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Wordcraft

The Art of Turning Little Words into Big Business

By: Alex Frankel

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Wordcraft

The Art of Turning Little Words into Big Business

By: Alex Frankel

In Wordcraft, Alex Frankel, a business writer who once briefly worked as a namer, tells the story of how ﬁve major brands got their names: BlackBerry, Accenture, Viagra, the Porsche Cayenne, and IBM’s “e-business.” Behind each name is an account of how words and language infuse the products we use every day with meaning, and how great words actually succeed in changing people’s behavior. The book is ﬁlled with stories about words that come from every corner of our world: technology, health, sports, food, business, and more.

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Crown Currency

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1400051053

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The One vs. the Many

Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel

By: Alex Woloch

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The One vs. the Many

Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel

By: Alex Woloch

Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has important implications for both literary studies and narrative theory. Characterization has long been a troubled and neglected problem within literary theory. Through close readings of such novels as Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations, and Le Père Goriot, Woloch demonstrates that the representation of any character takes place within a shifting field of narrative attention and obscurity. Each individual--whether the central figure or a radically subordinated one--emerges as a character only through his or her distinct and contingent space within the narrative as a whole. The "character-space," as Woloch defines it, marks the dramatic interaction between an implied person and his or her delimited position within a narrative structure. The organization of, and clashes between, many character-spaces within a single narrative totality is essential to the novel's very achievement and concerns, striking at issues central to narrative poetics, the aesthetics of realism, and the dynamics of literary representation. Woloch's discussion of character-space allows for a different history of the novel and a new definition of characterization itself. By making the implied person indispensable to our understanding of literary form, this book offers a forward-looking avenue for contemporary narrative theory.

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Princeton University Press

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140082575X

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Girls Only

Sleepovers, Squabbles, Tuna Fish, and Other Facts of Family Life

By: Alex Witchel

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Girls Only

Sleepovers, Squabbles, Tuna Fish, and Other Facts of Family Life

By: Alex Witchel

What I learned from my father was the boys' lesson of dealing in the world -- trust no one and win the first time. What I learned from my mother was the girls' lesson -- trust no one and win the first time, but just in case you don't, come home, eat something, talk about it, have a drink, cry a little, then go back out there and try again." Armed with these family tenets, Alex Witchel goes soul-searching and shopping with the ever-present help of her mother, Barbara, the "human Swiss Army knife who can do it all," and her sister, Phoebe, Alex's perpetual rival and best friend. These three form a family within a family, and with a passionate unity they offer each other sharp, witty, and (occasionally exasperating) insights on everything from men, pedicures, and careers to sibling rivalry, the challenges of stepparenting, and the pains of aging and loss. Insightful, poignant, and hilarious by turns, Girls Only is a memoir that celebrates the one thing that remains "for women only"...mother/daughter/sister love.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416553762

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The Book of Questions

Extraordinary thoughts for the first 100 years of the CYBERSPACE

By: Alex Capricorn Ph.D. (Dr. Sándor Bak)

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The Book of Questions

Extraordinary thoughts for the first 100 years of the CYBERSPACE

By: Alex Capricorn Ph.D. (Dr. Sándor Bak)

I, the Author, asked ChatGPT: Why recommend the captivating, proofread Book of Questions to the world? ChatGPT: Dr. Capricorn's latest creation is a gripping, unique masterpiece where the narrative of Cyberspace intertwines with fundamental existential questions behind the scenes of the 22nd century. Now available in English, thanks to the Author's translation, aided by Cyberspace, and proofread by ChatGPT. Key facts that make this creation extraordinary: it's the First Book containing the I.Silicon Genesis, addressing software-independent questions related to Cyberspace reigning in the first decade of the 22nd century, and the work formulates Fatal Questions and Responsibility. Immerse yourself in the Ultimate Adventure with this remarkable creation. Choose it and make a mark in Cyberspace!

