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| "A Matter of Oaths" |
| "'A compelling mind-bending future that's finally come home to the present' - Becky Chambers author of The Long Way to a Small Angry PlanetWhen Commander Rallya of the patrol ship Bhattya hires Rafe as their new Web officer she knows she is taking a risk As an oath breaker Rafe has suffered the ultimate punishment - identity wipe - but luckily for him there's no one else around qualified for the job Shunned by his previous shipmates Rafe is ready to keep his head down and do his job but his competence quickly earns him respect admiration and in one particular case love It's difficult to maintain the glow of acceptance however when his past is chasing him across the galaxy in the shape of an assassin intent on dealing once and for all with Rafe whatever the cost Originally published in 1988 A Matter of Oaths is a space opera with heart intergalactic intrigue and epic space battles With a new introduction by Becky Chambers author of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet Fast paced and inventive it held my attention to the end' - C J Cherryh"
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| "Practical JIRA Administration: Using JIRA Effectively: Beyond the Documentation by Matthew B. Doar (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "If you're familiar with JIRA for issue tracking bug tracking and other uses you know it can sometimes be tricky to set up and manage In this concise book software toolsmith Matt Doar clarifies some of the more confusing aspects by answering difficult and frequently asked questions about JIRA administration Practical JIRA Administration shows you how JIRA is intended to be used making it an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available The book's chapters are loosely connected so you can go straight to the information that best serves your needs Understand the difference between JIRA groups and JIRA project roles Discover what JIRA schemes do and learn how to maintain them Use a consistent configuration approach to help you use JIRA as a platform Create a workflow from scratch Add modify and deactivate users Prepare for a JIRA upgrade and troubleshoot if necessary Get remote access to JIRA via email SQL REST and other methods"
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| "APIs: A Strategy Guide: Creating Channels with Application Programming Interfaces by Daniel Jacobson, Greg Brail, Dan Woods..." |
| "Many of the highest traffic sites get more than half of their traffic not through the browser but through the APIs they have created Salesforcecom (more than 50) and Twitter (more than 75 fall into this category Ebay gets more than 8 billion API calls a month Facebook and Google have dozens of APIs that enable both free services and e-commerce get more than 5 billion API calls each day Other companies like NetFlix have expanded their service of streaming movies over the the web to dozens of devices using API At peak times more than 20 percent of all traffic is accounted for by Netflix through its APIs Companies like Sears and E-Trade are opening up their catalogs and other services to allow developers and entrepreneurs to create new marketing experiences Making an API work to create a new channel is not just a matter of technology An API must be considered in terms of business strategy marketing and operations as well as the technical aspects of programming This book written by Greg Brail CTO of Apigee and Brian Mulloy VP of Products captures the knowledge of all these areas gained by Apigee the leading company in supporting the rollout of high traffic APIs"
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| "ZeroMQ: Messaging for Many Applications by Pieter Hintjens (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "Dive into A MQ (aka ZeroMQ) the smart socket library that gives you fast easy message-based concurrency for your applications With this quick-paced guide you'll learn hands-on how to use this scalable lightweight and highly flexible networking tool for exchanging messages among clusters the cloud and other multi-system environments A MQ maintainer Pieter Hintjens takes you on a tour of real-world applications using extended examples in C to help you work with A MQ's API sockets and patterns Learn how to use specific A MQ programming techniques build multithreaded applications and create your own messaging architectures You'll discover how A MQ works with several programming languages and most operating systems - with little or no cost Learn A MQ's main patterns request-reply publish-subscribe and pipeline Work with A MQ sockets and patterns by building several small applications Explore advanced uses of A MQ's request-reply pattern through working examples Build reliable request-reply patterns that keep working when code or hardware fails Extend A MQ's core pub-sub patterns for performance reliability state distribution and monitoring Learn techniques for building a distributed architecture with A MQ Discover what's required to build a general-purpose framework for distributed applications"
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| "802.11ac: A Survival Guide: Wi-Fi at Gigabit and Beyond by Matthew Gast (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "The next frontier for wireless LANs is 80211ac a standard that increases throughput beyond one gigabit per second This concise guide provides in-depth information to help you plan for 80211ac with technical details on design network operations deployment and monitoring Author Matthew Gast - an industry expert who led the development of 80211-2012 and security task groups at the Wi-Fi Alliance - explains how 80211ac will not only increase the speed of your network but its capacity as well Whether you need to serve more clients with your current level of throughput or serve your existing client load with higher throughput 80211ac is the solution This book gets you started Understand how the 80211ac protocol works to improve the speed and capacity of a wireless LAN Explore how beamforming increases speed capacity by improving link margin and lays the foundation for multi-user MIMO Learn how multi-user MIMO increases capacity by enabling an AP to send data to multiple clients simultaneously Plan when and how to upgrade your network to 80211ac by evaluating client devices applications and network connections"
