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Istio: Up and Running

Using a Service Mesh to Connect, Secure, Control, and Observe

By: Lee Calcote,Zack Butcher

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Istio: Up and Running

Using a Service Mesh to Connect, Secure, Control, and Observe

By: Lee Calcote,Zack Butcher

You did it. You successfully transformed your application into a microservices architecture. But now that you’re running services across different environments—public to public, private to public, virtual machine to container—your cloud native software is beginning to encounter reliability issues. How do you stay on top of this ever-increasing complexity? With the Istio service mesh, you’ll be able to manage traffic, control access, monitor, report, get telemetry data, manage quota, trace, and more with resilience across your microservice. In this book, Lee Calcote and Zack Butcher explain why your services need a service mesh and demonstrate step-by-step how Istio fits into the life cycle of a distributed application. You’ll learn about the tools and APIs for enabling and managing many of the features found in Istio. Explore the observability challenges Istio addresses Use request routing, traffic shifting, fault injection, and other features essential to running a solid service mesh Generate and collect telemetry information Try different deployment patterns, including A/B, blue/green, and canary Get examples of how to develop and deploy real-world applications with Istio support

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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1492043737

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Bleeding Skull

A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey

By: Annie Choi,Zack Carlson,Joseph A. Ziemba

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Bleeding Skull

A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey

By: Annie Choi,Zack Carlson,Joseph A. Ziemba

A celebration of the most obscure, bizarre, and brain-busting movies ever made, this film guide features 250 in-depth reviews that have escaped the radar of people with taste and the tolerance of critics ― Goregasm! I Was a Teenage Serial Killer! Satan Claus!Die Hard Dracula! Curated by the enthusiastic minds behind BleedingSkull.com, this book gets deep into gutter-level, no-budget horror, from shot-on-VHS revelations (Eyes of the Werewolf) to forgotten outsider art hallucinations (Alien Beasts). Jam-packed with rare photographs, advertisements, and VHS sleeves (most of which have never been seen before), Bleeding Skull is an edifying, laugh-out-loud guide to the dusty inventory of the greatest video store that never existed.

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Fantagraphics Books

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1683961862

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9781683961864

Boqueria

A Cookbook, from Barcelona to New York

By: Yann de Rochefort,Zack Bezunartea,Marc Vidal

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Boqueria

A Cookbook, from Barcelona to New York

By: Yann de Rochefort,Zack Bezunartea,Marc Vidal

A sublime collection of traditional Spanish and Tapas recipes. Boqueria captures the soul of Spanish cuisine." --James Beard Award-winning chef and cookbook author Alfred Portale For over a decade New York City's famed Boqueria restaurants have been distilling the energy, atmosphere, and flavors of Barcelona, becoming a place where patrons share excellent wine and exquisite dishes. From traditional tapas like crispy patatas bravas and bacon-wrapped dates to classic favorites like garlicky sautéed shrimp, pork meatballs, and saffron-spiced seafood paella, Boqueria captures the very best of Spanish cuisine. For this sumptuous cookbook, restaurateur Yann de Rochefort and Executive Chef Marc Vidal tell the story of Boqueria, which has now spread to four New York City locations as well as to Washington, D.C. While the recipes-all deeply rooted in Barcelona's culinary culture-take center stage with phenomenal food photography, Boqueria also swings open the kitchen doors to reveal the bustling life of the restaurant, and offers exciting glimpses of the locales that inspire it: the bars, markets, and cervezerias of Barcelona. Transporting us to the busy, colorful stalls of legendary fresh market "La Boqueria," these portraits of the Spanish city are so vibrant that you can almost smell the Mediterranean's salt air. Boqueria's recipes are delectable variations on authentic Barcelona fare, but more than that; along with their origin stories, these recipes inspire a bit of the Boqueria experience-the cooking, the conversations, and the connections-in your own home.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1632864940

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Caesar Country

Cocktails, Clams & Canada

By: Aaron Harowitz,Zack Silverman

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Caesar Country

Cocktails, Clams & Canada

By: Aaron Harowitz,Zack Silverman

Caesar Country is a love letter to Canada by way of one cocktail—our cocktail—the Caesar. In this stunning book, Aaron Harowitz and Zack Silverman—co-founders of Walter Craft Caesar—take you on a deep and detailed dive through the art and science of Caesar making. They share a compelling collection of cocktail and food recipes, including contributions from some of Canada’s top bartenders and chefs, showcasing the countless ways to reinterpret the classic Caesar. Caesar Country is inspired by travels across Canada—the people met, places seen, drinks enjoyed—and seamlessly weaves together the Caesar’s history, evolution,and the innovators behind it, to create a visual and culinary celebration of the country it calls home.

