Back in the mid 90s, Beej got tired of all his friends asking him how to do this stuff with networking programming in C, so he put pen to paper on the early World Wide Web and wrote down everything he knew just to get them off his back. Since then, the Gui
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 40, Publishers: Floris Books, Author: Cecilia Heikkila, ISBN-13: 9781782508540, Date of issue: 2023
A tour de force of both European and military history, The Franco-Prussian War is a superb account of this hugely important conflict, ideal for the student, historian and general reader alike. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Bertrand Taithe.
In the spirit of the smash bestsellers "Flyboys" and "Black Hawk Down," "Tiger Force" puts readers in the middle of overwhelming military action and turmoil, telling the story of unspeakable atrocity and unquestionable heroism.
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Tessa Hadley In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced at a high personal cost. In The Master Colm Tóibín captures the exquisite anguish of a man who circulated in the grand parlours and palazzos of Europe, who was astonishingly vibrant and alive in his art, and yet whose attempts at intimacy inevitably failed him and those he tried to love. It is a powerful account of the hazards of putting the life of the mind before affairs of the heart. Autorid: Colm Tóibín
Discover the real story behind the first Earth Day celebration and some of the biggest U.S. climate catastrophes, in a book that busts historys biggest misconceptions and environmental fibs and offers solutions for protecting the environment. Simultaneous. Illustrations. "Myths! Lies! Recycling scams? Discover the real story behind the first Earth Day celebration and some of the biggest US climate catastrophes--and their solutions!"-- Myths! Lies! Recycling scams? Discover the real story behind the first Earth Day celebration and some of the biggest US climate catastrophes--and their solutions! Don't miss the award-winning History Smashers series as they get to the truth on the biggest environmental fibs!In April 1970, twenty million people grabbed their rakes, gloves, and recycling bins to celebrate the first Earth Day. Since that environmental kickoff, nature has never been in better shape. RIGHT?WRONG! The real deal is a bit muddier than that. Its true that the first Earth Day encouraged people around the globe to clean up their act when it came to the environment. But activists have been working for centuries to save the planet! Native people across the world developed sustainable farming practices, women in eighteenth-century India stood up to protect trees, and amateur scientist Eunice Foote discovered the science behind global warming all the way back in the 1850s!Join the History Smashers team to bust history's biggest misconceptions and figure out what in the world really went down before (and after!) the first Earth Dayand how you can join the fight to protect the environment.Ready to bust new myths? Check out more titles in the History Smashers series: The Mayflower Plagues & Pandemics The Titanic The Underground Railroad The Salem Witch Trials Autorid: Kate Messner
The practice and theory of agriculture occupies a special branch of sciences called krishishastra literature 'agricultural science' in the traditional Indian taxonomy of sciences. This knowledge is deposited in the krishishastras literature 'textbooks of agriculture', in didactic poetry or single chapters or passages of literary works of different genres and in various collections of popular sayings. These texts together are rich mines of information on the methods of weather forecast, the main events of the agricultural year comprising agricultural operations, events of village life and certain religious beliefs. Gyula Wojtilla in the first part of his book defines the various meanings of the term krishishastra and assigns its role among traditional sciences in India. It is followed by the major part of the book containing the detailed description of individual works on traditional agriculture written mainly in Sanskrit but also in Prakrit and in vernaculars such as Bengali, Bihari, Gujarati, Hindi, Kanarese, Malayalam, Maithili, Marathi, Rajasthani, Tamil and Telugu. At the end of the book there are four appendices comprising texts containing independent chapters) on the subject, collections of sayings others than ascribed to authors and miscellaneus issues. The book as such can be regarded as an literary encyclopaedia of traditional Indian agriculture and may serve as an indispensable tool of research for students of classical Indology, history of science and culture or the peasant society in India.
Gracanica Municipality has a number of environmental issues caused by the unsustainable practices and is in need for more sustainable ways to achieve the full potential of economic development. Being rich in surface and ground waters, and having a suitable geographic location, this municipality has a great potential for development. The alternative solutions for the Gracanica Municipality are wastewater treatment and effluent water use, grey water system installation and rainwater harvesting option. These alternatives aim to use the adequate technology to protect public health and environment, meet the demand for water and establish the grounds for gradual improvement of current state of water management in this municipality.
