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Pearl

By: Josh Malerman

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From Josh Malerman, the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie, comes the legend of Pearl, a strange new monster unlike any other in horror (previously published as On This, the Day of the Pig). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL • “Daring readers should find this tale of a malevolent telepathic pig to be a memorable experience.”—Booklist (starred review) There’s something strange about Walter Kopple’s farm. At first it seems to be his grandson, who cruelly murders one of Walter’s pigs in an act of seemingly senseless violence. But then people in town begin to whisper that Walter’s grandson heard a voice commanding him to kill. And that the voice belongs to a most peculiar creature: the pig named Pearl. Walter is not sure what to believe. He knows he’s always been afraid of the strangely malevolent Pearl. But as madness and paranoia grip the town and the townspeople descend on Walter’s farm with violent wrath, they begin to discover that true evil wears a human face.

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Del Rey

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0593237846

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9780593237847

The Devil's Snake Curve

A Fan's Notes From Left Field

By: Josh Ostergaard

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The Devil's Snake Curve

A Fan's Notes From Left Field

By: Josh Ostergaard

A humorous, historical, and hirsute miscellany that's the baseball book Howard Zinn would have written, if he hated the Yankees.

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Coffee House Press

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1566893453

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9781566893459

Puzzles of Reference

By: Herman Cappelen,Josh Dever

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Puzzles of Reference

By: Herman Cappelen,Josh Dever

Reference is a central topic in the philosophy of language, linguistic semantics, and related areas of philosophy and linguistics. This textbook offers an up-to-date introduction to key debates about reference. While comprehensive in approach, it is written for students and does not assume any prior training in philosophy of language.

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Oxford University Press

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0198799837

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9780198799832

Narratives of Qualitative Research

Making Praxis Visible

By: Josh Tenenberg

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Narratives of Qualitative Research

Making Praxis Visible

By: Josh Tenenberg

Narratives of Qualitative Research uses a novel form of writing about how to do qualitative research called a praxis narrative. Each narrative is told from the author’s perspective in carrying out one of his past research studies in the social sciences. Told chronologically and in a first-person voice, the narratives position the reader alongside the narrator so as to vicariously experience how research happens in its situated particulars. Rather than a set of idealizations and universalized pronouncements, the author reveals what really goes on when one is in the thick of complex and challenging research studies, the points of trouble along with the successes. This will be relevant to researchers who have already undertaken one or more empirical research studies (though not necessarily using qualitative approaches) and now find themselves facing something new: a new analytic method, a new theoretical lens, a new form of data collection, a new domain of research questions, a new rhetorical approach. This requires letting go of the secure handholds of prescribed methods and responding to the contingencies that arise in the midst of the research. The reader is invited to follow along as the author makes visible his praxis of qualitative research. Unlike more conventional texts, in this unique alternative, the reader can follow the author's journey through his research studies as a way to reorient their conception of qualitative research and their own praxis of it. This is fascinating reading for qualitative researchers and students taking qualitative research courses, across the social sciences, education, and behavioural sciences.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040012310

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9781040012314

The Inessential Indexical

On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person

By: Herman Cappelen,Josh Dever

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The Inessential Indexical

On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person

By: Herman Cappelen,Josh Dever

When we represent the world in language, in thought, or in perception, we often represent it from a perspective. We say and think that the meeting is happening now, that it is hot here, that I am in danger and not you; that the tree looks larger from my perspective than from yours. The Inessential Indexical is an exploration and defense of the view that perspectivality is a philosophically shallow aspect of the world. Cappelen and Dever oppose one of the most entrenched and dominant trends in contemporary philosophy: that perspective (and the perspective of the first person in particular) is philosophically deep and that a proper understanding of it is important not just in the philosophies of language and mind, but throughout philosophy. They argue that there are no such things as essential indexicality, irreducibly de se attitudes, or self-locating attitudes. Their goal is not to show that we need to rethink these phenomena, to explain them in different ways. Their goal is to show that the entire topic is an illusion—there's nothing there. The Context and Content series is a forum for outstanding original research at the intersection of philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive science. The general editor is François Recanati (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris).

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OUP Oxford

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0191510246

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9780191510243

In Heaven Everything Is Fine

The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre

By: Josh Frank

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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre