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| "RESTful Web APIs: Services for a Changing World by Leonard Richardson, Sam Ruby, Mike Amundsen (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "The popularity of REST in recent years has led to tremendous growth in almost-RESTful APIs that don't include many of the architecture's benefits With this practical guide you'll learn what it takes to design usable REST APIs that evolve over time By focusing on solutions that cross a variety of domains this book shows you how to create powerful and secure applications using the tools designed for the world's most successful distributed computing system the World Wide Web You'll explore the concepts behind REST learn different strategies for creating hypermedia-based APIs and then put everything together with a step-by-step guide to designing a RESTful Web APIExamine API design strategies including the collection pattern and pure hypermedia Understand how hypermedia ties representations together into a coherent API Discover how XMDP and ALPS profile formats can help you meet the Web API semantic challenge Learn close to two-dozen standardized hypermedia data formats Apply best practices for using HTTP in API implementations Create Web APIs with the JSON-LD standard and other the Linked Data approaches Understand the CoAP protocol for using REST in embedded systems"
Price: 22.49 |
| "ZooKeeper: Distributed Process Coordination by Benjamin Reed, Flavio Junqueira (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "Building distributed applications is difficult enough without having to coordinate the actions that make them work This practical guide shows how Apache ZooKeeper helps you manage distributed systems so you can focus mainly on application logic Even with ZooKeeper implementing coordination tasks is not trivial but this book provides good practices to give you a head start and points out caveats that developers and administrators alike need to watch for along the way In three separate sections ZooKeeper contributors Flavio Junqueira and Benjamin Reed introduce the principles of distributed systems provide ZooKeeper programming techniques and include the information you need to administer this service Learn how ZooKeeper solves common coordination tasks Explore the ZooKeeper API's Java and C implementations and how they differ Use methods to track and react to ZooKeeper state changes Handle failures of the network application processes and ZooKeeper itself Learn about ZooKeeper's trickier aspects dealing with concurrency ordering and configuration Use the Curator high-level interface for connection management Become familiar with ZooKeeper internals and administration tools"
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| "Ethernet: The Definitive Guide: Designing and Managing Local Area Networks by Joann Zimmerman, Charles Spurgeon (Paperback,..." |
| "Get up to speed on the latest Ethernet capabilities for building and maintaining networks for everything from homes and offices to data centers and server machine rooms This thoroughly revised comprehensive guide covers a wide range of Ethernet technologies from basic operation to network management based on the authors' many years of field experience When should you upgrade to higher speed Ethernet? How do you use switches to build larger networks? How do you troubleshoot the system? This book provides the answers If you're looking to build a scalable network with Ethernet to satisfy greater bandwidth and market requirements this book is indeed the definitive guideExamine the most widely used media systems as well as advanced 40 and 100 gigabit Ethernet Learn about Ethernet's four basic elements and the IEEE standards Explore full-duplex Ethernet Power over Ethernet and Energy Efficient Ethernet Understand structured cabling systems and the components you need to build your Ethernet system Use Ethernet switches to expand and improve network design Delve into Ethernet performance from specific channels to the entire network Get troubleshooting techniques for problems common to twisted-pair and fiber optic systems"
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| "Python and HDF5: Unlocking Scientific Data by Andrew Collete (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "Gain hands-on experience with HDF5 for storing scientific data in Python This practical guide quickly gets you up to speed on the details best practices and pitfalls of using HDF5 to archive and share numerical datasets ranging in size from gigabytes to terabytes Through real-world examples and practical exercises you'll explore topics such as scientific datasets hierarchically organized groups user-defined metadata and interoperable files Examples are applicable for users of both Python 2 and Python 3 If you're familiar with the basics of Python data analysis this is an ideal introduction to HDF5 Get set up with HDF5 tools and create your first HDF5 file Work with datasets by learning the HDF5 Dataset object Understand advanced features like dataset chunking and compression Learn how to work with HDF5's hierarchical structure using groups Create self-describing files by adding metadata with HDF5 attributes Take advantage of HDF5's type system to create interoperable files Express relationships among data with references named types and dimension scales Discover how Python mechanisms for writing parallel code interact with HDF5"