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Appetite by Random House

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052561138X

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Wake Up, This Is Joburg

By: Tanya Zack,Mark Lewis

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Wake Up, This Is Joburg

By: Tanya Zack,Mark Lewis

A single image taken from a high-rise building in inner-city Johannesburg uncovers layers of history—from its premise and promise of gold to its current improvisations. It reveals the city as carcass and as crucible, where informal agents and processes spearhead its rapid reshaping and transformation. In Wake Up, This Is Joburg, writer Tanya Zack and photographer Mark Lewis offer a stunning portrait of Johannesburg and personal stories of some of the city’s ordinary, odd, and outrageous residents. Their photos and essays take readers into meat markets where butchers chop cow heads; the eclectic home of an outsider artist that features turrets and full of manikins; long-abandoned gold pits beneath the city, where people continue to mine informally; and lively markets, taxi depots, and residential high-rises. Sharing people’s private and work lives and the extraordinary spaces of the metropolis, Zack and Lewis show that Johannesburg’s urban transformation occurs not in a series of dramatic, wide-scale changes but in the everyday lives, actions, and dreams of individuals.

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Duke University Press

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1478023325

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9781478023326

We Will Not Die Here

By: Zack Redman

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We Will Not Die Here

By: Zack Redman

In this redemption tale, an unlikely friendship offers a glimpse into the resilience of the human spirit. During the Battle of the Bulge in the frozen winter of 1944, Henry Gerald Briggs, a deserting American soldier, stumbles across the German soldier, Dieter Von Strauss, in an abandoned barn near the Ardennes Woods after fleeing their respective sides. Their learned hostility thaws into an unlikely friendship as these men try not only to escape capture and the war, but to survive the fiercest winter Belgium had seen in years. Once inside the barbed wired fences of Buchenwald, Henry obtains a piece of paper containing information that could bring an end to the war in Europe. But in order to get it to his men, he’ll have to escape the oppressive labour camp and face an army that would have him killed for desertion. Will he put the fate of the war before his own survival? Will a final act of redemption redeem an act of treason? In this grim but hopeful fiction, We Will Not Die Here reads like the memoir of Henry Gerald Briggs, a replacement assigned to Easy Company, one of the most revered companies of the Second World War. This gripping tale follows Henry and Dieter, from the snow-laden trees of the Ardennes to the soul-crushing conditions of one of Germany’s most infamous labour camps, Buchenwald. This is a story of cowardice and bravery, of friendship and cruelty, and—ultimately—of the human spirit’s will to survive.

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FriesenPress

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1039116574

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Musical Allusions in the Works of James Joyce

Early Poetry through Ulysses

By: Zack R. Bowen

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Musical Allusions in the Works of James Joyce

Early Poetry through Ulysses

By: Zack R. Bowen

Professor Bowen's book is more than a simple collection of musical allusions; it is an engaging discussion of how Joyce uses music to expand and orchestrate his major themes. The introductions to the separate sections, on each of Joyce's works, express a new and cohesive critical theory and reevaluate the major thematic patterns in the works. The introductory material proceeds to analyze the general workings of music in each particular book. The specific musical references follow, accompanied by their sources and an examination of the role each plays in the work. While the author considers the early works with equal care, the bulk of this volume explores the musical resonances of Ulysses, especially as they affect the style, structure, characterization, and themes. Like motifs in Wagnerian opera, some allusions introduce and later remind us of characters—bits of Molly's songs for instance constantly intrude her impending adultery on Bloom's consciousness. Other motifs are linked to concerns such as Stephen's Oedipal guilt over his mother's death, which in turn connects to his preoccupation with Shakespeare, the creator, the father, and the cuckold. Music helps create the bond which briefly joins Stephen and Bloom, and music augments the entire grand theme of consubstantiality. Professor Bowen's style is simple and clear, allowing Joycean artifice to speak for itself. The volume includes a bibliography.

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State University of New York Press

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0791497267

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9780791497265

If You Like Monty Python...