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novum publishing

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399146537X

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Employment Relations in the Shadow of Recession

Findings from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study

By: Brigid van Wanrooy,Helen Bewley,Alex Bryson

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Employment Relations in the Shadow of Recession

Findings from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study

By: Brigid van Wanrooy,Helen Bewley,Alex Bryson

How have employment relations evolved over the last decade? And how did workplaces and employees fare in the face of the longest recession in living memory? Employment Relations in the Shadow of Recession examines the state of British employment relations in 2011, how this has changed since 2004, and the role the recession played in shaping employees' experiences of work. It draws on findings from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study, comparing these with the results of the previous study conducted in 2004. These surveys – each collecting responses from around 2,500 workplace managers, 1,000 employee representatives and over 20,000 employees – provide the most comprehensive portrait available of workplace employment relations in Britain. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the changes made to employment practices through the recession and of the impact that the economic downturn had on the shape and character of the employment relationship.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350304948

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Alexander

Book 2 of the Emerald Saga

By: Alex Gordon

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Alexander

Book 2 of the Emerald Saga

By: Alex Gordon

With winter beating down on Akron and his company, they take shelter at his home in the veterans valley. Akron soon realizes that there may not be enough food to last the winter. To make it worse, his lack of battle knowledge may have accidently led himself and his company into a trap with no escape. Akron must make a choicestay and starve or brave the winter and have that kill him? Little does Akron know that King Jamess border guards are close, hunting Gowan, the only dragon that stands in the way of King Jamess horrific plan. The weight of Emeralds oath is taking its toll. She must guide Akron to the family she swore the oath to. Can a dragon, a beast, fall in love with a human? If so, why?

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Xlibris Corporation

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154340040X

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If I Only Had a Heart

Bridge Over the Rainbow

By: Alex Adamson,Harry Smith,Adam Adamson

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If I Only Had a Heart

Bridge Over the Rainbow

By: Alex Adamson,Harry Smith,Adam Adamson

In Bob Mackinnons bestseller, Bridge, Probability and Information, he drew on his professional background in mathematics to introduce readers to the mysteries of information theory and Bayes Theorem, and their surprisingly practical applications for bridge players. In this sequel, he takes these same ideas further, exploring the application of the concepts of conditional probability to opening leads, declarer play, bidding theory, and even the correct strategy at different forms of scoring.

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Government Printing Office

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1771400358

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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Unleashed

By: Ray Rankins,Paul Bertucci,Chris Gallelli,Alex T. Silverstein

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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Unleashed

By: Ray Rankins,Paul Bertucci,Chris Gallelli,Alex T. Silverstein

The industry’s most complete, useful, and up-to-date guide to SQL Server 2014. You’ll find start-to-finish coverage of SQL Server’s core database server and management capabilities: all the real-world information, tips, guidelines, and examples you’ll need to install, monitor, maintain, and optimize the most complex database environments. The provided examples and sample code provide plenty of hands-on opportunities to learn more about SQL Server and create your own viable solutions. Four leading SQL Server experts present deep practical insights for administering SQL Server, analyzing and optimizing queries, implementing data warehouses, ensuring high availability, tuning performance, and much more. You will benefit from their behind-the-scenes look into SQL Server, showing what goes on behind the various wizards and GUI-based tools. You’ll learn how to use the underlying SQL commands to fully unlock the power and capabilities of SQL Server. Writing for all intermediate-to-advanced-level SQL Server professionals, the authors draw on immense production experience with SQL Server. Throughout, they focus on successfully applying SQL Server 2014’s most powerful capabilities and its newest tools and features. Detailed information on how to... Understand SQL Server 2014’s new features and each edition’s capabilities and licensing Install, upgrade to, and configure SQL Server 2014 for better performance and easier management Streamline and automate key administration tasks with Smart Admin Leverage powerful new backup/restore options: flexible backup to URL, Managed Backup to Windows Azure, and encrypted backups Strengthen security with new features for enforcing “least privilege” Improve performance with updateable columnstore indexes, Delayed Durability, and other enhancements Execute queries and business logic more efficiently with memoryoptimized tables, buffer pool extension, and natively-compiled stored procedures Control workloads and Disk I/O with the Resource Governor Deploy AlwaysOn Availability Groups and Failover Cluster Instances to achieve enterprise-class availability and disaster recovery Apply new Business Intelligence improvements in Master Data Services, data quality, and Parallel Data Warehouse

