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Building Intelligent Applications with Spring AI

Develop Practical Java Solutions with Generative AI, Multimodal Models, and Agents

by John Blum ...

Build intelligent Java applications using Spring AI with practical projects covering generative AI, multimodal models, and real-world use casesKey FeaturesBuild production-minded AI apps with Spring's familiar programming modelApply chat, image, audio, embeddings, and structured output in JavaCompare models, control cost, and extend Spring AI for real-world usePurchase of the print or Kindle book ... Read more

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Build intelligent Java applications using Spring AI with practical projects covering generative AI, multimodal models, and real-world use casesKey FeaturesBuild production-minded AI apps with Spring's familiar programming modelApply chat, image, audio, embeddings, and structured output in JavaCompare models, control cost, and extend Spring AI for real-world usePurchase of the print or Kindle book
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The Steamer Admiral

by Annie Amantea Blum ...

Series series Images of America
John Streckfus began his small Acme Company in 1889 with one wooden packet boat, the steamer Verne Swain, out of Rock Island, Illinois, carrying people and goods on the Mississippi River. His business grew, but each year brought competition from the growing railroads. He decided that excursion boats were the only way to compete. He built the steamer J.S. in 1901 and "tramped" her from town to town ... Read more

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John Streckfus began his small Acme Company in 1889 with one wooden packet boat, the steamer Verne Swain, out of Rock Island, Illinois, carrying people and goods on the Mississippi River. His business grew, but each year brought competition from the growing railroads. He decided that excursion boats were the only way to compete. He built the steamer J.S. in 1901 and "tramped" her from town to town
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The Floor of Heaven

A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush

by Howard Blum ...

Narrated by John H. Mayer ...

Unabridged

16 hours 3 min

New York Times bestselling author Howard Blum expertly weaves together three narratives to tell the true story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush.It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures--gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen--are now victims of their own ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author Howard Blum expertly weaves together three narratives to tell the true story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush.It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures--gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen--are now victims of their own
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American Lightning

Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century

by Howard Blum ...

Narrated by John H. Mayer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When at last the wreckage had been sifted and the hospital triage units consulted, twenty-one people were ... Read more

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It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When at last the wreckage had been sifted and the hospital triage units consulted, twenty-one people were
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War Is All Hell

The Nature of Evil and the Civil War

by Edward J. Blum, John H. Matsui ...

During his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln expressed hope that the "better angels of our nature" would prevail as war loomed. He was wrong. The better angels did not, but for many Americans, the evil ones did. War Is All Hell peers into the world of devils, demons, Satan, and hell during the era of the American Civil War. It charts how African Americans and abolitionists compared slavery ... Read more

$32.99 USD

During his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln expressed hope that the "better angels of our nature" would prevail as war loomed. He was wrong. The better angels did not, but for many Americans, the evil ones did. War Is All Hell peers into the world of devils, demons, Satan, and hell during the era of the American Civil War. It charts how African Americans and abolitionists compared slavery
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War Is All Hell

The Nature of Evil and the Civil War

by Edward J. Blum, John H. Matsui ...

During his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln expressed hope that the "better angels of our nature" would prevail as war loomed. He was wrong. The better angels did not, but for many Americans, the evil ones did. War Is All Hell peers into the world of devils, demons, Satan, and hell during the era of the American Civil War. It charts how African Americans and abolitionists compared slavery ... Read more

$40.99 USD

During his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln expressed hope that the "better angels of our nature" would prevail as war loomed. He was wrong. The better angels did not, but for many Americans, the evil ones did. War Is All Hell peers into the world of devils, demons, Satan, and hell during the era of the American Civil War. It charts how African Americans and abolitionists compared slavery
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Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction Recovery

The 12 Steps Program and Fellowship

by Kenneth Blum, John Femino, Scott Teitelbaum, John Giordano, Marlene Oscar-Berman, Mark Gold ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Humans are biologically programmed to seek out pleasurable experiences. These experiences are processed in the mesolimbic system, also referred to as the "reward center" of the brain, where a number of chemical messengers work in concert to provide a net release of dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens. In some genetically predisposed individuals, addiction occurs when the mechanisms of the mesolimbic ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Humans are biologically programmed to seek out pleasurable experiences. These experiences are processed in the mesolimbic system, also referred to as the "reward center" of the brain, where a number of chemical messengers work in concert to provide a net release of dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens. In some genetically predisposed individuals, addiction occurs when the mechanisms of the mesolimbic
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Foundations of Data Science

by Avrim Blum, John Hopcroft, Ravindran Kannan ...

