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Has China Won by Kishore Mahbubani
epub | 3.06 MB | English | Kishore Mahbubani | 2020 | PublicAffairs
Description: The defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already inevitable?
China and America are world powers without serious rivals. They eye each other warily across the Pacific; they communicate poorly; there seems little natural empathy. A massive geopolitical contest has begun.
America prizes freedom; China values freedom from chaos.America values strategic decisiveness; China values patience.America is becoming society of lasting inequality; China a meritocracy.America has abandoned multilateralism; China welcomes it.
Kishore Mahbubani, a diplomat and scholar with unrivalled access to policymakers in Beijing and Washington, has written the definitive guide to the deep fault lines in the relationship, a clear-eyed assessment of the risk of any confrontation, and a bracingly honest appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses, and superpower...
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The Woman of a Thousand Names by Alexandra Lapierre
epub | 3.88 MB | English | Alexandra Lapierre | Atria Books
Description: From the internationally bestselling author of the "fascinating epic" (Associated Press) Between Love and Honor comes a rich, sweeping tale based on the captivating true story of the Mata Hari of Russia, featuring a beautiful aristocrat fighting for survival during the deadly upheaval of the Russian Revolution.
Born into Russian aristocracy, wealth, and security, Moura never had any reason to worry. But in the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution, her entire world crumbles. As her family and friends are being persecuted by Vladimir Lenin's ruthless security officer, she falls into a passionate affair with British secret agent Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. But when he's abruptly and mysteriously deported from Russia, Moura is left alone and vulnerable.
Now, she must find new paths for her survival, even if it means shedding her past and taking on new identities. Some will praise her tenderness and undying loyalty. Others will denounce her lies. But all will agree on one point: Moura embodies Life. Life at all cost.
Set against the volatile landscape of 20th-century Russia, The Woman of a Thousand Names brings history to vivid life in a captivating tale about an extraordinary woman caught in the waves of change-with only her wits to save her.
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Twilight Hauntings by Angie Sage
epub | 6.91 MB | English | Angie Sage | HarperCollins
Description: Angie Sage, New York Times bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series, crafts a fantasy world where enchantment is illegal, Oracles knit octopuses, wizards run around in soggy underpants, and one girl is on a mission to save Enchantment and Enchanters, which might just save the kingdom.
Alex has a set of Enchanted cards. When she flutters her fingers above them, something magical happens: the cards come alive and create moving pictures of what is now and what is yet to come. But Enchantment is illegal in the city of Luma, and those who practice it are imprisoned forever in the Vaults-dark dungeons deep below the city.
When Alex is betrayed by her foster sister Zerra, she kno she is in great danger. With the help of her little foster brother, Louie, she makes a daring escape.
But Alex discovers she is not safe outside Luma either. Here lurk deadly Hauntings that seek out those who practice magic: Enchanters and...
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The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
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Description: A cursed book. A missing professor. Some nefarious men in gray suits. And a dreamworld called the Troposphere?Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists-especially Thomas Lumas and The End of Mr. Y, a book no one alive has read. When she mysteriously uncovers a copy at a used bookstore, Ariel is launched into an adventure of science and faith, consciousness and death, space and time, and everything in between.Seeking answers, Ariel follo in Mr. Y's footsteps: She swallo a tincture, stares into a black dot, and is transported into the Troposphere-a wonderland where she can travel through time and space using the thoughts of others. There she begins to understand all the mysteries surrounding the book, herself, and the universe. Or is it all just a hallucination?With The End of Mr. Y, Scarlett Thomas brings us another fast-paced mix of popular culture, love, mystery, and irresistible philosophical adventure.
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The NRA The Unauthorized History by Frank Smyth
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Description: For the first time, the definitive account of America's most powerful, most secretive, and most controversial nonprofit, and how far it has strayed from its origins.
The National Rifle Association is unique in American life. Few other civic organizations are as old or as large. None is as controversial. It is largely due to the NRA that the U.S. gun policy differs so extremely - some would say so tragically - from that of every other developed nation. But, as Frank Smyth sho, the NRA has evolved from an organization concerned above all with marksmanship - and which supported most government efforts around gun control for a hundred years - to one that resists all attempts to restrict guns in any way. At the same time, the organization has also buried its own remarkable history. Here is that story, from the NRA's surprising roots in post-Civil War New York City to the defining event that changed its culture forever - the so called...