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Sams Publishing

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0134084454

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Red Heat

Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean

By: Alex von Tunzelmann

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Red Heat

Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean

By: Alex von Tunzelmann

During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the United States and the USSR acted out the world's tensions in the Caribbean, using Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic as puppets. What neither superpower bargained on was that their puppets would come to life. Red Heat tells the gripping story of the men responsible for this rude surprise, including, from Cuba, the charismatic Fidel Castro and his mysterious brother Raúl; from Argentina, the ideologue Che Guevara; from the Dominican Republic, the capricious psychopath Rafael Trujillo; and from Haiti, François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, a buttoned-down doctor with interests in Vodou, embezzlement, and torture. How did this handful of men, armed with little but words and ruthlessness, capture the world's attention during the 1950s and 60s? Alex von Tunzelmann shows her storytelling prowess yet again in a riveting narrative of clashing ideologies, the politics of fear, the machinations of superpowers, and — above all — the brazen daring of the mavericks who took them on.

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771087306

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9780771087301

My Pretty Maid

By: Miller Mrs. Alex. McVeigh

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My Pretty Maid

By: Miller Mrs. Alex. McVeigh

Reproduction of the original: My Pretty Maid by Miller Mrs. Alex. McVeigh

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Philosophy of Science

A Contemporary Introduction

By: Alex Rosenberg

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Philosophy of Science

A Contemporary Introduction

By: Alex Rosenberg

Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg’s updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving together lucid explanations and clear analyses, the volume is a much-used, thematically oriented introduction to the field. New features of the Third Edition include more coverage of the history of the philosophy of science, more fully developed material on the metaphysics of causal and physical necessity, more background on the contrast between empiricism and rationalism in science, and new material on the structure of theoretical science (with expanded coverage of Newtonian and Darwinian theories and models) and the realism/antirealism controversy. Rosenberg also divides the Third Edition into fifteen chapters, aligning each chapter with a week in a standard semester-long course. Updated Discussion Questions, Glossary, Bibliography and Suggested Readings lists at the end of each chapter will make the Third Edition indispensable, either as a comprehensive stand-alone text or alongside the many wide-ranging collections of articles and book excerpts currently available. Read our interview with Alex Rosenberg, What exactly is philosophy of science – and why does it matter? here: www.routledge.com/u/alexrosenberg

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Routledge

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1136662618

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Chasing Heaven

What Dying Taught Me About Living

By: Crystal McVea,Alex Tresniowski

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Chasing Heaven

What Dying Taught Me About Living

By: Crystal McVea,Alex Tresniowski

The author recalls how, after her near-death visit to Heaven, her life changed and she embraced a life of love, faith, and passion in this world, and advises readers to adopt the path of faith in order to make the most of the time they have.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501124919

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Hē Kainḕ Diathḗkē (The New Testament) 2 of 2: Greek Transliteration Translation

Acts-Revelation in 3 line segments

By: Alex P. Kappas

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Hē Kainḕ Diathḗkē (The New Testament) 2 of 2: Greek Transliteration Translation

Acts-Revelation in 3 line segments

By: Alex P. Kappas

The New Testament books of Acts, Romans, 1, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1, 2 Thessalonians 1, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1, 2 Peter, 1, 2, 3 John, Jude and Revelation with Greek, English Transliteration, and English Translation in 3 line segments. Perfect for all levels of Greek bible language study. Includes key to greek/english alphabet, and chapter numbers.

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Seth L. Hunerewadel

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8835384362

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9788835384366

Burgh Laws of Dundee

By: Alex J. Warden

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Burgh Laws of Dundee

By: Alex J. Warden

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

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3368164864

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Selling Boldly

Applying the New Science of Positive Psychology to Dramatically Increase Your Confidence, Happiness, and Sales

By: Alex Goldfayn

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Selling Boldly

Applying the New Science of Positive Psychology to Dramatically Increase Your Confidence, Happiness, and Sales