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| "Communicating Data with Tableau: Designing, Developing, and Delivering Data Visualizations by Ben Jones (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Go beyond spreadsheets and tables and design a data presentation that really makes an impact This practical guide shows you how to use Tableau Software to convert raw data into compelling data visualizations that provide insight or allow viewers to explore the data for themselves Ideal for analysts engineers marketers journalists and researchers this book describes the principles of communicating data and takes you on an in-depth tour of common visualization methods You'll learn how to craft articulate and creative data visualizations with Tableau Desktop 81 and Tableau Public 81 Present comparisons of how much and how many Use blended data sources to create ratios and rates Create charts to depict proportions and percentages Visualize measures of mean median and mode Lean how to deal with variation and uncertainty Communicate multiple quantities in the same view Show how quantities and events change over time Use maps to communicate positional data Build dashboards to combine several visualizations"
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| "Pocket Posh Easy Sudoku 2: 100 Puzzles by The Puzzle Society (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Pocket Posh Easy Sudoku 2offers 100 addictive Sudoku puzzles created for quick and easy solving This lovely tome is perfect for the advanced puzzler wanting a swift puzzle to solve or a beginner looking to tackle a realistic challenge Pocket Posh Easy Sudoku 2features a chicly styled cover making it a smart sophisticated accessory that goes with anything Packaged in a handy pocket size the book fits nicely into a handbag Pocket Posh Easy Sudoku 2is perfect for puzzlers looking for a quick and engaging puzzle to complete With more than 5 million copies in print the Pocket Posh puzzle series is a great way to exercise your mind--and look great while doing it!"
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| "Born to Love, Cursed to Feel" |
| "For fans of rh Sin comes a new voice Samantha King's raw relatable poetry both celebrates love and mourns the human curse to feel Her verse transports readers to the most private reaches of love and longing Born to Love Cursed to Feel is about love-the good the bad and the confusing It touches on morals and how when emotions are involved it's not as black and white The poetry is frequently written in a narrative manner that evocatively pulls you in and makes you feel This book is about falling in love bad decisions and ultimately growth The essence of it all is to show that no matter how far one falls all the mistakes don't have to be what defines them Samantha King has 83000 Instagram followers Samantha King is the girlfriend of RH Sin whose Twitter account has 635000 followers including Jim Gaffigan and Calvin Reid of PW; Her Instagram has 350000 followers including Rhonda Rousey RH Sin will use his social media following by promoting this book and Samantha King's poetry A book you can give to a friend or loved one to help them through the tumultuous trials of life and love"
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| "Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine by Richard A. Bordow, Timothy A. Morris, Andrew J. Ries (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Stay current with the latest information on the diagnosis and management of pulmonary disorders with Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine 7e Drawing on the expertise of a stellar team of renowned experts in the field this updated pocket reference provides concise coverage of all aspects of pulmonary disorders including pathophysiology differential diagnoses and the latest evidence-based treatments for pulmonary illness Featuring a spiral binding compact size and concise entries this reference is ideal for bedside use and is portable enough to take along as you move between home clinic and hospital Well worth reading cover to cover and will serve as an excellent reference resource in the field of pulmonary medicineK P Ravikrishnan FRCP(C) FACP (William Beaumont Hospitals) reviewing previous edition Key features of Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine includeHighlights of pulmonary and critical care medicine processes and resources available to help you prevent diagnose and treat respiratory diseases Up-to-date information on presentations that are typical for common and otherwise important respiratory disordersUpdated traditional disease-based chapters so you can refresh your knowledgeNEW sections on Presentation of Respiratory Disorders and Pulmonary Resources and Procedures help you clearly identify and treat your patientsUniform chapters that highlight key characteristics including definition etiology incidence diagnostic work up management and outcomesAnnotated bibliography presents the best evidence for you to apply in practiceWhether you are a busy practitioner in pulmonary medicine a pulmonary specialist or a resident in pulmonary medicine internal medicine or general surgery you'll find this authoritative reference a must-have for your practice"
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| "High-Yield Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health" |
| "High-Yield (TM) Biostatistics Epidemiology and Public Health Fourth Edition provides a concise review of the biostatistics concepts that are tested in the USMLE Step 1 Information is presented in an easy-to-follow format with High-Yield Points that help students focus on the most important USMLE Step 1 facts The High-Yield (TM) outline format with tables diagrams photographs and images to clarify important material provides a concentrated efficient review for both course exams and the USMLE"
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| "Pocket Obstetrics and Gynecology" |