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Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
epub | 1.24 MB | English | Samantha Irby | 2020 | Faber & Faber
Description: Hello, 911? I am the first person at this party.'Samantha Irby is the king of sparkling misanthropy and tender, loving dread.' Jia TolentinoStaring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days she could work a full 11 hour shift on 4 hours of sleep, change her shoes and put mascara on in the back of a moving cab and go from drinks to dinner to the club without a second thought. Recently, things are more 'Girls Gone Mild.' In Wow, No Thank You Irby discusses the actual nightmare of living in a rural idyll, weighs in on body negativity (loving yourself is a full-time job with shitty benefits) and poses the essential question: Sure sex is fun but have you ever googled a popular meme?
'A laugh. A fart. A snort. Or some combination thereof. Be prepared to totally lose control of the noises that come out of your body while reading the latest essay collection from humor writer Samantha Irby.' Bustle'The only writer who can make me laugh with abandon in public... Her signature irreverence is intact, of course, but it can't mask the heart she leaves bleeding on the page.' Elle'Samantha Irby is hilarious... Nothing is off limits and I love it.' Candice Carty-Williams
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Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang
epub | 671.56 KB | English | Alexandra Chang | Ecco
Description: "Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers." - George SaundersA Recommended Book From Buzzfeed * Parade * Electric Literature * The Millions * Domino A wry, tender portrait of a young woman-finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she kno herself well enough to choose wisely-from a captivating new literary voice
The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why-she doesn't know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious tech publication, she reports on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley billionaires and start-up bros while her own request for a raise gets bumped from manager to manager. And when her longtime boyfriend, J, decides to move to a quiet upstate New York town for grad college, she sees an excuse to cut and run. Moving is supposed to be a grand gesture of her commitment to J and a way to reshape her sense of self. But in the process, she finds herself facing misgivings about her role in an interracial relationship. Captivated by the stories of her ancestors and other Asian Americans in history, she must confront a question at the core of her identity: What does it mean to exist in a society that does not notice or understand you? Equal parts tender and humorous, and told in spare but powerful prose, Days of Distraction is an offbeat coming-of-adulthood tale, a touching family story, and a razor-sharp appraisal of our times.
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"Chang writes with wit and sharpness...An important, gratifying read." -- "Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Friday Black"
"A startlingly original and deeply moving debut--kaleidoscopic, funny, heart-rending, beautifully observed, and formally daring." -- "George Saunders, #1 New York Times bestselling author"
About the Author
Alexandra Chang is from Northern California. She graduated from UC Berkeley and received her MFA from Syracuse University. Her fiction has appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, Glimmer Train , LARB Quarterly Journal , Catapult, and elsewhere. She has previously worked as a technology reporter for WIRED and Macworld , and now lives in upstate New York.
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August by Callan Wink
epub | 1.22 MB | English | Callan Wink | 2020 | Random House
Description: A boy coming of age in a part of the country that's being left behind is at the heart of this dazzling novel-the first by an award-winning author of short stories that evoke the American West.
"August reads like early Hemingway, retooled for the present."-William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian DaysCallan Wink has been compared to masters like Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane. His short stories have been published in The New Yorker and have won numerous accolades. Now his enormous talents are showcased in a debut novel that follo a boy growing up in the middle of the country through those difficult years between childhood and adulthood.
August is an average twelve-year-old. He likes dogs and fishing and doesn't mind early-morning chores on his family's Michigan dairy farm. But following his parents' messy divorce, his mother decides that she and August need to start over in a new town. There, he tries to be an average teen-playing football and doing homework-but when his role in a shocking act of violence thro him off course once more, he flees to a ranch in rural Montana, where he learns that even the smallest communities have dark secrets.
Covering August's adolescence, from age twelve to nineteen, this gorgeously written novel bears witness to the joys and traumas that irrevocably shape us all. Filled with unforgettable characters and stunning natural landscapes, this book is a moving and provocative look at growing up in the American heartland.
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Look by Zan Romanoff
epub | 985.98 KB | English | Zan Romanoff | 2020 | Penguin
Description: For fans of Nina LaCour and Mary H. K. Choi comes "a gorgeous exploration of Los Angeles, love, and how a girl can be torn down and put herself back together, one image at a time." --Robin Benway, National Book Award-winning author ofFar From the Tree
"An incisive, tantalizing exploration into the minds of teen girls through the reality-distortion-field of social media. Look is smart, quick, and startlingly tender. I loved this book." --Mary H. K. Choi, New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact
Things Lulu Shapiro's 5,000 Flash followers don't know about her:
• That the video of her with another girl was never supposed to go public.
• That Owen definitely wasn't supposed to break up with her because of it.
• That behind the carefully crafted selfies and scenes Lulu projects onto people's screens, her life feels like a terrible, uncertain mess.