Here Are Over 200 Movies, TV Shows and Other Oddities That You Will Love

By: Zack Handlen

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If You Like Monty Python...

Here Are Over 200 Movies, TV Shows and Other Oddities That You Will Love

By: Zack Handlen

From their perfectly insane television show to their consistently irreverent and riotous movies, Monty Python has owned the zany and absurd side of comedy since their debut. Their influence can be felt in every comedy show that followed them, from Saturday Night Live and Second City television, to The Kids in the Hall, not to mention all the laughs writ large on the silver screen, where their brand of absurdity opened the doors for such people as Jim Carrey who made a name for themselves by pushing the funny even further. This is the first book to look at everything influenced by the Pythons, but also at those who came before them – from the classic British comedies to the Marx Brothers, and everything in the Python universe, from Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda to Spamalot and Brazil. If You Like...Monty Python is a book for any fan who has graduated from the Ministry of Silly Walks and wants more.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0879104368

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9780879104368

Whispers

By: Zack Rose

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Whispers

By: Zack Rose

Whispers By: Zack Rose Disgusted with humanity and what the outside world has become. Jake Rose leaves his home and family to find peace and solace. HE tries to start a new and secluded life in a cabin that he built in his younger days nestled deep in the heart of the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina. When strange things begin to happen, Jake must enlist the help of an elder family member to unearth the secret kept beneath the soil of the mountain he loves. His strength and sanity will be tested beyond the limits as he must find a way to endure a nightmare he never expected.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1645306925

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9781645306924

Your Next-Door Neighbor Is a Dragon:

By: Zack Parsons

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Your Next-Door Neighbor Is a Dragon:

By: Zack Parsons

Finally, a book about the Internet that takes place outside the Internet! Your Next-Door Neighbor is a Dragon leaves the bleeps and bloops behind for a series of surreal interviews and adventures with the people behind the computer screen. Something Awful's Zack Parsons risks life and sanity by meeting with people who believe they are real dragons and elves, attending a furry convention in costume, paying a visit to a white power group in Texas, talking shop with people who want to be swallowed whole, and witnessing the launching of the Ron Paul Blimp. More than a year in the making, this epic adventure is full to bursting with the jokes about wieners and poopy that made Something Awful a true Internet sensation. Have you added the book to your cart yet or do you just hate yourself that much?

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0806533013

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9780806533018

A Plague on Both Houses

By: Zack Highstreet

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A Plague on Both Houses

By: Zack Highstreet

Ben Adams is an ordinary Midwesterner living well in Saint Louis: an upscale house with the requisite white picket fence, the loving wife and kids and a good job with potential. But it's not enough. Ben feels compelled to equalize his life's balance sheet by making terrorists pay for his brother's death. He can't see that it will cost him nearly everything and everyone he loves.

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Lulu.com

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0615222846

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9780615222844

Blood Moon Rider

By: Zack C. Waters

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Blood Moon Rider

By: Zack C. Waters

Accelerated Reader Quiz #109073. Level 6.6 "I tried to block the legend of the blood moon—that it signaled the death of someone close to you—from my mind." Harley Wallace has suffered through an incredible run of bad luck. His father died fighting in the Pacific during World War II, and his stepmother abandoned him. The Marines refused to take him, and now he is kicked off a bus in the middle of Nowhere, Florida, where he celebrates his fourteenth birthday as a prisoner in a hick jail. As if that weren't bad enough, Harley is placed in the custody of his unwelcoming old grandfather. As Harley and his grandfather struggle to establish a family relationship and make peace with the demons of the past, the murder of Grandfather Wallace's cowman and best friend leads them to suspect that an evil connected to the war may have taken root on the old man's sprawling cattle ranch. With German U-boats lurking in the placid waters of the Gulf, an old friend enlists Grandfather and Harley in a top-secret operation in the hammocks and palmettos of Florida's Big Bend region. When Grandfather Wallace mysteriously disappears, Harley and his new friend Beth are thrust into a web of danger that reaches far beyond Florida's Gulf Coast. Harley and Beth begin a hazardous quest, racing against the clock in a desperate effort to save the old man. Riding into the marshes under the harsh glow of a “blood moon," they discover peril, new friends, ruthless enemies, and the true meaning of family. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

