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If you're looking to take full advantage of multi-core processors with concurrent programming, this practical book provides the knowledge and hands-on experience you need. The Art of Concurrency is one of the few resources to focus on implementing algorithms in the shared-memory model of multi-core processors, rather than just theoretical models or distributed-memory architectures. The book provides detailed explanations and usable samples to ...

Most writing books dwell on common issues of style and grammar. Yet most writers also confront complex problems of story design.This 50-rule guide by Francis Flaherty, a New York Times editor, offers much-needed solutions and sage advice to address these concerns."Sometimes, say things sideways, " Flaherty writes. "The reader will be grateful." "White is whitest on black, " he observes. "Let contrast work for you." Through such hard-won, story...

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This book explains the great truths hidden within many of the biblical stories we learned as children. Through tales such as Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, Joseph's coat of many colours, David & Goliath, Noah's Ark and many others are traditionally taken at face value, they are in fact spiritual allegories containing the ancient wisdom of the prophets, a wisdom even more important to society today than it was when these tales were first related over...

An anthology of poems.

An anthology of poems.

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One hundred fifty years ago, Charles Darwin revolutionized biology, but did he refute intelligent design (ID)? In Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer argues that he did not. Much confusion surrounds the theory of intelligent design. Frequently misrepresented by the media, politicians, and local school boards, intelligent design can be defended on purely scientific grounds in accordance with the same rigorous methods that apply to every propos...

A riveting, true-life account of violence, racial injustice, and betrayal within the ranks of the Boston Police Department The Boston police officers who brutally beat Michael Cox at a deserted fence one icy night in 1995 knew right away that they had made a terrible mistake. The badge and handgun under Cox's bloodied parka proved it: He was not a black gang member but a plainclothes officer who had been chasing the same murder suspect they we...

Most subfields of computer science have an interface layer via which applications communicate with the infrastructure, and this is key to their success (e.g., the Internet in networking, the relational model in databases, etc.). So far this interface layer has been missing in AI. First-order logic and probabilistic graphical models each have some of the necessary features, but a viable interface layer requires combining both. Markov logic is a...

In 1770, a poor and half-starved boy fights to survive on the Mississippi River. Anthony's heart's desire is to be the cock of the walk and the toughest man on the river. Above all else he wants that respect. But young Anthony has no way of knowing the adventures he will have. Ride with him as he fights river pirates and murderers on the high seas, and travels from America to England to exotic islands on the Mediterranean.Anthony meets many wh...

Hibiki works as a bodyguard for Buyuu, who is poised to succeed Hong Kong's ruling economic elite family. Buyuu, who will one day be in the position to carry the entire plutocratic family on his shoulders, spends his nights entertaining countless women. One day, Hibiki gets word that Buyuu's uncle, himself gunning for a position as successor, is planning to assassinate Buyuu. When Hibiki advises his employer to refrain from going out, not only...

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Fully revised, updated and available in mass-market paperback for the first time.