By: Josh Frank

On March 3, 1983, Peter Ivers was found bludgeoned to death in his loft in downtown Los Angeles, ending a short-lived but essential pop cultural moment that has been all but lost to history. For the two years leading up to his murder, Ivers had hosted the underground but increasingly popular LA-based music and sketch-comedy cable show New Wave Theatre. The late '70s through early '80s was an explosive time for pop culture: Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon were leading a comedy renaissance, while punk rock and new wave were turning the music world on its head. New Wave Theatre brought together for the first time comedians-turned-Hollywood players like John Belushi, Chevy Chase, and Harold Ramis with West Coast punk rockers Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys, Fear, and others, thus transforming music and comedy forever. The show was a jubilant, chaotic punk-experimental-comedy cabaret, and Ivers was its charismatic leader and muse. He was, in fact, the only person with the vision, the generosity of spirit, and the myriad of talented friends to bring together these two very different but equally influential worlds, and with his death the improbable and electric union of punk and comedy came to an end. The magnetic, impishly brilliant Ivers was a respected musician and composer (in addition to several albums, he wrote the music for the centerpiece song of David Lynch's cult classic Eraserhead) whose sublime and bizarre creativity was evident in everything he did. He was surrounded by people who loved him, many of them luminaries: his best friend from his Harvard days was Doug Kenney, founder of National Lampoon; he was also close to Harold Ramis and John Belushi. Upon his death, Ivers was just beginning to get mainstream recognition. In Heaven Everything Is Fine is the first book to explore both the fertile, gritty scene that began and ended with New Wave Theatre and the life and death of its guiding spirit. Josh Frank, author of Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies, interviewed hundreds of people from Ivers's circle, including Jello Biafra, Stockard Channing, and David Lynch, and we hear in their own words about Ivers and the marvelous world he inhabited. He also spoke with the Los Angeles Police Department about Ivers's still-unsolved murder, and, as a result of his research, the Cold Case Unit has reopened the investigation. In Heaven Everything Is Fine is a riveting account of a gifted artist, his tragic death, and a little-known yet crucial chapter in American pop history.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416579761

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Groundswell

Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

By: Charlene Li,Josh Bernoff

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Groundswell

Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

By: Charlene Li,Josh Bernoff

Offering a strategy to winning in a world transformed by social technologies (blogs, podcasts, and social networking sites), the authors have designed a four-step process for building these technologies into a business.

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Harvard Business Press

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1422161986

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9781422161982

Graph Databases in Action

By: Dave Bechberger,Josh Perryman

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Graph Databases in Action

By: Dave Bechberger,Josh Perryman

Graph Databases in Action introduces you to graph database concepts by comparing them with relational database constructs. You'll learn just enough theory to get started, then progress to hands-on development. Discover use cases involving social networking, recommendation engines, and personalization. Summary Relationships in data often look far more like a web than an orderly set of rows and columns. Graph databases shine when it comes to revealing valuable insights within complex, interconnected data such as demographics, financial records, or computer networks. In Graph Databases in Action, experts Dave Bechberger and Josh Perryman illuminate the design and implementation of graph databases in real-world applications. You'll learn how to choose the right database solutions for your tasks, and how to use your new knowledge to build agile, flexible, and high-performing graph-powered applications! Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Isolated data is a thing of the past! Now, data is connected, and graph databases—like Amazon Neptune, Microsoft Cosmos DB, and Neo4j—are the essential tools of this new reality. Graph databases represent relationships naturally, speeding the discovery of insights and driving business value. About the book Graph Databases in Action introduces you to graph database concepts by comparing them with relational database constructs. You'll learn just enough theory to get started, then progress to hands-on development. Discover use cases involving social networking, recommendation engines, and personalization. What's inside Graph databases vs. relational databases Systematic graph data modeling Querying and navigating a graph Graph patterns Pitfalls and antipatterns About the reader For software developers. No experience with graph databases required. About the author Dave Bechberger and Josh Perryman have decades of experience building complex data-driven systems and have worked with graph databases since 2014. Table of Contents PART 1 - GETTING STARTED WITH GRAPH DATABASES 1 Introduction to graphs 2 Graph data modeling 3 Running basic and recursive traversals 4 Pathfinding traversals and mutating graphs 5 Formatting results 6 Developing an application PART 2 - BUILDING ON GRAPH DATABASES 7 Advanced data modeling techniques 8 Building traversals using known walks 9 Working with subgraphs PART 3 - MOVING BEYOND THE BASICS 10 Performance, pitfalls, and anti-patterns 11 What's next: Graph analytics, machine learning, and resources

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Manning Publications

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1617296376

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Groundswell, Expanded and Revised Edition

Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

By: Charlene Li,Josh Bernoff

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Groundswell, Expanded and Revised Edition

Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

By: Charlene Li,Josh Bernoff

Corporate executives struggle to harness the power of social technologies. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube are where customers discuss products and companies, write their own news, and find their own deals but how do you integrate these activities into your broader marketing efforts? It's an unstoppable groundswell that affects every industry -- yet it's still utterly foreign to most companies running things now. When consumers you've never met are rating your company's products in public forums with which you have no experience or influence, your company is vulnerable. In Groundswell, Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li explain how to turn this threat into an opportunity. In this updated and expanded edition of Groundswell, featuring an all new introduction and chapters on Twitter and social media integration, you'll learn to: · Evaluate new social technologies as they emerge · Determine how different groups of consumers are participating in social technology arenas · Apply a four-step process for formulating your future strategy · Build social technologies into your business Groundswell is required reading for executives seeking to protect and strengthen their company's public image.