Then Lulu meets Cass. Cass isn't interested in looking at Lulu's life, only in living in it. And The Hotel--a gorgeous space with an intriguing, Old Hollywood history and a trust-fund kid to restore it--seems like the perfect, secret place for them to get to know each other. But just because Lulu has stepped out of the spotlight doesn't mean it'll stop following her every move.
Look is about what you present vs. who you really are, about real intimacy and manufactured intimacy and the blurring of that line. It's a deceptively glamorous, feminist, emotionally complex, utterly compelling, queer coming-of-age novel about falling in love and taking ownership of your own self--your whole self--in the age of social media.
"Witty, sensual, well-observed." --Francesca Lia Block, author of Weetzie Bat
"I loved this book." --Mary H. K. Choi, author of Emergency Contact
"A beautifully rendered...feminist coming-of-age story." --Jessica Morgan of Go Fug Yourself
"Smart, romantic...Everything I hoped for and more." --Robyn Schneider, author of The Beginning of Everything
"Gorgeous." --Robin Benway, author of Far From the Tree
" A complex, empathic examination of identity." --Amy Spalding, author of The Summer of Jordi Perez
"[For] readers of Nina LaCour...Sharply incisive and...deeply romantic." --Booklist
"A beautiful, intimate novel. I loved it so much." --Maurene Goo, author of The Way You Make Me Feel
"Immediate...Deft...Astute...Compelling...Gripping and credible." -- BCCB
"[ Zan Romanoff] is one of the best YA writers working today."--Brandy Colbert, author of Little & Lion
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The Rocket Years by Elizabeth Segran
epub | 982.04 KB | English | Elizabeth Segran | Harper
Description: The Defining Decade for the #Adulting generation-a book that blends storytelling and data to unpack the choices you make in your twenties, why they matter, and how to turn those critical years into a launchpad for the life you want.
We tend to think of our twenties as a playground for life: A time for low-consequence experimentation and delaying big decisions. But the truth is that while you're muddling through those years-exploring new cities, dating the wrong people, hopping between jobs-a small shift in your flight path can mean the difference between landing on Mars or Saturn. As the data sho, the choices we make (or put off) during this critical decade about our career, marriage, health, friends, even downtime have the greatest impact on how our lives play out. For example, did you know that people who marry between the ages of 28 and 32 have the lowest risk of divorce? And that the average 25 year old has 20 close friends, but this will shrink to 8 after age 40? And that most of us don't acquire new hobbies after we hit our thirties? Rather than prescribing one correct path (who are we kidding, there's no such thing anyway!), Elizabeth Segran invites readers to think critically and holistically about the life they want to build. With signature warmth and humor, Segran is the guide we all wish we had to show us the way. Blending insightful anecdotes with research from economics, sociology, and political science, The Rocket Years is an empowering exploration of these exciting, confusing, wonderful years.
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The Black Art of Killing A No Hall, Matthew
epub | 1.02 MB | English | Hall, Matthew | N/A
Description: Oxford University has never employed a man like Leo Black before.Now an adored lecturer destined for tenure among the gleaming spires, Leo Black served the SAS for twenty years with distinction.When the friend he fought alongside is killed in Paris trying to prevent the abduction of a young British scientist, the world Leo has tried to put behind him begins to reel him back in. But as Leo gets closer to the startling truth about his friend's death, he faces a difficult decision.Forget the training, the loyalty, the service and be the man the university wants him to be . . .Or remember that not so long ago, he was a truly exceptional soldier.
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August
epub | 1.4 MB | English | Callan Wink | 2020 | Random House Publishing Group
Description: A boy coming of age in a part of the country that's being left behind is at the heart of this dazzling novel-the first by an award-winning author of short stories that evoke the American West.
"August reads like early Hemingway, retooled for the present."-William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days
Callan Wink has been compared to masters like Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane. His short stories have been published in The New Yorker and have won numerous accolades. Now his enormous talents are showcased in a debut novel that follo a boy growing up in the middle of the country through those difficult years between childhood and adulthood.
August is an average twelve-year-old. He likes dogs and fishing and doesn't mind early-morning chores on his family's Michigan dairy farm. But following his parents' messy divorce, his mother decides that she and August need to start over in a new town. There, he...
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Murder at the Mena House
epub | 678.12 KB | English | Erica Ruth Neubauer | 2020 | Kensington Books
Description: Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel-an exotic gem in the heart of Cairo where cocktails flow, adventure dispels the aftershocks of World War I, and deadly dangers wait in the shado . . .
Egypt, 1926.Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie's best efforts at meddling with her love life, the young widow would rather gaze at the Great Pyramids of Giza than into the eyes of a dashing stranger. Yet Jane's plans to remain cool and indifferent become ancient history in the company of Mr. Redvers, a roguish banker she can't quite figure out . . .
