com/2018/05/book-review-underground-railroad.html 2. Half Boyfriend by Judy Balan and Kis...

Blurb 'I learned to love like a man- to love without feelings. And I shall never forget this lesson.' Matsyagandha, Kali, Yojanagandha, Daseyi - the queen of Hastinapur, Satyavati. Abandoned as a baby, preyed on by a Rishi, she hardens herself, determined that the next time she is with the man, she will be the one to win. And win she does: the throne of Hastinapur for herself and the promise that her sons will be heirs to the kingdom. But at what cost? In a palace where she is disdained and scorned, Satyavati must set aside her own loss and pain if she is to play the game of politics. She learns to be ruthless, unscrupulous- traits that estrange her from everyone around. Everyone, except the man she cheated of his birthright.  A piercing, insightful look at the grand matriarch of the Kuru family, the woman who set off the sequence of events that ended in the bloody battle of Kurukshetra. "The Fisher Queen's Dynasty" will re-align your reading of ...

Blurb Not only does Morrigan Crow's curse means she's blamed for all bad luck, she's also destined to die on her eleventh birthday. She bravely accepts her doom, but in a very surprising twist of fate, before the clock strikes twelve on Eventide and the howling shadow wolves arrive, she is whisked away by a remarkable man called Jupiter North and taken to the city of Nevermoor. Morrigan cannot believe her luck when she is given a once in a lifetime chance to join the Wundrous Society -- a place of mystery, magic, and protection. Only first she must pass four impossible trials using an exceptional talent (which she doesn't have). Racing against time can Morrigan claim her place in the wild, Wundrous city before the shadows catch up with her? Review Amazing !!!! Morrigan Crow is one of the amazing characters in this book. She is smart, witty, kind and brave. She is lonely and she never had friends. The only thing she wanted was people to love...

We get to hear a lot of hype about AI and its applications. AI eases human life or as some believe it is dangerous. This article will give you a brief idea about AI, its application and the impact on the world.    What is AI? AI is a contrast to natural intelligence exhibited by humans. It is a machine which is designed to perceive the events and take actions with maximum probability of success. In a simpler word, the machine mimics human minds. AI replicates the cognitive functions of the human brain which is mainly learning and problem-solving.  As the hype grew through many years, a term came into picture i.e. "AI Effect". It means "whatever hasn't been done yet". Some of the AI capabilities include:  Understanding human speech Competing in strategic games Automated cars Routing in content delivery network Military simulations AI was founded as a part of academic discipline in 1956. It is the combination of various fields like co...

Blurb Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than the most; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is approaching womanhood where it is clear that even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape the North.   In Whitehead's razor-sharp imagining of the antebellum South, the Underground Railroad has assumed a physical form: a dilapidated box-car pulled along subterranean tracks by a steam locomotive, picking up fugitives wherever it can. Thus Cora embarks on a harrowing journey, seeking true freedom, pursued relentlessly by a terrifying slave catcher named Ridgeway.  As Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America, from the brutal importation of Africa...

Blurb Meet Don Tillman. Don is getting married. He just doesn't know who to yet. But he has designed a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman. One thing he already knows, though, is that it's not Rosie. Absolutely, completely, definitely not. Review Don Tillman, a 39-year-old Geneticist tries to find a suitable wife using science. After undergoing a lot of analysis he designs a questionnaire. He thinks that these set of questions will lead him to find a suitable wife. This story is adorable. There were a lot of funny moments. The writing is really good and also the characters are so cute. I really liked the idea of finding a perfect partner using concepts of research methodology and statistics. I guess some of my friends could use the same techniques to find a partner 😄 😄😄since they are working in the field of data analysis.  Characters Don Tillman:   He is a weird science guy. He is too nerdy similar to Sheldon Cooper. Soc...

Blurb In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exa...

Blurb In a time of civil war, famine and religious strife, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against this backdrop, lives entwine Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age. Review "The most expensive part of a building is the mistakes" The whole story in this book revolves around the building of a Cathedral. Yes!!! mistakes are the most expensive part of a building. This is seen as the story moves forward. I enjoyed the story and it kept me hooked until the end. The best part of the story is the characters never stopped taking revenge till the end.  Plot:   The plot is set in 1135 AD in a fictional town called Kingsbridge during the civil war in England. The story involves the str...