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Series
Publisher
Addison-Wesley Professional
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
You will learn Ruby! Zed Shaw has perfected the world's best system for learning Ruby. Follow it and you will succeed -- just like the hundreds of thousands of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else. In Learn Ruby the Hard Way, Third Edition, you'll learn Ruby by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and...
Author
Publisher
Saqi Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Iraqi poet Nazik al-Mala'ika was one of the most important Arab poets of the twentieth century. Over the course of a four-decade career, her contributions to both the theory and the practice of free verse (or tafʿilah) poetry confirmed her position as a pioneer of Arab modernism. Revolt Against the Sun presents a selection of Nazik al-Mala'ika's poetry in English for the first time. Bringing together poems from each of her published collections,...
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today's most challenging and exciting writers.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Ever wonder why we allow six guys in hardhats to stand around doing nothing while traffic snarls? Why you can't refinance your home mortgage because other people stopped paying on theirs? Why young people in poor-paying jobs with small children are forced to pay a large percentage of their incomes to people who had decades to work and save? How healthcare and health insurance got so expensive? If you've asked yourself any of these or similar questions...
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This anthology assembles primary documents chronicling the development of the phonograph, talking pictures, and the radio. These three sound technologies shaped Americans' relation to music from the late nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War, by which time they were thoroughly integrated into Americans' everyday lives. There are more than 120 selections between the collection's first piece, an article on the phonograph written by...
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Series
World's most beloved humorous and nostalgic songs volume pt. 1
Publisher
Song Dex
Pub. Date
1956-63
Language
English
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This title presents essays on narrative works written by persons with disabilities. The disabilities covered in these works are mostly physical, but psychological/psychiatric conditions, developmental/intellectual impairments, and addiction are also included. A pedagogical piece from the editor discusses various ways the contents can be used in the classroom, and a subject index is also included.
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