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Akka in Action is a comprehensive tutorial on building message-oriented systems using Akka. The audiobook takes a hands-on approach, where each new concept is followed by an example that shows you how it works, how to implement the code, and how to (unit) test it.

Whether you're an avid paranormal enthusiast or a curious listener seeking a thrilling adventure, Haunted Ships & Boats promises to captivate, entertain, and inspire your imagination. Each chapter offers a captivating exploration of a unique maritime haunting, complete with historical context, spine-tingling eyewitness accounts, and the eerie legends that persist to this day.

Enter the shadowy realms of myth, history, and folklore in Bewitching Britain: The Hidden Witches of England. This spellbinding exploration takes listeners on an unprecedented journey into the dark corners of British history, illuminating the tales of those who have been vilified, persecuted, and misunderstood due to accusations of witchcraft. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in British history, witchcraft, folklore, and the supernatural. Be ready to journey through the mists of time into an England where witchcraft was both a feared crime and a misunderstood practice.

To save Mia Delaney, the absolute love of his life, Adam Lawson made the extremely difficult choice to leave, taking his two beautiful children with him. Shattered and alone, Mia was left to mend her broken heart and deal with the consequences of loving Adam. Now he's back and won't let anyone or anything deter him from what he wants most - to have Mia and his family together as they should be.

Drones: Fly Your Drone Anywhere Without Getting Busted is essential for both commercial UAV operators and hobbyists alike who wish to get the most out of their chosen aircraft without the worry that sometimes comes with operating in certain areas. The audiobook covers legal methods and proven techniques that will allow you to safely fly anywhere, if done so correctly. This is a collection of useful information, guidelines, and tips on flying your drones.

Get Programming: Learn to Code with Python introduces you to the world of writing computer programs without drowning you in confusing jargon or theory that make getting started harder than it should be. Filled with practical examples and step-by-step lessons using the easy-on-the-brain Python language, this book will get you programming in no time!

Drones: Mastering Flight Techniques is a complete guide to flying your drone. Created as a standalone book, it is also the natural follow-up to the first book in the series, Dr ones: The Professional Drone Pilot's Manual, and was designed to support and guide you as you build on your piloting experience.

Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets reveals a toolbox of new methods that are perfect for handling modern big data applications. You’ll explore the novel data structures and algorithms that underpin Google, Facebook, and other enterprise applications that work with truly massive amounts of data.

This book will help you understand what both superiors and team members require from a leader, and how to manage and guide these expectations towards preferential outcomes every time. This book is mainly framed inside the working environment, but whether you are a football coach, sales manager, financial advisor, or entrepreneur, this book has information relevant to your day-to-day business interactions and when used correctly, it will greatly enhance your production and progression within your chosen field.

Serious developers know that code can always be improved. With each iteration, you make optimizations - small and large - that can have a huge impact on your application’s speed, size, resilience, and maintainability. In Seriously Good Software: Code That Works, Survives, and Wins, author, teacher, and Java expert Marco Faella teaches you techniques for writing better code. You’ll start with a simple application and follow it through seven careful refactorings, each designed to explore another dimension of quality.

Her peace could never last. It shattered when Chalsarda was confronted by the single worst person she had ever known; responsible for every painful memory in her long elven life, now he has poisoned her apprentice and taunts Chalsarda with the cure. If she hopes to save her friend, she must make a deal with the devil and capture a Battle Born. Dead or alive. Nearly indestructible and monstrously strong, stopping a Battle Born would be hard enough but the real problem? This one is innocent.

The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition addresses both newcomers to Ruby, as well as Ruby programmers who want to deepen their understanding of the language. A creative tutorial that begins with your first Ruby program and goes on to explore sophisticated topics like callable objects, reflection, and threading, the book concentrates on the language, preparing you to use Ruby in any way you choose.

Imagine how different your life would be if you could lose fat, increase muscle mass, and cleanse your body all at the same time just by changing "when" you eat. Can you really have your cake and eat it? Excuse the pun, but with intermittent fasting you really can. I know this sounds like an exceptional claim, but in my opinion, this way of eating really is the panacea to virtually all human ailments....

Drones: The Mastery Collection was designed to pull together all the relevant information that any prospective UAV/drone pilot requires in order to go from beginner to master drone pilot. The two books contained within this collection work in unison through direct information and simple-to-follow how-to guides that cover all aspects of UAV aviation. The collection contains Drones: The Professional Drone Pilot's Manual and Drones: Mastering Flight Techniques.

Algorithms of the Intelligent Web, Second Edition teaches you how to create machine learning applications that crunch and wrangle data collected from users, web applications, and website logs. In this totally revised edition, you'll look at intelligent algorithms that extract real value from data. Key machine learning concepts are explained with code examples in Python's scikit-learn. This book guides you through algorithms to capture, store, and structure data streams coming from the web.

The Agatha Christie Collection is a collection of 11 classic detective novels from the queen of crime fiction. We accompany Hecule Poirot on his first 6 adventures, as well as embark on a journey into the beginning of the Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries and Colonel Race series.

Spring in Action, Fourth Edition is a hands-on guide to the Spring Framework, updated for version 4. It covers the features, tools, and practices including Spring MVC, REST, Security, Web Flow, and more. You'll move between short snippets and an ongoing example as you learn to build simple and efficient J2EE applications. Author Craig Walls has a special knack for crisp and entertaining examples that zoom in on the features and techniques you really need.

When Dominic and Sandy Wight leave their council home for the picturesque Lovels St. Maur, they can't wait to move in to Bridgewater Rise. Dilapidated but charming, the new house is everything they have worked for. There's even a stray cat waiting outside to welcome them. Adored by the couple's daughter, Christina, he rapidly becomes a part of the family. But Mr. Robespierre is anything but a welcome visitor, and with his arrival a darkness falls over Bridgewater Rise.

Hungry and exhausted, Ryan and his band emerge from a redoubt into a remarkably untouched pre-dark city and uncover a cache of weapons and food. But the group is not alone. Among other interlopers, the city is guarded by huge winged creatures, protecting the grisly secrets of a nearby barony. Holed up inside an old government building, where Ryan's son, Dean, lies near death, Ryan and Krysty must raid the treacherous ville across the desert where a local baron uses human flesh as fertilizer.

When three burglars break into an old man's home, they take home more than they bargained for.