| "The newest addition to the indispensable Pocket Medicine series offers a range of vital clinical data on obstetrics and gynecology care Pocket Obstetrics and Gynecology is the definitive on-the-spot real-world guide written by residents and packed with need to know information Perfect for forming initial care plans during rounds Prepare yourself today!FeaturesCoverage in topics including primary care; ER; operative ob-gyn; pelvic surgery and urogynecology; infertility; prenatal care; normal labor and delivery; complicated pregnancy and delivery; cardiology; pulmonary; gastroenterology; hematology; neurology; gynecologic oncologySpecial appendices on pelvic anatomy; common ob-gyn procedures and surgeries; drugs in OB and breastfeeding; ACLS algorithms; NRP algorithmEvidence-based data with current citationsChapters organized by organ systems putting women's health topics into general medical context - perfect for clerkship studiesUser-friendly Pocket Series design includes 6-ring binder with pockets in front and back and white space for reader's notes"
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| "Basic Clinical Neuroscience" |
| "Publisher's Note Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality authenticity or access to any online entitlements included with the product Clinically oriented and student-friendly Basic Clinical Neuroscience provides the anatomic and pathophysiologic basis necessary to understand neurologic abnormalities This concise but comprehensive text emphasizes the localization of specific medically important anatomic structures and clinically important pathways using anatomy-enhancing illustrations Updated throughout to reflect recent advances in the field the Third Edition features new clinical boxes over 100 additional review questions and striking full color artwork Features IncludeClinical Connection boxesReview questions at the end of each chapter and detailed answers in the back of the bookAn entire chapter on locating lesionsAn atlas of myelin-stained sectionsUnique hand-drawn full color artworkA glossary of key terms"
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| "BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics" |
| "BRS Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Genetics is an excellent aid for USMLE Step 1 preparation and for coursework in biochemistry molecular biology and genetics Fully updated for its sixth edition chapters are written in an outline format and include pedagogical features such as bolded key words figures tables algorithms and highlighted clinical correlates USMLE-style questions and answers follow each chapter and a comprehensive exam appears at the end of the book"
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| "High-Yield Embryology" |
| "This series extracts the most important information on each topic and presents it in a concise uncluttered fashion to prepare students for the USMLE High-Yield means exactly that!High-Yield Embryology Fifth Edition provides a concentrated efficient review of embryology material tested on the USMLE Step 1 Concepts are presented in a streamlined outline format with tables diagrams photos and radiographs to clarify important materialIn response to student feedback the Fifth Edition featuresNew and updated figuresAdditional USMLE-style case studies at the end of each chapterAn expanded section on early development"
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| "Lippincott's Illustrated Q&A Review of Pharmacology" |
| "Lippincott's Illustrated Q&A Review of Pharmacology offers up-to-date clinically relevant board-style questions-perfect for course review and board prep 1000 multiple-choice questions with detailed answer explanations cover frequently tested topics in pharmacology including questions related to clinical topics and divided by body systems The book features full-color illustrations and offers flexible study options with online access to the questions and answers on a companion website"
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| "The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology" |
| "The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology is a clear concise and comprehensive reference book for the busy clinician to use in his or her daily patient encounters It focuses less on etiology pathophysiology and epidemiology and considerably more on practical clinical information Cancer management information is presented in a reader-friendly format that offers a comprehensive review of each disease along with the most commonly used treatment regimens including chemotherapy dosing and schedulesFeaturesClear concise complete reference book for busy clinician for daily patient managementUser-friendly formatting - tables algorithms charts bullet pointsContributors all from NIH (or they trained there)Great for board examsOrganized by body regionNew to this editionAdd a chapter on Cancer Genetics and expand the Basics of Genomics for practicing oncologists to include the clinically relevant molecular testsMajor addition will be to add about 5 board review question and answers per chapter - more than 200 board review questionsNew treatment regimens added to all appropriate chaptersNew clinical trial data added on treatmentMore chemotherapeutic agents added (including newer regimens and dosages)"
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| "Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics" |