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1561645842

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Say No to the Devil

The Life and Musical Genius of Rev. Gary Davis

By: Ian Zack

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Say No to the Devil

The Life and Musical Genius of Rev. Gary Davis

By: Ian Zack

“Finally, the biography that Rev. Davis deserves. Ian Zack takes ‘Blind Gary’ out of the footnotes and into the footlights of the history of American music.” —Steve Katz, cofounder of Blood, Sweat & Tears Bob Dylan called Gary Davis “one of the wizards of modern music.” Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead—who took lessons with Davis—claimed his musical ability “transcended any common notion of a bluesman.” And the folklorist Alan Lomax called him “one of the really great geniuses of American instrumental music.” But you won’t find Davis alongside blues legends Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The first biography of Davis, Say No to the Devil restores “the Rev’s” remarkable story. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with many of Davis’s former students, Ian Zack takes readers through Davis’s difficult beginning as the blind son of sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South to his decision to become an ordained Baptist minister and his move to New York in the early 1940s, where he scraped out a living singing and preaching on street corners and in storefront churches in Harlem. There, he gained entry into a circle of musicians that included, among many others, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Dave Van Ronk. But in spite of his tremendous musical achievements, Davis never gained broad recognition from an American public that wasn’t sure what to make of his trademark blend of gospel, ragtime, street preaching, and the blues. His personal life was also fraught, troubled by struggles with alcohol, women, and deteriorating health. Zack chronicles this remarkable figure in American music, helping us to understand how he taught and influenced a generation of musicians.

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University of Chicago Press

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022623424X

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9780226234243

Train Like a Savage Eat Like a Caveman

By: Zack Hernandez,Joe Nord

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Train Like a Savage Eat Like a Caveman

By: Zack Hernandez,Joe Nord

--Train Like a Savage Eat Like a Caveman-- gives you access to cutting-edge food science tips and high-intensity workouts engineered by Ivy League combat athletes at Columbia University. You will learn to train, eat, and biohack your body so that you can be as efficient as possible. These philosophies were originally engineered for Division 1 Wrestlers, but it's been tailored to be effective for anyone, especially busy professionals!

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1365649555

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A-List Angels

How a Band of Actors, Artists, and Athletes Hacked Silicon Valley

By: Zack O'Malley Greenburg

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A-List Angels

How a Band of Actors, Artists, and Athletes Hacked Silicon Valley

By: Zack O'Malley Greenburg

How Hollywood cashed in on the latest tech boom-and changed the face of Silicon Valley. When Ashton Kutcher first heard about 50 Cent's nine-figure Vitaminwater windfall in 2007, the actor realized he'd been missing out. He soon followed the rapper's formula-seeking equity instead of cash for endorsement deals-but with a twist: as the first person to top 1 million Twitter followers, Kutcher leveraged his social reach to accumulate stakes in a vast range of user-hungry tech startups. A decade later, Kutcher is perhaps the brightest in a firmament of star investors from Beyoncé and Jay-Z to Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez. Bartering credibility and connections in exchange for early (and often discounted) access to the world's most coveted investment opportunities, this diverse group changed the face of venture capital while amassing portfolios packed with companies like Airbnb, Spotify, and Uber. But how did two once-dissonant universes-Silicon Valley and Hollywood-become intertwined? Forbes senior editor Zack O'Malley Greenburg told the first chapter of Kutcher's transformation for the magazine's cover story in 2016. Now he offers a lively, page-turning account of how this motley crew of talent managers, venture capitalists, and celebrities helped the creative class forge a brand-new blueprint for generational wealth. Through extensive reporting and exclusive interviews with more than 100 key players-including Shaq, Nas, Joe Montana, Sophia Bush, Steve Aoki, Tony Gonzalez, and dozens of behind-the-scenes power brokers-Greenburg sheds light on the unlikely group that fundamentally transformed the value of fame.

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Little, Brown

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031648511X

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9780316485111

Watching Baseball Smarter

A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks

By: Zack Hample

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Watching Baseball Smarter

A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks

By: Zack Hample

Zack Hample's bestselling, smart, and funny fan’s guide to baseball explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will appeal to anyone—whether you're a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or a beginner. • What is the difference between a slider and a curveball? • At which stadium did “The Wave” first make an appearance? • Which positions are never played by lefties? • Why do some players urinate on their hands? Combining the narrative voice and attitude of Michael Lewis with the compulsive brilliance of Schott’s Miscellany, Watching Baseball Smarter will increase your understanding and enjoyment of the sport—no matter what your level of expertise. Featuring a glossary of baseball slang, an appendix of important baseball stats, and an appendix of uniform numbers.

