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Practical Cloud-Native Java Development with MicroProfile

Develop and deploy scalable, resilient, and reactive cloud-native applications using MicroProfile 4.1

by Emily Jiang, Andrew McCright, John Alcorn, David Chan, Alasdair Nottingham ...

Written by leading MicroProfile experts, this book provides you with best practices for building enterprise-grade cloud-native applications using MicroProfile 4.1 and running them on Open Liberty with Docker, Kubernetes, and IstioKey FeaturesApply your knowledge of MicroProfile APIs to develop cloud-native applicationsUse MicroProfile Health to provide the startup, liveness, and readiness status ... Read more

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Written by leading MicroProfile experts, this book provides you with best practices for building enterprise-grade cloud-native applications using MicroProfile 4.1 and running them on Open Liberty with Docker, Kubernetes, and IstioKey FeaturesApply your knowledge of MicroProfile APIs to develop cloud-native applicationsUse MicroProfile Health to provide the startup, liveness, and readiness status
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An Alphabet of Embers - An Anthology of Unclassifiables

by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Amal El-Mohtar, Arkady Martine, Celeste Rita Baker, Ching-In Chen, Emily Jiang, Emily Stoddard, Greer Gilman, Ian Muneshwar, JY Yang, Kari Sperring, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, M Sereno, M. David Blake, Mari Ness, Mina Li, Nin Harris, Nisi Shawl, Nolan Liebert, Sara Norja, Sheree Renée Thomas, Shweta Narayan, Sonya Taaffe, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Vajra Chandrasekera, Yoon Ha Lee, Zen Cho ...

An Alphabet of Embers is an anthology of unclassifiables – lyrical, surreal, magical, experimental pieces that straddle the border between poetry and prose. It lives in a place between darkness and sound, between roads and breaths, its pages taut with starlight; between its covers, words talk to each other, and have an occasional cup of tea.Edited by Rose Lemberg, featuring work by:Alvaro Zinos ... Read more

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An Alphabet of Embers is an anthology of unclassifiables – lyrical, surreal, magical, experimental pieces that straddle the border between poetry and prose. It lives in a place between darkness and sound, between roads and breaths, its pages taut with starlight; between its covers, words talk to each other, and have an occasional cup of tea.Edited by Rose Lemberg, featuring work by:Alvaro Zinos
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The Challenge of Agricultural Pollution

Evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines

by Emilie Cassou, Steven M. Jaffee, Jiang Ru ...

Series series Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Development
In emerging East Asia, agricultural output has expanded dramatically over recent decades, primarily as a result of successful efforts to stimulate yield growth. This achievement has increased the availability of food and raw materials in the region, drastically diminished hunger, and more generally provided solid ground for economic development. The intensification of agriculture that has made ... Read more

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In emerging East Asia, agricultural output has expanded dramatically over recent decades, primarily as a result of successful efforts to stimulate yield growth. This achievement has increased the availability of food and raw materials in the region, drastically diminished hunger, and more generally provided solid ground for economic development. The intensification of agriculture that has made
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Clockwork Phoenix 5

Clockwork Phoenix, #5

by Jason Kimble, Rachael K. Jones, Patricia Russo, Marie Brennan, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Rob Cameron, A. C. Wise, Gray Rinehart, Sam Fleming, Sunil Patel, C. S. E. Cooney, Carlos Hernandez, Holly Heisey, Barbara Krasnoff, Sonya Taaffe, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Shveta Thakrar, Cassandra Khaw, Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Rich Larson, Beth Cato ...

