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A Midwife's Tale

The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, "A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own" (The New York Times Book Review).Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well ... Read more

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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, "A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own" (The New York Times Book Review).Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well
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Python for Beginners

The 1 Day Crash Course For Python Programming In The Real World

by Paul VII ...

Narrated by Randal Schaffer ...

Unabridged

2 hours 28 min

Thank you and congratulations on taking this class, “Python for Beginners: The 1 day crash course for python programming in the real world”. In this class you will be given an impressive yet practical guide to writing professional python code.I know you will get value from this class as it gives you a full introduction to the Python programming language. I walk you step by step through a real life ... Read more

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Thank you and congratulations on taking this class, “Python for Beginners: The 1 day crash course for python programming in the real world”. In this class you will be given an impressive yet practical guide to writing professional python code.I know you will get value from this class as it gives you a full introduction to the Python programming language. I walk you step by step through a real life
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The Passenger

A Novel

by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz ...

Translated by Philip Boehm ...

**A BEST BOOK OF 2021 FOR THE GUARDIAN * FINANCIAL TIMES * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT * MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE * THE TIMESHailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing absurdity about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany**Berlin, November 1938. Jewish shops have been ransacked and looted, synagogues destroyed. As storm troopers pound on his ... Read more

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**A BEST BOOK OF 2021 FOR THE GUARDIAN * FINANCIAL TIMES * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT * MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE * THE TIMESHailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing absurdity about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany**Berlin, November 1938. Jewish shops have been ransacked and looted, synagogues destroyed. As storm troopers pound on his
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Gods of Sound: The Perilous Path of Cameron Foster

by QM Schaffer ...

Cameron Foster, consistently bullied at school, has few friends and fewer hopes. He finds solace in his battered guitar. He is as skilled with it as Harry Potter is with a wand. A woman in her late twenties, clad in black leather, observes him and then rocks his world. But tragedy strikes and Cameron winds up under the influence of a strange and reclusive billionaire. Has he landed in a deadly ... Read more

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Cameron Foster, consistently bullied at school, has few friends and fewer hopes. He finds solace in his battered guitar. He is as skilled with it as Harry Potter is with a wand. A woman in her late twenties, clad in black leather, observes him and then rocks his world. But tragedy strikes and Cameron winds up under the influence of a strange and reclusive billionaire. Has he landed in a deadly
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The Mindful Photographer

Awake in the World with a Camera

by David Ulrich ...

Discover your voice, cultivate mindful awareness, and inspire creative growth with photographyIn The Mindful Photographer, teacher, author, and photographer David Ulrich follows up on the success of his previous book, Zen Camera, by offering photographers, smartphone camera users, and other cultural creatives 55 short (1-5 pages) essays on topics related to photography, mindfulness, personal ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Discover your voice, cultivate mindful awareness, and inspire creative growth with photographyIn The Mindful Photographer, teacher, author, and photographer David Ulrich follows up on the success of his previous book, Zen Camera, by offering photographers, smartphone camera users, and other cultural creatives 55 short (1-5 pages) essays on topics related to photography, mindfulness, personal
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Shakespeare’s Greatest Comedies

A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Rafe Beckley, Erin Bateman, Randal Schaffer, Edward James Beesley ...

Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

Laughter, happiness, romance, and just a bit of deception and intrigue – these are what make up Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Though Shakespeare is probably most well known for the dramatic tragedies that have defined the genre for centuries, his comedies are just as well beloved and performed in theaters across the globe.Shakespearean comedies are defined by their humorous writing, their ... Read more

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Laughter, happiness, romance, and just a bit of deception and intrigue – these are what make up Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Though Shakespeare is probably most well known for the dramatic tragedies that have defined the genre for centuries, his comedies are just as well beloved and performed in theaters across the globe.Shakespearean comedies are defined by their humorous writing, their
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Stuka Pilot

by Hans Ulrich Rudel ...