By: Alex Goldfayn

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER! IF YOU'RE IN SALES, FEAR HAS COST YOU MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. Fear is the reason most salespeople don't like to pick up the phone (salespeople average just four hours per week on the phone, and our job is to talk to humans!). Fear is the reason we don't ask for the business more, even though our customers want to buy from us. Fear is the reason we don't offer our customers additional products and services, even though they would love to buy more from us. This book deals with that fear. You will learn exactly how to overcome this destructive fear in sales, and replace it with confidence, optimism, gratitude, joy, and proactive sales work. These are the powerful principles in the new field of positive psychology which are transforming how we work and succeed. Selling Boldly is the first book that leverages positive psychology to help you sell more. You'll also learn a series of fast, simple sales-growth techniques—like how to add on to existing orders; and how to close 20% more quotes and proposals instantly; and how to properly ask for and receive referrals—that will grow your sales...dramatically and quickly. Alex Goldfayn's clients grow their sales by 10-20% annually, every year, as long as they apply his simple approaches. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT TO DO I am not going to teach you much in this book that you don't already know. You're a professional salesperson. You do this for a living. You know, for example, that testimonials and referrals are among the best ways we have to grow sales, right? But do you ask for them enough? Most people don't. You know that calling a customer on the phone is more effective than emailing her, but you still often revert to email. You know your customers buy other products and services that you can help them with, but you don't ask them about these products. You’d like to help them, and they would like more of your help — that is why they've been with you for five or ten or twenty years — but nevertheless we don't ask them. There is a difference between knowing what to do, and actually doing it. I know you know. With Selling Boldly, we start to do what we already know. We will cover what keeps us from doing these things (fear), how to overcome it (by listening to your happy customers), and how to implement these simple but powerful sales growth techniques (by briefly planning them, also doing them). Because sales growth comes from doing, not knowing. Today, we start doing. And growing. These approaches are laid out in this book, in precise detail, for you to implement in your own work. Alex doesn't hold anything back in this manual for selling more. What's the secret to selling more? There is no secret. There is no magic bullet. There is only the work. There are only the mindsets, and the communications. In Selling Boldly, Alex teaches readers how to attain these mindsets, and how to implement these communications, so that sales have no choice but to grow!

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119436346

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9781119436348

The New Testament Order for Church and Missionary

By: Alex Rattray Hay

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The New Testament Order for Church and Missionary

By: Alex Rattray Hay

Examines the early Chrisitan church and documents biblical principles and methods of church planting. Offers practical advice for implementing ministries, baptism, communion, discipline, charity, and missions in a new church.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1608999343

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Plural Logic

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

By: Alex Oliver,Timothy Smiley

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Plural Logic

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

By: Alex Oliver,Timothy Smiley

Alex Oliver and Timothy Smiley provide a natural point of entry to what for most readers will be a new subject. Plural logic deals with plural terms ('Whitehead and Russell', 'Henry VIII's wives', 'the real numbers', 'the square root of -1', 'they'), plural predicates ('surrounded the fort', 'are prime', 'are consistent', 'imply'), and plural quantification ('some things', 'any things'). Current logic is singularist: its terms stand for at most one thing. By contrast, the foundational thesis of this book is that a particular term may legitimately stand for several things at once; in other words, there is such a thing as genuinely plural denotation. The authors argue that plural phenomena need to be taken seriously and that the only viable response is to adopt a plural logic, a logic based on plural denotation. They expound a framework of ideas that includes the distinction between distributive and collective predicates, the theory of plural descriptions, multivalued functions, and lists. A formal system of plural logic is presented in three stages, before being applied to Cantorian set theory as an illustration. Technicalities have been kept to a minimum, and anyone who is familiar with the classical predicate calculus should be able to follow it. The authors' approach is an attractive blend of no-nonsense argumentative directness and open-minded liberalism, and they convey the exciting and unexpected richness of their subject. Mathematicians and linguists, as well as logicians and philosophers, will find surprises in this book. This second edition includes a greatly expanded treatment of the paradigm empty term zilch, a much strengthened treatment of Cantorian set theory, and a new chapter on higher-level plural logic.

