Author: Paul Graham
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596006624
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The author examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, Internet startups and more. He also tells important stories about the kinds of people behind technical innovations, revealing their character and their craft.
Hackers & Painters
Author: Paul Graham
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596006624
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The author examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, Internet startups and more. He also tells important stories about the kinds of people behind technical innovations, revealing their character and their craft.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596006624
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The author examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, Internet startups and more. He also tells important stories about the kinds of people behind technical innovations, revealing their character and their craft.
Debussy
Author: Stephen Walsh
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1524731935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
One of the most revered composers of the twentieth century, Claude Debussy (1862–1918) achieved the unheard of: he reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. Debussy drove French music into entirely new regions of beauty and excitement at a time when old traditions threatened to stifle it. Yet despite his profound influence on French culture, Debussy’s own life was complicated and often troubled by struggles over money, women, and ill health. Here, Stephen Walsh, acclaimed author of Stravinsky, chronicles both the composer himself and the unique moment in European history that bore him. Walsh’s engagingly original approach is to enrich a lively biography with analyses of Debussy’s music: from his first daring breaks with the rules as a Conservatoire student to his achievements as the greatest French composer of his time.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1524731935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
One of the most revered composers of the twentieth century, Claude Debussy (1862–1918) achieved the unheard of: he reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. Debussy drove French music into entirely new regions of beauty and excitement at a time when old traditions threatened to stifle it. Yet despite his profound influence on French culture, Debussy’s own life was complicated and often troubled by struggles over money, women, and ill health. Here, Stephen Walsh, acclaimed author of Stravinsky, chronicles both the composer himself and the unique moment in European history that bore him. Walsh’s engagingly original approach is to enrich a lively biography with analyses of Debussy’s music: from his first daring breaks with the rules as a Conservatoire student to his achievements as the greatest French composer of his time.
Hidden Desire
Author: Kate Hofman
Publisher: DCL Publications
ISBN: 1921347597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Alyssa Charlton works at the art gallery and is busy writing the catalogue and bio of the artist, Marco Alvaréz, when Marco comes in. They are thunderstruck with each other. Tom, the gallery owner and an inveterate matchmaker, invites them for Saturday brunch and a swim. Marco invites Alyssa to have dinner with him. Very soon, passion flares between them, and he spends a night of love with her. When she wakes, he is gone. Hurt and upset, she hears from Tom that Marco left a note saying he had to return to Phoenix to deal with something. He'll be back the next day. But Marco does not come back. What Tom and Alyssa couldn't possibly know is that Marco, on his way back from breaking with a casual girlfriend, has been the victim of a drunk driver, who caused a serious accident. Marco has amnesia--obliterating his time with Alyssa.
Publisher: DCL Publications
ISBN: 1921347597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Alyssa Charlton works at the art gallery and is busy writing the catalogue and bio of the artist, Marco Alvaréz, when Marco comes in. They are thunderstruck with each other. Tom, the gallery owner and an inveterate matchmaker, invites them for Saturday brunch and a swim. Marco invites Alyssa to have dinner with him. Very soon, passion flares between them, and he spends a night of love with her. When she wakes, he is gone. Hurt and upset, she hears from Tom that Marco left a note saying he had to return to Phoenix to deal with something. He'll be back the next day. But Marco does not come back. What Tom and Alyssa couldn't possibly know is that Marco, on his way back from breaking with a casual girlfriend, has been the victim of a drunk driver, who caused a serious accident. Marco has amnesia--obliterating his time with Alyssa.
Paintings on the Walls: Voices from the Heights
Author: Shackelford, Mark, Chambers Williams
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557067456
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
The follow-up book to the wildly (and surprisingly) popular Voices From the Heights. This is a collection of works, essays, poems and other cool writings from the students and staff of North Heights Alternative School in Amarillo Texas. The book is truthful, blunt and reflects those things that today's teens are talking about and living through. Poignant, funny, honest and sometimes sad; always revealing.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557067456
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
The follow-up book to the wildly (and surprisingly) popular Voices From the Heights. This is a collection of works, essays, poems and other cool writings from the students and staff of North Heights Alternative School in Amarillo Texas. The book is truthful, blunt and reflects those things that today's teens are talking about and living through. Poignant, funny, honest and sometimes sad; always revealing.
Don't You Know There's a War On?
Author: Jonathan Croall
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317300343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Was the country really united in the face of the common enemy? Did people actually put the community’s needs before their own? Or were such ideas simply a series of myths created at the time and nurtured ever since. The recollections of this book, first published in 1989, attempt to answer such questions by evoking the reality of life on the home front during the war years. Here is a uniquely personal portrait of a nation at war, extensively illustrated with photographs, diaries, letters, poems, and other memorabilia belonging to the men and women whose wartime lives fill this absorbing book. This title will be of interest to students of history.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317300343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Was the country really united in the face of the common enemy? Did people actually put the community’s needs before their own? Or were such ideas simply a series of myths created at the time and nurtured ever since. The recollections of this book, first published in 1989, attempt to answer such questions by evoking the reality of life on the home front during the war years. Here is a uniquely personal portrait of a nation at war, extensively illustrated with photographs, diaries, letters, poems, and other memorabilia belonging to the men and women whose wartime lives fill this absorbing book. This title will be of interest to students of history.
The Painting
Author: Steve Wilcox
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Eight-year-old Allora couldn’t fathom why her father had been taken away from her by a cruel twist of fate, leaving her with a gaping hole in her heart. The pain was amplified by the fact that the drunk driver who had caused the accident walked away unscathed. It seemed unfathomable that God would allow such injustice. Years passed, and Allora found herself lying in a hospital bed, trapped in a coma after her own tragic accident. In the depths of her unconsciousness, she had a remarkable encounter with God. They engaged in a profound conversation that transformed her perspective entirely. When Allora finally awoke from her coma, a newfound mission ignited within her. Inspired by a dialogue she had had with God, she resolved to use her immense talent as a artist to rediscover her path towards faith and find her way to church. This journey became her purpose, as she sought to reconnect with God and strengthen her relationship with Him through her creative expression.
