Author: Phillip Finch
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312383947
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Finch chronicles the harrowing true story of two friends who plunge 900 feet into the water in South Africa--and only one returns. What happened that day is the stuff of nightmarish drama, but it's also a compelling human story of friendship and of coming to terms with loss and tragedy. 8-page color photo insert.
Diving Into Darkness
Author: Phillip Finch
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312383947
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Finch chronicles the harrowing true story of two friends who plunge 900 feet into the water in South Africa--and only one returns. What happened that day is the stuff of nightmarish drama, but it's also a compelling human story of friendship and of coming to terms with loss and tragedy. 8-page color photo insert.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312383947
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Finch chronicles the harrowing true story of two friends who plunge 900 feet into the water in South Africa--and only one returns. What happened that day is the stuff of nightmarish drama, but it's also a compelling human story of friendship and of coming to terms with loss and tragedy. 8-page color photo insert.
Effective Python
Author: Brett Slatkin
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0134034287
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Effective Python will help students harness the full power of Python to write exceptionally robust, efficient, maintainable, and well-performing code. Utilizing the concise, scenario-driven style pioneered in Scott Meyers's best-selling Effective C++, Brett Slatkin brings together 53 Python best practices, tips, shortcuts, and realistic code examples from expert programmers. Each section contains specific, actionable guidelines organized into items, each with carefully worded advice supported by detailed technical arguments and illuminating examples.
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0134034287
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Effective Python will help students harness the full power of Python to write exceptionally robust, efficient, maintainable, and well-performing code. Utilizing the concise, scenario-driven style pioneered in Scott Meyers's best-selling Effective C++, Brett Slatkin brings together 53 Python best practices, tips, shortcuts, and realistic code examples from expert programmers. Each section contains specific, actionable guidelines organized into items, each with carefully worded advice supported by detailed technical arguments and illuminating examples.
Dancer from the Dance
Author: Andrew Holleran
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780060937065
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene. From Manhattan's Everard Baths and after-hours discos to Fire Island's deserted parks and lavish orgies, Malone looks high and low for meaningful companionship. The person he finds is Sutherland, a campy quintessential queen -- and one of the most memorable literary creations of contemporary fiction. Hilarious, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking, Dancer from the Dance is truthful, provocative, outrageous fiction told in a voice as close to laughter as to tears.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780060937065
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene. From Manhattan's Everard Baths and after-hours discos to Fire Island's deserted parks and lavish orgies, Malone looks high and low for meaningful companionship. The person he finds is Sutherland, a campy quintessential queen -- and one of the most memorable literary creations of contemporary fiction. Hilarious, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking, Dancer from the Dance is truthful, provocative, outrageous fiction told in a voice as close to laughter as to tears.
Let's Dive: Into the Ocean
Author: Timothy Knapman
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
ISBN: 9781684123339
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Search, find, and swim under the sea with this nonfiction adventure! Dive deep into the ocean in a fun, layered seek-and-find! Visit a colorful coral reef, explore shipwreck, and swim to the deepest parts of the ocean with this nonfiction treasure. Turn the pages and learn all about different ocean habitats as you search for fun surprises on every spread. This interactive undersea adventure will keep you informed and entertained!
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
ISBN: 9781684123339
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Search, find, and swim under the sea with this nonfiction adventure! Dive deep into the ocean in a fun, layered seek-and-find! Visit a colorful coral reef, explore shipwreck, and swim to the deepest parts of the ocean with this nonfiction treasure. Turn the pages and learn all about different ocean habitats as you search for fun surprises on every spread. This interactive undersea adventure will keep you informed and entertained!
King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Kacen Callender
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 133812935X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry! In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself. FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Booklist School Library Journal Publishers Weekly The Horn Book Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy-that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death. The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Stars Beneath Our Feet in this story about loss, grief, and finding the courage to discover one's identity, from the author of Hurricane Child.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 133812935X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry! In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself. FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Booklist School Library Journal Publishers Weekly The Horn Book Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy-that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death. The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Stars Beneath Our Feet in this story about loss, grief, and finding the courage to discover one's identity, from the author of Hurricane Child.
Storytelling with Data
Author: Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119621496
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Influence action through data! This is not a book. It is a one-of-a-kind immersive learning experience through which you can become—or teach others to be—a powerful data storyteller. Let’s practice! helps you build confidence and credibility to create graphs and visualizations that make sense and weave them into action-inspiring stories. Expanding upon best seller storytelling with data’s foundational lessons, Let’s practice! delivers fresh content, a plethora of new examples, and over 100 hands-on exercises. Author and data storytelling maven Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic guides you along the path to hone core skills and become a well-practiced data communicator. Each chapter includes: ● Practice with Cole: exercises based on real-world examples first posed for you to consider and solve, followed by detailed step-by-step illustration and explanation ● Practice on your own: thought-provoking questions and even more exercises to be assigned or worked through individually, without prescribed solutions ● Practice at work: practical guidance and hands-on exercises for applying storytelling with data lessons on the job, including instruction on when and how to solicit useful feedback and refine for greater impact The lessons and exercises found within this comprehensive guide will empower you to master—or develop in others—data storytelling skills and transition your work from acceptable to exceptional. By investing in these skills for ourselves and our teams, we can all tell inspiring and influential data stories!
