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Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. These lessons have helped a generation of programmers examine the very essence of software development. Now, 20 years later, this new edition re-examines what it means to be a modern programmer. Topics range from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse.

Sherlock Holmes: Stranger Than Fiction imagines the Great Detective receiving the most unique visitors ever to 221B Baker Street in 13 all-new stories.

You never knew that theoretical physics could be so simple! In this exciting and significant audiobook, Andrew Thomas reveals how all unifications in physics have been based on incredibly simple ideas.

From making faster, better decisions to automating rote work to enabling robots to respond to emotions, AI and machine learning are already reshaping business and society. What should you and your company be doing today to ensure that you're poised for success and keeping up with your competitors in the age of AI? Artificial Intelligence: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review brings you today's most essential thinking on AI and explains how to launch the right initiatives at your company to capitalize on the opportunity of the machine intelligence revolution.

John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Thomas Carew, and Henry Vaughan: these were some of the 17th-century writers who devised a new form of poetry full of wit, intellect and grace, which we now call Metaphysical poetry. They wrote about their deepest religious feelings and their carnal pleasures in a way that was radically new and challenging to their readers. Their work was largely misunderstood or ignored for two centuries, until 20th-century critics rediscovered it, finding in it a deep originality and a willingness to experiment.

Thirteen bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors are contained in this first of volume of a must-listen collection.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson! The names of the world’s greatest detective and his stalwart friend conjure up images of Victorian London, gaslit streets, hansom cabs, and dense fogs. But there was more to the story than these heroes. There were the villains who dared to stand against them, carrying out their vile plans and evil schemes. Who were these sinners, malefactors, and criminals? We only know the barest details, as provided to us from Watson’s pen in the very few 60 stories of the original Sherlockian Canon.

Contrary to what was once believed, ADHD that starts earlier in childhood usually persists into the teen years. Yet even experienced parents are often caught unawares by the fresh challenges that adolescence brings. This book is one of the few to address ADHD in the context of teen friendships, dating, curfews, sports, and extracurricular activities. It also offers practical advice from a leading psychologist on determining readiness to drive and instilling good homework and study habits.

This book gives you a proven, step-by-step system to smash your next pay review meeting and finally earn what you’re worth.

In this volume we gather together those 17th Century poets and their poems which took poetry in a different but very revealing direction, with their artistry and verse.

On a spring morning in 1914, members of the United Mine Workers of America clashed with guards employed by the Rockefeller family, and a state militia beholden to Colorado's industrial barons. When the dust settled, nineteen men, women, and children among the miners' families lay dead. The strikers had killed at least thirty men, destroyed six mines, and laid waste to two company towns. Killing for Coal offers a bold and original perspective on the 1914 Ludlow Massacre and the "Great Coalfield War."

Bitter Lips, Sweet Heart is a unique collection of romantic poetry first assembled by a group of young male college students who got together to read poetry and drink tea every week, thinking themselves spurned romantics and talented poets. Most of the original selections have been forgotten, and the collection has been updated for this simple release with a sense of irony and sheepishness in mature adulthood. May its angst, irony, lust, and innocent affection amuse and entertain you today, just as it did the four nerdy boys who assembled it to communicate.

A fascinating collection of some of the great - but less well known - fairy tales of all time.

Are you finding ways to empower your mind? Are you thinking of increasing confidence? Are you searching for positivity in your life? Are you trying to maintain a positive lifestyle at home and in the workplace? If you agree with any of these questions, then your problem is solved. This is the right book for you. In this book, you will have a deep insight into developing your mindset and setting it to a growth mindset system, which will help you approach work-life balance an ultimate step towards your success.

3 on the column, brings together Andrew Roberts, the renowned Classic car writer and Brian Thomas, to talk Classic cars, with occasional guests joining in to share their classic car world.3 On The Column knows that all of today's classics were once new cars, so revisit with us and enjoy their new car moment and how they are viewed today.Want to share your classic car world with us? get in touch, we want to hear about it.

Este libro presenta una selección de diez artículos imprescindibles sobre liderazgo, de los cientos que han sido publicados por la revista de la prestigiosa Universidad de Harvard, fuente de información de los líderes de hoy día. Artículos de reconocidos autores, como Daniel Goleman, Peter F. Drucker o John P. Kotter, que le ayudarán a maximizar su propio rendimiento y el de su organización.

'Overrated Everything' A podcast from Thomas Turgoose (This is England, Game Of Thrones) and Andrew Ellis (This is England, The Walk-in).Each week the boys sit down with a different guest to discuss an overrated subject. Both guests and subjects vary each week, so settle in, volume up and lets all have a good laugh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Madison BookBeat highlights local Wisconsin authors and authors coming to Madison for book events. It airs every Monday afternoon at 1pm on WORT FM.

The Xs and Os show for Jimmies and Joes! A weekly breakdown of college football strategies focusing on the South Carolina Gamecocks and Clemson Tigers, but will cover big games from around college football!

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