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  • Cloud Native Patterns

    Designing change-tolerant software

    by Cornelia Davis ...
    SummaryCloud Native Patternsis your guide to developing strong applications that thrive in the dynamic, distributed, virtual world of the cloud. This book presents a mental model for cloud-native applications, along with the patterns, practices, and tooling that set them apart.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Disrupter How Dr. Connie's Team Eradicated Smallpox in India

    by Cornelia E Davis ...
    This bold story is a gripping tale of audacity and disruption in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. An African American woman doctor, fresh from her residency training in 1975, Dr. Cornelia Davis chose a less traveled path, a decision that would have profound global ramifications.In a historic endeavor by the World Health Organization (WHO) to eradicate smallpox, a disease that had ... Read more

    $8.00 USD

  • Three Years in Ethiopia, How Civil War and Epidemics Led Me to My Daughter

    by Cornelia E Davis ...
    Sent by the World Health Organization to assist the Ethiopian government inpreventing meningitis outbreaks in 1990, Dr. Cornelia Davis eagerly accepted this posting. She headed to Addis Ababa, unaware of an obscure war that had gone on for two decades. The doctor had an ulterior motive — she wanted to adopt an infant girl. While providing expert assistance to control epidemics in several countries ... Read more

    $8.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Risking Is Better Than Regretting, Live Without Regrets

    by Cornelia E Davis ...
    Risking Is Better Than RegrettingIn this inspirational memoir, Connie looks back on her life and asks, "did I make a difference?" She reveals the wisdom of being open to opportunities and where that led her. At the same time, Davis acknowledges that risking can be dangerous, and it can be difficult to weigh the consequences and to determine how much risk one can tolerate. An underlying thread ... Read more

    $8.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Three Years in Ethiopia

    How a Civil War and Epidemics Led Me to my Daughter

    by Cornelia E. Davis ...
    Sent by the World Health Organization to assist the Ethiopian government in preventing meningitis outbreaks in 1990, Dr. Cornelia Davis eagerly accepted this posting. She headed to Addis Ababa, unaware of an obscure war that had gone on for two decades. The doctor had an ulterior motive — she wanted to adopt an infant girl. While providing expert assistance to control epidemics in several ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    by Tony Wheeler, Lonely Planet ...
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  • Songs of the Baka and Other Discoveries

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