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Star Wars 2016 Del Rey Sampler

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by Alan Dean Foster, Alexander Freed, Claudia Gray, Chuck Wendig ...

Series series Star Wars
Come home to Star Wars with this ebook sampler of excerpts from Del Rey’s latest novels—including the official adaptation of The Force Awakens—set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .In this year’s sampler, you’ll also find selections from the Battlefront videogame tie-in novel and from a pair of gripping titles that fill the gaps between Episodes VI and VII.Plus, don’t miss four Star ... Read more

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Come home to Star Wars with this ebook sampler of excerpts from Del Rey’s latest novels—including the official adaptation of The Force Awakens—set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .In this year’s sampler, you’ll also find selections from the Battlefront videogame tie-in novel and from a pair of gripping titles that fill the gaps between Episodes VI and VII.Plus, don’t miss four Star
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The Great Abdication

Why Britain's Decline is the Fault of the Middle Class

by Alexander Deane ...

Series Book 41 - Societas
The middle class provides British society with its stability and strength. According to Deane’s contentious thesis, our middle class has abstained from its responsibility to uphold societal values, and the enormously damaging collapse of our society’s norms and standards is largely a result of that abdication. The institutions of political and social governance provide a husk of functionality and ... Read more

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The middle class provides British society with its stability and strength. According to Deane’s contentious thesis, our middle class has abstained from its responsibility to uphold societal values, and the enormously damaging collapse of our society’s norms and standards is largely a result of that abdication. The institutions of political and social governance provide a husk of functionality and
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Bulldog Carney

Enriched edition. A Victorian Tale of Mystery, Intrigue, and Romance in Old London

by William Alexander Fraser, Dean Dawson ...

In "Bulldog Carney," William Alexander Fraser crafts a gripping narrative set against the gritty backdrop of early 20th-century American life, exploring themes of resilience, identity, and the human spirit. Through the eyes of the titular character, Carney, Fraser weaves a tale filled with rich, evocative language and a keen sense of realism that mirrors the socio-economic struggles of the time. ... Read more

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In "Bulldog Carney," William Alexander Fraser crafts a gripping narrative set against the gritty backdrop of early 20th-century American life, exploring themes of resilience, identity, and the human spirit. Through the eyes of the titular character, Carney, Fraser weaves a tale filled with rich, evocative language and a keen sense of realism that mirrors the socio-economic struggles of the time.
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Event Streams in Action

Real-time event systems with Kafka and Kinesis

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SummaryEvent Streams in Action is a foundational book introducing the ULP paradigm and presenting techniques to use it effectively in data-rich environments.About the TechnologyMany high-profile applications, like LinkedIn and Netflix, deliver nimble, responsive performance by reacting to user and system events as they occur. In large-scale systems, this requires efficiently monitoring, managing, ... Read more

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SummaryEvent Streams in Action is a foundational book introducing the ULP paradigm and presenting techniques to use it effectively in data-rich environments.About the TechnologyMany high-profile applications, like LinkedIn and Netflix, deliver nimble, responsive performance by reacting to user and system events as they occur. In large-scale systems, this requires efficiently monitoring, managing,
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The Islamic State

Combating The Caliphate Without Borders

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The so-called "Islamic State" (IS) that has swept into power in parts of Syria and Iraq presents an imminent danger to the global community with its capacity as an effective, ideologically motivated, and bloodthirsty fighting force, coupled with its expanding territorial reach, on the ground and online. The IS has taken on a quasi-state form that mixes modernity with ancient rites, and ... Read more

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Family Terror Networks

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Dean C. Alexander's groundbreaking book, Family Terror Networks, analyzes the emerging and troubling aspects of family terror networks. In doing so, the work chronicles the issue of family affiliated terrorism along the following construct. Chapter 1 addresses general principles of terrorism. Chapter 2 discusses the characteristics of family terror networks. Chapter 3 shares case studies involving ... Read more

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Dean C. Alexander's groundbreaking book, Family Terror Networks, analyzes the emerging and troubling aspects of family terror networks. In doing so, the work chronicles the issue of family affiliated terrorism along the following construct. Chapter 1 addresses general principles of terrorism. Chapter 2 discusses the characteristics of family terror networks. Chapter 3 shares case studies involving
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Crossing Paths

Queer moments that changed everything

by Russell Alexander-Orozco, Dean Backus ...