Autobiography of World War Two Luftwaffe pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel, the most highly decorated German serviceman of WW2, and the only one to be awarded the Third Reich’s most prestigious medal which was specially created for Rudel by Hitler himself, the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Shot down over 24 times, Hans Rudel is credited with destroying over ... Read more

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Autobiography of World War Two Luftwaffe pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel, the most highly decorated German serviceman of WW2, and the only one to be awarded the Third Reich’s most prestigious medal which was specially created for Rudel by Hitler himself, the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Shot down over 24 times, Hans Rudel is credited with destroying over
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Gardener of Baghdad, The

by Ahmad Ardalan ...

Narrated by Randal Schaffer ...

Unabridged

5 hours 51 min

"Two people, one city, different times; connected by a memoir. Can love exist in a city destined for decades of misery? "Adnan leads a weary existence as a bookshop owner in modern-day, war-torn Baghdad, where bombings, corruption and assault are everyday occurrences and the struggle to survive has suffocated the joy out of life for most. But when he begins to clean out his bookshop of forty years ... Read more

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"Two people, one city, different times; connected by a memoir. Can love exist in a city destined for decades of misery? "Adnan leads a weary existence as a bookshop owner in modern-day, war-torn Baghdad, where bombings, corruption and assault are everyday occurrences and the struggle to survive has suffocated the joy out of life for most. But when he begins to clean out his bookshop of forty years
... Read more
Algorithms for Big Data

DFG Priority Program 1736

Edited by Hannah Bast, Claudius Korzen, Ulrich Meyer, Manuel Penschuck ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book surveys the progress in addressing selected challenges related to the growth of big data in combination with increasingly complicated hardware.It emerged from a research program established by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as priority program SPP 1736 on Algorithmics for Big Data where researchers from theoretical computer science worked together with application ... Read more

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This open access book surveys the progress in addressing selected challenges related to the growth of big data in combination with increasingly complicated hardware.It emerged from a research program established by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as priority program SPP 1736 on Algorithmics for Big Data where researchers from theoretical computer science worked together with application
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Zen Camera

Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography

by David Ulrich ...

Zen Camera is an unprecedented photography practice that guides you to the creativity at your fingertips, calling for nothing more than your vision and any camera, even the one embedded in your phone.David Ulrich draws on the principles of Zen practice as well as forty years of teaching photography to offer six profound lessons for developing your self-expression. Doing for photography what The ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Zen Camera is an unprecedented photography practice that guides you to the creativity at your fingertips, calling for nothing more than your vision and any camera, even the one embedded in your phone.David Ulrich draws on the principles of Zen practice as well as forty years of teaching photography to offer six profound lessons for developing your self-expression. Doing for photography what The
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An Unsettled Grave

by Bernard Schaffer ...

Series Book 2 - A Santero and Rein Thriller
“The most engaging pair of detectives I’ve seen in a long while.”—David MorrellSOME SECRETS WILL NOT DIEFor three agonizing decades, seasoned manhunter Jacob Rein has been consumed by one case—a missing girl never found and two cops dead, one murdered, the other a suicide.Rein’s protégé, Detective Carrie Santero, shares an equal fascination with the twisted patterns of murder. But when the ... Read more

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“The most engaging pair of detectives I’ve seen in a long while.”—David MorrellSOME SECRETS WILL NOT DIEFor three agonizing decades, seasoned manhunter Jacob Rein has been consumed by one case—a missing girl never found and two cops dead, one murdered, the other a suicide.Rein’s protégé, Detective Carrie Santero, shares an equal fascination with the twisted patterns of murder. But when the
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Tropical Standard

Cocktail Techniques & Reinvented Recipes

by Garret Richard, Ben Schaffer ...

Transforming tropical drinks with powerful techniques from the modernist barWeaving together lessons from the craft cocktail revival, history of the tropical canon, and today’s cutting-edge bar techniques, master mixologist Garret Richard and award-winning cocktail writer Ben Schaffer provide a unique handbook for the tropical cocktail’s next wave.Crucial techniques are clearly detailed, including ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Transforming tropical drinks with powerful techniques from the modernist barWeaving together lessons from the craft cocktail revival, history of the tropical canon, and today’s cutting-edge bar techniques, master mixologist Garret Richard and award-winning cocktail writer Ben Schaffer provide a unique handbook for the tropical cocktail’s next wave.Crucial techniques are clearly detailed, including
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