Series Book 5 - Clockwork Phoenix
• 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Anthology• Contains "The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me" by Rachael K. Jones, 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Short Fiction• Contains "Sabbath Wine" by Barbara Krasnoff, 2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Short Story• 2016 Locus Recommended Reading List, Best AnthologyThe ground-breaking, boundary-pushing, award-nominated series of ... Read more

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• 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Anthology• Contains "The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me" by Rachael K. Jones, 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Short Fiction• Contains "Sabbath Wine" by Barbara Krasnoff, 2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Short Story• 2016 Locus Recommended Reading List, Best AnthologyThe ground-breaking, boundary-pushing, award-nominated series of
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Mythic Delirium

Mythic Delirium, #1

by Ken Liu, Jane Yolen, Marie Brennan, Yoon Ha Lee, Amal El-Mohtar, Beth Cato, Kenneth Schneyer, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Rhonda Parrish, Yukimi Ogawa, Sonya Taaffe, C.S.E. Cooney, Mari Ness, Liz Bourke, Cedar Sanderson, David Sklar, Virginia M. Mohlere, Alexandra Seidel, Patty Templeton, Sandi Leibowitz, Georgina Bruce, Christina Sng, Karthika Naïr, S. Brackett Robertson, Jennifer Crow, Brittany Warman, Brigitte N. McCray, Robert Davies, Lisa M. Bradley, J.C. Runolfson, Lynette Mejía ...

Series Book 1 - Mythic Delirium
“Rich word choices and settings that blend speculative concepts with quotidian reality highlight this stellar anthology of prose and poetry from well-known editor Mike Allen (CLOCKWORK PHOENIX) and his wife and copublisher, Anita Allen ... This anthology is a winner from cover to cover.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewThis new anthology from the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed ... Read more

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“Rich word choices and settings that blend speculative concepts with quotidian reality highlight this stellar anthology of prose and poetry from well-known editor Mike Allen (CLOCKWORK PHOENIX) and his wife and copublisher, Anita Allen ... This anthology is a winner from cover to cover.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewThis new anthology from the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed
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Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

by Mike Allen ...

The first volume in the ground-breaking, genre-bending, boundary-pushing Clockwork Phoenix anthology series, at last available in digital format from Mythic Delirium Books."Lush descriptions and exotic imagery startle, engross, chill and electrify the reader, and all 19 stories have a strong and delicious taste of weird." — Publishers WeeklyIncludes critically-acclaimed and award-nominated stories ... Read more

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The first volume in the ground-breaking, genre-bending, boundary-pushing Clockwork Phoenix anthology series, at last available in digital format from Mythic Delirium Books."Lush descriptions and exotic imagery startle, engross, chill and electrify the reader, and all 19 stories have a strong and delicious taste of weird." — Publishers WeeklyIncludes critically-acclaimed and award-nominated stories
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The Beastly Bride

And Other Tales of the Animal People

by Ellen Kushner, Jane Yolen, Tanith Lee, Delia Sherman, Carol Emshwiller, Gregory Frost, Jeffrey Ford, Midori Snyder, Richard Bowes, Steve Berman, Nan Fry, Terra Gearhart-Serna, Marly Youmans, Shweta Narayan, Stewart Moore, E. Catherine Tobler, Christopher Barzak, Hiromi Goto, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Lucius Shepard, Johanna Sinisalo, Peter S. Beagle ...

Shapeshifting stories by Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Midori Snyder, Jane Yolen, and others: "Rich reading that meets the editors' high standards." — Kirkus ReviewsIn world mythology, transformation legends are attached to almost every type of animal: a variety of birds, fish, reptiles, and even insects. In this book, you'll find stories inspired by such myths from around the world, retold and ... Read more

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Shapeshifting stories by Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Midori Snyder, Jane Yolen, and others: "Rich reading that meets the editors' high standards." — Kirkus ReviewsIn world mythology, transformation legends are attached to almost every type of animal: a variety of birds, fish, reptiles, and even insects. In this book, you'll find stories inspired by such myths from around the world, retold and
... Read more
Clockwork Phoenix 4

by Mike Allen ...