| "From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine comes the Fifth Edition of this outstanding resource The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics is your on-the-spot reference for virtually any situation you'll face in obstetrics high-risk obstetrics gynecology reproductive endocrinology infertility and gynecologic oncology It's also highly effective as a review tool for certification or recertification examsFind information quickly with an easy-to-use outline format modeled after The Washington Manual (R) of Medical TherapeuticsStay up to date with new information on minimally invasive surgical techniques; new diagnostic tools; and recent advances in conception infertility genetics and prenatal diagnosisProvide more effective patient care with a newly revised primary care chapter that reflects current practice standards and a new chapter on patient safetyBenefit from the knowledge and expertise of residents and attending physicians in obstetrics and gynecology at The Johns Hopkins UniversityTrust the manual that's been used with confidence for more than 15 years by house officers medical students and practitioners who deal with obstetric and gynecologic diseases and disordersNow with the print edition enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition offering tablet smartphone or online access toComplete content with enhanced navigationPowerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book your notes and even the webCross-linked pages references and more for easy navigationHighlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the textAbility to take and share notes with friends and colleaguesQuick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use"
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| "Understanding Research for Evidence-Based Practice" |
| "Develop the knowledge and skills you need to become a research-literate evidence-based practitioner with this user-friendly book Mirroring the way practicing nurses read research reports the book begins with a research article's conclusion-the section that most directly addresses the clinical meaning of a research study-and works backward through each section in the research article Organized around user-centered questions such as how conclusions were reached which patients the conclusions apply to and how the study was done each chapter begins with a clinical case that identifies the clinical question the nurse is seeking to answer and one or two published research articles that directly relate to the clinical case See the relevance of research to clinical practice through the authors' unique approach that helps you learn about research methodology in a natural intuitive wayExplore the ways that becoming research literate will help your clinical practice with Rebar & Gersch Evidence-Based Bridge TheoryIncrease your understanding of difficult abstract concepts through visually dynamic graphicsBroaden your knowledge with enhanced coverage of two important forms of nursing research-systematic reviews and mixed method research including the AAAAA Evidence-Based Practice ModelBecome a savvy consumer of research with an easy-to-understand review of the basic statistical information necessary for interpreting research studiesAccess clinical cases that reflect nursing practice in a variety of settings from acute care to public health and across a range of specialtiesFind the information you need fast with anytime anywhere access to the fully searchable text online"
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| "Kinesiology : The Mechanics and Pathomechanics of Human Movement" |
| "Equip your students with the knowledge they need to be effective physical therapists with the updated Third Edition of Kinesiology The Mechanics and Pathomechanics of Human Movement Now in vibrant full color the Third Edition provides a clinical applied look at anatomy and mechanics that reflects the latest research findings and the most current developments in the field As your students move through the text they don't just learn the principles of motion; they learn how these principles apply to patient care New Thought Problems with critical thinking exercises ask students to think through the types of decisions they will be making as physical therapy professionals"
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| "LWW's Medical Assisting Exam Review for CMA, RMA & CMAS Certification by Janet R. Sesser, Helen J. Houser (Paperback,..." |
| "Publisher's Note Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality authenticity or access to any online entitlements included with the product This Fourth Edition of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Medical Assisting Exam Review for CMA RMA & CMAS Certification focuses on the critical most current components of the MA and MAS curricula making it an indispensable tool for recent graduates practicing medical assistants medical administrative specialists and medical administrative assistants preparing to sit for any recognized national certification exams Take advantage of a unique approach that uses a pretest with analysis to help users identify their strengths and weaknesses and develop their own personalized study plan to streamline review and practice This proven book is packed with study smart resources including more than 3000 questions and six timed simulated exams available online as well as study tips and exam-taking strategies Updated and enhanced with new information on key topics that affect medical assistants the Fourth Edition now includes new chapter-ending Critical Thinking Case Reviews"
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| "Icarus by Deon Meyer (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "After 602 days dry Captain Benny Griessel of the South African police services can&39;t take any more tragedy So when Benny is called in to investigate a multiple homicide it pushes him close to breaking point - a former friend and detective colleague has shot his wife and two daughters then killed himself Benny wants out - out of his job his home and his relationship with his singer girlfriend Alexa He moves into a hotel and starts drinking Again But Benny&39;s unique talent is urgently required to help investigate another crime - the high profile murder of Ernst Richter MD of a new tech startup Alibi whose body is discovered buried in the sand dunes north of Cape Town Alibi is a service that creates false appointments documents and phone calls to enable people to cheat on their partners It has made Richter one of the most notorious people in South Africa Can Benny pull together the strands of his life in time to catch the killer?"
