John Thompson
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Felony Bay Mysteries volume 1
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©2013.
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English
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"When Abbey's father falls into a coma and is accused of a crime he didn't commit, Abbey sets out to prove his innocence--and repay a century-old debt"--Provided by publisher.
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2020.
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Understand how to protect Java framework applications by learning cutting-edge Spring Security techniques About This Video Gain a deep understanding of Spring Security Explore the Spring Security toolset for authentication and authorization of users Become familiar with the Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach In Detail Increasing cases of online security breaches have made it important for every organization to ensure that their applications are...
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The Modern Course series provides a clear and complete foundation in the study of the piano that enables the student to think and feel musically. It may be preceded by the Teaching Little Fingers to Play series. Follows uninterruptedly and in progressive sequence the musical foundation developed in Book 1.
5) Stilt Jack
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Originally published in 1978, Stilt Jack is a series of powerful soliloquies on the complexity of love and the process of living. These are made immediate through Thompson's command of metaphor, his eye for the New Brunswick landscape, his intense, often elliptical way of transfiguring everyday things into shorthand symbols of reality. This remarkable sequence of poems is based on the ghazal, an ancient Persian poetic form which is discussed in Thompson's...
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Dog has a problem. His beautiful world is in crisis – again! Should he let events take their course, or should he interfere?
This book is an invitation to see planet Earth through the eyes of Dog and Mother Nature, from the era of the dinosaurs, though times of plenty, to our current and future crises. Who's to blame? Is it us? Is it them?
This magical read takes us on an insightful journey where individual stories from around the world blend...
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We all have dreams and ambitions. We want to be successful in our careers and personal lives. But what does success really mean? And how do we achieve it? These are the questions John Thompson III sets out to answer in his book Stack Your Deck.
Through a mix of personal stories, expert interviews, practical exercises, and straight-forward advice, Thompson takes readers on an engaging journey, challenges us to define success on our terms, and shows...
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2019.
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English
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"Apache Maven is the most popular Java build tool. Companies and open source communities around the world consider Apache Maven the 'go-to' build tool for their Java projects. In this course, you will gain comprehensive insights into Apache Maven for building and deploying your apps. You'll explore Maven build lifecycles, before going on to understanding how to use Maven to build and package Java projects. The course will then demonstrate how to use...
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Farmer's markets, artisanal dark chocolate, home-made bread, craft-brewed beer, and independent boutique coffee shops may not immediately call to mind issues of faith, but they should. As the "American Dream" starts to fray at both ends, millions of people are embracing values that seem to hail from a bygone era. They are seeking out the local, the small, the responsible and the nourishing instead of the cheap, the homogenized, the mass-produced and...
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"It is not only the species that change evolutionarily through interactions... the interactions themselves also change." Thus states John N. Thompson in the foreword to Interaction and Coevolution, the first title in his series of books exploring the relentless nature of evolution and the processes that shape the web of life. Originally published in 1982 more as an idea piece-an early attempt to synthesize then academically distinct but logically...
12) Cabin Fervor
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Every fall, Dad and his buddies drove 200 miles to Jack Hochlander's tiny, unheated Adirondack cabin, centrally located in the middle of nowhere, to hunt deer. In 1957 Dad became part-owner, making him the happiest man on earth. Now, outside hunting season, he brought my brothers and me along, teaching us the ways of the woods - and how not to cook. We had an absolute blast. As Dad said, "We don't have a lot of money, but we have a lot of fun." The...
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At a glance, most species seem adapted to the environment in which they live. Yet species relentlessly evolve, and populations within species evolve in different ways. Evolution, as it turns out, is much more dynamic than biologists realized just a few decades ago. In Relentless Evolution, John N. Thompson explores why adaptive evolution never ceases and why natural selection acts on species in so many different ways. Thompson presents a view of life...
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Egypt, 1927. The Feline Egyptologist, Ramses Faro, and his two young companions Felicity and Sharrif, have stumbled upon a key to an ancient treasure of the pharaohs. Pursued by the wicked cobra, Countess Serpentina von Hyss, their quest takes them from the hidden chambers beneath the Temple of Kom Ombo, to the pirate-infested waters of the Nile, and dep within a lethal maze hidden beneath the desert sands - all in the hope of unlocking the secrets...
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[2021]
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English
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This book tells the story of the turbulent decades when the book publishing industry collided with the great technological revolution of our time. From the surge of ebooks to the self-publishing explosion and the growing popularity of audiobooks, Book Wars provides a comprehensive and fine-grained account of technological disruption in one of our most important and successful creative industries. Like other sectors, publishing has been thrown into...
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En este número de Texturas se pueden encontrar textos de John B. Thompson, Valerie Miles, Mark Polizzotti, Jesús Ortiz, Paulo Cosín, Íñigo García Ureta, Marta Magadán-Díaz, Jesús I. Rivas-García, Enric Faura, Fernando Pascual, Jaume Balmes, Julián Viñuales Lorenzo y José Luis de Diego.
17) The Reservoir
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On an early spring morning in Richmond, Virginia, in the year 1885, a young pregnant woman is found floating in the city reservoir. It appears that she has committed suicide, but there are curious clues at the scene that suggest foul play. The case attracts local attention, and an eccentric group of men collaborate to solve the crime. Detective Jack Wren lurks in the shadows, weaseling his way into the investigation and intimidating witnesses. Policeman...
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Set in rural North Carolina between the Civil War and World War I, Love and Lament chronicles the Hartsoe family's extraordinary hardships and misfortunes. Mary Bet, the youngest of nine children, was born the same year the first railroad arrived in their county. As she comes of age during the South's reconstruction and industrialization, she must learn to overcome her family's curse: the deaths of her mother and siblings, a deaf and damaged older...
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In Building Analytics Teams, John K. Thompson, with his 30+ years of experience and expertise, illustrates the fundamental concepts of building and managing a high-performance analytics team, including what to do, who to hire, projects to undertake, and what to avoid in the journey of building an analytically sound team. The core processes in creating an effective analytics team and the importance of the business decision-making life cycle are explored...
20) Data for all
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The data you generate every day is the lifeblood of many large companies--and they make billions of dollars using it. In Data for All, bestselling author John K. Thompson outlines how this one-sided data economy is about to undergo a dramatic change. Thompson pulls back the curtain to reveal the true nature of data ownership, and how you can turn your data from a revenue stream for companies into a financial asset for your benefit.