This book provides an introduction to the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of data science, including machine learning, high-dimensional geometry, and analysis of large networks. Topics include the counterintuitive nature of data in high dimensions, important linear algebraic techniques such as singular value decomposition, the theory of random walks and Markov chains, the fundamentals of ... Read more

$52.99 USD

This book provides an introduction to the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of data science, including machine learning, high-dimensional geometry, and analysis of large networks. Topics include the counterintuitive nature of data in high dimensions, important linear algebraic techniques such as singular value decomposition, the theory of random walks and Markov chains, the fundamentals of
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Southern Masculinity

Perspectives on Manhood in the South since Reconstruction

by Benjamin Wise, Christopher Breu, Edward Blum, John Howard, Joseph Creech, Karen Taylor, Kris DuRocher, Matthew Barbee, Rose Stremlau, Seth Dowland, Steve Blankenship ...

The follow-up to the critically acclaimed collection Southern Manhood: Perspectives on Masculinity in the Old South (Georgia, 2004), Southern Masculinity explores the contours of southern male identity from Reconstruction to the present. Twelve case studies document the changing definitions of southern masculine identity as understood in conjunction with identities based on race, gender, age, ... Read more

$29.99 USD

The follow-up to the critically acclaimed collection Southern Manhood: Perspectives on Masculinity in the Old South (Georgia, 2004), Southern Masculinity explores the contours of southern male identity from Reconstruction to the present. Twelve case studies document the changing definitions of southern masculine identity as understood in conjunction with identities based on race, gender, age,
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Reforging the White Republic

Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865–1898

by Edward J. Blum ...

Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
During Reconstruction, former abolitionists in the North had a golden opportunity to pursue true racial justice and permanent reform in America. But after the sacrifice made by thousands of Union soldiers to arrive at this juncture, the moment soon slipped away, leaving many whites throughout the North and South more racist than before. Edward J. Blum takes a fresh look at the reasons for this ... Read more

$18.99 USD

During Reconstruction, former abolitionists in the North had a golden opportunity to pursue true racial justice and permanent reform in America. But after the sacrifice made by thousands of Union soldiers to arrive at this juncture, the moment soon slipped away, leaving many whites throughout the North and South more racist than before. Edward J. Blum takes a fresh look at the reasons for this
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Background Papers on Industry’s Changing Role in Health Care Delivery

by Karl T. Sr. Benedict, John D. Blum, Rick J. Carlson, G.H. Collings, Henry C. Damm, Stanley P. deLisser, Henry A. DiPrite, C.Larkin Flanagan, Willis P. Goldseck, William E. Greer, Thomas Herriman, George Himler, Alan C. Monheit, Sheldon W. Samvels, Mark C. Schofield, H.A. Sinclair, Jacob Spies, Bynum E. Tudor ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Excerpt from Conference Address One of the most complex and significant social issues facing our nation is reform of our national health system. I am personally committed, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber is committed, to doing everything we can to help improve that system while simultaneously gaining some measure of control over the tremen dous rate of cost escalation. I feel very strongly that in the ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Excerpt from Conference Address One of the most complex and significant social issues facing our nation is reform of our national health system. I am personally committed, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber is committed, to doing everything we can to help improve that system while simultaneously gaining some measure of control over the tremen dous rate of cost escalation. I feel very strongly that in the
... Read more

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Dark Invasion

1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America

by Howard Blum ...

Narrated by Pete Larkin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and In the Garden of Beasts, Dark Invasion is Howard Blum’s gritty, high-energy true-life tale of German espionage and terror on American soil during World War I, and the NYPD Inspector who helped uncover the plot—the basis for the film to be ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and In the Garden of Beasts, Dark Invasion is Howard Blum’s gritty, high-energy true-life tale of German espionage and terror on American soil during World War I, and the NYPD Inspector who helped uncover the plot—the basis for the film to be
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