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“steven carter”

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  • I Was Howard Hughes

    by Steven Carter ...
    Part Great Gatsby, part This Is Spinal Tap, Steven Carter's hilarious debut paints a fictional portrait of a biographer, his notorious subject, and the illusions we hold about fame and fortune.Howard Hughes embodied the American dream: envied by powerful men, desired by beautiful women, Hughes lived his life larger than all who surrounded him and yet died an emaciated recluse. All of which makes ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • The Gloaming Meadows

    What Roams In The Gloam?

    by Steven Carter ...
    The Gloaming Meadows, What Roams in the Gloam? is about the adventures of the night critters that come out and about in the late afternoon near sunset, just before the evening fades into night, and the sun is almost no longer bright.While the daytime critter's day is just about to come to an end, the nighttime critters' lingering into the dim afternoon starts to begin. From dark mountains, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Model-Driven DevOps

    Increasing agility and security in your physical network through DevOps

    by Steven Carter, Jason King, Mike Younkers, Josh Lothian ...
    Develop Network Infrastructure More Rapidly, and Operate It More EffectivelyUsing model-driven DevOps and the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) paradigm, teams can develop and operate network infrastructure more quickly, consistently, and securely--growing agility, getting to market sooner, and delivering more value. Now, two leading practitioners walk you step by step through successfully implementing ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Collected Aphorisms

    2008-2018

    by Steven Carter ...
    Collected aphorisms of Montaigne Medal wining US author Steven Carter ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Little House of Oxymorons

    with commentaries

    by Steven Carter ...
    Eschewing old clunkers like "military intelligence" and "student-athlete," this volume features well over 200 fresh and original oxymorons with commentaries-all with a satirical twist. As a satire, Little House of Oxymorons complements Steven Carter's The New Devil's Dictionary, a two-volume "sequel" to Ambrose Bierce's notorious The Devil's Dictionary of a century ago.Cover image: Allison O ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • New Aphorisms & Reflections

    Third Series

    by Steven Carter ...
    New Aphorisms & Reflections: Third Series, the sixth volume in a sequence which began with 222: Aphorisms & Reflections, features more than 450 entries, some of which are autobiographical. Like its predecessors, New Aphorisms & Reflections includes a sampling of "meetings of the minds"-dialogues between the author and aphorists and thinkers of the past.Cover image: Allison O'Donnell, Mostly ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • After Aesop

    Improvisations on Aesop's Fables

    by Steven Carter ...
    In After Aesop: Improvisations on Aesop's Fables, Steven Carter adds parody to his wide-ranging repertoire of literary genres. Aesop, perhaps the world's best-known author, produced hundreds of fables that have been re-told countless times, but rarely parodied on a one-to-one basis. By turns hilarious, poignant, and profound, the more than 200 entries in After Aesop are certain to instruct and ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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    Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation

    by Jez Humble, David Farley ...
    Series series Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)
    Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award!Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process.This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles and technical practices that enablerapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Throughautomation of the build, deployment, and testing process, and improved collaboration ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Why Not?

    Fifteen Reasons to Live

    by Ray Robertson ...
    crosses genres, and will appeal to a wide audience: self-help, literary, essays, philosophy, psychologyauthor suffers from serious depression related to OCD. This book came out of a suicidal period, when he came up with a list of fifteen reasons why he should not kill himself. Or, more optimistically, fifteen reasons to live. They range from Love and Work to Intoxication, and, paradoxically, death ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Poet

    A Novel

    by Michael Connelly ...
    Series Book 1 - Jack McEvoy
    **FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HARRY BOSCH AND LINCOLN LAWYER SERIESAn electrifying standalone thriller that breaks all the rules! With an introduction by Stephen King.**Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write--and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecedented ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit

    Practical Techniques for Extracting, Cleaning, Conforming, and Delivering Data

    by Ralph Kimball, Joe Caserta ...
    Cowritten by Ralph Kimball, the world's leading data warehousing authority, whose previous books have sold more than 150,000 copiesDelivers real-world solutions for the most time- and labor-intensive portion of data warehousing-data staging, or the extract, transform, load (ETL) processDelineates best practices for extracting data from scattered sources, removing redundant and inaccurate data, ... Read more

    $40.00 USD

  • Happiness and Other Small Things of Absolute Importance

    by Haim Shapira ...
    We all want to be happy but what is happiness? Haim Shapira navigates the terrain of happiness, exploring and contemplating an eclectic range of theories and insights into the conflicts we face on our journey to creating our own happiness.What is your happiest moment? How can you know it? Do we waste time or does time waste us? Are questions about meaning truly meaningful? What’s really important? ... Read more

    $9.99 USD