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Eight-year-old Allora couldn’t fathom why her father had been taken away from her by a cruel twist of fate, leaving her with a gaping hole in her heart. The pain was amplified by the fact that the drunk driver who had caused the accident walked away unscathed. It seemed unfathomable that God would allow such injustice. Years passed, and Allora found herself lying in a hospital bed, trapped in a coma after her own tragic accident. In the depths of her unconsciousness, she had a remarkable encounter with God. They engaged in a profound conversation that transformed her perspective entirely. When Allora finally awoke from her coma, a newfound mission ignited within her. Inspired by a dialogue she had had with God, she resolved to use her immense talent as a artist to rediscover her path towards faith and find her way to church. This journey became her purpose, as she sought to reconnect with God and strengthen her relationship with Him through her creative expression.
Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance
Author: Osho
Publisher: Fivestar
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE is perhaps the greatest philosopher the world has known. He is also great in another dimension which many philosophers are simply unaware of: he is a born mystic. His philosophy is not only of the mind but is rooted deep in the heart, and some roots even reach to his very being. The only thing unfortunate about him is, that he was born in the West; hence, he could never come across any mystery school. He contemplated deeply, but he was absolutely unaware about meditation. His thoughts sometimes have the depth of a meditator, sometimes the flight of a Gautam Buddha; but these things seem to have happened spontaneously to him.
Publisher: Fivestar
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE is perhaps the greatest philosopher the world has known. He is also great in another dimension which many philosophers are simply unaware of: he is a born mystic. His philosophy is not only of the mind but is rooted deep in the heart, and some roots even reach to his very being. The only thing unfortunate about him is, that he was born in the West; hence, he could never come across any mystery school. He contemplated deeply, but he was absolutely unaware about meditation. His thoughts sometimes have the depth of a meditator, sometimes the flight of a Gautam Buddha; but these things seem to have happened spontaneously to him.
Gig
Author: John Bowe
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307565769
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
“An engaging, humorous, revealing, and refreshingly human look at the bizarre, life-threatening, and delightfully humdrum exploits of everyone from sports heroes to sex workers.” -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of Coercion, Ecstasy Club, and Media Virus This wide-ranging survey of the American economy at the turn of the millennium is stunning, surprising, and always entertaining. It gives us an unflinching view of the fabric of this country from the point of view of the people who keep it all moving. The more than 120 roughly textured monologues that make up Gig beautifully capture the voices of our fast-paced and diverse economy. The selections demonstrate how much our world has changed--and stayed the same--in the three decades prior to the turn of the millennium. If you think things have speeded up, become more complicated and more technological, you're right. But people's attitudes about their jobs, their hopes and goals and disappointments, endure. Gig's soul isn't sociological--it's emotional. The wholehearted diligence that people bring to their work is deeply, inexplicably moving. People speak in these pages of the constant and complex stresses nearly all of them confront on the job, but, nearly universally, they throw themselves without reservation into coping with them. Instead of resisting work, we seem to adapt to it. Some of us love our jobs, some of us don't, but almost all of us are not quite sure what we would do without one. With all the hallmarks of another classic on this subject, Gig is a fabulous read, filled with indelible voices from coast to coast. After hearing them, you'll never again feel quite the same about how we work.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307565769
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
“An engaging, humorous, revealing, and refreshingly human look at the bizarre, life-threatening, and delightfully humdrum exploits of everyone from sports heroes to sex workers.” -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of Coercion, Ecstasy Club, and Media Virus This wide-ranging survey of the American economy at the turn of the millennium is stunning, surprising, and always entertaining. It gives us an unflinching view of the fabric of this country from the point of view of the people who keep it all moving. The more than 120 roughly textured monologues that make up Gig beautifully capture the voices of our fast-paced and diverse economy. The selections demonstrate how much our world has changed--and stayed the same--in the three decades prior to the turn of the millennium. If you think things have speeded up, become more complicated and more technological, you're right. But people's attitudes about their jobs, their hopes and goals and disappointments, endure. Gig's soul isn't sociological--it's emotional. The wholehearted diligence that people bring to their work is deeply, inexplicably moving. People speak in these pages of the constant and complex stresses nearly all of them confront on the job, but, nearly universally, they throw themselves without reservation into coping with them. Instead of resisting work, we seem to adapt to it. Some of us love our jobs, some of us don't, but almost all of us are not quite sure what we would do without one. With all the hallmarks of another classic on this subject, Gig is a fabulous read, filled with indelible voices from coast to coast. After hearing them, you'll never again feel quite the same about how we work.
Contemporary Voices
Author: Ann Temkin
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN: 9780870700873
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Catalog of an exhibition held Feb. 4-Apt. 25, 2005.
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN: 9780870700873
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Catalog of an exhibition held Feb. 4-Apt. 25, 2005.
Voices of Fire
Author: Bruce Barber
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802078032
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Item contains cartoons, letters, articles, essays, etc resulting from the debate (or outcry) following the purchase of Barnett Newman's "Voice of fire" by National Gallery of Canada. Also includes papers from a symposium organised by the National Gallery of Canada.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802078032
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Item contains cartoons, letters, articles, essays, etc resulting from the debate (or outcry) following the purchase of Barnett Newman's "Voice of fire" by National Gallery of Canada. Also includes papers from a symposium organised by the National Gallery of Canada.