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Harvard Business Press

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1422143414

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It's Your Move

My Million Dollar Method for Taking Risks with Confidence and Succeeding at Work and Life

By: Josh Altman

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It's Your Move

My Million Dollar Method for Taking Risks with Confidence and Succeeding at Work and Life

By: Josh Altman

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller One of the stars of Bravo’s hit series Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles reveals his trade secrets, offering aspiring entrepreneurs and established professionals tips and insights to help them outsmart the competition. Josh “the Shark” Altman has achieved extraordinary success in a traditional industry and in the most competitive real estate market in the country—all without being “discovered” or catching the proverbial big break. He worked for it. He figured it out. He failed. He learned. He wrote his own script. The key to his success? Confidence—informed, intelligent, calculated confidence. Calculated confidence means training yourself in your chosen field, knowing it so well that you can trust your gut instincts to guide you towards the best possible option. When key opportunities present themselves, you are ready to seize them. In It’s Your Move, one of the stars of Bravo’s hit TV series Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles shares invaluable and street-smart strategies for how to build your confidence, establish your reputation, master the knowledge you need to succeed, take the right risks, and course correct when you make a mistake. Drawing on his experiences negotiating multi-million dollar deals and offering impeccable service to his celebrity and high-profile clients, Altman shows you all the right moves to help you become better, stronger and more effective—whatever your profession or ambitions.

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HarperCollins

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006236927X

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9780062369277

A Field Guide to the Urban Hipster

By: Josh Aiello

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A Field Guide to the Urban Hipster

By: Josh Aiello

More than 45 species of urban "hip"sters have been identified in the wild, many through the work of esteemed antr"hip"thologist, Aiello. "A Field Guide to the Urban Hipster" allows readers to identify and communicate with each. Illustrations.

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Broadway

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0767913728

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9780767913720

Vote of Intolerance

By: Josh McDowell,Ed Stewart

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Vote of Intolerance

By: Josh McDowell,Ed Stewart

Vote of Intolerance, a novel by John McDowell and Ed Stewart, is a finely crafted political thriller that raises knotty questions: How should we respond to a culture with abberant lifestyles? How do we protect our families from the dangers of a corrupt culture?

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0842378162

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9780842378161

SWAT 2

The Official Strategy Guide

By: Josh Mandel

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SWAT 2

The Official Strategy Guide

By: Josh Mandel

Strategies for all 30 SWAT and Terrorist missions Thorough training guidelines Essential stats for all 200 characters Complete weapon and equipment lists Undocumented shortcuts and techniques Crisis negotiation tactics In-depth interview with the creator

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Prima Games

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0761511164

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9780761511168

Electronic Selling

Twenty-three Steps to E-selling Profits

By: Brian Jamison,Josh Gold,Warren Jamison

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Electronic Selling

Twenty-three Steps to E-selling Profits

By: Brian Jamison,Josh Gold,Warren Jamison

At last! This simple revolutionary book is the first plain-English guide to handling sales and credit card transactions on the World Wide Web. It's designed for businesspeople and "cyberpreneurs" who want to make money on the Internet, not do programming for it. Written at a level everyone can understand, E-Cash answers the pressing questions posed by marketers, Webmasters, and entrepreneurs: In doing business on the Internet, how do we process orders? Accept payments? And make sure that our customers' credit card numbers aren't being ripped off? The authors-who are cutting-edge Web site developers and highly creative marketers-clearly explain how to beat the security bugaboo and succeed at electronic selling. Supported by its own state-of-the-art Web site, this book sorts through the new technologies that have finally made internet commerce feasible, then spells out the issues in non-technical terms. Here is much needed information for businesses on Internet and search engine basics -- various methods of e-sales -- how to organize Web sites to maximize sales -- and where to find e-cash service providers. Readers will also be fired up by profiles of internet sales success stories and an indispensable action plan for getting started: "22 Steps to E-Selling Profits". Only E-Cash reveals how to access the cash register that lurks in every computer. Hundreds of thousands of companies are under the gun to generate profits from their Web sites, and this unique book shows them how to do it.

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McGraw-Hill Companies

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0070329303

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9780070329300

The Last Word

Final Scenes from Favorite Motion Pictures

By: Josh Gross

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The Last Word

Final Scenes from Favorite Motion Pictures

By: Josh Gross

A collection of the last scenes--in words and pictures--of sixty of America's favorite movies captures the emotional pre-fade out moments of such classics as Gone with the Wind, The African Queen, The Wizard of Oz, E.T., and others.

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Vintage

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0679733906

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9780679733904

13 Things You Gotta Know to Make it as a Christian

By: Josh McDowell,Bob Hostetler

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13 Things You Gotta Know to Make it as a Christian

By: Josh McDowell,Bob Hostetler

Thirteen weeks can change your life," says internationally known youth culture specialist Josh McDowell. In this devotional-with-a-difference based on the characters from the PowerLink novel, Under Siege, McDowell and Bob Hostetler reveal 13 ways young people can plug in and stay recharged with God's power for living.

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Thomas Nelson Publishers

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0849934133

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9780849934131

Sorry About The Spiders

By: Josh Perry

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Sorry About The Spiders

By: Josh Perry

A tale set in a near future Canada where the world is teetering on the edge of true futurism. Amidst this transforming time is the unimpressed and rather bored Benjamin: a drug dealer whos new home is infested with spiders. Follow Benjamin as he navigates this modern world and has the merit of his beliefs tested by reality.

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Lulu.com

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1365648311

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9781365648311

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