Matokeo ya Utafutaji

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. For the first half of the twentieth century, no American industry boasted a more motley and prolific trade press than the movie business—a cutthroat landscape that set the stage for battle by ink. In 1930, Marti... More

Hollywood Vault is the story of how the business of film libraries emerged and evolved, spanning the silent era to the sale of feature libraries to television. Eric Hoyt argues that film libraries became valuable not because of the introduction of new technologies but because of the emergence and gr... More

He spent his money ... on horses, liquor, and women ... on private railroad cars, servants, and stables. First he spent what he had, and then he started in on the fortune he hadn't inherited yet.... More

Towards the front of the truck Drogo saw an opening in the side, formed by a panel. Priscilla Fairehild was lying down somewhere inside, holding the panel open with one hand and waving at him with the other. Drogo made a sort of rude dive for the opening and clambered through it. When he managed to ... More

A man tries to join World War II, after wasting his youth.... More

Beadleston Preece was gloomy. Here was a night for lovers and gardens and gay philandering. A night with visions of magnificent ladies clad in clinging gossamer, a night that hinted of seductively furnished boudoirs.... More

Four aces and the joker shone whitely on the green cloth. "You cheated!" the drunken man said to Crockett. "You're a dirty cardsharp!" Crockett stood up. The look in his eyes was frightening. "Go home," he said. "I've taken all I'm going to take from you tonight." He spoke softly, but the voice had ... More

Eric Hayot teaches graduate students and faculty in literary and cultural studies how to think and write like a professional scholar. From granular concerns, such as sentence structure and grammar, to big-picture issues, such as adhering to genre patterns for successful research and publishing and d... More

Scholar, horseman, professor at a rich girl's college, author of books on military history, Dr. Enos Barney has reached 43, a confirmed bachelor. But he meets a young student in his class, who begins to make him want to LIVE adventurously. Add to the mix a working replica of a 19th century cannon w... More

THE HORSE IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT is a wacky, warm story of a father's attempt to win the love and respect of his teenage daughter, who has eyes only for a horse. Freddie Bolton is a charming, harassed, suburban ad executive playing—and losing —Madison Avenue's favorite sport of living beyond his i... More

Written during the Depression, this book is a humorous and acid-etched look at the people of that time. A wealthy socialite adopts one of the "forgotten men", a homeless person, and introduces him to her family as their new butler. All kinds of consequences ensue and, by the end of the book, nothi... More

Ask just about any humanist, and you will hear that the humanities are in a crisis. Facing utilitarian approaches to education, the corporatization of the university, plummeting enrollments, budget cuts, and political critiques from right, left, and center, humanists find themselves on the defensive... More

China’s profound influence on the avant-garde in the 20th century was nowhere more apparent than in the work of Ezra Pound, Bertolt Brecht, and the writers associated with the Parisian literary journal Tel quel. Chinese Dreams explores the complex, intricate relationship between various “Chinas”—as... More

Eric Hayot teaches graduate students and faculty in literary and cultural studies how to think and write like a professional scholar. From granular concerns, such as sentence structure and grammar, to big-picture issues, such as adhering to genre patterns for successful research and publishing and d... More

Just Like Being There is the first collection of science fiction stories by award-winning author and aerospace engineer Eric Choi spanning his 25 year writing career. The stories are “hard” science fiction in which some element of engineering or science is so central there would be no story if that ... More

Become an expert in implementing advanced, network-related tasks with Python. About This Book • Build the skills to perform all networking tasks using Python with ease • Use Python for network device automation, DevOps, and software-defined networking • Get practical guidance to networking with Py... More

Python is also an extension language for applications written in other languages that need easy-to-use scripting or automation interfaces. It is one of the easiest languages with which you can perform network automation. This book will cover all advanced networking concepts using Python.... More

Master the art of using Python for a diverse range of network engineering tasksKey FeaturesExplore the power of Python libraries to tackle difficult network problems efficiently and effectivelyUse Python for network device automation, DevOps, and software-defined networking Become an expert in imple... More

Get to grips with the latest container examples, Python 3 features, GitLab DevOps, network data analysis, and cloud networking to get the most out of Python for network engineering with the latest edition of this bestselling guidePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF form... More

[From the dust jacket:] "Seventeen hard science fiction stories by today's top authors. Hard science fiction is the literature of change, rigorously examining the impact--both beneficial and dangerous--of science and technology on humanity, the future, and the cosmos. As science advances, expandin... More

When tourists travel, they often seek the exotic. The farther they venture, the more unique the cultures they gaze upon, the greater the prestige accrued; cross-cultural contact is commonplace. Yet despite the obviously transnational character of the tourist experience, national borders define exist... More

This Pivot proposes an integrated approach to facilitate competency development in a more comprehensive way. It examines this approach in the important but seldom studied context of risk management in banks. Risk management weaknesses in banks have persisted in spite of regulatory changes. This Pivo... More

Isn't table layout something web designers want to avoid? Yes, but rather than use tables for layout, this book is about the ways that tables themselves are laid out by CSS, a process more complicated than it appears. This concise guide takes you on a deep dive into the concepts necessary for unders... More

The compensating construct of resiliency, itself, has not been compared to the problem of loss of relevancy. Therefore, there is an open corridor for the enlightened therapist, career coach, or mentor to appropriately guide a troubled person with targeted challenges to transform themselves into a ne... More

Descriptions of new varieties of European languages in postcolonial contexts have focused exceedingly on system-based indigenisation and variation. This volume-while further illustrating processes and instantiations of indigenisation at this level-incorporates investigations of sociolinguistic and ... More