The ground-breaking, boundary-pushing, award-nominated series of fantasy anthologies series returns for a fourth installment through the miracle of Kickstarter, bringing you eighteen brand new tales of beauty and strangeness."This book is in several distinct ways a look into the future: the future of fantasy and science fiction, diverse, strange, and wonderful; the future of these individual ... Read more

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The ground-breaking, boundary-pushing, award-nominated series of fantasy anthologies series returns for a fourth installment through the miracle of Kickstarter, bringing you eighteen brand new tales of beauty and strangeness."This book is in several distinct ways a look into the future: the future of fantasy and science fiction, diverse, strange, and wonderful; the future of these individual
... Read more
Shades Within Us

Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders

by Seanan McGuire, Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law, Rich Larson, Elsie Chapman, Sarah Raughley, Matthew Kressel, Brent Nichols, Kate Heartfield, Jeremy Szal, Alex Shvartsman, Karin Lowachee, Christie Yant, Amanda Sun, Liz Westbrook-Trenholm, Julie Nováková, Vanessa Cardui, Heather Osborne, Hayden Trenholm, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Tonya Liburd, Eric Choi, Gillian Clinton, Tyler Keevil, S. L. Huang ...

Series series Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction
Journey with twenty-one speculative fiction authors through the fractured borders of human migration to examine the dreams, struggles, and triumphs of those who choose—or are forced—to leave home and familiar places.Recommended by Booklist (American Library Association), Library Journal, School Library Journal, Foreword Reviews, and Locus.Migration. A transformation of time, place, and being . . ... Read more

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Journey with twenty-one speculative fiction authors through the fractured borders of human migration to examine the dreams, struggles, and triumphs of those who choose—or are forced—to leave home and familiar places.Recommended by Booklist (American Library Association), Library Journal, School Library Journal, Foreword Reviews, and Locus.Migration. A transformation of time, place, and being . .
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Mindguard

The Mindguard Saga, #1

by Andrei Cherascu ...

Series Book 1 - The Mindguard Saga
Called out of semi-retirement, the telepath and Mindguard Sheldon Ayers is tasked with protecting an information package located inside the mind of a young woman who claims the knowledge she holds is vital to the future of humankind. Sheldon and his team must help her cross the most dangerous territory in the man-inhabited universe: the Djago Desert.Hunted by the Enforcement Unit, the all-powerful ... Read more

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Called out of semi-retirement, the telepath and Mindguard Sheldon Ayers is tasked with protecting an information package located inside the mind of a young woman who claims the knowledge she holds is vital to the future of humankind. Sheldon and his team must help her cross the most dangerous territory in the man-inhabited universe: the Djago Desert.Hunted by the Enforcement Unit, the all-powerful
... Read more
Bone Swans

by C.S.E. Cooney ...

BONUS MATERIAL! Now includes excerpts from C. S. E. Cooney's short novel The Twice-Drowned Saint!Winner of the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best CollectionContains "The Bone Swans of Amandale," 2015 Nebula Award finalist for Best Novella"C. S. E. Cooney is one of the most moving, daring, and plainly beautiful voices to come out of recent fantasy. She's a powerhouse with a wink in her eye and a ... Read more

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BONUS MATERIAL! Now includes excerpts from C. S. E. Cooney's short novel The Twice-Drowned Saint!Winner of the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best CollectionContains "The Bone Swans of Amandale," 2015 Nebula Award finalist for Best Novella"C. S. E. Cooney is one of the most moving, daring, and plainly beautiful voices to come out of recent fantasy. She's a powerhouse with a wink in her eye and a
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Eleanor

A Novel

by Jason Gurley ...

When a terrible accident claims the life of Eleanor’s twin, her family is left in tatters, and her reality begins to unravel, dropping her in and out of unfamiliar worlds. When she returns to her own time and place, hours and days have flown by without her. One fateful day, Eleanor leaps from a cliff...and vanishes. In a strange in-between place, she meets a mysterious stranger who understands the ... Read more

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When a terrible accident claims the life of Eleanor’s twin, her family is left in tatters, and her reality begins to unravel, dropping her in and out of unfamiliar worlds. When she returns to her own time and place, hours and days have flown by without her. One fateful day, Eleanor leaps from a cliff...and vanishes. In a strange in-between place, she meets a mysterious stranger who understands the
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