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| "Ringer : Book Two in the addictive, pulse-pounding Replica duology" |
| "Like its ambitious companion novel Replica this far-reaching novel by the powerhouse author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted In the world outside of the Haven Institute Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human-and Lyra infected at Haven with a terrible disease finds her symptoms are growing worse When Caelum leaves without warning Lyra follows him seeking a pioneering organization in Philadelphia that might have a cure But what they uncover there is a shocking connection to their past even as their future seems in danger of collapsingThough Gemma just wants to go back to her normal life after Haven she soon learns that her powerful father has other plans for the replicas-unless she and her boyfriend Pete can stop him But they soon learn that they aren't safe either The Haven Institute wasn't destroyed after all and now Gemma is the one behind the wallsBestselling author Lauren Oliver brings the Replica duology to a shocking close in Ringer but like both Gemma and Lyra you won't be able to leave the world of Haven behind after you've turned the last page"
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| "War Stories : Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning and Compassion" |
| "'Highly readable an intimate and varied account of fascinating stories of people at war' History of WarWar Stories is a fascinating account of ordinary men and women swept up in the turbulence of war These are the stories - many untold until now - of thirty-four individuals who have pushed the boundaries of love bravery suffering and terror beyond the imaginable They span three centuries and five continents There is the courage of Edward Seager who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade; the cunning of Krystyna Skarbek quick-thinking spy and saboteur during the Second World War; the skullduggery of Benedict Arnold who switched sides in the American War of Independence and the compassion of Magdalene de Lancey who tenderly nursed her dying husband at Waterloo Told with vivid narrative flair and full of unexpected insights War Stories moves effortlessly from tales of spies escapes and innovation to uplifting acts of humanity celebrating men and women whose wartime experiences are beyond compare"
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| "The Legacy" |
| "The first in an exciting new series from 'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' (Daily Express) Yrsa SigurdardottirTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERTHE INTERNATIONAL PRIZEWINNER'Believe all the hype - this is crime at its best' HeatDetective Huldar is out of his depth His first murder case is like nothing he's seen before - a bizarre attack on a seemingly blameless womanThe only evidence is a list of numbers found at the scene and the testimony of the victim's eleven-year-old daughter who isn't talkingWhile his team attempt to crack the code Huldar turns to child psychologist Freyja for her expertise with traumatised young people Because time is running outand the one thing they know for certain is that the murderer will strike again"
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| "The Brittle Star : An epic story of the American West" |
| "A DAILY MAIL STARS BOOK OF THE YEARA FOYLES BEST BOOK OF 2017'Langdale is excellent The Brittle Star is a great beginning to what I hope is a long and productive career' GuardianIf a man beats you you never let your anger show never at the time You wait until he least expects it until nobody remembers that you were angry at all In 1860s Southern California life on the Burn ranch has been peaceful for 15-year-old John Evert since the death of his father But recently there have been violent raids on nearby properties where it's not just cattle and horses that are taken but women too And when the white-painted men arrive at the Burn ranch on horses in the dead of night John Evert is near-fatally injured his beloved mother spirited away and their house torched to the ground Setting out on a journey to find his mother and reclaim his land John Evert will fight in the Civil War and befriend an outlaw challenge his assumptions and fall in love before returning to fledgling Los Angeles older sager and set on revenge 'Fans of Annie Proulx or Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy will love her eloquent descriptions of California's rural terrain' Henry Deedes Daily Mail'This book artfully blends careful research with beautiful writing This young British writer is clearly incredibly talented and versatile and I hope this will be the first book in a long and fruitful career' Historical Novel Society"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Stork Mountain" |
| "In his mesmerising first novel the internationally celebrated short-story writer Miroslav Penkov spins the intriguing tale of an American student who returns to Bulgaria the country he left as a child His mission is to track down his grandfather and to find out why he suddenly cut off all contact with the family three years beforeThe trail leads him to a remote village on the border with Turkey a stone's throw away from Greece high up in the Strandja Mountains - a place of pagan mysteries and black storks nesting in giant oaks; a place where every spring possessed by Christian saints men and women dance barefoot across live coals in search of rebirth Here in the mountains he is drawn by his grandfather into a maze of half-truths And here he falls in love with an unobtainable Muslim girl Old ghosts come back to life and forgotten conflicts blaze anew until the past finally yields up its plangent secrets"
Price: 13.49 |
