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Good Code, Bad Code

Think like a software engineer

by Tom Long ...

Practical techniques for writing code that is robust, reliable, and easy for team members to understand and adapt.SummaryIn Good Code, Bad Code you’ll learn how to:Think about code like an effective software engineerWrite functions that read like well-structured sentencesEnsure code is reliable and bug freeEffectively unit test codeIdentify code that can cause problems and improve itWrite code ... Read more

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Practical techniques for writing code that is robust, reliable, and easy for team members to understand and adapt.SummaryIn Good Code, Bad Code you’ll learn how to:Think about code like an effective software engineerWrite functions that read like well-structured sentencesEnsure code is reliable and bug freeEffectively unit test codeIdentify code that can cause problems and improve itWrite code
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Vintage Science Fiction Collection 24, The

Alien Visitors, Deadly Missions, And Strange Experiments From The Golden Age Of Vintage Science Fiction

by Robert Bloch, Tom Godwin, Frederik Pohl, Frank Belknap Long, Philip José Farmer, Stephen Marlowe, Stephen Bartholomew, Arthur Sellings, Alan J. Ramm, Lucius Daniel, Joe Gibson, William Oberfield, Lester Del Rey, Alfred Coppel, Dave Dryfoos, Frank M. Robinson, Robert Moore Williams, Michael Shaara, Ross Rocklynne, Alan E. Nourse, Ann Griffith ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies
Unabridged

12 hours 6 min

The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 24More Than 12 Hours of Classic Science FictionThe future has never been more exciting—or more unpredictable. The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 24 brings together twenty-two unforgettable stories from some of the greatest names of the golden age, delivering more than twelve hours of classic science fiction filled with daring ideas, unforgettable ... Read more

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The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 24More Than 12 Hours of Classic Science FictionThe future has never been more exciting—or more unpredictable. The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 24 brings together twenty-two unforgettable stories from some of the greatest names of the golden age, delivering more than twelve hours of classic science fiction filled with daring ideas, unforgettable
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Latin America Confronts the United States

Asymmetry and Influence

by Tom Long ...

Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective on US-Latin America relations. Drawing on research in six countries, the book examines how Latin American leaders are able to overcome power asymmetries to influence US foreign policy. The book provides in-depth explorations of key moments in post-World War II inter-American relations - foreign economic policy before the Alliance ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective on US-Latin America relations. Drawing on research in six countries, the book examines how Latin American leaders are able to overcome power asymmetries to influence US foreign policy. The book provides in-depth explorations of key moments in post-World War II inter-American relations - foreign economic policy before the Alliance
... Read more
A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics

by Tom Long ...

Series series Bridging the Gap
A complete guide for how small states can be strikingly successful and influential--if they assess their situations and adapt their strategies. Small states are crucial actors in world politics. Yet, they have been relegated to a second tier of International Relations scholarship. In A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics, Tom Long shows how small states can identify opportunities ... Read more

$27.89 USD

A complete guide for how small states can be strikingly successful and influential--if they assess their situations and adapt their strategies. Small states are crucial actors in world politics. Yet, they have been relegated to a second tier of International Relations scholarship. In A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics, Tom Long shows how small states can identify opportunities
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Molecule of More, The

How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

by Michael E. Long, Daniel Z. Lieberman MD ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict?Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest?Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times—and so good at figuring them out?The answer is found in a single chemical in your ... Read more

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Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict?Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest?Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times—and so good at figuring them out?The answer is found in a single chemical in your
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BattleTech: Tales of the Inner Sphere

(A BattleTech Anthology)

by John Helfers, Editor, Jennifer Brozek, Loren L. Coleman, Tom Leveen, James D. Long, Craig A. Reed, Jr., Jason Schmetzer, Bryan Young, Russell Zimmerman, Bryn Bills ...

Series Book 28 - BattleTech Anthology
STORIES FROM ACROSS THE UNIVERSE…Comprising hundreds of solar systems and thousands of planets, the Inner Sphere is a vast realm of human exploration, achievement…and conflict. Among those achievements, of course, is the pinnacle of 30th century military technology, the BattleMech.Tales of the Inner Sphere is a collection of BattleTech stories that were published on the Catalyst Game Labs website ... Read more

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STORIES FROM ACROSS THE UNIVERSE…Comprising hundreds of solar systems and thousands of planets, the Inner Sphere is a vast realm of human exploration, achievement…and conflict. Among those achievements, of course, is the pinnacle of 30th century military technology, the BattleMech.Tales of the Inner Sphere is a collection of BattleTech stories that were published on the Catalyst Game Labs website
... Read more
North American Regionalism

Stagnation, Decline, or Renewal?

Edited by Eric Hershberg, Tom Long ...

