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22643) High performance computing
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly & Associates
Pub. Date
©1993
Language
English
22644) Amantes modernos
Author
Publisher
Rocco
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Portuguese
Description
"From the New York Times' bestselling author of The Vacationers, a smart, highly entertaining novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college--their own kids now going to college--and what it means to finally grow up well after adulthood has set in. Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities...
22645) Deliver me
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally bestselling author of Quicksand, a brilliant, gut-wrenching story of childhood friends torn apart by gang violence and class differences in Stockholm, soon to be a Netflix series. Dogge is from affluent Rönnviken. Billy lives in the concrete towers of Våringe, only a few hundred yards across a highway, but a world apart. They met as six-year-olds at Rönnviken's playground and have been unlikely best friends ever since....
Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
From ancient Rome to early modern Europe, the relationship between humans and food has been portrayed in artworks for thousands of years. From farming, cooking and feasting scenes depicted in the Middle Ages in books of hours to the fish and fruit of ancient frescoes and mosaics, Food in Art gives fresh insights into how food items were cultivated, hunted, trapped, stored, traded, prepared and served throughout the ages. In this richly illustrated...
Author
Publisher
Aberdeen Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"It was the most deadly and destructive war in human history. Millions were killed, billions in property was destroyed, ancient cultures were reduced to rubble--World War II was truly man's greatest cataclysm. Thousands of books, movies and documentary films have been devoted to the war. There has never been such a terrible retelling of the story, however, as one will find in Hellstorm. In a chilling "you-are-there" style, the author places the reader...
Author
Publisher
Springer
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Divorced Fathers and Their Families Legal, Economic, and Emotional Dilemmas Florence Kaslow Praise for Divorced Fathers and Their Families: "Dr. Kaslow tells the story of forgotten fathers who suffer not only from the distance divorce imposes from their children, but from society's lack of sympathy for their suffering. A wife and mother as well as a distinguished professional, she forcefully brings these long-ignored issues out of the shadows. A must...
22649) The Gloria Anzaldúa reader
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Anzaldua played a major role in shaping contemporary Chicano/a and lesbian/queer theories and identities. As an editor of three anthologies, including the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, she...
22650) Long Time Coming
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop, a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption. The night of May 25, 2020 changed America. George Floyd, a 43-year-old Black man, was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis when a white cop suffocated him. The video of that nights events went viral, sparking the largest protests in the nations history and the sort of social unrest we have...
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As a manager, it's your responsibility to ensure your team is motivated and performing at a high level. But recent data reveals abysmal engagement levels among workers around the globe. How do you fix the problem--before your most talented people walk out the door? By understanding what drains your employees, you can increase their job satisfaction and push them toward achieving their goals. The HBR Guide to Motivating People provides practical tips...
22652) Advice for working dads
Series
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"You can have a successful career while being the father you want to be. Gone are the days when fathers were expected to put work first and family last. Today, men worldwide are redefining fatherhood and finding greater fulfillment both at work and at home. But old ways die hard. Many managers prefer the status quo, and fathers aren't finding the support and flexibility they need from their employers. Dads still feel pressure to downplay or hide their...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Watch me: Tess Hooper is a diligent and earnest cinema studies student, haunted by a shameful incident from her past. One by one Tess's friends end up brutally murdered after opening the "Watch Me" email, a file that spreads through electronic address books to seek its next victim. All murders bear the same traits: a red-headed woman in a yellow dress, an internet connection, the victims' eyes sewn shut. As Tess becomes the next target in line, she...
22657) 21 months, 24 days
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace
Pub. Date
©2017
Language
English
Description
In the late sixties, draft boards were gathering young men for the Vietnam War. High school kids who were not bound for college had to enlist or wait for a draft notice. The burden fell on the children of blue-collar families because college was not an easy option for them. Instead of starting a career, they had their lives put on hold to fight a war. The author was one of those kids. Threatened by the draft, he enlisted in the Army. He expected an...
22658) Binge Box-Daily Show Alums
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night!
Frozen-When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna...
22659) Herculean
Author
Series
Publisher
Breakneck Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The secret must be kept... For three thousand years, the Herculean Society has preserved the legacy of the ancient hero, Hercules, protecting history's fragile relics from humanity, and humanity from the dangerous truths behind the legends. Now, the Society's new leader, archaeologist George Pierce, faces his first test: the Cerberus Group. The shadowy organization has two goals: the collection and distribution of black market relics, tech and secrets,...
22660) Heads up sociology
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From gender and identity to welfare and consumerism, sociology is the study of how societies are organized and what helps them function or go wrong. Questions posed include: What is my "tribe"? Why do people commit crimes? Who decides if someone has a mental illness? What's work for? Does aid do any good? Heads Up Sociology explores these fascinating questions and more.
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