Author: Bing Wang
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663247226
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Why call the book name ASCII Shrug? The born of ASCII makes almost every computing feature possible. The born of ASCII transforms computing and our lives in such an easier way, sometimes we may finish a job with just a shrug. But all these came not easy, countless computing scientists and engineers have devoted to create a seirs of milestones. Chapter I brings you to hundred years ago, even ancient time when civilization just sprouted. How number is generated? How mathematics and algebra developed? How mathematic related with computing? Chapter II touches many basic concepts. Chapter III goes into a deep further to explain some basic and popular topics in language computing. Have you ever thought about the many basics? What exactly is iteration and recursion? Have you thought about how important floating point is? If philosophy can help us understand the world, we can trace back to Before Christ. Chapter IV tries to illustrate the important programming paradigm from fundamental, from philosophy. What is object in the world? What is object-oriented way of thinking from philosophy point of view? Chapter V accumulates all the contents in my developer notes, it covers data, database, data modeling, SQL server, and the evolvement of windows interface implementation and web services implementation over the years. Have you thought about SQL server architecture? Why the query can run in SQL server? Have you seen those SQL errors before? Chapter VI pictorial tomorrow’s technologies in some computing areas, which directions are for programming languages, big data, and user interface, it also lays out some challenges in the research. If tomorrow comes, we will have something new along with the difficulties, we will have lots of work and challenges, but we are full of hope, we will be looking forward to the coming of each tomorrow.
ASCII Shrug
Author: Bing Wang
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663247226
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Why call the book name ASCII Shrug? The born of ASCII makes almost every computing feature possible. The born of ASCII transforms computing and our lives in such an easier way, sometimes we may finish a job with just a shrug. But all these came not easy, countless computing scientists and engineers have devoted to create a seirs of milestones. Chapter I brings you to hundred years ago, even ancient time when civilization just sprouted. How number is generated? How mathematics and algebra developed? How mathematic related with computing? Chapter II touches many basic concepts. Chapter III goes into a deep further to explain some basic and popular topics in language computing. Have you ever thought about the many basics? What exactly is iteration and recursion? Have you thought about how important floating point is? If philosophy can help us understand the world, we can trace back to Before Christ. Chapter IV tries to illustrate the important programming paradigm from fundamental, from philosophy. What is object in the world? What is object-oriented way of thinking from philosophy point of view? Chapter V accumulates all the contents in my developer notes, it covers data, database, data modeling, SQL server, and the evolvement of windows interface implementation and web services implementation over the years. Have you thought about SQL server architecture? Why the query can run in SQL server? Have you seen those SQL errors before? Chapter VI pictorial tomorrow’s technologies in some computing areas, which directions are for programming languages, big data, and user interface, it also lays out some challenges in the research. If tomorrow comes, we will have something new along with the difficulties, we will have lots of work and challenges, but we are full of hope, we will be looking forward to the coming of each tomorrow.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663247226
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Why call the book name ASCII Shrug? The born of ASCII makes almost every computing feature possible. The born of ASCII transforms computing and our lives in such an easier way, sometimes we may finish a job with just a shrug. But all these came not easy, countless computing scientists and engineers have devoted to create a seirs of milestones. Chapter I brings you to hundred years ago, even ancient time when civilization just sprouted. How number is generated? How mathematics and algebra developed? How mathematic related with computing? Chapter II touches many basic concepts. Chapter III goes into a deep further to explain some basic and popular topics in language computing. Have you ever thought about the many basics? What exactly is iteration and recursion? Have you thought about how important floating point is? If philosophy can help us understand the world, we can trace back to Before Christ. Chapter IV tries to illustrate the important programming paradigm from fundamental, from philosophy. What is object in the world? What is object-oriented way of thinking from philosophy point of view? Chapter V accumulates all the contents in my developer notes, it covers data, database, data modeling, SQL server, and the evolvement of windows interface implementation and web services implementation over the years. Have you thought about SQL server architecture? Why the query can run in SQL server? Have you seen those SQL errors before? Chapter VI pictorial tomorrow’s technologies in some computing areas, which directions are for programming languages, big data, and user interface, it also lays out some challenges in the research. If tomorrow comes, we will have something new along with the difficulties, we will have lots of work and challenges, but we are full of hope, we will be looking forward to the coming of each tomorrow.