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Oxford University Press

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0192595385

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9780192595386

The Legacy of Serbia's Great War

Politics and Remembrance

By: Alex Tomić

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The Legacy of Serbia's Great War

Politics and Remembrance

By: Alex Tomić

In the winter of 1915, following the invasion of Serbia by the Central Powers, the Serbian Army retreated across the mountains of Albania and Montenegro together with thousands of civilians. Around 240,000 lost their lives. Today, the story of the retreat is little known, except in Serbia where it is represents the heroic Serbian sacrifice in the Great War. In this book Alex Tomić examines the centenary events memorializing the First World War with the retreat at its core, and provides a persuasive account of the ways in which the remembrance of Serbian history has been manipulated for political purposes. Whether through commemorations, ceremonies, or grass- root initiatives, she demonstrates how these have been used as distractions from the more recent unexamined past and in doing so provides an important new perspective on the cultural history of commemoration.

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Berghahn Books

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1805392344

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Mastering PostCSS for Web Design

By: Alex Libby

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Mastering PostCSS for Web Design

By: Alex Libby

Explore the power of PostCSS to write highly performing, modular, and modern CSS code for your web pages About This Book Incorporate cutting-edge styles in your web pages with PostCSS Simplify the process of writing CSS to a great extent using PostCSS shortcuts, fallbacks, and pack plugins This in-depth, step-by-step guide will help you master PostCSS, to create amazing and responsive web designs Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for web developers and designers who are comfortable with HTML5 and CSS and now want to master PostCSS for web design. Web designers who have been using SASS or Less and now want to adopt PostCSS would also find this book useful. What You Will Learn Add mixin and variable support to PostCSS along with conditional support Explore the different ways of nesting code such as BEM and standard nesting within PostCSS Optimize media queries built with PostCSS to get the best performance Add dynamic styling elements such as images, fonts, grids, and SVG and retina support using existing preprocessors as well as PostCSS Get familiar with using plugins, and extend PostCSS with the API Build a fully working custom preprocessor and test it on different sites such as WordPress Write a custom syntax in PostCSS while still using pre-built syntaxes such as Less, SASS, or Stylus Provide support for future CSS such as CSS4 using current CSS3 classes In Detail PostCSS is a tool that has quickly emerged as the future of existing preprocessors such as SASS and Less, mainly because of its power, speed, and ease of use. This comprehensive guide offers in-depth guidance on incorporating cutting-edge styles into your web page and at the same time maintaining the performance and maintainability of your code. The book will show how you can take advantage of PostCSS to simplify the entire process of stylesheet authoring. It covers various techniques to add dynamic and modern styling features to your web pages. As the book progresses, you will learn how to make CSS code more maintainable by taking advantage of the modular architecture of PostCSS. By the end of this book, you would have mastered the art of adding modern CSS effects to web pages by authoring high performing, maintainable stylesheets. Style and approach This comprehensive book provides in-depth guidance on how to build a PostCSS powered responsive site from scratch. Following a step-by-step approach, you will learn how to add modern styles to web pages. It also contains several tips and best practices on how you can optimize your sites by writing high performing code in PostCSS.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1785885553

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The Sacrament of Desire

The Poetics of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche in Critical Dialogue with Henri de Lubac

By: Alex D. Suderman

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The Sacrament of Desire

The Poetics of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche in Critical Dialogue with Henri de Lubac

By: Alex D. Suderman

This book explores the political-theological implications of sacramental desire in Fyodor Dostoevsky`s The Brothers Karamazov with Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra in critical dialogue with Henri de Lubac. Suderman demonstrates how the work of de Lubac, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche address a transcendent desire for a higher social and political unity in late-modern Western cultures and the imperialistic and coercive tendencies latent within it, concretely expressed in the Western church and the modern state. Specifically, this book investigates how Dostoevsky and Nietzsche envision new forms of political embodiment that are neither escapist nor imperialist. Through a detailed examination of Zarathustra's dramatic discovery of the eternal return and Alyosha's mystical experience of the resurrection, Suderman demonstrates the metaphysical significance of their respective political ethics. While the intent of de Lubac is to recover the social implications of the sacraments of Roman Catholicism, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky espouse alternative articulations of community and the sacramental desire necessary for such embodiment, a desire rooted in their respective perceptions of God.