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Vintage

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0307498603

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9780307498601

Monsters with Middle Names

By: Zack Kampf

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Monsters with Middle Names

By: Zack Kampf

Like any addiction, serial murder is hard to quit and after 13 kills, our anti-hero is ready to hang up the bloody knife—but the forces of fate and a meddling detective send him colliding head first into the girl of his dreams. Of course, dreams for him are a normal person’s nightmare. READ WITH CAUTION.

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Writers Republic LLC

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9798888103173

The Handy Philosophy Answer Book

By: Naomi Zack

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The Handy Philosophy Answer Book

By: Naomi Zack

Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Sartre, and many more. Who were they? What did they say? Why should we care? How did changing philosophical thought affect the history of civilization? How does philosophy affect pop culture, politics and government, and our everyday lives? Combining a basic history of philosophical thought with the often quirky personal stories of famous philosophers, The Handy Philosophy Answer Book introduces the reader to the world of philosophy. This comprehensive survey analyzes the collective effort of philosophers throughout history in the pursuit of truth and wisdom. It explores the tangible significance of philosophical thought to modern society and civilization as a whole, and answers more than 1,000 questions, including … What was the Enlightenment? Why did the Pythagorians avoid fava beans? How was Skepticism related to the scientific revolution? Was Søren Kierkegaard’s life “cursed”? How did philosopher A. J. Ayer defeat professional heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson? What are the current trends in philosophy and how are they related to feminism, environmentalism, and African American studies? How is Confucianism relevant to contemporary Western philosophy? The Handy Philosophy Answer Book explains philosophical fundamentals. It looks at the various schools of thought. It explores the deep--and sometimes odd--questions posed by philosophers. This comprehensive survey brings us the lives and the impacts of philosophy's greatest thinkers. With more than 130 photos and illustrations, this tome is richly illustrated, and its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.

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Visible Ink Press

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1578592852

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9781578592852

Creeping

By: Mike Richardson,Zack Keller

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Creeping

By: Mike Richardson,Zack Keller

A new internet challenge called “creeping” is sweeping across social media. “Creeping” is a dangerous online trend that dares participants to spend the night at a frightening location—from crumbling cemeteries to derelict morgues. As more people join in, the competition increases—who can outdo the latest scary destination? One group of thrillseekers determines to find the most terrifying place in the world—an abandoned medieval fortress-turned-insane asylum fills the bill, but they soon realize they are in for more than they bargained for. Written by Zack Keller (Death Head, Meet Me At The Falls) with original story by Mike Richardson (Echoes, Living with the Dead), and art by Doug Wheatley (AVP: Thicker than Blood, Star Wars: Dark Times), this graphic novel takes you on a horrifying journey where fun and mischief take a shocking turn into the ultimate fight for survival.

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1506724884

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9781506724881

Musical Intimacy

Construction, Connection, and Engagement

By: Zack Stiegler,Todd Campbell

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Musical Intimacy

Construction, Connection, and Engagement

By: Zack Stiegler,Todd Campbell

Discourse on popular music frequently describes artists' recordings and performances as “intimate.” Yet that discourse often stops short of elucidating how a mass-produced commodity such as popular music is able to elicit feelings of intimacy with and among its audience. Through detailed analysis of popular music's composition, performance, production, and promotion, Musical Intimacy examines how intimacy is constructed and perceived in popular music via its affective and technological affordances. From the recording studio to the concert stage, from collective experience to individual listening and perception, this book presents a working understanding of musical intimacy.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501372270

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9781501372278

Mastering the Metal

The Story of James Watson and Eddie Bravo

By: Zack Moore,James Watson

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Mastering the Metal

The Story of James Watson and Eddie Bravo

By: Zack Moore,James Watson

Over the last two decades, Eddie Bravo has been at the forefront of revolutions we’ve seen in the arts of fighting, comedy, and podcasting. But he wasn’t alone in his journey. For just over a decade, James Watson and Eddie Bravo were inseparable: musical partners, work colleagues, roommates, and best friends. From metal to rap, our protagonists worked to master the art of music together. Through the story of these past experiences in the pursuit of musical mastery, the reader will get to intimately understand Eddie Bravo and see how those experiences in his youth spent in music made him the man and martial artist he is today. Through the narration of our author, we get the complete picture of the private man behind the Eddie Bravo public persona.