Six Superhero Stories Volume One
Author: Robert Jeschonek
Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
ISBN: 1476399980
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In these pages, you will thrill to some of the most exciting superhero stories ever to star a caped avenger, all written by DC Comics writer Robert T. Jeschonek. This volume includes six superhero stories for one low price: "Forced Retirement": What if Alzheimer's struck the World's Mightiest Hero? His daughter, heroic Hericane, finds out the hard way. "Heroes of Global Warming": The world's hottest hero has gone rogue! In an age of global warming, super-heated hero Skillet looks like a lukewarm loser. But when his teammates, the Castigators, turn their backs on him, he turns the Castigators into prey. "Forced Betrayal": Who murdered the girlfriend of the World's Mightiest Heroine? Super-powered Hericane will stop at nothing to find out who killed the woman she loved. "The Wife Who Never Was": What happens when a truly super hero loses the love of his life in the continuity overhaul of his fictional universe? Mighty Pinnacle's super memory won't let him forget his lost marriage to Doris Dane, and his aching heart drives him to search everywhere for a way to bring her back. "Forced Partnership": Hero-on-sidekick violence explodes in this hard-hitting super-hero tale. Why does Partycrasher, dark avenger of the night, give his sidekick the beating of a lifetime? Could it be the cowled crusader has fallen under the influence of sexy reformed bad girl Linda Loveblind, aka Partygirl? Or has the sidekick truly committed a heinous crime for which there can be no forgiveness? "A Matter of Size": Who is killing the world's smallest super-heroes? Down-on-his-luck masked avenger Man-Child takes the case, but can he save the remaining Small Wonders from a killer with a twisted crush fetish?
Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
ISBN: 1476399980
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In these pages, you will thrill to some of the most exciting superhero stories ever to star a caped avenger, all written by DC Comics writer Robert T. Jeschonek. This volume includes six superhero stories for one low price: "Forced Retirement": What if Alzheimer's struck the World's Mightiest Hero? His daughter, heroic Hericane, finds out the hard way. "Heroes of Global Warming": The world's hottest hero has gone rogue! In an age of global warming, super-heated hero Skillet looks like a lukewarm loser. But when his teammates, the Castigators, turn their backs on him, he turns the Castigators into prey. "Forced Betrayal": Who murdered the girlfriend of the World's Mightiest Heroine? Super-powered Hericane will stop at nothing to find out who killed the woman she loved. "The Wife Who Never Was": What happens when a truly super hero loses the love of his life in the continuity overhaul of his fictional universe? Mighty Pinnacle's super memory won't let him forget his lost marriage to Doris Dane, and his aching heart drives him to search everywhere for a way to bring her back. "Forced Partnership": Hero-on-sidekick violence explodes in this hard-hitting super-hero tale. Why does Partycrasher, dark avenger of the night, give his sidekick the beating of a lifetime? Could it be the cowled crusader has fallen under the influence of sexy reformed bad girl Linda Loveblind, aka Partygirl? Or has the sidekick truly committed a heinous crime for which there can be no forgiveness? "A Matter of Size": Who is killing the world's smallest super-heroes? Down-on-his-luck masked avenger Man-Child takes the case, but can he save the remaining Small Wonders from a killer with a twisted crush fetish?
Evolution 2.0
Author: Perry Marshall
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN: 194036390X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In the ongoing debate about evolution, science and faith face off. But the truth is both sides are right and wrong. In one corner: Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Jerry Coyne. They insist evolution happens by blind random accident. Their devout adherence to Neo-Darwinism omits the latest science, glossing over crucial questions and fascinating details. In the other corner: Intelligent Design advocates like William Dembski, Stephen Meyer, and Michael Behe. Many defy scientific consensus, maintaining that evolution is a fraud and rejecting common ancestry outright. There is a third way. Evolution 2.0 proves that, while evolution is not a hoax, neither is it random nor accidental. Changes are targeted, adaptive, and aware. You'll discover: How organisms re-engineer their genetic destiny in real time Amazing systems living things use to re-design themselves Every cell is armed with machinery for editing its own DNA The five amazing tools organisms use to alter their genetics 70 years of scientific discoveries—of which the public has heard virtually nothing! Perry Marshall approached evolution with skepticism for religious reasons. As an engineer, he rejected the concept of organisms randomly evolving. But an epiphany—that DNA is code, much like data in our digital age—sparked a 10-year journey of in-depth research into more than 70 years of under-reported evolutionary science. This led to a new understanding of evolution—an evolution 2.0 that not only furthers technology and medicine, but fuels our sense of wonder at life itself. This book will open your eyes and transform your thinking about evolution and God. You'll gain a deeper appreciation for our place in the universe. You'll see the world around you as you've never seen it before. Evolution 2.0 pinpoints the central mystery of biology, offering a multimillion dollar technology prize at naturalcode.org to the first person who can solve it.
