Sam: 2572 books
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Distributed systems have become more fine-grained in the past 10 years, shifting from code-heavy monolithic applications to smaller, self-contained microservices. But developing these systems brings its own set of headaches. With lots of examples and practical advice, this book takes a holistic view...
Will Our Love Last?
A Couple's Road Map
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2001
Am I with the right person?
Will our love last?
Men and women in love are haunted by these questions. Love -- especially why it blossoms in relationships and why it later dies -- is a mystery to them. Will Our Love Last? A Couple's Road Map solves this mystery by giving readers a new understanding...
The Bastard Brigade
The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb
Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely have the secrets been as vital as they...
Canoe and Kayak Building the Light and Easy Way
How to Build Tough, Super-Safe Boats in Kevlar, Carbon, or Fiberglass
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2009
The first quick-and-easy composite construction method for canoes and kayaks
This book is certain to appeal to any paddler with a DIY bent. Master craftsman Sam Rizzetta presents three attractive innovations: a new building method that makes Kevlar and carbon-fiber boats cheap and feasible...
by Sam Anthony Morello, OCD
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Compares Teresa's approach to prayer with the ancient tradition of Lectio.
St. Teresa of Jesus is the Church's great teacher of prayer, and lectio divina, the ancient Christian approach to praying over the Scriptures, is among the Church's most venerable prayer methods. In this booklet,...
by Sam Warren
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Does your got accept human sacrifices? If you are a Christian or Jew and believe in the bible, he does.
This book is a humorous, factual rewrite of the Bible in the vernacular. In it, you will find plenty of sex, rapes, incest, violence, fratricide, genocide, slavery, myths, abuse of women and children,...
Erasing Death
The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death reveals that death is not a moment in time. Death, rather, is a process—a process that can be interrupted well after it has begun. Innovative techniques have proven to be effective in revitalizing both the body and...
The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists—agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values....
Welcome to Your Brain
Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Does drinking really kill brain cells? Does listening to Mozart make your baby smarter? For all the mileage we've gotten from our own brains, most of us have essentially no idea how they work. We're easily susceptible to myths (like the "fact" that we use only 10% of our brains) and misconceptions...
Dreamland
The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Winner of the NBCC Award for General Nonfiction
Named on Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the...
A Fighter's Heart
One man's journey through the world of fighting
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
After a series of adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, cash-rich and with time on his hands to spend it. It occurred to him that he could finally explore a long-held obsession: fighting. Within a year, he was in Bangkok training with Thailand's greatest kickboxing...
by Sam Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
With Elephanta Island, the Ajanta and Ellora caves and Pune (Poona).
Discerning on-site guide to the sights and monuments of Mumbai and its state, with additional information on Indian religions, history and culture. This is a chapter from Blue Guide India: the best guide for the independent...
by Sam Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
Discerning on-site guide to the sights and monuments of Tamil Nadu and Chennai (Madras), with referenced maps, full background information on Indian history, culture and religions, and eating and accommodation tips.
This is a chapter from Blue Guide India: the best guide for the independent...
by Sam Crescent
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Rex Donovan is an asshole. He gets what he wants, and right now he doesn’t want Nora Covington as his PA. After screwing all the other women who’ve worked for him, Rex doesn’t know how to handle Nora. She’s the type of woman that men don’t screw around with, and she’s also one of the hardest...