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Simon and Schuster

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1637585810

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9781637585818

Del Rey's Next Reads Sampler 2020 Edition

Excerpts from 11 Upcoming and Current Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Titles

By: Max Brooks,Peter F. Hamilton,Kevin Hearne,Silvia Moreno-Garcia,Simon Jimenez,Jenna Glass,Zack Jordan,Bob Proehl,Micaiah Johnson,Emily Skrutskie

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Del Rey's Next Reads Sampler 2020 Edition

Excerpts from 11 Upcoming and Current Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Titles

By: Max Brooks,Peter F. Hamilton,Kevin Hearne,Silvia Moreno-Garcia,Simon Jimenez,Jenna Glass,Zack Jordan,Bob Proehl,Micaiah Johnson,Emily Skrutskie

Discover the best in science fiction, fantasy, and horror with the 2020 Del Rey ebook sampler! 2020 is a year of new chapters. Max Brooks, who helped us survive a zombie pandemic, now searches for a more elusive threat: Bigfoot. Kevin Hearne, the author of The Iron Druid Chronicles, takes us back to that beloved world with a new spin-off series—and dreams up a different epic fantasy series with an entirely new mythology. Peter F. Hamilton masterfully builds a blazing space opera series. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, who dazzled us with her vision of 1920s Mexico and the Mayan underworld, reimagines the classic gothic suspense novel with the story of an isolated mansion in the 1950s Mexican countryside. These eleven recent and upcoming works are full of action. A young space pilot tries to save his best friend—the heir to a galactic empire—from a ruthless rebellion. A girl whose interdimensional doppelgängers have died in 372 worlds discovers a secret that puts her life in jeopardy. A man whose daughter has newfound, terrifying powers must risk his life to save hers. The last human in the galaxy hides her identity while trying to discover the truth about humanity. A woman traveling through time finds a mysterious child with unimaginable power. A spell allows women to control their own fertility in an epic feminist fantasy. This captivating ebook sampler contains excerpts from: DEVOLUTION by Max Brooks THE WOMEN’S WAR by Jenna Glass SALVATION by Peter F. Hamilton INK & SIGIL by Kevin Hearne A PLAGUE OF GIANTS by Kevin Hearne THE VANISHED BIRDS by Simon Jimenez THE SPACE BETWEEN WORDS by Micaiah Johnson THE LAST HUMAN by Zack Jordan MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia THE NOBODY PEOPLE by Bob Proehl BONDS OF BRASS by Emily Skrutskie

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0593355091

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9780593355091

Liminal States

By: Zack Parsons

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Liminal States

By: Zack Parsons

“An awe-inspiring, helter-skelter journey through mind-blowing SF, western dime novel, noir mystery, and near-future dystopian horror” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The debut novel from Zack Parsons, editor of the Something Awful website and author of My Tank Is Fight!, is a mind-bending journey through time and genres. Beginning in 1874, with a blood-soaked western story of revenge, Liminal States follows a trio of characters through a 1950s noir detective story and twenty-first-century sci-fi horror. Their paths are tragically intertwined—and their choices have far-reaching consequences for the course of American history. It’s a remarkable mashup that “somehow manages to become a cohesive, thought-provoking whole . . . There’s no way a novel with this many moving parts should hold together, but it does, and even readers initially daunted by the jumble will soon be glad to go wherever Parsons takes them” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “Parsons’s debut is a tour-de-force, a justifiably showy demonstration of the author’s chameleon-like ability to write in several genres all at once, and it emerges as one of the scariest and bleakest tales I can remember.” —Cory Doctorow

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0806535512

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The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash

J. Edgar Hoover and Florida's Lindbergh Case

By: Robert Alvin Waters,Zack C. Waters

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The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash