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN: 194036390X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In the ongoing debate about evolution, science and faith face off. But the truth is both sides are right and wrong. In one corner: Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Jerry Coyne. They insist evolution happens by blind random accident. Their devout adherence to Neo-Darwinism omits the latest science, glossing over crucial questions and fascinating details. In the other corner: Intelligent Design advocates like William Dembski, Stephen Meyer, and Michael Behe. Many defy scientific consensus, maintaining that evolution is a fraud and rejecting common ancestry outright. There is a third way. Evolution 2.0 proves that, while evolution is not a hoax, neither is it random nor accidental. Changes are targeted, adaptive, and aware. You'll discover: How organisms re-engineer their genetic destiny in real time Amazing systems living things use to re-design themselves Every cell is armed with machinery for editing its own DNA The five amazing tools organisms use to alter their genetics 70 years of scientific discoveries—of which the public has heard virtually nothing! Perry Marshall approached evolution with skepticism for religious reasons. As an engineer, he rejected the concept of organisms randomly evolving. But an epiphany—that DNA is code, much like data in our digital age—sparked a 10-year journey of in-depth research into more than 70 years of under-reported evolutionary science. This led to a new understanding of evolution—an evolution 2.0 that not only furthers technology and medicine, but fuels our sense of wonder at life itself. This book will open your eyes and transform your thinking about evolution and God. You'll gain a deeper appreciation for our place in the universe. You'll see the world around you as you've never seen it before. Evolution 2.0 pinpoints the central mystery of biology, offering a multimillion dollar technology prize at naturalcode.org to the first person who can solve it.
Business Software
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
Book Description
Operation Starseed
Author: J.M. Snyder
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 1935753428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Neal James is a space station navigator whose lover, Dylan Teague, left him for a starmapping mission. But when Dylan radios in a distant signal one night, Neal discovers that he hasn't managed to put the relationship behind him in the two months they've been apart. When he's one of the crew members sent to investigate the signal, he finds that his ex-lover feels the same. The source of the signal is a lost colony ship. Only a handful of the original colonists remain, survivors of a deadly disease that killed most of their fellow shipmates twenty years ago. To keep the threat of disease to a minimum, the colony adheres to strict laws, including the prohibition of same-sex relationships. When the same fatal virus seems to appear again, Neal and Dylan find themselves in the midst of an irrational panic and hate that threatens to destroy everything the colonists have worked so hard to attain.
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 1935753428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Neal James is a space station navigator whose lover, Dylan Teague, left him for a starmapping mission. But when Dylan radios in a distant signal one night, Neal discovers that he hasn't managed to put the relationship behind him in the two months they've been apart. When he's one of the crew members sent to investigate the signal, he finds that his ex-lover feels the same. The source of the signal is a lost colony ship. Only a handful of the original colonists remain, survivors of a deadly disease that killed most of their fellow shipmates twenty years ago. To keep the threat of disease to a minimum, the colony adheres to strict laws, including the prohibition of same-sex relationships. When the same fatal virus seems to appear again, Neal and Dylan find themselves in the midst of an irrational panic and hate that threatens to destroy everything the colonists have worked so hard to attain.