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1666723495

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How (Not) To Be Strong

The inspirational instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the legendary Lioness

By: Alex Scott

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How (Not) To Be Strong

The inspirational instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the legendary Lioness

By: Alex Scott

An inspiring memoir of finding strength and resilience from the former England Lioness. From the football cages of East London to broadcasting to millions, the engine powering Alex Scott's remarkable journey has always been her resilience. But thanks to a 'push-through mentality' the world has only ever seen the 'strong' side of Alex. Now, she is ready to lower the shield. In her candid memoir How (Not) to Be Strong, Alex shares the lessons that have shaped her, from finally confronting the legacy of a tumultuous childhood to tarnished truth behind the gleaming football trophies. With raw honesty, Alex shows how she's tackled life's challenges and that sometimes the strongest thing you can do is show your most vulnerable side to the world.

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Random House

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1529159148

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9781529159141

The New Testament: Greek-Transliteration-Translation: 3 Line Segments

By: Alex P. Kappas

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The New Testament: Greek-Transliteration-Translation: 3 Line Segments

By: Alex P. Kappas

The New Testament with original Greek, English Transliteration of the Greek, and English Translation underneath in 3 line segments. Features a guide to Greek numbers and letters as well as an index of page numbers for each book of the New Testament.

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Gold Wings Rising

By: Alex London

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Gold Wings Rising

By: Alex London

In Gold Wings Rising, the final installment of Alex London's Skybound Saga, Kylee and Brysen must fight for their lives and their humanity. Book 1 was a Today Show Book Club Pick! The war on the ground has ended, but the war with the sky has just begun. After the Siege of the Six Villages, the ghost eagles have trapped Uztaris on both sides of the conflict. The villagers and Kartami alike hide in caves, huddled in terror as they await nightly attacks. Kylee aims to plunge her arrows into each and every ghost eagle; in her mind, killing the birds is the only way to unshackle the city’s chains. But Brysen has other plans. While the humans fly familiar circles around each other, the ghost eagles create schemes far greater and more terrible than either Kylee or Brysen could have imagined. Now, the tug-of-war between love and power begins to fray, threatening bonds of siblinghood and humanity alike.

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0374306915

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9780374306915

Collaborative Leadership

Building Relationships, Handling Conflict and Sharing Control

By: David Archer,Alex Cameron

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Collaborative Leadership

Building Relationships, Handling Conflict and Sharing Control

By: David Archer,Alex Cameron

We all live in an interconnected world and for business leaders the last decade has seen a dramatic rise in the speed and scale of this interdependence. But while increased connectivity is inevitable, increased collaboration is not. To succeed in today’s environment, leaders need to be able to build relationships, handle conflict and to share control in order to promote effective collaboration where it is needed most. Archer and Cameron have been working in this field for over 10 years and were amongst the first business authors to define and explain Collaborative Leadership in their 2008 book. This 2nd edition draws on interviews, examples and additional cases studies of the new collaboration challenges that leaders face such as; working together to deal with the consequences of financial contagion in the Eurozone or elsewhere, responding to the growth in use of social networks by their staff and customers, and managing global supply chains to reach new growth markets. This fully revised, updated and re-structured text provides an easily accessible ‘how-to’ guide for leaders in today’s interconnected world. It will give both experienced and aspiring leaders the techniques and confidence to manage complex collaborative relationships in a sustainable way. It also acts as a guide for leadership development professionals, coaches and consultants who have to build leadership and collaboration capability within organizations.

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What Should I Look For in a Church?

By: Alex Duke

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What Should I Look For in a Church?

By: Alex Duke

Practical Insight into Finding a Healthy Church Looking for a new church can feel overwhelming, and it's often difficult to know what aspects to prioritize. In this addition to the Church Questions series, Alex Duke provides criteria on what to look for in a healthy local church. Using personal experiences and biblical principles, Duke identifies important elements within the church—the gospel, the Bible, and the community—as well as specific questions to ask. Duke also reminds believers that they should not be looking for a perfect church, but a biblical and faithful one. This ebook is perfect for those who are looking for a new church and unsure where to begin. Short, Accessible Format: Concise, biblical advice on searching for a church Part of the Church Questions Series: Helping Christians understand the centrality of the local church in Christian discipleship Practical: Provides specific questions to ask about the church's treatment of the Bible, the gospel, and meaningful relationships

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I Will Find The Key

Can you solve the murder of the century?