J. Edgar Hoover and Florida's Lindbergh Case

By: Robert Alvin Waters,Zack C. Waters

Informed by thousands of pages of newly released FBI files, The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash tells the gripping story of the only crime investigated by J. Edgar Hoover himself, the sensational 1938 murder of a five-year-old boy from the Florida Everglades. In his long and storied career, J. Edgar Hoover investigated only one case personally, the 1938 kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Floridian James “Skeegie” Cash. What prompted the director himself to fly from Washington, DC, to a rain-drenched hamlet on the edge of the Everglades? Congress had slashed FBI funding, forcing Hoover to lay off half his agents. The combative Hoover believed if he could bring Skeegie’s killer to justice, the halo of positive publicity would revive the fortunes of the embattled FBI. In The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash, Robert A. Waters and Zack C. Waters bring to life the drama of the abduction, the payment of a $10,000 ransom, the heartbreaking manhunt for Skeegie and his kidnapper, the arrest and confession of Franklin Pierce McCall, and the killer’s trial and execution. Hordes of reporters swarmed into the little village south of Miami, and for thirteen days until McCall confessed, the case dominated national headlines. The authors capture the drama and the detail as well as the desperate and sometimes extralegal lengths to which Hoover went to crack the case. Using the Freedom of Information Act, the authors obtained more than four thousand pages of FBI files and court documents to reconstruct this important but forgotten case. The tragedy that played out in the swamps of Dade County constituted the backdrop for a political struggle that would involve J. Edgar Hoover, the United States Congress, and even president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Hoover and the president prevailed, and within two years the FBI grew from 680 employees to more than 14,000. No books and few articles have been published about this historic case.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817318224

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Dying to Live or Livin to Die

By: Zack Lee

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Dying to Live or Livin to Die

By: Zack Lee

On the edge of the Mexican border, Dominic, Texas, is a place of poverty, crime, and drugs. People on the outside call it Drugland, since cartels control the whole town with enough power to keep everyone and everything under their fingers. Zee was only twelve when he got involved with the drug trade, just a kid struggling to survive. As he grows up, Zee witnesses the way good men are devoured and destroyed in his hometown. To do whats necessary for his own family, Zee will walk a path of blood and violence. He wants to get the people he loves away from Drugland. He refuses to end up like many of the boys he grew up with who became victims to the citys clutches. But even as a college student, Zee isnt sure who he is or where he stands on the line of good and evil. Is he a good guy, corrupted by his environment, doing what it takes to survive? Or is he a bad guy whos finally learned to thrive in a land of crime and hardship? Only time will tell if Zee will become a casualty or walk out of Drugland its king.

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Archway Publishing

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1480846619

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Sensing Jesus

Life and Ministry as a Human Being

By: Zack Eswine

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Sensing Jesus

Life and Ministry as a Human Being

By: Zack Eswine

This is a book about the behind-the-scenes reality of a life in ministry. It tells you what Zack Eswine wishes somebody else would’ve told him. With over 20 years of experience in ministry, Zack shares with incredible honesty about his own failures, burnout, and pain, all the while addressing the complexities of leadership decisions, church discipline, family dynamics, and so on. Presenting sound pastoral theology couched in autobiographical musings and powerful prose, this book offers a fresh and biblically faithful approach to the care of souls, including your own.

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Crossway

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1433520990

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9781433520990

Trinity: 2: The Assassin

By: Zack Satriani

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Trinity: 2: The Assassin

By: Zack Satriani

In a distant galaxy, three planets co-exist in a fragile alliance. Ayl's violent experiences have isolated him from his peace-loving Acquanth brethren. Dray can't convince her father that she is ready for active Bellori duty. And Keller, Trade Prince of Cantor, is about to be assassinated ... The fight to save Trinity has never been more dangerous. This is the second book in the series: don't miss THE ASSASSIN and THE INVASION.

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Hachette Children's

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144490664X

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9781444906646

Black Denim Lit #8: Return to Waypoint 5

[December, 2014]

By: Josh Roseman,Madeline Popelka,Clarissa N G,Cheryl McAlister,Zack Miller,Lisa Shapter,Ken Poyner,Joe Christopher,Ben Spies,Julie Reeser

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Black Denim Lit #8: Return to Waypoint 5

[December, 2014]

By: Josh Roseman,Madeline Popelka,Clarissa N G,Cheryl McAlister,Zack Miller,Lisa Shapter,Ken Poyner,Joe Christopher,Ben Spies,Julie Reeser

