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  • The Hong Kong Diaries

    by Chris Patten ...
    The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Over the next five ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • First Confession

    A Sort of Memoir

    by Chris Patten ...
    Chris Patten was a cradle Catholic (hence First Confession), became on the most prominent Tory 'Wets' of the 1980s and 1990s, and went on to hold a series of prominent public offices - Chairman of the Conservative Party, the last Governor of Hong Kong, European Commissioner for External Affairs, Chancellor of Oxford University, Chairman of the BBC, advisor to the Pope - as he self-deprecatingly ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Black Hat Go

    Go Programming For Hackers and Pentesters

    Like the best-selling Black Hat Python, Black Hat Go explores the darker side of the popular Go programming language. This collection of short scripts will help you test your systems, build and automate tools to fit your needs, and improve your offensive security skillset.Black Hat Go explores the darker side of Go, the popular programming language revered by hackers for its simplicity, efficiency ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    The Hong Kong Diaries

    by Chris Patten ...
    Narrated by Chris Patten ...

    Unabridged

    25 hours 41 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not - as other British colonies over the decades - for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Over the next five years he kept this diary, which describes in detail how Hong Kong was run as ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Learning Go

    An Idiomatic Approach to Real-World Go Programming

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    Go has rapidly become the preferred language for building web services. Plenty of tutorials are available to teach Go's syntax to developers with experience in other programming languages, but tutorials aren't enough. They don't teach Go's idioms, so developers end up recreating patterns that don't make sense in a Go context. This practical guide provides the essential background you need to write ... Read more

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    Practical Exercises on the Computational Subjects You Keep Avoiding (Like C)

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  • OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Exam Guide (Exams 1Z0-808)

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  • Ansible: Up and Running

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  • Modern CMake for C++

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