While the Mena House has its share of charming guests, Anna Stainton isn't one of them. The beautiful socialite makes it clear that she won't share the spotlight with anyone-especially Jane. But Jane soon becomes the center of attention when she's the one...
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War of the Maps
epub | 2.05 MB | English | Paul McAuley | ORION
Description: On a giant artificial world surrounding an artificial sun, one man - a lucidor, a keeper of the peace, a security officerman - is on the hunt. His target was responsible for an atrocity, but is too valuable to the government to be truly punished. Instead he has been sent to the frontlines of the war, to use his unique talents on the enemy. So the lucidor has ignored orders, deserted from his job, left his home and thrown his life away, in order to finally claim justice.Separated by massive seas, the various maps dotted on the surface of this world rarely contact each other. But something has begun to infiltrate the edges of the lucidor's map, something that genetically alters animals and plants and turns them into killers. Only the lucidor kno the depths to which his quarry will sink in order to survive, only the lucidor can capture him. The way is long and dangerous. The lucidor's government has set hunters after him. He has no friends, no resources, no plan.But he does have a mission.
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Flow Architectures
epub | 1.52 MB | English | James Urquhart | O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Description: Dominated by streaming data and events, the next generation of software development optimizes not only how technology interacts but also how businesses integrate with one another to meet customer needs. This phenomenon, called flow, consists of patterns and standards that determine which activity and related data is communicated between parties over the internet.
This book explores the critical implications of that evolution: What happens when event and data stream standards help you discover new activity sources to enhance existing businesses or drive new markets? What technologies and architectural patterns can position your company for opportunities enabled by flow?
James Urquhart, global field CTO at Pivotal Cloud Foundry, guides enterprise architects, software developers, and product managers through:
The business imperative for flowWhy worldwide flow is likely to happenThe factors that will enable flow in next 5-10 yearsWhat you can do to take advantage of worldwide flow as it evolvesA Wardley map exploration that sho why worldwide flow is predictable
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Programming C# 8 0 Build Cloud, Web, and Desktop Applications by Ian Griffiths (2020)
epub | 4.05 MB | English | Ian Griffiths | O'Reilly Media
Description: C# is undeniably one of the most versatile programming languages available to engineers today. With this comprehensive guide, you'll learn just how powerful the combination of C# and .NET can be. Author Ian Griffiths guides you through C# 8.0 fundamentals and techniques for building cloud, web, and desktop applications.
Designed for experienced programmers, this book provides many code examples to help you work with the nuts and bolts of C#, such as generics, LINQ, and asynchronous programming features. You'll get up to speed on .NET Core and the latest C# 8.0 additions, including asynchronous streams, nullable references, pattern matching, default interface implementation, ranges and new indexing syntax, and changes in the .NET tool chain.
Discover how C# supports fundamental coding features, such as classes, other custom types, collections, and error handlingLearn how to write high-performance memory-efficient code with .NET Core's Span and Memory...
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Scrum The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland
epub | 3.44 MB | English | Jeff Sutherland | 2014 | Crown Publishing Group
Description: We live in a world that is broken. For those who believe that there must be a more efficient way for people to get things done, here from Scrum pioneer Jeff Sutherland is a brilliantly discursive, thought-provoking book about the management process that is changing the way we live.
In the future, historians may look back on human progress and draw a sharp line designating "before Scrum" and "after Scrum." Scrum is that ground-breaking. It already drives most of the world's top technology companies. And now it's starting to spread to every domain where people wrestle with complex projects.
If you've ever been startled by how fast the world is changing, Scrum is one of the reasons why. Productivity gains of as much as 1200% have been recorded, and there's no more lucid -- or compelling -- explainer of Scrum and its bright promise than Jeff Sutherland, the man who put together the first Scrum team more than twenty years...
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Hour of the Assassin
epub | 566.75 KB | English | 9780062875495 | Matthew Quirk | William Morrow
Description: "Quirk has earned his spot in the front ranks of thriller writers. Opens with a bang and keeps exploding for three hundred pages." -David Baldacci, New York Times bestselling author of A Minute to Midnight
Framed and on the run for his life, a former Secret Service agent discovers how far some men will go to grasp the highest office in the land in this electrifying tale from the author of The Night Agent -a propulsive political thriller reminiscent of the best early Baldacci and Grisham novels.
As a Secret Service agent, Nick Averose spent a decade protecting the most powerful men and women in America and developed a unique gift: the ability to think like an assassin. Now, he uses that skill in a little-known but crucial job. As a "red teamer," he poses as a threat, testing the security around our highest officials to find vulnerabilities-before our enemies can. He is a mock killer, capable of slipping past even the best defenses.
