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JSON at Work

Practical Data Integration for the Web

by Tom Marrs ...

JSON is becoming the backbone for meaningful data interchange over the internet. This format is now supported by an entire ecosystem of standards, tools, and technologies for building truly elegant, useful, and efficient applications. With this hands-on guide, author and architect Tom Marrs shows you how to build enterprise-class applications and services by leveraging JSON tooling and message ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

JSON is becoming the backbone for meaningful data interchange over the internet. This format is now supported by an entire ecosystem of standards, tools, and technologies for building truly elegant, useful, and efficient applications. With this hands-on guide, author and architect Tom Marrs shows you how to build enterprise-class applications and services by leveraging JSON tooling and message
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Meanwhile There Are Letters

The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald

Edited by Suzanne Marrs, Tom Nolan ...

*2016 Edgar Award Finalist**2016 Anthony Award Finalist**2016 Macavity Award Finalist*In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits. Though separated by background, geography, genre, and his marriage, the two authors shared their lives in witty, wry, tender, and at times profoundly romantic letters, each ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

*2016 Edgar Award Finalist**2016 Anthony Award Finalist**2016 Macavity Award Finalist*In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits. Though separated by background, geography, genre, and his marriage, the two authors shared their lives in witty, wry, tender, and at times profoundly romantic letters, each
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Good Sister, Bad Sister: Heart of the Staff

Heart of the Staff, #2

by Carol Marrs Phipps, Tom Phipps ...

Series Book 2 - Heart of the Staff
Sometimes, the people closest to you can cause the greatest harm...Magic. Hidden Agendas. Supernatural Creatures. Sibling Rivalry.Enter the Kingdom of Niarg in the first book of the Heart of the Staff Series, a fantasy adventure collection by husband and wife writing team, Carol Marrs Phipps and Tom Phipps."What I loved about this story was the author's magical ability to transport me through time ... Read more

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Sometimes, the people closest to you can cause the greatest harm...Magic. Hidden Agendas. Supernatural Creatures. Sibling Rivalry.Enter the Kingdom of Niarg in the first book of the Heart of the Staff Series, a fantasy adventure collection by husband and wife writing team, Carol Marrs Phipps and Tom Phipps."What I loved about this story was the author's magical ability to transport me through time
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JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide

A Practical Guide

by Tom Marrs, Scott Davis ...

Consisting of a number of well-known open source products, JBoss is more a family of interrelated services than a single monolithic application. But, as with any tool that's as feature-rich as JBoss, there are number of pitfalls and complexities, too.Most developers struggle with the same issues when deploying J2EE applications on JBoss: they have trouble getting the many J2EE and JBoss deployment ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Consisting of a number of well-known open source products, JBoss is more a family of interrelated services than a single monolithic application. But, as with any tool that's as feature-rich as JBoss, there are number of pitfalls and complexities, too.Most developers struggle with the same issues when deploying J2EE applications on JBoss: they have trouble getting the many J2EE and JBoss deployment
... Read more
Life Inside My Mind

31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

by Jessica Burkhart, Maureen Johnson, Robison Wells, Lauren Oliver, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Amy Reed, Aprilynne Pike, Rachel M. Wilson, Dan Wells, Amber Benson0, E. Kristin Anderson1, Sarah Fine2, Kelly Fiore-Stultz3, Ellen Hopkins4, Scott Neumyer5, Crissa-Jean Chappell6, Francesca Lia Block7, Tara Kelly8, Kimberly McCreight9, Megan Kelley Hall0, Hannah Moskowitz1, Karen Mahoney2, Tom Pollock3, Cyn Balog4, Melissa Marr5, Wendy Toliver6, Cindy L. Rodriguez7, Candace Ganger8, Sara Zarr9, Cynthia Hand0, Francisco X. Stork1 ...

“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review)“[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental health in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores ... Read more

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“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review)“[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental health in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores
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COVID Chronicles

