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  • The Behavioral Biology and Conservation of Goitered Gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa)

    by David Blank ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated book summarizes all known information on the Goitered Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa), one of the world's most endangered antelopes. It includes information on topics such as feeding ecology, behavior, vocalizations, parasites and diseases, and conservation. This research monograph will be of interest to professional researchers of ungulates, university ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Cecil B. DeMille, Classical Hollywood, and Modern American Mass Culture

    1910–1960

    by David Blanke ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book uses the long and profitable career of Cecil B. DeMille to track the evolution of Classical Hollywood and its influence on emerging mass commercial culture in the US. DeMille’s success rested on how well his films presumed a broad consensus in the American public—expressed through consumer hedonism, faith, and an “exceptional” national history—which merged seamlessly with the efficient ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Science, Religion and Deep Time

    Edited by Lowell Gustafson, Barry Rodrigue, David Blanks ...
    This book examines the meaning of religion within the scientific, evidence-based history of our known past since the big bang. While our current major religions are only centuries or millennia old, our volume discusses the origins and development of human religious practice and belief over our species’ existence of 300,000 years.The volume also connects the scientific approach to natural and ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Public Policy in ALS/MND Care

    An International Perspective

    Edited by Robert H. Blank, Jerome E. Kurent, David Oliver ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book focuses on the public policy and political/ethical dimensions of ALS/MND across a wide selection of countries and argues for the need of a multidisciplinary and international approach. Policy issues addressed include adequacy of funding for research and care, payment policy and regulatory functions of public and private insurers, long-term services and caregiver support, public health ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Seeking SRE

    Conversations About Running Production Systems at Scale

    by David N. Blank-Edelman ...
    Organizations big and small have started to realize just how crucial system and application reliability is to their business. Theyâ??ve also learned just how difficult it is to maintain that reliability while iterating at the speed demanded by the marketplace. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a proven approach to this challenge.SRE is a large and rich topic to discuss. Google led the way with ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • A Destiny of Choice?

    New Directions in American Consumer History

    by Kristin Hoganson, Susan J. Matt, Alexis McCrossen, Jeffrey Tang, Kevin Borg, Joseph Haker, Lary May ...
    In the twentieth century, Americans thought of the United States as a land of opportunity and equality. To what extent and for whom this was true was, of course, a matter of debate, however especially during the Cold War, many Americans clung to the patriotic conviction that America was the land of the free. At the same time, another national ideal emerged that was far less contentious, that ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Becoming SRE

    First Steps Toward Reliability for You and Your Organization

    by David N. Blank-Edelman ...
    Do you wish the existing books on site reliability engineering started at the beginning? Do you wish someone would walk you through how to become an SRE, how to think like an SRE, or how to build and grow a successful SRE function in your organization?Becoming SRE addresses all of these needs and more with three interconnected sections: the essential groundwork for understanding SRE and SRE ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Maryland Legends

    Folklore from the Old Line State

    by Trevor J. Blank, David J. Puglia ...
    Series series American Legends
    The stories, folklore, and history surrounding Maryland's most haunted places. A must-read for fans of the supernatural and Maryland history. The demon car of Seven Hills Road, the ominous Hell House above the Patapsco River, the mythical Snallygaster of western Maryland--these are the extraordinary tales and bizarre creatures that color Maryland's folklore. The Blue Dog of Port Tobacco faithfully ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Automating System Administration with Perl

    Tools to Make You More Efficient

    by David N. Blank-Edelman ...
    If you do systems administration work of any kind, you have to deal with the growing complexity of your environment and increasing demands on your time. Automating System Administration with Perl, Second Edition, not only offers you the right tools for your job, but also suggests the best way to approach specific problems and to securely automate recurring tasks.Updated and expanded to cover the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • The Site Reliability Workbook

    Practical Ways to Implement SRE

    by Betsy Beyer, Niall Richard Murphy, David K. Rensin, Kent Kawahara, Stephen Thorne ...
    In 2016, Googleâ??s Site Reliability Engineering book ignited an industry discussion on what it means to run production services todayâ??and why reliability considerations are fundamental to service design. Now, Google engineers who worked on that bestseller introduce The Site Reliability Workbook, a hands-on companion that uses concrete examples to show you how to put SRE principles and practices ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Building Secure and Reliable Systems

    Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems

    by Heather Adkins, Betsy Beyer, Paul Blankinship, Piotr Lewandowski, Ana Oprea, Adam Stubblefield ...
    Can a system be considered truly reliable if it isn't fundamentally secure? Or can it be considered secure if it's unreliable? Security is crucial to the design and operation of scalable systems in production, as it plays an important part in product quality, performance, and availability. In this book, experts from Google share best practices to help your organization design scalable and reliable ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Site Reliability Engineering

    How Google Runs Production Systems

    by Niall Richard Murphy, Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff ...
    The overwhelming majority of a software systemâ??s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large-scale computing systems?In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Googleâ??s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire ... Read more

    $36.99 USD