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119621496
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Influence action through data! This is not a book. It is a one-of-a-kind immersive learning experience through which you can become—or teach others to be—a powerful data storyteller. Let’s practice! helps you build confidence and credibility to create graphs and visualizations that make sense and weave them into action-inspiring stories. Expanding upon best seller storytelling with data’s foundational lessons, Let’s practice! delivers fresh content, a plethora of new examples, and over 100 hands-on exercises. Author and data storytelling maven Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic guides you along the path to hone core skills and become a well-practiced data communicator. Each chapter includes: ● Practice with Cole: exercises based on real-world examples first posed for you to consider and solve, followed by detailed step-by-step illustration and explanation ● Practice on your own: thought-provoking questions and even more exercises to be assigned or worked through individually, without prescribed solutions ● Practice at work: practical guidance and hands-on exercises for applying storytelling with data lessons on the job, including instruction on when and how to solicit useful feedback and refine for greater impact The lessons and exercises found within this comprehensive guide will empower you to master—or develop in others—data storytelling skills and transition your work from acceptable to exceptional. By investing in these skills for ourselves and our teams, we can all tell inspiring and influential data stories!
Let's Go: Into Space
Author: Timothy Knapman
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
ISBN: 9781684123322
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Blast off on an outer space adventure with Ollie, Allie, and their dog Yowzer in this innovative board book for junior space explorers. Get ready to blast off for an out-of-this-world adventure with Ollie, Allie, and their dog Yowzer! Each die-cut page in this innovative board book invites young space explorers on a mission to learn about Earth’s moon, our solar system, and beyond. Each turn of the fact-filled pages launches readers deeper into outer space on a colorful and fascinating tour of the stars.
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
ISBN: 9781684123322
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Blast off on an outer space adventure with Ollie, Allie, and their dog Yowzer in this innovative board book for junior space explorers. Get ready to blast off for an out-of-this-world adventure with Ollie, Allie, and their dog Yowzer! Each die-cut page in this innovative board book invites young space explorers on a mission to learn about Earth’s moon, our solar system, and beyond. Each turn of the fact-filled pages launches readers deeper into outer space on a colorful and fascinating tour of the stars.
C++ for the Impatient
Author: Brian Overland
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0321888022
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
A ready reference for C++, C++ for the Impatient offers the quickest way for busy students to learn the latest features of the C++ language and is a handy resoure for finding the answer to specific language questions quickly. Giving the most accurate, up-to-date information required, this books is also an essential guide to the new C++11 standard, including advanced uses of the C++ standard library.
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0321888022
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
A ready reference for C++, C++ for the Impatient offers the quickest way for busy students to learn the latest features of the C++ language and is a handy resoure for finding the answer to specific language questions quickly. Giving the most accurate, up-to-date information required, this books is also an essential guide to the new C++11 standard, including advanced uses of the C++ standard library.
The Nerviest Girl in the World
Author: Melissa Wiley
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375870385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A feisty girl from a family of ranchers lands a job as a daredevil stunt girl in the early days of silent film in this adventurous and funny cross between Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and Ramona. Pearl lives on a ranch where her chores include collecting eggs and feeding ornery ostriches. She has three older brothers, who don't coddle her at all. And she knows a thing or two about horses, too. One day, Pearl's brothers get cushy jobs doing stunts for this new form of entertainment called "moving pictures." They're the Daredevil Donnelly Brothers, a Death-Defying Cowboy Trio. Before she knows it, Pearl has stumbled into being a stunt girl herself--and dreams of becoming a star. The only problem is, her mother has no idea what she's up to. And let's just say she wouldn't be too happy to find out that Pearl's been jumping out of burning buildings in her spare time. Filled with action, humor, and heart--not to mention those pesky ostriches--The Nerviest Girl in the World introduces a spunky heroine whose adventures will have kids on the edge of their seats and whose sense of humor will have them laughing until the very last line.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375870385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A feisty girl from a family of ranchers lands a job as a daredevil stunt girl in the early days of silent film in this adventurous and funny cross between Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and Ramona. Pearl lives on a ranch where her chores include collecting eggs and feeding ornery ostriches. She has three older brothers, who don't coddle her at all. And she knows a thing or two about horses, too. One day, Pearl's brothers get cushy jobs doing stunts for this new form of entertainment called "moving pictures." They're the Daredevil Donnelly Brothers, a Death-Defying Cowboy Trio. Before she knows it, Pearl has stumbled into being a stunt girl herself--and dreams of becoming a star. The only problem is, her mother has no idea what she's up to. And let's just say she wouldn't be too happy to find out that Pearl's been jumping out of burning buildings in her spare time. Filled with action, humor, and heart--not to mention those pesky ostriches--The Nerviest Girl in the World introduces a spunky heroine whose adventures will have kids on the edge of their seats and whose sense of humor will have them laughing until the very last line.
Treading on Python Volume 2
Author: Matt Harrison
Publisher: Matt Harrison
ISBN: 149055095X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Do you want to take your Python to the next level? Python is easy to learn. You can learn the basics in a day and be productive with it. But there are more advanced constructs that you will eventually run across if you spend enough time with it. Don't be confused by these. Learn them, embrace them, and improve your code and others.
Publisher: Matt Harrison
ISBN: 149055095X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Do you want to take your Python to the next level? Python is easy to learn. You can learn the basics in a day and be productive with it. But there are more advanced constructs that you will eventually run across if you spend enough time with it. Don't be confused by these. Learn them, embrace them, and improve your code and others.