His latest assignment is to assess the security surrounding the former CIA director at his DC area home. But soon after he breaches the man's study, the home's inner sanctum, Nick finds himself entangled in a vicious crime that will shake Washington to its foundations-as all the evidence points to Nick.
Nick kno he's the perfect scapegoat. But who is framing him, and why? To clear his name, he must find the truth-a search that leads to a dark conspiracy whose roots stretch back decades. The prize is the most powerful position in the world: the Oval Office.
To save himself and the people he loves, Nick must stop the men who rule Washington before they bury him along with their secrets.
"This one is a gritty, intense political thriller, filled with nuance and dire exploits. Totally entertaining. A treat from start to finish. -Steve Berry, author of The Malta Exchange
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"A cracking-good suspenser carried by some fine writing. and leading up to a sweaty-palms finale that goes on for 100 quickly turned pages." (Library Journal)
"Quirk has earned his spot in the front ranks of thriller writers. Opens with a bang and keeps exploding for three hundred pages." ( David Baldacci New York Times b estselling author of A Minute to Midnight)
"This one is a gritty, intense political thriller, filled with nuance and dire exploits. Totally entertaining. A treat from start to finish." ( Steve Berry, author of The Malta Exchange)
"Quirk crafts intense plots that crackle with a barely restrained energy... Damn hard to put down, and [I] blazed my way through it in less than a day. Quirk has once again written a story that stands out as one of the best thrillers you will read this year." (Mystery Scene Magazine)
"[A] nonstop whirlwind. Quirk again displays the infectious pacing he's known for." (Publishers Weekly)
"This story is impossible to put out of mind.... Relevant and revealing, this is one of the best thrillers to come along in years." ( Michael Connelly on The Night Agent)
"Baldacci's debut [Absolute Power] kept me awake half the night. I'm still a fan. I had the same reaction when I picked up The Night Agent. Best to start this at the beginning of a weekend, as you'll be burning the midnight oil 'til you're finished." (Newark Star Ledger on The Night Agent)
"Plenty of breathless one-more-chapter, stay-up-late suspense wrapped around a meaty and timely story ... irresistible." ( Lee Child on The Night Agent)
"Quirk returns to the thriller scene with a thundering bang. Quirk's latest feels like he's been churning out political thrillers for decades, hitting on a timely plot that starts out fast and only speeds up as the story unfolds. [A] high-stakes, nail-biting political thriller." ( TheRealBookSpy.com on The Night Agent)
"Lots of good, tense plotting. A real pleasure of espionage fiction is tradecraft secrets, and Quirk doesn't disappoint." (Booklist on The Night Agent)
[b]About the Author [/b]
Matthew Quirk is the New York Times bestselling author of The 500, The Directive, Cold Barrel Zero, and Dead Man Switch. He spent five years at The Atlantic reporting on crime, private military contractors, terrorism prosecutions, and international gangs. He lives in San Diego, California.
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Between Burning Worlds
epub | 8.13 MB | Jessica Brody, Joanne Rendell | Simon Pulse
Description: Les Misérables meets The Lunar Chronicles in the out-of-this-world sequel to Sky Without Stars that's an "explosion of emotion, intrigue, romance, and revolution" (Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series).
A traitor.
A prisoner.
A fugitive.
Wanted by the Regime. Destined to save the planet.
Laterre is on the brink of war. The Third Estate are rioting against the injustices of a corrupt system. The Patriarche, reeling from the murder of his only heir, makes brutal attempts to quash the unrest, while a new militant faction launches a series of deadly attacks.
And three outla find themselves pulled into the fray...
Marcellus is now a traitor to his planet, willing to do anything to stop his grandfather from seizing control of Laterre, even if it means joining the Vangarde, a rebel group back from the dead.
Chatine is a prisoner on...
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NativeApplicationDevelopment
epub | 6.31 MB | English | Shaun Lewis | O'Reilly Media
Description: Learn how to make mobile native app development easier. If your team frequently works with both iOS and Android-or plans to transition from one to the other-this hands-on guide sho you how to perform the most common development tasks in each platform. Want to learn how to make network connections in iOS? Or how to work with a database in Android? This book has you covered.
In the book's first part, authors Shaun Lewis and Mike Dunn from O'Reilly's mobile engineering group provide a list of common, platform-agnostic tasks. The second part helps you create a bare-bones app in each platform, using the techniques from part one.
Common file and database operationsNetwork communication with remote APIsApplication lifecycleCustom vie and componentsThreading and asynchronous workUnit and integration testsConfiguring, building, and running an app on a device
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