Every day, people all around the world meet by chance. These small moments sometimes change lives. These meetings can happen anywhere-on a bus, at work, or while shopping. Once in a while, these encounters feel special, as if fate brought them together. As queer people, we will explore these magical, life-changing encounters and follow these paths of love, mentorship, and friendship.Whether you ... Read more

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Every day, people all around the world meet by chance. These small moments sometimes change lives. These meetings can happen anywhere-on a bus, at work, or while shopping. Once in a while, these encounters feel special, as if fate brought them together. As queer people, we will explore these magical, life-changing encounters and follow these paths of love, mentorship, and friendship.Whether you
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Monitoring with Ganglia

Tracking Dynamic Host and Application Metrics at Scale

by Matt Massie, Bernard Li, Brad Nicholes, Vladimir Vuksan, Robert Alexander, Jeff Buchbinder, Frederiko Costa, Alex Dean, Dave Josephsen, Peter Phaal, Daniel Pocock ...

Written by Ganglia designers and maintainers, this book shows you how to collect and visualize metrics from clusters, grids, and cloud infrastructures at any scale. Want to track CPU utilization from 50,000 hosts every ten seconds? Ganglia is just the tool you need, once you know how its main components work together. This hands-on book helps experienced system administrators take advantage of ... Read more

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Off With Their Wigs!

Judicial Revolution in Modern Britain

by Charles Banner, Alexander Deane ...

Series Book 39 - Societas
On Thursday June 12th 2003, a press release concerning a Cabinet reshuffle declared as a footnote that the office of Lord Chancellor was to be abolished and that a new Supreme Court would replace the House of Lords as the highest court in the United Kingdom. In response to intense criticism of the Government for announcing these judicial reforms without holding any prior debate or consultation, ... Read more

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On Thursday June 12th 2003, a press release concerning a Cabinet reshuffle declared as a footnote that the office of Lord Chancellor was to be abolished and that a new Supreme Court would replace the House of Lords as the highest court in the United Kingdom. In response to intense criticism of the Government for announcing these judicial reforms without holding any prior debate or consultation,
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Self-Care for Life

Find Joy, Peace, Serenity, Vitality, Sensuality, Abundance, and Enlightenment - Each and Every Day

by Alexander Skye, Lester Meera, Carolyn Dean ...

The best way to take care of your self is to take care of your Self. With its unique three-fold approach, this book helps you nurture and nourish the mind, body, and spirit within the natural course of every day:MindTake a break from the (bad) news.It's hard to find spiritual sustenance and renewal in a world rocked by tension. So turn off the television and radio, stay off the Internet, and stop ... Read more

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The best way to take care of your self is to take care of your Self. With its unique three-fold approach, this book helps you nurture and nourish the mind, body, and spirit within the natural course of every day:MindTake a break from the (bad) news.It's hard to find spiritual sustenance and renewal in a world rocked by tension. So turn off the television and radio, stay off the Internet, and stop
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A Higher Call

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by Adam Makos, Larry Alexander ...

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A beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Devotion, now a major motion pictureFour days before Christmas in 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a twenty-one-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. ... Read more

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Glory Lane

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A mind-blowing cosmic adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Adventures of Pip & Flinx.It's just another boring late night in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Seeth, a disillusioned punk rocker with too much time on his hands and too little money. That is, until he heads to a bowling alley and runs into Kerwin, a geeky graduate student who's there doing research for a sociology ... Read more

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