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    Enriched edition. Unraveling the Literary Genius: A Scholarly Exploration of Romain Rolland's Influence on French Literature and Beyond

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    "For the next fortnight, you are to be madly in love with me…"Ambitious London reporter Colin Goddard has spent his whole life clawing toward stability. A juicy story—say, one involving a titled family—would finally secure his career. Lady Ada Ellis’s scandal-plagued brother has provided plenty of material…if only Colin can convince Ada to fill in the details.Ada doesn't plan on being useful to ... Read more

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  • Michelangelo

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    In "Michelangelo," Romain Rolland embarks on a profound exploration of the life and artistic journey of the great Renaissance master. Through a rich narrative interspersed with poetic prose, Rolland masterfully captures the essence of Michelangelo'Äôs struggles, inspirations, and innovations, presenting a vivid tapestry that reflects both the tumult of the Renaissance and the complexity of the ... Read more

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    Master techniques such as memory optimization, caching, concurrency, and multithreading to achieve maximum performance from your enterprise applications.

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    Why engineering and computational analogies are poorly suited to the study of biological cognitionMainstream theories of the brain are often expressed through engineering concepts—computation, code, control, reverse-engineering, optimization. These theories cast the living organism as a machine and the brain as a computer. The fact that cognition is a biological phenomenon seems merely anecdotal; ... Read more

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    Learn how to implement high-frequency trading from scratch with C++ or Java basics

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