The December, 2014 issue edited by Christopher T Garry features 160 pages of never before seen stories from ten new authors, creating narratives that are variously dark, cynical, inspiring, violent and longing. Black Denim Lit is a monthly journal of fiction available on the web and eReaders. “Cataclysm” by Madeline Popelka (The death of a cat brings about the end of the world); “The Things We Hide” by Clarissa N G (Yuen deals with a haunting while mourning); “Return To Waypoint 5” by Josh Roseman (Kage seeks dangerous answers about family and connections at an old space port); “Bit by Bit” by Cheryl McAlister (An unlikely pairing highlights the need for connection); “The Patchwork Girl” by Zack Miller (A post-pandemic world doesn't change needs of a girl missing a family); “Searching” by Lisa Shapter (Three men decide the fate of a lost corpsman); “Establishment” by Ken Poyner (The local watering hole isn't just for the bone and protein crowd); “The Degenerate” by Joe Christopher (A young working man finds an unlikely reason to change direction); “Maybe This’ll Be the One That Finally Gets Me” by Ben Spies (A veteran recounts his experience in the gulf coast disaster); “Gathering Gold” by Julie Reeser (Mae deals with loss of her mother and transition to a new life) This draws from fantasy, crime, science fiction and straight drama for our selections. Such genre variety is brought together under the common thread of rich characterization. In all the stories this month, these are human beings at odds. Whether facing a gun, an alien, the choice to live or to die or the vastness of space, each of these players respond from a very deep place of truth. And regardless of which genre can be applied, the authors have surprises in store.

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Black Denim Lit

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1311294872

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Gorilla and the Bird

A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love

By: Zack McDermott

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Gorilla and the Bird

A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love

By: Zack McDermott

Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath." -- Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The Producer" to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, Gorilla and the Bird is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.

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Little, Brown

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0316315117

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9780316315111

A Small But Spartan Band

The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia

By: Zack C. Waters,James C. Edmonds

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A Small But Spartan Band

The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia

By: Zack C. Waters,James C. Edmonds

A comprehensive study of the Florida Brigade, which served under Robert E. Lee in the famed Army of Northern Virginia.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817357742

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9780817357740

Valley of the Geeks

High-Tech Hijinks from Silicon Valley

By: Zack Urlocker

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Valley of the Geeks

High-Tech Hijinks from Silicon Valley

By: Zack Urlocker

Valley of the Geeks skewers Silicon Valley with high-tech hijinks that keep you laughing out loud. This new collection of essays includes the best original humor from the award-winning web site. Urlocker's unique blend of wit and wisdom cover everything from Larry Ellison's ego to Bill Gates' secret plan to take over the government. "Valley of the Geeks is very funny. It's supposed to be funny, right?"-Bruce Eckel, "Thinking in Java" "Let Valley of The Geeks treat you to banner ads we'd like to see."-USA Today · Cellular Hell · Entrepreneurosis · Akamai Sues Self · Towards Simplexity · Recession Cancelled · Lonely at the Middle · Dot Com Survivor.com · Dear Miss Management · Oracle Teams With Mafia · A New Spin on Marketing · Fast Track to the Ground Floor · Microsoft Apologizes for Nukes · What Not To Say To A Recruiter · More Banner Ads We'd Like to See · RTFM: The New High Tech Dictionary 2.0 · Telecom Depressed - Still Can't Get Out Of Bed

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iUniverse

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0595261825

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9780595261826

Performance of Protective Clothing

Second Symposium

By: Seymour Zack Mansdorf

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Performance of Protective Clothing

Second Symposium

By: Seymour Zack Mansdorf

Annotation Contains papers presented at the Second International Symposium on [title] held in Tampa, FL, January 1987. Concerns the protective quality of various types of apparel for protection against chemical and thermal hazards. Topics include: human factors, user attitudes, new materials, thermal protection, industrial chemical stresses, protection from pesticides. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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ASTM International

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0803111673

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9780803111677

Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Southern Coast and Wilington, 15th

By: Zack Hanner,Emily Gorman-Fancy,Rebecca Pierre,Kate Walsh

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Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Southern Coast and Wilington, 15th

By: Zack Hanner,Emily Gorman-Fancy,Rebecca Pierre,Kate Walsh

This book offers everything you need to know about North Carolina's southern coastal area, whether you're planning a vacation, relocating to the area or are a local who wants to know more.

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By the Sea Publications

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0762748338

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9780762748334

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