La saga bestseller de Sarah J. Maas, la autora internacional de fantasía más leída. Unidos por la sangre. Tentados por el deseo. Liberados por el destino. Bryce Quinlan tenía la vida perfecta, trabajando cada día y saliendo cada noche, hasta que un demonio asesinó a sus amigos y la dejó vacía, herida y sola. Cuando el acusado está entre rejas, pero los crímenes continúan, Bryce hará lo que sea para vengar sus muertes. Hunt Athalar es un ángel caído, esclavo de los arcángeles a los que una vez intentó destronar. Sus brutales habilidades sirven ahora para un solo propósito: acabar con los enemigos de su dueño. Pero entonces Bryce le ofrece un trato irresistible: si la ayuda a encontrar al demonio asesino, su libertad estará al alcance de su mano. Mientras Bryce y Hunt investigan en las entrañas de Ciudad Medialuna, descubren dos cosas: un poder oscuro que amenaza todo lo que desean proteger y una atracción feroz que podría liberarlos a ambos. Con personajes inolvidables, un romance apasionado y una trama llena de suspense, esta novela de la autora bestseller Sarah J. Maas te sumergirá en una historia sobre el dolor de la pérdida, el precio de la libertad y el poder del amor.
Ive been moved, Ive been made to laugh and Ive been made to think. Gyles Brandreth, Rosebud podcast When you have Jeff around you know you are in safe hands, just as you will be when you read his book. Su Pollard Fondly remembered as Spike Dixon in Hi-De-Hi!, Jeffrey Holland is one of Britains best-loved situation comedy actors. An invaluable member of the repertory company of writer and director David Croft, his many other television credits include Are You Being Served?, Dads Army, It Aint Half Hot Mum, Oh, Doctor Beeching! and You Rang, MLord? This unique memoir reveals the hilarious tales from Hollands long and illustrious career, from the comedy greats that have inspired him to the colleagues with whom he has worked. Heart-warming stories from his twenty-year association with Paul Shane and Su Pollard sit alongside poignant and deep reflections on his all-time favourite comedian, Stan Laurel, and revealing stories of working with the great and good of variety theatre, from Frankie Howerd to Ken Dodd. Not to mention blissful thoughts on his many happy years as part of Russ Abbots Madhouse, the joy of The Goon Show and the thrill of stepping into the huge shoes of Peter Sellers. Filled with enthusiasm and affection, The First Rule of Comedy..! is a life told through the eyes of one of the true greats of the genre. Autorid: Jeffrey Holland, Robert Ross
A fascinating book about a remarkable family. - Edmund de Waal Memoir, detective work and political history come together in this vivid and moving family biography told through the stories passed down by its undaunted women. Heard on a toboggan in the Austrian mountains, in the back seat of an overloaded Mini toiling through Europe, on a coal barge in Paris here are tales that take us from Hungary, Germany and Italy to France, England and Argentina, and from the young actress in fi n de siècle Vienna to the 16-year-old schoolboy who disappeared for over fifty years. My Disappearing Uncle is a journey of discovery that explores the complicated dance between the present and the past. Hendersons narrative includes a wide range of memorable personalities as we move into and then beyond the Vienna of Freud, Mahler and Klimt Centuries of turbulent, superbly narrated history. - Jewish Chronicle Autorid: Kathy Henderson
The timeless original classic that sparked the sensational series "Forbidden Love"-known as Amor Prohibido (Spanish), Amor Proibido (Portuguese), Zabranjena Ljubav (Croatian and Bosnian), Dragoste Interzisă (Romanian), Απαγορευμένος Έρωτας (Greek), and Забранена Любов (Bulgarian)-a global phenomenon beloved across continents!Step into the gilded salons and shadowed corridors of late 19th-century Istanbul, where passion and duty collide in a world on the brink of modernity.In a dazzling mansion on the Bosphorus, the beautiful and restless Bihter seeks escape from her manipulative mother by wedding the distinguished, much older Adnan Bey. Yet beneath the veneer of respectability, desire simmers: Bihter's heart is drawn to Behlül, Adnan's charming and reckless nephew.As secrets ignite and betrayals unfold, the fate of an entire family hangs in the balance. Forbidden Love is a masterwork of psychological depth and social critique, exposing the fragility of happiness and the destructive power of longing. Uşaklıgil's novel, often called the first true modern Turkish novel, offers a lush, immersive portrait of a society torn between tradition and the allure of the West-a story as timeless and devastating as Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary.Dare to cross the threshold, where every glance conceals a secret and every love has its price.Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil (1866-1945) was a prominent Turkish novelist and a leading figure in the modernization of Ottoman literature. Born in Istanbul into the Uşakizade family, he received his early education in both Istanbul and Izmir, attending French schools that exposed him to Western literary traditions. This early engagement with European culture and literature significantly influenced his later works and contributed to his adoption of Western narrative techniques.Uşaklıgil played a central role in the Edebiyat-ı Cedide (New Literature) movement, which sought to introduce contemporary European literary forms and sensibilities to Ottoman Turkish literature. As an editor and contributor to the influential journal Servet-i Fünun, he helped shape the intellectual and artistic direction of his generation. His novels, most notably Aşk-ı Memnu (Forbidden Love), are celebrated for their sophisticated narrative structure and their nuanced exploration of character psychology, aligning Turkish fiction with the major currents of European literature at the turn of the twentieth century.