By: Alex Ahndoril

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I Will Find The Key

Can you solve the murder of the century?

By: Alex Ahndoril

It's time to crack the impossibly brilliant murder mystery from Alex Ahndoril, the new pseudonym for the No.1 international bestselling author, Lars Kepler. ________________________ A man walks into a private investigator's office, holds up a photograph and says: 'I want you to find out if I killed this man.' Private investigator Julia Stark receives an unannounced visit at the office. The man at the door is one of the owners of a successful family business. The day before, he was present at a board meeting and dinner at his estate in the northwestern part of Sweden. The following morning, he finds a photograph in his phone of a bloody man, tied up with a bag over his head. Due to alcohol-related amnesia, the man has no idea where the picture comes from and wants to hire Stark Detective Agency to clear his name before the police get involved. Julia asks her ex-husband Sidney Mendelson to take time off from the City Police and assist her in the investigation. There is still a glimmer of hope left in Julia that this might be her chance to win him back. Welcomed as guests at the opulent estate, Julia and Sidney begin to search for the truth while dining and socializing with each of the family members that could theoretically be involved in the murder. She's solved every mystery. But none like this . . .

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Understanding social welfare movements

By: Annetts, Jason,Law, Alex

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Understanding social welfare movements

By: Annetts, Jason,Law, Alex

Contemporary social policy has never been more vigorously contested. Issues range from single-issue campaigns over housing, social care, hospital closures through to organised movements around disability, environment, health and education. However, the historical and contemporary role played by social movements in shaping social welfare has too often been neglected in standard social policy texts. Understanding social welfare movements is the first text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. Using actual case studies and written in an accessible and engaging style, it will attract a wide readership of undergraduate and postgraduate students, higher education teachers and researchers, stakeholders and activists. Introductory chapters examine the historical and theoretical relationship between state welfare and social movements. Subsequent chapters outline the historical contribution of various social movements to the creation of the welfare state relating to Beveridge's 'five giants' of idleness, ignorance, squalor, illness and want. The book then examines the contemporary challenge posed by 'new social movements' in relation to the family, discrimination, environment, and global social justice. The book provides a timely and much needed overview of the changing nature of social welfare as it has been shaped by the demands of social movements.

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1447319818

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The Twelfth-Century Renaissance

A Reader

By: Alex J. Novikoff

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The Twelfth-Century Renaissance

A Reader

By: Alex J. Novikoff

The twelfth century was a time of new ideas and creative innovation spurred on by patron-monarchs like King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, poets like Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes, lovers and intellectuals like Abelard and Heloise, and religious thinkers like Bernard of Clairvaux and Hildegard of Bingen. In his thoughtful introduction, Novikoff explores the term "twelfth-century renaissance" and whether or not it should be applied to a range of thinkers with differing outlooks and attitudes. With reference to this ongoing historiographical debate, Novikoff embraces the harmony of disharmonies and allows the authors of the twelfth century to define the period for themselves. He situates classic works against a broad backdrop of other sources, many appearing in translation for the first time, in order to highlight the period's diverse currents of thought. Sixteen black-and-white images are included.

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1442605480

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Mordew

By: Alex Pheby

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Mordew

By: Alex Pheby

Alex Pheby's Mordew launches an astonishingly inventive epic fantasy trilogy. God is dead, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew. In the slums of the sea-battered city, a young boy called Nathan Treeves lives with his parents, eking out a meagre existence by picking treasures from the Living Mud and the half-formed, short-lived creatures it spawns. Until one day his desperate mother sells him to the mysterious Master of Mordew. The Master derives his magical power from feeding on the corpse of God. But Nathan, despite his fear and lowly station, has his own strength—and it is greater than the Master has ever known. Great enough to destroy everything the Master has built. If only Nathan can discover how to use it. So it is that the Master begins to scheme against him—and Nathan has to fight his way through the betrayals, secrets, and vendettas of the city where God was murdered, and darkness reigns. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Tor Books