Your Body at Work
Author: David Givens
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429965541
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
HOW DO YOU MAKE IT IN BUSINESS? STOP LISTENING AND START WATCHING Your Body at Work is a guide to seeing past the words that fill the hallways, conference rooms, and e-mails of your workplace, and to deciphering the hidden meanings that lie behind them. Through real-life examples from the world of business, and with background from the science of communication, you'll learn to sight-read colleagues and use your own body language to your best advantage. You'll find out: • How a co-worker's hands, much more than her words, tell you how she felt about your presentation • Why gestures at a meeting are more memorable than words • When a shrug of the shoulders can mean the difference between "job well done" and "job could be better" • How to train a nosy boss to back off—without uttering a single word • What your shoes and your hair may be saying about your commitment to the job • Why you'll find more smiley-face stickers in cubicles than in corner offices David Givens has been a consultant to some of the biggest companies in the United States. With his expertise, he'll help you look past the words so you can really read your workplace.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429965541
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
HOW DO YOU MAKE IT IN BUSINESS? STOP LISTENING AND START WATCHING Your Body at Work is a guide to seeing past the words that fill the hallways, conference rooms, and e-mails of your workplace, and to deciphering the hidden meanings that lie behind them. Through real-life examples from the world of business, and with background from the science of communication, you'll learn to sight-read colleagues and use your own body language to your best advantage. You'll find out: • How a co-worker's hands, much more than her words, tell you how she felt about your presentation • Why gestures at a meeting are more memorable than words • When a shrug of the shoulders can mean the difference between "job well done" and "job could be better" • How to train a nosy boss to back off—without uttering a single word • What your shoes and your hair may be saying about your commitment to the job • Why you'll find more smiley-face stickers in cubicles than in corner offices David Givens has been a consultant to some of the biggest companies in the United States. With his expertise, he'll help you look past the words so you can really read your workplace.
News of the Stupid
Author: Gremlin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435721462
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The longawaited revision to 1999's News of the Stoopid [NotS]: 100% free of pipebombs...though there's plenty of new stuff for fragile people to whimper about.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435721462
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The longawaited revision to 1999's News of the Stoopid [NotS]: 100% free of pipebombs...though there's plenty of new stuff for fragile people to whimper about.
100th Power Volume 3
Author: Robert Jeschonek
Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Imagine a dog-propelled starship commanded by single-celled warriors…a love-starved dishwashing machine on a deadly rampage…a stained-glass robotic messiah fighting armies of zombies…and a horde of fire-breathing dragons laying waste to a reptilian paradise. You will meet all these wondrous oddities and more in Volume Three of this collection of the unique short fiction of USA Today-bestselling author Robert Jeschonek. The 100 stories in the 3-volume set span multiple genres—everything from science fiction to fantasy to mystery to superheroes—and myriad sub-genres and cross-genres in between. Discover a wealth of dynamic characters, startling settings, shocking situations, and challenging ideas…plus loads of thrilling action, whiplash plot twists, and inspirational revelations. Explore a realm of mythic innovation by a writer who might just change the way you think about fiction, a treasury of stories unlike anything you have ever experienced in the universe of imagination…or will ever experience again in your wildest dreams and nightmares.
Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Imagine a dog-propelled starship commanded by single-celled warriors…a love-starved dishwashing machine on a deadly rampage…a stained-glass robotic messiah fighting armies of zombies…and a horde of fire-breathing dragons laying waste to a reptilian paradise. You will meet all these wondrous oddities and more in Volume Three of this collection of the unique short fiction of USA Today-bestselling author Robert Jeschonek. The 100 stories in the 3-volume set span multiple genres—everything from science fiction to fantasy to mystery to superheroes—and myriad sub-genres and cross-genres in between. Discover a wealth of dynamic characters, startling settings, shocking situations, and challenging ideas…plus loads of thrilling action, whiplash plot twists, and inspirational revelations. Explore a realm of mythic innovation by a writer who might just change the way you think about fiction, a treasury of stories unlike anything you have ever experienced in the universe of imagination…or will ever experience again in your wildest dreams and nightmares.
Uncanny Valley
Author: Anna Wiener
Publisher: MCD
ISBN: 0374719764
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2020. Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by The Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, ELLE, Esquire, Parade, Teen Vogue, The Boston Globe, Forbes, The Times (UK), Fortune, Chicago Tribune, Glamour, The A.V. Club, Vox, Jezebel, Town & Country, OneZero, Apartment Therapy, Good Housekeeping, PopMatters, Electric Literature, Self, The Week (UK) and BookPage. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a January 2020 IndieNext Pick. "A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to it for clarity and consolation for many years to come." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital age In her mid-twenties, at the height of tech industry idealism, Anna Wiener—stuck, broke, and looking for meaning in her work, like any good millennial--left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy. She moved from New York to San Francisco, where she landed at a big-data startup in the heart of the Silicon Valley bubble: a world of surreal extravagance, dubious success, and fresh-faced entrepreneurs hell-bent on domination, glory, and, of course, progress. Anna arrived amidst a massive cultural shift, as the tech industry rapidly transformed into a locus of wealth and power rivaling Wall Street. But amid the company ski vacations and in-office speakeasies, boyish camaraderie and ride-or-die corporate fealty, a new Silicon Valley began to emerge: one in far over its head, one that enriched itself at the expense of the idyllic future it claimed to be building. Part coming-of-age-story, part portrait of an already-bygone era, Anna Wiener’s memoir is a rare first-person glimpse into high-flying, reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, unregulated surveillance, wild fortune, and accelerating political power. With wit, candor, and heart, Anna deftly charts the tech industry’s shift from self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability, alongside a personal narrative of aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment. Unsparing and incisive, Uncanny Valley is a cautionary tale, and a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its unwitting designers are only beginning to understand.
