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    A practical guide to looking after and maintaining the systems we inherit

    by Robert Annett ...
    Understand the crux of legacy systems—their architecture, analysis, and security constraintsKey FeaturesUnderstand what legacy systems are and strategies for their maintenanceExplore basic and advanced architectures of legacy systemsDiscover how to analyze and secure legacy systemsBook DescriptionThe IT industry is constantly evolving with the introduction of new technologies. While it is ... Read more

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  • Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories

    Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories brings together eighty-one brief texts spanning Robert Walser’s career, from pieces conceived amid his early triumphs to later works written at a psychiatric clinic in Bern. Many were published in the feuilleton sections of newspapers during Walser’s life; others were jotted down on slips of paper and all but forgotten. Together they string together small ... Read more

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  • The Concentration Camp Brothel

    Forced Sexual Labor under Nazi Rule

    by Robert Sommer ...
    Translated by Dominic Bonfiglio ...
    Series series World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
    Discover the chilling untold story of sexual forced labor in Nazi concentration campsIn his seminal work, The Concentration Camp Brothel, Robert Sommer reveals the hidden horrors of sexual forced labor within the SS camp system, a subject long overshadowed and seldom acknowledged in the discourse on the Holocaust.Through his rigorous examination of over seventy archives and poignant interviews ... Read more

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  • Beauty or Brains?

    The complete how-to guide to making money (and lots of it) working in the promotions industry as a promotional model

    Series Book 1 - The Promotional Princess Series
    Beauty or Brains is an enjoyable read for anyone interested in the world of promotions. Whether you are starting out in the industry, considering a career change or already working as a promotional model, Beauty or Brains shares the tips and tricks to get you started. The Promotional Princess, aka Annette Roberts, has left no stone unturned with this in-depth look inside a rapidly changing ... Read more

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  • Indonesia

    The Great Transition

    Indonesia is in the midst of an epic transition as it moves from decades of authoritarian government to a new era of democratic opening, from years of secular government to a time of struggle over the role of Islam in public life, and from the breakdown of a "miracle" economy to a search for resilience in the face of global forces. In this timely work, leading scholars analyze the causes of the ... Read more

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  • Genetics

    Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

    Series series Readings in Bioethics
    Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies, is covered regularly in the media, and affects people everyday around the globe. In ... Read more

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  • The Path and the Gate

    Mormon Short Fiction

    The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi describes the journey to eternal life as going through a gate of ordinances and traveling a “straight and narrow path.” Twenty-three authors took that gospel roadmap passage as a prompt to write “a Mormon story.” They responded with a surprisingly wide range of realistic and fantastic tales. Many are human reactions to unexpected steps on the path: a lifetime of ... Read more

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  • Ireland and America

    Empire, Revolution, and Sovereignty

    Series series The Revolutionary Age
    Looking at America through the Irish prism and employing a comparative approach, leading and emerging scholars of early American and Atlantic history interrogate anew the relationship between imperial reform and revolution in Ireland and America, offering fascinating insights into the imperial whole of which both places were a part. Revolution would eventually stem from the ways the Irish and ... Read more

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  • Black Man in the Huddle

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    Series series Swaim-Paup Sports Series, sponsored by James C. '74 & Debra Parchman Swaim and T. Edgar '74 & Nancy Paup
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    $21.59 USD

  • Anchoring Growth: The Importance of Productivity-Enhancing Reforms in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

    Series Book 13 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
    Fostering and sustaining robust economic growth is an imperative across advanced, emerging, and low-income countries alike. Countries will need to focus on supply-side reforms to raise their potential output and anchor medium-term growth prospects. This SDN will emphasize the role of structural reforms and supportive policy and institutional frameworks for boosting productivitya key engine of ... Read more

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    Old Harry’s Game

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    Unabridged

    21 hours 32 min

    All seven series of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny award-winning comedy set in Hell.'Satirical, philosophical - and devilishly funny' Gillian Reynolds, Daily TelegraphWelcome to Hell - where nobody can ever quite catch the barman's eye. In this collection, which contains all seven series of Old Harry's Game, get ready for some wicked one-liners and scorching satire.Satan is fed up after a ... Read more

    $21.48 USD

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    Thornton Wilder: Our Town, The Bridge of San Luis Rey & More

    A BBC Radio full-cast drama collection

    Unabridged

    4 hours 32 min

    Four of Thornton Wilder's most acclaimed works, adapted for BBC Radio - plus bonus material exploring his life and careerThornton Wilder is one of America's most important literary figures. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times - for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth - and is the only person to be awarded the Pulitzer for both fiction and drama. ... Read more

    $18.79 USD