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1250817234

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Destined for Greatness

By: Alex Osorio

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Destined for Greatness

By: Alex Osorio

What would you say or do if you ever wanted to reach your Greatness? This shocking and provocative question is at the core of the remarkable and inspiring book, Destined for Greatness. This book emerged from the speaking series designed to help people discover their Greatness and then speak it out loud, as taught by Pastor Alex. In this book, Pastor Alex goes beyond the event and dives into what it means to discover your truth and pursue your destiny of Greatness. He answers the question "Why people should go after their Greatness? "and then explains precisely how to reach Greatness. If you feel living more authentically could allow you to have a more significant impact on others, or you can't find the way to reach your destination as bad as you want to, this is the book for you. The path Pastor Alex lays out is simple but not easy because your greatest gift lies next to your deepest wounds, but make no mistake, You are destined for Greatness.

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1665551852

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The 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask about Christianity

& How to Answer Them Confidently

By: Alex McFarland

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The 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask about Christianity

& How to Answer Them Confidently

By: Alex McFarland

University apologist, director, and popular speaker Alex McFarland has spent the last two decades answering questions about Christian worldview and the Bible from children, teens, and parents. In The 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask about Christianity, he summarizes questions today’s children and teens are asking about God, the Bible, and the problem of evil. Alex’s experiences have taught him that how adults answer questions about God is as important as, if not more important than, what kids ask. He provides parents with teaching strategies that will help them reach their children intellectually and spiritually. Today’s kids and teens are looking for authenticity, integrity, and straightforward truth. Alex comes alongside parents and gives them tools to effectively answer not only their children’s toughest academic questions but also the questions that plague their hearts.

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The Invisible Man's Socks

By: Alex Shearer

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The Invisible Man's Socks

By: Alex Shearer

Prepare to be terrified by the exhibits at the Museum of Little Horrors. But make sure you heed the warning: DO NOT TOUCH! For ignoring these instructions can only lead to trouble. Monstrously terrible trouble . . . But Mr. Ellis's class don't take instructions as seriously as they should and, after running riot in the museum, the pupils aren't quite feeling themselves. Ashwin is a little sharper of tooth, Michael's a little less visible, even Mr. Ellis seems a little bit hairier and, altogether, they're just a little bit scarier. Will Mr. Ellis and his fiendish class find a way of lifting the evil curse and learn their lesson?

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Pan Macmillan

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1447204727

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Jack London

A Life

By: Alex Kershaw

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Jack London

A Life

By: Alex Kershaw

Raised in poverty as an illegitimate child, Jack London dropped out of school to support his mother, working in mind-deadening jobs that would foster a lifelong interest in socialism. Brilliant and self-taught, he haunted California's waterside bars, brawling with drunken sailors and learning about love from prostitutes. His lust for adventure took him from the beaches of Hawaii to the gold fields of Alaska, where he experienced firsthand the struggles for survival he would later immortalize in classics like White Fang and The Call of the Wild. A hard-drinking womanizer with children to support, Jack London was no stranger to passion when he met and married Charmian Kittredge, the love of his life. Despite his adventurous past, London had never before met a woman like Charmian; she adored fornication and boxing, and willingly risked life and limb to sail and explore. She typed his manuscripts while he churned out novels, serving as his inspiration and his critic. Lover, fighter, and onetime hobo, Jack London lived large and died before he was forty. This is a rare biography, from bestselling historian Alex Kershaw, that proves the truth can be more fascinating--and a far greater adventure--than a fiction.

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Wonderful

The Truth About Who I Am

By: Stephen Kendrick,Alex Kendrick,Amy Parker

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Wonderful

The Truth About Who I Am

By: Stephen Kendrick,Alex Kendrick,Amy Parker

If you asked a group of kids to describe themselves, how would they reply? Probably with their names, ages, or favorite sports—who they are on the outside. But what about who they are on the inside? Do they know they are unique, made new, and loved children of God? This book for middle-grade readers focuses their identity right back where it belongs: on their hearts and souls and minds, reflecting the glory of the One who made them. Featuring fun full-color illustrations, each short essay and activity will help kids discover their worth in God and learn that their true identity is nothing short of wonderful.

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1535951109

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