A Comics Anthology

by Gene Ambaum, Julio Anta, Ned Barnett, Ken Best, Armond Boudreaux, Eiri Brown, Thi Bui, Maureen Burdock, Roland Burkart, Pavith C, Brian Canini, Jason Chatfield, Lili Chin, Gerry Chow, MK Czerwiec, Zack Davisson, Joe Decie, Deloupy, Ignacio Di Meglio, Katy Doughty, Peter Dunlap-Shohl, Sarah Firth, Eduardo Garcia, Mike Garcia, Hatiye Garip, Simon Gentry, Aaron Guzman, Rivi Handler-Spitz, Justin Hansen, Kurt Hathaway, Mark Heinrichs, Natascha Hoffmeyer, Laura Holzman, John Jennings, Kang Jing, Quincy Scott Jones, Scott Jones, Jazmine Joyner, Rob Kirby, Rob Kraneveldt, Jesse Lambert, Kelly Latham, Janet K. Lee, Ajuan Mance, Luis Manriquez, Lee Marrs, Seth C. Martel, Tom K. Mason, Sean Seamus McWhinny, Ben Mitchell, Terry Moore, Eli Neugeboren, Tim Ogline, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Willow Payne, Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos, S. I. Rosenbaum, Jacoby Salcedo, Kay Sohini, Arigon Starr, Emily Steinberg, Jay Stephens, Sage Stossel, Chris Summers, Tamara, Brenna Thummler, Seth Tobocman, Shelley Wall, Ian Williams, Richard You Wu, Zen, Annie Zhu ...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we weren’t sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing. We watched in horror as medical personnel worked around the clock to care for the sick and dying. Businesses were shuttered, travel stopped, workers were furloughed, and markets dropped. And people continued to die.Amid ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we weren’t sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing. We watched in horror as medical personnel worked around the clock to care for the sick and dying. Businesses were shuttered, travel stopped, workers were furloughed, and markets dropped. And people continued to die.Amid
... Read more

For the Love of Books

Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More

by Graham Tarrant ...

A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature.Do you know:Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?Why Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?What superstitions Truman Capote kept whenever he wrote?Who the other Winston Churchill was?A treasure trove of compelling ... Read more

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A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature.Do you know:Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?Why Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?What superstitions Truman Capote kept whenever he wrote?Who the other Winston Churchill was?A treasure trove of compelling
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Deep Pockets

by Linda Barnes ...

Series Book 10 - The Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries
The Boston PI gets caught up in extortion, murder, and Ivy League secrets in a " poisonous . . . nail-biter" by the Anthony Award–winning author ( Publishers Weekly).Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is "the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine" ( New York Post).Harvard professor Wilson Chaney is in a comprising ... Read more

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The Boston PI gets caught up in extortion, murder, and Ivy League secrets in a " poisonous . . . nail-biter" by the Anthony Award–winning author ( Publishers Weekly).Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is "the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine" ( New York Post).Harvard professor Wilson Chaney is in a comprising
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The Politics of Friendship

by Jacques Derrida ...

The most influential of contemporary philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores the idea of friendship—and its political consequences, past and future—through writings by Aristotle, Nietzsche, Cicero, and more.Until relatively recently, Jacques Derrida was seen by many as nothing more than the high priest of Deconstruction, by turns stimulating and fascinating, yet always somewhat disengaged from the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The most influential of contemporary philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores the idea of friendship—and its political consequences, past and future—through writings by Aristotle, Nietzsche, Cicero, and more.Until relatively recently, Jacques Derrida was seen by many as nothing more than the high priest of Deconstruction, by turns stimulating and fascinating, yet always somewhat disengaged from the
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#TIL: Today I Learned

Hilarious, Entertaining, and Educational Trivia

by Stephen Spignesi ...

From Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth, movies and music to politics and biology, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi compiles five hundred facts in this addictive bathroom reader trivia book.From history and science to sports and literature, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi offers eye-opening trivia in 500 facts inspired by the viral social media acronym TIL used on ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

From Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth, movies and music to politics and biology, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi compiles five hundred facts in this addictive bathroom reader trivia book.From history and science to sports and literature, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi offers eye-opening trivia in 500 facts inspired by the viral social media acronym TIL used on
... Read more
Librarian Tales

Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

by William Ottens ...

Published in cooperation with the American Library Association, an insider’s look at one of the most prevalent, yet commonly misunderstood institutions!Here is the good, the bad, and the ugly of librarian William Ottens’s experience working behind service desks and in the stacks of public libraries, most recently at the Lawrence Public Library in Kansas. In Librarian Tales, published in ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Published in cooperation with the American Library Association, an insider’s look at one of the most prevalent, yet commonly misunderstood institutions!Here is the good, the bad, and the ugly of librarian William Ottens’s experience working behind service desks and in the stacks of public libraries, most recently at the Lawrence Public Library in Kansas. In Librarian Tales, published in
... Read more
Book Row

An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade

by Marvin Mondlin, Roy Meador ...

The American Story of the Bookstores on Fourth Avenue from the 1890s to the 1960sNew York City has eight million stories, and this one unfolds just south of Fourteenth Street in Manhattan, on the seven blocks of Fourth Avenue bracketed by Union Square and Astor Place. There, for nearly eight decades from the 1890s to the 1960s, thrived the New York Booksellers’ Row, or Book Row.This richly ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

The American Story of the Bookstores on Fourth Avenue from the 1890s to the 1960sNew York City has eight million stories, and this one unfolds just south of Fourteenth Street in Manhattan, on the seven blocks of Fourth Avenue bracketed by Union Square and Astor Place. There, for nearly eight decades from the 1890s to the 1960s, thrived the New York Booksellers’ Row, or Book Row.This richly
... Read more

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