Author: Matthew Rowland
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663219842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Hey! Remember me? Sam. Ex-Key Grip turned screenwriter. Do all my own stunts. Even the life-threatening ones that involve the deep state and loaded weapons. Well, as my daughter Hildy says, I’m up to the same old shit. Again. Or as I prefer to call it— Samson Agonistes: The Sequel What’s it this time, Sam, you’re asking? This time, I’m holed up in the pitch-dark desert, looking at the wrong end of a gun, wondering if all the roads in my life are dead ends. This time it’s kids—undocumented ones taken from their parents at the border. This time there’s no way to deny it. This time it isn’t an accident that I’m in over my head. Because this time I fell right into their trap.
Author: Matthew Rowland
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663248176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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For the third time, Samson Agonistes is in over his head. And as if things couldn’t be worse, this time he’s blind. Literally, as in, if you-don’t-stop-that, blind. Meanwhile his arch nemesis Milton J. Milton hasn’t lost a step. He’s got a new bag of evil-civilization-destroying tricks. But Samson’s hot on his trail even if he can’t see where he’s going. His girlfriend Achu, his partner Una, and his daughter Hildy, all think that Samson’s crossed the line. But soulless villains, mad scientists, they can’t be allowed to determine our future, can they? Samson won’t let that happen. The line must be crossed.
Author: Dr. Henry Lydo
Publisher: REVEREND CROWN PUBLICATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
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Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Imagine yourself, if for only a fleeting moment, on a beachside cottage porch somewhere. Something is stirring within the exotic world of “They Called Him Ringo Arenas”. Inside the American populace at large, there still lies a powerful adoration for the heritage of liberty and raw freedom. This book will put you in the spirit. Book Cover by Blaze Goldburst & Saurav Dash
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Author: John Gobbell
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 0307494306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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“Wonderful . . . a rousing dramatization of history’s greatest sea battle.” –James D. Hornfischer, author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors “I shall return” is General Douglas MacArthur’s promise to the Filipinos. It will take 165,000 troops and 700 ships in the bloody battle of Leyte Gulf to do it. Among them is the destroyer USS Matthew and her skipper, Commander Mike Donovan, a veteran haunted by earlier savage battles. What Donovan doesn’t know is that Vice Admiral Takao Kurita of Japan has laid an ingenious trap as the Matthew heads for the treacherous waters of Leyte Gulf. But Donovan faces something even deadlier than Kurita’s battleships: Explosives secretly slipped on board American ships by saboteurs are set to detonate at any time. Now the Matthew’s survival hinges on the ability of Donovan and his men to dismantle a bomb in the midst of the panic and the chaos of history’s greatest naval battle. “Gobbell’s sea tales . . . will have you looking up your nearest Navy recruiter.” –W.E.B. Griffin “[John Gobbell is] a first-rate storyteller.” –Stephen Coonts From the Paperback edition.
Author: Steve Kozak
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493075284
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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Bea Arthur as the owner of the Mos Eisley Cantina. Long scenes entirely of Wookies bleating at each other, without subtitles. Harvey Korman, in drag, as a four-armed Space Julia Child. Six minutes of Jefferson Starship performing for Art Carney and a bored Imperial Guard. Mark Hamill, fresh from his near-fatal motorcycle accident, slathered in pancake makeup. A salacious holographic burlesque from Diahann Carroll. Even by the standards of the 1970s, even compared to Jar-Jar Binks, the legendary 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is a peerlessly cringeworthy pop-culture artifact. George Lucas, who completely disowned the production, reportedly has said, “If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it.” Just how on earth did this thing ever see the light of day? To answer that question, as Steven Kozak shows in this fascinating and often hilarious inside look into the making of the Special, you have to understand the cultural moment in which it appeared—a long, long time ago when cheesy variety shows were a staple of network television and Star Wars was not yet the billion-dollar multimedia behemoth that it is today. Kozak explains how the Special was one piece of a PR blitz undertaken by Lucas and his colleagues as they sought to protect the emerging franchise from hostile studio executives. He shows how, despite the involvement of some of the most talented people in the business, creative differences between movie and television writers led to a wildly uneven product. He gives entertaining accounts of the problems that plagued production, which included a ruinously expensive cantina set; the acrimonious departure of the director and Lucas himself; and a furious Grace Slick, just out of rehab, demanding to be included in the production. Packed with memorable anecdotes, drawing on extensive new interviews with countless people involved in the production, and told with mingled affection and bewilderment, this never-before-told story gives a fascinating look at a strange moment in pop-culture history that remains an object of fascination even today.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Languages : en
Pages : 1646
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Appropriations
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Languages : en
Pages : 1616
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Author: David Mark
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1484217543
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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This is the definitive guide to the Swift programming language and the iOS 9 SDK, and the source code has been updated to reflect Xcode 7 and Swift 2. There’s up-to-date coverage of new Apple technologies as well as significant updates to existing material. You'll have everything you need to create your very own apps for the latest iOS devices. Every single sample app in the book has been rebuilt from scratch using the latest Xcode and the latest 64-bit iOS 9-specific project templates, and designed to take advantage of the latest Xcode features. Assuming little or no working knowledge of the new Swift programming language, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, this book offers a complete soup-to-nuts course in iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch programming. The book starts with the basics, walking through the process of downloading and installing Xcode and the iOS 9 SDK, and then guides you though the creation of your first simple application. From there, you’ll learn how to integrate all the interface elements iOS users have come to know and love, such as buttons, switches, pickers, toolbars, and sliders. You’ll master a variety of design patterns, from the simplest single view to complex hierarchical drill-downs. The art of table building will be demystified, and you’ll learn how to save your data using the iPhone file system. You’ll also learn how to save and retrieve your data using a variety of persistence techniques, including Core Data and SQLite. And there’s much more! What You Will Learn: Everything you need to know to develop your own bestselling iPhone and iPad apps Utilizing Swift playgrounds Best practices for optimizing your code and delivering great user experiences“/li> What data persistence is, and why it’s important Get started with building cool, crisp user interfaces How to display data in Table Views How to draw to the screen using Core Graphics How to use iOS sensor capabilities to map your world How to get your app to work with iCloud and more Who This Book is For:
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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