Series series The Americas in the World Series
North American Regionalism problematizes “North America” as an important region in its own right, breaking with the area-studies convention that divides the Global North and Global South portions of the Western Hemisphere at the US-Mexican border. By cutting across this division, the theoretically sophisticated essays in this volume yield new insights about politics, society, and the economy of ... Read more

$22.99 USD

North American Regionalism problematizes “North America” as an important region in its own right, breaking with the area-studies convention that divides the Global North and Global South portions of the Western Hemisphere at the US-Mexican border. By cutting across this division, the theoretically sophisticated essays in this volume yield new insights about politics, society, and the economy of
... Read more
Shadowrun: Drawing Destiny

A Sixth World Tarot Anthology

by John Helfers, Editor, Michael A. Stackpole, Devon Oratz, Jennifer Brozek, Chris Jackson, R.L. King, Russell Zimmerman, Dylan Birtolo, Aaron Rosenberg, Monica Valentinelli, Robert Thomas, Josh Vogt, Lucy Snyder, David Ellenberger, Kai O'connal, Jaym Gates, Steven L. Long, Malik Toms, BIll Aguiar, Jeff Halket, Philip A. Lee, CZ Wright, Chad Presley, Scott Schletz, Jason M. Hardy ...

Series Book 3 - Shadowrun
THE TAROT HAS AWAKENED…The Tarot, a powerful divination artifact, has appeared in the Sixth World. It works its will on anyone who finds one of its mystical cards, from runners surviving on the street to corp executives battling in the boardroom. And not just people’s lives will be changed, for the Awakened Tarot deck is more than just a formidable magic item, it has an agenda all its own, and ... Read more

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THE TAROT HAS AWAKENED…The Tarot, a powerful divination artifact, has appeared in the Sixth World. It works its will on anyone who finds one of its mystical cards, from runners surviving on the street to corp executives battling in the boardroom. And not just people’s lives will be changed, for the Awakened Tarot deck is more than just a formidable magic item, it has an agenda all its own, and
... Read more
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On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics

by D. Stephen Long ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

13 hours 35 min

An expansion of the discipline of ethics demonstrates that Aquinas's "infusing of virtue" makes better sense of the moral life than finding a method to guide actionWhile teaching ethics is universally applauded, how one goes about it is much more difficult and contested than is often recognized.On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics addresses what it means to teach and learn ethics through a ... Read more

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An expansion of the discipline of ethics demonstrates that Aquinas's "infusing of virtue" makes better sense of the moral life than finding a method to guide actionWhile teaching ethics is universally applauded, how one goes about it is much more difficult and contested than is often recognized.On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics addresses what it means to teach and learn ethics through a
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Wrong Turn

by Sharon Hart Addy, Sharon L. Cook, Kelley Ernst, Rosemary Hayes, J.R. Hayslett, Johnny Heller, Heidi Hunter, Laura Jennings, Laird Long, Chris Martin, Tom Mead, Lawrence Allan Pontius, Michele Reed, M. Regan, Chris Rodriguez, Jacqueline Seewald, Jim Shaffer, Alexander Shearer, Elena Sichrovsky, Molly Thynes, DJ Tyrer, Robb White ...

It's dark...You're tired. Not thinking straight. It's the worst time of all for you to make decisions, and maybe that's why you take a… WRONG TURN.In this new anthology offered by Blunder Woman Productions, you'll take a trip down twisty roads into forests, back alleys, and even across the border between life and death. Together these tales are funny, creepy, weird, contemplative, traditional, and ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

It's dark...You're tired. Not thinking straight. It's the worst time of all for you to make decisions, and maybe that's why you take a… WRONG TURN.In this new anthology offered by Blunder Woman Productions, you'll take a trip down twisty roads into forests, back alleys, and even across the border between life and death. Together these tales are funny, creepy, weird, contemplative, traditional, and
... Read more

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Taming the Molecule of More

A Step-by-Step Guide to Make Dopamine Work for You

by Michael E. Long, Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD ...

Narrated by Michael E. Long ...

Unabridged

Featured on The Next Big Idea Club’s April 2025 Must-Read BooksDopamine, “the molecule of more,” makes it easy to get stuck in a cycle of never being truly satisfied. It promises happiness, but can never deliver. That part is up to us.A more fulfilling life begins with training your brain to overcome the dopamine chase—and it’s easier than you think.From Michael E. Long, coauthor of the life ... Read more

$35.99 USD

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Featured on The Next Big Idea Club’s April 2025 Must-Read BooksDopamine, “the molecule of more,” makes it easy to get stuck in a cycle of never being truly satisfied. It promises happiness, but can never deliver. That part is up to us.A more fulfilling life begins with training your brain to overcome the dopamine chase—and it’s easier than you think.From Michael E. Long, coauthor of the life
... Read more

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Shadowrun: Shaken

by Russell Zimmerman ...

Series Book 6 - Shadowrun
DOWN THESE DARK STREETS…Most folks see Puyallup as the worst Seattle’s got to offer; a tangled mess of metahumanity and greed, poverty and slums, vice and corruption, where crime is more organized than the government. They call it a Barrens, an armpit, a cesspool.Jimmy Kincaid, though, calls it home. Walking the line between shadows and the desperate light, semi-legit like only a local brat and ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

DOWN THESE DARK STREETS…Most folks see Puyallup as the worst Seattle’s got to offer; a tangled mess of metahumanity and greed, poverty and slums, vice and corruption, where crime is more organized than the government. They call it a Barrens, an armpit, a cesspool.Jimmy Kincaid, though, calls it home. Walking the line between shadows and the desperate light, semi-legit like only a local brat and
... Read more

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