Publisher: MCD
ISBN: 0374719764
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2020. Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by The Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, ELLE, Esquire, Parade, Teen Vogue, The Boston Globe, Forbes, The Times (UK), Fortune, Chicago Tribune, Glamour, The A.V. Club, Vox, Jezebel, Town & Country, OneZero, Apartment Therapy, Good Housekeeping, PopMatters, Electric Literature, Self, The Week (UK) and BookPage. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a January 2020 IndieNext Pick. "A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to it for clarity and consolation for many years to come." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital age In her mid-twenties, at the height of tech industry idealism, Anna Wiener—stuck, broke, and looking for meaning in her work, like any good millennial--left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy. She moved from New York to San Francisco, where she landed at a big-data startup in the heart of the Silicon Valley bubble: a world of surreal extravagance, dubious success, and fresh-faced entrepreneurs hell-bent on domination, glory, and, of course, progress. Anna arrived amidst a massive cultural shift, as the tech industry rapidly transformed into a locus of wealth and power rivaling Wall Street. But amid the company ski vacations and in-office speakeasies, boyish camaraderie and ride-or-die corporate fealty, a new Silicon Valley began to emerge: one in far over its head, one that enriched itself at the expense of the idyllic future it claimed to be building. Part coming-of-age-story, part portrait of an already-bygone era, Anna Wiener’s memoir is a rare first-person glimpse into high-flying, reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, unregulated surveillance, wild fortune, and accelerating political power. With wit, candor, and heart, Anna deftly charts the tech industry’s shift from self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability, alongside a personal narrative of aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment. Unsparing and incisive, Uncanny Valley is a cautionary tale, and a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its unwitting designers are only beginning to understand.
Black River Orchard
Author: Chuck Wendig
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593158768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples in this masterpiece of horror from the author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents. “This masterful outing should continue to earn Wendig comparisons to Stephen King.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR It’s autumn in the town of Harrow, but something besides the season is changing there. Because in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard, seven most unusual trees. And from those trees grows a new sort of apple: strange, beautiful, with skin so red it’s nearly black. Take a bite of one of these apples, and you will desire only to devour another. And another. You will become stronger. More vital. More yourself, you will believe. But then your appetite for the apples and their peculiar gifts will keep growing—and become darker. This is what happens when the townsfolk discover the secret of the orchard. Soon it seems that everyone is consumed by an obsession with the magic of the apples . . . and what’s the harm, if it is making them all happier, more confident, more powerful? Even if something else is buried in the orchard besides the seeds of these extraordinary trees: a bloody history whose roots reach back to the very origins of the town. But now the leaves are falling. The days grow darker. It’s harvest time, and the town will soon reap what it has sown.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593158768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples in this masterpiece of horror from the author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents. “This masterful outing should continue to earn Wendig comparisons to Stephen King.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR It’s autumn in the town of Harrow, but something besides the season is changing there. Because in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard, seven most unusual trees. And from those trees grows a new sort of apple: strange, beautiful, with skin so red it’s nearly black. Take a bite of one of these apples, and you will desire only to devour another. And another. You will become stronger. More vital. More yourself, you will believe. But then your appetite for the apples and their peculiar gifts will keep growing—and become darker. This is what happens when the townsfolk discover the secret of the orchard. Soon it seems that everyone is consumed by an obsession with the magic of the apples . . . and what’s the harm, if it is making them all happier, more confident, more powerful? Even if something else is buried in the orchard besides the seeds of these extraordinary trees: a bloody history whose roots reach back to the very origins of the town. But now the leaves are falling. The days grow darker. It’s harvest time, and the town will soon reap what it has sown.